Sentences with phrase «taken by an agent»

The horror stories of bad treatment by agents is well documented in the comments of Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing, but I don't think we can even imagine the explosion in numbers of scams and writers getting taken by agents.

But I don't want to take it by any agent, I want to do it by my own.

I am not persuaded, however, that a party may not rely on the actions taken by an agent or agents in order to comply with the statutory obligation.

The Supreme Court however found that the claimant acted reasonably and was permitted to rely on the actions taken by an agent or agents in order to comply with the statutory obligation (George v. ICBC, 2015 BCSC 442).

Any action taken by an agent or employee that results in unequal service, treatment, or behavior to applicants or tenants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sex, or additional protected classes as instituted on a state or local level may constitute a violation of state and federal fair housing laws.

Not exact matches

Jeff Howe, a journalism professor at Northwestern University, who was one of the first professionals to use the word, defines it as «the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.»

Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot by the FBI in Orlando, Florida a week ago after he allegedly stabbed an agent during questioning on his possible involvement with Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a triple homicide that took place before the Boston attacks.

Everything from missed flights to reroutes to last minute upgrade opportunities are taken care by the agent in real time on your mobile device, ensuring that your recharge time really is stress - free.

Comments received by the Department and media reports also indicate that many financial institutions already had completed or largely completed work to establish policies and procedures necessary to make the business structure and practice shifts required by the Impartial Conduct Standards earlier this year (e.g., drafting and implementing training for staff, drafting client correspondence and explanations of revised product and service offerings, negotiating changes to agreements with product manufacturers as part of their approach to compliance with the PTEs, changing employee and agent compensation structures, and designing conflict - free product offerings), and the Department believes that financial institutions may use this compliance infrastructure to ensure that they meet the Impartial Conduct Standards after taking the additional Start Printed Page 16910sixty days for an orderly transition between June 9, 2017, and January 1, 2018.

Joey Levin, the chief executive of IAC, also took a dig at Facebook by referring to how Russian agents had used the social network to influence voters in the 2016 presidential election.

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The whistleblower who exposed Russia's systematic doping of Olympic athletes has been warned by U.S. officials that Russian agents may be inside the United States looking for him and that new security measures needed to be taken to insure his safety, the lawyer for the whistleblower tells Yahoo News.

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B.C. rules require that team members are all included by name on the listing contract and are considered designed agents of the seller when a team member takes a listing.

If, however, «intention» is taken to refer to the intrinsic teleology of an action, with the teleology of that action being only partially constituted by the agent's mental states, then the action one performs may carry its own intention in a way that no amount of refined planning on the agent's part can do away with.

It is present only in the kind of action I took as my example — action that issues in rational speech and is therefore characterized by an intelligent understanding on the part of the agent.

The central irony of the moral life is that by simply not taking ourselves so seriously, we may become more serious moral agents and more serious Christians.

The second type of self - consciousness is termed by Duvall and Wicklund «objective self - consciousness» and is the state in which the causal agent self is taken as the object of consciousness.

A denial of this, therefore, if still made for some particular reason, can only in principle be meant to emphasize and make clear that such advancing above and beyond the agent's own nature can not take place at all unless absolute Being is involved in the process, if one may so express it, by moving below itself.

From the beginning of what we may call the «gender revolution» in the 1970s to now, when the goals of a minority of western agents of change are about to take on a more visible, global and powerfully financed institutional form, the normative and operational activities of the gender equality process has been led by «experts», NGOs, UN Secretariat bureaucrats, panels - not by the man - on - the - street or his legitimate representative.

He is incarnate in the world, too, having taken upon himself the reality of manhood and human experience in his Son our Lord Jesus Christ; and elsewhere he also is present in what may rightly be styled «an incarnational manner,» since in, with, through, and by creaturely agents he is actively at work there.

We are asked only to love God and our neighbor, to be God's agents on earth, not by taking away hope but by giving it.

Third, a moral agent can not abdicate his or her responsibility for taking hold of and playing a contributing part in the shaping and reshaping of these moral orders by simply conforming his or her value - decisions («mechanically,» as it were) to any of these external orders.

If, as we shall be arguing in a moment, we may be sure of «objective immortality», the taking into God's life of every good that has been achieved in the creative process; and if, as that understanding of the world order implies, one of the goods is the agency by which these given goods have been achieved, including at this point the human agent as a peculiarly significant focus — may it not be the case that not only the good which has been achieved but the agent who has achieved it (himself good, despite defect and the instances of his failure in this mortal existence) will be preserved beyond the «perishing of occasions»?

Annenberg countered that comic content (such as cartoons) is indeed a highly effective form of conveying serious lessons; that when a new person or agent enters a scene a «single» violent episode becomes «multiple»; that a six - week analysis made by the researchers revealed the same general results as the one - week sample; and that the risk ratio validly takes into account the fear that potential victims (such as young women) have when viewing violent television.8.

