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The minister of the Gospel is really the yardstick by which the nation measures its morals. Jimmy Swaggart

Nation Minister Morals Gospel Yardstick Which Really Measures

In the old days of literature, only the very thick-skinned - or the very brilliant - dared enter the arena of literary criticism. To criticise a person's work required equal measures of erudition and wit, and inferior critics were often the butt of satire and ridicule. Joanne Harris

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I hate politics and what are considered their appropriate measures. I hate notoriety, public meetings, public speeches, caucuses and everything that I know of which is apparently the necessary incident of politics - except doing public work to the best of my ability. John Abbott

Take '39 Steps'. When I finished writing it, I counted the number of measures in the composition. I always do this because I am interested in the length of a song. So I counted this one a couple of times because 39 is an unusual number of measures for a song. John Abercrombie

Song Writing Finished Composition Take Counted Steps Couple Unusual Because Always Am Times Interested Length Measures Number

Measures of policy are necessarily controlled by circumstances; and, consequently, what may be wise and expedient under certain circumstances might be eminently unwise and impolitic under different circumstances. To persist in acting in the same way under circumstances essentially different would be folly and obstinacy, and not consistency. John C. Calhoun

Wise Consistency Way Circumstances Would Would-Be Folly Obstinacy Policy Unwise Persist Same Expedient Controlled May Essentially Different Might Certain Acting Measures Necessarily Consequently

One important measurement issue concerns the fat tails problem that I mentioned earlier. VAR is concerned with extreme outcomes. If the tails of the probability distributions we are using are too thin, our VAR measures are likely to be too low. John Hull

The government would also be wise to press on with its further measures to promote growth, as it will want to outperform the low figures in this outlook. This will mean delivering measures to ease money and credit and to stimulate demand. John Redwood

And I say in the book, 'Hard Measures,' that actually they were pretty wimpy if you really - if the American people actually knew what these techniques where, they would say, what are you talking about? Jose Rodriguez

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State government's efforts to address climate change must include reduced consumption and other conservation measures as water shortages become the new normal. Kate Brown

Government Change Water Become Other State Address Must Consumption New Climate Reduced Climate Change Normal Efforts Shortages Measures Include Conservation

We shouldn't any of us be afraid of teaching protective measures to save lives. Kyan Douglas

Protective Any Afraid Us Teaching Measures Lives Save

It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis. LeRoy Neiman

Life Big Band Few Jazz Stars Difficult Saw Completed Favorite Recognizable Has-Been Possibly Onto Knew Perform Feet Big Band Been Current Size Hold Biggest Measures Many Paintings Nearly Portraits

Comrade Deng Xiaoping - along with other party elders - gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures. Li Peng

Leadership Political Party Down Other Gave Disturbance Comrade Put Firm Support Along Forceful Elders Full Measures Using

Change Unpopular Times Behaviour Order Measures Needed

If you are opposed to immigration or support strictly punitive immigration measures, you cannot even start a conversation about other issues with most Latino voters. Luis Gutierrez

You Conversation Immigration Other Strictly Latino Punitive About Support Voters Most Opposed Issues Cannot Measures Even Start

Under the new government of the Constitution, beginning in 1789, all of the peacetime measures were repeated: chaplains, prayers, memorials of Thanksgiving, the Northwest Ordinance, funding for the Christian education of Indians. M. Stanton Evans

Education Government Thanksgiving Constitution Beginning Christian Memorials Indians New New Government Were Repeated Prayers Northwest Ordinance Measures Peacetime Funding

Most people don't know that the biggest regret that I have - and it's a biggie - is not fighting harder for policy and very practical measures to support the development of the green jobs industry. Majora Carter

People Regret Fighting Jobs Support Development Know Most Practical Industry Policy Very Green Biggest Biggie Measures Harder

When WHO works with the private sector, the Organization takes all possible measures to ensure its work to develop policy and guidelines is protected from industry influence. Margaret Chan

Work Organization Guidelines Ensure Sector Possible Develop Takes Protected Industry Policy Private Private Sector Influence Measures Who Works

My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already submitted to you. Martin Van Buren

Best You Conviction Further Those Objects Opinion Been Accomplishment Provisions Submitted Legislative Regard Public Measures Necessity Adapted

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability. Mercy Otis Warren

War Extraordinary Late Adequate Ability More Colonies Parliament French Were Than Acknowledged Against Measures Cooperation British

Health care is much the same - the status quo is, by all measures, failing far too many people - and we must not shrink from the challenge. Michael Bennet

Health People Challenge Care Too Many People Too Must Status Status Quo Failing Health Care Same Quo Far Much Measures Many Shrink

Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve. Michael Gove

Education Achievement Secretaries Those Exams Devalued Like Know Became Because Tractor Real Praising Were Labor Soviet Achievements Children Unfortunately Production Ground Measures Figures Deserve

Unions have long championed measures to reduce social and economic inequality, and efforts to weaken the labor movement at both the state and federal level have successfully stalled any progress. Mike Quigley

We need to do a lot more thinking about how the regime is going to evolve, how the bad guys are going to adapt their tactics, and what measures we're going to need in order to go forward. Mitchell Reiss

Thinking Evolve Bad Bad Guys About Guys More Tactics How Go Lot Going Order Regime Measures Forward Adapt Need

While everyone is focused on security and civil liberties, Trump's Cabinet of billionaires will try to quietly push through even more extreme measures to enrich themselves and their class, like dismantling Social Security or auctioning off major pieces of government for profit. Naomi Klein

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