Sentences with phrase «civic life out»

For the fifth consecutive day, Beijing and Northern China are shrouded in heavy smog that has thrown air traffic, road traffic and civic life out of gear.

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This is no less true of the civic communities in which we participate — and the stories that we live out as citizens.

To ferret out what the ethnic church means for civic life, Ecklund knew that she needed a point of comparison.

If it is ever to be brought into being in the real world, my basic democracy would, of course, require a fleshed - out superstructure in which real humans could live together — arguing as well as deliberating, competing as well as deciding, united and distinguished by something beyond their shared conviction that equality, freedom, and civic dignity are essential to collective self - government by citizens.

First, since human society always employs violence to enforce some set of standards, Christians» whom Christ called to live out a radically different form of community, one in which it is the crucified rather than his judges who is vindicated as God's Word» should simply take up the burden of civic order and abandon the Gospel where prudentially necessary because, you know, someone absolutely has to kill heretics, and so we should make sure the right heretics get killed.

Richard John Neuhaus» words, «laboratories of innovation» that clear out the civic space needed to «sustain the expression of the rich pluralism of American life.»

Forget the suggestion box in the front office.The Pasco County school district has sent out an online all - call to schools, cities, civic groups and other entities, asking for ideas for how it can do better.ThoughtExchange went live Monday.

Days after rolling out a $ 20 million plan to recruit more young women into city agencies and civic life, the speaker appeared on the Brian Lehrer show to lament underrepresentation of her gender in government.

«Nobody else is going to bring adult behavior to the school board then it is my civic duty to try because I care about these kids and I want to help them and if nobody else will, well then an 18 - year - old has to put his life aside for a little bit and kick this guy out,» explained Harig.

«All the things that we've done, which have helped people come out of the shadows and engage, right, and be actively involved in civic life in this city have made a positive, have made us a safer city, have made us a viable, economically thriving city,» Mark - Viverito said.

Other civic engagement research suggests that when youth participate in school - sponsored activities, they are more likely to take part in civic behaviors later in life such as volunteering, voting, or reaching out to public officials.

Our literature reviews and longitudinal analyses of 9 countries found out that a number of socio - emotional skills including self - esteem, self - efficacy and sociability consistently played an important role in people's lives (e.g., college completion, job outcomes, health and civic engagement) across countries.

Moreover, the aspects of civics that can be spelled out in academic standards and accurately assessed through statewide tests are almost entirely cognitive: well worth learning, to be sure, even a necessary precondition for successful adult life, but not exactly what people have in mind when they say that schools should forge «responsible citizens.»

They exist because states believed it was important to lay out clear expectations for what all kids needed to know at each grade level in order to succeed in future educational settings, the workforce, or as a contributing member of civic life.

In this week's edition of the Rumors Video Roundup, we've got the Focus ST's little brother, the Ford Fiesta ST, getting put through its paces in Belgium, a factory - fresh Tesla Model S getting chomped to pieces by the Jaws of Life in the interest of safety, and the owner of a Koenigsegg CCR get his keys out the same way us workin» stiffs with Civics and F - 150s do.

Amid scenes of airborne, vamping halter - topped girls and slammed Honda Civics throwing flames out of huge exhaust tips, import - tuner kingpin Dom Toretto was heard to solemnly intone, «I live my life a quarter - mile at a time.»

For Socratous, the National Garden is the field on which the contemporary narratives of Athenian civic life play out.

What a simple concept this is, yet you'd be surprised how frequently even the world's top entrepreneurs, professionals, educators and civic leaders get caught up in projects, situations and opportunities that are merely good, while the great is left out in the cold — waiting for them to make room in their lives.