Sentences with phrase «confront new acts»

Moreover, immediate acts of willing inexorably move into the past to confront new acts with their impotence.

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The New Testament is the Word of God spoken through the words of men, and since the proclamation of the act of God as the incarnate word confronts us in this particular form, it can never be spoken of in direct, straightforward language, and therefore there can not be in the strictest sense any «assured results»..
If the meaning of the text does not already confront the reader, how shall the act it announces not be reduced to a simple symbol of inner conversion, of the passage from the old man to the new?
Due to the fact that the press does not have much love for elected officials, the media has helped to create an aura about these two prosecutors, making Rudy Giuliani the Mayor of the City of New York, and making Preet Bharara arrogant enough to confront the President of the United States of America in what appears to be an act of insubordination, when he said that he would not return his boss» phone call.
If passed, the Child Victims Act would extend New York's statute of limitations, allowing victims of past sex abuse more time to confront alleged abusers in court.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Mark Hamill takes the all - time «Star Wars» acting prize, as a jaded man confronting a life of failure, in this latest installment, in which Luke Skywalker (Hamill) is asked by the new guard to lead the Resistance.
The economic downturn and the recent passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act confront many district and school leaders with the confounding paradox of managing both recession - driven budget cuts and new stimulus funding intended to improve the achievement of underserved students.
State leaders, confronted by unprecedented natural disaster, chose to not only rebuild, but to boldly reimagine, New Orleans» schools and acted with urgency.
The Environmental Protection Agency's new leadership, in a step toward confronting global warming, submitted a finding that will force the White House to decide whether to limit greenhouse gas emissions under the nearly 40 - year - old Clean Air Act.
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