Sentences with phrase «desperate condition of»

It really works, and it's all pretty reasonable, especially if you understand the underlying desperate condition of an actual alcoholic.

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The answer has to be No, if certain conditions all came together again: (1) an economic and political situation as desperate as it was in Hitler's Germany; (2) the rise of a new evil genius with Hitler's demagogic powers; (3) virulent and all - pervading anti-Semitism; (4) repeated use of the «Big Lie» with mastery; and (5) an entire nation's being stricken by megalomania and arrogance, by the curse of pseudoscience, and by the deadly combination of sentimentality and cruelty.

He begins by reminding the people of their miserable condition, of the famine, and he insists that they are in desperate straits.

But — and this is a huge qualifier — if that message of justification by God's undeserved love is preached apart from an unmasking of the actual power relations which have aggravated these feelings to the level of a social neurosis; if people are released from the rat race of upward mobility only privatistically, with no critique of the economic and social ideology that stimulates such desperate cravings; if people are liberated from a bad sense of themselves without any sense of mission to change the conditions that waste human beings in such a way, then justification by faith becomes a mystification of the actual power relations, and the Christian gospel is indeed the opiate of the masses.

In the strangely efficient world of human trafficking, there are countries of origin, such as Ukraine, Cambodia and Nigeria, where desperate conditions render people vulnerable to enslavement.

Anybody who can avoid these desperate conditions but chooses not to is a traitor to their own humanity in my view and should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.

However, many parents are desperate to know whether their child carries the genes for dwarfism, particularly if one or both of the parents have the condition themselves.

«So I think, do we have the real Keith Ellison or do we have a transformed, conditioned Keith Ellison so desperate for the position that he's forgotten a lot of his own former courageous stands and is willing to spend the lot of his time raising money from Democratic Party fat cats, which is the prime occupation of the chair of the Democratic National Committee.»

The desperate students also say their academic work has stalled and their living conditions are worsening due to the non-payment of their allowances.

Mark - Viverito referenced the poor condition the park was once in, and said the completion of the project was long overdue for a community in desperate need of family play spaces.

Indeed, as the sun begins to set and I turn away from the teenage loggers to begin my long hike out of the Borneo jungle and away from their desperate conditions, I realize this is not an option for them.

As a result of these desperate conditions, the dryland countries are host to a disproportionate number of the world's violent conflicts.

A much larger percentage of Bulgarian women are financially independent compared to their Russian counterparts and are not driven by financially desperate conditions to search for a husband and marriage abroad.

Desperate for a project that will give his reputation a jump start, Jack agrees to star in a film version of the once - popular television series Bewitched as hapless hubby Darrin Stephens, under the condition that an unknown actress be cast as the female lead so he won't be upstaged.

«Blue Jasmine» has some interesting things to say about class, wealth and tragedy (though some of them being superficial and one - dimensional), but it's sharpest, most cutting salvos are looking straight at the ugly conditions of the human heart, our lies, compartmentalized delusions, and desperate coping methods.

How important was entertainment and escapism in the lives of people in those desperate conditions?

And this is how Creep 2 almost becomes a love story: a lonely individual desperate to share his unconventional life and an artist eager to explore the underbelly of the human condition.

almost becomes a love story: a lonely individual desperate to share his unconventional life and an artist eager to explore the underbelly of the human condition.

Many of these refugees end up in foreign countries, in desperate conditions, and with no knowledge of the local language.

The recent mass immigration of thousands of displaced children together with their families to European countries, and their historical long march in the wake of a risk - laden and desperate journey across different countries and less - than - friendly seas in the hope to leave behind the miseries of war and move toward a better life that they are hoping to forge for themselves and their parents in their host countries, resonates with the life stories and conditions of the characters of a number of submissions this year.»

That so many adults would brave — no, fight against — such desperate conditions for the sake of boys and girls speaks to the honor and commitment of the best of this profession.

Paying the price For a long time, it has been clear to school officials that thousands of buildings across the United States were in dire condition and in desperate need of repairs.

If you're desperate to know early how you might perform on the SAT, grab a copy of the College Board's SAT Study Guide and take a practice exam under test - like conditions.

I came to Doug in a pretty desperate condition - my car had fallen apart, and I had no other means of transportation.

Tinti is a writer gifted beyond her years, both literary in her perceptions — «the sailboat passed a cargo ship the length of an aircraft carrier, stretching across the surface like a giant guarding the edge of the world» — and possessing a thoroughgoing comprehension of the human condition, our sometimes desperate search for love and family, the rage we often feel as we stumble through our ignorance and past our fear to confront our mortality.

A pre-foreclosure seller might be desperate and lie to you about the condition of the property and the neighborhood.

The abandoned dog mill in Pasir Ris was a sorrowful sight of desperate dogs — over 75 of them — housed in cramped, filthy conditions.

That's just what happened when a horse and burro sanctuary in South Dakota closed down, leaving hundreds of horses starving in desperate conditions.

There are any number of 501c3s that are hoarders or seriously deficient «sanctuaries» with animals living in desperate, filthy conditions with no hope of adoption to a good home.

Veterinarians and caretakers say the dogs were in filthy conditions and in desperate need of baths.

We walked through row after row of tiny, filthy and dilapidated, decades - old wire cages packed with hundreds of desperate dogs forced to wallow in their own feces through extreme weather conditions — many without food and water.

Some major concerns in Mexico that can result from economic pressure are corruption, drug trafficking, and violent crime, all of which escalate when officials and citizens are put in desperate conditions.

Comparing current global conditions to the turmoil that followed each of the World Wars, he has said the international exhibition is a response to economic, political and social crises, including «a humanitarian catastrophe on the high seas, deserts, and borderlands, as immigrants, refugees, and desperate peoples seek refuge in seemingly calmer and prosperous lands,» and the uncertainty and insecurity that accompanies such desperate disorder.

Secondly, with regard to Mr. Taylor's comment about scientists potentially imposing «value judgments» and the inappropriateness of that, how can any one of us, lay or scientific, not impose a value judgment on our beloved Earth and its desperate need for healing, compassion and immediate action from all of us to create healthier living conditions for all species?

Two years of failed rains have pushed families into desperate conditions in a region already known for its desert - like conditions.

In fact, certain of TEPCO's actions in the aftermath of the explosions have been confused and, some might opine, lacking discipline of purpose to the extent that expedient decisions have been made without proper forethought and judiciousness to avoid knock - on consequences: for example, the injection of seawater may have resulted in salt deposits sufficient to foul cooling flows in the lower regions of the RPV [reactor pressure vessel]; the liberation of hydrogen from seawater is more rampant than from freshwater and radiolysis of oxygen from the cooling water could provide stoichiometric conditions and ignition with hydrogen in the absence of air in the containments; and the latest and most recent announcement to deploy a nitrogen purge to the Unit 1 reactor seems yet another ill - explained and unjustified desperate measure».

The buyer accepts your offer of $ 5,000 to repair the roof, and then also knocks off another 10 % because they think the house is not in good condition or you are desperate...