Sentences with phrase «for seizing upon»

You certainly hold true to your penchant for seizing upon the incidental — in this case very wrongly.

Dante's innovative but risky technique was to trust us, his readers, with the responsibility for seizing upon the details in the narratives told by these sympathetic sinners in order to condemn them on the evidence that issues from their own mouths.

Not exact matches

With continuous partial attention, we're scanning incoming alerts for the one best thing to seize upon: «How can I tune in in a way that helps me sync up with the most interesting, or important, opportunity?»

CHICAGO, May 2 - Global grain marketers have seized upon trade tensions between the United States and several of its top export markets, including China, to turn around struggling trading units following one of the toughest years ever for the industry.

Yet politicians, lawyers and others quickly seized upon the California ruling as one that could have more repercussions for Uber and other similar companies.

You can bet Republicans and financial sector would seize upon an uptick to argue for interest rate hikes.

(Shkreli was sentenced to seven years in prison in January for securities fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud, and a forfeiture order authorized the government to seize a Picasso painting and the sole copy of Wu Tang Clan's «Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.»)

Africans have seized upon Bitcoin as a means of economic stability as well as opening doors for entrepreneurship and investing in order to realize a better life.

I greatly welcome this turn in the discussion, for this latter question was also the theme of my own sermon, and it was only because the former arose in «Meeting Point» and was seized upon by many of my correspondents that I have had to devote a disproportionate amount of space to the historical problem.

A crucial judgment that the church must make is whether to reject their offerings because of their ambiguous character and radical demands or to seize upon them as an occasion for repentance for that in our history which now appears evil to so many sensitive critics.

And if the terrible thing happened (for religious edification should not, like a woman's finery be intended for a splendid moment) that you were buried alive, if, as you awakened in the coffin you seized upon your accustomed consolation, then even in this lonely torment, you would be in unity with all men.

They insisted that they were protecting the faith delivered once and for all to the saints, so they seized upon these phrases as the tests of correctness.

Quite predictably, CAIR seized upon his letter as the occasion for another press release trumpeting that the bishops of the United States had repudiated my review of Bat Ye'or, which no doubt came as a surprise to the bishops.

If we do not seize upon the promise of this moment through what we might call «the mutual conversation, consolation and correction of the brothers and sisters» (to rephrase Luther), we could be in for a period of theological Balkanization or Beirutization - armed camps firing away at each other from their places of epistemological privilege.

Once the empty tomb story began to circulate, it is only natural that it would be seized upon for its apologetic value, and this is exactly the concern which became more prominent in the later Gospels.

«In the poisonous environment of Washington, D.C, any personal failing is seized upon, often twisted, for political gain.

He seized upon these (not least in his tractatus Against the Averroists: On There Being Only One Intellect) as a key for shedding crucial light on aspects of Christian doctrine much threatened by the Cathari, on the one hand, and by the Averroists, on the other.

Just about the time one gets ready to seize upon an interesting detail, for good or ill, Bloom makes reference to the detail as «my fiction.»

In turning men away from the mythological concepts of the gods to the YHWH who was known through His Word, Israel seized upon the most important phenomenon in the human scene — language — to become the metaphor for faith «The Word became flesh.»

Undaunted he seized upon this as an opportunity for evangelism.

Narsai seized upon the image of Isaiah in the Temple with the burning coal to express the sacred terror experienced by the priest in the mediation of the divine, for Isaiah saw in the coal «the Mystery of the Body and Blood, which, like fire, consumes the iniquity of mortal man.»

Things got so bad Kim gave up breastfeeding after a few months and finally when her daughter came to her senses in one of those rare moments for toddlers that we should seize upon whenever we get the chance, and North told her mommy that she would not interrupt her breastfeeding sessions anymore.

Campaign Finance Reform Can Help Crack Down on Corruption A 2011 report by the Center for Competitive Politics has been seized upon by opponents of Fair Elections to argue that the public financing system in New York City is characterized by consistent abuse of public funds and corruption.

The argument for fixed quotas of women in Parliament has re-emerged and been seized upon by the media and campaign groups claiming that there is serious lack of female representation in the party hierarchy.

Anyone can survive one mistake but the moment you get a reputation for gaffes then any slip - up, no matter how minor, will be seized upon by the media as further evidence of this trend.

Dan Levitan, a spokesman for de Blasio's campaign, seized upon the Malliotakis» trips to attack the GOP contender.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010 paved the way for new forms of unlimited political spending — an opening seized upon by mega-donors on the right opposed to the Obama administration.

