Sentences with phrase «claims about his authority»

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But as for claims about people forced to build a mine in distant lands, those were the responsibility of local authorities.

A few weeks back I wrote about skin - cream marketer Beiersdorf, which was sanctioned by consumer protection authorities in the U.S. and Canada because it claimed one of its Nivea - brand skin cream products helped users slim down.

Benchmark claimed it would never have allowed the three extra seats if it had known about Kalanick's «gross mismanagement and other misconduct at Uber», citing scandals such as Uber's «Greyball» software to deceive authorities, and an executive apparently accessing a rape victim's medical files in India.

Again, no one is claiming that Thomas's position is identical with Scalia's, but, given what the great Catholic theologian had to say about the limits of judicial authority in reference to the written law, his position is far closer to that of the late justice than to the idea of a «living» or «evolving» Constitution so ubiquitous today.

BC I have already corrected your error with regard to Sodom and Gomorrah and your response, in direct violation to your claim to accept biblical authority, was that regardless YOU believe what you want to about it anyway.

My old friend Peter J. Leithart joins Tony Montanaro, Gary Inbinder, and Kelley Vincent to argue» each for different reasons» against my worries about the implicit claims of authority made when modern democratic states employ the death penalty.

Although, the various orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy have different views about the nature of Vedic revelation, they accept the authority of the Vedas and claim that that their thinking is based on these scriptures.

To make your claim, that the recorded statements of Jesus say nothing about gay marriage, you're trusting the authority of the four gospels — but not the rest of the New Testament.

Constantly concerned about alienating the southern wing of the Democratic Party, the Kennedys sought to channel the movement away from attacks on state segregation statutes, which, they claimed, were local conflicts in which federal authorities were powerless to intervene, and into voter registration efforts in which the national state could be of assistance.

You don't have to try to take on the coercive authority of a parent, the persuasive authority (i.e. being knowledgeable about what you are teaching) is more than enough and all that you can conceivably be right in claiming.

The hypotheses about Jesus that I have found relatively well supported are, first, that the manner and content of Jesus» teaching and actions implicitly claimed extraordinary authority; second, that this implicit claim to authority is best understood as an expression of a distinctive type of experience or structure of existence; and third, that the distinctiveness of this structure has to do with the relation to God constitutive of it.

If there was any other book claiming to be the authority on everything that you kept having to make excuses for like «Well, that part is ment as an allegory» or «God years are different than man years» or «Well, its says to not eat shelfish or pork in the hebrew scriptures, but apparently God changed his mind later, but that part about ga y's stays» I don't think anyone would have given it a second look had it not been at the point of a sword.

In my experience, and in my opinion, the only ones concerned about spiritual authority are those who claim to possess it.

In 2009, the European Food Safety Authority reviewed the science and found no justification for claims about the health risks from BCM7.

A number of the countries foremost dairy processors face the charges, which total about $ 48m following the findings of a yearlong investigation over claims they shared price information, the Hellenic Competition Authority told the Associated Press yesterday.

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

Recent Spanish media reports claiming Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has been negotiating a deal to avoid prison due to his tax arrears are «just noise and smoke» rising now as the judge may be about to move the case forward to trial, a source at the Spanish tax authority has told ESPN FC.

A ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority in June 2014 (A13 - 238372) upheld complaints about misleading claims Danone Nutricia makes for growing up milks:

For example, there is a global trend at the moment towards adding probiotics to formula and for many years here companies have made claims about prebiotics in formula, which scientific authorities say have no benefit in formula.

The story was about a family that claimed to homeschool — because they wanted to keep the authorities away from their house — while they abused and neglected their children.

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints about misleading claims made for these products.

The students, about 200 in number, had documents of placement to buttress their claim of admission to the school but were turned down by the school authorities.

Since news broke about claims of abuse in football, there have been widespread calls for the authorities of the game to fully investigate any part they may have played in enabling, allowing or concealing abuse.

The music entrepreneur later retracted his claims, saying he was misled by his driver, it was learnt that Governor Nasir el - Rufai was not pacified by his apology as he complained about the tweets to the police authorities, leading to his arrest.

Claim: Following inquiries by local media, the MP for Stafford raised concerns with the Commons authorities about his expenses claims for 2007 - 8.

MPs from both sides of the Commons have been hit by more damaging allegations about their expenses claims on Sunday, including a Labour minister who asked the parliamentary authorities to «please pay as much as you are able».

