No one ever thought that economics would
determine life and death?
By bringing «trade in agriculture» within the ambit of the WTO and giving the latter the authority to dictate the policies that should govern in this crucial sector, the power to
determine the life and death of many communities in the South is, in effect, being vested in the WTO.
Not exact matches
The series of hearings will
determine whether he faces
life in prison or the
death penalty, a decision to be made after family
and friends testify to judge
and jury about their interactions with the mystery man.
This is real
life and death folks... the place where you don't have the luxury of
determining your own future.
What will appear on the computer list of acceptable
and unacceptable genetic traits that
determine the
life or
death of the fetus?
To my mind, it accords better with what we know about the laws impressed upon matter by the Creator that the production
and extinction of the past
and present inhabitants of the world should have been due to secondary causes, like those
determining the birth
and death of the individual... There is grandeur in this view of
life, with its several powers, having been breathed into a few forms or into one...»
-- Perception of the Environment ---- Open all your eyes — Take a good look around, at your environment ---- Your environment includes thoughts, thinkings, knowledges
and hopefully understandings, make these inclusive to your
life ---- realize continuity with your environment ---- your environment overlaps other ent - ities» environments ---- there is no guarantee that if you respect another's environment, that they will respect yours ---- take some time to learn other environments, incorporate concepts from what you have
determined from your environment ---- Change is essential, Stagnation =
Death ---- All time
and space lies before you, journey well --
Death becomes not the sheer destruction or obliteration of
life but merely its termination, the setting of a limit to the total number of indestructible experiences that comprise a given
life.49 Secondly, in urging upon man the principle that his actions help
determine the nature of God's everlasting memory of him, it gives very powerful inducement to highly moral
and unselfish
living within a cosmic perspective.50 Finally, it affirms a cosmic basis for absolutely cherishing the worth of
life's every moment, inasmuch as «each moment of
life is an end in itself,
and not just a means to some future goal.
The nearness of God's rule, that which had
determined Jesus» earthly
life, that to which he appealed
and cried out in his
death, showed itself to be immediately present in the
death of Jesus.
But not only does my reading of scripture lead me to a different conclusion, where there is uncertainty about such a situation, the safer position is to consider the possibility that renouncing Christ will result in you losing your
life and forfeiting your promise of salvation,
and determine before hand that you will never renounce Christ even should people threaten you or your families
life with
death or torture.
With the approach of Updike's 50th birthday,
and with the publication of this his 25th book, it is time to offer an assessment of his work as a whole: to trace his natively Lutheran vision of
life as cast by God into an indissoluble ambiguity, to examine his treatment of
death and sex as the two phenomena wherein the human contradiction is most sharply focused, to set this new novel in relation to the earlier «Rabbit» books,
and to
determine what is religiously troubling
and compelling about Updike's art.
Now I
live with
death, not with horrible loathing, but using it as a criterion to
determine what is important in my
life; as a stimulus to cheerfulness, for through it I shall recover those I love;
and as a way of giving meaning to my work, since my efforts, no matter how minor
and unimportant, may serve God's final goal [John Knox, 1974, p. 63].
You know that I am descended from the most Christian emperors of the German nation, from the Catholic kings of Spain, the Archdukes of Austria
and the dukes of Burgundy... After
death they left us by natural right
and heritage these holy Catholic observances, to
live according to them
and to die according to their example... I am
determined to support everything that these predecessors
and I myself have kept... It is certain that a single friar errs in his opinion which is against all of Christendom
and according to which all of Christianity will be
and will always have been in error both in the past thousand years
and even more in the present... I am absolutely
determined to stake on this cause my kingdoms
and seignories, my friends, my body
and blood, my
life and soul.
And Colin Kaepernick has beliefs, particularly regarding the flawed relationship between police and people of color in this country, and the role that race plays in determining the lives (and deaths) of everyday America
And Colin Kaepernick has beliefs, particularly regarding the flawed relationship between police
and people of color in this country, and the role that race plays in determining the lives (and deaths) of everyday America
and people of color in this country,
and the role that race plays in determining the lives (and deaths) of everyday America
and the role that race plays in
determining the
lives (
and deaths) of everyday America
and deaths) of everyday Americans.
