Sentences with phrase «without more substance»

Not exact matches

«Without meaningful legislation these hearings are more spectacle than substance — so I will continue to steal the spotlight until Senators stop grandstanding and start lawmaking.»

When the erosions of age begin to leave their mark on my body, and still more on my mind; when the ills that must diminish my life or put an end to it strike me down from without or grow up from within me; when I reach that painful moment at which I suddenly realize that I am a sick man or that I am growing old; above all at that final moment when I feel I am losing hold on myself and becoming wholly passive in the hands of those great unknown forces which first formed me: at all these sombre moments grant me, Lord, to understand that it is you (provided my faith is strong enough) who are painfully separating the fibres of my being so as to penetrate to the very marrow of my substance and draw me into yourself

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), «Without treatment the consequences of mental illness for the individual and society are staggering: unnecessary disability, unemployment, substance abuse, homelessness, inappropriate incarceration, suicide and wasted lives; The economic cost of untreated mental illness is more than 100 billion dollars each year in the United States.»

Authentic development strives for a more adequate formulation of unchanging truths, to express the substance of the moral law in new ways without contradicting prior teaching or the truths they contain.

To talk of substance is to suggest (however different may have been the meaning of that word in the classical and medieval period) something that exists in and for and of itself alone, without any necessary dependence upon that which is not itself: while to put the adjective individual before substance is to talk as if this substance could be seen primarily as a particular instance of a more general class.

It is true that Shelvey has made more unsuccessful long passes than any other Premier League midfielder - that quarter - back label is not without substance.

Marriage without sex and physical affection is nothing more than a contractually - binding friendship that absent of an equal share of housework and income is a lopsided agreement, always favoring the party who has backed out of the sexual and physical affection aspect of the relationship (barring reasons such as a failure to maintain physical appearance, substance abuse, or unwarranted infidelity).

«While many in the public think homeless individuals in Erie County are single adult males with a mental illness or substance abuse issues, in fact, in recent years we have seen more and more families without a home and the existing shelters had difficulty meeting their specific needs,»

But the Toxic Substances Control Act explicitly allowed chemicals already employed at the time of the law's passage — BPA and more than 60,000 others — to continue to be used without any evaluation for toxicity or exposure limits.

For more than 40 years, McLean Hospital has been providing care for patients with substance use disorders with and without other co-occurring psychiatric conditions such as major depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

These veterans had a more than twofold increased risk of suicide compared with those without a substance use disorder.

Water is the second most important substance, after oxygen, that we need to consume in order to survive.People can't survive more than a few days without water.

While this success may not be possible for everyone, this should certainly offer a more sensible direction for us to pursue what may be more sensible than going through the challenging exercise of making gluten - free baked goods from substances like almond, potato, tapioca, and bean flours, which may or may not be necessary for a short period of time while you re-introduce your digestive tract to the high - vitamin, mineral, and fiber - endowed heritage grains such as einkorn, emmer, spelt and even some heritage organic whole wheat or one of our more modern organic whole wheat breeds that are grown without chemical treatments.

And now, with the advent of medical and pharmaceutical technology and with it, the industry's increased microscopic focus on biochemistry, scientists have already discovered more than a handful of substances that our body simply couldn't live without, like antioxidants, essential amino acids, and many others.

Cooper and Clarkson are remarkable, it goes without saying, and McAdams is fine, if still having to work off The Family Stone — but the revelation is Brosnan, who reveals himself in this character of a philandering, tortured, uncertain playboy to be an actor of substance and, more gratifyingly, sensitivity.

Some of the more childish humour seems forced and without real substance, largely focusing on slapstick sight gags and the consumption of disgusting foods such as pancakes filled with worms.

Students without the experience of early learning success are far more likely to engage in risky behaviors, substance abuse, drop out of school, and find trouble with the law.

An important further point that requires a little more substance understanding is that the paper fails totally without the equation (34).

It is little more than name calling and grumbling without much technical substance.

Otherwise, such a hypothesis does not even satisfy the First Law of Thermodynamics (basically, conservation of energy): Without substances in the atmosphere that absorb terrestrial radiation, the earth's surface at its present temperature would be emitting back out into space way more energy than it receives from the sun and hence would rapidly cool down.

legal problems they don't know that they have, e.g., one unserviced legal problem often leads to several more — e.g., termination of employment without cause or compensation, means debt, loss of property, family break - up, depression, substance abuse, and sometimes suicide, etc.; and, (3) enlist the help of the social media, news media, pressure groups, and those political parties in opposition to governments; (4) everyone should complain loudly to all of the above about law societies» failure to try to solve the unaffordable legal services problem — their failure to attack it is the cause.

A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.

Victims have been shown to experience more post-traumatic stress and dissociation symptoms than non-abused children, 8 as well as more depression and conduct problems.9 They engage more often in at - risk sexual behaviours.10 Victims are also more prone to abusing substances, 11 and to suicide attempts.12 These mental health problems are likely to continue into adulthood.13 CSA victims are also more at risk than non-CSA youth to experience violence in their early romantic relationships; 14 women exposed to CSA have a two to three-fold risk of being sexually revictimized in adulthood compared with women without a history of CSA exposure.15

Exclusion criteria were unconsciousness for more than 15 minutes after the accident or having no memory of the accident, history of psychosis, current alcohol or other substance dependence, borderline personality disorder, severe depression needing immediate treatment in its own right (suicide risk), and treatment or assessments that could not be conducted without the aid of an interpreter.

Our girls have often manifested one or more of the following types of behaviors or unhealthy coping mechanisms: withdrawal and isolation from family and friends; trouble maintaining friendships; discontinuation of previously enjoyable activities; excessive anger or verbal aggression; defiance toward authority or unwillingness to follow directions; school avoidance or refusal; substance experimentation or abuse; risky sexual activity; self - harm; suicidal ideation or gestures; Internet obsession or addiction; leaving home without permission for significant periods of time; frequent dishonest communication; and declining academic performance.