Sentences with phrase «changed in some concrete way»

The Jews are right when they say that if he had truly been the Messiah, the Son of God incarnate, things would have changed in some concrete way.

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At bottom, changes in a school's concrete identity come by decisions it makes, deliberately or inadvertently, about three factors we noted in chapter 2 that distinguish schools from one another: Whether to construe what the Christian thing is all about in some one way, and if so, how; what sort of community a theological school ought to be; how best to go about understanding God.

The gulf war, both in the ways it is like all wars and in the ways it is unique, makes the testing both concrete and urgent, while also heightening the chances that the «facts» available when this text is drafted will have been changed by the time it reaches readers.

The only genuine way to change this, Robinson writes, is for the U.S. government to pay reparations — an act that would finally acknowledge, in concrete form, the damages that slavery inflicted.

Christian is here speaking of the concept «event» as used in Whitehead's earlier works; the term doesn't change its reference in the later works, though it practically drops out of the picture as being a less than ultimate concept (corresponding to the notion of a structured society) which gives way to the category of «actual entity» as the term descriptive of ultimate, concrete reality.

Reducing emissions through energy efficiency With respect to its own multibillion - dollar portfolio of drilling operations, refineries and pipelines, Exxon Mobil said it «addresses the risk of climate change in several concrete and meaningful ways,» including through energy efficiency measures, deployment of less carbon - intensive technologies at its facilities and even the development of products that help consumers use energy more efficiently.

Read this if: you've been looking for a concrete, achievable way to create lasting change in any area of your life.

Strong health coach training programs will teach you how to first help your clients do the necessary internal reflection and examine any underlying emotional issues that may be standing in the way of their goals, and then empower them to learn from those self - discoveries and start making concrete changes.

«We need to change the way it works, we need [fashion education] to be more concrete, more based in [economic] reality, for example to work on a collection with pecuniary obligations,» said Simoens.

This project changed my life in incredibly concrete ways so win, lose, or draw — I'm just thrilled to keep the dream (and the, party) going a little longer.»

Her politics changed from being subtle — the way a rough, concrete shell with rosy insides hints at a heartbroken landscape — to hitting the viewer over the head with dripping red paint, photos of lower Manhattan covered in dust, and titles like «Oil XI.»

Asher writes: «DeFeo's metaphysical but concrete art functions in much the same way: the act of mirroring, or flipping images over and around, of changing black to white, of cutting through the surface of something, of changing liquid to solid, of waking and sleeping, of returning a different person to the place where you began your journey: such transformations are the very sensibilities of DeFeo's art, not one of mere sentences but one of propositions, abstract, as direct as they are elusive, subtle, alive to indispensable distinctions.»

While Hamm observes refractions of light on corrugated mirrors, Dick, in her long - term projects based on minimal and concrete art, explores the way light changes in the course of several hours or even years.

The main purpose of this book is to suggest concrete ways in which the international community can begin to address the huge gaps in our knowledge relating to the likely impact of climate change on migration.

Here is an example of what I'm getting at: * Climate change is a myth or conspiracy - The temperature record is phony - the consensus is just politics * Climate change is unproven - The models are wrong - One hundred years isn't enough evidence * It's not our fault - Volcano's emit way more CO2 - It could be natural variation * A warmer climate is nothing to worry about - It was warmer in the middle ages - A warmer climate is a good thing * Mitigation will destroy the economy - We don't know enough to act - Reducing fossil fuel will destroy us * It's too late or someone else's problem - Kyoto is too little too late - The US absorbs more CO2 than it emits This is very rough example, but if you think it is headed in the right direction, I'd be happy to go through your guide in more detail and come up with something concrete - just give me the word.

The Climate Bill is slowly making its way through Congress, but many are pushing for quicker action, in order to have a more concrete piece of legislation before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month.

If the goal is to clear the way for a reasonable public discussion of climate change, somebody has to take the chances that come to offer concrete and easily understandable evidence that certain people are incapable of participating in such a thing.

Climate Change Effects Already Being Felt We have to act now: we are already experiencing the effects of climate change in very real and concreteChange Effects Already Being Felt We have to act now: we are already experiencing the effects of climate change in very real and concretechange in very real and concrete ways.

We explain the results, we help lawyers understand better how and why client expectations are changing, and we show lawyers in concrete ways how to flourish in the new environment.

By enforcing this measure, we hope that Berkeley Law can enact concrete change in the way law firms treat their employees, making our own positive contribution to the #MeToo movement.

Risa Garon's book, Talking to Your Children About Separation, for years has provided a sense of hope and support for children and families by providing concrete suggestions on ways to express feelings, adjust to changes in family relationships, and build a problem - solving approach to many divorce - related concerns.

At the same meeting, COAG agreed to commission a regular report against key indicators of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage in order «to measure the impact of changes to policy settings and service delivery and provide a concrete way to measure the effect of the Council's commitment to reconciliation through a jointly agreed set of indicators.»

The shed rests on a concrete block foundation surrounded by stacks of stones, giving the building a sense of permanence and providing an attractive way to level the shed and disguise the change in slope.