Sentences with phrase «real act of»

Meanwhile, some of the same bloggers who have risen up in righteous indignation and made groundless accusations against Steig et al, have been strangely silent regarding a real act of plagiarism, namely EPA economist Alan Carlin's wholesale appropriation without attribution of large swathes of Patrick Michaels» World Climate Report.

To be able to get back to painting was a real act of defiance for me, especially against myself.

Francine Prose, author of the novel Hunters and Gatherers, delves into realism and the real act of painting time with figurative painter Catherine Murphy.

Fostering requires a real act of selflessness.

The real act of writing begins after you let go of your fears, crank out a rough draft, and take a good hard look at what you've produced.

In an interview in Sight and Sound it was suggested to Haneke that a viewer who wouldn't want to watch or participate in a real act of violence would just walk out of this movie.

Mayor de Blasio called the vehicle «a real act of solidarity.»

This is big stuff and it takes a real act of leadership to do it.»

A real act of selflessness to start the day is exactly what I needed.

I've come to believe that in the very midst of the burning dumpster fire of the Not - Yet the practice of cultivating joy and happiness, noticing the good and the beautiful and the true and the pure isn't an act of betrayal of our solidarity but instead a very real act of prophesy and invitation to the Soon - Coming - And - Right - Now - Already of the Kingdom of God.

In The Spiritual Life (Harper, n.d.) she pleaded: «We can not begin the day by a real act of communion with the Author of peace and Lover of concord, and then go on to read a bloodthirsty newspaper at breakfast.»

There the Church is required to identify itself with the world, not only in its perplexity and distress, its guilt and its sorrow, but also in its real acts of love and justice - acts by which it often puts the Churches to shame.

If You Need Convincing: This surprising vérité approach is the logical conclusion of Eastwood's fascination with re-creating real acts of bravery, though some may certainly cry «too soon» in dramatizing an attack that has yet to even go to trial in France.

Not exact matches

The September 1 Gross Domestic Product release will be the one that will let us know whether or not we are in a recession, at least by the semi-official definition of «a period of at least two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real gross domestic product for Canada, as reported by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act.»

The U.S. is primed for higher interest rates, but the Bank of Canada won't follow suit until there are real policy changes — not just Trump Tweets — to act on

A monitor in the centre of the room acts as a digital scoreboard, ranking staff in real time on the quantity of articles they've written, the amount of online traction their work is getting and how much it's being shared on social media.

While the main event was obviously the dinner — and the dueling stand - up acts from President Barack Obama and Conan O'Brien — the real draw of the weekend was the plethora of parties before, after (and, thanks to BuzzFeed this year, during) the event.

But the act of taking out my phone, saying «hi» to Richard and speaking to him as if he were a real call served its purpose, giving me a reason to smile when times were tough.

Characters that feel and act like real people are the core of any good story.

These are real concerns, but the price of hesitation may be even higher than acting too soon.

Also, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is implementing phase four of the REAL ID Act this month, which sets new standards for state issued driver's licenses and identification cards.

Landrieu will attend the lending summit Wednesday to press for an extension of the 504 mortgage - refinance program, called the Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act.

«What we have seen first - hand is that the simple act of having a conversation about mental health — that initial breaking of the silence — can make a real difference,» said Middleton.

(Although, new research on this topic suggests that it is not as much of an advantage as you think, since our birth order is really about how we act with our family and not out in the real world.)

Medprin manufactures several forms of what it calls «biomimetic - synthetic» material which look and act like real human tissue, with microstructures that resemble human extracellular matrix.

«The stimulus act was huge, and it had a really strong benefit,» says Lance Loken, the chief executive officer and founder of residential real estate company Loken Group, based in Houston, Texas.

In that context, the Labo could tap into parents» desire to draw kids» attention away from screens, at least a little bit, acting as a kind of bridge from the digital world back into the real one.

That's why we need rules of thumb to help us act sensibly despite the warp speed complexity of real life.

But back in the real world, tax sheltering did not end until Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which made it much more difficult for people to manipulate losses to create tax shelters.

The industry in North America has high fragmentation and has low barriers to entry, but ACT enjoys one of the strongest positions, enhanced by the brand equity of its banners, the quality of its real estate, and efficiencies stemming from the breadth of its operations.

In our digital age, businesses must act quickly to take advantage of new business tools and marketing channels that drive real growth.

If you know your community like the back of your hand, have an eye for real estate and want to help newcomers get settled, you can act as a one - person welcoming committee as a relocation specialist.

«To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.»

Even with the President's modest proposal, real reform will almost certainly take an act of Congress.

One of the few escape clauses is a recession, which the statute defines as «a period of at least two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real gross domestic product as reported by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act.»

It's sort of like a real - life version of Guitar Hero or Rock Band, except instead of slapping away at a series of buttons — an act that has just about zero relation to the real thing — you're strumming away on an actual guitar.

In a sense — as even the young journalist himself admitted — this was a sideshow compared to the real event: a university administrator stepping down under pressure because of his failure to act on repeated racist incidents on campus.

(If the limited partners of these VC's acted like real fiduciaries rather than waiting for the end of life of the fund, more than half of old - line venture firms would have shut themselves down today.)

«To place defendants» argument in a real world context,» she wrote, «they assert that for the payment of approximately $ 100 a year to the Copyright Office (the payment for a Section 111 compulsory license) and without compliance with the strictures of the Communications Act or plaintiffs» consent, that they are entitled to use and profit from the plaintiffs» copyrighted works.»

A number of real estate crowdfunders, including Equidy, RealtyMogul, RealtyShares and PassiveFlow.com, have sprouted recently in the hope of thriving in a post-JOBS Act business environment.

The real game - changing provision of the JOBS Act is Title III, which would open up investments to nonaccredited investors.

Wall Street also is seeking to avert any thought of restoring the Glass - Steagall Act in an attempt to protect the economy from having merged retail commercial banking with wholesale investment banking, insurance, real estate brokerage and kindred arms of high finance.

The Carlyle Group («Carlyle») is one of the world's largest global alternative asset management firms that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management - led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, growth capital financings, real estate opportunities, bank loans, high - yield debt, distressed assets, mezzanine debt and other investment opportunities.

Rather than acting as a middleman, DiversyFund manages all of its real estate projects from start to finish.

Federally, foreign homeowners in California and Florida are subject to the «Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (FIRPTA).»

Since Congress passed the JOBS Act in 2012, hundreds of real estate crowdfunding platforms have sprung up.

Under the federal law Regulation D in the Securities Act of 1933, certain companies are exempt from registering the sale of securities, which are typically forms of stocks or bonds, and in the case of PeerStreet, real estate debt.

Instead, Title IV of the JOBS Act has been the more widely used regulation and in real estate, that has resulted in the creation of Reg A + eREITs from some of the more well - known platforms.

Represented a manager of conservation - based real estate investments regarding Investment Company Act and Investment Advisers Act issues.

In a June 2016 ruling, the Competition Tribunal found that TREB, by not including sold and other data in its virtual office website (VOW) feed, had engaged in anti-competitive acts that had «a considerable adverse impact on innovation, quality and the range of residential real estate brokerage services that likely would be offered in the GTA» without TREB's restrictive rules.