Sentences with phrase «over against principles»

It was in a later age that thinkers set this sort of procedure over against principles of equity and voiced their condemnation.

Not exact matches

My first investment principle goes against many income seeking investors» rule: I try to avoid most companies with a dividend yield over 5 %.

My first investment principle goes against many income - seeking investors» rule: I try to avoid most companies with a dividend yield over 5 %.

Kenneth G. Langone, the co-founder of Home Depot and former director of the New York Stock Exchange, helped fund Maurice R. Greenberg's lawsuit against the United States government over the bankruptcy of the American International Group, which was viewed as being as much as about money as about principle.

While the priesthood of all believers was used by the reformers to buttress an evangelical understanding of the church over against the clericalism and sacerdotalism of medieval Catholicism, the ecclesial context of this Reformation principle has often been eclipsed within major sectors of the Protestant tradition.

They rightly insisted on the constitutional principle that government could not intervene, but then they drew the conclusion that the discussion should thus be over» and that only bigots and un-American theocrats would continue agitating against an Islamic center near Ground Zero.

But instead of vengeful invective, over the following minutes, days and years he spoke simple, principled sense, refusing to give up the struggle, armed if necessary, against injustice until Apartheid was dismantled, but articulating a sense of place for all races in South Africa.

Hegel's position shows clearly how the idea of the state can act almost as a prophetic principle over against the extremes of totalitarianism or materialism, and how such a state might lie within the «divine strategy,» though only if, as we said earlier, we may be permitted to read his philosophy of history in a more flexible way than he may have intended it himself.

Over the last decade, we've sold thousands of homes with the guiding principle of producing value and breathing life into each family that has crossed our path, and we do not, nor will we ever discriminate against people who do not share our views.»

Those who conceive of the principle of collegiality as a strengthening of the local bishops over and against the interventions of the successor of St Peter should think again.

All the warnings Paul uttered, and the Church in principle has accepted, against the tendency of any function of the body to claim priority over others apply to the relation of intellectual to other activities.

He has brought in potentially great players, brought up wonderful youth players, developed the infrastructure to achieve great things, fought against the dinosaurs entrenched in the 19th century who are ¨ running ¨ the game, displayed dignity and nobility in the face of unremitting criticism from a small band of Arsenal ¨ supporters ¨ and the media, endured xenophobic pundits, questionable officiating, lean years after the stadium build, ever expanding competition for players from richer clubs and yet stayed true to his principles and still managed to bring in trophies and success over his 21 year reign.

NYSUT and its labor allies are going nuclear over the Senate Democrats» push to pass a charter school bill today, accusing the majority of abandoning its principles to inoculate members against the millions of dollars pro-charter advocates have threatened to spend in the fall elections.

Though one reflects «a man of ideas is often an embarrassment to the government», Sir Charles Cantilupe's (Gerrard McArthur) portrayal of congenial morality plays well against Trebell's favour of principles over people.

Labour wants health and wellbeing boards to adopt principles including resisting the creep of charges for treatment and promising to promote collaboration over competition as the battle against the «privatisation» of the NHS - a trend denied by Mr Lansley yesterday - continues.

Over thirty years later, Elite Dangerous is a huge step forwards from those games, but the principles are the same — do what you like and live life in an immense galaxy — and today you can play with (or against!)

Are ocean models so robustly based on first principles that they can be trusted without validation against sound observations over the time scales of interest?

The case arises in the context of a debate over the relationship between laws against hate speech and the principles of freedom of speech.

As stated in Briggs and Rees Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (2005) 4th edition at paras 2.02 to 2.07 & 2.105: (i) The fundamental rule was that if a case fell within the Brussels Regulation, the Regulation alone allocated jurisdiction over the defendant; (ii) There were three overriding principles of interpretation: (i) the wording of the regulation should so far as possible be given a meaning which was common and uniform across the various member states; (ii) provisions which allowed a defendant to be sued against his will in a member state other than his domicile were to be construed narrowly; (iii) the risk of inconsistent decisions should be kept to a minimum.

This would certainly be an option against the board - it may not be available against the legislature - courts generally feel that they do not have any authority over the legislature (legislators, yes, the legislature, no) due to the principle of separation of powers.

In addition, domestic courts also have jurisdiction over similar facts, including under the principle of universality, at least when they amount to crimes against humanity, genocide and war crimes.

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP has agreed in principle to become the anchor tenant in a Loop tower proposed by Hines, a Houston development firm, as downtown office building construction is seemingly unfazed by uncertainty over the economy and the war against Iraq.