Sentences with phrase «not brutal competition»

The American commercial republic was conceived as an institutional design that would stir the self - interest of individuals to produce not brutal competition but civilized emulation, uplifting the people's material and moral standards of life.

Not exact matches

Another year when the Academy got it unexpectedly right, not just because they awarded a film unafraid to take an unforgiving look at America's brutal past, but because»12 Years a Slave» really was the most worthy film in competition.
Historian Mary Beard says real gladiator competitions were probably not as brutal as the film Gladiator (starring Russell Crowe) would have us believe.
Well it wasn't like there was a shortage of pressing issues to talk about — the double - dip economy, the forces of competition unleashed by the Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA 2007), the move to outcome focused regulation, and maybe even some time to dwell on the brutal LASPO cuts as of next April — and yet still they didn't come.
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