Sentences with phrase «than their contemporaries who»

I certainly did not fail to let the meeting be friendly, I did not treat him any more remissly than all his contemporaries who were in the habit of seeking me out about this time of day....

Ex-postdocs who take nonacademic employment start out earning less than contemporaries who took jobs right after their Ph.D. s, and their incomes never catch up.

Studies have shown that elderly pet owners have lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels and fewer medical visits than their contemporaries who live without pets.

Not exact matches

The Anne Frank Foundation said it recognized the «good intentions» of those who name things after Frank, but pointed out that the significance of Frank and what she represents «will increasingly have a contemporary rather than a historical basis.»

In this perspective he was following a trail first blazed by a fellow Alexandrian a century and a half earlier, the Jewish philosopher Philo, a contemporary of Jesus who attempted to clothe the Septuagint in amenable patterns from Greek philosophy, particularly Platonism.11 His synthetic effort is echoed throughout the corpus of Clement's writings, which are far less systematic in approach than one would wish; the Stromata («Miscellanies») is less an orderly treatment of theological topics than a series of notes woven into a tapestry whose warp and woof are difficult to discern.12

By what right do we, who seem to disagree with him more strongly than his contemporaries did, now honor him?

In the philosophic tradition it is the idealists rather than the naturalists who have made the fullest place for this insight into the essentially social character of human existence, though contemporary naturalism as in Mead, Dewey, and Wieman has achieved a similar perspective.

They give expression to a very contemporary and vibrant faith that is both simpler and much more complex than the complexifications cherished by those who know only that we live in a secular society.

And yet, I have counted no fewer than eleven church fathers prior to or contemporary with Eusebius who cite various passages from Josephus (including the Antiquities) but who do not mention the Testimonium.

Long before this time, Christians who faced martyrdom under the persecutions of the Roman emperors rather than deny Christ met this problem in practice, even as many of our contemporaries have been forced to in our own day.

Nor is she merely voicing the customs of the tribe — at least not if we are to believe Aristotle, who seems a safer authority on the Greeks than our contemporary skeptics.

Let us continue to examine the nature of the synoptic tradition by considering the results of the work of the scholar who has probably done more than any other to make available to contemporary scholarship historical knowledge of the teaching of Jesus, Joachim Jeremias of Gottingen, whom we are proud to acknowledge as our teacher.

The body of the historic Jesus, as per the contemporary experts who have exhaustively studied the scriptures, was more than likely buried in a shallow grave as were all crucified rabble - rousers.

One is inclined to say that anybody who is well adjusted to contemporary society is by definition very maladjusted indeed, because contemporary society is as mad as a coot and is something to which nobody ought to be adjusted, even in this land, not to speak of others which may be less fortunate than ours.

The above examples of a few people who have found God real and contemporary, and who have thereby gained a sense of purpose which far transcends this little life, are no more than a brief record of those whom I have personally known.

Process theology, or what Charles Hartshorne prefers to call neo-classical theology, has links with the theology of the early church fathers who were influenced by Greek thought, Socinus in the sixteenth century and the philosopher A. N. Whitehead of this century, who took science more seriously than his contemporary philosophers and theologians.

To his contemporaries he was certainly a man anointed by God with the Spirit and with power; a man who went about doing good; a chasid or Jewish saint; perhaps a prophet, «like one of the prophets of old,» or even «more than a prophet,» perhaps the prophet, «like unto Moses»; («Prof. David E. Adams» Man of God (1941) is a study of the Old Testament pattern used repeatedly in biographies and presupposed in stories of holy men in the Old Testament and in related literature.

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.

Historian Philip Jenkins in Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way has gone so far as to assert that the alternative gospels tell us less about the beginnings of Christianity than about «the interest groups who seek to use them today; about the mass media, and how religion is packaged as popular culture; and... more generally, about the changing directions of contemporary American religion.»

There are, however, some contemporary poets who seem, more than others, to be «strange ones»; for instance, Denise Levertov, Gary Snyder, Paul Blackburn, Charles Olson, James Dickey, Robert Penn Warren, Richard Wilbur.

Musial was also a shrewd businessman who had more success after his playing career than most of his contemporaries.

Only two players across the Premier League weekend had more shots on target than Tosun, who also created two chances for his teammates — another figure bettered by only two top - flight contemporaries.

She believes infant massage helps produce toddlers and older children who act out less than their contemporaries.

Cathy Warwick epitomizes that self - serving blatherer that characterizes contemporary British midwifery: the biological essentialist who believes that «natural» birth is more important than safe birth, the anti-rationalist who invokes «quantum theory» to explain why scientific evidence should be ignored in favor of midwives» opinions, the self - absorbed, self - referential, selfish woman who pretends that the needs of midwives are the same as the needs of women.

And yet, bad and down as Alan is, it is possible that this neologism is less an authentic representation of contemporary slang than the work of those who want to take him down (in the polls, of course).

Contemporary designers, who sell clothing at comparatively accessible price points (mostly less than $ 1,000), continued to up their game, showing must - have items in high - quality fabrications.