«Future studies are needed to
determine if the effect of this intervention is sustainable through the first 6 to 12 months of
life,
and if this intervention can significantly reduce the incidence of sleep - related
death in large populations over time.»
Not only can these social scientists correctly arrange all 206 bones that make up an adult human skeleton, they can also
determine facts about peoples»
lives — age at
death, sex, stature, nutritional deficiencies, levels of work stress, exposure to infectious disease
and traumas — from a careful examination of the bones.
Since these elements, produced mainly in the explosive
death of large stars, are crucial to
life, pinning down their emergence would help
determine when the earliest possible
life - supporting planets might have appeared
and give us a clue as to the likelihood of
life's existing elsewhere.
So a team of US researchers set out to
determine the mortality attributable to smoking
and years of potential
life lost from smoking among people in prison —
and whether bans on smoking in prison are associated with reductions in smoking related
deaths.
The outcomes of interest were also a priori
determined by the Panel
and included prostate cancer incidence, mortality, quality of
life, the diagnostic performance of each of the tests
and the harms of testing (premature
death and complications from testing
and biopsy).
My husband's
death has almost torn all my dreams but i am
determined and positive to take the goodness of
life with my two lovely kids..
Unfortunately for Harold, the voice in his head begins speaking of his «imminent
death,»
and he seeks out the services of a literature professor (Dustin Hoffman), who attempts to
determine what sort of story Harold is
living out.
The idea here is to turn
life into a board
and the players — Brooks, Max, Annie,
determined Kevin (Lamorne Morris, «Barbershop: The Next Cut»), gentle Michelle (Kylie Bunbury, «The Sitter»), birdbrained Ryan (Billy Magnussen, «Bridge of Spies») plus crafty Sarah (Sharon Horgan, «
Death of a Superhero»)-- into the pieces.
From his youth, fueled by dreams of glory
and adventure, to his lonely
and mysterious
death as a ruler of a vast state, from the tumultuous relationship with his parents - a powerful king
and a queen
determined to put her child on the throne at any cost - to the rousing brotherly bonds with his closest companions
and vast army, as they fought from the sun - scorched battlefields of the Persian Empire across the snow - peaked mountains of India, the film chronicles Alexander's journey to become a
living legend, a man who embraced the ideal that power has a destiny.
It doesn't help that Toller has so little to
live for: His health is declining rapidly
and he's seemingly
determined to drink himself to
death in any case.
If the undercurrent of the plot is the question of the relevance of
and necessity for ethics in wartime, the underlying thrust of the arcs of Kirk — the man who
lives like he's never going to die
and who's convinced himself that he'll never allow the
death of anyone in his «family» —
and Spock — the half - human, half - Vulcan who has experienced the annihilation of his entire planet
and has
determined never to feel that pain again — is a shifting perspective on
death.
It's fitting that Jackie keeps John Kennedy (Caspar Phillipson) on the film's periphery, a powerful
and almost haunting ghost of a presence who utters almost no words but whose brutal
death and its aftermath is graphically displayed, the sudden, jarring explosion of the President's skull
determining a sudden new path for the First Lady, who in the midst of her grief
and shock must pack up her belongings
and leave the White House
and her former
life behind.
To illustrate, understand that very few «term
life policies» ever pay a
death benefit because the insurance company has
determined that the policy will likely expire before the
death benefit is ever paid...
and most do.
When purchasing
life insurance coverage, it is important to
determine what type of policy — as well as how much in
death benefit (face amount)-- will be right for you
and your survivors.
The premiums you pay are fixed throughout the
life of the contract, while the performance of your chosen subaccounts
determines the growth of your account value,
and can also
determine the value of your
death benefit.
Values for
death benefits
and premiums are usually
determined at policy issue, for the
life of the contract,
and usually can not be altered after issue.
Knowing how
life insurance works is important because your different policy options will help
determine how long it'll be in effect, how much you'll pay for it,
and how your beneficiaries will be taken care of in the event of your
death.
