Sentences with phrase «stake their case on»

Protestantism has rejected the infallible Church, and some have not been afraid to stake their case on an infallible Book, implying that they have an unambiguous interpretation equally infallible.

Not exact matches

From a purely financial point of view, there may have been companies and investors who were willing to buy a stake in Gawker before Peter Thiel's involvement became public on the assumption that it might win the Hogan case on appeal or that damages might be reduced.

And what's at stake now is likely to have a far bigger impact on the ACA than the much cited Hobby Lobby case, which the Supreme Court decided at the end of June.

That's what's at stake for businesses in a case called Spokeo, Inc. vs. Robins, which the high court agreed to hear on Monday.

Call it an oral, informal case - study method, in which people's lives are staked on the outcome.

From a founder perspective, instead of diluting their stake in the company through various rounds of private financing and spending a vast amount of time and effort on building up both a brand and a customer base, the issuance of proprietary tokens to over 10,000 investors (as was the case with Bancor for example) creates an immediately incentivised populace willing to spread the company's name if it delivers on its promised product or service whilst simultaneously having not given away a single share of the company to institutional investors.

In 1934, wearying of the series — he was already writing many non-Maigret novels, on which he intended to stake his literary reputation — Simenon had written a novel called simply Maigret that had the Chief Inspector living in retirement with Madame Maigret and only reluctantly (and unofficially) taking up a case for the sake of a relative.

However... binding people to stakes and burning them, pelting them with rocks, ripping limbs off via drawing and quartering, holding under water to see if they live (in which case they are a witch and must then be burned), the list goes on and on and on.

The proposition on the ballot appeared in clipped words and implied an abstract value, while the legal case presented two human beings with lives and feelings at stake.

In this case you continue increasing your stakes while being on a winning streak, risking only a certain percentage of your accumulated profit.

With that being the case, Marquette's regular season finale on April 28th in Colorado will have the Big East regular season title and the # 1 seed in the conference tournament at stake, regardless of what the Pioneers do next week on the road against Providence.

I don't think anybody here can tell us who will win the premiership and who will win the Champions league... but there are a number that would stake their lives on Arsenal not finishing in the top 4... and would be happy if that was the case.

Bill Cosby's lawyers rested their case after just a few minutes today without calling the comedian to the stand, opting against a high - stakes gamble that could have allowed him to work his charm on the jury but could have also exposed him to blistering cross-examination.

On these issues, our Conference has staked out clear positions that, in the case of ethics reform for example, are even stronger than what is included in the Executive's budget proposals and we look forward to advancing these issues at the appropriate time.»

C) Cause mayhem and disorder with your new boys; of course the idea is to make cash... and lots of it.c) You are now loaded, move through your ward, local and state government to get a stake and make sure one of those hiding in «villa» of course is on your back in case of civil implications.d) Source for ugly information from anybody who might contest against, whether he is from same party or not.Now your boys on the move.....

Silver Award: Alex Kuffner The Providence Journal «Rising seas, rising stakes» Nov. 20, 2016 «Losing ground» March 19, 2017 «On the brink» July 9, 2017 Judges praised Alex Kuffner for his comprehensive look at the risks facing Rhode Island communities from either a once - in - a-century hurricane or a sea level rise of seven feet by the end of the century, as projected in a worst - case scenario by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The U.S. government's authority to regulate air pollution nationwide, often against the wishes of Republican - leaning states, could face new curbs when the Supreme Court takes on two high - stakes cases in coming months.

Justin Long and Donald Faison are teaming up for «The Wave», an indie feature that follows an image - obsessed attorney (Long) who changes course on a high - stakes insurance case when a life - changing, drug - induced night on the town with co-workers, including Jeff (Faison), ends up changing his outlook on life (via The Hollywood Reporter).

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All too often in «7 Days in Entebbe,» primary characters on all sides of this 1970s period - piece political thriller state the obvious — and then state it again, and then have to stand around while someone else states the obvious one more time, just in case the folks in the seats have yet to grasp the stakes at hand and the dilemmas in play.

Test - Stressed Out: Strategies for Improving Attitudes, Scores Whether it is simple butterflies or a severe case of «test anxiety,» students can feel overwhelming pressure to succeed on high - stakes tests.

In a revealing look at high - stakes standardized admissions tests, a new book called SAT Wars: The Case for Test - Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far - reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy change.

Book Claims Negative Impact of SATs In a revealing look at high - stakes standardized admissions tests, a new book called SAT Wars: The Case for Test - Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far - reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy change.

In the case of traditional education, if you want to enroll for some course that is not available in your city, then you would have to move to that city by putting on stake your job.

Because accountability depends greatly on the proper use of high - quality assessment, you should also visit The Case against High - Stakes Testing and The Case for Authentic Assessment.

Plaintiffs» closing arguments PowerPoint, presented in court on the last day of the Vergara v. California, sums up what's at issue and what's at stake in the historic education equality case.

And in some cases, students in charter schools have achieved higher scores on high stakes assessments than those in the traditional public schools.

