Sentences with phrase «making symbolic gestures»

Members of the group SNAP (The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) planned to hold signs and hand out flyers urging Roman Catholic cardinals to stop making symbolic gestures about abuse and instead meet with victims and give case files to the authorities.

At the time, the governor said he wanted to make a symbolic gesture.

When adults appoint students to represent, share, or promote student voice, they are making a symbolic gesture towards young people.

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Fallon made two cameos on The Late Show, which basically served as a concession that the night belonged to Colbert, as well as representing a symbolic friendly gesture in a late - night TV landscape that has historically been anything but hospitable.

The change is more than a feature upgrade: It is a symbolic gesture, making it easier to communicate, power users love it.

And also, if the OT prophets were so good, how is it that such a commonplace prophecy, like Jesus's entry to Jerusalem on donkey takes prophetic priority over such major events as the Last Supper or the Foot Washing scene, an event that at least one commentary listed as one of the most important symbolic gestures ever made by Jesus.

«To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Finland, we wanted to create something symbolic that is a gesture to the dozens of Finnish family - owned farms who have dedicated over 110 years of passion and dedication to making some of the world's very best cheeses,» said Marcie Foster, Director of Marketing and Brand Development for Finlandia.

Other symbolic gestures included custom - made furniture, a walk over a footbridge and the food on the menu at Friday night's banquet — attended by the leaders» wives.

Every spring, Republican office holders make these stupid symbolic gestures (i.e. Confederate History Month) to demonstrate how macho they are to their wingnut constituents.

«Going into The Bronx is a symbolic gesture to try to bring support from that borough's elected leadership but I'm not sure how much of a difference it will make,» said Smikle.

The accusations of bias against the fight against corruption are increasing by the day and critics easily find ready examples to argue that the fight is only cosmetic and showy and government is only making do with a few symbolic gestures as proof that it is serious.

iii - Mudra (Seal, lock): The symbolic gestures of the hands where the fingers are held together denoting positions which close the body apertures Bandha (Bondage, joining together): When prana is made to flow in the yogi's body, employing bandhas prevent the dissipation of energy and carries it to the right places without damage

She also noted that Cerf gave the board permission to call itself the Newark Board of Education — a symbolic gesture to drop the «advisory» label, which was appreciated by board members — and allowed it to vote on district expenditures before they are made, although he still has the final say.

Summary: There are ways to engage students in decision - making including providing feedback on learning experiences, granting more choice in curriculum, making student involvement in school governance more than a symbolic gesture, including students on interview panels for teachers, and asking for suggestions on school - wide needs, problems and challenges.

It features: a series of black - and - white photographs of elderly actors by Liu Zheng that play with conventions of ethnographic and opera photography; two videos by Chen Qiulin that make use of traditional opera characters to respond to changes wrought by the Three Gorges Dam; The Forbidden City (Zijincheng) by Liu Wei, a lyrical video of theatrical «glove puppets» (budai kuilei) shown publicly for the first time; and videos by Cui Xiuwen that connect to opera in more oblique ways, through performative elements and symbolic props, gestures, and costumes.

Ralph Eugene Meatyard (1925 — 1972) made his living as an optician in Lexington while creating enigmatic photographs featuring friends and family members posed in abandoned places, often wearing masks or enacting symbolic gestures.

Your point about AGW advocates still holding power over things like the IPCC and peer review is true enough though and that is where some highly symbolic gestures need to be made, just as in NI.

It can be about making people feel good (symbolic environmental gestures for example), or result from poor assessment of relative risks (people tend to fear the invisible risk like toxins in food more than the real risk of driving), or from «me to» behavior.

Granted, but it makes no sense to oppose an ETS for Australia because it doesn't contain such symbolic gestures.

It doesn't replace federal printed currency, but augments it by getting people to make the practical and symbolic gesture of supporting local businesses before national chains.

In practice, this «invitation» has had little success, and may be considered as more of a symbolic gesture towards direct democracy than an effective and realistic tool of policy making.

In the course of his 139 - page decision, Campbell made the important legal finding that a symbolic gesture against perceived discrimination is not a sufficient justification for the infringement of fundamental freedoms.

Summary: There are ways to engage students in decision - making including providing feedback on learning experiences, granting more choice in curriculum, making student involvement in school governance more than a symbolic gesture, including students on interview panels for teachers, and asking for suggestions on school - wide needs, problems and challenges.

The campaign began shortly after President Obama made a largely symbolic gesture by banning the use of solitary confinement for all juveniles in the federal system.