Sentences with phrase «questions about the motives»

Instead of crying foul — after all, campaign contributions are fair game — I simply pointed out some of Sean's contributions and those of Senators Larkin and Holland that might have raised questions about motives for their support of certain recipients of Pataki - era economic development grants.

Her decision came, in part, so that Success Academy could lobby for additional school space without facing questions about her motives, according to people familiar with her thinking, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.

The formal beauty of Mapplethorpe's work is fascinating, but it also raises questions about the motives of the artist.

Whatever you think of this particular effort, it has become ever clearer that climate information not only «wants» to be free, but will be — whether through pressure for further transparency and objectivity on the part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or the liberation / hacking / theft / disclosure of climate documents produced with government money, whether they raise questions about the motives of some scientists or reveal attempts by political operatives to raise public doubt about climate findings.

Several California communities have recently brought suits as part of a larger political campaign to attack the oil and gas industry, but a profile of one of the lawyers leading the cases published by VICE this morning leaves no question about the motive of these cases.

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I resent them because I believe them to be less about what is stated to be accountability's purpose — my spiritual growth — and more about an unScriptural motive underlying the questions — playing God in someone else's life.

The outcry of complaints about Bishop Eddie Long cover feature is getting louder as many question the timing and the motives of the magazine.

This month alone, four bombs have exploded in Austin, Texas, leaving the police and the community with questions about the perpetrators and the motives.

«I don't believe in God, and Susan is Jewish, so to hear these ministers talk about Jesus and even have some of them who personally question our motives, it's just not appropriate.»

The «Catholic» party, by contrast, counseled prudence and caution, and raised questions about the purity of the motives behind the Donatist thirst for martyrdom.

I always questioned my motives before and didn't feel good about it.

The question about love is a question about spirit, motives, and personal intention.

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

And when you start to question my motives as your account balance dwindles, just remember that unless you know everything about finance and investment you know nothing.

Maybe I am just being cynical here, but when I hear people that have previously taken great delight in tormenting Arsenal and our manager change their tune and start to say nice things about Arsene Wenger and the club I can not help but question their motives.

No matter how badly you want the adoption to work, don't say or do anything that would cause the expecting mother to question your motives or that would raise doubts about your honesty and integrity.

My question is about the possible motives and especially about possible historical precedents.

Non-ideal theorists often draw on Rawls's own work to distinguish between ideal questions and cases where we can not make idealising assumptions about the motives of those engaged in the search for principles of justice.

More questions are being raised about the motives behind the attempt by former NPP National Chairman Peter Mac Manu and Director General of the National Communications Authority to travel to «observe» the elections in Kenya.

The Times questions Cuomo's motives for pushing his cap bill and calls on Assembly Sheldon Silver to stop making noises about negotiating and block the measure outright.

«All I would say to you is, whatever your views are about the events of the last few years, never ever ever let anyone question the motives of the Liberal Democrats,» he said.

The IDC, (minus Sen. Tony Avella, who's testifying), issued a statement in response to questions about a wiretapped conversation played yesterday at the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, saying (in part): «We can not speculate on the motives of Sen. Skelos.»

In response to a letter the Cuomo administration directed at outgoing education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chair Merryl Tisch about introducing education «reforms» through the budget process, UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement questioning the governor's motives.

That is why, it is important to be delicate and diplomatic when questioning a woman about her intentions and motives.

When questioned by agent Keller about her motives for being a UN translator Silvia says she believes in what the place [the UN] tries to accomplish, to which Keller responds, «You've had a tough year lady.»

But as the Autodefensas's influence increases, so, too, do questions about its conduct and motives.

I never quite figured out the motive behind this question, but my best response was: «I'll answer that question if you can tell me why all the football players sit together or why all the rugby players sit together, or why all the theater kids sit together, etc, etc.» In truth, most people just shrugged and said, «You know, I never thought about it like that.»

Powell said there are «clearly questions to answer, for the board and leadership of Bright Tribe» about their «questionable motives towards GM UTC, and about how the regional schools commissioner, and ministers have allowed this benign accountability environment to grow».

First, the rhetoric of «it's for the kids» makes it easy for serious disagreements about policy or practice to devolve into name - calling and questions of motive.

Democrats question motives Smith and Cupp talked about their bill in a House Education committee meeting where most seemed to be in favor of the idea of a review.

Elisabeth Kauffman answers a question about character motive in her new series, ask the editor.

For every question about a specific behavior, and how it affects a credit score, there is the motive of reverse engineering the scoring algorithms to game the system.

This, unfortunately, is something that is unfortunate, and even will drive some consumers to question the motives regarding how to obtain this content, but also how to go about obtaining it if it is currently present within Toukiden: Kiwami.

The motives of the Templars are, for the first time, considered as more than just villainy and Connor (and to a lesser extent, Desmond) is forced to question the beliefs of the Assassin brotherhood, something Ezio never had to worry about.

It raises questions about the quest to prolong life and the motives for doing so.

Fitzpatrick poses serious questions about art's reoccurring motives, and the implications of an unspoken creative osmosis that challenges traditional notions of originality.

When I encounter eminent folks like Happer, and he's hardly the only one, stepping up to what is arguably an unpopular microphone, I don't immediately question his motives, and I don't see what's so anti-intellectual about asking the question: Why does he need to be dismissed so quickly?

As I read further, from the context, he appears to be referring to a specific question about extreme weather — yet his rhetoric seems to be aimed at implying a broader conclusion about the intellectual clarity, and motives, of the scientists he calls «alarmists.»

Our natural curiousity about the motives for this remarkable rescue attempt will certainly drive scientists trying to answer the obvious question this footage raises: Just how intelligent are dolphins?

I think it's obscene to even need to talk about my politics, but the first thing a lot of modern academics do in the face of dissent is to question «motives», or highlight the dissenter's heterodox political leanings, as though politics is the alpha and the omega.

I have seen comments about climate researchers motives and biases by regulars that are based on comments or actions by some researchers which call into question their motives or biases, but those are not knee jerk assumptions.

Exxon called the local governments» disclosures into question as part of a campaign to convince a Texas judge to allow the company to question city and county officials under oath about their motives for suing.

You question Judith's motives for finding Salby's lecture interesting, recommending to the largest possible audience that «it is sufficiently important that we should start talking about these issues,» or even just responding to it with «wow»

As in the «Green Electronics» report, Greenpeace's lack of transparency about its selection criteria harms their credibility and makes them more vulnerable to questioning of their motives.

I would suggest that we need to question humans motives on every level about ACC as there are lots of methods of reducing fossil fuels impact on the earth systems but presently there are few ways to combat it.

Two months of ongoing criticism of the guilty verdict that sent Dennis Oland to prison — and of the character and motives of jury members who delivered it — is raising questions about rules in Canada that gag jurors after a trial, says Toronto lawyer Allan Rouben.

To be clear: There is nothing illegal about asking any of these questions, but, in most contexts, they will imply a discriminatory motive, which most certainly is illegal, or at least grounds for you to bring a case against interviewers who ask these questions.

To explore these possibilities, participants were instructed to answer questions about their level of relationship satisfaction as well as their own motives and capabilities.

Questions help you discover more about your clients, uncover their primary buying motives, and flush out and discuss any potential concerns.

«Michael Lohan vehemently denied assaulting or raping his ex-wife when reached at home Sunday night and questioned her motives in coming forward now with «evil lies» about decades - old events.