Sentences with phrase «by observers from»

The political nature of black hair has been addressed by observers from Malcolm X to Chris Rock, in his 2009 documentary, «Good Hair,» but Ms. Perry's work also suggests the vibrancy of spirit worlds, African dervishes and the lingering ghosts of history.

These efforts have yielded some impressive progress, noted by observers from Education Week to the RAND Corporation.

Not exact matches

The US has long been trying to shift its focus from the Middle East, starting with the Obama administrations «Pivot to Asia,» which has been criticized by both American and international observers.

According to studies conducted by Jayne Gackenbach, a psychologist at Grant MacEwan University, «people who frequently played video games were more likely to report lucid dreams, observer dreams where they viewed themselves from outside their bodies, and dream control that allowed people to actively influence or change their dream worlds — qualities suggestive of watching or controlling the action of a video - game character.»

The British market observer believes that the wearable technology market will grow to $ 80 billion by 2020 — and the key will be making the connected gadgets virtually indistinguishable from their disconnected peers.

For a country that has long considered a plain vanilla 25 - year mortgage from a bank to be the foundation of the home - buying industry, the potential changes wrought by these new entrants and product innovations strike some observers as puzzling, and perhaps dangerous.

This is materially different from actually reducing the amount of stimulus which, in the case of the United States, is still expected by most observers to begin in the second half of 2015.

I allow myself, by my observer standpoint and scholarly method, to absent myself from any confrontation either in my teaching or in my life with the pressing issues of right and wrong.

I suspect that a future observer, looking back from some distance on the church in 20th century America, will not be half so impressed by the decline of the «60s and «70s as by the astounding boom period of the late «40s and the «50s.

UN observer Lorne Gunter comments: «Rather than the People's Assembly being comprised of members or deputies from around the world, elected by and accountable to the people they represent [as is at least theoretically the case with the General Assembly], it would likely be made up of the heads of civil society NGOs, and, under most scenarios, only those NGOs accredited by the UN.

Drawn from learning that is both vast and profound, the rich details and frequently exciting flashes of insight provided by this work confirm the stature of Robert Jenson among contemporary theologians» a stature that, it seems to this foreign observer, is not sufficiently recognized in American theology.

These objections are likely to be reinforced in the minds of those who make them by the qualifications which Buber sets for the philosophical anthropologist: that he must be an individual to whom man's existence as man has become questionable, that he must have experienced the tension of solitude, and that he must discover the essence of man not as a scientific observer, removed in so far as possible from the object that he observes, but as a participant who only afterwards gains the distance from his subject matter which will enable him to formulate the insights he has attained.

Acknowledging that the American system of advanced learning, with its openness, diversity, freedom from suffocating ideology and unmatched vitality, is the envy of the world, Boyer, through extensive research, nevertheless confirms what every informed observer already knows: «the undergraduate college, the very heart of higher learning, is a troubled institution» (p. 2) One's first thought is, Here comes ammunition for the next barrage by William Bennett!

He who meets men with a double glance, an open one which invites fellowship and a secret one which conceals the conscious aim of the observer — he can not be delivered from his sickness by any talent that he brings to his work, for he has poisoned the springs of his life.

Yet I think that I do not exaggerate when I say that the chief impression received by an observer is precisely the divine impassibility, the intransigence of the divine demand, and the requirement from men of a servile obedience rather than life in «the glorious liberty of the children of God».

An ex-Mormon who was excommunicated from the church, she is often seen by some observers as an obsessive agitator.

The links, which state that the women were observers from a distance at both the crucifixion and the burial, appear to be editorial additions made by a literary editor, rather than part of an original narrative from oral tradition.

[24] Stumpf, et al., «The Infant with Anencephaly,» The New England Journal of Medicine, 322, no. 10 (8 March 1990): 670, report that «it may not be possible in all cases to distinguish anencephaly from other very severe anomalies of the head... For purposes of genetic and reproductive counseling and epidemiologic reporting, the diagnosis should be confirmed by an experienced observer following delivery of an abortus or stillborn infant.»

