Sentences with phrase «imposed by past»

Hence faith calls us to be completely open to the present moment, so that the energy of love may be released with no reserve or restraint imposed by past forms.

Related to the dislike of form in Dr. Altizer's thought is his dislike of the past, for he understands form primarily as the fixed form imposed by the past, which the present must break.

Divine persuasion is highly opportunistic, seeking to maximize possibilities for increasing complexity which are consistent with the actual conditions imposed by the past through efficient causation.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry commissioned the study in April to evaluate whether «regulatory burdens» imposed by past administrations — including that of President Barack Obama — had forced the premature retirement of baseload power plants that provide nonstop power, like those fired by coal and nuclear fuel.

Not exact matches

«Hezbollah was able in past decades to impose a reality in Lebanon by force of arms directed at the chests of Syrians and Lebanese,» he said.

In the past the US has occasionally engaged in protectionism by imposing unilateral tariffs.

Uprooted trees and widespread flooding blocked many highways and streets across the island, creating a maze that forced drivers to go against traffic and past police cars that used loudspeakers to warn people they must respect a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew imposed by the governor to ensure everyone's safety.

Much of the decline has been self - imposed as communist leaders try to steer China to more sustainable growth driven by domestic consumption following the past decade's explosive expansion based on trade and investment.

When I did come forward as an abuse victim, this part of my past was wielded like a weapon by some of the elders to further discredit my concern, essentially saying that I was imposing my own perspective or that my judgment was too clouded.

But rather than admitting he had been ignoring the domestic violence issue for years, and had failed to subject past violators to real scrutiny, Commissioner Goodell turned his own failings on Ray by punishing him a second time for an offense about which Commissioner Goodell had been fully and completely aware when he imposed the original suspension.

I've reported in the past on efforts by various cities to impose a so - called «Happy Meal Toy Ban,» i.e., a prohibition on the inclusion of toys in less healthy fast food meals marketed to children.

Sen. George Maziarz, a Buffalo Republican, defended his «no» vote, saying the plan forged late yesterday by the Assembly and Senate Democrats and Gov. David Paterson raises taxes and fees and imposes mandates on businesses — a move he called «the failed approach of the past.»

For most of the past three decades, B&ECPL has operated under the constraints imposed by Erie County's struggling economy and decreasing population.

Many innovations imposed on science teachers over the past few years, including those in the National Curriculum in Science, have concentrated on improving the curriculum, as if that by itself would improve science teaching.

Russian luxury consumers travel much less these days, which is not surprising given that the rouble has lost 30 percent of its value against the euro in the past three years, hammered by low oil prices and bruising economic sanctions imposed over Russia's involvement in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea.

Fat acceptance, a.k.a. the combination of colossal, fat, and past imposing women into the overall population and raising protection is by a wide edge the wonder that felt the greatest impact from BBW dating goals, in a positive sense.

Synopsis: An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci - fi author Arthur C. Clarke.

Synopsis: An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci - fi a...

My impression, based on the past 30 years, is that the federal government is likely to be hoodwinked, to be taken in by fads, to fund the status quo with a new name, or to impose a heavy regulatory burden on those who seek its largesse.

By «cage - busting,» I mean finding ways to rethink the web of rules, regulations, contracts, and routines that have accreted over the past century, and to shrug off the self - imposed cage created by urban myths, professional norms, and a «culture of can't.&raquBy «cage - busting,» I mean finding ways to rethink the web of rules, regulations, contracts, and routines that have accreted over the past century, and to shrug off the self - imposed cage created by urban myths, professional norms, and a «culture of can't.&raquby urban myths, professional norms, and a «culture of can't.»

Teachers and school leaders know the improvements are due to their unremitting efforts to do their best for every child and young person, whatever their background, and despite the relentless changes to the curriculum, tests and exams, imposed by the Government, that have added to their workload over the past few years.

And so, brushing right past the fact that Common Core was created by states rather than the federal government and does not impose specific texts or lesson plans, Jindal vowed to fight any efforts to impose a «national curriculum.»

The bill, AB 401 by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, would impose an automatic cap of charter schools in districts across the state, hindering the tremendous growth charter schools have achieved in California over the past decade.

