She said: “ the Falcon is proud and dignified, with great courage and fight.

“ Together we will work to support courage where there is fear, foster agreement where there is conflict, and inspire hope where there is despair .”

In the Mesopotamian epics, Atrahasis ( Utnapishtim ) is glorified as a hero for his epic deeds of building and loading the ark, whereas Genesis simply says, “ Noah did all that the LORD commanded him .” Obedience to God, not human courage, is the focus in the later Genesis narrative.

In East Timor, one of the two predominately Christian nations in southeast Asia ( the Philippines being the other ), for some, the roof of the house is reserved for gods and spirits of ancestors, the lower portion remains for the nature spirit and usually occupied by animals, and the cock is admired because of courage and perseverance, with the courage of a man compared with that of the cock, with the cockfight occurring regularly and “ many tais designs include the cock ”.

As John Gillies has argued “ the ‘ orientalism ’ of Cleopatra ’ s court — with its luxury, decadence, splendour, sensuality, appetite, effeminacy and eunuchs — seems a systematic inversion of the legendary Roman values of temperance, manliness, courage ”.

It is strange that only Dick Irvin and I have the courage to risk our livelihood by defending our rights against such a dictator .”( On the topic of ' paper assists ' given out in Detroit :) “ It is not surprising that Howe, Lindsay and Abel are among the top point-scorers in the league, although I admit Howe and Lindsay are good players.

The senate, “ inspired by the courage, rather than the wisdom, of their predecessors ,” as Gibbon laconically put it, was in favor of war with Alaric until Stilicho persuaded them to give into Alaric ’ s demands.

Mencken referred to Dreiser as “ a man of large originality, of profound feeling, and of unshakable courage ”.

Among various points of criticism of the Sōka Gakkai is its teaching of members for praying for material benefit as well as spiritual development in daily life: " This emphasis on benefit has been viewed with great suspicion by some Gakkai critics in the West ".. SGI clarifies the benefit of the practice as: “ Gakkai members learned to chant for vitality, courage, and mental and physical health, adequate food and housing, a decent job, a good spouse and a happy family ..

A Berlin Deaconess, Marga Meusel, showed courage as a Christian and offered “ perhaps the most impassioned, the bluntest, the most detailed and most damning of the protests against the silence of the Christian churches ” because she went the furthest in speaking on behalf of the Jews.

Antonio Baretti commented in 1768 that individuals “ of weight and consideration ” should not be blamed for condemning “ those puny gentlemen ” who, as enthusiasts of Italian opera, were able to “ feel its minuet niceties, and to be of course in rapture with the languishing Cecchina ’ s of Piccini .” This modern music, Baretti decried, “ far from having any power of increasing courage or any manly virtues, has on the contrary a tendency towards effeminacy and cowardliness .”

Dubbed “ La Armata cristiana della Santa Fede – The Christian Army of the Holy Faith ,” this horde made up for its lack of training and equipment with enthusiasm, ferocity, and suicidal courage.

“ Then saw I mankind's Lord come with great courage when he would mount on me ” ( 33b-34b ), with Jesus as the strong conqueror.

Her story is also of her rare courage and dedication when at the height of her career, she “ gave it all up ” during World War II after her sister was killed by a German air raid, to work in the line of fire on troop trains for the Red Cross in Italy – for which she was awarded the American Medal of Freedom.

Jacques combines “ action, poetry, songs, courage, and vivid descriptions ” to create a unique style that spans the seemingly endless series.

“ The mission of Social Democracy is to awaken the producer to a consciousness that he is a Socialist and to give him courage by changing his conditions.

Since 1960 the Award has been presented to “ peace heroes ” who have exemplified the courage of nonviolent resistance to abusive power, armed conflict, and violent oppression.

* Robert Capa Gold Medal for “ outstanding courage and reporting ” by the Overseas Press Club for her work in Nicaragua ( 1978 )

When he was finally brought to the stake his courage left him, and as the fires were lit he is said to have quickly cried out to recant and was pulled from the fire, although by then he had been “ well scorched .” Two or three weeks later he was again brought before the courts and, no longer fearing the searing flames, refused and “ blasphemed more audaciously than before .” The King quickly ordered his final execution, and on 11 April 1612, he was once more led to the stake.

Although the bill failed, Inslee ’ s tenacity made an impression on House Speaker Joe King, who said, “ He ’ s not afraid to incur the wrath of the speaker or the caucus .” In 1991, Inslee voted for the state energy policy which had the state devise a cost-effective energy strategy, and that state agencies and school districts pursue and maintain energy-efficient operation of their facilities.

A 1900 article reported that “ Mr. Capewell ’ s tenacity of purpose has brought him to the top and it is Hartford ’ s boast that he is one of the men who has done much toward making the city known the world over .” Capewell was among the passengers who attended the maiden voyage of the RMS Lusitania in September 1907.

She has only the ability to create a soulless body, and thus she is “ persuaded to undertake the journey to heaven to ask for a soul ,” and “ the Seven Liberal Arts produce a chariot for her ... the Five Senses are the horses ”.

Freud wrote that changing homosexuality was difficult and possible only under unusually favourable conditions, observing that “ in general to undertake to convert a fully developed homosexual into a heterosexual does not offer much more prospect of success than the reverse .” Success meant making heterosexual feeling possible, not eliminating homosexual feelings.

