Sentences with phrase «destructive acts of»

In This Corner of the World by Matt Weiner The animated film In This Corner of the World contrasts one of the single most destructive acts of war — the United States... read more →

While the destructive acts of Islamic extremists worldwide capture headlines, countless stories of heroic resistance rarely receive attention.

Let it be known at this juncture that we also condemned the destructive act of the students, therefore, we are not against the fact that the management want to sanction them through payment of damages, all we are saying is that N25, 000 [TwentyFive Thousand Naira] is too much for our parents to bear considering the fact that the school is dominated by ward (s) of Ondo State Civil Servants who have not received salary since November 2015, and most of these parents have 2 to 4 children in this same university, therefore, where do we expect them to get such a huge amount of money?

Seemingly spliced together from a fuzzy home movies, Fraud tracks a carefree family as they commit a destructive act of insurance fraud and head on the lam like a summer road trip.

Further examination on the implications of the destructive act of smashing opens numerous possibilities of interpretation within the simple work of art.

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fishon, I'm not sure that this judgement is in reference to this persons guilt of sin, in as much as it is an act of preserving the community of destructive forces.

Gregory thought that this was an exemplary statement of the way to protest the abuse of coercive authority — not by overt, destructive, risk - laden rebellion, but by a symbolic demonstrative act revealing the vulnerable moral credibility of abused power.

If there is a self described savior in the midst of such destructive acts..

>>... TO NSAIDI:... 1 — the gop must devolve and halt their purpose as A ROADBLOCK to PROGRESS, MOVING FORWARD...... 2 — the republicans must act to diminish the power of the tea party (more than 80 % OF AMERICANS FEEL THAT THE tea party IS DESTRUCTIVE and UN-COMPROMISING due to their innate HATRED OF THE PRESIDENT...... 3 — sit down AND COMPROMISE ON TAXES FOR THE RICH and SPENDING CUTS THAT ARE NOT MEAN and MEAN - SPIRITED...of the tea party (more than 80 % OF AMERICANS FEEL THAT THE tea party IS DESTRUCTIVE and UN-COMPROMISING due to their innate HATRED OF THE PRESIDENT...... 3 — sit down AND COMPROMISE ON TAXES FOR THE RICH and SPENDING CUTS THAT ARE NOT MEAN and MEAN - SPIRITED...OF AMERICANS FEEL THAT THE tea party IS DESTRUCTIVE and UN-COMPROMISING due to their innate HATRED OF THE PRESIDENT...... 3 — sit down AND COMPROMISE ON TAXES FOR THE RICH and SPENDING CUTS THAT ARE NOT MEAN and MEAN - SPIRITED...OF THE PRESIDENT...... 3 — sit down AND COMPROMISE ON TAXES FOR THE RICH and SPENDING CUTS THAT ARE NOT MEAN and MEAN - SPIRITED.....

On the contrary, empirical studies have shown that the vast majority of gay people who have attempted a celibate lifestyle end up acting out their sexual needs in promiscuous and self - destructive ways.

I had never heard of Terry Jones but it was all too clear from where I was sitting how destructive this misguided act would be.

When atheists like myself point out the destructive forces that religion brings, its the rationalization of the horrendous acts that are carried out, not just the act itself.

No other, however closely knit with me in some grouping, is an extension of myself; to think that way, above all to act as if that were the case, is destructive of the giving and receiving that can characterize human belonging when it is functioning at its best.

The Bible outlines specific acts that God does forbid (lust being one of them) because they are considered destructive to mankind but more importantly, they are considered unholy in the eyes of God and are selfish in nature.

This point is just as relevant, of course, to any type of self - destructive behavior, or to acts of economic injustice, as it is to homosexual practice.

Augustine understands God's incarnation in Jesus Christ as the act of the divine love coming to meet man, and reversing the destructive direction which human love has taken.

Nevertheless, these destructive forces may on occasion be acting in response to divine directives.18 They express the wrath of God, insofar as God judges existing orders and structures as worthy of destruction.19 Existing structures may be obstructing the realization of new relevant values, and to that extent be evil, deserving to be destroyed.

She commends cultures in which «abortion is viewed as one way of completing the sacred cycle that begins with sexuality,» condemning the squeamish «white Western culture» in which we «don't want to accept responsibility for our destructive acts or our negative side, so we deny their existence.»

The very fact that we are here in growing numbers and walking up to receive the ashes is an act of public and collective defiance of the destructive situation that has been forced upon us.

Now, him doing an act of violence like what he did in Brooklyn in the name of loyalty to a friend, is another level of wrong because was not only premeditated and cowardly, but it was extremely dangerous to the safety of innocent by standers and unnecessarily destructive to another persons property.

You tell yourself these words, but in the back of your mind, you wonder if your child's disrespect, acting out and destructive behavior really is normal.

Governor Cuomo appeared with leaders of New York's congressional delegation to urge Congress to finally act on a federal aid package for victims of Superstorm Sandy, seven weeks after the destructive storm.

(CNN)-- The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday accused the panel's chairman of engaging in a «destructive political exercise» by launching a series of hearings on the road meant to highlight various flaws in the Affordable Care Act.

For terrorism isn't so much an act of war as it is a virus — a very contagious set of destructive commands.