Causal agents: Blossom - end rot occurs when the plant is unable to take up adequate calcium, a condition caused by fluctuating soil moisture (drought or overwatering), high nitrogen fertilization, or root pruning during cultivation.

But perhaps the unhappy reaction from Sissoko and his agent to the rumours have been taken on board by the club, as The Times is now reporting that they will listen to offers around the much more reasonable # 20 million mark.

«This decision, taken by the player and his agent, is disappointing, but we have to move on; Milan move on.»

it truly has been the summer of twitter agents and mostly itk's this window that plus our tension at being strung along by wenger does nt help our nerves much lol, but makes our fanbase and club a massive target from such people whether they are arsenal supporters or not, but it will soon be over so i think that they will all start to wind down this week, as the days go by then one last big explosion on the last day then die of the for winter till jan. take a bow the following people whether itk or twitter agents muzzi ozcan (with his «transfer of the season» quote priceless memz dogi (following along behind muzzi when muzzi died of a bit he picks the a baton it seems.

That was the running joke two summers ago when after signing 2 free agents Sanogo + Flamini it took Wenger till 7 pm on the last day to sign 42 mill Ozil after a near riot by fans

There is undoubtedly a problem with his contract situation (same as Ozil but all quiet there) but 99 % of the s ** t storm has been stirred up by «unnamed sources», tabloid hacks, click - bait bloggers, dodgy agents, liberties taken with translation etc, etc..

By refusing to retain free - agent forward Rodney Rogers last summer because of luxury - tax concerns, Gaston forced G.M. Chris Wallace to look elsewhere for a scorer to take pressure off Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker.

We know by now he has an offer for five years and around $ 125 million from Boston, that the Diamondbacks are presumably below that but we're not sure by how much, and he's perfectly fine sitting at home until spring training or after that — as long as it takes to raise these offers to something that he and agent Scott Boras consider more in line with his value right now.

But because the Dodgers knew they could supplement their roster at any time by taking on unwanted contracts or bullying their way through the free agent market, they got to hang on to their super-duper prospects and avoid a panic trade.

Taking the top five to 10 players out of the system wouldn't hurt the on - court product much, but it would reduce the number of college players who started getting paid by agents and shoe companies as high schoolers.

My favorite storyline going in July 1 is determining whether Lin's agent can convince the kid to lay the wood on the Knicks by taking a better deal than the max that New York can offer.

Ron Salcer, a Los Angeles - based sports agent who had been matched up with the Bures by Serge Levin, a Russian èmigrè living in L.A., took over.

-- played minus running back Danyell Ferguson and receiver Yatil Green (both suspended for two games for taking an unauthorized limo ride paid for by an agent).

He missed home, and he got messed around badly by agents, with illegal contracts taking 40 percent of his earnings.

The Uruguay international notched 49 goals across all competitions last term whilst taking over a position previously occupied by club favourite and free - agent Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Positive conversations between the player's agent and the bianconeri in the last hours have taken place the decision is by now made.

Last season's flirting with Jorge Mendes by agreeing to take an unfit and out of form Radamel Falcao on loan for an expensive hasn't really helped Woodward procure kudos from the super agent.

The Foxes are already thought to have seen an # 18m offer for the 27 - year - old rejected by Jupiler Pro League club — though some reports dispute that — and have been told it will take a bid in excess of # 20m to persuade Gent to allow Kalinic and his agent to discuss a move to the Premier League.

My sense is that where any risks are taken it is on young overseas players introduced by agents rather than as a result of those unearthed by our own scouting.

They were told by well - meaning ticket and gate agents that beverages would be available to the children before or shortly after take off.

Previously it was used to describe the time parents spend cooing over their new babe; however, the term (redefined by clever travel agents) now takes the focus off the baby and offers expectant parents a little «us» time before the arrival of their new — crying, sleepless, pooping — bundle of joy.

Rush Limbaugh similarly used the chicken nugget incident to take a swipe at the HHKA's improved school meal standards by erroneously attributing the «inspection» to «federal agents,» and by linking the incident to the First Lady, one of the HHKA's most vocal supporters:

A supervising agent's payoff is affected by the actions taken by other member states in the regime.

Immigration advocates took to the streets of New York City Saturday to express their support for the Big Apple's status as a sanctuary city — as five people were detained by federal agents on Staten Island.

«The Nigeria Police Force advises that travellers should take advantage of alternative routes to their destinations where necessary within the hours of this restriction of vehicular movement on Saturday as Police, complemented by the military and other security agents on duty at strategic points will subject motorists and other travellers plying the affected routes to civil and meticulous security search.