Sentences with phrase «for imposing the views»

Not exact matches

Imagine you don't like the way your physician is imposing his view of the world for you, and worry that his view is unduly influenced by the the marketing dollars of big pharma.

WHEREAS, conditions in various parts of the Muslim World have deteriorated dangerously due to the use of violence and armed struggle as a tool for settling conflicts and imposing one's point of view;

According to this view, the New Deal had a more profound impact on American society than even its most ardent admirers have suggested: it imposed norms of relative equality in pay that persisted for more than 30 years, creating the broadly middle - class society we came to take for granted.

He explains: «It is very easy to slip into disdain for people who don't see the evidence for biological evolution or who want to impose their views on others in a coercive way, such as in Muslim majority countries.»

For instance, inasmuch as the founders» notion of free self - government rests on an essentially Lockean conception of freedom as power outside and prior to truth (however much God or truth imposes an extrinsic obligation to obey, and however reasonable it is to do so in view of future rewards and punishments), then American liberty will eventually erode the moral and cultural foundations of civil society inherited from Protestant Christianity.

The things I find most appalling about religion reach a new zenith in Islam --(i) a dulling down of individual thought and a dogmatic requirement to conform to the views of the masses; (ii) a stultifying ignorant education system in which anything inconsistent with the Qur» an is not just discouraged, but censored; (iii) the subjugation of women to the point of educating them to be nothing but mindless f * king, breeding machines for their insecure husbands; (iv) a political class that feeds off the religious - based ignorance it imposes on its populations; and (v) a general back - sliding against the rest of the planet because heads are buried in Dark Ages mythology.

But sadly those in power have no room for doubting the Tightness of their views and are intent on imposing conformity of views through their equality legislation.

For those who strongly believe the way is «trust God» and «take / receive no salary», that is perfectly fine and permissible, as long as they do not impose their view on others, directly or indirectly.

It seems that for some their idea of freedom of religion is the freedom for them to impose their personal religious views on others through law thus limiting the freedom of religion of others.

Well can tell you that those are hard working people in a difficult and hard enviroments only to achieve their daily needs for bread and water and not concerned with politics or imposing their views on others.

It is not my purpose to argue for the correctness of one or the other view of education, only to note that these are issues over which reasonable people may differ, and to question whether the State has a right to impose the first approach in the face of opposition from parents.

She continues: «The justification for the literal iconoclasm in Catholic churches could hardly have been more clearly expressed by Cromwell's Roundheads after they had systematically beheaded every image in the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral or smashed all the stained glass windows at Canterbury, although Cromwell's soldiers were undoubtedly responsible for destroying far fewer sacred images than the liturgical «experts» who imposed their views of renewal on the Catholic churches across America.»

This country is not a platform for the more whiny atheists among you to impose your fascist and intolerant views on others.

I said the christians want to impose their view on the rest of us — school curricula, displays on civic buildings, bells ringing for services, who can marry whom, who controls a woman's body, etc

It is extremely arrogant and presumptuous to impose your views on another, or offer your religion for them to adopt, as though you don't have the ability to make up your own mind (also a gift from the creator if you chose to believe in a prime mover)

Rienzi surveys the diverse religious views on the interrelationship of piety and profit, noting that «many religions impose, and at least some businesses follow, religious requirements for the conduct of profit - making businesses.»

Having harnessed his skills over the ensuing years, he does not wish to impose his views, but sees theatre as a vehicle to allow for a coveted moments pause.

The main reason of collapse of USSR from our direct point of view was that socialist policies imposed on the society and foregoing economical inefficiencies as a result, created an environment in which you had money, but you couldn't buy anything for it.

The first, the Ulster County Legislature's Energy and Environment Committee will meet on Thursday, May 3rd at 5:30 pm (at UCRRA located at 999 Flatbush Road in Kingston, NY) and, more importantly in order for your voice to be heard, a public hearing is set for May 23rd (VIEW our facebook event) with a potential vote to follow that would establish both new policy and a higher fee for our current commingled system imposed upon Kingston.

«It's their way, their cultural view, their religious view, their lifestyle view, and then they say, «not only I believe it for myself, but I'm going to take that value and that view and I'm going to impose it upon you and your lifestyle.»

Those who are primarily religious right candidates, from either group, are simply motivated for the wrong reasons... the religious right wants to impose their religious views, some of which are down right weird, on the rest of us.

Then there's the individual as the vector of social change, the perception that Society is immanent in each individual action and can't simply be hypostasised as the State, imposed from above or evoked through fugitive concepts such as «public opinion» It's a view that's been quite strong since the late 1960s and is shared (the «desiring subject» for example) by what remains of the libertarian part of the Left.

The suit is also supported by the Center for Competitive Politics, a Virginia - based nonprofit that has worked against state - imposed restraints on political donations and disclosure requirements that it views as chilling to public engagement.

Pumpkinhead distinguishes itself early on in covering the typical set - up of privileged kids venturing into the wilderness for a weekend's debauch from the point - of - view of the imposed - upon bumpkins.

