Sentences with phrase «longer accept the idea»

And there are many parents who no longer accept the idea of special education.

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In 1908, long before the idea had become generally accepted, Worcester wrote:

While «American Imperialism» has been a catchphrase on the left for a long time, people on other parts of the political spectrum are only now beginning to accept the idea that we have entered the age of the American Empire.

It is entirely possible, and has always been possible, to be an atheist as a Boy Scout, if you can accept the basic idea of a moral something - or - other to which we should hold ourselves accountable, as long as you are comfortable calling it God at least as a metaphor.

After The Conservative Mind, however, it was no longer possible to accept Lionel Trilling's claim that «nowadays there are no conservative or reactionary ideas in general circulation.»

You accept the stories in the Bible without question, despite not having the slightest idea of who actually wrote them, how credible these people were or how long the stories were written after the alleged events they record occurred.

For so long as a plurality of gods is accepted, the idea of God is not clearly thought; God is still a being within the universe, and many such beings are conceivable.

Unfortunately, some adults are restricted by childhood ideas and feelings about religion — beliefs they can no longer accept as adults.

Judgment went with it, and came to be thought of as an antiquated Old Testament idea, which we did not need any longer to accept.

Another of Newman's comments is quoted in Father Dessain's short biography of Newman (third edition, 1980, page 81), in which he says that «Newman found no difficulty in accepting the idea of evolution as long as it was theistic».

The feelings that my body was dirty, that it was not mine, that it was only for someone else to use, to decide if I was pretty, too fat, too thin, too plain, too made - up, too shy, too bold, too accepting, too melodramatic, too obedient, too defiant... you get the idea, that all never went away, I was just lacking explanation for much of it for a long time.

Haldane used to say that the correct test was when an idea or result was so incorporated into theory and accepted by future generations that it became part of the corpus of knowledge long after its original proponent was forgotten.

The team soon realized this idea explained two long - standing issues with the currently - accepted idea of how the universe came to be.

In response to reduced per - pupil funding from the state, the California State University system reduced enrollment targets for 2015 16, and trustees have discussed the idea of no longer accepting freshmen at these campuses.

Each year nominations are accepted and evaluated by a selection panel that chooses new honorees based on: their pioneering efforts in the development / growth of charter schools; their long term commitment and contributions to charter schools and education; their innovative ideas and successful implementation of those ideas; and their inspiration to others in the charter school movement.

That's because most publishing houses no longer accept book submissions or book ideas directly from authors.

To the extent that you can live with the long - run volatility, I accept the idea that you can earn 6 - 8 % / year in stocks over that period, so long as there isn't war on your home soil, or a massive increase in socialism.

Still, I have a hard time accepting the idea that stocks can offer a strong long - term value proposition when the P / E10 level stands where it stands today.

This idea of the company as a stand - alone used to be, but no longer is, a «pervasive principle» governing Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

The field is no longer vibrant, accepting of new ideas or skeptical.

Sorry, but I've known of Lovins for a long time and determined most of what he says can be safely dismissed because, like McDonough, it is based in a technocopian fantasy that requires us to ignore that resources are limited and accept that long - debunked idea of endless substitution.

It was a thought provoking and humbling experience to see a community that has so successfully and for so long decided how it wants to live and refused to accept the idea that the way the rest of society lives is inevitable.

This idea that force quitting open apps will help make an iOS device's battery last a little longer is something that has been believed and accepted by many users for years.

They will probably be very different, and that's totally fine, as long as you can accept your partner's idea of the future (if you want to get married within the next couple of years but your partner is not interested in ever getting married, before you move is the time to know that sort of stuff).