Sentences with phrase «on in a moment of crisis»

«I always want the city and the county and local communities to elect people who share the values of the public, that are going to work hard, they have the utmost integrity, that you can rely on in a moment of crisis to make sound decisions, and will attract quality people to an administration,» he said.

Not exact matches

It was a sobering moment in the career of a woman who during 12 years in power became a symbol of stability, leading the euro zone during the debt crisis and seeking compromise within the European Union on a deal with Turkey to stem migrant arrivals.

The index dropped more or less steadily until the worst moments of the financial crisis in fall 2008, causing the full - on crash, and it began to turn around only in March 2009.

«I don't think bitcoin is prevalent enough at the moment to be a systemic threat in the way we experienced during the financial crisis other threats; it needs watching carefully but I don't think we're there yet,» said Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, during a Thursday interview on BBC's Newsnight.

In a really large crisis, the return on risk assets may look decent from ten years before to ten years after, but a lot of people get surprised by their need to draw on those assets at the wrong moment — bad events come in bunches, when the credit cycle goes busIn a really large crisis, the return on risk assets may look decent from ten years before to ten years after, but a lot of people get surprised by their need to draw on those assets at the wrong moment — bad events come in bunches, when the credit cycle goes busin bunches, when the credit cycle goes bust.

After the immediate moment of crisis has passed, we still need to remain present and constant for people as they continue to reflect on its meaning in their lives.

For everywhere between the lines are signs of shock and personal crisis that began the moment he laid eyes on his African destination: the Ogowe River and, in the distance, Lambaréné.

As Christopher Lasch also points out, new therapies» solutions are tautological, self - defeating to the extent that they advise people «not to make too large an investment in love and friendship, to avoid excessive independence on others, and to live for the moment — the very conditions that created the crisis of personal relations in the first place» (New York Review of Books [September 30, 1976]-RRB-.

In its moment of crisis, Gordon doubled down on faith.

Still, and despite his heavy reliance on teleprompters for even brief talks, he quickly became known among supporters and sympathetic commentators as the nation's «orator - in - chief,» an office he filled by delivering lengthy and sometimes ponderous speeches at moments of apparent national crisis.

In that case, the crisis becomes a catalyzing moment rather than an originating one, and the chances of that person continuing on that journey are much greater.

Specifically, in Evangelicalism, polarized interpretations of publicized crisis moments are being put on display for the world to see.

Sometimes I get really broken inside to see that most of us just keep on with our lives, like nothing is happening... when at this moment the world is in a pretty hard situation, with this huge human crisis.

So the Big Day is here at last, as Arsenal take on Chelsea with the aim of winning their third FA Cup Final in the space of four years, but what formation has Wenger decided to go for with our defensive crisis at the moment.

Stepping aside from dangerous social factors, such as adult inebriation or adult bedsharing while under the influence of drugs, or infants sleeping alongside disinterested strangers, and ignoring (for the moment) the physical - structural - furniture and bedding aspects of «safe infant sleep» always occurs in the context of, and under the supervision of, a committed, sober adult caregiver who is in a position to respond to infant nutritional needs, crises, and can exchange sensory stimuli all of which represents just what babies depend on for maximum health.

In moments of political precariousness, where people are faced with terrible losses whether because of economic crisis or political violence, the temptation is very much to find a kind of commonality in that trait of finitude or vulnerability, and to look for a way to build ethics and politics on that commonalitIn moments of political precariousness, where people are faced with terrible losses whether because of economic crisis or political violence, the temptation is very much to find a kind of commonality in that trait of finitude or vulnerability, and to look for a way to build ethics and politics on that commonalitin that trait of finitude or vulnerability, and to look for a way to build ethics and politics on that commonality.

«While some of our members have differed in the past on some of the specific issues in the New NY Agenda, the Executive Committee unanimously takes this position because we understand and accept Andrew's point that this is a pivotal moment in the history of this state, similar to the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when leaders in the labor, civic, business and political arena must put aside their individual agendas for the good of the entire state.»

De Blasio said he thinks his proposed tax on the rich to fund the subway has a chance in tax - averse Albany because the broken transit system is at a moment of «crisis» that's «driving New Yorkers crazy.»

It was, one editor remarked, was Paterson's A-Rod moment: The Yankee slugger turned the corner on his own image crisis, driven by reports of personal vanity and steroid use, last summer when he turned — in the public eye — from a target into a victim.

Despite all these constraints of modern politics, if I may talk as an old - fashioned chancellor, he has managed to get on top of a financial crisis, produced at the moment the fastest - growing economy in the western world.

