Sentences with phrase «called to duty as»

I didn't walk into James Mangold's Logan expecting to find George Stevens» Shane, one of the best movies ever made about the toll of violence, explicitly and thoughtfully called to duty as a thematic touchstone.

This is not an incitment to riot, this is simply a call to duty as a democratic nation.

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According to Sam Cooper, senior director for Call of Duty in Activision's marketing department, in today's video game business, any successful «AAA» franchise is as focused on post-launch engagement with fans as with the actual launch of the game.

These fans have already backed up the money truck to Activision's front door (the CoD franchise has sold 56 million console units in the U.S. alone, with the November 2010 - released Call of Duty: Black Ops, topping $ 1 billion in sales in just 42 days) and see Elite as more money grab than value - added proposition.

While there are nods to the next installment of the Call of Duty franchise, theLEGENDofKARL is primarily talking about Activision's new Elite product, described as «like if organized sports and social networking had a baby and they gave that baby a flamethrower.»

They tend to go above and beyond the call of duty, raising the bar as they go.

It is, of course, much too early to write «Call of Duty» off as a dying franchise.

Last year it was «Call of Duty: WWII,» as seen above — a throwback to the many previous «Call of Duty» games set during the events of World War II.

And as the recent, technically troubled launch of publisher / developer Blizzard's record - selling Diablo III for PC suggests, it isn't clear that the industry has the database and server muscle to handle multiple AAA games (such as Call of Duty) being sold digitally for the much larger console market.

So a player of an action game such as Call of Duty would be able to download an app to his (and, let's face it, we're usually talking about guys here) smartphone or work computer and crow about his scores or schedule a game with buddies through Facebook - like status updates even when he's away from his console or home PC.

Activision Blizzard's revenue and profit rose by double - digit percentages thanks to increased in - game spending in key titles such as «Call of Duty: World War II» and «Candy Crush Saga.»

Called or ordered to active duty service as a member of the National Guard on full - time National Guard duty, as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101 (d)(5), under a call to active service in connection with a war, military operation, or a national emergency.

Called or ordered to active duty status for more than 30 days as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces named in 10 U.S.C. 10101, or

Amazon is also starting to offer special same - day delivery for the most in - demand goods, such as its recent promotion to get the latest Call of Duty game into customers» hands as soon as it is released.

Chief among them are the likelihood of duties being raised at the Canadian border, possibly as early as next month; President Donald Trump's calls to renegotiate NAFTA; and growing demand for new homes following the housing crisis as consumer optimism improves and millennial buyers finally seem eager to enter the market.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

As dean of the College of Cardinals, it was his duty to call the cardinals to Rome for conclave after the death of Pope John Paul II.

It is a primary duty of bishops, as chief guardians of Catholic truth in their local churches, to call Catholics in a defective state of communion to a fuller communion with the Church.

I work as a full - time professional, and was quite humbled when I saw all the phone calls, late night emergency calls, hospital visits, long days, and continual decision - making and administrative work having little to do with official priestly duties.

Possible effect: House duties can become a threat to the male minister who comes to prefer them to some of his other tasks such as office work, calling, studying and the like.

«Their demands came as Mr Cameron flashed his Tory credentials with a speech that attacked the «risk - free ground of moral neutrality» and called on a return to core Conservative values of marriage, commitment, discipline and duty to fix a «broken» Britain».

Certainly, similar to secular society the Church, too, rests on certain presuppositions which are not produced by the free decision of her members and their free association as such, but are the very conditions of her existence, namely human nature, the saving will of God, redemption through Jesus Christ, the general call of all men to the Church and the resulting «duty» to belong to her.

While not neglecting his duties to his day as a professor or citizen (he supported the anti-Nazi Confessing Church and welcomed the Americans in 1945), he felt called to essentially one work as a preacher.

The hedonist in him relished such details in themselves, but the mature Stevens came to see them as part of a calling to some greater duty — to restore the «religious» imagination to an age of unbelief.

Doubtless a significant temptation to sloth or «accidie» — as this vice was called in older days — is to be found in the frustration a man experiences when he has no clear sense of his duties and no specific standard by means of which to judge himself.

And finally, a real Mosaic brainteaser about seven brothers who do their brotherly duty by marrying each other's childless widow, only to find themselves all in heaven without a clue as to who gets to call her «my wife.»

Nature, therefore, is to be looked upon as sacred, rather than as a mere agent of utility for human needs, towards which human beings are called to relate with a sense of duty.161 The arrival of the harvest, as may be noted from the case of the mustard seed, asserts that the time has come when the blessings of the Kingdom of God are available for all including non-human creation.

Yet in Casey, three Justices» who had been placed on the Court, incidentally, during a period in which relative anonymity was a leading prerequisite for successful appointment» saw it as their right and duty to call «the contending sides of a national controversy to end their national division by accepting a common mandate rooted in the Constitution.»

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

As I'm not in school this semester, I've noticed myself spending more time playing Call of Duty and not having a strong enough attention span to continually read The Bible every day.