Determine the
death benefits needed: Add up your anticipated financial requirements at the time of your passing, such as end of
life and funeral expenses, your mortgage
and outstanding debts, college tuition for your children,
and other benefits you may want.
Kansas
Life policies generally will not pay a
death benefit if suicide is
determined to be the cause of
death and the policy is less than 2 years old.
Federal Gross Estate: The property that is included into the calculation for
determining the decedent's property that is subject to Federal estate taxation (generally speaking that is comprised of property owned by the decedent at
death, property in which the decedent had any incidents of ownership,
life insurance
death benefit proceeds,
and certain gifts).
Alternatively, if it is
determined that the policy has real economic value to keep, the advisor
and client should consider whether it makes more sense to simply keep the policy to benefit directly from the long - term value of the
death benefit, rather than sell as a
life settlement (since by definition, if it's valuable to a buyer to purchase, it's valuable to the seller to keep it!).
This means they've covered all the bases,
and can rest assured that
life -
and -
death decisions for their pet won't be
determined by an immediate lack of funds.
Ryan's work explores ideas of
life and death, exploring nature
and nurture of humanity
and the environment, suspended between ambiguous states of fear
and comfort, leaving the audience to
determine the circumstance.
Each large - scale print in O Zhang's series The World is Yours (But Also Ours)(2008) combines a preteen girl wearing a slogan T - shirt in English («It's all good in the hood» features in Salute to the Patriot) with a line of Mandarin text (the titular script in
Death and Life Have
Determined Appointments, Riches
and Honor Depend Upon Heaven is a proverb tattooed on the back of British soccer star David Beckham).
The first way to understand a problem, of course, is to accurately understand its scope
and the failure to
determine these current
life, health,
and death statistics means we can't test the efficacy of how any of the global foreign aid budget is being spent.
I believe I provided a figure someone had come up with which correlated the number of additional
deaths to be expected for a one degree drop in avg winter temps,
and it stands to reason one could easily reverse that
and determine how many
lives were saved annually thanks to warmer temps.
We consult with experts
and specialists in all areas to
determine the impact of the injury, illness or
death on our clients»
lives and those of their families.
In a wrongful
death case of an American missionary
living and working in Mexico with his wife
and two children, RPC considered many factors when
determining loss of earning capacity.
In Calvelli
and Ciglio v Italy, where the applicant complained that the state had failed to prosecute a doctor whose negligence allegedly caused the
death of his baby, the Court held that the state's positive obligation under Article 2 to protect
life required regulations in place to safeguard patients»
lives and to provide an independent judicial system which can
determine the cause of
death of patients in the care of the medical profession.
While Florida requires a unanimous vote of jurors to convict a defendant of a
death - eligible, capital offense, (a) the jurors» role in
determining whether the defendant is put to
death or sentenced to
life without parole is only ADVISORY
and can be overruled by a single judge,
and (b) that recommendation is made based on -LSB-...]
Life insurance, meanwhile, generates an estate, diminishes the financial uncertainty of passing away too soon, grants the beneficiary a specified amount at
death of the policyholder in exchange for a premium which is
determined by sex, age, type of insurance, amount of
death benefit
and health.
Your
life insurance rates are a function of your Rate Class
and are
determined by several factors, including your age, overall health,
and the size of the
death benefit you want.
Key factors in
determining the market value of a policy are the
death benefit, the cost of future premiums,
and the
life expectancy of the insured.
Surrender Charge Typically applicable to adjustable
life, indexed universal
life,
and variable universal policies, a generally declining schedule of charges against the cash value may be imposed on the policy for a certain number of years from policy inception if the policy is surrendered, the
death benefit is reduced, or in some instances, the surrender charge is taken into account in the monthly calculation to
determine if the policy is still in force.»
This complete assessment of a family's financial needs will help
determine the correct
life insurance provider, type of insurance (term
life, whole
life, or a combination of both),
death benefit amount,
and the amount of monthly premium the insured can afford to maintain the policy.
The
death benefit of a
life insurance policy is the amount of money that is paid out to your beneficiaries upon your
death and is
determined by the
life insurance contract.