In that sense, the economic crisis we have at the moment is useful in terms of analyzing what's going on with the planeIn that sense, the economic crisis we have at the moment is useful in terms of analyzing what's going on with the planein terms of analyzing what's going on with the planet.

Beav (with a bad oral fixation) finds his moment of crisis while sitting on the toilet, Pete finds his while pissing in the snow, Henry's comes in the squishing of little sperm - like larvae, and Jonesy is the Stephen King - projection (hit by a car, hip shattered) with a serious case of existential crisis.

Interviewed recently on MSNBC, he explained that he wanted to show how Lincoln behaved during a «crisis»; of course Lincoln's presidency was in crisis from the moment he took his hand off the Bible, but this was the ultimate political crisis.

by Walter Chaw Based on a Kirsty Gunn novel, Christine Jeffs's hyphenate debut Rain is a dulcet, haunting evocation of that moment of crisis in a young woman's life when she's poised on the precipice of sexual maturity.

They describe the draft as «un-British» in that, even at moments of national crisis and retrenchment, during for example two world wars, «governments always understood the need to keep the tradition of world history alive in schools and to have an emphasis on British history in the context of the world».

These dedicated volunteers can deploy on a moment's notice to assist animals in times of disaster or crises.

The story starts out with an army of baddies taking over Shell City, and so the armed forces of that city call on Tembo to come and save them in their moment of crisis.

We are living at a critical moment in time, with major political, economic and ecological shifts and crisis, and The Human Flock shines a light on the fragility of humankind and the planet.

That show was a meditation on post-riot (1992) race relations in Los Angeles, featured a map of HIV diagnoses in the United States, and was also described by the museum as referencing «formative moments in [the artist's] life and ruminations on the body in crisis.»

20, 2015), an exhibition of new works that referenced «formative moments in his life and ruminations on the body in crisis,» the AIDS epidemic, queer and feminist politics, and the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

As heavy drilling mud is pumped through the well in hopes of overcoming the upward force from the pressurized oil and gas, one can only hope there will be a telegenic high - five moment for the hard - working engineers working relentlessly on the crisis since late April.

On Tuesday, the final day of the Heartland Institute's conference examining whether global warming was ever a crisis, there was a fascinating moment in one session when the discussion shifted from questioning warming to assessing humanity's limited energy choices.

Living with this kind of cognitive dissonance is simply part of being alive in this jarring moment in history, when a crisis we have been studiously ignoring is hitting us in the face — and yet we are doubling down on the stuff that is causing the crisis in the first place.

And while the movement for solutions may seem in the throes of an especially challenging moment, addressing the crisis» impacts on our current and future well - being is not a political issue but an ethical and practical one.

Setting aside for a moment the question of what kind of «partner» bails on his colleagues in a crisis in order to make more money, this is the harsh reality facing a lot of firms, many of which must have concluded that cutting «less productive» staff, associates or even partners is an existential choice.

In both cases, the litigant / patient receives help at a watershed moment when choice of action is limited and locked into a process that will cost the both individual and the system greatly; in both cases, the crisis might have been averted, or at least mitigated, had basic information been provided much earlier on, at far less emotional and economic cosIn both cases, the litigant / patient receives help at a watershed moment when choice of action is limited and locked into a process that will cost the both individual and the system greatly; in both cases, the crisis might have been averted, or at least mitigated, had basic information been provided much earlier on, at far less emotional and economic cosin both cases, the crisis might have been averted, or at least mitigated, had basic information been provided much earlier on, at far less emotional and economic cost.

Justice Stratas argues that we need stable, coherent, legal doctrine to which lawyers and judges alike are committed because we might not always live in «benign times,» and in a moment of crisis we will be better off if judges decide controversial cases on the basis of stable legal doctrine rather than of what they feel is right or fair in those ominous circumstances.

It's not uncommon for recent graduates to take their gap year post-study in an effort to remedy this situation — something which The Telegraph is calling a «career crisis,» as the moment of unemployment is prolonged as graduates «opt for a «quick - fix» job or spend time travelling,» rather than seeking out employment based on their degree.

For example, if you're in the marketing industry, take an example of a crisis situation a company in the field is facing at the moment and write up a proposal on how to solve this problem.

«In Good Enough Parenting, John and Karen Louis put powerful new understandings and tools into parents» hands and show them, with an engaging blend of clarity, authority, warmth, openness and humility, exactly how to use these to transform the quiet day to day moments, common challenges and emotional crises of parenthood into opportunities to set their children on the path to flourishing as adults.

A mutually agreed on plan, in advance, is much better than making up the plan at the moment of crisis.