Sentences with phrase «upon public things»

It withdraws protection from the weak and vulnerable, allowing the strong to define the status and rights of the weak; it privatizes matters which, in any legitimate political order, must be public in nature; it sets innumerable roadblocks to the rectification of the problem through mutual deliberation of citizens in legislative assemblies; and it has made what used to be its most loyal citizens — religious believers — enemies of the common good whenever their convictions touch upon public things.

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Telling people they are sinning for being LGBT or for having an abortion or using birth control or trying to impose your specific set of beliefs upon others in the public square is not a good thing and certainly doesn't show that you have a clue as to the meaning of the word respect.

The fact is that, with the word «relapse» added to make things sound OK, the «no cure — treatment — relapse» disorder became a sump - hole for millions upon millions of dollars in public and private expenditures.

The fourth is a continuation of the third, an effort to reflect upon and reenact the delicate process whereby the mind and the imagination move from the place of hearing to the public celebration of the thing heard.

An effort to reflect upon and reenact the delicate process whereby the mind and the imagination move from the place of hearing to the public celebration of the thing heard.

Yet public worship like private prayer requires time enough to relax before God, center attention upon him and upon holy things, enter into his presence without any sense of pressure.

For sheer fatuity, on this score, it would be difficult to surpass Martin Kettle's pompous and platitudinous reflections in the Guardian, appearing two days after the earthquake: certainly, he argues, the arbitrariness of the destruction visited upon so many and such diverse victims must pose an insoluble conundrum for «creationists» everywhere» although he wonders, in concluding, whether his contemporaries are «too cowed» even to ask «if the God can exist that can do such things» (as if a public avowal of unbelief required any great reserves of fortitude in modern Britain).

(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election of officers be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all enrolled Democrats residing in the political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request of any member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed by an officer of the organization designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement of all candidates for party position or public office in the party primary be by a secret ballot of the members of the organization.

«The first thing I did upon becoming prime minister was to install air conditioners in buildings... This was key to public efficiency,» Lew wrote in a 2009 article for the New Perspectives Quarterly.

One thing we can all agree upon: a cult movie doesn't need to remain obscure, but can achieve widespread critical respectability and public awareness over time.

This may be Keaton's most brilliant performance in years, perhaps ever, channeling into Riggan's own ups and downs as an actor to draw upon his own quest for a comeback to relevancy in the hearts and minds of a public that only sees him as «that guy that did that thing», and nothing more.

They decide they muust've stumbled upon a new sexual fetish — «normaling» — where people do kinky things like cover their partner's cold feet with an afghan and go to Bed Bath and Beyond and shop for home necessities in public.

by Walter Chaw The one good thing about Christophe Barratier's unbelievably inane, saccharine, and derivative The Chorus (Les Choristes) is that it offers the much put - upon American public a little comfort in the knowledge that the French mainstream (which made this film its top - grossing title of last year) has just as unquenchable a sweet tooth for pap.

In his final public statement, released upon his death this week, Sandy McDonnell wrote, «So when you are sad and sick at heart, go to our friends and relatives and do good things.»

If you're doing a good job of creating and maintaining that all - important communication channel between yourself and the public, it's only a matter of time before the web trolls descend upon you to ruin things for everyone.

The most important thing people should be prepared to do when they adopt a Pit Bull is to be responsible dog guardians - with any breed, training and public representation are very important but this is especially so for Pit Bull type dogs because of the burdens put upon them by ridiculous myths and media misrepresentation.

Heck, I've even heard that Aliens: Colonial Marines is downright average after the patches, but the damage in the public mind's eye was done upon the initial release, and the only thing SEGA earned was the trepidation of a wary consumer.

But if O'Rourke is dumping on the bike in the WSJ, it has re-entered public consciousness, and that's a good thing for those of us who depend upon it for transportation and like it for all of its other good qualities.

Whatever the exact weight put upon appendix 7 subsection 3 caveat 7, the general public have been led to believe — by constant propaganda from climatologits and their political allies for a decade or more — that we live in a dangerously warming world and so must immediately make sacrifices and do counter-intuitive things for the good of the planet.

The truth about Judith Curry, as I see it, is that she has a strong attraction for political dialogue, and refuses to see that the public debate over climate is fundamentally at odds with good science, as is the IPCC - sponsored «consensus» of climate alarmism, or in her case, of climate political - worryism (she seems deeply attached to helping bring about «reasonable» and «responsible» climate policies — whereas my view is that any and all such climate policies, now, are necessarily based upon incompetent, false science, are entirely the wrong thing to try to impose upon the people of the world, and need to be summarily thrown out, before one can even begin to have a dispassionate, competent scientific dialogue — as opposed to the political debate now being served up — on the state of climate science.).

It's like a Canadian Forces ad that shows all the rescuing and peacekeeping and other very nice things that soldiers do — it's wonderful, but it hides the fact that soldiers are for the most part called upon to do very difficult things for the public good.

Plaintiff sued anyway, alleging, among other things, intrusion upon seclusion, public disclosure of private facts, and infliction of emotional distress.

Any person who, without lawful excuse, the burden of proof whereof shall lie upon him, utters, prints, publishes any words, or does any act or thing, calculated to bring into contempt, or to excite defiance of or disobedience to, the lawful authority of a public officer or any class of public officers is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.

There is no such thing as «reunification therapy» and professional psychology should be ashamed of itself for fostering this «junk therapy» upon the Court and public.

And yet another example of how some members of the public feel: part of a client thank you letter — «As you know, prior to asking you to represent us, [my wife] and I interviewed several other «high profile» agents who all promised to do great things, but upon further questioning, it became quite apparent that they could not match your personalized approach and often handed off their clients to underlings during the sale process.

The questions now become these: What is more important in the greater scheme of things; the interests of ingrained sales types, or the public at large, and, where does the real estate practitioner fit into the equation (depending upon one's philosophy) regarding whether being a Realtor should simply be a money - making gambit or a widely respected profession?

Also think about the courses we are required to complete in order to retain our licenses, the E&O insurance, the bureauaracy placed upon us and now you want to let JOE PUBLIC do his own thing for little to nothing.

Come to the meeting Brian has organized, if for no other reason than to help coagulate the flowing blood, from the wounds Ms.. A has inflicted upon those of us whose only intent is to earn a decent living and try as hard as we might to do things the right way, not just for the public, but for ourselves.