Sentences with phrase «bold assertion in»

Sir Edward Coke's bold assertion in 1605 of one of the cornerstones of the unwritten constitution of the United Kingdom has been upheld today in a hugely important decision by the Supreme Court.

While that may sound like a bold assertion in and of...

While that may sound like a bold assertion in and of itself, it really isn't when you consider that every major religious movement considers Jesus to be an important religious figure.

They are also bold assertions in the face of the new situation.

Not exact matches

Suppose an attempt were made to exegete Gregory of Nazianzus's bold assertion on which the title draws: «The scope of our art is to provide the soul with wings, to rescue it from the world and give it to God, and to watch over that which is in His image.»

Here in communion with the brethren we come nearest to the Resurrection Body of Christ; and so Paul writes in the following Chapter 11 (a passage which has received far too little consideration) if this Lord's Supper were partaken of by all members of the community in a completely worthy manner, then the union with Jesus» Resurrection Body would be so effective in our own bodies that even now there would be no more sickness or death (1 Corinthians 1 1:28 - 30) a singularly bold assertion.

What we have encountered among the pioneers in this section is a clarion call to reclaim the New Testament's bold assertion, in 1 John, that love itself is no mere divine attribute but characterizes the very being of God.

That's a bold assertion to make in an industry as diverse and competitive as the cracker business, but the fact that the Rutland, Vt. - based company has been around for close to two centuries is a testament to its quality and popularity, Chairman of the Board Jeffrey M. Walters says.

If the proposal to mandate season shutdowns starting next year were truly meant to cripple Indian Point, it would represent the boldest assertion of political muscle by Cuomo in the service of that goal at least since his first year as governor, when his aides reportedly informed Entergy that the administration intended to work toward the plant's closure.

I will resist the temptation to put this next statement in 96 point type all caps bold, but do please focus your keen minds on this: the assertion that drugs are chemicals and therefore artificial, whereas supplements are not chemicals but natural substances, is a distinction without any real difference.

Tom Russo: I came upon value investing at the Stanford Business School in the early 1980s when Berkshire chairman, CEO Warren Buffett came to our class and it was a class taught by Jack McDonald, who is a lone voice in Palo Alto towards thinking about investing as though you are acquiring pieces of companies and then assessing whether you think that the company had competitive advantage that would endure and then coupling those two discoveries into the process of investing regardless of the environmental concerns or academic principles that might be in contradiction to the bold assertion that one might just identify a company with superior economics and a strong culture that could pose the investment for the lifetime of the investor.

This actual instrumental record - as opposed to more imaginative proxies involving lumps of wood and holes in the ground - do not seem to agree with either the Met office, the IPCC nor Dr Mann's bold assertions, as the record clearly shows wild fluctuations and a certain amount of cyclical behaviour.

The government's assertions on weekend mortality in hospitals are bold & unsupported, says David Locke, but there may be a real issue about patient harm

There has been some rhetoric around the idea that patients will suffer in the long - run through an exodus of professionals to other shores where weekend working is better remunerated, but that statement is as bold and unsupported as the government's assertions on weekend mortality.

In a comment to a posting over at Out of the Jungle, I made this bold assertion about Canadian legal textbooks:

A dispute over the legality of a politically questionable judicial appointment has resulted in what pundits call a stinging defeat for Canada's prime minister and a bold assertion by the Supreme Court of Canada of its independence and constitutional status.