Sentences with phrase «by arbiters»

With all their different criteria, which dwell more on overall schedule strength than the human polls tend to do, how will this week's upheaval be judged by the arbiters of the Playoff?

He was an iconic scientist of the late 20th century, a stature confirmed by that arbiter of cultural relevance, The Simpsons, in which he was a featured guest star in one episode.

Popular online storage app Dropbox has updated their terms of service (ToS) and that includes a new clause that would have any disputes setlled by an arbiter of their choosing.

Given this perspective, I would attempt to facilitate discussions between individuals and / or work units as well as coach the respective administrator, director, manager, supervisor, etc. in order to resolve a conflict at the lowest possible level.In the human resources sub-discipline of employer - employee relations, matters involving disputes are generally handled through a formal grievance or disciplinary appeal process that results in a decision imposed on the parties by an arbiter.

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He felt guilty about punishing online publishers by blocking their ads, and he did not feel right «being the arbiter of what's blocked.»

A trade war triggered by safeguard tariffs would open a new wound in the global trading system, because it would unravel almost a quarter of a century of discipline and dethrone the WTO as the arbiter of global trade and a check on protectionism.

Users who have attained a certain rating can be - come Arbiters to participate in disputes, and also participate in the platform's development by conveying the opinions of the masses.

To put it bluntly, the notion of consent is arguably meaningless by itself as the arbiter of legitimate sexual and marital relationships because of the potential for manipulation, coercion, and abuse in a situation where there are deep - rooted and unequal social power relations (e.g., the President of the United States [not] having sexual relations with a besotted young intern or, as here, a parent and an adult child contracting a marriage).

He issued a decree of infallibility which made him the supreme arbiter in matters of religion and then went a step further by promulgating a new religion compounded of Muslim, Hindu and Christian elements.

If the Supreme Court somehow obtained jurisdiction over this independent sovereign power, according to Coons it would not be acting «either as or for the state, but as the arbiter of legal sovereigns who need a way to live together by some rule more humane than naked power.»

Above all, faculty members, no matter how competent and distinguished, need to guard against the ever present temptation to set themselves up as ultimate arbiters in their special fields, thus stifling any efforts by their students to become truly critical and original.

At the same time, many whose sensibilities align with Miss California's are culturally or intellectually intimidated by our «progressive» judges of culture, the arbiters of perceived «elite» opinion, who they sense are scrutinizing their prejudices.

In the first place it is inconceivable that a resolution will come from arguments about who is right or wrong, because in such arguments there is already an implicit acknowledgement by both parties that secular reason is the arbiter.

But yes, we do perceive much WRONG in the world, including wrongs done by people who consider themselves the arbiters of absolute good.

His preaching can even be considered conservative in the sense that he dared to return to the notion of good and evil, to invoke the concept of a human nature, and to believe that God in Jesus Christ is the final arbiter of history — concepts long dismissed and derided by secular minds.

More troubling is the capriciousness with which the victimhood threshold is emplaced by self - appointed arbiters whose wisdom and impartiality are not obvious.

For the law is, by default, supposed to be society's moral arbiter, its agency of ethics, its definer of right and wrong.

I thought maybe chad would allow my post since it technically did not meet his criteria, however since chad is the final arbiter of all aspects of our lives, who can post what, I have to live by his final decision.

Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»

This would make Coles - for the first time - the arbiter of the fees that are charged to suppliers by field agents, while also allowing it to pocket a lucrative rebate in the process.

The court enforceable undertaking given to the ACCC by Coles provides for the establishment of a formal process overseen by an Independent Arbiter, Mr Jeff Kennett AC, that will allow for a review of the eligibility of:

Artists and writers of this sort are still with us, but to a considerable degree they have been superseded as arbiters of nature fashion by photographers.

It ain't for nothin'that newspaper and television reporters and pundits have steadily lost audience over the last decade to a new army of amateurs and outsiders — a world of information scarcity is being replaced by a world of information plenty, and political journalism's place as the arbiter of public discourse is eroding fast.

The holder of the office has ultimate power over, and responsibility for, all policies made and implemented by government, seeing all Cabinet papers and being the sole arbiter of disputes between the organs of government.

Of course, Mr. Cuomo is not the sole arbiter of the state budget — there's also the Democrat - led Assembly and the State Senate, now controlled by Republicans who are less than pleased with Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned hard for Democrats to take the majority and sought to end the GOP's ruling coalition with breakaway Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conference.

