Sentences with phrase «by the fate of»

Riccoldo was deeply affected by the fate of Christians under Muslim rule and the historical import of the fall of Acre in 1291.

By the fate of things, he became instead an architect, decorator, designer, consumer analyst, painter, critic, writer, raconteur, casual musician, popular after - dinner speaker and ocean sailor.

It's also an unsafe work environment, it seems, as evidenced by the fate of Jamie Foxx's character, engineer Max Dillon.

Stigmatized from childhood by the fate of his criminal father, young Danny is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor, Jerry Sykes (Lloyd Bridges).

Buddhist monk, and media - proclaimed happiest man in the world, Matthieu Ricard recently described this sort of view on society as an «altruistic society» — «one in which we do not care only for ourselves and our close relatives, but for the quality of life of all present members of society, while being mindfully concerned as well by the fate of coming generations.»

Locals live and die by the fate of their beloved Ohio State University football team.

Not exact matches

These founders eagerly plot out five - year financial projections before they've even developed a product or service; a few theories about the fates of those impacted by a company's success are not any less likely to hold water.

Called stylish, elegant and charming by reviewers, the book «buzzes with the energy of numerous adventures, love affairs, twists of fate and silly antics,» raves the Wall Street Journal.

Recently, the fate of CNOOC's bid for beleaguered Calgary oilsands producer Nexen became even more uncertain after the federal government blocked a $ 6 - billion takeover of Progress Energy Resources Corp. by Malaysia's Petronas at the eleventh hour.

The fate of the company's IPO depended a great deal on the way it was handled by Morgan Stanley, and on the appetite of institutional investors for the company's stock.

We were fortunate and privileged to fund it by ourselves, so we took the decision from the beginning to control everything - the fate of the business, how we hire, how we fire, and so on, and we didn't want anyone interfering with that.

Since the breakdown of US - Russia talks on the fate of Syria, Russia has pulled out of a nuclear - nonproliferation agreement with the US, citing «unfriendly acts» by America.

Technology inventors have a horrible track record of turning new behaviors into long - term financial successes — social networking pioneer Friendster was long ago lapped by MySpace and Facebook; the first search engines, Web browsers, and video game systems met similar fates.

«Through unprecedented access to the players involved, he re-creates all the drama and turmoil of these turbulent days, revealing never - before - disclosed details and recounting how, motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self - preservation, the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy.»

Their fates linked by ties of love and money.

Martin Scorsese's adaptation of the controversial 1955 novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, which gives an alternative fate for Jesus Christ, was banned in numerous counties, and in the US cities that had successful bans during the film's release included: Savannah, Georgia; New Orleans; Oklahoma City; and Santa Ana, California.

The ruling gave some much needed clarity to stockholders concerning the fate of companies that benefit from the higher number of insured brought about by the Affordable Care Act.

The theory, popularized by Harvard professor Clayton Christensen in his 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma, warns that successful companies are inherently vulnerable to being «disrupted» by new entrants, and the only way to avoid such a fate is to replicate the risk - taking, pizza - devouring culture of upstart firms.

The fate of major proposed mergers, not just Bayer - Monsanto but also Dow Chemical and DuPont, which plan to spin off their combined agriculture businesses, will be decided by Trump's nominees to lead antitrust enforcement at the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.

Founded by the creator of ill - fated music sharing service Imeem (which quietly died in a fire sale to MySpace), Picplz already has an Android version available in addition to iPhone and offers similar quirky filters for photos.

A draft environmental impact study released by the department in March concluded construction of the pipeline would not add to greenhouse gas emissions because the oil would find other ways to market regardless of Keystone XL's fate.

This morning, the Wall Street Journal reported on funds that choose to tie their fates to the performance of companies led by women.

There are particular questions here about the fate of union workers whose pay and benefits are set by multi-year collective bargaining agreements and public sector workers whose pay is set by law.

The Conservatives» first attempt to get rid of the subsidy, announced in the fall of 2008, triggered the ill - fated bid by opposition parties to form a coalition and replace Harper's minority.

American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church (Public Affairs, 2014), by Alex Beam Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy (Princeton, 2015), by Jeffrey Frieden

Iran's High Council of Cyberspace, one of the main entities deciding the fate of virtual currencies in Iran, has welcomed the idea of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies if they are harnessed by clearly - stated regulations.

As fate would have it, Facebook is kicking off 2018 by going through an existential crisis of sorts.

