Sentences with phrase «face up to the death»

The US evidence is likely to provoke demands for other countries to face up to the death toll from nuclear tests.

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Washington (CNN)-- One man's face, even 406 years after his death, has become an icon for people looking to stand up to power.

If there is some kind of continuation after death I would imagine that it would be of such a different nature as not to resemble at all anything thought up in Christian theology and i would face it with a curious mind, not a fearful mind.

We must face the Anti-Christ (whomever he may be) and undergo the persecution, then at God's appointed time, Christ will take His people up (the Rapture) to be with Him, but the Anti-Christ will remain on earth, and those «left behind» will have an opportunity to accept Christ as Savior, but will face death for doing so.

Islam was driven into expansions outer boarder came after the death of the Messenger of God and only went to outer the Arabian Penisular towards the Arabic countries boarders now because of the wars launched on their boarders by the Roman Empire before changing face when a new Religion was imposed that combined all Beliefs that was within it into one state religion based on which The Roman Armies became to be known there after as the Crusaders whom launched attacks by land or by sea on Islamic countries through many generations up to date

The image of a woman who is battered for 20 years by her clergyman husband and who would forgive him, «because the Bible tells her to,» the image of a young mother and father who can not understand why their three - year - old daughter was sexually abused in the day care center to which they had entrusted her each morning; the image of a woman who was sacked from the women's program of her church because she refused to comply to the request of the president of the church that she and the other women vote for him in his election campaign; the image of a 14 - year - old migrant domestic worker who faces the death sentence on trumped up charges, because she would not give in to the sexual demands of her employer; the image of a male priest of a church saying that every time he beats his wife she should thank him, because she is one step closer to salvation; or the priest who would make sexual advances on a woman who out of vulnerability turns to the church for pastoral comfort... these are but a glimpse of the many such images that are gathered during the course of this Decade.

Since death is inescapable, we have every reason to face up to its reality and come to terms with it, so far as we are able.

It was no less reassuring to realize that the actual world they had faced — the world of mountains and microbes — though it had brought death to their bodies had first yielded up some of its secrets to their minds, for other men to use.

If we agree, as surely we must, that the one inescapable and inevitable fact about every man and about the whole race of men is this death, we should also agree that it is in no sense morbid to face up to it and endeavor to come to terms with it.

So in the Book of Daniel we find this conviction stated: «Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt,» (Daniel 12:2) and in two late Isaian passages a similar expectation is expressed: «He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Yahweh hath spoken it»; (Isaiah 25:8) «Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise.

Kolbe was the last: Borgowiec saw him propped up against the wall, eyes open, face serene, head inclined to the left, the death certificate, as always made out with precision indicates the hour of death 12.30.»

Yet this can lead, and in my view has led, to an entirely unrealistic attitude whose only result must be an aggravation of the shock when death does come, threatening each of us and refusing to go away just because we happen not to like facing up to it.

He had long faced the fear of death, and had set his face to go up to Jerusalem, telling his disciples that it awaited him there.

There's a hike called Ha Ling and you literally scramble up to the edge of a cliff face over which you could fall several hundred feet to your death.

Unlike them, he does not face inevitable death after spawning — if he can maintain more than 60 % of his body weight in migration up a stream, he will get back to the sea, rebuild his strength, grow bigger and return to spawn again.

A 2007 study found that children under the age of two are 75 percent less likely to suffer severe injury or death if they are in a rear - facing seat; the risk of injury or death goes up dramatically in a front - facing seat, according to the Injury Prevention journal.

Every homebirth that turns out fine just confirms these nuts in their nuttery, and every one that ends up in an injury or death leaves the families in shambles, either holding on to their ideology more tightly than ever, unable to face the reality of what they've done, or else facing that reality full in the face every day and trying to go on, knowing that your choices led to your child's needless death.

Because they still have poor head control and often experience flexion of the head while in a sitting position, infants younger than 1 month in sitting devices might be at increased risk of upper airway obstruction and oxygen desaturation.128, — , 132 In addition, there is increasing concern about injuries from falls resulting from car seats being placed on elevated surfaces.133, — , 137 An analysis of CPSC data revealed 15 suffocation deaths between 1990 and 1997 resulting from car seats overturning after being placed on a bed, mattress, or couch.136 The CPSC also warns about the suffocation hazard to infants, particularly those who are younger than 4 months, who are carried in infant sling carriers.138 When infant slings are used for carrying, it is important to ensure that the infant's head is up and above the fabric, the face is visible, and that the nose and mouth are clear of obstructions.

Putting a baby to sleep face up in a crib reduces the chance of death caused by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), suffocation and roll over deaths related to the infant sharing a bed with parents or other childeath caused by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), suffocation and roll over deaths related to the infant sharing a bed with parents or other chilDeath Syndrome (SIDS), suffocation and roll over deaths related to the infant sharing a bed with parents or other children.

A small proportion of our co sleeping deaths are horrible accidents that in retrospect could maybe have been prevented (in this group I include babies who fall down the gap between the bed and the wall and get wedged and become asphyxiated, or a baby who rolled out of bed and landed head first into a waste paper basket that had been lined with a plastic bag, or a baby who had been put up on the pillows but had slipped down the gap between the two pillows at the top of the bed and the pillows then moved over her face due to the parents shifting position.

A former NYPD officer facing up to 15 years in prison for the accidental shooting death of an unarmed man should get home confinement and probation instead of jail time,...

