Sentences with phrase «symbolic gestures for»

Our culture is full of other symbolic gestures for showing such a break.

An explicit opt - out from that language would be a symbolic gesture for the Government to bring back from its renegotiation.

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I just don't see it as a big deal and I think it's a proper symbolic gesture of peace for those who died.

Ok, on to Christian Baptism: Baptism is the public confession of one's faith, and is a symbolic gesture of putting to death your old sinful way of life (as in, living for yourself), and be raised a new creation in Christ (and now your focus is on His Will, not your own).

«To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Finland, we wanted to create something symbolic that is a gesture to the dozens of Finnish family - owned farms who have dedicated over 110 years of passion and dedication to making some of the world's very best cheeses,» said Marcie Foster, Director of Marketing and Brand Development for Finlandia.

Expelling diplomats as retaliation for something which is not related to the personal conduct of the diplomats is usually a symbolic gesture.

Apparently, doing away with «Fort Pataki» by opening up the second floor and removing the concrete barriers from around the state Capitol — admittedly both largely symbolic gestures by Cuomo — wasn't enough for Paladino.

But it's a symbolic gesture to rally support for «net neutrality» - equal internet speed for all

In a symbolic gesture aimed at further healing relations with the gay community and burying the Tories» «nasty party» image, Mr Cameron this week apologised for Section 28 - the controversial law brought in by the Conservatives in 1988 banning local authorities from portraying homosexuality in a positive light.

«This is more than just a symbolic gesture, this literally reopens areas of the Capitol building that have been closed to the public for years,» Governor Cuomo said.

So, when he tosses out the notion of $ 20 billion for school choice, I don't think it's more than a short - lived symbolic gesture.

The Obama administration has recently urged Congress to add the issue to its already crowded 2010 agenda, even going so far as to include an additional $ 1 billion for K — 12 education in its budget proposal if the law is reauthorized this year (a wholly symbolic gesture, given that it is Congress that sets spending levels, but one that indicates the administration's priorities).

Summary: There are ways to engage students in decision - making including providing feedback on learning experiences, granting more choice in curriculum, making student involvement in school governance more than a symbolic gesture, including students on interview panels for teachers, and asking for suggestions on school - wide needs, problems and challenges.

Where it could go wrong The LC 500 and its platform are tuned for luxury - car duties, meaning an LC F might be more of a symbolic gesture than an actual foray into competitive performance.

It features: a series of black - and - white photographs of elderly actors by Liu Zheng that play with conventions of ethnographic and opera photography; two videos by Chen Qiulin that make use of traditional opera characters to respond to changes wrought by the Three Gorges Dam; The Forbidden City (Zijincheng) by Liu Wei, a lyrical video of theatrical «glove puppets» (budai kuilei) shown publicly for the first time; and videos by Cui Xiuwen that connect to opera in more oblique ways, through performative elements and symbolic props, gestures, and costumes.

Like most serious art, this basic gesture found a symbolic way to illuminate an entire other world — in this case, one we'd like to see banished for good.

For now, however, they're willing to give him a pass on what they recognize would be mostly a symbolic gesture.

Regardless, the underlying argument, that now is the time for symbolic gestures (and mandates and more subsidies) because solar can be the miracle breakthrough technology solving our energy needs shows a deep commitment to recycling.

It can be about making people feel good (symbolic environmental gestures for example), or result from poor assessment of relative risks (people tend to fear the invisible risk like toxins in food more than the real risk of driving), or from «me to» behavior.

«If people want to waste money and do symbolic gestures and start ratcheting down their cities» energy use and emissions and start putting in mandates for energy that doesn't produce the same for fossil fuels — more power to them.

«How EPA Abdicated Responsibility for Flint but Pursues CO2 Emission Reductions at All Costs Is It Worth Tripling US Electricity Rates as a Symbolic Gesture?»

«It was a symbolic gesture — they were sending the message that climate change was just not a priority area for them,» said Qamar - uz - Zaman Chaudhry, advisor to the United Nations Development Programme in Pakistan and author of the country's climate change policy.

Granted, but it makes no sense to oppose an ETS for Australia because it doesn't contain such symbolic gestures.

In the course of his 139 - page decision, Campbell made the important legal finding that a symbolic gesture against perceived discrimination is not a sufficient justification for the infringement of fundamental freedoms.

And it's a symbolic gesture that you've now entered the working world, are becoming self - sufficient, and can be depended on for when the ones who helped you need help in return.

Summary: There are ways to engage students in decision - making including providing feedback on learning experiences, granting more choice in curriculum, making student involvement in school governance more than a symbolic gesture, including students on interview panels for teachers, and asking for suggestions on school - wide needs, problems and challenges.

The campaign began shortly after President Obama made a largely symbolic gesture by banning the use of solitary confinement for all juveniles in the federal system.