Banderas» charming, often comic performance, a cute one by child actor Adrian Alonso as Zorro's son and pint - sized counterpart, an amusing one by Rufus Sewell, who plays his villainous role as a Hispanic Christopher Walken, some imaginative PG - rated methods of disposing of the bad guys and a number of rather audacious parallels to contemporary politics and warfare place this clearly in the «guilty pleasure» category; like the original, it's notably longer than it has any right to be (perhaps Steven Spielberg executive producing both of them is a factor?)

A prolific filmmaker who is more concerned with the drive of her characters rather than the plot that weaves them together, she has been dubbed by one critic as one of the only current French directors who «has been able to reconcile the lyricism of French cinema with the impulse to capture the often harsh face of contemporary France.

What makes After Midnight more than just another ménage à trois (in homage to Truffaut) is the way Ferrario, who also writes about movies, weaves the allure of early film into a contemporary story, shot with the latest high - definition technology.

Indeed, the only people who seem to engage his full interest are the older characters — the earthy Mona and a number of Red's criminal contemporaries who are either lower or higher than him on the economic ladder (most notably Seymour Cassel and Jonathan Banks).

Together with their male contemporaries — Miles Robbins delivers a particularly scene - stealing turn as the mellowed - out Connor, who sports a man - bun and an equally cloying it's - all - good vibe — the girls of «Blockers» emerge as admirable examples of autonomy, confidence and self - respect, never more so than when their clueless parents are running amok, half - cocked.

As an author of a film which doesn't rely on effects and attention - grabbing action, would you say contemporary Hollywood production offers enough to satisfy the more demanding viewers, who are looking for more than simply brief entertainment in movies they watch?

Mulholland Dr. is never more disconnected than its opening 20 minutes, which introduce characters who seem to belong in different movies (some of whom never appear again) and include one of the most purely scary sequences in contemporary film — the self - contained «man behind Winkie's» scene.

More than just a portrait of contemporary black society, it's a story of cultural differences between parents and children of how individuals learn (or don't learn) from experience, and of how there should be no place for those who cause violence and strife.»

The many MTV or similar video program clips that follow tell us more about Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl (who doesn't appear in a contemporary interview) than they do about Cobain's internal life.

How better to investigate and satirize contemporary mores than through the eyes of a high - school guidance counselor who is juggling the demands of status - hungry parents and their anxious children?

Thanks to Giroux and others, the contemporary classroom - even if it falls short of the critical pedagogues» ideal - increasingly is a block - scheduled site presided over by a teacher who, at least concerning academics, is the guide on the side, eschews grades in favor of portfolios, minimizes ability - grouping, and, rather than being a content provider, is a manager of peer editing, team building, and other processes.

Using rich administrative data from the Wake County Public School System, we find that students who enter contemporary career academies are generally higher performing than their non-academy peers.

'' With the QX30 Concept, we're showcasing a distinctively contemporary alternative in the premium compact segment for those who want something more than the status quo,» said Roland Krueger, INFINITI President and CEO.

The car is described as a «contemporary traditionalist's car» by Chrysler designers, who note that the rounded sculptural elements of the exterior reflect a muscular rather than an aero look.

Force, a New York Times and USA Today contemporary romance author who has written more than 50 books, was at the forefront of the indie publishing wave in 2010 when she self - published books that had been rejected by traditional publishers.

Finally, vintage materials are often greener than contemporary alternatives, says Sean Young, a heritage restoration contractor who works across southern Ontario.

Perhaps Cornelis van Rooyen, who began his career as a hunter at the early age of fourteen years, did more than any of his contemporaries in developing and popularising the ridgeback for hunting.

My hope is that Capcom will learn from the work of its contemporaries who have crafted ways for making players graduate past the beginner stage, rather than taking the easy way out.

More than three decades later, the museum's curators placed two of Kahlo's works from the original exhibit alongside a selection of contemporary artists who share Kahlo's rebellious, passionate and socially conscious spirit.

Contemporary art doesn't come more soulless than the paintings of the Beijing - based artist Li Songsong, who is having his American debut at Pace Gallery.

Supported by an Art Fund Jonathan Ruffer curatorial grant, the exhibition brings together work by more than 70 artists working from 1850 to the present, and highlights the many connections between the author, her contemporaries and those who share an affinity with her work.

The current exhibition includes more than 20 paintings and sculptures the artist made in Dresden during the 1960s and early 1970s, when the political circumstances in the then - German Democratic Republic «kept most contemporary works of art underground», says Gordon VeneKlasen, the director of the gallery who organised the show.

It has Forum's mix of early modern drawings, by Joseph Stella and others, and less than classic contemporaries — including David Mach's portrait collage of Che Guevera in playing cards, for who can spell cheesy without che?

For more than fifty years, the American multidisciplinary artist David Hammons has astounded and enlightened audiences with his diverse, incisive, and conceptually brilliant artworks, many of which have since become icons of contemporary art history and lodestones for younger artists like Hank Willis Thomas and Rashid Johnson who continue to explore race in their work.