Sentences with phrase «stature on»

While much of America struggled during the last financial crisis, Texas grew in greater economic stature on a number of levels.

Canada could seize this role and regain its stature on the international stage.

Don't think Happer will come to an NBC programme to get grilled, especially if there's a real climate scientist of stature on the other side of the table.

Right where you load into the adventure world, you can restore a giant golden superman stature on the big empty block.

Morton did not consider the influence of sex or stature on cranial capacity, but it would have been impossible for him to use those parameters to bias the averages he reported (see Box 3).

Although there is anecdotal evidence that suggests shorter adults wait longer for lung transplantation, this is the first study to the researchers» knowledge of an analysis that focuses on the impact of short stature on waiting time and waiting list mortality.

Abbruzzese testified that Bruno, as his consultant, gave him credibility and stature on business trips and dinners — and that Bruno introduced him to Donald Trump.

Not exact matches

As a measure of their continued stature, the Rockefeller name can add a premium of 50 percent or more on works of art and collectibles.

Based on his clients» experiences, Farrior says an artist with the stature of Nelly probably takes home 18 % of the revenue generated by a song.

However, perhaps, as others such as UCLA Professor Ann Carlson have suggested, China may see the United States» withdrawal from international leadership on this issue as an opportunity to fill an important role on the international stage, and enhance its influence and stature as an emerging great power.

Jo Freeman spent much of the 1960s living with her activist peers on communes — including a stint as part of a women's liberation collective in which everyone had equal say and stature.

The frenzy that attends his stature was visible on Oct. 9, when Musk unveiled two enhancements to Tesla's Model S before 4,000 people at an airport in Hawthorne, Calif..

The company delivered remarkable results over its storied history, evidenced by its stature as the only original component of the Dow Jones industrial average still on the list.

While someone of Musk's stature and wealth has the luxury of not having to worry about the ill effects of would - be copycats on his business, the garden - variety entrepreneur struggling to bring a brilliant idea to market isn't so lucky.

If we put a price tag on physical stature, intelligence, race, or eye or hair color, as well as relative freedom from disease, our unborn children will become commodities.

The book is an enjoyable read that once again underscores the moral and spiritual stature of John Paul II on the world stage.

A poet writing in the twentieth century A.D. may be a puny figure compared with the titanic stature of a Greek dramatist five centuries before Christ, and ethical insight can not be graded on the basis of the calendar.

Is it altogether faithful to say, as Cox does, that they «conjure the figure of a huge man, in presence if not in stature, who lived his life devotedly, even compulsively at times, on all the frightening boundaries of modern life»?

They are «dimly conscious» in two senses: (1) as experiences, they do not normally rise to the stature of conscious centers competing for control of the organism, but they have appetitions and aversions in their own right so that it seems appropriate to label them «dimly conscious»; (2) they are perceived only dimly by the members of the regnant society, i.e., the regnant society has these particular occasions as dim, vaguely felt, negative «scars» on the data of what is clearly perceived in full consciousness.

I am hard pressed to decide which I find more fascinating, the vibrant beauty of the bird and the majestic stature of the tree, or the realization that my own human brain is simultaneously taking in the scene while reading and typing on the computer.

Only occasionally does some piece of personal description raise our hopes that it may conceivably be based on a true reminiscence, e.g. that Justus Barsabas (cf. Acts 1:23) was flatfooted, and that Paul was «a man short of stature, thin - haired upon the head, crooked in the legs, well - built, with eyebrows joining, and nose somewhat hooked, full of grace» (Acts of Paul).

Former ambassadors to the Holy See said moving that embassy would diminish the stature of the mission and conservative Catholic activists seized on the issue.

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature.

On this philosophical ground — which is really just a comprehensive application of common sense — the religious estimation of man's stature prevails, no matter what is discovered, or not discovered, in the fossil record.

In addition, religious leaders often have the stature to advocate and negotiate with the most senior national decision - makers as countries make tough decisions on how to allocate scarce resources for health.

It was especially to those who felt left out and devoid of heroism that Jesus addressed the Good News and for whom he himself eventually took on the stature of hero or champion.

Who would suspect from this statement that biologists of the stature of Ludwig von Bertalanffy had been writing: «I think the fact that a theory so vague, so insufficiently verifiable and so far from the criteria otherwise applied in «hard» science has become a dogma can only be explained on sociological grounds»?

Forty years after his death, in a tragic plane crash on New Year's Eve 1972, Clemente's stature only continues to grow.

