Sentences with phrase «great at conflict»

They really are great at conflict resolution, and the vast majority of encounters do not result in fights.

Not exact matches

Of course, greater control over time and place at work also reduces the stress of conflicting schedules and responsibilities.

As the US military's attention shifts back to great - power competition, particular focus is being paid to the potential for conflict in the extreme conditions found at northern latitudes and higher elevations.

«Personal values have the greatest influence on millennials» decision - making on the job,» Cruickshank said, while also noting that 61 percent of «senior millennials» - those with higher - ranking job titles - have chosen not to undertake a task at work because it conflicted with their values.

«There is genocide again in Europe [No there isn't, unless one debases the term to mean perennial ethnic and religious conflicts]; there is economic inequality at home [There always will be; the question is whether there is greater economic opportunity]; civil rights are not assured for all Americans [Sullivan's particular campaign is for same - sex marriage]; civil liberties have had a terrible decade [I'm not sure what he means; perhaps new and intrusive antiterrorist laws in the Clinton era]; the racial question remains and festers [Undoubtedly true, although it is currently festering below fever level].»

Love, in terms that are relevant to international politics, means caring for the welfare and the dignity of all — those at a great distance, those on the other side of every boundary, those whose interests may conflict with our national interests, those who are enemies or opponents.

Jonathan: Many great scientists of the past were Christian, and now we're getting to the place where 60 percent of Americans say science and religion are in conflict and are at odds.

Any family is under great stress at such a time, but more so families who have never given much thought to what they believe about death or who have unresolved conflicts with the dying member.

Often, families have to reconcile conflicting priorities as they answer these questions (for example, a great sports opportunity may impinge on other family needs, or the needs of the parents are at odds with the desires of the child), which is why dilemmas around youth sports are so prevalent.

It's a great thing, but, as he notes, «Because fathers demand a greater involvement in their children's lives after separation, there has been increasing conflict both at a policy level and at the individual level of litigated cases.»

API Co-founders Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker's book, Attached at the Heart, has some great ideas, including an outline a basic Nonviolent Communication conflict resolution model:

Yolanda Foster, Amnesty International's Sri Lanka expert, said: «Blurring the distinction between civilians and combatants means that thousands of ordinary people, desperate to flee the conflict area, are at greater risk of reprisals and getting caught in the crossfire.»

Hence, the great question at stake within debates on plurinationalism is whether it can reconcile particular rights based on identity with strong state sovereignty and a discourse of equality, while avoiding new exclusions and potential conflict associated with territorializing models of ethnocultural difference.

What is under attack is the resilient but contentious model of the nation - state, one that has been at the core of great historical transformations as well as of dreadful conflicts and social disasters.

While Mr. Blake, a veteran of both Obama campaigns, maintained there would be a strict «firewall» between his work at Hilltop and the State Legislature, the appearance of a conflict of interest, coupled with a pair of federal corruption convictions predicated on outside income, proved too great to overcome.

During graduate school at Cornell's biomedical campus in Manhattan, Kelly says that she had «a great time in the lab» but that academic politics and conflicting personalities reinforced her earlier doubts.

But things drastically change during adolescence, when «the conflict between social and biological time is greater than at any point in our lives», continue the academics.

Authors speculate that perceiving more goal conflict could also have other behavioral consequences, that marketers should take into account: consumers may spend less time in - store on shopping trips or may utilize online shopping outlets at a greater degree.

Around the world, trophy hunting, habitat loss, and conflict with humans are putting big cats at great risk.

In this sense, it is closer in essence to the great home front movies of the 1940s than to contemporary Iraq movies like Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker — a step removed from the fighting, but right at the heart of a more spiritual conflict.

Conscience - stricken by his own brutality during the French - Indian wars, Martin opposes South Carolina's entry into the conflict with Great Britain and gives a heartfelt speech (the first of many) at a town meeting, pleading with the assembled statesmen to give diplomacy a chance, to spare their families the horrors of war.

Nonetheless, Chronicle of a Kidnap makes enough of Karnit Goldwasser's struggle to remain a moving film, and has the good sense to keep the focus at the personal level and avoid discussion of the greater Israeli - Arab conflict.

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All three are at their most movie star charismatic here, with their formidable dramatic chops lending real gravitas and palpable emotional stakes as they continue their struggles and conflicts with each other and within in order to act for the greater benefit of their kind.

That's the provocative conflict at the heart of «Take Shelter,» the second film to team rising star filmmaker Jeff Nichols and the great character actor Michael Shannon.

