Sentences with phrase «defend it to this day»

If you're old enough to have made a decision at the time, chances are you'll defend it to this day, and still secretly worry that it was the wrong one.

The London Group made no judgmental decisions on members» work, a tradition proudly defended to this day.

Not exact matches

Back in our caveman days, we would have been wise to select tall, strapping people to lead the tribe because they'd be able to physically defend us — and that preference prevails even today.

When I made a mistake in my business, the press had a field day with me, triggering me to want to defend myself.

Kelly initially released a statement defending Porter, only to release a second statement nearly a full day after the story broke that expressed shock at photographic evidence of the alleged abuse published in the Daily Mail.

The social media pioneer is expected to unveil some new upcoming Facebook features over the two - day event — looking to further defend its product from challengers like Snap.

Trump defended the executive order in a statement on Sunday, saying the United States would resume issuing visas to all countries once secure policies were put in place over the next 90 days.

Clearly the answer is Nintendo, but it's harder to defend the company these days.

But this day of typical Easter activities was preceded by something considered an anomaly by any President except this one: several early morning tweets defending his decision not to label China a currency manipulator — a policy reversal from his campaign rhetoric — and criticizing the protesters in Saturday's tax marches who demanded he release his returns.

It's easier to bask in the glow of the glory days than it is to put in the hard work to defend your spot at the top.

Such bugs, known as «zero days,» are highly prized because they are harder to defend against since software makers and security firms have not had time to figure out ways to block them.

They have to be safeguarded, protected and defended every day.

«In honor of a Texas son, a Navy SEAL and an American hero - a man who defended his brothers and sisters in arms on and off the battlefield - I am declaring February 2nd Chris Kyle Day in Texas,» Abbott said during the speech, according to the statement.

So shared Wong's sentiment on apparent ineptitude among Chinese officials, suggesting that the PBoC's decision to fix the yuan lower against the dollar in recent days had given the impression the central would not defend the value of the currency for the time being.

YANGON, May 3 Journalists in Myanmar believe their government is failing to defend media freedom despite the transition from harsh military rule to an elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a survey published to mark World Press Freedom Day on Thursday.

The announcement came a day after Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she announced she had directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend the president's temporary travel ban on seven majority - Muslim countries in court.

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez vowed Thursday to «vigorously» defend DOL's fiduciary rule from the lawsuit filed the same day by financial services trade groups and several Texas groups that seeks to vacate the rule.

On World Press Freedom Day, DW's Director General Peter Limbourg pledges to defend press freedom, while marking the broadcaster's 65th anniversary.

The winner will be determined in part by how many influential Republicans in the House and Senate are willing to defend the FBI's independence in the coming days and weeks.

He defended Trump's decision to pull out of the Trans - Pacific Partnership in his first few days in office and almost convinced Trump to pull out of NAFTA.

After President Donald Trump proclaimed in an early March tweet that «trade wars are good, and easy to win,» China shot back days later with a statement saying, «China would fight to the end to defend its own legitimate interests with all necessary measures.»

The White House spent the weekend defending sweeping new steel and aluminum tariffs it plans to impose within days, arguing that they're vital to bringing down the US trade deficit.

O eternal and everlasting God, I presume to present myself this morning before thy Divine majesty, beseeching thee to accept of my humble and hearty thanks, that it hath pleased thy great goodness to keep and preserve me the night past from all the dangers poor mortals are subject to, and has given me sweet and pleasant sleep, whereby I find my body refreshed and comforted for performing the duties of this day, in which I beseech thee to defend me from all perils of body and soul...

Being blessed to be a part of Freedom Vineyard, I have experienced what I would defend any day as true acceptance despite different levels of understanding and even clear disagreement on what is sinful and what is not.

Good luck trying to defend that statement on judgement day when you stand in front of Him.

I'm sick of defending my faith after the fact to nonbelievers that means I'm not pro-active in my faith.It really irritates me how Christians get so offended at these groups and decide, through their pious thinking, that the best thing to do is create an alternative to these days and other ideas.

Then years later, attempting to defend the Gospel stories in their entirety, what do several of the early Christian apologists of the day resort to (Justin Martyr and others): the devil performed plagiarism in reverse time order to confuse the faithful...

In these days of Enron, Martha Stewart and wars waged on behalf of phantom weapons, we know better than to defend dishonesty.

