Sentences with phrase «mere association»

This is the only way we can help develop our political parties into real democratic institutions and not mere associations.

If Harry is somehow guilty by mere association with Rattner (who by the way has not been charged with anything) then so is Barack Obama and Chuck Schumer and the other men whom Rattner counts among his friends.

It has of course been said — as many said of Platonism and later Aristotelianism and more recently existentialism — that because football is not of truly Christian origin it is essentially irredeemable; it could not bear the weight of the gospel; it would by mere association pervert the Good News and make it Bad.

This force is not simply mere association with the senses but an internalized refinement which may bring about an awakening to this mystic power.

Mere association with well - crafted movies does not a winning film make.

They are also cursed, and future generations will wail in torment by mere association.

But the mere association with OK Go is beneficial to State Farm by helping the company shake off the fuddy - duddy image of its industry.

Thunder is growl - like, groan - like, and the negative psychical meaning of growls and groans is not a mere association by contiguity.

Bonhoeffer's central idea is that the church as the fellowship of Christ centers on Christ rather than being a mere association of people with a common purpose.

«Any political party that does not have an openly stated position on these issues is a mere association of elites coming together only to feather their own nests,» Okupe said in the statement.

«The mere association plus the fact the governor was at least tangentially involved is grist for the news media and public discussion,» said Doug Muzzio, who teaches politics at Baruch College.

If I can, this proves a causal relationship, rather than a mere association.

No other actor in my lifetime as a film buff has gotten me more excited about any project with his mere association.

Charlie Munger has his own nomenclature for most of these biases including Pavlovian Conditioning which he calls Influence by Mere Association.

(Mere association is not guilt.