Sentences with phrase «system as a weapon»

In their quest for righteousness, they often become self righteous, using their belief system as a weapon, to bash over the heads of others, rather than as a tool to improve their own lives and to become a living example of what true christians should be like or what truly compassionate humans should be like, it's very sad, that so many christians don't have a clue how to act like decent people, and that they are hypocrites and full of hate.

Kidney cancer patients may see long - lasting tumor shrinkage with immunotherapy, which uses the immune system as a weapon to fight cancer.

Immunotherapy uses a patient's immune system as a weapon to defend his or her body against cancer.

Not exact matches

Take a look at this line from Putin after he described new nuclear weapons systems he framed as able to defeat the US: «They kept ignoring us,» Putin said of the West, to a standing ovation.

«We're seeing (the Russians) have more advanced weapons systems, missile systems that can attack land at long ranges, and we also see their operating proficiency is getting better as they range farther from home waters.»

Experts disagreed as to whether these weapons systems were in Afghanistan.

As a NATO member, Turkey would typically buy weapons interoperable with the defense alliance's weapons systems, but Ankara sought out new options after several NATO countries declined to renew their deployments of Patriot missile - defense systems in Turkey, leaving only a handful there.

He's also inherited a $ 1 trillion program to modernize US nukes as North Korea expands tests of systems that could carry and detonate nuclear weapons.

Echoing then - Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's remarks last month, Goldfein said most view the January strike in Libya as a B - 2 strike, but forget that its journey and mission were supplemented by Air Force tankers, maintainer airmen and weapons loaders, among other «family of systems.»

On Tuesday, at an annual military parade in Tehran, Iran put on display new S - 300 air defense missile system, as well as other weapons seen under banners calling for «Death to Israel» in Persian.

new S - 300 air defense missile system, as well as other weapons seen under banners calling for «Death to Israel» in Persian.

Even as North Korean leader Kim Jong - Un seeks diplomatic engagement with South Korea and the United States, National Guard troops in remote central Alaska maintain the U.S. missile defense system and its devastating weapons ready to launch at a moment's notice.

The bump stock ban is among several proposals Trump has made to tighten gun controls after the Florida shooting, such as improving reporting to the background check system and raising the legal age for purchasing assault - style weapons from 18 to 21.

As we've seen with a previous shooting, we had an individual that had a criminal record that didn't get into the NICS system, so they were able to legally purchase a weapon.

A soldier may not be familiar with the direct gas impingement system that operates his M4 carbine, but if I were to suggest to him that little fairies push back the bolt every time the weapon fires to chamber the next round, he would likely not take that answer as being true (or sane).

«MHA knows that they can use the inefficiency and massive delays of the Indian bureaucracy as a weapon — forcing charities like Compassion to either accept their determinations, or spend years seeking redress in a painfully slow and often corrupt legal system,» he said.

If one asks, what are the possible roads to a world without war, that essential way - station on the way to freedom of information in anecologically organized world, Arthur Waskow answers that there are five: (a) Control of the nation - state system through stabilizing the balance of power and reducing international tensions but keeping the weapons; (b) Reform of the system through total disarmament without abandoning national sovereignty or the pursuit of national interest; (c) Extension of the system through the creation of a federal world government; (d) Fragmentation of the system through increases in the power of extra-national associations and Institutions across national boundaries, and corresponding decreases in state power as these occupational, industrial, scientific, and other groups gradually expropriate from the national governments the power to make decisions within their own fields; and (e) Abolition of the system through substituting love f or coercion.20.»

«As it turns out, GE designed, manufactured or supplied parts or maintenance for nearly every important weapons system employed by the USA during the Gulf War, including the much - praised Patriot and Tomahawk Cruise missiles, the Stealth bomber, the B - 52 bomber, the AWACS plane, the Apache and Cobra helicopters and the NAVSTAR spy satellite system.

In the U.S., what I care about is when they want to crap all over different people in differing ways because they differ and don't agree with one another; and because this conflicted nature of the Christian belief system is thus often used as a weapon of bigotry.

it seems that shame is something you try to use as a weapon against those who have different belief systems than you do, which is one reason why a lot of people have left organized religion.

As for the DoD, would updated weapons systems soften Our Lord's view of Defense spending.

You want to have the most effective, fun, and nutritious cleanse in your superwomen toolkit that can be used as your secret weapon here forward when you're needing to rest and heal the digestive system, generate more natural energy, or relieve stress that's held inside.

As an essential member of the Army's weapons maintenance team, the PATRIOT system repairer is primarily responsible for performing field level maintenance on the PATRIOT system, a combat missile system that features a phased array radar set and control station.

He is also responsible for reloading and resupplying these weapons systems as well as tracking, identifying and destroying ground - based enemy threats.

