Sentences with phrase «noble vision of»

One Laptop Per Child's noble vision of empowering children worldwide brings its Dreams software to the 7 - inch XO Tablet, but it has some flaws.

Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy) and his equally brilliant protégé Igor Strausman (Radcliffe) share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into immortality.

According to the official synopsis the pair «share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into immortality.

Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein and his equally brilliant protégé Igor Strausman share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into immortality.

They point beyond the familiar and prosaic to a higher and more noble vision of the Christian life.

It was a noble vision of entrepreneurship, and a lot of these entrepreneurs shared it.

Dialogue, particularly with people of other faiths, holds out the possibility of conversion in many ways: conversion of others to the fullness of the faith, conversion of ourselves to a deeper living of our own baptismal grace, conversion of the culture to a nobler vision of the human person encouraged by the many examples of virtue to be found within and outside the Church.

Perhaps leaders of the NAEA push an activist agenda not because they want arts teachers to become activists themselves, but because they believe that high - sounding epithets such as «social justice» and noble visions of «equity» will advance the cause of arts education.

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It is the discrepancy between this noble theological and constitutional vision and the harsh reality of the pragmatic that generates our moral bewilderment.

Here is a vision of life — and a rather noble one at that — for which «minimize suffering» is not the only or the primary imperative.

Bishop von Galen seems to have been seen by some Germans as representing a possibly noble, but rather too pious, vision of life.

Each generation of Israelites grew the vision of the Messiah through the promptings of a newer and nobler vision by God in the heart of priest and prophet, and in the experienced faith and worship of the whole Jewish community.

But it seems to do no good to tell my friend about Peguy's vision of life as a noble game played in the presence of God.

Yet, unique species though they be, hobbits are human, and through them Tolkien reminds us of the enduring qualities of the race of man: friendship, fidelity, vision and hope; and of something more: that we are all possessed of wonder, that we have the capacity to dream dreams and envision noble goals, and that in the struggle to realize the vision we may find it true.

Weinstein concludes we should not dismiss Savonarola as a fanatic or charlatan, as that would obscure «his noble vision and slights his strenuous efforts on behalf of social just and political liberty.»

the vision of an eagle, the gentleness of a dove and the noble body movement of a peacock, that's Ozil

Thomas's vision in middle age, however, aspires to something nobler, more optimistic, more attuned to how the «wild places» of Kingsnorth's imaginings function.

For men less noble than Bohr, it is easy to see how these literary visions of struggle and destiny, heroes and Vikings, led down darker paths.

To succeed in this noblest of visions, the wise teacher uses a potpourriof skills:

But he soldiers on, buoyed by his vision of a vastly improved public school system informed by noble convictions and rational incentives.

About Fix the Formula Illinois Fix the Formula Illinois is a campaign of Advance Illinois, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Educators 4 Excellence, Equity First, Faith Coalition for the Common Good, Funding Illinois» Future, Gamaliel of Metro Chicago, High School District Organizations of Illinois, Illinois Alliance of Administrators of Special Education, Illinois Association of School Administrators, Illinois Association of School Business Officials, Illinois for Educational Equity, Illinois Principals Association, Instituto del Progreso Latino, Latino Policy Forum, League of United Latin American Citizens, Noble Network, Ounce of Prevention Fund, Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, Quad County Urban League, South Suburban Action Conference, Springfield Urban League, Taylorville Citizens for Education, Teach Plus Illinois, Tri-County Urban League, United Congregations of the Metro East, Urban Muslim Minority Alliance and Vision 20/20.

B&N's slogan for their Nook was «Carry Barnes and Noble in the palm of your hand» and they stayed true to that vision, ignoring the treasure trove of market research volunteered by their users.

I love the vision I have of seeing eight copies of my book standing, cover face out, on the top shelf of the reference section in Barnes & Noble.

To wit, it is our belief that Barnes & Noble should be owned by an organization with both the vision and stability of capital that investors in the public market generally can not provide.

The success of the H20 prompted Tolino to issue the Vision 2 in Germany, Pocketbook released the Aqua in Europe and Barnes and Noble released the Nook Glowlight Plus in the United States.

It portrays a genius ahead of his time who can rarely escape the demands of his noble patrons long enough to express his own artistic vision.

Nobles of that court enjoyed a number of different types of hunting and decided to develop one breed capable of expressing all of the traits they found desirable in an all - around hunting dog: a keen nose, good vision, great speed, stamina, courage, determination and brains.

And through the concrete madness of honking horns and beep - beep - beeps, the shuttlecock, the raggedy dog, the yellow - scarved soldiers in green, the docking ships of night and the smog of modernity; silently cruised the noble old cyclo drivers in shorts and rag shirts, bobbing on forever over their chariots — these three - wheeled rickshaws with a large passenger seat at the front, like a bicycle attached to a wheelchair — visions of serenity and melancholy calm.

In the exhibition catalogue, art historian Danilo Riponti observes, «Boundless spaces, human silences, deep soul rest — here are the keys of the noble reading of the artist's vision».

Noble may be a little too sexual, scatological and indeed soulless for some tastes, but I personally enjoy both the intricacy of his draughtsmanship and the magnitude of his Bosch - like vision.

In this global context, Al Gore's vision is noble, but so too are the goals of reducing poverty and conflict, two intersections of energy policy that rarely touch the Americans debating it.

Or does the large firm, through its merciless, grinding caste system, kill young lawyers» vision of law as a noble, empowering career that can change lives and promote justice?»