Sentences with phrase «modern concerns about»

«When I See an Elephant Fly», performed twice in the closing moments, not only provides the right note for the redemptive final act but also eases modern concerns about a pack of crows» stereotypical African American characterization.

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I fear that too often, we on the left retreat when we should attack, surrender when we should vanquish. What do I speak of? Well, I am concerned that too many of us are willing to play in the frame, the box, the straighjacket of modern discourse about fiscal and monetary policy. -LSB-...]

Technology, concern about work - life balance, and initiatives to help the environment by reducing traffic have made a variety of flexible structures available to modern workers.

Never, so far as I can tell, has modern historical study made it impossible for a contemporary person concerned about intellectual integrity to believe what the Church (or the synagogue) has long taught as necessary for true faith.

Sure, we hear about trafficking in modern countries like the United States or Canada (and slavery remains a growing concern in North America), but it doesn't feel like the most pressing injustice on our country's radar.

First, its premisses concerning society and modern man are pseudoscientific: for example, the affirmation that man has become adult, that he no longer needs a Father, that the Father - God was invented when the human race was in its infancy, etc.; the affirmation that man has become rational and thinks scientifically, and that therefore he must get rid of the religious and mythological notions that were appropriate when his thought processes were primitive; the affirmation that the modern world has been secularized, laicized, and can no longer countenance religious people, but if they still want to preach the kerygma they must do it in laicized terms; the affirmation that the Bible is of value only as a cultural document, not as the channel of Revelation, etc. (I say «affirmation» because these are indeed simply affirmations, unrelated either to fact or to any scientific knowledge about modern man or present - day society.)

No one seemed concerned about the children in modern divorce, except to argue over parenting responsibilities such as child - support and visitation rights.

Their carts are premodern; the newspapers they search for are typically modern; and the recyclers to whom they sell their tattered wares cater to largely postmodern concerns about preserving resources.

Or perhaps modern shepherd kneeling beside sheep with leg caught, Chevrolet in background, first - aid kit spread behind him, and binoculars temporarily laid beside first - aid kit, While there may be humorous elements about this image, it is an important reminder that the means of shepherding may change, and hopefully may improve, but that the tender and solicitous concern and the relevance of the shepherd's actions to the needs of the sheep remain constant.

But we need to note that the images and metaphors that were used in the modern revival of concern for pastoral care, with which I am in deep sympathy, have only recently become concerned about shepherding, and for a time were quite different in character.

The vogue of psychiatry and of various «peace of mind» cults — whether overtly religious or not — give evidence that modern man is gravely concerned about himself.

For he can help us to get some spiritual distance on our cultural situation; he can increase our awareness of those aspects of our modern consciousness which cut the heart out of our Christian experience, and so help to free us from them; he can help engender in us a sense of humor about ourselves which comes from taking a less contemporary and more eternal perspective — a perspective in which our love of God, our gratefulness to Christ and our concern for our neighbor will have a chance to grow.

Frum does not favor banning abortion and his concerns about the state of the modern conservative movement in the United States are well documented.

In much of sub-Saharan Africa, for example, there is little demonstrated interest in modern contraception, but considerable concern about infertility.

The World Teacher is already here, emerging right at this moment into the everyday world as a man concerned about modern issues.

Modern «Christians» are a bunch of panty - sniffing lunatics... More concerned about what the gay couple across town is doing than the 10,000 homeless kids between here and there.

Concerning the Bible there was very little skepticism until about a hundred years ago, when the impact of the modern scientific age began to make itself felt.

These do not depend upon the highest ethical commitments of which men are capable, but upon that mixture of human sympathy, rationality and self - interest which constitutes the basic pattern of human motivation While Niebuhr is a realist about the possibilities of human justice he has a strong concern for the social reformism in politics which characterizes modern democracy and the Christian social Gospel.

He uses Carl F. H. Henry's concerns about the direction of evangelicalism in the years just before the current era of conversations about mission, missions, missional, and missiology all began in our brave post-modern or late - modern world.

The sad truth about these modern day Multi-Millionaires ministers, who are profiled is that they are more concern about the personal wealth then those of the surrounding communities.

Although contacting a doctor directly is still the best way to go if you are concerned about your child, modern moms and dads can get advice and insight regarding both their baby's development and ailments in a moment's notice.

When we can push aside the stress, concerns about public perceptions, and influences of modern culture and connect with our true intuition we can usually make good choices and decisions for ourselves and our families.

New parents, concerned about rare but dangerous SIDS, have always been known to check the newborn's breathing, but modern parents are also concerned with home security, making the infrared motion detector and alarm part of the package for nursery safety.