Decides that, in order to begin to comply with its disarmament obligations, in addition to submitting the required biannual declarations, the Government of Iraq shall provide to UNMOVIC, the IAEA, and the Council, not later than 30 days from the date of this resolution, a currently accurate, full, and complete declaration of all aspects of its programmes to develop chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and other delivery systems such as unmanned aerial vehicles and dispersal systems designed for use on aircraft, including any holdings and precise locations of such weapons, components, subcomponents, stocks of agents, and related material and equipment, the locations and work of its research, development and production facilities, as well as all other chemical, biological, and nuclear programmes, including any which it claims are for purposes not related to weapon production or material;

In 2014, Putin asked the Russian military to domestically manufacture 90 of Russia's 200 most frequently imported weapons systems by 2020 and to transition towards complete self - sufficiency as soon as possible.

His past role as head of policy for a drugs company and his vote to renew nuclear weapons system Trident will not play well with left - wingers.

YouGov found that a Labour commitment to scrap the weapons system would cause 18 % to feel more favourable to Labour as opposed to 20 % feeling less favourable.

Further riffing on the Reddit - as - government analogy, The Verge's T.C. Sottek suggests instead that it is «a failed state,» adding that «Reddit wants to be a techno - libertarian's wet dream, but in practice its a weak feudal system that's actually run by a small group of angry warlords who use «free speech» as a weapon.

Military spending on expensive major weapons systems built in large cities like aircraft, ships, and submarines, has grown much faster than military spending on personnel, (which has actually declined as military spending overall has surged), who frequently hail from rural areas.

He has been particularly critical of the new leader's stance on Trident, particularly as the submarines which are used with the weapons system are built in Woodcock's Barrow constituency.

So it is important for us as a country to put up a system that can help mop up the weapons in circulation.».

Ms Eagle was a supporter of the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system and her moving from frothe Defence was widely interpreted as the Labour leader removing someone who does not share his views on nuclear disarmament.

Keeping the Trident nuclear weapons system would act as an effective deterrent in preventing threats to UK security, Sir Menzies Campbell has said.

But as he wrote, he realized there are commonalities between animals» weapon systems and humanmade ones.

Ignorance of human rights permits physicians to be drawn into unacceptable practices, such as participation in the death penalty or design of inhumane weapons systems.

Liberal and conservative coalitions have also tried to kill military projects, such as particular weapons systems.

Further discoveries found these breakthroughs could have an impact in areas such as enhanced infrared or molecular spectroscopy, improved functionality for nanophotonic circuits and devices for use in infrared cameras, detectors and weapons guidance systems, and tailored thermal emission sources.

After the ban, space - based surveillance became a crucial component of the Cold War, with satellites serving as one part of elaborate early - warning systems on alert for the deployment or launch of ground - based nuclear weapons.

Hydrogen is «a highly flexible energy vector and energy carrier capable of serving as a weapon against climate change in a future, integrated multi-sector energy system,» said Mary - Rose de Valladares, manager of the International Energy Administration Hydrogen Implementing Agreement, which is developing a comprehensive road map on the production and utilization of hydrogen due for release early next year.

The Turkish government is persecuting academics, using the court system as a political weapon, according to a report issued today by the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies (IHRN) based in Washington, D.C.

It proposes funding a public procurement system to buy prototypes, for instance of drones, radio communication equipment, as well as technologies for the detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive weapons.

It will also provide increased confidence in the weapon's «margin,» says J. Stephen Rottler, vice president for weapons engineering and product realization at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., which will be responsible for integrating the nuclear explosive into weapons systems such as missiles.

Here are some other top successes: destroying stockpiles of chemical weapons globally as well as local stores of DDT in Tanzania; new cooking stoves to eliminate indoor air pollution in Ghana; separating copper mine tailings from the local water supply in Chile; alternative fuels to reduce air pollution in New Delhi as well as treating arsenic in well water in West Bengal; removing lead - contaminated soil in the Dominican Republic and Russia; reducing mercury vapors from artisanal gold mining in Indonesia; and new sewage systems to clean up contaminated Suzhou Creek in Shanghai.

Nuclear weapons and strategic policy attract increasing public concern, but systems for command, control, communications and intelligence may be just as important in deterring nuclear attack and preventing escalation

In fact, structurally comparable weapons systems, called nematocysts as well, are found in a group of modern protozoans, the dinoflagellates.

The problem, Mote says, is that as the Pentagon buys fewer large weapons systems, DOD workers have fewer opportunities to hone their technical and leadership skills solving big, complicated problems.

Insects» immune systems lack adaptable weapons such as antibodies, but they can still be strikingly effective.

As Qian honed China's weapons systems, scientists in North America and Europe began applying systems approaches to intractable policy problems, modeling them as a collection of inputs and variables linked by direct or inverse relationships and feedback loopAs Qian honed China's weapons systems, scientists in North America and Europe began applying systems approaches to intractable policy problems, modeling them as a collection of inputs and variables linked by direct or inverse relationships and feedback loopas a collection of inputs and variables linked by direct or inverse relationships and feedback loops.

The G1's not - so - secret weapon is Android, which provides the phone's operating system as well as a platform for the phone to run a variety of software programs.