Sentences with phrase «by failures of»

My actions in each case were justified by failures of individuals who represent the justice system.

In fact, most bicycle accidents are caused by the failures of drivers to be aware of their surroundings, obey traffic laws, and share the road responsibly.

«The heroes of this story are people like lawyer Joel Kupferman and industrial hygienist Monona Rossol... each refused to be lulled by the failures of most of the New York media to report what was actually happening; each helped to pierce the false claims of government officials and to validate the concerns of rescue workers and ordinary citizens, to confirm to them that they were not imagining their ailments.»

It was within this particular political framework that Geng honed his craft, his fascination with the mechanisms of communication, memory and identity - formation motivated early on by the failures of the bureaucratic state.

Disillusioned by the failures of the past and the overwhelming complexities of the present, they possess an interiority that reflects a desperate search for meaning.

She is more determined than ever to work on behalf of the children that she feels are affected most by the failures of the current system: those educated in inner - city, lower - income, ethnic - minority majority public school districts.

His predecessor Fabio Capello's reign was far too distant, and whatever his merits as a coach his reputation was compromised by the failures of the 2010 World Cup — which memorably included a performance against Algeria so bad that a bird was able to roost in one of the goalnets — and the toxic fallout from Chelsea and then - England captain John Terry racially abusing Queen's Park Rangers centre - back Anton Ferdinand, brother of England stalwart Rio.

The late - medieval world was marred by failures of love.

Since 1968, some 400,000 rental units of publicly subsidized private housing have been constructed to fill the void left by the failures of the conventional U.S. public - housing program.

The essence of the «Neo-Monastic» movement is the revolutionary idea that we can replace the social order from the inside out; The essence of the «Emergent Church» is that we are not bound by the failures of the historic Church even while we can be empowered by its successes; The essence of Scripture is that we are all called to love God and love all God's children.

Toshiba needs to sell the chip unit to plug a giant hole in its finances caused by the failure of the conglomerate's U.S. nuclear business, but the deal has snagged on such issues as antitrust concerns if the U.S. disk - drive maker were a major owner.

But reality is not dictated by the failure of treaties to acknowledge it.

In a speech last week, Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo said additional capital requirements are needed to prevent systemwide financial instability that could be caused by the failure of one of the world's biggest or most interconnected banks.

Right from its opening sentence («One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit,») the book's message resonated with a public outraged by a rash of corporate scandals and feeling deceived by the failure of American forces to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

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Among the most interesting aspects of market action, I continue to be struck by the failure of trading volume to confirm what we're seeing in price action.

Nevertheless, this is a drastic move, prompted by the failure of all the QE previously to move the dial on growth or inflation.

Markets are unlikely to be shocked by a failure of NAFTA renegotiations, given President Trump's well - known antipathy toward multilateral agreements.

«Management has paraded a constantly shifting set of priorities before the company's shareholders, seemingly unbowed by the failure of most if not all of them to bear fruit,» Voce's presentation reads.

It is primarily something far more worrying: a crisis of confidence among ourselves, a crisis caused by a failure of self - understanding.

It is aptly and embarrassingly illustrated by the failure of contemporary African - American church studies adequately to analyze the recent scandal in the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc..

It may not be too much of an exaggeration to claim, as Terry Eagleton does, that the growth of English studies is explained primarily by the failure of religion in the late 19th century.

The folly of Vietnam accompanied by a failure of nerve in civil rights and followed by Watergate no doubt put American civil religion to severe test.

That break was part of a larger loss of confidence in modernist certitude that was broadly based and no doubt sharply advanced by the failure of the «experts» concerning the Vietnam War.

But the encounter of evil, in us and outside of us, opens under us not the abyss of the unjustifiable, i.e., the abyss of that which makes an exception of every attempt at justification, not only by the norm but by the failure of the norm.

... social democracy has been unable to fill the vacuum left by the failure of the great communist hope.

And again, the order and meaning which Yahweh would impart to Israel is reduced to chaos by the failure of faith, by the response of unfaith.

«That is shocking in itself but is compounded by the failure of the Church to respond appropriately to his misconduct, again over a period of many years.

This doubt is considerably strengthened by the failure of science to uncover any specific hereditary mechanisms sufficient to account for drinking pathologies.»

They would either call order an illusion or else be so overwhelmed by the failure of the world to conform to their preferred patterns of order that they would fail to affirm the order that does exist.

The degree of its relevance as well as its transcendence is measured by the extent to which we rebel against it and flee from it and by the failure of our rebellion and our flight.

Although the present anticipates and makes choices which bear on the future, the present is independent of the future in the sense that the reality of the present is not in one whit diminished or altered by the failure of the anticipated events to occur.

Lastly, does Wellek mean by failure of the doctrine of world harmony that philosophy has not demonstrated or proved in a strong sense the necessity of an ultimate ground of order?

Speaking with DairyReporter.com, EMB director Silvia Dӓberitz said that the protests were triggered by the failure of the European Parliament to follow through with previous regulatory promises.

Fans of energy drinks and Mozart will be disappointed by the failure of Red Bull Salzburg to progress, while fans of advanced statistical analysis will be 17.4 % less engaged by the tournament following the elimination of FC Midtjylland.

Everything could hinge on what happens between now and the end of the EPL season or even until the final whistle of the FA cup final is blown and I have a feeling that another FA cup trophy for the club and our boss to celebrate could trigger the departure of Arsene Wenger, especially if it is preceded by the failure of the Gunners to finish in the top four.

During the summer transfer window, which ultimately left most Arsenal fans extremely disappointed by the failure of Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board to spend the sort of money that we were led to expect, one positive thing was how staunchly determined the boss was not to sell Alexis Sanchez to a Premier League rival.

A money shortage, caused by the failure of the state legislature to pass an income tax increase, has set off debate in Woodridge over the sale of 4.5 acres of school property.

At the end I go through a list of feminists, Bengali socialists and British liberals who are disillusioned by the failure of the Labour government to stand by them rather than their enemies.

Adding to this disillusion, he continues, is a gradual erosion of public faith in politics, driven in part by the distorting impact of 24 - hour news and social media — «it does trivialise politics, and it has done a real amount of damage to the perception of politics» — a backlash against a political class that favours spin over frankness — «I detest spin, it is deceit and it is intended to be deceit» — and, ultimately, by the failure of mainstream parties to «reach out beyond the political sphere» and speak to people's real concerns.

David Cameron's local authority West Oxfordshire, for example, only lets those hit by the failure of flood defences off half of their council tax bill.

It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations; but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honour.»

The plight of the Ghanaian worker has further been worsened by the failure of the Akufo Addo government to keep faith with them through the non-fulfilment of key electoral promises.

«It is nothing short of a national scandal that those who are dedicating themselves to giving a future to children and young people are seeing their own lives damaged by the failure of government and employers to take their health and welfare seriously.

Judging by this failure of instinct, he will never come up with one.

The result is that Britain has developed a stop - go approach to reform, whereby reviews are entered into with reforming zeal, only for the ensuing proposals to be shelved by a failure of the main political parties to reach agreement.

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's reputation was destroyed by the failure of his policy of appeasement.

«Once again we are deeply disappointed by the failure of a grand jury to respect the basic rights of people of color and value their lives equally under the law,» said Hector Figueroa, president of SEIU 32BJ, in a statement.

Updated: NYS AFL - CIO Is Deeply Disappointed by Failure of James Zadroga Health & Compensation Bill Friday July 30, 2010 at 11:18 am

Acas members are by their nature conciliators but they have been pushed to vote for strike action by the failure of management to deal with their genuine concerns.