The whole thing rests upon one author — Michael Prescott's — highly selective excerpting and chopping up of a private [i.e., thinking out loud without clarifications] journal written when Rand was barely out of her teens, fresh from the blood bath of 1920s Soviet Russia — and still made it very clear that her read on the personalities of the observers showed that they were not appalled by Hickman's crime — she said there had been far worse, without the same spectacle of glee — but by his flamboyant and mocking defiance of society.

Whoever affirms Jesus» thought accepts also the paradox that an event which from the observer's viewpoint must be regarded as a natural occurrence, as a part of the world process determined by law, is in reality something different, that is, a direct act of God.

Its beauty as found in the enjoyment of a human observer, for example, results from the patterns adopted by societies of individuals none of which can enjoy that particular form of beauty.

Thus, once again, but on very opposite grounds, the Johannine claim that «the light that enlightens every man has come into the world» might be adjudged a delusion — exposed as such by the myriad of spiritually enlightened observers who testify to having seen nothing in terms of light emanating from Christianity to warrant such a claim.

The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to upgrade Palestine's international status from «observer» to «nonmember observer» last Friday, passing the measure by a 138 - 9 vote, with 41 abstentations.

In the historical - critical framework, the «real» has been defined» and has to be defined» in terms of what exists within this world of time and space, what can be experienced in principle by any observer, and what can be reasonably deduced or inferred from such experience.

If only the church's conventional image is changed from a self - centered, indifferent institution to that of a deeply concerned observer of public affairs — by simply being in the places where policy is being hammered out — this alone is warrant for deployment in the structures of the community,

It appears from defendant's own statement, that the McIlhenny bottle and carton were used as a guide in the manufacture of his own, and the inference must follow that his intention then was to make it appear to the casual observer that his sauce and that of plaintiff were one and the same, and thus secure the advantage of the extensive advertisement and wide demand for plaintiff's product, which the stipulation shows is sold in every State of the Union and many foreign countries and is handled by a large maj ority of the jobbers in the United States.

In 2009 he has blossomed from a bit - part player not rated by most observers into a midfield juggernaught, capable of stamping his personality on a football match and providing the platform for our most important player — Cesc Fabregas — to shine.

One way, I believe, to address the problem of under - reporting and increase the chances a concussion will be identified early on the sports sideline may be to rely less on athletes themselves to remove themselves from games or practices by reporting concussion symptoms (which the most recent study shows occurs at a shockingly low rate, [9] or on game officials and sideline observers to observe signs of concussion and call for a concussion assessment, but to employ technology to increase the chances that a concussion will be identified by employing impact sensors designed to monitor head impact exposure in terms of the force of hits (both linear and rotational), number, location, and cumulative impact, in real time at all levels of football, and in other helmeted and non-helmeted contact and collision sports, where practical, to help identify high - risk impacts and alert medical personnel on the sideline so they can consider performing a concussion assessment.

My experience with the Newcastle football team in Oklahoma leads me to believe that, as long as impact sensors are strictly used for the limited purpose of providing real - time impact data to qualified sideline personnel, not to diagnose concussions, not as the sole determining factor in making remove - from - play decisions, and not to replace the necessity for observers on the sports sideline trained in recognizing the signs of concussion and in conducting a sideline screening for concussion using one or more sideline assessment tests for concussion (e.g. SCAT3, balance, King - Devick, Maddocks questions, SAC)(preferably by a certified athletic trainer and / or team physician), and long as data on the number, force, and direction of impacts is only made available for use by coaches and athletic trainers in a position to use such information to adjust an athlete's blocking or tackling tec hnique (and not for indiscriminate use by those, such as parents, who are not in a position to make intelligent use of the data), they represent a valuable addition to a program's concussion toolbox and as a tool to minimize repetitive head impacts.