The 12 projects contained in today's new briefing are examples that demonstrate how public finance is still acting as a critical lifeline for destructive fossil fuel projects, many of which could not otherwise be built, and how this support continues to this day, a full year after the Paris Agreement entered into force.

My friends and I felt compelled to prove ourselves to one another, and we all acted - out an incredible quantity of destructive behavior inside process.

Casting Streep in this role is a thing of beauty, not restrained by any amount of subtlety or façade; she is allowed to completely act out this wildly destructive character all over the place, and she does.

That boxer is undefeated Billy «The Great» Hope (Gyllenhaal, Enemy), whose life at the top implodes when he can't keep his anger in check, leading to a series of self - destructive acts that threatens to undo virtually everything that he and his wife Maureen (McAdams, Aloha) took a lifetime to build up.

The end result is an incredible, brilliantly acted portrait of a destructive relationship in which the destructive parts might be what make it thrive.

But Katie's own childhood trauma involving the violent death of her mother incites her to self - destructive acts, picking up men in bars and in one case having sex in the bathroom.

«The Last Family» features three magisterial acting turns: veteran actor Andrzej Seweryn won the Best Acting Award at last year's Locarno for his portrayal of Zdzisław, but he's more than matched by the hyper - active Dawid Ogrodnik as Tomasz, in a role that is as fiercely self - destructive and funny as David Thewlis» memorable Johnny in Mike Leigh's «Naked» (acting turns: veteran actor Andrzej Seweryn won the Best Acting Award at last year's Locarno for his portrayal of Zdzisław, but he's more than matched by the hyper - active Dawid Ogrodnik as Tomasz, in a role that is as fiercely self - destructive and funny as David Thewlis» memorable Johnny in Mike Leigh's «Naked» (Acting Award at last year's Locarno for his portrayal of Zdzisław, but he's more than matched by the hyper - active Dawid Ogrodnik as Tomasz, in a role that is as fiercely self - destructive and funny as David Thewlis» memorable Johnny in Mike Leigh's «Naked» (1993).

In tandem with the storytelling approach of his director, Phoenix too opts to exhibit without saying much — Joe's scarred torso, mumbling diction and fifty - yard stare suggest the accumulated destructive weight of a lifetime of violent acts.

Further, rape in genocide must be understood to be what Andrea Dworkin coined as «gynocide;» the destruction of women as women, as a group or as members of the group.86 MacKinnon urges that grounds like ethnicity and sex be joined so that crimes against humanity like suttee, FGM, honor killings and rape perpetrated in rape / death camps can be defined as what they really are: «destructive acts against women «in part» on ethnic grounds combined with sex.»

As with most personality concepts, high levels of either personality described above are destructive and the best approach is to have a healthy awareness of how much control you have in any given situation and act accordingly.

Monetta draws her interviewees into intimate conversations in which we learn about depression, anxiety, self - destructive acts, suicide attempts, and the challenge of getting help.

The Obama administration and Congress faltered over the looming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act given the nearly universal public backlash against the 10 year old NCLB, perhaps the most loathed and destructive public education policy to date.

The United States Congress is in the process of re-writing the historic (and destructive) No Child Left Behind Act.

Yet we reckon with our own destructive capabilities in extraordinary acts of hope - filled creativity: we collect the DNA of vanishing species in a «frozen ark,» equip orangutans with iPads, and create wearable technologies and synthetic species that might one day outsmart us.

But if cherished items are destroyed, keep in mind that your dog isn't willfully trying to be destructive and that they are simply acting out of need.

Pica — the act of purposefully eating non-food items — and destructive chewing can cause your pup to ingest dangerous objects, such as string, rubber, toys, mulch, rocks and twigs, causing internal damage, blockages and generally upset tummies.

If your kitten is caught in the act of destructive behavior, it may be necessary to discipline it.

Conversely, many of our complementary therapies relieve pain and inflammation and actually supply nutrients to help the cartilage heal and slow down the destructive forces of nature which act to destroy the injured joint.

Separation Anxiety happens almost always when you're not there, and your dog acts out in a stressful, destructive manner in his / her panic in response to the experience of being left alone.

If your puppy is caught in the act of destructive behavior, it may be necessary to discipline it.

These bowl - created problems are making our cats act out — with scarf and barf, urinating outside of the litter box, aggressive and destructive behavior and even waking us up at night to be fed.

These high risk dogs often have one general thing in common: they go beyond a lack of manners to destructive behaviors ranging from soiling the rug and chewing the furniture to excavating the yard, escaping, or acting aggressively towards family and friends.

Perhaps understandably, people often see cheating as a destructive act — you are taking this huge, complex collection of interlocking systems, and pulling the foundations out from under it.

Reflecting on the two sides of human nature, the creative and the destructive, as well as the capacity for humans to act and make an impact on history and the environment, Quinn hopes the installation, entitled Support, will address the ability for humans to make a change and re-balance the world around them — environmentally, economically, socially.

There is a destructive quality to Dellaverson's work that seems to suggest the need to destroy in order to begin anew, or perhaps to establish that the act of undoing is a way of fully knowing.

Critics announced that Rauschenberg's white paintings were a «gratuitously destructive act»; a plain white canvas was the farthest you could get from the Abstract Expressionist notion of the unique individual.