Christians are now called to persuade others (including many within the churches) that our first duty as human beings is to honor and venerate the one true God, and that without the worship of God, society disintegrates into an amoral aggregate of competing, self - centered interests destructive of the commonweal.

Even if we connect vocation not only with work but also with the domestic and familial responsibilities so essential to life, there may be other duties that call us as well.

There are only the everyday tasks, infused with the sense of duty and dignity that may make it appropriate to describe them as a calling.

This is the Augustine who, having been converted from the false ideal of personal authenticity and having handed over to God his broken will, torn between desire and duty, concludes that he can be an authentic self only in submission to God's call — concludes, indeed, that only God can catch the heart and hold it still, that only God can know him as he truly is.

In the Catholic tradition an ordained person is commonly known as a priest; in the Reformed communions he or she is called an elder or presbyter; in all Christian thought he or she has been known as a minister, with duties that are distinctively his or hers through having been «set apart» to act representatively for the wider ministry of all Christian people.

Fishon... I think you misunderstand my position... my original point was that non-violence as taught by Jesus and practiced by those we call martyrs, Christian or otherwise is the calling and duty for those who want to break the myth of redemptive violence... or in other words, «might always makes right».

In a church which understands itself as God's pilgrim people, called to confront new challenges, church leaders have a double duty.

When a bishop acts in persona Christi, fulfilling his duty to teach on matters of faith and morals by identifying propositions to which he calls upon the faithful to assent, he presumably means to state truths that belong to one and the same body of truths: primarily, those entrusted by Jesus to his Church and, secondarily, those necessary to preserve the primary truths as inviolable and / or to expound them with fidelity.

But the fact that we may be called to such heroic self - determination in some occasions of our life does not mean that we may not at other times be called to a more relaxed acceptance of circumstances as they develop or to a spontaneous love arising quite unforeseen and beyond the bounds of duty.

Driscoll, MacArthur, are all examples of pastors who make it their duty to lean more to the heavy handed side and claim it is under the motivation of calling things as they are — calling out sin for sin.

In January 2013 the non-governmental organisation Sustain, supported by 61 health organisations, called for a 20 pence per litre excise duty on sugar sweetened drinks.4 In February, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges called for a 20 % tax on sugar sweetened drinks as part of its enquiry into clinical and public health solutions to the obesity epidemic.1 Although the UK government has indicated a preference for voluntary approaches to the control of obesity, it has not ruled out fiscal measures.14 Clearly, the idea of a sugar sweetened drink tax is gaining traction in the UK, but its effect on health remains uncertain.

In 1912 he became editor on agriculture and horticulture for The Mid-Continent Magazine, which was based in Denver, Colorado.11 In the 1920s he was listed as a staff specialist for a newspaper called the Rio Grande Farmer.12 In addition to his editorial duties, García also contributed articles to both publications.

The boss has already told us that he is going to make sure that the Chilean star gets a good long break before we call on him again for club duties and that means that Alexis could well miss the first two Premier League games of the season as well as the theoretically meaningless but potentially crucial to our confidence Community Shield clash with Chelsea.

I called it as I saw it on Saturday on three counts: Gabriel's stupid behaviour, Cazorla's irresponsibility as a Captain (he must be made to understand that Captaincy is not just about the armband but the duties that go with it) and Arsene's cluelessness.

As for Wenger, he needs to be rescued, right now he is not capable of making a decision and to allow him to make that call is dereliction of duty by our board.

After back - to - back 5 - 6 seasons, MARYLAND coach Ralph Friedgen is assuming the play - calling duties from CharlieTaaffe, who resigned as offensive coordinator last February.

Old Trafford bore witness to a rare sight as Mourinho's emotions spilled out after the final whistle when the Portuguese was spotted celebrating with a scarf, pumping his fists in front of a raucous Stretford End — applauding the 70,000 plus home fans who did very well to respond to his call of duty prior to this game.

Min 15 Shaw first used his arms then tripped wilshere in the penalty area — nothing given, Min 50 McNair crippled Wilshere with a dreadful challenge, not even called a foul let alone the red card it deserved, Min 55 Fellaini (clearly offside) interferes with play by pushing Gibbs into Szcz — both offences ignored as Dean allowed the United goal to stand, and lastly late into time added on Di Maria having collapsed as if shot was helped to his feet by Chambers who is then elbowed for his trouble needless to say Dean who was right by the incident saw nothing and failed in his duty to send off the United Player for violent conduct.

«That this House has no confidence in the ability of the Football Association (FA) to comply fully with its duties as a governing body, as the current governance structures of the FA make it impossible for the organisation to reform itself; and calls on the Government to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the governance of the FA.»

Ezequiel Garay, an option Sampaoli would dearly love to be able to call upon, has asked not to be called up for international duty due to fitness issues, and as with central midfield, Argentina — a nation once stacked with world - class options in the position — doesn't have many other great choices here.