Sentences with phrase «than a pet who»

A pet who has been «down» for more than 24 hours runs a risk of a lesser outcome from surgery than a pet who goes immediately to surgery following a rupture.

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Icahn, who owns more than 42 million shares of the insurance giant's stock, had sent a public letter to the company's CEO, Peter Hancock, in late October saying the company continued «to severely underperform» and was «too big to succeed.»

Now sure enough, this evening Forbes reported that the bankroller of the Hogan suit is none other than Peter Thiel, a prominent Silicon Valley billionaire who styles himself a libertarian but somewhat incongruously is a big time supporter of Donald Trump in addition to numerous other right wing causes, most of which have a distinctly Randian cast.

I even thought I understood it better than most business people and mused that it would be funny to name a pet (or a kid) Vilfredo, after the Italian economist who first identified the unequal relationship between inputs and outputs.

Yet Christians are commanded to be «prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you» (1 Peter 3:15), and unless one is determined to do no more than mutely wave people towards the nearest church, this can only be achieved by giving some account of the coherence (not perfection) and development (not fulfillment) one discerns in one's own life.

As my good friend Peter Lawler would say,» studies show» that students who believe in a «harsh, punitive, vengeful, and punishing» God are less likely to cheat on a test than are non-believers or students who believe in a «loving, caring, and forgiving» God....

This is less predictable than it may seem, since the prayers aren't from a celebrity evangelical preacher, but from a morbid, quirky Catholic who spent her short life with pet peacocks and wooden - leg - stealing Bible salesman stories.

This is what Peter Bishop means by a «pacificist» — someone who puts the emphasis on making peace rather than refusing to use any violence.

Peter, a man who was closer in proximity to Jesus than any of us are, had to be humbled.

I believe that Peter realized even more than before that Jesus was who he said he was.

Current enthusiasm for civil society is usually traced to the arguments of Vaclav Havel, the Czech president, and others who posited the claims of civil society against the totalitarian claims of communism, and, earlier than that, to the To Empower People manifesto authored by Peter Berger and myself in order to lift up the crucial role of non-governmental «mediating institutions» in public policy.

The Poles were poor, poorer than the Irishmen who built St. Peter's less than a quarter of a mile away, and poorer even than the Italians who erected Holy Name Parish on the opposite side of town.

To Peter, who had defied him three times before the crucifixion, Jesus three times puts the question, «Simon, son of John, will you love me more than these».

The wording of the presbyter's remark leaves open the question of Mark's use of other sources than Peter, whose «interpreter» he was: sources, or traditions, in circulation among the Christians in Rome no doubt from the first founding of the church in that community, long before Paul's arrival and perhaps some time before Peter's coming; and also, no doubt, traditions that were added to the common stock by every believer who came to Rome from Palestine.

Those who are offended by the claim that horses or chimps or whales (OFD; also see OOTM 13, WM 49) deserve more respect than the fetus in the early stages of pregnancy usually resort to a type of question - begging which Peter Singer calls «speciesism»: the human fetus in the early stages of pregnancy deserves moral respect just because it is human.

The See of Peter fell into the hands of men who were more interested in using it as a power in Italian politics, in aggrandizing the members of their families, or in promoting art and their own personal pleasures than they were in making it effective in furthering the spiritual and moral life of Europe.

In John and Peter the empty tomb still points to heavenly exaltation; it is Luke, who, even more than Matthew, has taken the development in the direction of an historical resuscitation of the crucified body of Jesus.

Jesus spoke to Peter about feeding his sheep, and to his apostles about people who lacked the eyes to see and the ears to hear and how they will never understand his parables even if they try (and, interestingly, he said this as the reason he taught using parables rather than just stating things out explicitly).

I appreciate that it may be hard for some to come to terms with this, but in the light of the most basic and central Christian gospel, the message and achievement of Jesus and the preaching of Paul and the others, there is no reason whatever to say, for instance, that Peter or Paul, James or John, or even, dare I say, the mother of Jesus herself, is more advanced, closer to God, or has achieved more spiritual «growth», than the Christians who were killed for their faith last week or last year.

The Petrine ministry belongs to the See of Peter, presumably, rather than to the individual who occupies that See.

It would be more helpful to this conversation to stick to the conference rather than a litany of people who want to drag out their pet peeves about every other thing they dislike about MacArthur.

Though Peter knew Jesus was greater than the heroes of the past, he too thought of a messiah as one of those who had controlled kingdoms of this world.

Nor can we do much more than name Peter Lombard (c. 1110 - 1160), a younger contemporary of Abélard and a protégé of Bernard of Clairvaux who died as Bishop of Paris.

James Keenan and Peter Black, for example, have criticised those who «look more for consistency with previous teachings than to the critical tradition itself» -LCB- Studia Moralia 2001, p. 326), describing them as «colleagues who haveleft our enterprise» (ibid.).

