Sentences with phrase «in less convictions»

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Forge told me that he wrapped up a conviction of Dusty Foggo, an executive director of the CIA, in less time than the SEC has taken so far with the Wal - Mart investigation — and the Foggo case involved classified documents.

European stocks, which had followed much of Wall St's rout on Monday, had less dramatic falls Tuesday, but failed to stabilize with any conviction after data showing service sector activity across the Eurozone and U.K. was weaker than originally thought in December.

Because neither of these allegations resulted in criminal charges, much less convictions, they're not proof of anything.

Yet as the story progresses, she proceeds to do a number of terrible things in her conviction about the righteousness of her cause, in a way that makes her less sympathetic.

Boynton Beach Police Officer Michael Brown is facing a lot less time in federal prison after a judge threw out one of his two criminal convictions.

14 % of respondents believe that insider trading practices in the alternative investment industry have become less prevalent since the FBI arrested Raj Rajaratnam and scared the bejeezus out of everyone, a noticeable drop from January 2016 when 25 % of respondents felt this way; 37 % of respondents think the news of arrests and convictions there has had little impact on insider trading because those who engage in such practices think they are smarter than everyone else and will never get caught, compared with 39 % of respondents in 2016; and 49 % of respondents believe the influx of money into funds in recent years and the explosion in the number of hedge fund firms has put enough pressure on fund managers that there will always be a few desperate enough to try anything, including insider trading, a significant increase from the 36 % of respondents who felt this way in the Roundtable's previous survey on this topic.

JPY: Less conviction on the longer term move to 100 with the BoJ stuck in neutral.

Throughout the book, «laity involvement» means a desire for less episcopal authority, a diminution of the sacramental priesthood, and a conviction that the special place accorded to Latin in the liturgy and in the universal Church is a threat to «the Spirit of Vatican II.»

The deeper I look into myself the more clearly I become aware of this psychological truth: that no man would lift his little finger to attempt the smallest task unless he were spurred on by a more or less obscure conviction that in some infinitesimally tiny way he is contributing, at least indirectly, to the building up of something permanent — in other words, to your own work, Lord.

A good death, he says, «is finally nothing more or less than a death approached and performed in a manner consistent with a good, well - lived life... Dying well is a morally significant act insofar as it bears evangelical witness to our most profound theological convictions.»

So soon as the human race reaches the level of shared appreciation, ordered and agreed convictions as to ends or aims to be sought after and if possible achieved, and a pattern of common life in which the mutuality and sharing known at the personal level can be broadened in more or less formal communal patterns, we can speak of the appearance of civilization.

In any case, those who think they need to act on their confessional convictions in daily life — much less encourage other people to embrace them — are on the path to terrorisIn any case, those who think they need to act on their confessional convictions in daily life — much less encourage other people to embrace them — are on the path to terrorisin daily life — much less encourage other people to embrace them — are on the path to terrorism.

I recently attended a event where a Mormon and a Baptist engaged in this kind of civil and respectful dialogue about their respective faiths and similar to your feelings I came away with the stronger conviction that we need more real dialogue and less the perpetuations of stereotypes and religious polemic.

My own desperate clinging to the tattered label evangelical has less to do with any political or cultural uniformity as it does to these core convictions, or rather, the core conviction that the good news of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection for sinners and a broken world is the mightiest power set loose in the history of the world.

For if our faith in the resurrection has any vitality or validity, it is nothing less than the conviction that there is even now present and knowable within the Christian fellowship through «the Holy Spirit, which is given unto us,» the full concrete personal meaning of «Jesus Christ and him crucified.»

In communication, conviction is generated by more than logic, and sometimes by less — as everyone who has wooed and won a wife knows.

«in ways they would readily admit are not faithful to their convictions» — I could care less if they Christians want to readily admit to anyone, including themselves, if they are faithful to their convictions.

Chance said «If you believe in God you would have the conviction to help the less fortunate.

If you believe in God you would have the conviction to help the less fortunate.

Moreover at this point in the Church's history as the influence of Maximus» thought increases, it is the conviction of this writer that the new synthesis that scholars are, more or less explicitly, seeking in Maximus is to be found in a more developed form in the Faith vision.

Since having having a felony conviction on his record could restrict his ability to travel and compete in various countries (without exemptions) his lawyers will do their best to have everything dropped to a misdemeanor or less.

I also think that it comes down to conviction - if you are absolutely self - confident in your parenting choices, you are fa less likely to feel judged.

Thank you for helping me feel less alone in my convictions.

Less than ten per cent of all reported rapes result in a conviction while less than six per cent of all rapes are reported nationaLess than ten per cent of all reported rapes result in a conviction while less than six per cent of all rapes are reported nationaless than six per cent of all rapes are reported nationally.

The judge in his ruling based his conviction of the former Governor on section 58 (5) of the Public Procurement Acts, saying «the law hands of the laws are tied to convict any person found guilty of breach of procurement acts to be sentenced to less than five years imprisonment.

The requests by Mr. Skelos, 68, a Republican from Long Island who forfeited his Senate seat upon his conviction, and his son, 33, come less than a month before both are to be sentenced on April 13 for their convictions in one of the two most prominent public corruption trials to be held in New York City in decades.

