Sentences with phrase «noble tradition of»

In the noble tradition of ear twirling while we wait, Eli wonders what will leak out of the closed room where the Technical Summaries and Summary for Policymakers are being drafted and reconciled with the Working Group Reports for the Fourth Assessment Report.

Following in the noble tradition of Killer 7 and No More Heroes, Suda 51's latest video game phantasmagoria of crazy characters, intense action, and blood spray galore is Killer is Dead: An unhinged story set in the near - future where cybernetic implants are the norm and assassin work is quite the lucrative business.

Britain has a long and noble tradition of blaming the Americans whenever Anglo - American cooperation goes wrong.

«The noble tradition of remembering our friends and neighbors who were taken from us on 9/11 carries on,» Oddo said.

There is a long and noble tradition of volunteer reserve commitment in England.

This is letting down the noble tradition of America.

You stand in a noble tradition of conscientious objection and of civil disobedience.

Joining the two noble traditions of watching the TV and then talking about it, Zeebox lets you talk to your mates about what's on the box and then charts the popularity of the nation's favourite programming.

Not exact matches

What made St. Francis so influential was his extraordinary originality: the son of a rich businessman who renounced his wealth and slept in pigstys while retaining the courtliness and gentility that were noble attributes of his era; the anti-establishment figure who founded a great religious institution; the man of radical poverty whose followers were not permitted (even if they had wanted) to imitate his utter rejection of worldly goods; the man of the Bible who never owned a complete one; the author of the first great literary work in Italian dialect, the «Canticle of the Sun,» who was steeped in the jongleur tradition of French poetry and song; the naïf who moved the heart and enriched the religious imagination of that great realist and exponent of papal power, Innocent III; the child of the age of Crusades who sought not the conquest of the Muslims but their conversion.

Theologian John Saward believes Chesterton's autobiography is in the «same noble tradition» of Augustine's Confessions, and represents a «search for absolution,» and above all a key to «unlock Divine Mercy.»

Sources for socially engaged Buddhism can certainly be found in Buddhist traditions, and Buddhists can point to important instances of social action for noble causes in their history.

That heritage has been the noblest factor in our Western life, and your generation will have to choose which of the two traditions shall rule the world — Christ or Antichrist.

The Christian Church — let's spell it with a capital — combining the Judaeo - Christian faith and ethic with the best of Greek thought and culture, has, at its noblest, been the guardian of our greatest tradition, the transmitter of a priceless heritage.

Existing both as an oral tradition and in print on cheap paper for wide distribution, these corridos are often sagas of heroic daring or noble suffering and thus candidates for expression of links between religion and politics.

A tradition of local governance that resists both a supine dependence on Washington, D.C. or dominance by remote corporate interests; a patriotism that believes in the noble possibilities of the American experiment; vibrant churches and church leaders who remind us that life is more than our economic or political self - interest» it's not surprising that Lauck finds these features of Dakota life attractive.

Nixon tries to follow a noble — or so we were to believe — tradition of committing crimes against the state in order to save the state.

The Bolsheviks hated pious priests, so Lenin and his successors ruthlessly crushed authentic Russian Orthodox religious life — the expression of a great spiritual and theological tradition — wherever they could; the list of ROC martyrs to communism is a long and noble one.

«As representatives of the true beneficiaries of the Act, as it presently stands, there is need to put an urgent end to its further coordination by the National Assembly, which also has the noble tradition that once a matter is before the court, all activities on the matter will be suspended,» he said.

Let me reiterate, once again, that we are the heirs of the noblest and most enduring political tradition in Ghanaian politics.

Breaking with the tradition that dictates council committees are given a free hand, Noble advised the triumvirate to keep the number of aldermen at nine.

We are the heirs of the noblest and most enduring political tradition in Ghanaian politics.

A noble failure from a noteworthy filmmaker, Joseph Cedar's «Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer» — the unofficial winner of this year's «Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)» Award for the most fanciful title — mines a classic storytelling tradition in order to spin a darkly comic parable that often feels as unkempt and intolerable as its title character.

Mostly, it's a study of one man's self - imposed repression, but also a country still wrapped in tradition, where doing the noble thing didn't always coincide with what was the best thing.

But Antonin Scalia considered himself a «faint - hearted originalist» who saw Brown as part of a long and noble tradition that had been explicitly endorsed by Congress and the president in 1964 and that had since become deeply embedded in our political culture.

The Swiss company Rinspeed, also renown as a noble Porsche tuner, can look back to thirty years of tradition and now presents its latest customizing program based on the face - lifted Porsche Cayenne.

Also remember that writers are custodians of the humanities and it's a noble calling, so take some pride in upholding that tradition.»

New York, New York — May 19, 2010 — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, is extending its deep and longstanding tradition of supporting authors and publishers with PubIt!

And maintaining a little suspense is a old & noble tradition — haven't you heard of burying the lead?

This opulent set is available today for # 7.99 / $ 9.99 / $ 9.99 Academy Game Pack: This pack is a tribute to the long and noble chess playing tradition in Russia that has produced some of the greatest players of all time.

In that noble tradition, Champions Online developer Cryptic has decided to delay the release of their MMO, originally scheduled for July 14th, until September 1st.

Aside from symbolizing Britain's long tradition of horse racing and fox hunting, equine images are etched in the public imagination, from centuries - old hillside chalk carvings of horse figures to George Stubbs's paintings of noble mares and stallions.

However, since scepticism has a (justifiably) long and noble tradition in science, the framing device is quite powerful (despite the lack of connection with any actual scepticism).

We generally think of love as it relates to our feelings for another human being, but it is also possible to love your job, to pay attention to your work, and respect its traditions and noble goals.