Sentences with phrase «by destructive act»

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Gregory thought that this was an exemplary statement of the way to protest the abuse of coercive authority — not by overt, destructive, risk - laden rebellion, but by a symbolic demonstrative act revealing the vulnerable moral credibility of abused power.

When they act in unsustainable ways, this is often because their traditional systems have been disrupted and they can survive only by destructive practices.

Now, him doing an act of violence like what he did in Brooklyn in the name of loyalty to a friend, is another level of wrong because was not only premeditated and cowardly, but it was extremely dangerous to the safety of innocent by standers and unnecessarily destructive to another persons property.

Let it be known at this juncture that we also condemned the destructive act of the students, therefore, we are not against the fact that the management want to sanction them through payment of damages, all we are saying is that N25, 000 [TwentyFive Thousand Naira] is too much for our parents to bear considering the fact that the school is dominated by ward (s) of Ondo State Civil Servants who have not received salary since November 2015, and most of these parents have 2 to 4 children in this same university, therefore, where do we expect them to get such a huge amount of money?

(CNN)-- The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday accused the panel's chairman of engaging in a «destructive political exercise» by launching a series of hearings on the road meant to highlight various flaws in the Affordable Care Act.

Casting Streep in this role is a thing of beauty, not restrained by any amount of subtlety or façade; she is allowed to completely act out this wildly destructive character all over the place, and she does.

In This Corner of the World by Matt Weiner The animated film In This Corner of the World contrasts one of the single most destructive acts of war — the United States... read more →

«The Last Family» features three magisterial acting turns: veteran actor Andrzej Seweryn won the Best Acting Award at last year's Locarno for his portrayal of Zdzisław, but he's more than matched by the hyper - active Dawid Ogrodnik as Tomasz, in a role that is as fiercely self - destructive and funny as David Thewlis» memorable Johnny in Mike Leigh's «Naked» (acting turns: veteran actor Andrzej Seweryn won the Best Acting Award at last year's Locarno for his portrayal of Zdzisław, but he's more than matched by the hyper - active Dawid Ogrodnik as Tomasz, in a role that is as fiercely self - destructive and funny as David Thewlis» memorable Johnny in Mike Leigh's «Naked» (Acting Award at last year's Locarno for his portrayal of Zdzisław, but he's more than matched by the hyper - active Dawid Ogrodnik as Tomasz, in a role that is as fiercely self - destructive and funny as David Thewlis» memorable Johnny in Mike Leigh's «Naked» (1993).

If you come home to a furry troublemaker who ransacked your house by getting in your trash, peeing on your floor, ripping up the carpet, tearing into the couch or acting generally destructive, separation anxiety may be playing a role.

This is not altogether unfamiliar territory as artists like Lucio Fontana and Alberto Burri defined an entire generation through the act of negation, i.e. excavating the canvas to the point where parts of it shatter, burn and even disappear; like Fontana and Burri, and Burden too perhaps, Duffy also formulates the endless process by which an artist creates anything as simultaneously creative and destructive.

Franz West's work is influenced by the action and performance art of the 1960s, including Vienna's Actionism movement, in which artists engaged in destructive, violent acts of public behavior.

In his concluding chapter, Snyder describes the Holocaust as an act of «ecological panic» -LSB-...] In the 21st century, he speculates, rapid and destructive climate change could lead to wholesale food shortages caused by desertification of huge areas of the planet, or alternatively drastic economic collapse and state bankruptcies.

Arch Coal did not adopt the recommended changes for the Spruce Mine, and in early Jan. 2011, EPA officials revoked the operation's Clean Water Act permit, citing «destructive and unsustainable mining practices» proposed by the company.

The true threat is environmentally destructive industries, such as Monsanto, who are systematically destroying these natural mechanisms by genetically engineering crops to act as pesticides all year round.

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Oceana recently received hundreds of photos of animals caught and killed by this destructive gear.

Knowing all we do about the damage wrought by burning fossil fuels — both to our immediate health and to the long - term viability of our habitat — it would seem an act of obscene, destructive decadence.

Once someone with sufficient resources, influence and power manages to convince himself that something MUST be done and be done SOON, or the human race (complete with all those innocent grandchildren) is doomed, then the door is open to anyone susceptible enough to buy into that level of sheer panic and hysteria, and wealthy enough to act on those fears, to initiate some potentially destructive and irreversible scheme along the lines suggested by our well meaning but naive colleague, Mr. McDonald.

Terrorism insurance coverage can provide compensation for destruction, injury or loss - of - life that is caused by certain destructive acts, foreign or domestic, that are declared to be acts of terrorism by the U.S. Secretary of Treasury.

In my honest opinion, since I have been a gamer who has had his gaming experienced by farming, I can see the very destructive effects of such acts if taken to extremes.

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Are you coping with the stress of life in destructive ways - by bottling up your feelings or acting out through addiction or in toxic relationships?

For instance, an accident itself might have been caused by or linked with inattention due to depressive preoccupation, or an unconscious acting - out of destructive feelings.