Sentences with phrase «other uncomfortable facts»

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I am sorely tempted to say that it runs, in fact, in the other direction: If you're a Christian, you ought to be made uncomfortable by the shedding of blood, even for the best of reasons.

But there is another, more uncomfortable assertion we should also be willing to make: that humanity could not have passed from the devotions of antiquity to those of modernity but for the force of Christianity in history, and so — as a matter of historical fact — Christianity, with its cry of «no other god,» is in part responsible for the nihilism of our culture.

There are people who place great significance on the fact that he plays for a team that has been built around him, others that look significantly towards his relatively disappointing international career, and doubtless there are those who are uncomfortable with his childhood use of human growth hormone.

None of these or the myriad other appearances are amusing and, in fact, they're a bit uncomfortable to watch.

But the fact that the Obama administration granted Virginia a waiver in the first place in spite of its record of obstinacy on systemic reform, along with the fact that many of the 32 other states granted waivers (along with the District of Columbia) have also set low expectations for districts and schools to improve the achievement of the poor and minority kids in their care, has put President Obama in the uncomfortable position of supporting the soft bigotry of low expectations for children — especially those who share his race and skin color.

Lots of little details line up to niggle, stuff like the odd steering wheel (flat - bottomed, apparently comprised of offcuts from five or six other steering wheels), the fact that the wheel obscures the instruments for taller drivers, the uncomfortable seats, the engine's unsophisticated, torque - heavy delivery and the way your left knee bangs on the heater controls.

People are very good at rationalising their actions and so become exceptional at figuring out reasons why this or that uncomfortable fact doesn't really apply to them, just to others, or how that uncomfortable fact isn't actually a fact because the presenter of said fact isn't from within the industry and so doesn't know better.

That doesn't change the fact that Emma snarks at other dogs, making other people uncomfortable and keeping us from hanging out with friends if their dogs are near.

I could probably rant for hours about just how much I dislike NSMB and the fact that it became it's own subseries and Nintendo's tenacity to keep «New» in the title and how there still are two unnamed Toads instead of two of the bevy of existing Mario characters or someone new and how all the games look the damn same and how the characters bounce off of each other like they're all trampolines and all the «bah - bah's» in the music which still probably hasn't changed and how I have to hold the Wiimote in that uncomfortable sideways position because even Nintendo realized motion controls don't work so the normal controller designed is screwed beyond belief and gah.

In fact, I'm deeply uncomfortable with the way that other people might see my class.

In the (highly) unlikely event that that Act (and relevant secondary legislation, such as the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1003)(the EEA Regulations)-RRB- were to be repealed prior to the conclusion of a withdrawal agreement, affected individuals would find themselves in the unusual (and probably uncomfortable) position that, despite the fact that, as a matter of EU law, they continue to enjoy a right of residence, those rights would be difficult (if not impossible) to enforce in or through the English courts (other than in reliance of any «direct effect» of the relevant EU provisions).

What's unfortunate about these reasons is the fact that it's the one in the uncomfortable position that's concerned about the possibility of retaliation and how he or she will be perceived, when in reality, it should be the other way around.

In fact, asking for a wage / salary increase is probably one of the most difficult and uncomfortable things you'll experience at any job (other than being let go, of course).

Managers should call the too - strident employee in for a private conversation: «I understand you're passionate about this, but I need you to respect the fact that others disagree and are uncomfortable.