There are other clichés for talking about climate change: You can warn that catastrophe looms by talking about tipping points and earths in the balance; you can use
military language by talking about «a war on carbon» (related: the sporty «climate on steroids»); you can go retrofuturist with aspirational bridges such as the Apollo project, Sputnik, the Manhattan Project, to name a few.
Not exact matches
Mormons are highly recruited
by the
military because of their clean living and because of their exceptional
language skills.
We think that Miller's «ordinary
military equipment»
language must be read in tandem with what comes after:» [O] rdinarily when called for [militia] service [able - bodied] men were expected to appear bearing arms supplied
by themselves and of the kind in common use at the time.»
In the story, a linguist is invited
by the U.S.
military to try and interpret the non-linear
language of aliens who have recently made contact, in the hopes of unlocking the secrets of their technology.
SYNOPSIS: Dr. Louise Banks, a celebrated linguist reeling from personal tragedy, is called in
by the
military to decode the
language of an alien civilisation when a strange spacecraft lands in Montana... There's a human -LSB-...]
The current era of corporate education reform began with the 1983 publication of the Reagan administration's report A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Education Reform, prepared
by a committee of prominent professors, politicians, teachers, and business executives.5 Not only did the report attack many of the equity - minded federal education reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the
language of Cold War
military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authors wrote.
The 2015 Ford F - 150 is offered with a completely revised design
language - even down to a newly styled F - 150 logo - with lots of high - strength,
military - grade aluminum alloys inspired
by aerospace, commercial transportation.
Also, while
military conquest or economic domination often introduces a new
language into an established
language community, in most cases it takes long - term immigration or the collapse of the native population to give the new
language a foothold (witness the indigenous cultures of Latin America wiped out
by the diseases brought to their shores
by Europeans).
Shows of
military force
by way of missiles, flags, sloganeering and monument - building isolate a distinctly political
language in these pieces, where Novoa plays with the symbolisms of state - sanctioned mythologies and truth - spinning.
If you're interested in reading more
military blogs or «milblogs», Ann Althouse today reminds us where to find more than 500
by country, gender,
language, branch and more.
In the context of the cited
language, the word «order» is not being used in the context of a
military style command, instead it is being used in the context of a purchase order for goods or services (or a contract) that has already been voluntarily entered into
by the parties.
They converted successful
military career into a
language easily understood
by hiring managers in the civilian sector.
The client's final resume clearly and forcefully demonstrated his strong 0343 skills and in - depth knowledge of DOD required for the target position
by detailing the client's past
military and civilian work experience in
language relevant to the job target.
In federal and private industry resumes, we translated his
military background into
language that would be understood
by HR and also provided coaching on how to network.
When writing
military transition resumes, you will face the most challenging task of translating what you did as a soldier to a resume
language to be comprehended
by an ordinary employer.
Military language is unique — it's not used
by most of society or employers.