The nearly five hours of questioning, during which Mr. Lhota was joined by other M.T.A. officials, came as the authority is facing questions about its performance, about several high - profile accidents and about claims of deceptive practices.

When asked about Stringer's claim that heating problems in its buildings are five times the city average in private sector buildings, a NYCHA spokeswoman told CBS2 the authority blames the problems on aging infrastructure and the need for $ 2 billion worth of repairs.

«May we also point out that since his arrest and even up to about a week ago, our son has made several overtures to the arresting authority for him to refund the money since they now claim in court that it came from government coffers.

In the United States, population pockets with low vaccination rates (such as in Boulder, Colorado, and Ashland, Oregon) have existed for some time, and the great fear among many governmental medical authorities is that high - profile claims about vaccine dangers will widen the phenomenon, with potentially disastrous consequences.

The British director made his feature debut in 2012 with the critically acclaimed doc The Imposter, about a Spanish man, Frédéric Bourdin, who claimed to be a missing Texas teenager, boldly deceiving the family and authorities.

I don't know enough about recent South African history to claim any authority, but Disgrace seems to suggest that many white inhabitants view the world through a layer of shame.

It's there that a woman named Rachel (Ever Carradine) finds him, and tells him a story about how her brother's suicide wasn't what the authorities claimed it to be.

Chinese authorities claim that the policy has prevented about 250 to 300 million births.

The youth workers who know about vulnerable youngsters are not fully integrated into the NCS model of engaging with local authorities, she claimed, meaning «safeguarding won't happen effectively in your system.»

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I find it funny that the NASA hockey team members claim any scientists outside of climate science can not talk with authority about climate change.

It's also instructive to see how the self same people who get so het up about (false claims of) argument from authority arguing... from authority, becuase that's all this letter is.

The proposition that «science» somehow dictated particular policy responses, encouraged — indeed instructed — those who found those particular strategies unattractive to argue about the science.36 So, a distinctive characteristic of the climate change debate has been of scientists claiming with the authority of their position that their results dictated particular policies; of policy makers claiming that their preferred choices were dictated by science, and both acting as if «science» and «policy» were simply and rigidly linked as if it were a matter of escaping from the path of an oncoming tornado.

In this case the fake authority who makes the final headline claim is Ian Elliott, an ex-astronomer who pensioned 12 years ago and has only few papers published during his professional career, none of which about the solar influence on Earths climate.

In particular, what is it telling us about the social status and perceived authority of scientific claims about climate change?

If they don't enact a stiff tax on carbon in 2021; and if they don't start using the full legal authority of the Clean Air Act to regulate all sources of carbon emissions — implementing what is in effect a carbon fuel rationing scheme — then they can be rightly accused of being totally dishonest and hypocritical in claiming to be concerned about the impacts of climate change.

-LSB--RSB- You're claiming to be an authority as a scientist, what don't you understand about me asking for proof of these claims?

The escape from postmodern relativism has been to locate authority not in human - centric ideas, values, or principles, but to ground it in what appears to be objectivity... «Science says...» This really does turn «science» into «just another narrative», because it now starts to become an encompassing framework, from which claims are made about the non-material world.

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It's interesting to me that without my claiming any authority at all... just by talking about real science... Latimer is compelled to label me an opressive authority («Your Worship.»)

UN IPCC Exposed: «Dozens» of instances where WWF reports have been cited as the sole authority for contentious claims, including one about coastal developments in Latin America» http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2010/01/not-one-but-two-and-counting.html

In terms of no sign of Pareto improvement, I'm specifically talking about governments intervention on behalf of the public good and claiming authority over charity.

In the year 2015 - 16, the NHS Litigation Authority received nearly 11,000 new claims for clinical negligence and nearly 1,000 referrals about the performance of doctors, dentists and pharmacists.

timely responses to communications by email and telephone timely production of documents especially medical counsel for plaintiffs advising their clients about early settlement and realistic expectations counsel for defendants advising their clients to attend mediations with sufficient settlement authority expertise in a particular area of law posturing and egotism on both sides claims for punitive damages where none are warranted under law preparation for significant events such as examinations for discovery and motions accountability for the consequences of steps taken or delayed unnecessary or defensive crossclaims and third party claims by defence counsel regional differences (some local bars are more collegial than others)