Just as Samuel came up from Sheol in visible presence, clothed as he was on earth, so the shade of Patroklos is described in the Iliad as «in all things like his living self, in stature, and fair eyes, and voice, and the raiment of his body was the same.»

It takes one's breath away to read a scholar of Turner's stature write that liberation theology is «strangely silent on issues of theodicy.»

On the one hand, science has grown in stature and cross-cultural impact even through the ages of electronic and now digital media.

A man of world stature, Temple was a major influence on the formation of the British Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches.

On the positive side it can be attributed chiefly to the rise in philosophical stature of Charles Hartshorne and to the growing theological prominence of two of his students, Schubert M. Ogden and John B. Cobb, Jr..

1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

Even a Buddha stature takes on the character of a sacred object.

On the terrestrial plane and at the human level, however, the narrative concentrates on Moses, on his role vis a-vis the Lord and Israel, and on his incomparable stature as intermediary between God and PeoplOn the terrestrial plane and at the human level, however, the narrative concentrates on Moses, on his role vis a-vis the Lord and Israel, and on his incomparable stature as intermediary between God and Peoplon Moses, on his role vis a-vis the Lord and Israel, and on his incomparable stature as intermediary between God and Peoplon his role vis a-vis the Lord and Israel, and on his incomparable stature as intermediary between God and Peoplon his incomparable stature as intermediary between God and People.

In addition to preparing the essays on the Gospels of Matthew and John, both of them rich with perceptive and unexpected observations, Kermode offers an extremely good introduction to the New Testament, balancing Alter's equally adroit introduction to the Old — though why, with scholars of the stature of Robert M. Grant and Harry Gamble available, Kermode took upon himself the task of supplying the chapter on the making of the canon is anybody's guess.

We want to let that be our final word on the matter: vengeance is the Lord's, and although not pretty at least in reference to the Holy God it is magnificent, as befits God's stature.

To grow in stature and strength so as to be able to give more of oneself and clasp in a tighter embrace (as in the Bible story of Jacob and the Angel; and as happens on an everyday level in every passionate union), this is the true and noble manner of interpreting and canalizing the impulse which urges us upwards.

It is unfortunate that a country of this stature, who rules the world, from the skies like a god, and lacks comprehensive leadership to deal with these pressing issues... where are the Presidents akin to our late leaders that took the initiative and got things done, America has become a cold, hostile place to live, We lack the sense of unity that made us what we are... There are hundreds of thousand unemployed, Why can't the government promote an agency akin to the peace corps, that utilizes the young folks sitting on their a $ $ and make them earn their unemployment check by working in this storm zone, to rehabilitate and get these folks back on their feet... it would promote a culture of selflessness and charity and would without a question cause a paradigm shift in the minds of our youth, This is what makes a nation great!

When Noonan moved on to senior member of the bench in 1996, his friend Kevin Starr, the prolific historian of the State of California, recognized John's stature as a Christian humanist.

I can do anything I want, to whomever I want, simply based on my stature and strength.

But on the terrestrial plane, at the human level, the narrative concentrates on Moses, on his role vis - a-vis Yahweh and Israel, and on his incomparable stature as intermediary between God and people.

STAPLES Center's sixteen years have also been marked with performances and special events that brought international stature to the downtown Los Angeles venue including concerts by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (who played the arena's first - ever public event on October 17, 1999), Mana, Prince, U2, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks, Usher, Jay - Z, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Roger Waters, Britney Spears, Beyonce, Katy Perry, Sade and Justin Timberlake, as well as world championship boxing, family shows and special events.

Not only is its small, bite - size stature a standout feature in a sea of giant pies, it also makes it easier to mind your portions, which is always a win — even on your cheat day.

While small in stature, Charlene's sunny disposition and joie de vie ensures she makes a big impression on her fellow associates and long - time repeat guests.

It's not on the same stature of your decadent blueberry cheesecake cake you posted the other day, but it's pretty yummy for a simple cake!

«We expect a sell - out for this event due to the stature of the wines being poured and also the limited number of tickets going on sale,» Kaufmann continued.

It was lazy of Wenger to emphasize a family atmosphere especially in recent seasons, it almost, if not created a culture where everyone patted each other on the back fostering mediocrity, in the real world of the premier league and elsewhere, it is important to be fired up by competition even among the players, and with a manager of Wenger's stature, I'm sure he has enough in his locker to make sure said competition don't get nasty and counterproductive to overall team performance.

When Dempsey came in, Toronto agreed to allow him to go to Seattle because it was better for league to have a returning USMNT player of his stature playing on a US based team.