Sentences with phrase «first general points»

My first general points have to be that 1) the PHIUS standard has as many flaws as the German, and 2) having two standards with the same name adds a whole new level of confusion to the primary goal of getting the N American Public to understand that much more comfortable, efficient, healthy... homes are possible and affordable.

With fulsome thanks to PG Wodehouse, here's a few, with first a general point on

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In defending his record, Sessions is likely to point to his vote to confirm Eric Holder as the country's first black attorney general and to his co-sponsorship of the Fair Sentencing Act, which sought to reduce racial disparities in how black and white drug offenders are treated.

The general business conditions index fell four points to -2.2, its first negative reading since May.

In general, interest rates on a second mortgage will several percentage points higher than for a comparable - sized first mortgage; and second liens can be fixed - rate or adjustable - rate mortgages (ARM).

The index of future general business activity fell 22 points to -24, and the index of future company outlook fell to -1.3, its first negative reading in nearly seven years.

Hence we must conclude with Professors Branscomb, Lohmeyer, Werner, Bishop Rawlinson, and other recent writers, that Mark's point of view is that which was «in general characteristic of the Gentile - Christian Church of the first century,» but that it was not, «in the narrower and more distinctive sense of the words, a «Pauline» Gospel.»

The first description points to a level of mental functioning in which bodily experience is merely registered without much enhancement of the mental pole in the occasions other than perhaps a general feeling tone; the second points to an habitual form of bodily unity; and only the third suggests a flight from environmental obligations in the interest of greater depth of experience.

For in the very first sentence of the text it is manifest that the focal point of the chapter is not entity in general, but that primary entity that Aristotle called ouisa and Whitehead called «actual entity.»

Dreams, for example, were given a high place as media of divine revelation; (Genesis 20:3; 26:24 - 25; 28:10 - 16; 31:24; 37:5; 41:1; 46:1 - 4; Judges 7:13 - 15; I Kings 3:5 - 15 etc.) omens were trusted, such as the first word to be uttered at an expected meeting, (I Samuel 14:8 - 15) or a chance action regarded as a sign, (Genesis 24:12 - 14) or wind in the mulberry - trees taken as Yahweh's command to join battle; (II Samuel 5:22 - 24) and, in general, dealing with the superhuman world suggested nothing so simple and spiritual as private communion in prayer, but rather a whole array of magical techniques and, from the modern point of view, incredible superstitions.

In two respects, however, the Thomas version may be more original than the Matthaean, for, as Jeremias points out, the fact that the merchant is a general merchant and not a dealer in pearls, preserves the element of surprise, and that the merchant sold his merchandise is more likely to be original than that he sold all that he had (Ibid., p. 199) Both changes are easy to account for in the tradition; the first under the influence of the fact that the merchant found a pearl, and the second under the influence of v. 44 when the two parables were brought together by Matthew.

Still, my friend's general point is a good one: The First World pattern has been a Social Democratic party versus a Christian Democratic party, an anti-religious party versus a religious party, and if politics in the United States is starting to match that pattern, why is this surprising or undesirable?

The first argument hangs on some very general points about relations.

Lifting up an aspect of the evil empire that had escaped general notice, he pointed out that «In every country the Communists have taken over, the first thing they do is outlaw cockfighting.»

Two comments about this third point: First, the statement of this requirement is evidence that neither the concept of God in general nor the conception of the consequent nature of God is ad hoc to Whitehead's system.

I make these general remarks about the two sorts of judgment, because there are many religious persons — some of you now present, possibly, are among them — who do not yet make a working use of the distinction, and who may therefore feel at first a little startled at the purely existential point of view from which in the following lectures the phenomena of religious experience must be considered.

Before going on to speak of the convergence that exists on this point between the present General Secretary of the World Council of Churches and the Encyclical Ut unum sint, I must first take the further step of showing that the suggestion about dialogue and reception as phases of a conciliar process has not come out of the blue.

I intend argue the following three points: First, these maintained schools are, in general, not even attempting to teach the integral Catholic faith, let alone successfully doing so.

First, they should pioneer in general media education, pointing the way for public education.

To this end we must first survey, necessarily briefly, the major codes of law in the Old Testament, their superficial characteristics, the general qualities which they hold in common particularly as against other extrabiblical codes, points of difference among the three major earlier codes, the ethical qualities and content of these three, and finally the central theological motivation of all Old Testament law.

His first chapter is «The Point of Departure and General Perspective of Universalism in the Old Testament.»

The general point that has been made is that in the new conditions of the modern world the comparative study of religion has moved into a new phase — first, in that the object of inquiry has on a quite new scale been seen to be communities of persons.

He points out that Descartes was the first modern philosopher to address himself to the problem of justifying ontological assertions in general, having asked questions such as these: When can I correctly and legitimately say that something persists over a certain time interval?