Some 1,808 cases, about 5 percent, resulted in a jail sentence for lesser convictions.

Liu is aware of Hsu's problematic record — in 2008, he returned donations collected by Hsu after the conviction — but he didn't return everything, even from donors who were clearly determined to be less - than - aboveboard.

A world in which ectogenesis — the artificial development and «birth» of human embryos outside the womb — is the norm, «and less than 30 per cent of children are... born of woman», a world of ectogenetic parents selected to improve the quality of the gene pool, advancing each generation in any desired respect «from the increased output of first - class music to... decreased convictions for theft».

In its 2014 study on human trafficking (pdf) the U.N. agency found that 40 percent of countries surveyed reported less than 10 convictions per year between 2010 and 2012.

Perhaps this is because Collins is less than clear in his publicly stated convictions about the metaphysics and moral value of human life.

«More, or Less,» the fourth episode in this eight - episode season, is centered around conviction and compromise, the bitter failure in the midst of unequivocal success.

And yet this film feels considerably less a matter of treading water than 2006's somewhat weary Lights in the Dusk — and besides, Kaurismäki recycling himself with panache and conviction can be a hell of a lot more fruitful than many other directors» originality.

Everyone performs admirably considering the less - than perfect screenplay, and even Timothy Oliphant succeeds (though only barely) in delivering some massive clunkers with commendable conviction.

May 16, 2018 • The release of Anwar, who has served nearly a decade in jail on two separate convictions for sodomy, was less than a week after a stunning election upset by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

It's difficult to imagine anybody involved with this project having real, honest conviction in the quality of the material (one hopes, at the very least, that this was just a paycheck for the otherwise enormously talented Kristen Wiig), and it's even more difficult to reconcile the film's tepid, warmed - over look and feel with Berman and Pulcini's still - great American Splendor, a film Girl Most Likely couldn't be less like.

This is probably an issue which more seasoned managers have to face less, if they can provide an adequate return and safety of principal (sorry, had to throw the G&D ref in), however surely as a novice deep value investor, you had to defend your convictions quite often.

The repetitive nature of the combat and overall dull conviction in voice acting makes playing through the 25 - 30 hour story less than exciting.

When no less an authority than Roberta Smith recently hinted that the munificent wedding tackle featured in Jeff Koons's seminal Made in Heaven photo series may not be his own, it only served to deepen my conviction that the current New York art world is a semifictional construct operated by rogues and chancers.

Johns» painting floats the idea that the conviction we feel so forcefully in the early work on view here springs not merely from individual temperament but from a convergence of circumstances that can not be contrived, much less faked.

NWEI has been empowering citizens to act in alignment with their convictions for healthy air, water and food — encouraging people to consume less while at the same time living a life that is richer for both people and planet.

It's the deep change in internal conviction that needs to take place — and if it's not done by democratic means, popular resistance will make any measure far less effective than it could be with popular support.

In light of the broad definition of assault above, penalties for an assault conviction can vary depending on the specific circumstances of the offence, the offender, and the complainant, or the presence of «aggravating» or «mitigating» factors, which result in greater and lesser penalties, respectivelIn light of the broad definition of assault above, penalties for an assault conviction can vary depending on the specific circumstances of the offence, the offender, and the complainant, or the presence of «aggravating» or «mitigating» factors, which result in greater and lesser penalties, respectivelin greater and lesser penalties, respectively.

In any event, the stigma associated with a criminal conviction is not appropriate for less serious breaches of regulatory rules.

In some situations, a conviction for carrying a concealed weapon must be punished by a mandatory minimum sentence of no less than 3 months in jaiIn some situations, a conviction for carrying a concealed weapon must be punished by a mandatory minimum sentence of no less than 3 months in jaiin jail.

Rather than a fixed period of time — for example, six months imprisonment on conviction for theft — an indeterminate sentence allowed a magistrate to impose a sentence of up to two years less a day, with the length of that sentence to be determined by the offender's conduct in jail.

If, however, you were convicted, and the Court found that you knew that the victim hadn't died at the time of trial, but you did not raise the fact that the victim wasn't dead, it isn't clear if you could have the original conviction vacated because it was a fair trial and you knew evidence sufficient to get yourself acquitted (which you may have refrained from presenting to avoid conviction on a lesser charge like kidnapping or aggravated assault), and the status of an «actual innocence» grounds for vacating a conviction after trial is hotly disputed, conservatives like the late Justice Scalia generally say «no», liberals generally say «yes», moderates like to say «yes» but make it almost impossible to establish except in rare cases like one where a live person walks in when there was a murder conviction for killing that actually living person.

Under the Criminal Code of Canada, anyone that is found guilty of Fraud under $ 5000 is guilty of an indictable offense that is punishable by a term of imprisonment up to two years or, in less serious cases, by an offence punishable on summary conviction.

A conviction for this crime is punishable by no less than 90 days and up to one year in a Los Angeles County jail and / or $ 1,000 in fines.

A conviction for 14601.3 will result in your being labeled as a habitual traffic offender and is punishable by no less than 30 days in jail.