While tributes flowed in for the off - duty ATF agent shot to death during last weekend's Seaford pharmacy robbery, the hold up allegedly committed by a pill - popping career criminal, newly sworn - in legislators listened Tuesday afternoon as Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone addressed the highest profile issues facing them.

Persons who stand up against the corrupt and corrupt practices in society are very often either bought off, blackmailed into silence through death threats or forced to face financial ruin and at worst physically eliminated.

Another said confided in the Nigeria Politics Online that some close associates of the late Adeleke have been advising the family to drop its face off with the government over the decision to set up an inquest into the death.

Government spending cuts may become a matter of life and death, it was claimed last night, as it emerged that almost two million people could wait longer for cancer tests and up to 10,000 firefighters face the axe.

The word «psychopath» conjures up movie images of brutal, inexplicable violence: Jack Nicholson chasing his family with an ax in The Shining or Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, his face locked into an armored mask to keep him from biting people to death.

We learned the sad news of the death of Pattabhi Jois yesterday and so today we set up a humble altar to him during class with a large striking photograph of his ebullient face as the centerpiece.

Taking on a workout routine needn't require Norwegian death metal, head butting the power rack until a mild concussion sets in, and the reception of three to five hard slaps to the face to get you psyched up.

My Lord What shall I sing Him for now A song full of praise From a mouth full of doubt I lift up my face And I sing out loud With all my mistakes I still make Him proud He paid it all for me Carried that cross for you On that rugged walk, He knew What He had to do Opened His arms up wide Invited the world inside One final breath He conquered death For me and for you.

After such summertime laugh - at - death thrillers as «Con Air,» «Face / Off» and «Air Force One,» «The Peacemaker» manages to come up with a novel idea — the hero and heroine actually weep for the deaths of innocent victims.

Every time the film makes some sense, the sweaty and sleepless face of Belushi invades in close - up and we know it «s only a matter of time before director Peerce will make us privy to the comic «s needless death.

There's an election coming up, and he's about to star on the National Theatre stage in «Everyman», a fifteenth - century morality play about man's powerlessness in the face of death.

It is up to Rune Knudsen, a Norwegian biologist, to take on a desperate struggle against fear and death, and to face the primordial force lurking beyond the veiled sky.

9:35 am — Sundance — A Girl Cut in Two One of the last films from great French director Claude Chabrol before his death, with Ludivine Sagnier as an up - and - coming TV personality faced with choosing between two men — with Chabrol at the helm, you know there's more than that to it, and his touch for black comedy thrillers should make this one an enjoyable watch.

In the book, Jack goes into the bathroom and haltingly stabs the boy to death: «I finally grab his hair and pull his head back with it and he's crying, still arching his back up, trying to twist free, bleeding all over the tub from shallow wounds, and Mary is screaming in the living room and I ram the knife deep into his throat, hacking it open, and his eyes go wide with realization and a huge geyser of hot blood hits me in the face.»

As someone unfamiliar with their show that just recently finished up on Comedy Central, this did impress the hell out of me, but honestly probably would have did so regardless considering that their voice modifications, facial expressions (the comedic duo are constantly making absurd shocked faces whenever surviving a near - death experience), and physical mannerisms are all perfectly expressed to elicit appropriate reactions.

I wanted to see what came next, what monster showed up, what kind of gruesome deaths the character would have to face.

A mother and father are forced to face the death of their son in this Israeli film that picked up the Silver Lion in Venice.

Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, and rising young star Lucas Hedges (from both Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel), the film tells the story of Lee, a Boston handyman (played by Affleck) who is crippled by the sanctity of his own bitter isolation up until he is, ultimately, forced to face those tragedies of the past as well as welcome life - changing obligations following the unexpected death of his older brother.

Again, fans might be so caught up in the cameo that they miss another aspect of the Red Skull's reappearance: namely, how his hooded skull - face functions as an homage to the character of Death.

Ruben Perez faces up to 10 years in jail and a maximum fine of $ 10,000 in connection with the deaths of 21 students in Alton, Tex..

That argument reminds me of what a friend said after my novel Downward - Facing Death — a masterful title if ever there were one — racked up more than 100 reviews on Amazon, the first of my eight books to ever crest that golden number.

So, if you had a $ 500,000 death benefit and your insurer capped the amount you could accelerate at «the lesser of $ 250,000 or 75 % of the policy's face value», you could request up to $ 250,000 while still living.

This «living benefit» allows the insured to receive 75 percent of the policy's face amount in advance — up to a maximum dollar amount of $ 750,000 — in the event of a terminal illness diagnosis that will likely result in death within 24 months.

The total guaranteed death benefit is the total face amount guaranteed assuming no dividends were used to purchase paid - up additions, which could actually decrease the death benefit over time.

The face amount of coverage can go up to $ 20,000, and the full death benefit will be paid out after the insured has had the policy for a period of at least three years.

His face and head badly bloodied and battered, the kitten no more than 8 months of age, was on the brink of death when he was picked up and brought to Animal Care Centers of New York City.

Firing up Nail'd you can't miss what the game is aiming for; a heavy metal soundtrack pounds away in the background and your first race is a death - defying race with insane jumps, massive incline jumps and plenty of moments that bring a smile to your face.

And instead of helping the guy up, Monkey kicked him in the face and sent him to his death.

On Daniel's journey he will face many foes, trip countless traps, and try to avoid being tricked into his death by the malicious entity possessing him who just... won't... SHUT... UP!