Sentences with phrase «measured by the power»

The future of a culture can be measured by the power of its images about the future.

A Church in which Catholics know that the quality of their discipleship is measured by the power of their witness to Christ and their capacity to invite others into friendship with the Risen Lord?

A government where energy performance is measured by the power in our homes, offices and not by the increase in the number of plants with no crude or gas to fuel.

It now ranks just behind Mercedes (and is tied with BMW) among German brands sold in the United States when it comes to initial quality, measured by Power after 90 days of ownership.

If a novel's worth can be measured by the power and verity of the emotions it instills in the reader, then Argiri's approaches the divine.

Over the past 50 years there has been a strong statistical connection between tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures and Atlantic hurricane activity as measured by the Power Dissipation Index (which combines storm intensity, duration, and frequency).

The power dissipation of a storm is proportional to the wind speed cubed (Emanuel, 2005a), as the main dissipation is from surface friction and wind stress effects, and is measured by a Power Dissipation Index (PDI).

Each mining ASIC is measured by its power efficiency and price per computation.

Not exact matches

Since November, just before elections in December that bought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power, Abe has pushed for bold measures and an aggressive monetary policy to revive the Japanese economy, which is in recession and plagued by years of deflation.

That measure reflected Republican complaints that Obama had overstepped the power of the presidency and needed to be checked by Congress.

But the continued success of the emerging economic powers (which is by no means assured) may depend in no small measure on recognizing the virtues that made America great, while avoiding the pitfalls that brought it to this unhappy moment.

By the time she delivered a commencement speech at Smith College in 2013, she was preaching the gospel of a good night's sleep and asking graduates to measure their lives by a «third metric» — changing the world for the better — in addition to those timeless standards, money and poweBy the time she delivered a commencement speech at Smith College in 2013, she was preaching the gospel of a good night's sleep and asking graduates to measure their lives by a «third metric» — changing the world for the better — in addition to those timeless standards, money and poweby a «third metric» — changing the world for the better — in addition to those timeless standards, money and power.

From our definition there flows an important corollary: The riskiness of an investment is not measured by beta (a Wall Street term encompassing volatility and often used in measuring risk) but rather by the probability — the reasoned probability — of that investment causing its owner a loss of purchasing power over his contemplated holding period.

Russia's definitely not a great power by either of those measures.

After a sharp 10 % appreciation versus the greenback from May through September, the Canadian dollar is now sitting pretty close to its long - term fair value, as measured by purchasing power parity.

Already the most dominant Chinese leader in generations, Xi has made it all too clear that China has entered a «new era,» and that it sees itself as a top global power, in stark contrast to the past four decades of «Hide your strength, bide your time,» as put by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who spearheaded the market - opening measures in 1978.

The only way Congress could really stop the tariffs is by passing a measure with a veto - proof majority that would either strip Trump's executive powers over tariffs or undo the ones he has put in place.

The paid leave order is the latest move by Mr. Obama to use his power over federal contracts to institute changes on a small slice of the labor market when he can not persuade Congress to enact those measures for the whole country.

A recent study by economic consulting firm Analysis Group and commissioned by OnDeck, measured the impact of the first $ 3 billion lent by OnDeck to small businesses and found that these loans have powered $ 11 billion in business activity and created 74,000 jobs nationwide.

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Over the past 16 years, the US dollar's purchasing power, when measured against gold, has crashed by more than 81 %.

They then measure the power of the purified sentiment indicators to generate profitable trading signals by testing 100 signaling rules for each indicator.

measured by the probability — the reasoned probability — of that investment causing its owner a loss of purchasing power over his contemplated holding period.»

By: Marleny Arnoldi 25th April 2018 State - owned power utility Eskom on Wednesday said it had put measures in place to deal with the coal shortages at seven of its power stations, in Mpumalanga, and has assured the public that this would not result in load - shedding.

«The riskiness of an investment is not measured by beta (a Wall Street term encompassing volatility and often used in measuring risk) but rather by the probability — the reasoned probability — of that investment causing its owner a loss of purchasing - power over his contemplated holding period.»

