Sentences with phrase «less authority on»

The advertisement that ran for the exhibition in the New York Times quoted a statement by no less an authority on contemporary art than the influential critic Clement Greenberg, describing Kline as the «Most striking new painter in the last 3 years» (fig. 3).6 In Kline's case, not only did these artistic and professional breakthroughs appear to occur at once but they also coincided with a series of group exhibitions staged in New York around this time.

Acquired sixteen years after the artist served as a juror for the museum's first biennial exhibition, the painting was recommended by no less an authority on contemporary painting than Alfred Barr, then the director of New York's Museum of Modern Art.

The 32 local school boards were replaced by «Community Education Councils» consisting of parents elected by Parent Associations of elementary and middle schools in the community districts and given even less authority on school matters within those districts than the 1996 law.

No less an authority on Crimson Tide quarterbacks than Joe Namath said he told Zow in the locker room after the game that it was «one of the alltime great games I've ever seen a quarterback play.

Not exact matches

Smaller companies, which are only sold in three regions or less, will maintain their relationships with each of those regional buyers, who will still have the authority to make decisions on bringing in new products.

A lesser - skilled leader may have seen the London transportation authority's decision as unfair, insulting, maybe even a direct attack on innovation itself.

When accountants get a reputation for inept audits or less - than - pristine standards, state and federal tax authorities may focus their attention on all of the firm's clients.

The about - face move came less than two months after the authority barred the practice, known as the on - balance - sheet model, to prevent fintech companies from directly competing with existing banks and financing companies.

Against this background, Asian authorities have continued to intervene in foreign exchange markets, though less strenuously than was the case in mid 2004 when upward pressures on regional exchange rates were also very strong.

In order to be included on the List of Approved Cultivars, the variation must be recognized by a responsible authority as being distinct, uniform, stable, and contain less than 0.3 % THC.

Maybe when Christians stop toting themselves as the moral authority on EVERYTHING and keep their noses out of peoples personal lives AND stop trying to keep taxpaying American citizens from having rights (ie gays)... maybe then they will come into less ridicule.

As Dan has told me on many occasions, for him, it is far less insulting to be under the authority of a woman than it is to be subjected to the suggestion that his fragile ego can not handle it.

Butler shows how in the early national period, as the line of distinction between religion and the civil authorities («separation of church and state») developed and the citizenry relied ever less on the government for things spiritual or ecclesiastical, church life prospered.

They make us less safe by distracting the authorities from focusing on genuine threats.»

Despite the rhetoric of democracy there is a lack of transparency m discussions of officials with the IMF / WB authorities and their decisions regarding conditionalities often imposed on the debtor countries without clear exposure even to Parliament and its select committees, much less to the general public affected by them.

On the whole, our society believes that the better we become, the less we need authority.

I might be ecelectic, but what makes me consistent is my belief is something that combines the belief of Scripture with that of Englightenment philosophy: nurturing life is goodness, simply, and helping others to see a model that thinking for ourselves can help heal the world of all past injustices - so that we all learn to WANT to be good... within reason and by our own choice...: you have a society like that, you'll have less injustices, less violence, less money - grubbing by people who hold themselves as representatives of «authority» -(which side are you on, by the way, if you see the world as so divided in such a bipolar reality...?)

By what authority does CNN have to write anything on the topic of religion, much less Christianity?

This authority, which is no more nor less than Christianity, will lose, to the extent that it fails to embrace as it should everything that is human on earth, the keen edge of its vitality and its full power to attract.

The Book of Revelation, on the other hand, produced by a community suffering persecution, took a less sanguine view of civil authority.

No lesser a Christian than Martin Luther understood our predicament: Anyone, he wrote in ìOn Temporal Authority, î who tried ìto rule the world by the gospel and to abolish all temporal law and the sword on the plea that all are baptized and Christian, and that, according to the gospel, there shall be among them no law or sword» or the need for either»... would be loosing the ropes and chains of the savage wild beasts and letting them bite and mangle everyone, meanwhile insisting that they were harmless, tame, and gentle creatures; but I would have the proof in my wounds.î I do not believe that Hauerwas sees America's enemies as harmless, tame, and gentle creatures.

On his side, all the arguments were drawn from Thomas and his expositors; on mine, they were drawn from Scripture; naturally, limited to the lesser source of authority, I was at a disadvantagOn his side, all the arguments were drawn from Thomas and his expositors; on mine, they were drawn from Scripture; naturally, limited to the lesser source of authority, I was at a disadvantagon mine, they were drawn from Scripture; naturally, limited to the lesser source of authority, I was at a disadvantage.

Young people tend to think out religious and moral questions for themselves, with less reliance on churchly authority.

UPDATE: Commenters below assure me (partly on the authority of Prof. Peters) that it's the first alternative I describe above — being less than 80 years of age at the time the See becomes vacant.

