"Equal standing" means that everyone is treated and regarded as being of the same importance, worth, or status.
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To be clear, we aren't seeking
equal standing with renewables out of some sense of fairness toward nuclear.
This free dating site caters to intelligent, successful, and affluent professionals who are looking for a lifelong partnership with someone
of equal standing.
In inventories of this type, I generally score highest in the artistic / creative personality type, with
equal standing in the thinking / research domain.
There's an adjustable playing standard that learns from your performance to match you against a computer player of
relatively equal standing.
They know they don't have a leg to stand on, so they will often settle for trying giving their own absurd
theory equal standing to the well - known scientific facts.
It's also evident, from legends and folk tales, that they married locals
of equal standing.
Since a spouse has no express successor right to a patient's right to make his or her own medical decisions, all family members have
equal standing in the choice of treatment.
The Constitution says nothing about relating the democratic process to the distribution of wealth and income, and for a good reason: The social and economic prerequisites
for equal standing in the democratic process depend on one's vision of social justice.
The Orthodox way is to make decisions by consensus, with all bishops
holding equal standing in the decision, rather than by top - down decision - making.
Hawking comes up with things such as his theory that blackholes can radiate energy and since we don't have any blackhole sitting around to test his theory it remains unchallenged until a physicist of
equal standing challenges it.
It's an initiative of AIM Photonics and RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) and the U of R (University of Rochester) have
equal standing here,» said State Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle.
In her 2002 editorial in Nature Medicine, Nancy Andrews, now the Dean of Medicine at Duke University, noted that women physician - scientists may feel as though they must «outcompete» and «overachieve» relative to their male counterparts to
attain equal standing [6].
And yet, the Common Core accords integrated math and topic - oriented math
courses equal standing, with standards and assessments written for both.
Although we in the Western World certainly appreciate a
more equal standing between men and women...
The Vita is capable of those, obviously, but it's the clean, sharp Sound Scape videos and its brilliantly - used soundtrack that put it in
equal standing next to major studio releases.
Law firm culture was shaped by legal expertise, and most firms do not
attach equal standing or importance to professionals with marketing, technology, and process management skills.
This recognition of grace led the «pillars» to offer the right hand of fellowship so that the missions to the circumcised and to the uncircumcised are
given equal standing.
She and her fellow teaching faculty «are on the whole treated very well,» even though «we are not exactly
on equal standing with the tenure - track faculty.»
The fact that neuroscientists are not in agreement over which physicalist theory best accounts for mind does not mean that the hypothesis that consciousness creates matter
holds equal standing.
Mainstream media outlets, attacked for being biased, help lend credence to skeptics» views, regardless of their scientific integrity, by giving them
relatively equal standing with legitimate scientists.
«The way to distinguish officers from CXO's is the President title, but the promotions are well deserved and the title puts them on
equal standing with the rest of the executive team,» he explained.
Vincent Silliman, reflecting on the 1963 hymnal in which he played a major role, recently described it as the first major liturgical attempt to treat religions as
of equal standing and to view freedom as a major religious value.
All family members have
equal standing in the healthcare decisions involving the parent, unless the adult child has been authorized to make decisions on behalf of the patient through an AHCD, surrogacy, or a conservatorship.
The first problem is the assumptions that gays do not want to establish a family in which both parents would have
equal standing.
``... And so I am nominating economy for
an equal standing among the arts and humanities.
Jealousy would prevail and the family structure would be exposed to disintegration if favoritism were allowed among heirs of
equal standing.
The knowledge of
equal standing of humanity before our Creator is powerful and we can't ignore or dismiss it as being too rudimentary.
«To those who have obtained a faith of
equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.»
We can look again to the Constitution for at least part of the answer: A free political process requires that all citizens have
equal standing.
Full disclosure: I firmly believe the highest priest in the Roman Catholic Church has
equal standing to you in setting the standard of morality for the human race.
For that matter, if I make the claim that there will be infinite reward for everyone who gives me ten percent of their income for the rest of their lives and infinite punishment for anyone who does not, my claim has
equal standing with either of those religions under Pascale's Wager and you'd better start paying up if you want to hedge your bets.
Voodoo was banned in Haiti until 2003 when it was given legal recognition as a religion with
equal standing to Catholicism.
He told wives to submit (a Greek military term meaning «to fall in line with») and join together with their husbands in
equal standing — as two armies uniting against a common enemy, something that was a radically feminist idea in Paul's day.
Paul also held women in
equal standing to himself and they were integral to his ministry.
Women have always had «
equal standing».
The French system at Clairefontaine is often held up as a major reason they did so well and the lack of an English centre of
equal standing is derided.
But it should now be apparent that a counter-hypothesis has
equal standing: any positive effect of adopting Common Core may have already occurred.
Medicine is an apt comparison, because that field generally applies strict scientific standards when judging evidence, as contrasted to education, where many inferior research designs are given
equal standing.
... What they're saying is this: Give
us an equal standing, and we can take care of our own politicians if you give us a reason and help to do it.»
Our approach to animal health is unique in the greater Sacramento area - no other veterinary clinic or hospital elevates alternative care to
an equal standing with the practices of traditional Western medicine.
And he thinks videogames are up to the task, giving
them equal standing with film and literature in terms of the ability to make emotional connections with the audience.