Sentences with phrase «by overt»

Whatever the Supreme Court decides in the current case, some of the justices are clearly unconvinced that discrimination not driven by overt bias is a problem, or at least one that the law should take a stand against.

To what extent is the ethical imperative or «moral compass» of in - house lawyers affected by their personal characteristics and by the overt, subliminal or cultural influences within their client - employer organisation?

The decision to maintain these Christian symbols, and their overt presence in public office for the past century seems to support the exact opposite of what the government is seeking, since state neutrality has evidently not been threatened by overt religious symbols in the past.

He really thought that no one would feel that their objectivity would be at risk by his overt politicization, and hence would not want to be associated with that?

Characterized by overt sexual iconography that is at once humorous and grotesque, the compositions also incorporate reinvented slang and catchphrases that eliminate any notion of ambiguity.

(One of the more nuanced aspects of hard - edge painting, achieved by Mosset, is the care and precision given to articulating surface space in a manner that is both contrary and equal to paintings that work exclusively with space created by the overt gesture.

It may seem unfair to compare this game so much to Command & Conquer, but the developers have brought this upon themselves by their overt focus on marketing to a nostalgic fanbase.

Gastrointestinal signs of intermittent anorexia, vomiting, and diarrhea are common nonspecific features of hepatic dysfunction and are not necessarily accompanied by overt signs of HE.

They love language, word games and you'll probably recognise them by their overt use of terrible puns.

The screenplay is puerile and plagued by its overt absurdity.

While driven, especially early on, by an overt theatricality that extends to many of its supporting performances (Faizon Love is a hoot as blustering club owner «Sunshine» Ace), Idlewild locates a balanced contrast in Percival, the heart of the film, and Benjamin knocks this role out of the park with a perfectly measured performance.

Only a terrific performance from Om Peri as Ganesh's money - hungry father - in - law, bares some interesting moments, though many of them are dulled by the overt mediocrity of the rest of the picture.

Most relationship advice includes conducting a dramatic breakup, followed by an overt exit, and finalized by the removal all social media posts hinting at the existence of any form of a relationship.

The designer can't help but be poetic and it makes him enduringly fascinating in a fashion - scape dominated by overt deco...

Declaring war / judgment on a people group because of the things already discussed (child sacrifice, etc.) warning them, asking them to repent, having the message / messenger being confirmed by overt supernatural signs, being patient and waiting years, sometimes over a hundred years for people groups to repent...... that's one thing.

The pastoral guide points the way to others more by example than by overt instruction: «His voice penetrates the hearts of his hearers the more readily if his way of life commends what he says.

Perhaps God judged men finally more by this inner invisible reality than by the overt actions in terms of which men judge each other.

In recent years, Democrats more than Republicans have seemed troubled by overt use of terrorism.

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.

It was a world often governed by overt or indirect agreements as to price controls or price level maintenance that served the players» interests in maintaining high prices and avoiding price wars, but rarely, if ever, benefitted the customers.

Not exact matches

Any Russian overt or covert incursion to close the gap could encircle the Baltic states by land — and Kaliningrad's missile batteries could harass shipping.

CUT IT CLOSE Get consumers in on the joke by just barely skirting overt Olympic association.

«At the time it was a radical idea for a band to add a «call to action'to an album as an overt way to build their mailing list — and by extension, their following,» write Halligan and Scott.

A prudent approach by the government would ensure fiscal resources are available, through overt policies as well as automatic stabilizers to respond to inevitable slowdowns.

I would suggest that this is why gold is moving higher despite the overt effort by the Fed / banks to suppress the price and the overwhelming negative investor sentiment toward gold.

It's entirely plausible that the Romans might have had the Sanhedrin's assistance (overt or covert) in finding him, as the Romans would have exacted brutal reprisals if there was any trouble caused by this upstart «King of the Jews».

