Sentences with phrase «take on a human face»

People swim past on video, and scales take on a human face when one steps on them.

Not exact matches

Faced with the absolute evil of the Nazi attack, first on Jewish life and ultimately on human life per se, Greenberg was tempted to take Richard Rubenstein's approach and concede that the God of Israel was indeed dead.

An attitude which avoids both sentimentality and cynicism must obviously be grounded in a Christian view of human nature which is schooled by the Gospel not to take the pretensions of men at their face value, on the one hand, and, on the other, not to deny the residual capacity for justice among even sinful men.14

This allows us to face the challenges of our time soberly, neither despairing of the possibilities of justice in public life and thus withdrawing, nor seeking to take command of history by embarking on grandiose ideological projects that encourage us to assume godlike powers over human affairs.

The more serious material takes aim at dictatorships and authoritarian government, like a zany pop culture representation of Orwell's prediction of a «boot stamping on a human face — forever».

It's a national security issue — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:42 We are confident these priorities will not only provide jobs but will improve the security of Ghanaians — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:41 Our job creation agenda will be driven by investment in human capital — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:40 The broad agenda for next year is to translate the stability into shared growth - Ken Ofori - Atta 10:33 We have restored macro stability and renewed confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:32 We have achieved in one year, what seemed impossible to achieve in eight years — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 We have provided stable electricity supply — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 I am glad to report that we are on course to end the year with the fiscal deficit of 6.5 % — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:30 We are happy to note that our policies are yielding results that have brought back smiles to several Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 We resolve to be fiscally discipline — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 I'm happy to note that we have turned the economy around — Ken Ofori Atta 10:28 When I presented the budget in March, I indicated our commitment to take strategic steps to fix the challenges facing the economy and restore hope to Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:25 I thank the august House for all the support that has brought us so far — Ken Ofori Atta 10:24 Speaker of Parliament invites the Finance Minister to present the 2018 budget

A different take comes from William H. Kimbel, director of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University, who argues on the basis of the advanced features of the face and pelvis that the new fossils «probably belong in the Homo genus.»

The pictures, taken on June 25 and 27, show two faces of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in true color; this is how the duo would appear to a human along for the ride.

She explains: «It's about using social media in an appropriate way to have some contact with people but making sure we are also taking the time to speak to people on the phone and to meet up face to face... So it's making sure that we appropriately balance our face - to - face and human interaction as well as the technological ones.»

What You Need To Know: While we've faced apocalypses aplenty this year already, one thing we haven't seen so far is a coming - of - age, human drama - based take on the cinematic staple.

But David Lean's epic films are celebrated for putting human faces on immense canvases and this one does that while taking on more of a romantic leaning.

It's great to see a blockbuster bathed in long takes; that lets us stay on a human face; where the camera isn't obsessed with every inanimate object in the room.

As it is, I'm stuck grumpily preferring every one of Oldman's competitors: Denzel Washington, doing his most under - the - skin work in years in «Roman J. Israel, Esq.»; Daniel Day - Lewis, capping this stage of his career in commandingly elegant fashion in «Phantom Thread»; Daniel Kaluuya, putting an indelibly human face on black suffering and retribution in «Get Out»; and my favorite of the bunch, Timothée Chalamet, who took us on perhaps the year's most intimate emotional journey in «Call Me by Your Name.»

Howard Gardner argues that the big challenge facing the deployment of human resources «is how to best take advantage of the uniqueness conferred on us as a species exhibiting several intelligences» (ibid.: 45).

Following Facing History's unique methodology, the book also takes students on a parallel journey through an exploration of the universal themes inherent in a study of the Holocaust that raise profound and disturbing questions about human behavior.

If this story were a person it'd be lying passed out face first on the floor of a dive bar in a puddle of various human (and some inhuman) liquids, covered in cuts and bruises and, upon hearing your approach, would stagger upright, spit out a tooth, take a double shot of whiskey and lurch outwards to pick a new fight with anyone.

The answer is not many - but there are some, In There is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children, Greene puts a human face on this overwhelming tragedy by focusing on one imperfect woman, Haregwoin Teferra, who in the face of her own tragedy found the strength to take in orphans, both HIV - positive and negative and since then has given hope and a home to dozens, if not hundreds of children.

In the face of this insurmountable threat, the human race is driven from the earth and takes refuge on the moon.

In the face of this seemingly insurmountable threat, the human race is driven from the earth and takes refuge on the moon.

The last slave to be taken and killed left a mysterious book behind that happens to talk, is bound of human flesh, and even has a demonic face on its cover; standard fare for this genre.

She also focuses on the adventures of women, which sometimes take the form of half - human, half - animal hybrids with bodies cut from pornographic magazines, and other times, pale - faced, folksy ghosts known as «Spirit Girls».

Contorting and twisting the contoured lines of the human face, these contemporary large bronze, steel or wood sculptures take on a malleable and supple appearance.

This figure, often fragmented, sometimes even completely abstracted, takes on various forms, from the human face, at once raw material and object of symbolic representation, as with Benglis's objectifying caresses, to the full body as place and tool of the trial and pleasure of repetition, as with Nauman's amateur choreography, bordering on the absurd, to the traces and physical prints left by the artist - creator (or the «art worker» in his service), as with the irregular random geometry of LeWitt, to the peers (Donald Judd) and tutelary figures in the history of art who inspire Flavin's evanescent structures... Now a disenchanted statement «Double Eye Poke» offers a challenge to the being of perception and thought.

By reference to cases including R (SB) v Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15, Miss Behavin» Ltd v Belfast City Council [2007] UKHL 19, R (Stevens) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2013] EWHC 792 (Admin) and R (Nagre) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 720 (Admin), Hickinbottom J expressed the view that the differences between the approach required by ECHR jurisprudence and the traditional Wednesbury approach could be exaggerated and explained how a court should allow considerable deference to a decision, which on its face properly took into account the human rights engaged.

The principle of racial equality, at least on the face of the law, took hold in numerous ways, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Convention on Genocide, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

A defence lawyer reported: «I have had communication break down entirely with defendants who become agitated — it's a lot easier for them to become frustrated and take out their anger with a «face on a screen» than a human being in the room with them.»

A few friends called and texted and I'm pretty powerless in the face of human interaction, so I climbed back out of the bath, took a deep breath and GOT ON WITH IT.