Sentences with phrase «widespread tendency among»

The trial exposed some of the dark corners of the Cuomo administration, including a bullying culture where aides were threatened if they tried to leave, and a widespread tendency among the most senior members of Cuomo's administration to evade transparency rules and keep their communications secret.

Richard C. Leonard Arlington Heights, IL... Robert Wilken reasons from the unexamined premise that the widespread tendency among Christians to concede to Judaism a kind of theological «right to exist» is a movement of the Spirit.

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One of the factors eroding the spirit and commitment in the United Methodist Church is the relativistic tendencies that are so widespread among liberal members.

My own experience in teaching religion and theology to middle - and upper - middle - class undergraduates and graduate students in America for the past decade or so certainly suggests that this way of thinking about religion fits neatly with a strong tendency toward the kind of knee - jerk relativism that is also widespread among those in the same social strata.

However, while suggesting this CSI Effect is perhaps not quite as widespread as one might imagine among jurors, informatician Richard Overill of King's College London believes it might have a positive effect on reducing the tendency to criminal behaviour among some individuals.

«Perhaps some tendency to produce underwater jets might have been there first, because this is widespread among fish,» says Schuster.