In the 2013 count, a total of 108 species were reported by hundreds of observers, from Cape Cod to the Berkshires, the Merrimack River Valley to Martha's Vineyard.

The Toddler Attachment Q Sort has validity only if the data is gathered by trained observers who gather information from observing the interactions of mothers and their children over a period of hours.

Other examples from observers and social media included ballot boxes being stuffed with extra ballots in multiple regions; an election official assaulting an observer; CCTV cameras obscured by flags or nets from watching ballot boxes; discrepancies in ballot numbers; last - minute voter registration changes likely designed to boost turnout; and a huge pro-Putin sign in one polling station.

But I was dissuaded from doing so when I read two other feature articles on the Modern Ghana website of that day and I realized that his insults and condemnation of my article congratulating the Kenyan Supreme Court and questioning the integrity of John Dramani Mahama to accept to be an observer in an election in which the whole world knew that the incumbent President in that election is his personal friend, had been answered by two more mature contributors.

The ultimatum handed down by Cuomo and the legislature on the prevailing wage issue in June 2015 — which put developers and construction unions in the position of having to agree on an extremely contentious issue — has been painted by some observers as doomed from the start.

«Looked at from the north of England — or indeed by any fair - minded observer — this is grossly unfair.

The veteran leftwinger has surprised observers by collecting 40 nominations from local parties, just eight less than the bookmakers» favourite, Andy Burnham.

The impression a dispassionate observer would have from the failure of security and law enforcement during the Bayelsa election (which was conducted in Nigeria's smallest state with the lowest number of registered voters) would be that the federal government permitted or condoned the strong - arm tactics of the ruling party's candidate in his ultimately vain effort to secure that state's rulership by force.

An objective observer will surmise from events in Bayelsa that APC candidate, former Bayelsa Governor Timipre Silva was determined to achieve the politically - impossible outcome of winning the state governorship by whatever means possible, including or especially through violence.

However, electoral irregularities and intimidation led Commonwealth observers to declare that «the conditions in Zimbabwe did not adequately allow for a free expression of will by the electors» and the country was suspended from the Commonwealth later that year - a decision renewed in December 2003.

But observers were slightly taken aback by comments from David Cameron yesterday, when he insisted that AV would allow politicians to not stand by their manifesto commitments - a comment many took as criticism of the deputy prime minister.

Restructuring the state's tax code has been met with skepticism from Republican lawmakers as well as some budget observers who have questioned whether such an undertaking can be done by the end of March.

While magnanimous in victory — a change from previous election night addresses by the former UUP leader — Elliott used his acceptance speech to remind observers that «this is not a green constituency».

In this edition of the Campbell Conversations, host Grant Reeher talks with George Washington University Professor Danny Hayes, who argues that the evidence from congressional elections does not support these assumptions commonly made by both political observers and political scientists.

-- Includes language to pre-emptively respond to a looming Supreme Court decision that most observers expect will weaken public employee unions by letting state workers decline to pay dues even if they benefit from the union's efforts.

May had made it back from holiday earlier, but observers were unconvinced by her performance.

His political journey from the right to left of his party was in large part attributed by observers to the influence of his wife, who it has now emerged will contest a council seat in Westminster.

Over 150 observers are also reported to have been illegally removed from polling stations by police.

Though Mr. Crowley is intent on driving Mr. Avella from office, he accomplished much of his goal by helping to drive a deal between the Democrats and the IDC, Queens observers say.

Only once, in response to a question from a reporter Syracuse, did Cuomo directly say that LATFOR would by definition fail to meet the «independent» standard he created, leaving many observers to believe that he has deliberately left himself wiggle room in case he has to justify a less clear - cut resolution than the overhaul he promised.

The funds will go from Thune's own re-election committee to the NRSC's coffers, where it will be turned directly into campaign ads and other political efforts toward hanging onto the Senate majority — which observers think may be threatened by the performance of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.