The Fascist regime itself, whatever its negative features, probably contributed to that «passive revolution» in another of the senses in which Gramsci used the term, in which important social changes can go on even under reactionary and repressive regimes — the gradual erosion of particularistic and traditional authority structures and the development of more egalitarian social forms — though it may be in the nature of the less effective Italian Fascist regime to have served more as a guardian for such structures and less as a corrosive to them than in the more efficient fascist regimes in Germany and Japan.

But it should be clear now that whatever good speaking terms we might be on with the British government and media, they are on the whole not interested in anything less than the complete discrediting of the Catholic Church's claims to divine authority.

The more a sermon rests on the authority of Scripture, and the less on the status of the preacher, the better.

This may be the result of more or less idle curiosity on the part of the theologian, of the conviction that his authorities are also normative with regard to such matters, or of the belief that all truth is so interconnected that he must concern himself with everything.

As a result, the builders not only saved money, they also drew praise on the construction method from no less an authority than Philip H. Rhodes, a brilliant marine architect who normally favors the more traditional approach.

We have not seen the best from Nasri yet but if he wants to stamp his authority on the LM berth, he has less than 3 games in which to do it, otherwise it will be a brutal fight for that spot.

The more your authority is based on wisdom, not the power, the less your children will challenge it.

The Department for Education is planning for a distribution of high needs funding to local authorities that is more formulaic, and less reliant on past levels of allocation that have become outdated, and on local decisions on spending that have partly determined how much is allocated.

At Silver's trial jurors were told they could convict based on «any action under color of official authority» by Silver, but the 2d Circuit said the Supreme Court ruling required a «formal exercise of government power,» rather than lesser acts like just making a phone call or having a meeting.

The US authorities initially claimed he was an «enemy combatant» in the global war on terror and for years our government more or less accepted this.

Citing «decades of dysfunction and waste» by the state, the mayor called on Albany lawmakers Tuesday to cede control of juvenile justice services to local authorities, arguing that they can do a better job for less.

But any law impacting the Port Authority requires approval by both state legislatures, and in New Jersey, both houses are controlled by Democrats who may be less - than - eager to sign on to a Christie - backed reform package.

Compared to just 48 hours ago Brown has less authority; a less impressive Cabinet (Hutton, Purnell and Blears are better than their replacements); lots of ministers who will need months to get on top of their briefs; a more disunited parliamentary party; and, crucially, less respect from all informed observers.

On Aug. 18, both men released a joint letter calling for lesser toll hikes, while also knocking the authority for not keeping its financials in order.

Greenport Mayor David Nyce this week described the New York Power Authority as «less than forthcoming or helpful» in providing information about a $ 108,000 power plant - related penalty imposed on the village last year.

ALBANY — On its surface, the bill known here as A3944C — less of a mouthful than the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Transparency and Accountability Act of 2014 — would seem to be a slam - dunk.

Bloomberg is calling on Albany lawmakers to cede control of the system to local authorities, arguing the city can do a significantly better job for less.

«With less than three coercive controls on average per police authority, more needs to be done so that people can involve the police at an early stage before coercion turns into physical abuse.»

Ronnie Hakim, CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said during the briefing that the Long Island Railroad was running normally (although with less than a fifth of its normal passenger load) and that the authority was on track to provide normal rush hour service on WednesdayAuthority, said during the briefing that the Long Island Railroad was running normally (although with less than a fifth of its normal passenger load) and that the authority was on track to provide normal rush hour service on Wednesdayauthority was on track to provide normal rush hour service on Wednesday morning.

He said: «Ministers need to make less speeches on climate change and do more to enable individuals, local authorities, house builders and power suppliers to maximise their contribution to emissions reduction as quickly as possible.»

«As if the palpable odium of intiating a vacuous criminal charge against a whistle - blower, no less a person than a distinguished senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was not bad enough, the prosecuting authority, obviously urged on by the Inspector General of Police, threw pretension to adherence to democratic tenets of the rule of law when it sought from the court, albeit most illegally, to obtain summons against Senator Misau, while deliberately witholding service of the copy of the charge on the Senator, an obvious stratagem conceived to frame up all manner of false allegations tailored to suit the obvious purpose of yet another gestapo strategy to use state powers to swoop on the Distinguished Senator and keep him out of circulation»

On transit, he said the next mayor must start a public conversation about how to improve the current funding scheme for the cash - strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which he ran for a little less than a year before stepping down to campaign for mayor.

Veronica Vanterpool, a transportation authority board member picked by the mayor, said Mr. Cuomo spent time on superficial things, like adding lights on bridges, instead of critical but less sexy fixes like upgrading antiquated signals that are to blame for many delays.

This island - wide blackout comes less than a week after a tree fell on a major power line, knocking out service to 870,000 customers, about half of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's clients, the company said.

But less than a month after the July contributions, a two - page memo went from Cuomo's Division of the Budget to the state's Dormitory Authority, which issues debt on behalf of schools and hospitals that have less experience (and scale) in the municipal bond market.

Syria, Cuba and Costa Rica are three of the many countries that have less debt than the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, according to the Straphangers Campaign, which on Wednesday night released a report detailing how the M.T.A.'s debt load stacks up to those of nation states.