Sentences with phrase «most vulnerable points»

Now I come close to the theme of this article: one writer, and I have found no other, in the early Middle Ages attacked classical theism head - on precisely on its two most vulnerable points — its affirmation of, or failure definitely to reject, unqualified theological determinism, and its commitment to endless posthumous careers for human persons, making them in that respect rivals to God.

In reality they're a kind of Stealth bomber, specially designed to evade your psychological defenses, [squirming their way] inside our mind in spite of every barricade we may seek to erect, and then dropping a highly explosive charge targeted at the most vulnerable point of our spiritual [laziness].

Defending the honor of the poor by insisting they are just like the rest of the population shores up liberalism at its most vulnerable point, namely, its inability to explain why people who don't benefit from the welfare state should acquiesce in the taxes that pay for it.

I always saw that as attacking Jesus at his lowest, most vulnerable point, tempting him with the very thing he craves most.

The welfare reform bill will affect millions of lives at their most vulnerable point — isn't that worth proper scrutiny?

I thought to myself that every woman has her most vulnerable point.

I just think that Gavin had to snipe it someway, and that was the most vulnerable point, emotionally, not rationally, so he hit there.

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«By mid-2020, we will be most vulnerable to the next recession,» Zandi said, pointing to the fading impact of government spending and tax cuts.

Now, to be fair, as Michael Sivy points out, it is precisely the large, bluechip stocks in the S&P 500 that have gained the most in the bull market's latest surge, which makes them vulnerable now.

If we look at issues from the point of view of the most vulnerable our views might change.

Evil works its most sinister designs and weaves its most intricate webs in the lives of the most vulnerable — those who are stressed to the point of moral exhaustion.

This is the point when they most readily absorb outside flavors like smoke and spices AND are most vulnerable to losing moisture and drying out.

Tomás then lowers the cape like a shade, an invitation, until the bull obliges and follows it down the point of his horns, bowing his head, unknowingly exposing his most vulnerable area to the sword's tip.

These two are vulnerable, and our opponents know it, and thats why it has cost us most of those points that you had the time to analyze

In the most competitive half of the battleground — the 27 most vulnerable Republican - held seats, where Democrats lead the named incumbent by 6 points, 50 to 44 percent — two - thirds could lose their seats.

A decent, safe and secure place to live is the absolute starting point for success in life, not just for the most vulnerable in society - but all of society.

In November 2015, UNICEF said access to toilets is endangering the lives of thousands of Ghana's most vulnerable children, pointing to emerging evidence of links between inadequate sanitation and malnutrition.

Alan Johnson, the health secretary, will tomorrow launch a pointed attack on David Cameron, saying the recession has seen the Tories revert to their default position of cutting public services at the expense of the most vulnerable people in society.

He went on to defeat GOP Rep. Cresent Hardy — who led Roll Call's list of the most vulnerable incumbents for much of 2016 — by 4 points last fall.

McCaskill easily won a second term over Republican Todd Akin in 2012, helped by his comments about «legitimate rape» and abortion, but she is among the most vulnerable Democrats facing re-election this year, in a state that broke for Trump by 19 points.

«In most cases, the questions are not which infrastructures are more vulnerable than the other but where are the points where lots of infrastructures are so connected that impacts on any one would affect a lot of others,» said Wilbanks.

David Smith at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the UK says the study is solid but fears that by pointing out that most ports are not so vulnerable, «it could be used as a reason for not ratifying the treaty».

This sector of Antarctica has long been identified as the most vulnerable to changes in climate and, according to recent assessments, its glaciers may have passed a point of irreversible retreat.

Society's most vulnerable members, such as toddlers and geriatrics, bag you the most points.

I would say, at this point, that Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) is the most vulnerable to missing.

What we need to do in Massachusetts and what we need to do nationally is to find a way to create the tipping point on behalf of our youngest and most vulnerable children.

By focusing on the needs of students and the quality of education they receive rather than pointing fingers over where they are served, we will do more to ensure that our most vulnerable children have access to the education they need and deserve.

