Sentences with phrase «final act of faith»

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Disney shareholders lost their case but the final ruling set a new bar for directors when approving these kinds of exit packages: «If a director acts with conscious disregard — in other words, a looking away — rather than a deliberate intent to violate his duties, he can still be held liable for acting in bad faith,» plaintiffs» attorney Steven G. Schullman told the New York Times back in 2006.

If someone acts as if they have the final say about you «getting to heaven,» remember first that «getting to heaven» isn't even the point of Christian faith, and second, that anybody using a carrot on a stick to manipulate your behaviors doesn't follow the God who gives grace with crazy generosity.

Such a faith revolves about a response to the advent of the final Eschaton; it must be a total response to reflect the all - encompassing finality of the Eschaton, for it knows God's acts as being already present.

For Niebuhr, then, the symbols of eschatology express the faith that God's final act is to perfectly justify and sanctify history; God's final word to history is the perfect fulfillment of grace.

Turist (Force Majeure, Ruben Östlund, 2014) A near - disaster and its aftermath begets a crisis of faith for two vacationing couples, whose increasingly desperate attempts to address what happened are (despite a florid final act) nothing short of mesmerising.

In the final rule, we provide that where a business associate is required by law to act as a business associate to a covered entity, the covered entity may disclose protected health information to the business associate to the extent necessary to comply with the legal mandate without Start Printed Page 82507meeting the requirement to have a business associate contract (or, in the case of government agencies, a memorandum of understanding or law pertaining to the business associate) if it makes a good faith attempt the obtain satisfactory assurances required by this section and, if unable to do so, documents the attempt and the reasons that such assurances can not be obtained.

In the event of suits or claims in which one or more current or past officers or directors or employees of the Association are named as a result of their status as such or decisions or actions taken in good faith and reasonably understood to be within the scope of their authority or employment during their term as such, the National Association shall, directly or through insurance secured for the benefit of such officers and directors and employees, secure counsel to act on behalf of and provide a defense for such officers, directors and employees; pay reasonable defense expenses incurred in advance of final disposition of such case; and indemnify such officers, directors and employees with respect to any liability assessed or incurred as a result of any such claim, suit or action.

The court determined that the vendor acted in bad faith and attempted to frustrate the conduct of the sales rep in presenting a final offer for the full asking price.

In dismissing the appeal and holding that the full commission was payable, the court ruled that a valid offer was submitted to the seller during the listing period and that the seller acted «in bad faith and attempted to frustrate the efforts» of the agent in presenting the final offer.