It can be a great equalizer and put all sorts of conflicts at rest — at least temporarily.

Insanely pleasant (with a super catchy soundtrack), Hearts Beat Loud is an existential hangout picture (a subgenre in which there were a few great entries at this year's Fest) that would do Richard Linklater proud, internalizing all the conflict, while giving us a schlubby front man we want to root for.

The movie is not only too long at 140 minutes, but it's overstuffed as well, so intent on covering every facet of the years - long conflict that Ross refuses to trim any fat, particularly a needless (and poorly acted) subplot involving the 1948 court trial of Knight's biracial great - grandson, who was prosecuted for marrying a white woman.

RZA: Live From The 36th Chamber was unfortunately dropped from the Fantastic Fest lineup due to a scheduling conflict, but thanks to a friend I was able to procure tickets to a show at The Paramount and it was an unbelievable, once - in - a-lifetime experience — an incredible way to watch the greatest kung fu movie of all - time.

Although the setting of a small train works effectively at creating some great tense moments, it also hinders the film at creating a sense of conflict.

Once developed, lethal autonomous weapons «will permit armed conflict to be fought at a scale greater than ever, and at timescales faster than humans can comprehend.»

But a great resource to share and discuss when looking at issues of peace and conflict, inspiring people, real education, citizenship and sport

Somewhere during my first two years at the University of Missouri, amid student protests against the Vietnam conflict, I realized that the greatest field for attitude change was the arena of education.

Research by Ellen Bialystok and Michelle Martin Rhee at York University in Toronto found that bilingual preschoolers have greater cognitive flexibility — in other words, a superior ability to deal with conflicting visual and verbal information.

After all of the issues I had been having with pricing conflicts at other dealers, it... was refreshing to find an honest salesperson and a great dealer.

Participants at «Great Beginnings» are encouraged to bring the first chapter of a work in progress, as this hands - on class is designed to help writers — new or old hands — sort through conflicting advice about first chapters, and create compelling opening chapters that draw readers into the story.

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Supreme Ruler: The Great War is available now, so drop in and have a look as we engage in one of the greatest conflicts of the modern age and perhaps get a shot at the action yourself.

We are sure we will match their expectations with the release of our next title.â $ Focusing on the 100 Year War (a savage yet fascinating conflict) and featuring a whole new graphics engine and gameplay mechanic, we're thinking Slitherine have listened to the critique directed at the first game and may surprise us all with this new Great Battles edition.

The fact that there are collectible artifacts and ways to learn about World War I throughout the game is a nice touch, which, combined with likable characters, goes a long way in making you feel for the people who were a part of the greatest conflict humanity had ever known at the time.

Minimalism was deeply sober at a time when a great conflict existed over questions of personal liberty, highlighted by the Vietnam war.

There are three works from his Elegy series included in the show at the Kunsthalle, works that were dedicated to the sacrifices made during the Spanish Civil War — the first great conflict that played out between democracy and fascism in the 20th Century.

At a time of great terrestrial conflict, it has inspired contemporary artists to engage in fascinating speculation, dark nostalgia, and optimistic flights of fancy about living above and beyond the earth.

In the face of this surfeit — not to mention the previous century of notable books about the conflict — Wednesday night's panel at Cooper Union about the literature of the Great War, part of the PEN World Voices Festival, served as a live recommended - reading engine.

In 1988, the artist Marina Abramovic and Ulay, her longtime lover and collaborator on many of her most important works, decided to conclude their increasingly conflicted relationship by setting out on foot from different ends of the Great Wall of China and meeting in the middle, at which point they would separate or go on together.

[2] The studio became Schapiro's own room and at moments of great personal conflict, the only connection with her creative self.

I can also bet you if Obama is elected, the United States and the world all stand a much greater chance at global negotiations for positive and peaceful conflict resolution, for building resiliency together and finally, for using the military to save and improve lives instead of ending them forever.

It conveys the issues with some great examples, including looking at the challenges facing a water manager in Ghana given the deeply conflicting projections of rainfall and drying pattens generated by different climate simulations:

«The evidence Silas Siakor collected at great personal risk was vital to putting sanctions in place and cutting the links between the logging industry and conflict,» said Arthur Blundell, chairman of the U.N. Panel of Experts on Liberia.

The net result of the conflicting media reports and criticism will likely be a greater confusion about the relevant science, and an overshadowing of what is at heart a good contribution to understanding climate history and that is a shame.