The finale of Shampoo feels like a self - imposed comeuppance for his citing of nineteenth - century playwright Douglas Jerrold's view of marriage to the press: «My notion of a wife at forty is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two twenties.»

Today, educators view federal actions as unreasonably imposing penalties on schools for failing to raise student test scores to prescribed levels.

In this view, teacher change (and teacher learning) is a necessary evil — externally imposed, difficult, and painful, but needed for improvement in student learning.

• Parents do not have the confidence to argue against the articulate and forceful activists who seek to impose their views, for fear of being branded as disloyal to their faith or their community.

Lessen these potential pitfalls by having links open in different windows (so the course always remains open), in browsers that don't have an address bar to prevent further browsing or suggest or impose a time limit for viewing outside sources.

The current era of corporate education reform began with the 1983 publication of the Reagan administration's report A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Education Reform, prepared by a committee of prominent professors, politicians, teachers, and business executives.5 Not only did the report attack many of the equity - minded federal education reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authors wrote.

Industry firms also view e-books as a separate market segment from print books, and the Publisher Defendants were able to impose and sustain a significant retail price increase for their trade e-books.

However, Amazon's addition was a welcomed feature for users such as me who are always trying to impose our reading preferences and views on others.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

In our view, small tariffs that serve as a «speed bump» for goods and services in a world of volatile exchange rates are relatively harmless and perhaps of marginal benefit to some businesses, but more significant protectionist policies may hurt the country imposing trade barriers far more than the countries being blocked.

«FICO imposes bigger hits than I would have thought for being maxed out or 30 - days late just once, reinforcing my view that it is a cruder, blunter instrument than they like to claim.

Prague has become the Paris of Europe as a good value city break destination, The River Vltava's is wide and imposing allowing for stunning views of the city and along which many romantic walks have been made throughout time.

A third story choice for guests seeking views of one of the city's most imposing monuments, the Nina Rooms overlook either the hotel's courtyard or the Castillo de San Marco.

Discover 84 beautifully appointed guestrooms, relax in opulently finished public areas, take in the stunning views of the Imperial Square Gardens and the imposing Town Hall and for dining choose fresh, local produce in our exquisite restaurant or the characterful Orangery.

The first room creates a physical experience, pushing the view to the periphery with an imposing bulbous sculpture, while the second creates safe places for the artist as a young boy, evoking Bradford's mother's hair salon in large paintings created from purple - black end papers used for permanent waves and a paper sculpture representing Medusa's head as a hiding place.

The subversive appropriations of commercial imagery in Hank Willis Thomas's Unbranded series, on view in the Block's main gallery, serve as a launching pad for this series, which looks at the ways filmmakers have used cinema to explore — and to dismantle — socially - imposed images and identities of race, class, gender, and sexuality.

Without imposing one way of viewing, a great attribute of the school has been the array of classes and diverse teachers on offer — each lending their own individual lessons by which to embrace and reject in the search for my own voice as a practitioner.

The artists of the New York School viewed it as a technique for generating form that did not impose style.

When trying to justify the higher sticker prices its methods will impose on vehicle buyers, EPA's analysis rests primarily (again, 56 to 73 percent, depending on the other assumptions) on the view that it will be directly doing these buyers a favor, by making them buy more fuel efficient cars that will pay for themselves.

So important that it needs lobbies like CCL to keep harrassing politicians to do more... The truth is that CCL is just another semi-useless political organization lobbying for its own biased view, not telling us anything new or useful and peddling economic policies that would cause disruption, achieve little, but impose costs on industry and low income earners.

Too many times and for too long have developed countries impose their views on the rest of the world, unfortunately often times with good intentions but it didn't make it any better.

Gelbspan lampoons tea - party activists for viewing climate change mitigation efforts as «as a conspiracy to impose world government and a sweeping redistribution of wealth», yet in a 2012 amateur audio interview, he offers the following insight at the four minute point: (profanity alert)

The conspiratorial element of denial explains why contrarians often perceive themselves as heroic dissenters who — in their imagination — are following Galileo's footsteps by opposing a mainstream scientific «elite» that imposes its views not on the basis of overwhelming evidence but for political reasons.

The separation of powers were built into the Constitution for a reason — to keep ideologues of any persuasion from being able to impose their views on the nation merely by controlling one branch of Government.

The truth about Judith Curry, as I see it, is that she has a strong attraction for political dialogue, and refuses to see that the public debate over climate is fundamentally at odds with good science, as is the IPCC - sponsored «consensus» of climate alarmism, or in her case, of climate political - worryism (she seems deeply attached to helping bring about «reasonable» and «responsible» climate policies — whereas my view is that any and all such climate policies, now, are necessarily based upon incompetent, false science, are entirely the wrong thing to try to impose upon the people of the world, and need to be summarily thrown out, before one can even begin to have a dispassionate, competent scientific dialogue — as opposed to the political debate now being served up — on the state of climate science.).