Having concerns about cultural practices that are fundamentally incoherent with modern Britain is not racist.

«The NUT welcomes the increased take up and the overall high results achieved in the sciences and Mathematics, but continues to have grave concerns about the declining entry for Modern Foreign Languages.

However, there are concerns about the declining number of people taking modern languages, something education secretary Alan Johnson admitted was «disappointing».

This year's Arctic sea ice cover currently is the sixth - lowest on modern record, a ranking that raises ongoing concerns about the speed of ice melt and the effects of ice loss on global weather patterns, geopolitical fights, indigenous peoples and wildlife, scientists said yesterday.

To the horror of anyone concerned about climate change, modern miners want to set fire to these deep coal seams and capture the gases this creates for industry and power generation.

Where Neanderthals are concerned, Binford pops up again in his familiar «Rent - a-sceptic» role; but it is regrettable that the book gives further exposure to his bizarre notions, based on the flimsiest of evidence, about males and females living largely separate lives, with no semblance of a close family, as well as his erroneous claim that a lack of fish - bones shows that Neanderthals were inferior to «fully modern man» at exploiting this resource.

In the early 1960s, New York's Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) turned down a Robert Rauschenberg sculpture over concerns about maintaining a work whose centrepiece was a...

As concerns grow about the sustainability of our modern society, this question becomes more important.

So far, little information about the history of horse domestication has been available since most previous findings concerned modern breeds.

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I adore wicker bags but I'm always concerned about damaging vintage wicker bags as I can be quite hard on my purses, so more often than not I tend to opt for modern reproductions so I don't have to feel guilty about destroying a piece of history if I eventually do some accidental damage.

Way back in 1990, David Foster Wallace talked about how the post-post modern novelist might actually have to embrace sincerity, serious concern with ideas that he / she actually believed in, rather than embracing the universal, self - superior

Besides the platforming sections, which generally see you air dashing about the place and placing platforms, often under heavy fire and tight time limits, there are also some pretty creative and intense boss battle sequences (Although the final two bosses can jog on, as far as I'm concerned) and Zero - G sections that feel like a modern update on the Gradius formula, except «now with added dashes!»

The War Dogs prologue, narrated by Miles Teller, will stun audiences in the revelation that modern warfare is less concerned with patriotism, and in defeating the (nondescript) terrorists, but it's all about money and private contracts.

What is so special about The Miniaturist is that despite its delicious and unfamiliar period setting, its concerns are absolutely modern: privacy, sexuality, corruption, commerce, hypocrisy, race, public shaming... all woven into a tightly plotted story full of surprising twists.»

There's nothing new about many of the concerns of this anarchic comedy: the growing gulf between parents and their adult kids; the conflict between work and family; the alienating, dehumanizing nature of the modern workplace; the role of women in corporate culture; the economic direction in which modern Europe is heading.

Malcolm Trobe, interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «We are concerned about the continuing decline in entries to A levels in modern foreign languages, and other «minority» subjects such as music and design and technology.

Speaking at the Teach First Impact Conference, Milburn voiced concerns about the educational attainment gap in schools and said the government should» no longer tolerate an education system that produces a cohort of youngsters who simply lack the skills to compete in the modern labour market».

The government is yet to publish the findings of a consultation into the viability of the pledge, but concerns have also been raised about teacher recruitment to meet potential demand in EBacc subjects, particularly in modern foreign languages.

She added: «We are witnessing serious concerns about whether we are training sufficient teachers of modern languages, of religious and moral education and of PE to name just a few.

Concerns about quality and reliability have been largely exorcised by modern design and production techniques.

Propelled by a terrific instinct for storytelling, and concerned with the convolutions of modern love and the importance of place, this collection is about the battlefields — and fields of victory — that exist in seemingly harmless spaces, in kitchens and living rooms and cars.

And taking that message for Moderns in one hand, with O'Leary's concern about «digital choke points» in the other, I want to return you briefly to McQuivey, who makes the cleanest, most pertinent appeal — perhaps on behalf of the whole, staggered industry:

This lively, humorous retelling of a traditional tale in an unusual and modern setting engendered the usual concerns about cultural stereotyping, the provision of sourcing (always an issue for folktales), and the portrayal of a generic «Africa» — as well as plenty of admiration.

Modern pet parents are also understandably concerned about the safety and durability of the toys they give their cats.

Dogs are concerned about pack dynamics, however, modern day trainers have somewhat debunked dominance theory, it is over simplified.

By the 1860s, many of the Army's «modern» defense systems had become outdated and the War Department expressed growing concerns about the dilapidated condition of the country's seacoast fortifications.