Sentences with phrase «with challenging notions»

Patkin is an Israeli - born artist who has worked in New York since the early 1980s and whose art marries formal complexity, extraordinary craftsmanship and a highly original engagement with challenging notions of narrative and metaphor.

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The successful creditor talks, combined with the lack of a tangible market effect, is challenging that notion.

But all along there was the strategic notion of melding the paper with The Tribune, given the obvious challenges of two papers operating successfully in the same major market.

The notion of the human individual as a rational, self - legislating being has been challenged as an affront to the human connection both with history and with nature.

Ebert made no effort to challenge Clark's notion that «some» kids will see his movie with their understanding parents who will then take them down the street for a milkshake and a heart - to - heart chat about AIDS.

The problem with the notion that your god sends natural disasters to challenge us is that it, by your definition, is omniscient and should know that after having beset man with numerous natural disasters throughout history, it matters not.

Women are speaking with a new voice, a courageous voice which challenges many traditional assumptions — the most important is the challenge to the notion that women are required, by tradition and by the biblical heritage, to submit to all forms of inhuman treatment.

In doing so he challenges the unfortunate notion that metaphysics is nothing to do with physics and finally resolves the impasse concerning objective knowledge thrown up by Immanuel Kant.

Although flawed, it is brilliant, and challenges the notions that we can «know» anything reliably with our senses and seeks to find something more reliable than observation.

American dominance and isolation and perfect security ended with the launching of Sputnik and the rise of a third world with its commitment to neutrality rather than to either communist or capitalist ideologies, and it challenged your notion and mine of this country's manifest destiny to be the city on the hill, the new Eden, the covenanted people — as never before in U.S. history.

As with cannibalism we are confronted with the most direct challenge to basic notions about the dignity of the human form.

Peter learned two things from the dissidents: the notion of «living in the truth»; and the disconcerting thought that Communism and Western liberal democracy had things in common, modern science to begin with, that challenged human freedom and dignity.

After all, if we «swallow the camel» by not challenging the notion that unplanned natural forces gave rise to all living things, starting from nothing but nonliving chemicals, and «strain out the gnat» of man's consciousness as the sole exception to an otherwise completely natural explanation, are we not allowing religious beliefs to interfere with scientific explanation?

The above understanding of motion as a non-continuous event accords neatly with Brian Greene's claim that «it» (i.e. what he has just written) «forcefully challenges» the notion that the fabric of space and time is continuous.

With their overflowing passion for the mission, the movements also challenge our preconceived notions of «being Church» which are perhaps too comfortable and too adapted to the spirit of the age.

In this issue of Attached Family, we delve into temperament and how it intersects with parenting and the development of attachment style, and we challenge the notion that every hard - to - handle child needs a diagnosis.

When Margaret Mead pushed the envelope with challenging ideas in America about maternal health and breastfeeding, her notions denoted several big changes.

TC says: I am uncomfortable with others challenging my preconceived notions.

In partnership with one of the most advanced digital societies, Estonia, the research also focuses on the country's pioneering initiatives, such as «e-residency», an initiative which challenges traditional notions of residency, citizenship and territoriality.

Others felt reinstituting turning privileges will create new conflicts between motorists, pedestrians and cyclists, or that the new clear lanes would just as quickly be filled with idling taxis and ride - hail drivers making pickups and drop - offs — a notion de Blasio challenged.

In challenging the conventional wisdom in being able to implement the wide ranging plan, Carrion said, «we hacked away at the conventional notions, the fears, and we did it through having conversations with folks on the ground.»

The new study also challenges the earlier held notion that animals with eyes to the sides of their heads can not glean information based on the direction of one another's gaze.

The idea that a very disruptive collision of Earth with another planet - sized body, the biggest event in Earth's geological history, did not completely melt and homogenize Earth challenges some of our notions on planet formation and the energetics of giant impacts.

I agree with the editors» response, which challenges Taylor's notion of Earth's role in this regard.

In line with this notion, some investigators report higher cyst density in amygdalar regions known to be involved in innate fear [6], although this has been challenged by others [32].

Of all the actors, he encountered the biggest challenge due to our familiarity with Lincoln — or at least our long - established notions of what the man was like.

Earlier this year, Sleeping with Other People paid lip service to challenging long - held notions of the superiority of monogamous relationships before finally conforming to them.

Arcadelia challenges both of those notions with Apoteos: Steam Wars, a competitive multiplayer tower defense and attack game aimed squarely at...

It's almost inconceivable that an American debut this defiantly odd — one clearly conceived as a challenge to notions of «good taste» — could be produced at this budget - level, with this cast, in 2016.

However, in this case, it's a bracing kind of messiness, reflective of characters, and possibly even a filmmaker, honestly reckoning with the challenges that come with growing, aging, questioning their own preconceived notions and becoming more aware of themselves.

As with many notions that challenge the educational status quo, this one can be traced to Paul Hill, the protean researcher at the University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE).

Virtual schools have arrived — and with them, a host of challenges to our notions about school and schooling.

The notion of teaching for understanding, and really trying to get to grips with the challenges that learners face when you are developing teaching materials.

Only a couple of weeks back, 10 forms of 30 students were propelled into a simulated working environment, challenged with the notion of developing a profitable business idea, that they can collectively operate for a four - month period.

On timing, she says: «You need to challenge any notion that such a conversation happens in 10 minutes with 17 other people waiting to get through.

Joining the National Board shortly after its 25th anniversary in 2011, Thorpe reinvigorated the organization with the goal of making Board certification the norm for every teacher, challenging the notion that it was an elite credential that few teachers could hope to achieve.

Meeting this expectation requires educators to redefine their understanding of rigor and embrace the notion that challenging students is not about inundating them with more work.

But as previous attempts to correct the imbalance have failed to keep up with population shifts, the district's leaders and many parents are challenging the notion that the law, which was passed in 1969, is even relevant today.

Road & Track tapped into the notion that the SEMA Challenge gave enthusiasts a chance to get involved with the trade - only SEMA Show.

But Ford managed to challenge our notions of just how good a digital instrument panel could be with the $ 450k Ford GT supercar, crafting something that was too clean - cut and simple to look obviously dated.

While reliability may not be a word often associated with Nissan, this statistic really challenges that notion especially considering Nissan sold more than 200,000 units last year.

I've been so impressed with it and the way it challenges the entire notion of traditional book metaphors like «the page,» that I have a few hundred words of a post sitting on my computer where unfinished blog - posts collect dust.

While you certainly have challenged our notion that boards represent the interests of the shareholders, we remain optimistic that, with some persistence, shareholders can prevail on even the most intransigent management and board to listen to their concerns and protect their investment or personally pay back shareholders for what, in our opinion, is a gross dereliction of fiduciary duty.

The Azawakh from sub-Saharan Africa challenges that notion with its oddly elegant, cat - like gait; it happily prances along with an upright double suspension gallop.

«My love affair with this feral cat colony made me challenge my notions of love and family.

Because of all of the misconceptions and pre-conceived notions, it's challenging to place this group of special needs companions, especially when the decks are stacked against them to begin with.

At its media briefing in advance of the E3 Expo, the video game industry's premier trade show, Nintendo announced products for social entertainment that stretch far beyond the current notion of what a video game can be, all while continuing to provide avid gaming fans with the challenges and thrills they desire.

By opening up her studio to the public and being present to interact with museum goers, Dawn challenges the notion of an artist's creative space as an insular and private environment accessible to a select few from the art world.

The traditional notion of the masterpiece is challenged, just as it seems totally out of step with our post-digital experience.

She employs objects generally associated with domesticity to highlight and challenge notions of power, femininity, and consumer culture.