Sentences with phrase «given the circumstances as»

His comments have a surprisingly casual tone, given his circumstances as a soldier stationed in Vietnam.

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Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Furthermore, you need to take into consideration the user's circumstances such as geographic location, job role, patterns of past behavior, and time of day to give context about why the person needs access and what they'll do with it.

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

Why, in circumstances where Canada's security, policies and companies are already as fully protected as they can be, do we maintain a net - benefit test that does not show a bottom - line impact on Canada, imposes an unnecessary burden on investors and gives Canada a dubious (if generally undeserved) international reputation?

Perhaps we will see differing circumstances given due weight, as the various countries formulate their individual responses over the period ahead.

For example, one trade credit policy form requires the policyholder to warrant, among other things, that (a) as of the execution of this Insurance Policy, it has no knowledge of any circumstance which could give rise to or increase the likelihood of a Loss; and (b) all of the information that it has provided and will provide to the Underwriter including, but not limited to, the information provided in the Application for Insurance, is and will be true and that no material information has been or will be withheld.

While both sides are pitching this as a win, this is certainly a best - case scenario for Uber given the circumstances.

Mike Gleason: Well, as we're talking here on Thursday morning, we're seeing the metals holding up quite well under the circumstances, and especially given the recent strong advance by the sector.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has interpreted the results as strengthening his position versus creditors in negotiations, but it is possible that Tsipras may be more conciliatory on the margin given the dire circumstances facing Greece and its banking system, and the desire of the majority of Greek voters to stay in the eurozone.

Many have pointed out (most recently, Carson Holloway) that the application of natural law to our situation requires the virtue of prudence, a mastery of the details of our circumstances (such as is possible for a human being), with the goals and the weights given to particular considerations by good moral character (or, if you will, a well - formed conscience).

«As a result of the new circumstances, the Minister of Agriculture, Orit Noked, encourages Israeli palm tree growers to significantly increase the number of lulavs to be given for the Sukkot holiday.

I now believe it does a tremendous disservice to honorable people who are faithful believers to place on them the additional burden of guilt, shame and magnified suffering that comes from the kind of doctrine that promotes (sells) prayer as a magic talisman which will somehow change God's mind, alter physical circumstance, and fix intractable problems — if only the one praying has enough faith or asks in the right way or lives a holy enough life or professes Jesus enough or waits patiently or never gives up or any of a hundred different gotchas that can be called upon to justify the lack of an affirmative answer.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

But we can say at least this: the essential meaning of the concept of the miraculous, as this has been used in traditional theology, is grounded in the keen awareness men have of the unexpected and unprecedented experiences and happenings, the novel and hence the unusually stimulating events or circumstances of life, through which men in every age have been aroused to faith in God and have been given a deepening conviction of his love and care.

We are prone to be over-determined by circumstances, social location and identities that are secularly constructed and never able to give a full account of who we are as imago dei or an account of the journey of faith we are traveling.

[8] e.g. Frank McAveetyMSP, Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1, Evidence Session 7 June 2006 gave the «perfect example» of a woman in a long - term same - sex relationship, who herself was adopted: ``... the woman is in a stable relationship, understands what it is like to bring up children in difficult circumstances, cares passionately and possesses moral values that are as strong as those of anyone around this table.

Of course, Luther also believed in living our faith as fully as we can, given our personal strengths, weaknesses and circumstances of life.

Drawing from the marriage analogy, when a bride and groom commit their lives to each other, the marriage vows are rooted in the desire to give to the other partner, and the vows have strength as long as they are rooted in a commitment that is outside the influence of circumstances or fluctuating emotion.

I can't know if this is happening in ths case, as I said, but it seems possible, given the circumstances.

God only asks us to be as god - like as we can be given our own particular strengths and weaknesses and within the circumstances imposed by temporal existence.

The issue is whether the imperatives can in fact be applied to concrete circumstances, especially without giving more attention to virtues, such as we find in the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions.

And they represent ways in which, under given conditions and in given circumstances, men and women have felt that they were «saved» from what dragged them down and damaged their lives, and that they were being drawn as they responded in commitment of self to the action of God in Jesus Christ.

Luckily any given election is never entirely over for either party to the dispute because in two to four years hence the people will be able to fight it out again — even as new unforeseen and important circumstances which must be dealt with will inevitably present themselves for the consideration of the community.

