Sentences with phrase «by powerful cultures»

The extremism of nationalistic, ethnic and religious communal conflicts is rising these days due to their suppression by powerful cultures and groups.

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«She lived, as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men,» she said, and her words sparked emotions of anger and, at the same time, the motivation to fight for change.

By allowing a «bathroom bill» in the special session of the most powerful Republican - controlled state, Abbott has placed a focus on Texas on an issue that has been a flashpoint in U.S. culture wars, analysts said.

By doing so, you're making a powerful statement to the rest of your team about how important your culture is — what is tolerated and what is not.

By questioning, mocking and demystifying the world, funny women illustrate that humor is our culture's third rail: electrified, powerful and dangerous.

Such ill - defined relations worked reasonably well for a considerable time, while the mechanism that kept Catholic institutions tied to the Church was a powerful cultural feeling for Catholicism (enforced by the tuition payments and donations that came from the members of that culture).

Science, Jews, and Secular Culture By David A. Hollinger Princeton University Press, 178 pages, $ 24.95 This short and eclectic collection of essays and lectures is weakly tied together by the argument» central in some chapters, marginal in others» that science was a powerful tool in the secularization of American cCulture By David A. Hollinger Princeton University Press, 178 pages, $ 24.95 This short and eclectic collection of essays and lectures is weakly tied together by the argument» central in some chapters, marginal in others» that science was a powerful tool in the secularization of American culturBy David A. Hollinger Princeton University Press, 178 pages, $ 24.95 This short and eclectic collection of essays and lectures is weakly tied together by the argument» central in some chapters, marginal in others» that science was a powerful tool in the secularization of American culturby the argument» central in some chapters, marginal in others» that science was a powerful tool in the secularization of American cultureculture.

What makes the New Testament household codes powerful and countercultural is that they actually challenge those hierarchies by instructing all members of the household — even the masters, who in that culture held unilateral authority over their slaves, wives, and children — to imitate Jesus Christ in their relationships by modeling his self - sacrificing love.

The «disposition» highlighted by Mr Trower surely admits of support by carefully articulated evidence, just as it has admitted of massive suppression by the powerful misinformation of our agnostic culture.

Religion and culture supply a powerful framework for such interpretation, providing both the larger worldview and the more specific values by which voters may understand the contemporary world.

There can be no doubt that the use of alcoholic beverages in our culture is encompassed by powerful status implications.

The U.S. was founded on God's word by our ancestors, but know most of our culture acts like its all crap and were «too cool for religion» in the end when i'm before my Mighty, All - powerful God, after my earthly body has died and rotting I know for sure he'll say to us all who were faithful «Well done my good and faithful servant.»

Moreover, secular myths having to do with individual freedom, material success, and perhaps especially the wonders of technology may be an even more powerful source of societal legitimation than, traditional religious arguments by virtue of being grounded in many assumptions that are virtually axiomatic in the culture.

In the absence of an alternative the whole world is now suddenly thrown open to a global culture symbolized by Western ways in drinks, clothes, movies and music, styles of life and value systems, all of which have a powerful influence on the minds of people, particularly of the younger generation.

What is more, the research by James Hunter and others has shown that the «strength» of evangelicalism is not as durable as it seems, as younger and more educated members of those churches are subjected to the powerful influences of the wider culture.

The process by which the Church becomes really incarnated in every human group, society, culture and sharing, humble service and powerful witness to the Spirit of the Lord at work in the universe and dwelling in our heart.

They control the majority of the World's wealth and arguably are one of the most powerful blocks in the world, hardly a quality one would associate with a «minority» Perhaps the millions of non Christians who lost land or culture (not to mention millions of lives) as a result of Christian nations colonizing the World justifiably would call this headline atrocious as it simply is historically untrue if one looks at the World over the past 300 or so years and it ignores the reality of suffering brought forth by a particular religion that seeks to change all people to any one particular religion.

There is so much negativity in this post but Barca did sign player even during the transfer ban and are extremely powerful in Spain and only a massive mindset change will affect the thinking towards Barca and by the way they just want him due to the culture of the Catalan which Includes beating Real.

Russia has powerful economic tools (restrictions on imports, increases of gas prices, restrictions on migrant labour); this leverage is complemented by more cultural sources of influence: shared language, history and culture, and kinship.

During a three - hour grilling at the culture select committee, disrupted by a protester throwing a plate of shaving foam, the once all - powerful News Corp chairman and chief executive told MPs: «I am not responsible.»

For the past four months, the people of Manhattan have grappled with accusations of their District Attorney cultivating a pay - to - play culture in which the rich and powerful skate by serious criminal charges — if their lawyers contribute sizable donations to DA Vance's campaign.

«Albany's culture is one in which young women are often mistreated and bad behavior by powerful men is condoned and covered up,» the women said in a statement.

Pomegranates have been mentioned in the Bible and the Koran too, so we know that even years ago, the powerful properties of pomegranate fruit were well known and used by people of many cultures.

Cathy Murphy, Psychological Health and Safety Specialist, has achieved a reputation as a social innovator, developing with individuals and groups powerful idea's and innovative practices that improve individual lives and the organizational culture, by addressing the most difficult workplace issues and interpersonal problems.