At stake in the case of Doe v. Board of Education of Prince George's County was the standard by which school districts could be held liable for monetary damages under Title IX [1] in cases of alleged student - on - student harassment.

The case, arising from cheating revealed in 2009, highlights what critics of standardized testing argue is part of the downside of relying on the test results to evaluate teachers, principals and schools: Pressure to perform can lead people to cross the line when their jobs or merit pay are at stake.

Protesters Turn Fierce Rhetoric on «Corporate» Reform As they kicked off four days of protests at the U.S. Department of Education, organizers of Occupy DOE 2.0 today used inflammatory — and, in one case, racially insulting — rhetoric to rally opposition against high - stakes testing, «corporate» education reform, and the «dismantling of public education.»

Research found that many states dumbed down their standardized tests, relying mainly on simple multiple - choice exams that in many cases got easier as the stakes got higher.

Normally we might rail on an auto maker for using carryover engines in a new high - stakes vehicle, but the strategy makes sense in this case.

Critics hailed The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken, the last installment in the Vish Puri mystery series, as Tarquin Hall's best yet, saying that each book has «raised the stakes subtly» (The Huffington Post) and provided readers with «a gently humorous take on life in contemporary India» (The Christian Science Monitor).

As your home is a major investment, a lot is at stake in case of defaulting on mortgage payments or failure in maintenance.

When you first start trading for real, you'll need to put a «stop loss» on every trade, and thus mostly avoid the problem of losing more than you staked (it's still possible to lose more than you staked with a stop loss, but in most cases your excess loss won't be ruinous, just eye - watering).

Which is understandable, but a wee bit overboard... While smaller investors may have been puzzled by the apparent laissez - faire approach here of large stake - holders - who were maybe focused more on an eventual exit, rather than the day - to - day vagaries of the share price — I think that's clearly no longer the case.

Virginia Rutledge, counsel for The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (which filed a friend of the court brief in the case), told A.i.A., «The outcome can't be predicted based on questions raised during oral argument, but the Court has before it very compelling arguments for Prince's transformative use of Cariou's imagery and the significance of the First Amendment speech interests at stake, and was openly dismissive of allegations of market harm.»

The difference in the case of climate change from burning fossil fuels is they are putting human civilization itself at stake, as well as most of the rest of life on Earth.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, «In the high - stakes conflict over U.S. climate - change policy, groups that deny or cast doubt on global warming brought in $ 7.2 million from 2003 to 2010... «Powerful funders are supporting the campaign to deny scientific findings about global warming,» reported Robert J. Brulle...» In the eighth paragraph, the Inquirer noted the response by James Taylor of the Heartland Institute, who observed that many of the groups «support other causes as well» and, in some cases, spend «less than 10 percent of their funding... on climate - related efforts.»

i think that's inaccurate shx, the scientists did their work, and from what i could gather tried very hard not to overstate their case, the media did the scare - mongering and the media have then turned like the whores they are in the other direction, al gore's film upped the tempo and although it seemed like a good thing at the time, i think with hindsight it was a poisoned chalice, but lets be clear, doing research in multiple areas and having the results point to potentially catastrophic climate change and asking for changes to be made to avert this is not scare - mongering, its common sense, accepting that their is margin for error but erring on the side of caution since the stakes are life on earth as we know it is not scare - mongering, it is the application of the precautionary principle and common sense

«When you are in high - stakes litigation you have little time, and it really crystallizes which elements in the procedural toolbox are most useful, especially in a case like this one,» says Jeremy Pilaar, a third - year law student working on the lawsuit.

We believe that winning high - stakes commercial cases must be based on a foundation of aggressive, creative legal reasoning and strategy.

«We are very disappointed that the decision did not engage with the human rights issues at stake in the case, instead deciding the case on procedural grounds,» noted Kendra Milne, Director of Law Reform at West Coast LEAF.

The case at stake thus also deserves a simple solution: according to Article 8 (3) of Regulation (EC) 1370/2007, «public service contracts in existence on 3 December 2009 [could] continue until they expire [d]», subject to the maximum periods laid down by that provision and subject to the requirement that those contracts had been «awarded in accordance with Community and national law».

The Court's judgment is to be welcomed as a balanced interpretation based on the instruments at stake, clarifying an important matter and strongly enhancing legal certainty for future cases.

It will be interesting to see whether the court will permit parties involved in complex high - stakes patent cases to call multiple experts but require them to confer before trial to see what they can agree on and / or to testify together at trial to reduce the trial time (see points five and six below).

Yes, it is not that one is detached from the problems that are at stake in a concrete case, but it is good to get feedback on your work, in particular on the question of whether people can understand it.

Of course, freedom of expression was not unlimited and should be balanced with other fundamental rights at stake in this case — such as the right to dignity (Article 1 of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights, «EU Charter») or the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race or religion (Article 21 EU Charter).

To date, A2L Consulting has worked with more than 90 % of the largest U.S. law firms and consulted on cases with more than $ 2 trillion cumulatively at stake.

«The drama of the hearings» third day nearly overshadowed the significance of the position Alito staked out on the landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade, reported Amy Goldstein and Charles Babington in the Washington Post.