He may be an intellectualist who believes that incorrect behavior by itself prevents the achievement of the First Good; if so, he can now disagree intelligibly with his dissenting Traditionalist brother who supposes that the self does its perfecting work by obtending — that is, by moving the persona to seek right answers as best it can, given its particular resources and circumstances.

There are few things that annoy me as much as people who get up to speak when they have given little or no thought to how those hearing their words might be in a completely different life - stage and circumstance to them.

The question why the mind takes a certain course in given circumstances is the open door to the entire psychological problem which we have been prone to regard as a contribution of the Hellenic genius.

Whatever happens, happens as the result of the creature's self - activity in utilizing its causal conditions to achieve its ends, but God is everywhere and at all times seeking that which is best, given the circumstances.

Proposals to decentralize social welfare programs and give the states the funds necessary to conduct all sorts of customized efforts to empower the poor — crafted so that each «fits» the vast array of distinct circumstances we find in impoverished America — strike me as a sensible application of the social doctrine's principle of subsidiarity.

Think of the baptized life as one in which Paul can command certain deep emotions: «Rejoice in the lord always»; «Give thanks in all circumstances»; «Remember your baptism and be thankful.»

The concrete possibility of «freedom in the light of hope» rests on our ability to specify the «innovation of meaning» given us in Scripture as reliably the same innovation in all circumstances and vicissitudes.

As St. Paul urges, «Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.»

They do not make it just as they please: they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past.

To give ground in these circumstances» to act as though everything is normal and fine» bears a false witness, and over time becomes equivalent to denying the moral truth of the matter.

Given a commitment to utilitarian calculation as the basic decision procedure, one can not rule out the possibility that circumstances might arise which would justify unequal treatment in a particular case.

I won't recommend frankenmon — the program that spits out a three point sermon, complete with illustrations, and stories, when one gives it a couple of verses, and a topic (given John 12:20 - 28 as the lead pericope, the software can create a three point sermon that advocates anti-natalism)-- under any circumstances.

I've often marveled at the fact that Jesus» instructions to the rich young ruler to sell all of his belongings and give to the poor are rarely applied universally (because we interpret them as being spoken to a specific person in a unique circumstance), while Paul's instructions to Timothy are often applied to all women at all times, (despite being written to a specific person in a unique circumstance.)

Whatever the original circumstances giving rise to the story, the relationship of Moses and Aaron is so presented as to define the proper status of the one type or functionary as over against and in relation to the other.

It is highly likely given the state of our evidence, that people in antiquity behaved much the same as people in similar cultural circumstances behave today.

Unlike God Is Not Dead, where the atheist professor is portrayed as blindly antagonistic toward people of faith, Martin's frustrations with religion are reasonable and relatable, especially given the circumstances, and I found myself nodding along as he urged Philomena to confront the evil done to her by the Church.

Even John Paul II complicates matters for himself when he concedes «grave and serious problems» caused by overpopulation but then encourages people to have as many children as they see fit given their circumstances.

«That was all the medical treatment he had and to my astonishment and to every one else that knew of the circumstances, the sixteenth day after I gave him the first dose of pepper he walked nine miles... and said he could have walked as far again.»

Sanchez is one of the few players who gives it his all in whatever circumstances the game may have taken so yea play him as much as he wants, christ its not like there are many others in the team that have his drive and will to win.

The numbers San Francisco put up were impressive given the circumstances, and many see Fangio's departure as a sizable step back, especially with Harbaugh out.

«Given the unusual combination of facts — as well as the fact that nothing in the existing Rules or Decisions specifically addressed such circumstances of simultaneous competitor error and Committee error — the Committee reasonably exercised its discretion under Rule 33 - 7 to waive the penalty of disqualification under Rule 6 - 6d, while still penalizing Woods two strokes under Rules 26 - 1a and 20 - 7c for playing from a wrong place.»

As Sky Sports reports, a Manchester United spokesperson has claimed that Van Gaal was referring to the end of the season, but, given the circumstances, we find that difficult to believe.

In normal circumstances such tributes are expected to last a minute but yesterday's was reportedly described by the stadium announcer as a «moment's» silence, giving the match referee the option to cut it short.

Given these circumstances, the experts see this as a relatively even matchup.

We do not want his confidence knocked, so I thought Wenger was correct in not starting him or bringing him on as a substitute given the circumstances.

As the circumstances change, that valuation will change, which is why I don't think there's a specific number of PAs or production the Jays are giving him to make his case or be sent down.