Despite the current government's efforts to circumvent its role in relation to the current referendum, the Electoral Commission has both reasserted itself and been backed by parliament as the key arbiter — most obviously in the matter of the phrasing of the question.

Claims by the Secretary of State for Wales that the current devolution settlement does not need major changes are misguided and could help to entrench an unsatisfactory system in place where the courts become the final arbiter of laws rather than the electorate, the Welsh Liberal Democrats Assembly Member, Peter Black has said.

Yet it remains unclear how any coup mounted by MPs could succeed if, as he has repeatedly said he will, Corbyn turns for support to party activists, now the ultimate arbiters of Labour's fate.

I'm proud that by working with the city, parents will now have information on inspections at their fingertips and they can be the arbiters of what grade their child's cafeteria deserves,» said Senator Klein.

Religious arbiters claiming full legal powers will face a five year prison sentence under a bill approved by the House of Lords this afternoon.

«Doing so would remove any appearance of unfair gamesmanship by the Democrats while affirming their belief that voters, and not party bosses, should be the final arbiters of elections.»

Washburn's quite legitimate concern, which I share, is that the university's roles as a disinterested arbiter of knowledge and society's thoughtful critic could be lost in an environment that is increasingly dominated by the university's unrestrained search for increased resources.

They were approved by the IAU, which is an international body founded in 1919 and is generally recognized as the official arbiter of astronomical names.

By this point winning more notice for her off - screen role as an arbiter of fashion and old - school Hollywood glamour than for her on - screen acting work, Stone next lent her voice to the animated Antz in 1998.

Judi Dench brings merciless truth - telling to her role as a society arbiter; Sutherland is deeply amusing as a man who lives surrounded by women and considers it a blessing and a fate, and as his wife Blethyn finds a balance between her character's mercenary and loving sides.

It is not highly defensible to use group achievement and intelligence test score data as the final arbiters for selection by merely raising the cutoff, let's say to 98 %.

«Our clients are the very arbiters of fashion,» explains Taylor, ««Dawn — Inspired by Fashion» beautifully expresses the notion that inspiration for truly personal objects is drawn from the passions, tastes and lifestyle of its patron.»

For those wishing to outrun fellow arbiters or telephoto - wielding paparazzi the Dawn — Inspired by Fashion retains the standard and less paparazzi - friendly Dawn's 6592cc V12 with its adequate 563bhp output.

Amazon has broadly succeeded in this by introducing its adult filter, and in many cases outright banning books that push the envelope (though the question of whether they should be the moral arbiter of fiction is a debate for another time).

Two journalists, stranded in wartime Afghanistan, are taken in by a warlord who becomes the arbiter of their fates.

Celebrating its 3rd year, the iBA's has firmly established itself as the premier arbiter of creative excellence and honours the best of the best in iBooks Author, voted on by iBooks Author users.

And perhaps 52 million of these dogs are regarded as either despicable curs or unacceptable examples of their breed by these appearance arbiters at the AKC.

With knowledge of Ganondorf's actions, he was to be executed by the six sages atop Arbiter's Grounds, a prison for Hyrule's most notorious criminals.

The trailer, entitled «Terminal», has The Arbiter detailing his various monikers before finally landing on how he is known as «friend», by the Master Chief.

What do you do when your controversy courting iOS game about shuttling illegal immigrants across the border gets rejected by Apple's arbiters of good taste?

Brought to you by 6 Eyes Studio, Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a great looking isometric tactical RPG, one you can experience yourself with the released pre-alpha demo.

And, for those who noted the unusual space before the colon in the title, I make a point of calling games in the title of my reviews by what they're called on the Xbox web site, considering it the final arbiter of what's correct, but I may have to re-evaluate that as even I have to admit that the space before the colon simply can't be right.

Sega solidifies themselves as arbiters of taste by choosing the best character.

Advertising — and not painting — is the contemporary arbiter of what is beautiful (a point made eloquently by Elaine Scarry in her 1997 book On Beauty) which is a bone - chilling thought.

Using Theater of the Oppressed techniques, considered by many activists as a fundamental tool in collective organizing and learning, Ngo and Truong will act as arbiters as the students use performance to generate a democratic discussion about economic issues.