However, there is still strong resistance by many in the party to any gun - control measures, leaving the fate of new restrictions unclear.

In spite of lingering concerns about Greece's fate, the European economy would appear to have hit a sweet spot marked by steadily improving growth and inflation figures, along with declining unemployment.

Yet April 30th 2008 was no less critical a turning point in the recession's history than these other dates, for it was then that the FOMC, having cut the Fed's target interest rate to 2 percent, resolved to cut it no further — drawing a line in the sand by which it unwittingly helped seal the fate of the US, and world, economy.

And as the president increasingly recognizes how much Congress controls his fate, Marc Short, the legislative affairs director, has sought to educate him by appealing to Mr. Trump's tendency to view issues in terms of personality, compiling one - page profiles of legislators for him, the congressional equivalent of baseball cards.

It was made clear by Christ what would be the fate of anyone who denied him.

For even though the results of this claiming often accrue to the advantage of better - off blacks, and in no way constitute a solution to the problems of the poor, the desperate plight of the poorest makes it unthinkable that whites could ever be «let off the hook» by relinquishing the historically based claims» that is, by a broad acceptance within the black community of the notion that individual blacks bear personal responsibility for their fate.

We're reading copies of copies that eventually were assembled and re-composed by the jewish elite during exile in Babylon when they decided the reason for their unfortunate fate was the lack of monotheism mandated by the 10 Commandments.

By lumping all persons who act out of a sense of duty and obligation derived from membership in a reference group together in their normocentric orientation, the authors fail to distinguish those who act from the standpoint of a reflective and self - chosen set of commitments (i.e., in accord with a reasoning approach) from those whose membership is a matter of fate and socialization (i.e., out of a fear of group exclusion, disappointment, or exclusion).

Medicine was sacreligious yet anti-Christians kept practicing it until Christians could no longer argue that illness was a person's fate deemed by God and if they happened to die it was the will of God.

With Easter, all that has been obscure about his life, his teaching, his works and his fate becomes radiantly clear: this Risen One is the «first - born among many brethren» (Romans 8:29); he is the new Temple (Revelation 21:22); and by embracing him we enter the dwelling place of God among us (Revelation 21:3).

His fate — and that of his whole entourage — is controlled by the rose in the west wing.

Now, to be fair, the movie is in limited release and only has 10 total reviews aggregated right now (by contrast, The Fate of the Furious has 81) but, hey, seven of those 10 ratings are positive and a fresh rating is a fresh rating.

His early religious outlook was colored by the evangelical Baptist faith of his parents and a Calvinist theology of predestination - the belief that the fate of all men and women had been predetermined by God, PBS.org said of Lincoln in its «God in America» series.

While Odysseus on his return to Ithaca is exactly the same as when he left two decades earlier, «what a road, what a fate, lie between the Jacob who cheated his father out of his blessing and the old man whose favorite son has been torn to pieces by a wild beast!»

One wonders about the religious fate of the 145 parishioners who were not moved by the pastor's vision.

Threats of an imaginary fate — eternal fire or whatever — by delusional people isn't really an attack.

Secretary of State John Kerry is now being charged with jump - starting, yet again, the peace process by attending to growing settlements, the fate of Jerusalem and other hot - button issues.

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)- A Christian girl accused of violating Pakistani blasphemy laws by allegedly burning pages containing texts from the Quran will have to wait at least another two weeks to learn her fate after a court ordered a stay of proceedings in her case Monday.

In another cry of financial justice when one of the old guard who writes so eloquently about justice and criticizes evangelicals who do not tip was, by a twist of fate, in my cab.

CNN: Setback for Pakistani teen facing blasphemy charges A Christian girl accused of violating Pakistani blasphemy laws by allegedly burning pages containing texts from the Quran will have to wait at least another two weeks to learn her fate after a court ordered a stay of proceedings in her case Monday.

The Qur» an illustrates this sudden, instinctive faith in Allah by describing in detail Pharaoh's feeling when he was faced with death by drowning and realized the impossibility of escape, «And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, Pharaoh with his hosts pursued them in rebellion and transgression, till, when the (fate of) drowning overtook him, he exclaimed: I believe that there is no God save Him in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of those who surrender (unto Him).

Closely related is the question as to whether AA will continue to exist, or will meet the fate of movements such as the Washingtonians, the first organized attempt by alcoholics to help alcoholics on a large scale.

The fate of the church that forgets its working class roots was never better described than in this poem by Elmer F. Suderman: