Sentences with phrase «more affirmative»

Whilst this can be seen as a more affirmative course of action, it also represents a «hard fork» — a permanent divergence from the current blockchain to create a new one.

«While U.S. Supreme Court caselaw has been widely inconsistent in how to approach these claims, state constitutions offer more affirmative and explicit protections for the right to vote than the U.S. Constitution and can serve as a basis for attacking an unfair plan,» Tolson said.

The point she should really be making, and as you said, is that politician should take more affirmative and transformational actions towards climate change including revolutionize our energy system rather than just planting trees.

Greenberg appropriated the German word «kitsch» to describe this low, concocted form of «culture», though its connotations have since been recast to a more affirmative acceptance of nostalgic materials of capitalist / communist culture.

Compared to his «wave paintings» (which will be featured at artMRKT Hamptons in Bridgehampton in July), I'm uncertain about the ambiguities in the paintings on view, as the wave painting series, some of which were briefly shown at Peter Marcelle Gallery this past winter, seem more affirmative and resolved to me.

In other words, practicing a positive habit can predispose our thoughts to be more affirmative.

«So, when I say I wish I'd been harder, I wish I'd been harder and more affirmative in saying: Guys, there's a crisis brewing.»

Just like the horn of a unicorn is thought to turn poisoned water into that which can be tasted, doulas are there to help reframe parts of loss birth into a new and more affirmative experience for everyone.

To conclude, this is one more affirmative action accomplished by BPNI in monitoring the IMS Act and preventing its» violation.

After a series of distinctions, and theologically unexceptionable expositions of the limitations of Indulgences, put however, in the same dialectical and somewhat provocative form, Luther moves into a more affirmative and prophetic tone:

Constantine's sons were more affirmative of the Christian faith and quite soon, despite a set - back under Julian the Apostate (361 - 63), Christianity became the official religion of the Empire.

Still, after that unpleasantness in Nazareth, with Jesus rhetorically slashing and burning through the congregation, it's good to hear him in a more affirmative mood two chapters later.

Not exact matches

God is calling us Lutherans to be more than affirmative action advocates with a (disguised) Lutheran accent and more than Evangelicals with (some) vestments.

More important, the rebellious instinct which elsewhere expresses itself so often in sour withdrawal, cynical nihilism and disruption is here more often than not both affirmative and constructive, thanks in considerable measure to the chaplain's influence.&raMore important, the rebellious instinct which elsewhere expresses itself so often in sour withdrawal, cynical nihilism and disruption is here more often than not both affirmative and constructive, thanks in considerable measure to the chaplain's influence.&ramore often than not both affirmative and constructive, thanks in considerable measure to the chaplain's influence.»

In thus explaining and championing religious pluralism on affirmative theological grounds rather than on negative or concessionary ones, liberal Protestants could make one of the more important of their distinctive contributions to the moral coherence «and consensus that our sprawling society needs but has found it difficult to maintain.

In light of actual employment practices, the black conservative rhetoric about race - free hiring criteria (usually coupled with a call for dismantling affirmative action mechanisms) does no more than justify actual practices of racial discrimination.

Affirmative action is, for instance, a form of reparations, and it ill - behooves advocates for reparations to appear dismissive of an initiative that has cost more than a little controversy.

Offering hope to people, getting them to consider deeper, more important truths, working through tragedies, seeking healing and providing a bit of respite from the rest of the world is a pretty enjoyable job, and it's helped Williams answer in the affirmative.

For this reason, the inductively moving sermon is more descriptive than hortatory, more marked by the affirmative than the imperative, with the realization, of course, that the strongest of all imperatives is a clear affirmative that has been embraced.

Aquinas answered in the affirmative, in that, «since a thing is said to live in so far as it operates of itself and not as moved by another, the more perfectly this power is found in anything, the more perfect is the life of that thing.»

In those places, particularly universities, where affirmative action has been most avidly embraced, the goal of racial equality and harmony is farther away than ever; and the inevitable response to this problem is an even more comprehensive and ambitious departure from the standard of color - blind policies.

NO MORE TENSION, ARSENAL IS GOING TO WIN (affirmative statement), just go and watch the match with ease mind and u will see its going to be an easy win for ARSENAL.

It's my opinion that those who feel strongly in the affirmative will be more likely to vote than those who feel negative about it.

The IWD otherwise known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women's Rights and International Peace has since gained international recognition and celebrated world wide in different forms and even gained the status of a holiday in some countries such as Ukraine The day has also been marked under various themes encompassing peace and security, human rights, gender based violence, conflicts and hunger, education, gender equality, empowerment and affirmative actions, inclusion of woman in decision making, the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and many more.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of these rules or any rule of the House of Representatives, to demonstrate the support required of this paragraph a certificate evidencing the affirmative written support of the required number of permanently seated delegates from each of the eight (8) or more states shall have been submitted to the secretary of the convention not later than one (1) hour prior to the placing of the names of candidates for nomination pursuant to this rule and the established order of business.»