CHICAGO — Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Karen Lewis criticized the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) list of schools targeted for closures and other school actions by pointing out that not only does the policy do little to improve student achievement, but the District has a poor record of improving academic achievement among the city's most vulnerable students.

In addition, as Anne Manusky points out, the Connecticut legislature should stop funding the failed SBAC testing program and use those funds to preserve some of the vital services that Connecticut's most vulnerable citizens need and deserve.

Citing national studies, Stevens points to several negative effects of suspensions on students apart from missing class time that include an increased risk of dropping out and getting arrested — and that the kids who are most vulnerable, including students of color, special education students, and gay and lesbian students, get singled out the most often.

It provided quick and easy access to comics from the majors to the indies, one - stop shopping at the point of sale, at the moment where the customer is most vulnerable to the casual pitch: while he or she is actually reading a comic, and is in the comic - reading frame of mind, and is mildly (or intensely) interested in another nibble of brain - candy.

To showcase such a daunting point, The Guardian visualized who's most vulnerable and who's most responsible.

He also pointed out the obligation wealthy nations have to poorer ones that are most vulnerable to coastal and climatic hazards that, in many places, will be worsened by the building greenhouse effect.

Sea level rise will disproportionately impact some of San Francisco's most vulnerable residents, including those in the Bayview / Hunters Point neighborhood.

Evidence from Oregon, one of the states most vulnerable to great earthquakes, points out the challenge of moving from such logic, on paper, to investments in vulnerable schools or coastal communities in the inundation zone for the tsunami that will accompany the next great thrust of the Cascadia fault off the Northwest Coast.

The IPCC * has also pointed out that most these people will be in the developing world, because these nations are more vulnerable (or less resilient) to climate extremes (e.g. Bangladesh and sea - level rise).

McKibben calls the Dakota Access fight, «the point in miniature of the entire climate fight: that the most vulnerable people in the world are at the mercy of the fossil fuel industry — their water, their climate, their land.»

The advocates called on governments to do their fair share in keeping global warming below the tipping point to save the Filipino people, and all others who are most vulnerable to climate change.

They are discouraged by UN officials» pre-conference resignation that the likely agreement will not keep emissions below the 2 - degree average global temperature increase that scientists say is a critical point (much less the 1.5 - degree limit that countries in the most vulnerable situations, especially small islands, have demanded).

Lord Bach makes the important point that the rule of law and legal rights do not mean much unless citizens are able, through the legal system, to have them upheld, and that cuts to legal aid have made that impossible for many, especially the most vulnerable in society.

She pointed out that the cuts to legal aid were supposed to preserve access for the most vulnerable in society; however this has not been the case and the cuts that have been made were short sighted and didn't take into account the longer term impact on society and family relationships.

Main findings from the review of caselaw on WSIB adjudication (see also Chart) point to the regular disregard of the treating health professional's medical opinion about whether return to work is safe; the reversal of benefits promised to the most vulnerable injured workers (those with permanent disabilities approaching «lock - in» of benefits); wrongful denial of compensation based on «little or no evidence» of pre-existing conditions; and undue targeting of workers with psychological injuries for denial of claims and for surveillance.

These may be most vulnerable to some slow percentage point increases.

Refuge Point's mission is to provide lasting solutions for the world's most vulnerable refugees.

And, as one of our interviewees pointed out, providers are put in the position of «trying to decide, out of the most vulnerable, who is the most, most vulnerable.»

In different ways, they both point to the need for Australia's climate change response to protect fundamental human rights, especially the rights of those who are the most vulnerable.

«Changes in retailing are in their early stages, yet doomsday scenarios splashed across news headlines are being extrapolated to the entire industry rather than to its most vulnerable segments,» Reagen pointed out in the report.

The industry is still a long time away from the point at which some professions will become obsolete, but when that moment comes, the most vulnerable people will be appraisers and commissioned loan officers, Narasimhan predicts.