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

That is the point of much deliberation for Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman, who has until the end of the day to approve or deny a blockbuster trade that sent Kyrie Irving to Boston for Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and the Brooklyn Nets» unprotected 2018 first - round pick.

TRAPSHOOTING — HERMAN WELCH, a 46 - year - old General Motors factory foreman from Downers Grove, Ill., competing in his first Grand American Championship, hit a perfect 100 straight targets from the 20 - yard line to win first - place money of $ 12,000 for the handicap division in Vandalia, Ohio, beating Sam Knotts of Kansas City by one point.

Here is what TTILTAD said to do: Call him by name, stand close so you can be ready to manually guide him within 2 seconds of a command, point if possible, be brief, use the same words, be detailed at first and then general after understands, be enthusiastic (that's god, yes, that's right - now... yes, you're almost done... now..)

But now many powerful forces are aligned against school food reform: the processed food industry, which has a huge financial stake in the program and powerful lobbyists on Capitol Hill; the need of school districts to make their meal programs break even; First Lady Michelle Obama's vocal support of school food reform, which has politicized the issue for some conservatives hoping to score political points; and conservatives» general distrust of «big government.»

The first key point to understand is the difference between the Prime Minister's roles as head of the Cabinet, who wields executive power via the confidence of the House of Commons, and as Tory leader, whose authority rests on the faith colleagues have in you as a general election winner.

The poll for Reuters, Mori's first since July has the Conservatives down three points to 37 %, almost exactly what they achieved in the general election in May.

The observed increase in sports metaphors suggests a general rise of the game - frame and points to a larger story of how a discourse of sports in politics appears to be on the rise in the twenty - first century.

But let me address first the specific point about Camden and then the general.

That was always going to be tricky, given that he led Labour from seven points behind at last year's general election to one point ahead in the first UK - wide since then, a year later.

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First of all, Cameron is likely to want to seize the agenda at some point with a last major reshuffle before the general election (and indeed some junior ministers may get moved during the summer).

The poll, the first independent survey to be made public in the general election campaign, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points.

The first poll after the General Election has put Labour ahead by six points, while Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn were tied on «who would make the best prime minister».

At one point, as BuzzFeed first reported, a Cuomo aide even urged Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to shun the W.F.P. line.

In launching Labour's 5 point plan for the General Election, First Minister Carwyn Jones said that this will not be the Brexit election.

Bronx State Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr., 74, a conservative Democrat who briefly served in Council in 2002, won the primary and the general election against a slate of young, progressive first - time candidates for his seat, which covers Soundview, Castle Hill, Parkchester, Clason Point and Harding Park.

This is coupled with the fact that de Blasio has greatly out - fundraised Malliotakis and the mayor posted a 47 - point lead according to the first general election poll, taken by Marist / NBC 4.

«On the same day it was revealed Dan Donovan was forced to pull his ads from TV for the entire week, the first Siena poll of likely voters in the race for attorney general shows Donovan needs to make up 7 points, with just 13 days to go,» read the release issued by Schneiderman's campaign.

As the Arab Spring played out over the past year and a half — as Egypt's first free presidential ballots were totaled up in late May, and Morsi faced off against a former general, Ahmed Shafik, in June — social media gave a platform to the competing voices and points of view silenced for decades under the jackboots of various Arab regimes.

The work of Krech, Gerlache, Borchgravink, and Bruce had not yet been done; the examinations of the «Belgica,» the «Francais,» and the «Pourquoi Pas» had not yet made known the extension of Palmer Land to the southwestward along the southern confines of the Pacific Ocean; the explorations of the German Antarctic Expedition in the «Gauss» had not yet confirmed the conclusion of Wilkes that the long coast which he had discovered in 1840 extended still farther to the westward; the Antarctic Continent had not yet been entered at any point and consequently that acquaintance with the general topography which constitutes the first essential to the scientific investigation of a country was wholly wanting,

«For the first time, our study points to a risk difference between drinking daily and drinking five or six days a week in the general male population, since earlier studies were conducted on alcohol misusers and patients referred for liver disease and compared daily drinking to «binge pattern» or «episodic» drinking,» observed lead investigator Gro Askgaard, MD, of the Department of Hepatology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, and the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.

A first attempt to match molecular data on fungal phylogeny to the geological record shows general agreement, but does point out some conflicts between the two types of data (Berbee and Taylor 1993).

In this article I'm first going to highlight an important, but often overlooked point about performing landmine rotations and improving rotational strength in general.

From writing down ideas, developing the concept to publishing the ready thing, and developing it further from the starting point since the first feedback and general overlook.

This was my first time using General Finishes milk paint, and it's important to point out that it isn't like traditional milk paint (no chipping).

It's questionable, because many of the film's plot points indicate that, even if Garland had begun adapting the film after the first book, he knew the general arc.