Sentences with phrase «gaining stature»

Grassroots started decades ago as an alternative to Buffalo's African - American leadership at the time, quickly gaining stature and influence on the local political scene.

With its own professional league gaining stature and relevance, not to mention fan support, the future is finally now.

Burns gained some stature this year when she was elected to the board of American Express.

LH project is rolled out for a period of two years, when the company expects to gain the stature of a crypto broker with trade flows comparable to the top traditional brokers like Oanda, Saxo Bank and FXCM, etc..

Q theory gained stature after the discovery of the Gospel of Thomas in 1945, which is merely a collection of sayings of Jesus, of which half are including in the canonical gospels.

This is what it means to gain stature.

Once seen as brute cavemen, Neandertals have gained stature as examples of sophisticated technology and behavior have turned up in their former territory across Europe.

The academy is lambasted as a place where, like the larger society, «anyone who does not believe that rapacious capitalism is the only road to freedom and the good life is dismissed as a crank,» and «academic disciplines gain stature almost exclusively through their exchange value on the market.»

It means review by other scientists, whose interest is in truth, facts, and knowledge, and they gain stature in their own reputation by pointing out weaknesses in the arguments and data presented in the original work.

Sen. Whitehouse (D - Rhode Island) has gained stature in the Environment and Public Works Committee, chaired by Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, as a member who conducts effective oversight of EPA.

The new editions would be prepared by ambitious young lawyers with appropriate pedigrees who hoped to gain stature and reputation by linking their name with the author of the established work.

The Naxos label also has gained stature by pioneering groundbreaking projects like the American Classics series.

Atop a Hellman - Chang Xie cabinet, even the TV gains stature.

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Now who of Cohn's stature, someone who by definition has nothing to gain by taking the job, will be willing to succeed him?

These companies are translating this recent boost in brand awareness and stature into impressive sales gains.

Banks, retailers, wireless and technology companies have all launching their own projects with only Apple Pay gaining any real stature in the marketplace.

Antwerp and other cities of the Low Countries gained that peculiar stature pretty much by inventing the modern diamond industry.

Often times they use their religious stature for personal gain, living lavish lifestyles that are obviously contradictory to what they preach.

Some of the larger Protestant denominations, such as the Southern Baptists, Seventh - Day Adventists, and Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod were of sufficient stature to be able to gain free sustaining - time directly from local stations and they used this to supplement the smaller amount of time they received from the networks.

He gained a moral stature that day and it has prevailed ever since.

Once we begin to think of our faith in terms of largeness instead of largess; once we begin to think of our faith in terms of measurable success or significant achievements or community stature or statistically significant gains or business models or congregational models or appropriate budget processes or cash flow direction or generally accepted accounting practices or independent audits or administrative requirements or procedural transparency or proper leadership roles or managerial responsibilities and boundaries or membership trends or effective organizational structures or current and accurate and relevant identity / purpose / vision / mission statements or strategic and tactical plans or valid and useful performance metrics — at that point, we have become money changers and temple authorities, we have deformed from a community into an industry that requires exclusionary individualism.

In Luke 2:52, when Jesus is said to be growing in wisdom and in stature, we also see that he was beginning to gain a good reputation with other people.

Once we begin to think of our faith in terms of largeness instead of largess or in terms of measurable success or significant achievements or community stature or statistically significant gains or business models or congregational models or appropriate budget processes or cash flow direction or generally accepted accounting practices or independent audits or administrative requirements or managerial transparency or proper leadership roles and boundaries or membership trends or effective organizational structures or a current and accurate vision statement — at that point, we have become the money changers — we have lost our faith and deserve to be driven away for we are neither living nor sharing the Good News.

Joseph matures and survives to adult manhood against insuperable odds, and having gained full stature he is given to feed not only a starving «Israel» and a starving Egypt, but a starving world (41:57).

«This recognition has elevated our stature and allowed us to gain more time and attention from our other business partners.»

Coach Walt Michaels was philosophical: «The mark of a team that's gaining in stature is a team that can rise up when people are lost for injuries or other reasons.»

If you have concerns about your child's growth, especially if you think that he has failure to thrive (poor weight gain) or short stature (poor growth in height), be sure to talk to your pediatrician.

The science ministry will gain in stature by absorbing the Natural Science Foundation of China, the nation's main source of peer - reviewed science funding.

As microbes gain scientific stature, some scientists are trying to answer questions about how and when those germs first show up on babies.

12:45 - 1:00 pm: A genotype - first approach identifies gain - of - function mutations of TFE3 in a novel syndrome with intellectual disability, seizures, facial dysmorphism, short stature and obesity D. Lehalle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon, et al

Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird enjoyed a good late - summer run at the Telluride and Toronto festivals, only gaining in stature as it went.

Though not much larger in stature, the GTI gained about 400 more pounds over its predecessor, partially due to the inclusion of more safety features and partially due to increases in creature comforts.

In the early part of the twentieth century the breed gained social stature and was accepted by the American Kennel Club in 1936.

They weren't frightened at his stature, stating that he will gain weight, get his shine back, and get back the sparkle in his eyes!

With their fabulous hair and small stature, they certainly gain themselves a lot of admiring attention wherever they go.

Larry Zox was part of Rothko's circle in the city, gaining in stature and reputation in the»60s and»70s.

They gain iconic stature for Andy Warhol, Donald Sultan, and Richard Diebenkorn.

As the positions gain in stature, sophistication, and importance, law firms are looking for executive level personnel to run professional development.

The push by the East River 50s Alliance — which would cut the stature of Gamma's tower by about half — is gaining traction after more than a year of effort.