Sentences with phrase «stark reality»

When we view disasters are we thinking, with stark reality, of our own death?

Today is the day that an abstract debate about spreadsheets and numbers turns into stark reality for people's jobs and services.

Living on the coast presents certain stark realities and a wild, rare beauty.

campaign, says the latest survey shows the «stark reality as to how bad things are» and that schools are «stating unequivocally that their budgets remain in crisis».

Spanning seven decades, the exhibition runs the gamut from stark reality to poignant reflection and further on to delicious absurdity.

Perhaps both the tally of unprecedented accomplishment and the litany of shame that Rauschenbusch penned could simply be repeated in 2007, only with stronger words about even starker realities.

He said the Welsh government faced a «very stark reality surrounding difficult financial decisions».

Dr. Kay takes us directly into the dog auction in words and photos that lend stark reality to the tragedy that compels Mary O'Connor - Shaver and the Coalition, as she writes:

'' [A] s high court clerkships drift ever upward into the stratosphere of earthly rewards to which young lawyers can aspire, one stark reality persists: Recipients of this prize are overwhelmingly white, and mostly male.

The task force goes on to note a related stark reality: among those students who don't obtain articles, certain groups are overrepresented, including aboriginal students, those with disabilities, and francophones, not to mention internationally trained students.

«Crypto World», a free to download and distribute e-book, begins with stark reality.

«CEOs are required to paint a stark reality of what the world looks like in five to 10 years.

What we need from our aspiring political leaders is recognition of two stark realities.

While some may learn to turn the job they have into one they love, the stark reality is that many won't have any work at all.

Couple this with the stark reality that 22 percent of boomers have less than $ 100,000 of retirement savings — and half of those have less than $ 50,000.

«The stark reality is that the debtors are projected to run out of cash in the U.S. in May 2018,» the court filing read.

But beginning in 2008, when executives started examining the kind of workforce skills AT&T would need to thrive in this new mobile - and software - centric world, they faced a stark reality: The company just didn't have enough of the talent it needed.

Similarly to the stark reality that most content marketers haven't invested in a documented strategy, many haven't taken the time to audit their progress with content.

I would hazard an educated guess that if Moody's has determined that Chicago is regarded as below investment grade, the stark reality is that Chicago is likely on the verge of collapse barring some likely smoke - filled back room deals cut between Obama and his former puppet - master, Rahm Emanuel (Mayor of Chicago).

This wouldn't be necessary were it not for the stark reality that many families do not cut expenses quickly enough when income falls.

Andrew Kaip, managing director of mining equity research at BMO Capital Markets, says the stark reality is that the precious metals sector is only part way through a down cycle and that structural issues will result in a fresh phase of consolidation.

Shortly after the euphoric sense of accomplishment students feel when they graduate college, a stark reality sets in.

When it comes to the market, there is one cold, stark reality: any investment is a risky one.

The stark reality is that we have significantly less control over our investment outcomes than we want to believe.

This is the stark reality facing some of the poorest and most vulnerable communities.

The stark realities are obfuscated, sometimes deliberately, by much talk about «prolonging death» by the imposition of new medical technologies.

When abortion - rights advocates and their allies ask why the abortion issue will not just go away, they really mean to ask why, given the stark reality of Roe, the pro-life movement has not dissipated and retreated into the history books.

The stark reality is that most white Christians, including more than 80 percent of white evangelical Christians, supported Donald Trump for president, despite his evident immorality, bigotry, and disregard for the dignity of women, (not to mention complete lack of qualification or competency).

He said it may be that the jury felt identifying such contributory factor as the lack of a school rule might «dilute the stark reality» of what Cornick did.

The stark realities of the world food crisis have made hunger a priority item on the agenda of American churches.

You can't escape the stark reality: there is very little difference in the evolution of mankinds» collective thought and reasoning since 1AD.

The stark realities of power and conflict must be accepted as inevitable.

Yet both sin and judgment are stark realities, and the most pervasive type of sin lies in the complacency, lethargy, and moral dullness of self - love at those points where both knowledge and freedom are available.

In the presence of this force, belief in an emerging world culture seems like an idle dream spun by men whose monastic seclusion has hidden from them the stark realities of the outer world.

For Christians, the historic negativity of this election is compounded by the stark reality that neither major party candidate exhibits the beliefs and practices of the evangelical community, a notable change from the commonplace appeals to evangelicals in the elections of the past several decades.

For the writer of Ecclesiastes, the stark reality of death, the amorality of life and the uncertainty of circumstance threaten existence.

One way to see this picture in its stark reality is to select — by geography or by denomination, or even at random — any group of churches and note how many of the smallest in the group it takes to equal the membership of the largest.

Perhaps it is easier to walk around with ones head in the clouds than to face the stark reality that we are all just human.

Suddenly the Protestant Churches were confronted with the stark reality of the failure of their dreams.

Christendom, however, often softens death's stark reality with shibboleths and platitudes.

The problem is not the fading potential for name - calling, but the stark reality of the early Christian Jerusalem community.