Sentences with phrase «of insurmountable obstacles»

I tell people's stories of insurmountable obstacles overcome, and of ways they disrupt the old, to bring in the new.

And this is one of the insurmountable obstacles that make a mockery of the theory of just violence.

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Atlanta - based David Nour, author of Relationship Economics and Return on Impact, tells me by email that employers should look for specific nature and nurture qualities in candidates: «professional pedigree, in particular the lessons they've learned along the way, the relationship ecosystem they've developed, and how they overcome otherwise insurmountable obstacles.»

While this obstacle may not be insurmountable, the question itself overlooks one of the primary benefits of the Steffen method: it allows an airline to measure how much room there is for improvement and identifies where that improvement is to be found.

An imbalance of shares and votes may seem like an insurmountable obstacle to shareholder democracy.

This excellent ensemble cast is portrayed as average Americans who are navigating a dangerous and unstable environment, trying to flourish in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

So who knows, next time you've achieved a major milestone or overcome an insurmountable obstacle, maybe Tim Tebow will unexpectedly appear and remind you of just how inspirational moments like this are.

They make every intervention sound like an insurmountable obstacle to breastfeeding relationship and every ounce of formula as an end of adequate milk supply»

«The power of incumbency creates an almost insurmountable obstacle to challengers who have witnessed a level of corruption that has seen the arrest of 44 members since 2003,» Long wrote in the letter.

We've faced the depths of the Depression, we've stared down the hateful destruction of terrorists, we've endured the ferocity of gale force winds and surging tides, and each and every time, New Yorkers have faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles with grit and determination and an unyielding commitment to one another and we have — always — prevailed.

Any referendum would face the insurmountable obstacle of gaining approval from the Scottish parliament - mathematically almost impossible - and even then would probably fail.

That's not an insurmountable obstacle, but the bid would not be as powerful as one coming from one of the established third - party lines, which wield considerable influence in New York.

A closer look reveals a scheme fraught with peril and potentially insurmountable obstacles, though not necessarily of the sort you might expect given the vast distances and harsh environments involved in a trip to Mars.

These obstacles proved insurmountable for all but a handful of competitors.

Yet one obstacle has seemed insurmountable: the cost to get up to 10,000 tons of components all the way to geosynchronous orbit.

But he also believes that medical researchers will overcome some of the thorny obstacles to safe and effective therapies — just as once seemingly insurmountable obstacles to kidney transplants were overcome — clearing the way for treatment of diseases such as Parkinson's, blindness, and immune disorders.

However, it's heartening to think that this is not an insurmountable obstacle; a short period of recovery sleep before transplant can restore the donor's cells» ability to function normally.»

In patients with spinal cord injuries, these regenerated axons still face an insurmountable obstacle — a field of scar tissue that forms following the injury.

These observations indicated that «the difficulties encountered in predicting the conformations of natural proteins do not seem insurmountable obstacles to protein engineering» [1].

And although it's true that some of us have to put in more effort in order to achieve our dream physique, that doesn't mean that our genetics is insurmountable obstacle.

All the judgment of Catholicism that I had so neatly packed away and denied suddenly loomed up as an insurmountable obstacle to a happy life.

Chronic pain can drain you of energy, joy, and hope and make everyday activities seem like insurmountable obstacles.

While the numbers of available single men are smaller than single women, they're not sufficiently unequal to pose an insurmountable obstacle.

Your efforts to increase intimacy in order to mitigate your overwhelming sense of loneliness have been met with seemingly insurmountable obstacles such as...

It's just as clear, however, that the film's incongruously languid pace stands as an almost insurmountable obstacle virtually from the get - go, as filmmakers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have employed an episodic structure that becomes more and more problematic as the thin narrative unfolds - with the ongoing emphasis on subplots of a decidedly underwhelming nature (eg Jim's continuing efforts at resisting the advances of a sultry neighbor) compounding the movie's increasingly lackluster atmosphere.

There inevitably does reach a point, however, at which the thin storyline's lack of surprises becomes an insurmountable obstacle, with the overly familiar atmosphere ultimately exacerbated by plot developments of a decidedly questionable nature.

Following in the footsteps of Ford, which announced last May that it would halt manufacturing in Australia by 2016, GM could no longer keep its Holden plants running due to hundreds of million in losses and insurmountable obstacles that could not be rectified even after billions of dollars in aid from the Australian government.

In his new book, Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable.

Today we present our fourth batch of suggestions for staying the course when the obstacles seem insurmountable, and when writer's block has you thinking of a career...

With regard to the second prong, the court found that, rather than facing «insurmountable obstacles» to repayment of the loans, the debtor could be eligible for loan forgiveness as a county employee.

However, as I became more familiar with Mississippi, I learned that many obstacles stood in the way — some of which seemed insurmountable and out of scope because my new home was so different.

This is viewed as an almost insurmountable obstacle as it usually means lack of formal education, no useful social contacts, and insufficient opportunity in one's younger years to learn a trade.

On many occasions, the Dark Prince seizes control of Prince's body and the Prince is fully transformed into a kind of hybrid sand monster with the abilities that allow the Prince to pass the otherwise insurmountable obstacles.

After three years of hard work, the team has brought its elegant mixture of bullets and time manipulation to the virtual space, allowing you to dodge bullets as they whiz about your head, and to fight your way through impossible spaces while overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

Neither title is particularly graphically - taxing, so it doesn't seem like the lower performance of the Switch would be an insurmountable obstacle in porting the games across.

But whereas many of its peers feel the need to throw insurmountable obstacles at players right out the gate to prove their difficulty, Shovel Knight instead has a nice difficulty curve.

The people banging those drums, some argue, have the constitutional clout to put up insurmountable obstacles for the proposed Northern Gateway — namely, a messy legal debate around unsettled land claims along the route that will likely be decided by the Supreme Court of Canada.

What are some of the specific insurmountable obstacles Portland faces that prevents us from adopting the major feature that gives Copenhagen and Amsterdam such high ridership compared to even Portland \'s — separated cycle tracks?

The Court did view the test of there being «insurmountable obstacles» to a continuing relationship should the right to remain be refused to be a stringent one.

As Spencer says, empirical research isn't easy.33 Naturally enough, this might appear to be an insurmountable obstacle to engaging in empirical work, especially when considering the already extensive demands on a professor's time due to the heavy grading and other student - facing obligations of our courses.

In the 1960s, the view that appointing arbitrators was simpler and therefore more feasible won out; it was a view shared by the father of the ICSID Convention, Aron Broches, who believed the «political complications» of appointing judges with fixed terms would prove an «insurmountable obstacle» to the creation of an investment court.

Nevertheless, the report examines the issue of liability when failure does occur, concluding that: «The liability issues may become an insurmountable obstacle to the introduction of fully automated driving.»

It is unclear in these early stages if the lack of transparency will create insurmountable obstacles.

Fixed overheads and professional indemnity insurance premiums based on previous years» fees could prove to be insurmountable financial obstacles for a significant number of firms.»

The worst - case scenario is that one or both of these obstacles proves insurmountable.

Many of our students also encounter tough circumstances and overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles on their way to success.

A strict adherence to Federal divisions of responsibilities clearly presents an insurmountable obstacle to the implementation of these recommendations.

For many couples, recovering from infidelity becomes an insurmountable obstacle that ultimately results in the end of the relationship.

One or all obstacles are — or seem — insurmountable, further fueling a sense of unaffordability.

«While the cost burden faced by many renters and homeowners are significant, America's housing affordability obstacles are not insurmountable,» says Chris Estes, President and CEO of the National Housing Conference.