This year's BoF 500 special print issue is our in - depth guide to Generation Next, a cohort that's set to become a powerful driver of consumer culture, and expected to account for 45 percent of the global market for personal luxury goods by 2025.

Like David Lean's classic Lawrence of Arabia, the film offers a dashing hero, played by Charlie Hunnam, and the powerful theme of British culture colliding with a brutal world it only dimly understands.

Relentlessly working to find a place in a culture you long to be a part of, and proving your undeniable right to be accepted by those people you relate to, is powerful motivator for many people.

«She lived, as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men,» Oprah said.

Standout scene: So much about «Get Out» has already entered the pop culture vernacular, but despite being discussed and parodied for nearly a full year by now, the first descent into the Sunken Place is still powerful and terrifying.

When T'Challa's reign is threatened by powerful old foes, the newly crowned king is forced to apply the troops and demonstrate the full extent of his powers to preserve Wakandan and its culture.

We all have lived too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men.

She lived as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men.

New and more established teams will have a chance to assess their own collaborative habits, learn from other educators, discover more powerful collaborative strategies, and practice a step - by - step process for implementing teacher rounds as a strategy for building a stronger professional culture.

By learning a bit about their countries, cultures, and histories, we as teachers can send a powerful message — that we care about the lives they left behind, that we think their history is important.

Looking back, I can see that my colleagues and I were struggling to counteract powerful tendencies that work against high student achievement in urban schools: If teachers work in isolation, if there isn't effective teamwork, if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chasm.

Understand this simple, powerful truth offered by my friend Zaretta Hammond in her recent book Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: «Culture, it turns out, is the way every brain makes sense of the world.»

Providing educators and administrators powerful, research - driven frameworks, Meaningful Student Involvement breaks traditional hierarchal cultures in schools by appropriately positioning students in relationship to adults.

By coaching for cultures of continuous improvement and powerful professional learning communities focused on student achievement, CES worked with educators to support and promote innovative and effective teaching.

We will be joined by Chris Nielson from New Zealand who will be looking at collaboration between primary, secondary and early years settings, Marie - Claire Bretherton from England who will be sharing her experience of peer review as a powerful vehicle for school improvement, leadership development and culture change, Matt Carver from Australia who will share his experience of collaboration in rural and remote communities and Rodney Eckhert and Nancy Sabo in Ontario who will share their collaborative work with elementary school teachers and students.

The 50 stories gathered here, along with hundreds of others, were submitted as part of the Rethink Learning Now campaign, a national grassroots effort to change the tenor of our national conversation about schooling by shifting it from a culture of testing, in which we overvalue basic - skills reading and math scores and undervalue just about everything else, to a culture of learning, in which we restore our collective focus on the core conditions of a powerful learning environment, and work backwards from there to decide how best to evaluate and improve our schools, our educators, and the progress of our nation's schoolchildren.

A powerful story enriched by fascinating elements of Hawaiian ecology, culture, and warfare, this captivating and dramatic debut from Austin Aslan is the first of two novels.

A powerful and perceptive literary masterwork, author Thrity Umrigar's extraordinary novel demonstrates how the lives of the rich and poor are intrinsically connected yet vastly removed from each other, and how the strong bonds of womanhood are eternally opposed by the divisions of class and culture.

Experience Maori culture by participating in a night filled with tradition, culture, delicious food and powerful performances at New Zealand's most awards Cultural Tourism Attraction; Tamika Maori Village.

Together the works form a powerful visual lexicon, a yearbook depicting the faces of a new culture forged by the artist.

From its beginnings in the 1870s, the Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) has been guided by the understanding that original works of art can be a powerful component of the liberal arts education, embodying aesthetic rewards and a wealth of information about history and human culture.

The powerful new stream changed the way art was perceived at the time, by deploying imagery from popular culture, and reconciling «high» culture with the masses.

Alex Israel discusses the powerful visions of teen culture and youth captured by the Californian entertainment industries, and reflected in the LA landscape.

Works by such Pop artists as the Americans Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Tom Wesselman, James Rosenquist, and Robert Indiana and the Britons David Hockney and Peter Blake, among others, were characterized by their portrayal of any and all aspects of popular culture that had a powerful impact on contemporary life; their iconography — taken from television, comic books, movie magazines, and all forms of advertising — was presented emphatically and objectively, without praise or condemnation but with overwhelming immediacy, and by means of the precise commercial techniques used by the media from which the iconography itself was borrowed.

By alluding to both the detritus of colonialism and the powerful spirits that have supposedly brought bad fortune upon the continent, Mutu addresses the persistent lack of understanding of African history, cultures, and religions.

Intended as a major genealogy of the rise of a still - powerful and evolving photographic practice by artists, the checklist will include a wide array of works examining a range of issues: performativity and photographic practice; portraiture and cultural identity; the formal and social architectonics of the built environment; societal and individual interventions in the landscape; photography's relationship to sculpture and painting; the visual mediation of meaning in popular culture; and the poetic and conceptual investigation of visual non-sequiturs, disjunctions and humorous absurdities.