Sentences with phrase «unilateral act of»

Something of extraordinary magnitude has transpired: the ugliness of Itzik's unilateral act of vengeance has been replaced by reciprocated acts of love and caring.

Naturally suspicious of Hollywood's motives, he wrote to insist that God's action on the soul is the key to the novel, which, he said, «deals with what is theologically termed «the operation of grace,» that is to say, the unmerited and unilateral act of love by which God continually calls souls to himself.»

The U.S. decision to launch trade investigations is a unilateral act of protectionism, the Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, citing a speech by Wang in New Delhi.

Not exact matches

He sent His Son in the supreme act of unilateral love» (A Strategy for Peace [Eerdmans, 1973], p. 106).

Although Open theists and process theists both hold that God acts in various ways that are appropriate to specific situations, Open theists hold on to the importance of God's unilateral action.

His most conspicuous political act had been to persuade his party's conference to defy the advice of its leader, David Steel, and vote for unilateral nuclear disarmament.

I see Brexit as an act of unilateral political disarmament,» he said.

On the other hand, if the administration assumes Congress is not likely to act and any further climate action will require more executive authority, that raises the question of whether the White House can reasonably squeeze deeper cuts out of EPA regulations and other unilateral measures.

Second, the very act of increased focus allows you to recruit more muscle fibers in the targeted muscle and third, unilateral exercises can help you even out potential strength imbalances between both sides of your body, you may have accumulated over the years.

We have, in effect, been committing an act of unthinking, unilateral educational disarmament...»

As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves... We have, in effect, been committing an act of unthinking, unilateral educational disarmament.

Already free to use their tests for the purpose of data mining thanks to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's unilateral amendment of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), these companies demand more.

And she draws on recent releases from the Russian archives to challenge the view that the deaths were a unilateral act by a maverick group of the Ekaterinburg Bolsheviks, identifying a chain of command that stretches directly, she believes, to Moscow — and to Lenin himself.

Andersen: When people worry about unilateral, undemocratic acts of geoengineering, they tend to worry about some consortium of rich countries jamming this through.

The president, who has said that addressing climate change is one of his top priorities, is taking such unilateral steps because Congress has failed to act on comprehensive climate and energy legislation.

This presents a classic free - rider problem: It is in the economic self - interest of virtually no country to take unilateral action, and each can reap the benefits of any countries that do act.

This unilateral decision comes just two weeks after four Senators sent a strongly worded letter to the SEC Inspector General, stating «we are concerned that Commissioner Piwowar's actions may lack adequate justification, undermine the SEC's mission, exceed his authority as acting chairman, violate other procedural requirements, and could potentially prove to be a waste of the SEC staff's precious time and resources.»

Although Pal points to this section as further evidence of an intent to create single - member geographic districts in 1867, Macfarlane points to these spent provisions which were replaced by the Canada Elections Act, Parliament of Canada Act and the Constitution Act, 1982, as further evidence of Parliament's unilateral s. 44 powers.

Law professor and prolific blogger Jonathan Turley has «agreed to represent the United States House of Representatives in its challenge of unilateral, unconstitutional actions taken by the Obama Administration with respect to implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).»

Two types of error may permit rectification: (a) both parties subscribe to a common mistake that it accurately records the terms of their antecedent agreement; rectification is predicated on the applicant showing the parties had reached a prior agreement whose terms are definite and ascertainable; the agreement was still effective when executed; the document fails to record accurately that prior agreement; and, if rectified as proposed, the document would carry out the agreement: (b) where the claimed mistake is unilateral ̶ either because the document formalizes a unilateral act (such as the creation of a trust), or where intended to record an agreement between parties, but one party says that it does not accurately do so, while the other party says it does.

Two types of error may permit rectification: (a) both parties subscribe to an instrument under a common mistake that it accurately records the terms of their antecedent agreement; rectification is predicated upon the applicant showing that the parties had reached a prior agreement whose terms are definite and ascertainable; that the agreement was still effective when the instrument was executed; that the instrument fails to record accurately that prior agreement; and that, if rectified as proposed, the instrument would carry out the agreement; (b) where the claimed mistake is unilateral ̶ either because the instrument formalizes a unilateral act (such as the creation of a trust), or where the instrument was intended to record an agreement between parties, but one party says that the instrument does not accurately do so, while the other party says it does.

This is significant as for many reviewable practices under the Act (whether unilateral conduct, mergers or non-criminal agreements between competitors), anticompetitive effects (whether in the form of a substantial lessening or prevention of competition or an adverse effect on competition) forms part of the elements of the reviewable practice itself.

While neither process purports to be the only answer; as one size rarely fits all, the horror show that litigation often is, involves people frequently putting on their «Halloween Masks» to use intimidation, threats, cost, and endless unilateral acts (calculated or otherwise) to gain advantage;... usually at the expense of the family's emotional and financial health.

Following his visit to Australia in August 2009, the Special Rapporteur observed that the extinguishment of Indigenous rights in land by unilateral uncompensated acts is incompatible with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Declaration)[80] and other international instruments.

Following his visit to Australia in August 2009, the Special Rapporteur observed that the extinguishment of Indigenous rights in land by unilateral uncompensated acts is incompatible with the Declaration and other international instruments.

2 The attribution or extinction of parental responsibility by an agreement or a unilateral act, without intervention of a judicial or administrative authority, is governed by the law of the State of the child's habitual residence at the time when the agreement or unilateral act takes effect.

(3) The circumstances in which parental responsibility for a child is attributed to a person, or extinguished, by an agreement or a unilateral act (without the intervention of a court or appropriate authority) are governed by the law that applies in the country of the child's habitual residence when the agreement or act takes effect.

A multiple listing service is defined as a facility for the orderly correlation and dissemination of listing information among Participants so that they may better serve their clients and customers and the public; is a means by which authorized Participants make blanket unilateral offers of compensation to other Participants (acting as subagents, buyer agents, or in other agency or nonagency capacities defined by law); is a means by which information is accumulated and disseminated to enable authorized Participants to prepare appraisals and other valuations of real property; and is a means by which Participants engaging in real estate appraisal contribute to common databases.