Particularly, the authors found a difference in parties that have affirmative action policies and those that do not, with the former more likely support female candidates.

Oppositely, efforts like affirmative action demonstrate a cognizant and active effort to help correct for institutionalized impediments and make system inherently more evenly available throughout society.

Those rules employ an affirmative consent requirement to any sexual encounter on higher education campuses across the state, a sexual assault victims bill of rights, and more.

We have started the process of affirmative action to include more female voices in decision making.

But they're more closely divided on whether that cap should be able to be exceeded by an affirmative vote of 60 percent of voters, as the governor has argued, or simply a majority vote.

Harsher words were exchanged at an equal opportunities commission fringe meeting where two senior Tory women clashed over affirmative action to ensure more women and MPs from ethnic minorities, a policy widely endorsed by most speakers yesterday.

But more broadly, New York Republicans» comments hint at the conservative view of «affirmative consent» nationally: that it constitutes government intrusion into college students» bedrooms, is impossible to enforce, would ruin sex, would make every person a rapist and would make it impossible to prove that consent was given short of videotaping sexual encounters.

If you'd like more information about what's taken place in the past regarding affirmative action, please read «Bakke and Beyond: A History and Timeline of Affirmative Action» published on Infoplease.com by Borgna Brunner, or «Affirmative Action Works» published on In Motion Magazine by affirmative action, please read «Bakke and Beyond: A History and Timeline of Affirmative Action» published on Infoplease.com by Borgna Brunner, or «Affirmative Action Works» published on In Motion Magazine by Affirmative Action» published on Infoplease.com by Borgna Brunner, or «Affirmative Action Works» published on In Motion Magazine by Affirmative Action Works» published on In Motion Magazine by Paul Kivel.

Akke Visser of NGV said that, more than affirmative action, the entire promotion system needs structural changes.

Learning to use meditation and affirmative mantras will set you up for so much more success than depending on sheer willpower.

Today, more than 50 percent of doctors answer in the affirmative when asked if they support traditional Chinese medical techniques, according to a survey of more than 3,000 physicians.

Developing prayers and affirmative statements that instill hope can infuse you with new found energy that helps you think more creatively and innovatively about the unique challenge.

If one assumes that respondents were more likely to say that they were circumcised (ie, the default answer is to give an affirmative answer to any question) and that the same people report higher levels of STDs, this may account for any association found.

In this week's study, we asked more than 1,000 Americans if they believe in first sight, and we found the West was the most likely region to answer in the affirmative, with 58 percent of those respondents saying they think one look could be all it takes.

Divorced people were more likely to respond in the affirmative than those who were still married.

However, every major demographic group is now significantly more likely to respond in the affirmative to this question than was the case when we first asked it in 2005.

Writer - director Louise Archambault's neatly affirmative denouement is at odds with the more uncertain reality occurring at the edges of the film's drama.

Affirmative that strings are more present than ever, the songs are more reliant on the overall texture, rather than on single - worthy moments and there are songs in the album, who date back to pre-Big Bang.

(14) Although Reagan largely tried to ignore the disparagements made by antidiscrimination groups, he eventually was forced to abandon modifying the hotly contested topic of affirmative action in order to avoid more political backlash.

This is not «affirmative action,» as it is so often misinterpreted, in that more worthy candidates were cast aside in favor of diversity.

Okay, more than slightly: At one point, someone flat - out asks Cheryl (Reese Witherspoon) if she's a feminist, and she replies in the affirmative.

But it also offers a more level - headed and affirmative twist on that potentially alarmist premise.

Of the other competition buzz films leaving Sundance with distribution deals that guarantee their release: Peter Hedges's Pieces of April is a silly sitcom with a Guess Who's Coming to Dinner twist; Tom McCarthy's The Station Agent is little more than a three - character, metaphorically burdened off - Broadway play, but Peter Dinklage's understated performance gives it a bit of substance; Catherine Hardwicke's thirteen captures the hysteria of teenage girls, and its depiction of how a good girl can go bad overnight will give parents nightmares, but the script, co-written by Hardwicke and Nikki Reed (who also plays one of the two teen leads), is as overexcited as the girls themselves, and its affirmative ending is unearned.

For more about the constitutionality of assigning students to schools in order to achieve diversity, see «Affirmative Action Docketed»

Viewpoint: Harvard Students, DOJ Will Find Admissions Answers Elusive (The Boston Business Journal) You'll Need More Than Perfect Grades To Get Into America's Top Universities (Good Education) Natasha Warikoo discusses the Department of Justice's investigation into affirmative action in college admissions.