Sentences with phrase «were civilized affairs»

The earliest days of commercial air travel were civilized affairs.

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There is no centrally consolidated social experience which has dominion over the affairs of society as a whole; and consequently, a civilized society is not a subject as such, either structurally or functionally.

The efficacy of a civilized society, regardless of its apparent authority in the affairs of individuals, is in reality nothing but the cooperative agency of many persons functioning, either officially or informally, to carry on the daily exercise of accepted practice.

In A.D. 1500, Islam, supported by the Turks and by various peoples of Central Asia; Confucianism, the system on which the Chinese Empire, larger and more populous and apparently more highly civilized than all of Western Europe, was based; Hinduism, the faith of the majority of the peoples of India, a subcontinent more varied racially and probably more populous and wealthier than fifteenth - century Western Europe; and Buddhism, with extensive followings in Southern, Central, and Eastern Asia, all loomed larger in human affairs than did Christianity.

As the above video makes clear, however, synchronous vacancy chains are not always civilized affairs.

All in all, it was a pretty civilized affair.

The electromechanical parking brake is also a push - button affair, making for a very civilized feel from behind the wheel.

It's a four - wheel independent affair that delivers the same kind of sporty and civilized ride as an expensive import, such as an Acura or Volvo.