This delay can force us to make
decisions at a time of crisis, the worst possible time for peaceful and effective communications.
Not exact matches
In a statement, Pope Francis said: «
At a
time when our human family is beset by grave humanitarian
crises demanding far - sighted and united political responses, I pray that your
decisions will be guided by the rich spiritual and ethical values that have shaped the history
of the American people and your nation's commitment to the advancement
of human dignity and freedom worldwide.
Experience
at family service centers has shown that many people can be helped significantly in one or two sessions
at a
time of crucial
decision or
crisis.
With Jesus as in Judaism, obedience is bound up with the
crisis of decision in which man stands; obedience is actual only in the moment
of action, and if one wishes to call obedience an intention, he must
at the same
time hold fast the fact that this obedience presupposes the authority
of God.
The public aren't exactly enamoured with the political class
at the best
of times, and proposing to extend it
at taxpayers» expense in the middle
of a recession and the Eurozone
crisis is a
decision that Sir Humphrey, were he still with us, would describe as «courageous».
«The term limits
decision was a
decision that I made with many
of my colleagues
at a moment in
time when we were facing the worst economic
crisis this city had seen since the Great Depression,» Quinn said.
Environmentalists slammed the
decision as one that would deprive New Jersey
of millions
of dollars in funds for clean - energy programs
at a
time of a budget
crisis.
They have responsibilities to fulfill and
decisions to make
at peak
times of crisis, scared but trained to live.
No esoteric «human»
decision process (no buying
of oversized positions compared to other asset holdings (such as KO in the 90's), no shorting
of the dollar (early 2000's), no buying
of oil stocks
at a $ 120 oil price, no backroom «deals» involving bonds and preferreds during
times of crisis.