By its general permissiveness concerning theology, AA is able to help countless alcoholics whose prejudices against overt religion would keep them from identifying with a more orthodox approach.

Kyle Haselden, the late editor of the journal, explains that at a conference on Church and Society, convened by the National Council of Churches, one of the so - called «work groups» declared that American society is guilty of overt violence against the poor and maintains an unacceptable order of injustice, and that the church supports this exploitation by its own «systemic» violence.

degree by focusing on changing inner, covert behavior such as beliefs and feelings as well as overt behavior.

It is by no means always the case that a child's problems reflect obvious or overt marital conflicts.

The overt sexualisation of society has proceeded with dramatic pace aided greatly by television soap operas, advertising, film entertainment etc..

Sin is not merely overt transgressions against society such as murder, theft, or adultery; it appears more often in the subtler forms of the killing of personality by anger and unkindness; the stealing of reputation by gossip or of opportunities by self - seeking; the marring of thoughts by attention to the lustful or the obscene.

Sometimes the pivot is prompted by something way less overt, but you still know you need to make a change.

Because of this fact, moral dullness often creeps up and possesses us without our being stopped by the signals of conscience that usually flash before we are tempted to other more overt and recognizable forms of sin.

Chaplin's employer, a state hospital, changed the nurses» uniform by introducing a V - neck tunic, making the wearing of a cross more overt.

Some conservatives are not above signaling, in more or less overt ways, their belief that blacks can never pass [the test of achievement by merit], and that there is little point in the rest of society bearing guilt for blacks» failures.

Paradoxically, Methodist presence was strongest on the Board of Trust, yet this body had been so co-opted by the chancellor that its members acquiesced in his view that overt deference to the church in any effective way would be adverse to Vanderbilt's academic ambitions.

The first change, enacted by Christians without any intention of extinguishing or even compromising the Christian character of the college or university, consisted in muting all overt claims of the academic institution to be functioning as a limb of a particular church.

If by power we intend to signify, as most often is intended, the use of coercive measures whether these be overt or subtle and hidden, then it would seem that to ascribe such a quality to God as His chief characteristic — as in fact, if not in word, is suggested when people talk as did my questioner — is a denial of the point of Christ's disclosure of God.

We're All in This Together Where do we derive this overt need to identify with constructs created by our ancestry.

Nussbaum has loaded her dice by using novels whose overt purpose is precisely to generate sympathy for marginal figures.

This effort to reign in overt displays of Christian allegiance is reported to be a part of a larger movement, initiated by the Chinese government, to increase restrictions on religious gatherings.

Justification by faith in the realm of justice means that we will not regard the pressures and counterpressures, the tensions, the overt and covert conflicts by which justice is achieved and maintained as normative in the absolute sense; but neither will we ease our conscience by seeking to escape from involvement in them.

His overt racism and hatred to all those not equally zealous and blinded by Religion is amazingly obvious and should be a wake - up call to moderates in the religious rank and file.

I don't consider the United States to be a theocracy uniquely instituted by God to dispense special revelation, nor mete out His justice, nor is she raising up prophets that consistently and repeatedly give overt, compelling signs that a supernatural power is behind their decrees.

There is no guarantee that overt struggle can be avoided, but it is criminal to make civil, class or international war the more likely by confusing issues and by arousing the passions which religious fervor can awaken.

But the overt dependence brought on by an ice storm or a vomiting child rudely awakens us to need.

I am convinced that, freed from the pressure to do it ourselves and the overt and covert deadlines set by such pressures, we shall approach one another more attentively and profoundly than if we start to transform theology into mere diplomacy and faith into mere commitment.

Such an observation is typically countered by the claim that rather than excluding and separating from their brothers and sisters, these believers are simply addressing the overt and insufficiently acknowledged sinfulness of the church.

They found that a lower percentage of the boys who had experienced overt rejection by their mothers eventually became alcoholics than those whose mothers were alternatively loving and rejecting.