Sentences with phrase «uncertainty over the nature»

In ethics the dualistic uncertainty over the nature of «reality» and our perception of it is a major justification for modern moral relativism, or the claim that what is called morality is actually grounded in nothing but people's emotive and purely arbitrary preferences.

But, then, somehow, someway, in dispensing with uncertainty over the nature of female orgasm and making their argument that the clitoris is the only game in town, they say it is simply a «female penis» and conclude that orgasm is «always possible» in all women, «with effective stimulation».

Not exact matches

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

But the uncertainty over these games, with eyewitness accounts and research contradicting Nintendo's formal documentation, speaks volumes about the ramshackle nature of the American console market at the time of the NES's debut.

Suh addresses the nature of wildfires» large - scale government response projects, which reveal central questions about human presence in nature and the overwhelming uncertainty of human control over natural phenomena in our society.

One reason global warming opponents still have the upper hand is basic confusion over the nature and significance of uncertainty.

Moreover, the uncertainty as such doesn't negate that climate change over the last many decades is 100 % anthropogenic in nature — unless you can point to some non-anthropogenic factor that causes cloud cover to change in a way that would cause warming.

In addition, the esoteric nature of the legal agreements creates uncertainty over the de-recognition of investments, the rights to any future proceeds that may be generated and whether the Company is entitled to those proceeds following a decision to no longer invest in that investment.