Sentences with phrase «other in a vicious circle»

The problem is, inflation and high commodity prices — including oil and gas prices — tend to feed on each other in a vicious circle: people stock up on commodities to hedge against inflation, which leads to even higher prices, and thus inflation continues to rise.

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In a vicious circle, people who spend more hours at weekday jobs need the other days for shopping, which prompts businesses to hire more Sunday workers, who join the growing percentage of the workforce who toil long, irregular hours, some trying desperately to make ends meet, others for the sake of more shopping.

In the cultural dimension of life, liberation from the vicious circle of alienation means identity in the recognition of otherIn the cultural dimension of life, liberation from the vicious circle of alienation means identity in the recognition of otherin the recognition of others.

If and in so far as emancipation means personalization in socialization and finding one's identity in the recognition of others, emancipation is the symbol for liberation from the vicious circle of alienation.

Informed opinion, however, agrees with Gunnar Myrdal in An American Dilemma that there is a vicious circle at this point.8 Denied the cultural, educational, and economic advantages held by others, underprivileged groups tend to remain in this status, as in America the restriction of Negroes to unskilled labor and meager educational facilities has prevented their advancement to positions of leadership comparable with the more privileged.

The media are covering these highly visible and vocal stances and so we get a vicious circle, where each side makes the headlines, nurturing upon each other, and ending up as objective allies in this «clash» of civilisations.

It's also a parable about the vicious circle of violence: In the movie people are hurting each other, and Ötzi tries to break out of this vicious circle.

Writer and director Alex Garland manages to take a high - concept premise — a reclusive, Steve Jobs - like genius (Oscar Isaac) invites a young employee (Domhnall Gleeson) to test the android he created (Alicia Vikander) to see if she's truly intelligent — and tuns it into a claustrophobic, tense thriller, as the three circle each other through an hour and a half of vicious psychological manipulation and constant shifts in the balance of power.

The circle is a vicious one, in which philistinism and frivolity mutually re-enforce each other.

``...... the help parties most want, in all types of conflict, involves helping them end the vicious circle of disempowerment, disrespect and demonization, alienation from both self and other.