Sentences with phrase «world prominent people»

Asked by the Rockland County Times who these «world prominent people»» are, Van Der Clock said «I can not tell you,» implying he was sworn to secrecy.

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Warren Buffett, No. 3 on Forbes» list of the world's richest people and most prominent among the low - tax dissenters, wrote an op - ed in The New York Times arguing that, in concert with budget cuts, Washington should raise taxes — especially on dividends and capital gains — for those earning upwards of US$ 1 million a year and even more on the 8,000 or so Americans making $ 10 million and up.

And Catholic thinkers — the writings of Jacques Maritain are a prominent case in point — have long promoted a «Christian Humanism,» a perspective that celebrates the created dignity of the human person in God's design for the world.

It is worth making an effort to stock one's bookshelves and learn some of the prominent psychological and social theories about LGBT people — not to become a therapist, but as a way of increasing one's awareness of the inner world of LGBT people.

In his significant work Christianity in World History, a prominent theologian Arend Theodor van Leeuwen has argued that the idea of separating out the things of God from the things of people in such a way as to deny the divine nature of kingship was first formulated in ancient Israel and then became a major motif of Christianity.

Such a grid, kept over a two - month period, would reveal those persons and groups who are most prominent, and most neglected, in the world view of the sermons.

Of the two major emphases in the early church with regard to the relation between the risen and exalted Lord and his people, one, far more prominent in the Synoptic record, is the hope of his return in glory to judge the world and inaugurate the new age.

Which begs the question: Of all the prominent people in the world, why was Wells singled out?

Why does a private 501 (c)(4) organization, MAIG, whose most prominent member is one of the richest people in the world, have its website run on taxpayer - funded Web servers?

While most of WhoSay's clients come from the entertainment world, Ellis says he'd like to branch out and attract more prominent people from the political arena.

He is loved by all prominent Ghanaians and leaders across the world and this is why President John DramaniMahama is the best person to take Ghana to the next level.

We'll be delighted to share the university's most prominent research news, finding a proper expert to comment on the world science agenda or to clear out a complicated science issue, connecting you to a right person or providing any other information you might need

For millions of people who use Match.com today, the convenience of the services thanks to the mobile apps, the large membership base, and the constant focus on innovation continues to make this service the most prominent dating site in the US and in many parts of the world.

In case you did not know or haven't heard yet, online dating is the most prominent way of meeting attractive and fun people all over the world.

Author C.M. Rubin has asked six people prominent in the world of education what they would do if they had the job, and this is the first of six posts in which we will hear from them all answering that question.

«Facing History and Ourselves consistently demonstrates extraordinary leadership by creating an open forum where people can hear from prominent speakers and discuss challenging social issues in this country and around the world,» said Stacy Sharpe, senior vice president of Allstate Corporate Relations and a member of Facing History's Chicago Advisory Board.

Featuring keynote addresses by prominent Project Zero researchers who have been exploring questions about education in the digital era, the sessions discussed practical and relevant ways to help young people make important connections — to curriculum, to the world beyond the classroom walls, to their peers, and to their mentors.

As one prominent psychologist has argued, «Forced treatment for people with mental illness has had a long and abusive history, both here in the United States and throughout the world (read our related «Beyond the Book» about controversial psychiatric practices).

Take into account that the majority of prominent and world famous people had the drafts of their masterpieces.

As I dug deeper I was struck by the sense of outrage and loss this painting aroused in so many people: The family of Lea Bondi, determined to reclaim the stolen portrait she had failed to recover in her lifetime; the Manhattan District Attorney who sent shock waves through the international art world and enraged many of New York's most prominent cultural organizations when he issued a subpoena and launched a criminal investigation following the surprise resurfacing of Portrait of Wally; the New York art dealer who tipped off a reporter about the painting during the opening of the Schiele exhibition at MoMA; the Senior Special Agent at the Department of Homeland Security who vowed not to retire until the fight was over; the art theft investigator who unearthed the post-war subterfuge and confusion that ultimately landed the painting in the hands of a young, obsessed Schiele collector; the museum official who testified before Congress that the seizure of Portrait of Wally could have a crippling effect on the ability of American museums to borrow works of art; the Assistant United States Attorney who took the case to the eve of trial; and the legendary Schiele collector who bartered for Portrait of Wally in the early 1950s and fought to the end of his life to bring it home to Vienna.

Modig takes you on her own personal journey of buying art for the first time and she interviews prominent people from the art world, sharing their own insights and making art more accessible to everyone.

In a world where people are having fewer children, pets are taking a more prominent role.

The list of prominent bicyclists in film history includes misfit teens (Napoleon Dynamite), eccentric Einstein - like scientists (the license-less Jeff Goldblum character in Independence Day, in which the bike is, admittedly, shown as a pretty decent way to escape Manhattan), vaguely countercultural types (Mark Wahlberg's character in I Heart Huckabees, or Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men) perpetual man - children (Pee - Wee's Big Adventure), and people who otherwise refuse to grow up or are out of touch with real life and the working world.

A number of reports from prominent non-governmental organizations, including World Resources Institute and the Center for International Forestry Research, have found that forest communities and indigenous forest people are good at protecting the forests they live in, provided they are given the collective right to do so.

Most prominent is a role - playing exercise called World Energy that has been piloted at top academic institutions to ground people in the energy and climate challenge and allow them to develop a vision for how it can be addressed.