Sentences with phrase «pure point of principle»

The judge stated that this was a «pure point of principle» and reviewed at length the authorities on whether a claim for damages for loss of bargain was necessarily bad in law given the terms of the termination letter.

Not exact matches

The principle behind Pure Barre's proprietary technique is to use precise, focused movements to work each major muscle group — including arms, thighs, seat and abdominals — to the point of fatigue, and then stretch the muscles back out to create a strong, lean and toned physique.

Unless a gift is in this fashion sacrificial — the giving up of something — it is argued, a gift reduces to a hidden contractual agreement, governed by a principle of self - interest; and actions out of self - interest, as Kant pointed out, are not pure gifts.

Mindful that even as new principles are proclaimed, old habits die hard and citizens and politicians could tend to entangle government and religion (e.g., «the appointment of chaplains to the two houses of Congress» and «for the army and navy» and «[r] eligious proclamations by the Executive recommending thanksgivings and fasts»), he considered the question whether these actions were «consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom» and responded: «In strictness the answer on both points must be in the negative.