Sentences with phrase «from figures of authority»

Some may think the science would benefit from figures of authority to winnow truth from falsehood.

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In that series of experiments, fully two - thirds of experimental subjects — volunteers from various walks of life — demonstrated that they were willing to administer a lethal dose of electricity to a stranger, just because an authority figure in a white lab coat told them to.

The latest figures on the coral death from recent bleaching events are also higher than predicted, with further coral decline expected in 2017, according to Russell Reichelt, Chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

According to figures from the Financial Conduct Authority, released by the House of Commons» Treasury Select Committee in September, 5,476 UK firms have at least one passport that allows them to do business in other EU and European Economic Area nations.

Because he is a religious authority figure, people spontaneously project on him a rich variety of associations from their early life, including powerful feelings about such matters as God, heaven, hell, sex, parents, Sunday school, death, sin, and guilt.

Some of these come from the unhealthy ways that other authority figures, like parents or teachers, may have related to us, rather than from the ways that God actually relates to people.

Our ideas of God often come from when we were little, and they are associated with authority figures.

It is to live with a constant barrage of mixed messages, from both male and female authority figures, about the role of women in society.

Abinadi, Odds are that you are a Mormon because your parents were Mormons and you were taught as a child that it was the correct religion by adult authority figures and most people you knew held the same beliefs, just as ancient Greek children were taught that the source lightening was Zeus hurling bolts of lightning from Mt. Olympus.

Perls held that there are four basic psychological mechanisms in the DMZ that reduce awareness and contact with oneself and others, and thereby constrict growth: Introjection is the «swallowing whole,» in undigested form, of the attitudes, beliefs, values, oughts and shoulds, usually from parents or other authority figures.

From that shocking conviction of faith, Luther was able to go forth teaching, preaching, raising a family, running from authorities, sulking in protective custody in two castles, translating the Bible, writing hymns, eating and drinking with students and colleagues, maladministering the new congregations of evangelicals, struggling for freedom, devising pragmatic polities for the churches, becoming a public and political figure, defying pope and emperor and developing a Christ - centered theolFrom that shocking conviction of faith, Luther was able to go forth teaching, preaching, raising a family, running from authorities, sulking in protective custody in two castles, translating the Bible, writing hymns, eating and drinking with students and colleagues, maladministering the new congregations of evangelicals, struggling for freedom, devising pragmatic polities for the churches, becoming a public and political figure, defying pope and emperor and developing a Christ - centered theolfrom authorities, sulking in protective custody in two castles, translating the Bible, writing hymns, eating and drinking with students and colleagues, maladministering the new congregations of evangelicals, struggling for freedom, devising pragmatic polities for the churches, becoming a public and political figure, defying pope and emperor and developing a Christ - centered theology.

The most recent estimates from local authorities put the number of home schooled children in the UK at more than 36,000 — a figure which has increased by 65 % over the past six years.

The number of children aged 5 - 16 in England and the respective counties and local authorities was taken from the Office for National Statistics, figure estimations are based on the 2011 Census.

Kenyan authorities say some 5,000 external observers and 200 international journalists were accredited for this year's election, up from the 2013 figure of 1,834.

City of Buffalo Police Dept. v. Detective Dennis Delano - Represented Detective Delano in his arbitration in which the City of Buffalo is seeking his termination from the Police Department following his utilization of the media to help bring light to the Girard murder case that was being covered up by authorities to protect the reputation of political figures.

«The water authority owes us $ 5,000 for the month of April and I'm trying to figure out from my attorney what I can expect from them for the month of May.»

Although the figure is an improvement from the 2014 amount of 1.15 billion cedis, the managers of the Trust want authorities to expedite...

** Neath Port Talbot figures date from December 2013 and are taken from the survey of local authorities by the Assembly's research service.

The figures were calculated from a UK national figure of # 29 million a year and are based on the population size and child poverty rate within each local authority area.

Figures from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) show a total of 2,269 active licensed pilots of who 1,646 are Nigerians.

The figures are based on reports from two - thirds of local authorities in England, compiled by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) for the Times and Radio 4's Today programme.

Environmental groups and the 25 towns and four counties which called for the DEC to be the lead agency had hoped the DEC would evaluate environmental concerns more rigorously than the Thruway Authority, especially since the Thruway Authority would receive some kind of payment from Pilgrim Pipeline, but no figures have been divulged.

I totally understand why so many women think the pill is one of the best options for preventing pregnancy and «balancing» hormone irregularities, because that is all that we've heard from doctors and authority figures for many years as an easy, effective option.

Her alliance with a CIA agent, a figure of authority, a white British man she had called «colonizer» just minutes before, is both inconsistent with the characterization and at the same time understandable; her naiveté stemming from having been raised in a literal bubble of privilege and ignorance.

Reduced to its essential narrative elements, Hardware is an elaborate «stalk and slash» movie, with a relentless killer as its antagonist, onscreen sexual encounters shown from the killer's point of view, ineffectual authority figures, and an androgynous heroine who eventually succeeds in killing the killer (9).

The story told here by Garland — whose screenwriting credits also include 28 Days Later, Dredd, Sunshine, and Never Let Me Go — contains elements familiar from his past works: apocalyptic events, authority figures or scientists faced with ethical dilemmas, the exploration of the issues of gender, identity, and creation.