To blame them for all the ills of our society, for all the demographic changes of the past generation, for all the burdens imposed by courts and legislatures, is wrong.

Michael Kirst, president of the State Board of Education, noted in the briefing that the plan delegates a great deal of control to local districts to spend funds as they see fit, marking a decisive shift from the rigid top - down requirements imposed by Sacramento and Washington over the past decade.

Whereas past projects were off - road, trail - crawling 4 - by - 4s that put form firmly behind function, the TrophyRat took the best bits from trophy trucks, rat rods, and sports cars, and assembled them in a way that turned a jalopy into something brutal and imposing that doesn't shy away from anything.

Due care must be given to portions relating to main features of the scheme, risk factors and recurring expenses to be charged to the scheme, loads, sponsor's track record, educational qualification and work experience of key personnel including fund managers, performance of other schemes launched by the mutual fund in the past, pending litigations and penalties imposed, etc..

A short synopsis is that investors should impose a very large «haircut» on backtests, in most cases discounting past performance by half, and in many cases by far more.

They argue that the fees imposed by Fannie and Freddie over the past year make it difficult for borrowers to afford

In two rulings by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)-- one in 2013 against Air Canada and another this past July against Porter Airlines — the CTA imposed strict cash compensation rules for passengers bumped for overbooking, delays or cancellations not due to weather or safety issues.

Over the past decade the somewhat imposing Tudor Gothic building has been renovated into a luxury hotel by the Hill family which is surrounded by 45 acres of beautifully maintained grounds.

Pressure imposed on the environment by the drastic and constant increase of tourism in the Riviera Maya and Cancún — as well as the lack of sustainable planning and management in many of Mexico's towns and cities over the past forty years — has led to an environmental crisis and the industry is urgently required to seek greater harmony between economic needs and environmental sustainability.

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Four great souls await me, held by imposing figures of Drangleic's past.

They suggest that art responds to those who would impose silence, and it does so by demanding to see past gestures of effacement.

In the imposing Central Hall works by honorary academicians, major international artists such as Georg Baselitz and Anselm Kiefer, appear beside those of prominent academicians who have died over the past year, including Anthony Caro, Alan Davie and John Bellany.

What has happened over the past 30 years is the capture of the world's common treasury by a handful of people, assisted by neoliberal policies which were first imposed on rich nations by Thatcher and Reagan.

Some irksome interlocutors of past ages imposed on their more famous peers, either out of mental laziness or lack of talent, or to make their reputation by seeking to stump better - trained minds.

District judges, knowing that they have to impose reasonable sentences in all future cases, surely will be disinclined when sitting by designation to declare unreasonable any sentencing practice or result that seems anywhere close to any sentencing practice or result they have ever embraced in the past or might be inclined to embrace in the future.

My firm is a good example since the length of our domain name — lawsonlundell.com — can push email addresses past the 25 character limit imposed by some vendors.

Over the past year or so, I have successfully led industry appeals in a number of cases before the ECHA BOA — to obtain an annulment of the requirements initially imposed by the ECHA.

Speech by Sir James Munby (president of the family courts) to the Society of editors: - «I have said this many times in the past but it must never be forgotten that, with the state's abandonment of the right to impose capital sentences, orders of the kind which family judges are typically invited to make in public law proceedings are amongst the most drastic that any judge in any jurisdiction is ever empowered to make.

Furthermore, in past cases, courts have emphasized that municipalities should not be treated as an insurer of the safety of all users of its roads by imposing overly onerous maintenance obligations.

The Whatcott decision merely repeats the mistakes of past Supreme Court panels by imposing the subjective opinion of the majority and calling it law.

In the past, mentally challenged victims of sexual offences have been frequently precluded from testifying, not on the ground that they could not relate what happened, but on the ground that they lacked the capacity to articulate in abstract terms the difference between the truth and a lie and the nature of the obligation imposed by promising to tell the truth.

The increase however is mostly buoyed by the massive 55 % increase imposed by Farmers in the past six years, notably its 27 % increase back in 2012.

Cryptocurrencies have taken the world by storm in the past few years and that has led to larger countries like Russia and China imposing bans on their trade.

Fears over a growing trade war between the U.S. and China have been escalating over the past month, prompted by President Trump's plans to impose a tax on steel and aluminum from China and other countries.