The former business secretary's account of New Labour's time in power were seized upon at prime minister's questions in the Commons yesterday by David Cameron, who mocked Labour for its «shambolic» time in government.

It seized upon a single tweet from an obscure, unverified account that claimed, without evidence, that the newspaper had paid his accusers for their recollections.

«Accordingly, Pastoralists being major victims of internecine tribal killings across Northern Nigeria for decades on end, we seize this opportunity to call upon the president to as a matter of duty extend his sense of justice to likewise arrest and punish all those who committed the genocidal killings of the over 1000 our men, women and children last June in Mambila, last November in Numan and Kajuru among others.

The exchange drew considerable attention in the media and Democrats — who see Grimm's New York House seat as a possible win for them in the 2014 midterm election — seized upon the threat.

While Cuomo has seized upon every hiccup at the Indian Point nuclear plant downstate to amplify his calls for its closure, he has touted the benefits of the FitzPatrick plant and other upstate nuclear power generation.

Maintenance issues at Indian Point have been seized upon by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who wants the plant to close for safety reasons because it is about 30 miles from Manhattan.

It will be seized upon by engineers, says Fred Prata at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research in Kjeller.

But as the film rolls on both characters pick up on each other's traits, learning to atone for their past mistakes on the one hand and to seize upon the various new chances of romance on the other.

When the electricity and plumbing get cut off, they seize upon the idea of making a homegrown porno movie for some quick cash, enlisting the help of their friends.

Meanwhile, Valjean seizes an opportunity for compassion regarding Fantine (a clammy Uma Thurman), a worker at his factory who is dismissed upon the discovery that she has a child out of wedlock.

Directed with bland competence by Michael Gracey from a script by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon, «The Greatest Showman» is both a fitful hoot and a remarkably upbeat con job, one that seizes upon Barnum's talent for hoodwinking his customers and tries to foist it in turn upon the audience.

While none of Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, F. Murray Abraham, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum or any of the other names in the film has the drawing power that Roberts did in 2000, the fact that so many recognizable actors were assembled for the same film made them a type of collective draw — a fact which the film's marketers seized upon with highly colorful promotional posters highlighting the above names and many more.

Almost as shocking as its narrative — which tells the story of literally tens of thousands of children, and the terrible abuses they suffered after in many cases being told that their parents were dead — is the fact that it is hardly known in the United States, where tales of adolescent mistreatment and murder are typically seized upon with a white - hot tabloid fervor, grist for the mill of the 24 - hour cable news channels.

As Thorin and his fellow dwarves prepare for battle against the men of Lake - town and Thranduil's (Lee Pace) elven army, Gandalf (Ian McKellen) escapes from Dol Guldur just in time to warn them of a much bigger threat: Azog the Defiler is marching upon Erebor with a battalion of orcs to seize the stronghold, and they'll need to put aside their differences and fight alongside each other in order to stop them.

Everything that has been said about Kristin Scott Thomas» portrayal of Juliette is true; this is quite possibly the richest, most complicated character that has been written for a mature female actor in several years, and she seizes upon it to craft the most honest and perceptive performance of her career.

Let's seize upon this local capital for our children's sake — and our own.

SEAs and LEAs are planning for and working to fulfill the law's requirements, as well as seizing upon new opportunities to partner with stakeholders to improve education for all students.

As might be expected, opponents of Louisiana's education reforms have seized upon the results as evidence that those policies have failed, and in particular have sought to pin the blame for the NAEP score drop on State Superintendent John White.

«For whatever reason a lot of Common Core opponents seized upon this as if it has anything to do with Common Core, which it doesn't,» he said.

I was the boy in the family and therefore, statistically, the person most likely to seize upon the computer culture, the child to wire the household, tune it into our century, keep the two systems, one for me, the other for the rest of the Shaws, up and running.

Of course I know what is an auction, and this morning, when the air was still cool and we garbage soldiers sat upon the metal floor of the highway truck as it drove under the tall span of the golden bridge, the smell of the ocean behind us, I held the newspaper tight in my lap so no wind would touch it and that is when I saw the short notice of Seized Property for Sale, a three - bedroom home.

That optimism might be the reason for what the Fed didn't say in today's statement, and sometimes it is what the Fed doesn't say that markets and commentators seize upon.

Establishes standards for the care of abandoned, stray or seized animals and requires the release of a shelter animal to a rescue group upon request of the rescue group prior to euthanasia of the animal.