«In the competitive world of American ethnic communities, there are two paths to success: upward mobility defined according to wealth, education, and political power, and downward mobility measured by degrees of victimhood.»

II, p. 241) At the stage of development represented by such an attitude, the value of religion was measured by the control given the devotee over superhuman powers and, so far as prayer was used, its object was to persuade a god to do the bidding of a man.

This modern scientific revolution — together with its practical consequences in the marvels of the machine age — has been a triumph of reason, probably the major one in all history measured by brilliance and by transforming power.

It seems to me that this might provide a sort of death - and - resurrection moment for Christians — a death to the old ways of measuring impact by money, power, numbers, and influence and a resurrection into the ways of Jesus, where the focus is on the hard work of discipleship, healing, fellowship, etc..

And because of our evaluating powers, we can discern between the higher and the lower, set standards and goals to work toward, and by God's help — if we are faithful stewards of his gifts — can succeed in some measure in making the world around us better.

Inasmuch as the will - power of contemporary man is not in itself more vigorous or unswerving than that of a Plato or an Augustine, and individual moral perfection is still to be measured by steadfastness in pursuance of the known good (and therefore relative) we can not claim as individuals to be more moral or saintly than our fathers.

Now, that's not Capitalism in any way — as kings rule by power, might, force, threats and other disgusting measures whereas capitalism allows everyone the freedom to compete in the marketplace for whatever money their creativity and ingenuity can produce.

If by power we intend to signify, as most often is intended, the use of coercive measures whether these be overt or subtle and hidden, then it would seem that to ascribe such a quality to God as His chief characteristic — as in fact, if not in word, is suggested when people talk as did my questioner — is a denial of the point of Christ's disclosure of God.

As long as one's size and sense of worth are measured by the strength of one's capacity to influence others (and this influence always takes the form of shaping the other in our image), as long as power is associated with the sense of initiative and aggressiveness, and passivity is indicative of weakness or a corresponding lack of power, then the natural and inevitable inequalities among individuals and groups are the means whereby the estrangements in life become wider and deeper.

In this view our size or stature is measured by the strength of our linear power.

Our strength is measured by the amount of competing power we can resist, control, or overcome.

About the only major force trying to uncover truth and speak it in power is the loose networks of NGOs13 that operate locally, regionally, and, by increasing measure, globally.

Persons who are grasped by the power of such visions, who are inspired by a «sublime madness in the soul» (Reinhold Niebuhr), are the probable agents of redemptive social change, even though they know in their critical moments that no future achievement is likely to embody the full measure of their treasured ideal.

If government assumes the power to promote happiness, officials would have to «consult with experts» to figure out criteria by which a society's «gross happiness index» could be measured.

(c) A god's power was commonly judged by the measure of success his people had in war and by the size of territory they managed to control (Judges 11:22 - 24).

But even greater measures must be taken to protect our children, including digging to the insidious roots of the problem of sexual abuse, the abuse of the children, and the abuse of power by the church.

We measure the weight of the boulder by the effort and power required to remove it.

Yet Satan himself is a very real figure, and he is the measure of that insight into our human plight which is afforded by the conflict of Christ with the powers of evil.

But as nearly every denomination in the United States faces declining membership and waning influence, Christians may need to get used to the idea of measuring significance by something other than money, fame, and power.

* Success in life is best measured by one's possessions and power.

When Christians measure church success by the standards of American culture — money, power, prestige, numbers — we set ourselves up for scandal, discouragement, and abuse of authority / funds / people.

It can not he taken to sanction the accumulation of goods and possessions and economic power in disproportionate, and inevitably unjust and unrighteous, measure by attempting to restrain, on divine authority, those whose rights have been fundamentally abused in the process.

But it is a temptation which is only now entering its critical phase, now that Man has raised himself to the point of being able to measure both the immensity of the Time that lies before him and the almost limitless powers made available to him by his concerted efforts to seize hold of the material springs of the world.

Religion News Service: «As the religious landscape in the U.S. changes, Christians are going to have to learn to measure our success by something other than money and power.»

«As the religious landscape in the U.S. changes, Christians are going to have to learn to measure our success by something other than money and power.»