Despite pleadings from the person they were shocking, 65 percent of subjects obeyed commands from a lab - coated authority figure to deliver potentially fatal currents.

Sure, there may not any formal connection between Bad Santa, Bad Teacher, Bad Grandpa, Bad Words, Bad Gymnast (sorry, The Bronze), and the new Bad Moms apart from the universal desire to attract audiences with the promise of zanily inappropriate behavior from people who are supposed to be role models and / or authority figures.

Even though a large part of Brakhage consists of excerpts from his work or footage of him speaking, the film is shaped by the comments of several key authority figures — particularly filmmaker Phil Solomon near the beginning and Sitney near the end — and their remarks shape our view of Brakhage.

The film follows Mason (Coltrane) from age six to eighteen as he deals with the trials and tribulations of divorced parents, girls, disappointing authority figures and more.

The film, both written and directed by Shana Feste, the filmmaker behind «Country Strong,» «Endless Love» and «The Greatest,» has its quirky comedic elements: from Laura's (Farmiga) penchant for picking up stray animals, to her son, Henry's (Lewis MacDougall) talent for drawing naked pictures of authority figures.

Halley, played by splendidly unselfconscious newcomer Bria Vinaite, is a young woman who watches a lot of TV, fears no authority figure, cadges the occasional take - out meal from a fast - food employee and peddles wholesale perfume in front of fancy hotels to credulous tourists.

And save for the unexpectedly sweet courtship of a shy nurse (Leonie Benesch) by a mild - mannered schoolteacher (Christian Friedel), «The White Ribbon» mirrors other Haneke films in its intent to show the worst in people, from the authority figures (the baron, the doctor, the pastor, etc.) to their creepy children.

Using their new authority, Bloomberg and Klein «dramatically» expanded the «availability of alternatives» to failing public schools, increasing charters from 14 schools to 159 during Bloomberg's three terms, closing failing schools, and making almost all of the city's high schools «schools of choice» (see Figure 2).

With all of these figures, the actual number is likely much higher, as many victims of sexual violence never report their experiences to the authorities for various reasons, including fear of reprisals from authorities or perpetrators.

New figures, published in July by the School Food Trust and the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA), show that an average of 44.1 per cent of children in primary schools and 37.6 per cent of pupils in secondary school opted for school meals in the 2010/11 year, up from 41.4 and 35.8 per cent respectively in the previous year.

Figures from 89 local authorities (59 % of the total) suggest a repair backlog of more than # 3.5 bn, says the party.

Choose a scene and assign it to the class or allow the students to choose their own scenes (though there will be a fair amount of duplication in any case), and have them re-create the same events in comic form, but from the perspective of the authority figures.

The event was attended by more than 400 senior industry figures from the travel industry, including Ahmad Hussein, Deputy Director General, Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, His Excellency Sheikh Faisal Khalid Sultan Al Qassemi, Her Excellency Dr. Rajiha Bint Abdul Ameer Bin Ali, Minister of Tourism of Sultanate of Oman, His Excellency Jamal Al Hai, Senior Vice President of Dubai Airport, Bernhard Bohnenberger, Chairman & Managing Director of Six Senses Resorts & Spas, John Bullough, CEO of Aldar Properties, Ali H. Lakhraim, President & CEO of Millennium Hotels & Resorts, Ahmed Al Mammari, Vice President of Royal Jet Group and Peter Baumgartner, Chief Commercial Officer of Etihad Airways.

Figures just released by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) show in all 1,189,995 guests checked into hotels and hotel apartments throughout the emirate from January to June this year accounting for some 3,369,228 guest nights — an increase of nine per cent on the comparative six months of 2011.

Pose the Grand Wizard Cartman and his stick of authority with this six - inch replica figure from Kidrobot ®.

It also boasts of women as authority figures from the beginning of time.

Kimathi Donkor's solo exhibition Queens of the Undead at Rivington Place, including new works commissioned by Iniva, celebrates the lives of exemplary figures from African Diaspora history as well as those who have suffered at the hands of the authorities.

Kimathi Donkor's solo exhibition at Rivington Place, including new works commissioned by Iniva, celebrates the lives of exemplary figures from African Diaspora history as well as those who have suffered at the hands of the authorities.

Knockdown Center (52 - 19 Flushing Avenue, Maspeth) hosts a «massive choreography of obedient relationships» called «AUTHORITY FIGURE» from May 20 to 22.

Mayerson explores concepts of power, strength, and authority through portraits of diverse figures ranging from superheroes to politicians.

Borrowing from the logic of medieval tapestries hung as symbols of authority, Wheat allows acrylic paint to ooze through fine wire mesh causing figures to emerge and dance upon lush, fiber - like surfaces that coalesce into heroic history paintings.

By breaking out of a context in which past antecedents are evoked, cited or parodied, the artist extricates herself from the postmodern impasse many of her peers find themselves in, where they can't figure out how to stop looking back, how to gain their own authority.

(Think of the psychological effect of the «authority figure in the white coat» from the Milgrim experiments.)

Confrontation between villagers (led by a group of women) and private security forces took place in a day full of dramatic episodes: from villagers resisting bulldozers and removing barb - wire fences with tractors, to a tragicomical message from the local authorities telling villagers to «keep the dead trees until we figure out what to do next».