I have a theory that SBNRs are so because one or more or a combination of the following: (1) they can't justify their spiritual texts - and so they try to remove themselves from gory genocidal tales, misogyny and anecdotal professions of a man / god, (2) can't defend and are turned off by organized religious history (which encompasses the overwhelming majority of spiritual experiences)- which is simply rife with cruelty, criminal behavior and even modern day cruel - ignorant ostracization, (3) are unable to separate ethics from their respective religious moral code - they, like many theists on this board, wouldn't know how to think ethically because they think the genesis of morality resides in their respective spiritual guides / traditions and (4) are unable to separate from the communal (social) benefits of their respective religion (many atheists aren't either).

I care about all the families that lost love ones that day I also care about all the armed forces that have die for us who went to war to defend our country to keep us safe.

(CNN)-- Billy Graham, the dean of American evangelists, has once again broken his usual silence on hot - button issues, defending the president of the Chick - fil - A restaurant chain for his opposition to same - sex marriage days after issuing a letter decrying what he sees as the nation's moral decay.

As the woman shrieks and rails («You there with your fancy man in the garden in the bright light of day... canoodling with him you in nothing but your floral swimming costume and showing your very thighs»), Mantel's mother, in a turn that anticipates Mantel's later descriptions of Anne Boleyn, rises from where she is basking, blinks, and dawdles indifferently indoors, leaving her daughter — small, foursquare, hands planted on her hips — to defend the family honor.

Then when that evil day comes, you will be able to defend yourself.

O Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger, but that all our doings, being ordered by thy governance, may be righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

But it was Burke himself who tried to persuade the gentlemen of his day and party that they must defend themselves and political decency in general against theoretical currents that undermined the integrity of «sound practice.»

To this day, many still defend «enhanced interrogation,» a euphemism if ever there was one, and a direct assault on the dignity of the individual.

Wilson defended the chapel requirement at Princeton, explaining that «it has been regarded of the essential tradition of the place to give this flavor to the day's appointments.»

Jesus defends his healing on the Sabbath by pointing out that according to the law, circumcision must be done on the eighth day, even if that day falls on a Sabbath.

We and the world in which we live would, in my opinion, be the better for it if we followed and did as Jesus taught, which so few do, rather than spend our hours and days in endless discussions and arguments defending what we suppose to be a group of perfect, from the mouth of God, writings.

We need a solid committment to our Christian beliefs as we may have to defend them one of these days.

Selfishness, greed, judgementalism, hate, etc. are not the sort of qualities I would suggest you can defend on that day by explaining that those poor, needy people were deemed unworthy by you & yours for breaking the man - made idea that crossing an imaginary line on his Earth to seek a better life makes one of God's children unworthy of compassion and help vis - a-vis the lesson of the Gospels.

The prayers include the Magnificat, the familiar «Holy Michael, Archangel, defend us in the day of battle...» and a rather good hymn which can be sung to the tune of Come, Holy Ghost and is specifically aimed at begging for protection on unborn children.

Rather than making inaccurate conclusions based on a standard procedure in web - site ownership to the motive behind our efforts, perhaps if you truly are defending Christmas, you should look at the National Corporations and Media Outlets who base their whole profit predictions and financial stability on a HOLY - day that they go out of their way to hide and dilute.

«For when Gentiles [nonbelievers] who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, in that they show the work of the Law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.»

There seems to be a lot going around on social media these days about churches and Christian leaders defending their right to be offensive.

He knew his followers needed to defend themselves in the last days...

But when the immense age of the earth became clearly evident on geological grounds, most fundamentalists tried to defend the «truth» of the biblical story by interpreting the six days as six geological ages, thousands or even millions of years in length.

if we do not honor God's name today sanctifying our lives, in the day of reckoning in court of God, we will not have words to defend our case.

Nance, why is it you guys on the Left always think that having an insurance policy against government tyranny is a stupid idea, when the majority of peoples throughout the world are THIS VERY DAY being oppressed by their governments, and have absolutely no way to defend themselves against false imprisonment, torture, and overall tyranny.

On this day, despite what may occur because of this deal, I am proud to be an Israeli citizen, as I know that if a friend, a family member or my son will be enlisted to defend our country, everything will be done to bring them home.