Ruthlessness, player petting (continually giving chances to players like Giroud rwho will not lead Arsenal anywhere rather than going out and strongly bidding and buying a top quality ST), slowness in reacting deficiencies in the squad even in January windows where it is clearer and the season can still be turned around, not basing our transfer windows on banking or players who get injured consistently, getting players we need and making respectable offers for players we need (like the Suarez debacle) are some of the things I mentioned.

This season is going to peter out with us finishing 6th or 7th because we have a manager who can not seem to motivate his players to at least look as if they are trying rather than just going through the motions.

The smack laid down by his brother Peter more than likely made a target of the 28 - year Englishman, who can expect a raucous reception from the Minnesota spectators after his brother called them and other U.S. fans «pudgy, basement - dwelling, irritants» in a blog post on Wednesday.

Peter Müller, 22, the wildly uncontrolled Swiss racer who won the downhill World Cup last year, is known as an odd and lonesome fellow, given to quarreling with his roommates, yet he loves to collect mushrooms and wants nothing more than to be a gardener when he quits skiing.

Chief executive Peter Storrie said in his programme notes ahead of Tuesday's Premier League 1 - 1 draw against Sunderland: «I already have more than one interested party and am hopeful that we can finally find owners who have the best interests of everyone at the club at heart in order to move us forward.»

Peter Odemwingie, the man of the moment, has shown he's more than capable of leading the Baggies to such unheard heights, while if West Brom put in another titanic collective performance like their last then who would dare be a Bolton fan?

I guess Im someone who feels like it is BETTER to give your pet away than it is to let them be neglected or even hated at home.

Much like people who have pets from an early age developing fewer allergies than those who don't, people who have sex unwittingly guard their bodies from things like stomach bugs and colds.

She wasn't a pet I could put food for in a bowl and walk away from, she was a tiny human who needed me much more than I ever could have expected.

And perhaps part of it is because women who have only children are happier than women who have more than one, according to research by Hans - Peter Kohler, sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

They are easy to pronounce, they sound sweeter than longer names and its preferred by those who do not like to have pet names.

I enjoy every minute of this little person that God has entrusted us for looking after, and I am filled with deep gratitude towards all the people that made this birth so special — Ralph, the star in the performance as well as the prize, Peter who supported me in an amazing way in this second birth, Joshua who made it a proper family happening, Luschka whose presence and support were amazing throughout and the midwives who really supported rather than directed me.

If those on the left who voted for no2eu in the North West region at the last Euro elections had voted Green we'd have Peter Cranie in Brussels rather than Nick Griffin, and that's under a form of PR.

Peter Mandelson, a former British trade minister, told the Financial Times recently that history would remember Cameron for nothing more than taking the UK out of the EU: «A man who took this tactical risk, which then turned into a strategic blunder,» he said.

Cruddas's criticisms certainly made more headlines than any pro-Miliband messages at the weekend, while Peter Mandelson's recent description of Miliband as «the leader we have, therefore the leader I support, and somebody who I believe is capable of leading the party to victory» was equivocal, tempting us to read between the lines on the «leader we have» part.

A former county legislator, Catalano was first elected to the position in 2007, succeeding Peter J. Savago of New Paltz, who stepped down after more than 30 years in the position.

Owners who tether their pooches outdoors for more than three hours in freezing or hot temperatures would risk a misdemeanor, a $ 250 fine and the loss of their pet, according to one of the bills.

September 11: Readers were moved by the story of a Park Slope pet owner who was reunited with his beloved cat and shower buddy after putting up more than 1,000 missing cat posters around the area.

Trump wasn't Long Island Rep. Peter King's first choice for the Republican presidential nominee, but the congressman, who briefly flirted with his own long shot presidential run, said the presumptive nominee is better than his Democratic alternative.

None are better known than the case of Christopher Porco, the college student who in 2006 was convicted of the ax murder of his father, Peter, and near death of his mother, Joan, in their home in Delmar.

They include Karl J. Simmeth Jr., a community liaison who works for Republican Assemblyman David DiPietro and was former Boston town councilman; and Blasdell resident Peter Reszka, who worked his way up the ranks as a Water Authority employee for more than 40 years.

«I don't think you have to be smarter than Bonzo the chimp to figure out what's going on,» City Councilmember Peter Vallone, who voted against the bill, said before the meeting.

Tooling Up Book Club: Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower by Peter Fiske, 22 May 1998 Science Careers columnist Peter Fiske discussed a book that dashes the stereotypes that scientists who go for alternative careers have necessarily had bad research experiences, don't purposefully seek out careers that are better suited to them than academia, and do not find ways to stay close to exciting science.

Their programme is more ambitious than anything similar that has come before, says Peter Lance of the University of Carolina, who worked on slum mapping in Dhaka in 2005.

Last year, Peter Cook, newly appointed as science minister, got rougher than usual handling from his political opponents who had been well briefed by some unhappy scientists.

Claiming that most mainstream pet foods contain artery - clogging animal fat, diseased tissue, steroid growth hormones and antibiotics no less harmful to pets than to humans, its website posts testimonials from loyal customers who claim happy and long - lasting pets who look forward to their meals.