Virtual team leaders need to become virtually “ present ” in order to closely monitor team members and notice any changes that might affect their ability to undertake their tasks.

According to the American Management Association and the ePolicy Institute that undertake an annual quantitative survey about electronic monitoring and surveillance with approximately 300 U. S. companies, “ more than one fourth of employers have fired workers for misusing e-mail and nearly one third have fired employees for misusing the Internet “.

And as children learn more and more foreign language, children start to adapt, and gets absorbed into the foreign culture that they “ undertake to describe themselves in ways that engage with representations other have made ” ( Pratt 35 ).

In its 1986 Annual Report the Volcker led Federal Reserve Board recommended that Congress permit bank holding companies to underwrite municipal revenue bonds, mortgage-backed securities, commercial paper, and mutual funds and that Congress “ undertake hearings or other studies in the area of corporate underwriting .” As described above, in the 1930s Glass-Steagall advocates had alleged that bank affiliate underwriting of corporate bonds created “ conflicts of interest .”

This has prompted the central government to undertake a campaign called “ Revitalize the Northeast ”.

The first sense of " assume " in the OED is " to take unto ( oneself ), receive, accept, adopt .” The term was originally employed in religious contexts as in “ to receive up into heaven ,” especially “ the reception of the Virgin Mary into heaven, with body preserved from corruption ,” ( 1297 CE ) but it was also simply used to refer to “ receive into association ” or “ adopt into partnership .” Moreover, other senses of assumere included ( i ) “ investing oneself with ( an attribute ), ” ( ii ) “ to undertake ” ( especially in Law ), ( iii ) “ to take to oneself in appearance only, to pretend to possess ,” and ( iv ) “ to suppose a thing to be ” ( all senses from OED entry on “ assume ”; the OED entry for “ assumption ” is almost perfectly symmetrical in senses ).

Whilst trait-based personality theory assume that high-level competencies like initiative, creativity, and leadership can be assessed using “ internally consistent ” measures ( see psychometrics ), the McClelland measures recognize that such competencies are difficult and demanding activities which will neither be developed nor displayed unless people are undertaking activities they care about ( i. e. are strongly motivated to undertake ).

Carson Grants offer undergraduates the opportunity to undertake a scholarly, creative or professional research project during the summer, and the Lilly Project provides grants, internships and programs to help students discern their “ calling in life ” and create meaningful professional paths.

A “ hothouse ” that combines the disciplines of political science, sociology, computer science, engineering, and graphic design, the Citizen Lab ’ s mission is to undertake advanced research and engage in development that monitors, analyses, and impacts the exercise of political power in cyberspace.

In January 1965, Mao suggested to the Party Politburo that the principal enemies of socialism in China were “ those people in authority within the Party who are taking the capitalist road ” and urged that the Party undertake a “ cultural revolution .” The Politburo established a five-man group, chaired by Peng Zhen, its fifth-ranking member and head of the Beijing Party Organization and mayor of the capital city.

Habakkuk gives Daniel the food to sustain him, and is immediately taken back to “ his own place .”

In the Phenomenology of Perception Merleau-Ponty wrote: “ Insofar as I have hands, feet ; a body, I sustain around me intentions which are not dependent on my decisions and which affect my surroundings in a way that I do not choose ” ( 1962, p. 440 ).

The essence of ‘ sustained yield forestry ’ was described for example by William A. Duerr, a leading American expert on forestry: “ To fulfill our obligations to our descendents and to stabilize our communities, each generation should sustain its resources at a high level and hand them along undiminished.

Occupational therapy is about helping people do the day-to-day tasks that “ occupy ” their time, sustain themselves, and enable them to contribute to the wider community.

It is Cassius who perceives this colorless, odorless, “ something in the air ”; which, if he can tap into its organizing and animating power in and over Brutus, will motivate Brutus to enlist, to organize, to persuade, and to sustain to completion, the act of conspiracy and brutal murder ; as an action of loyal, loving, patriotism.

Anything at or below that level does not constitute war potential .” Apparently when the SDF was created, “ since the capability of the SDF was inadequate to sustain a modern war, it was not war potential .” Seemingly, the Japanese government has looked for loopholes in the wording of the peace clause and the “ constitutionality of the Japanese military has been challenged numerous times .” Some Japanese people believe that Japan should be truly pacifist and claim that the SDF is unconstitutional.

To sustain interest in the story, the World organized a “ Nellie Bly Guessing Match ” in which readers were asked to estimate Bly ’ s arrival time to the second, with the Grand Prize consisting at first of ( only ) a free trip to Europe and, later on, spending money for the trip.

During this period of prosperity, many incomes doubled in a generation, described by economist Frank Levy as “ upward mobility on a rocket ship .” The substantial increase in average family income within a generation resulted in millions of office and factory workers being lifted into a growing middle class, enabling them to sustain a standard of living once considered to be reserved for the wealthy.

“ Viciously cruel in the name of virtue ”, she keeps Agnes prisoner in the dungeons beneath the convent with only enough bread and water to sustain her but not nourish her.

The wad wanders the streets at night, sucking up people ’ s moisture to sustain himself, turning them into “ flavourless ” zombies.

“ Cave-and Crevice-Dwelling Bats on USACE Projects: Gray Bat ( Myotis grisescens ).” < http :// el. erdc. usace. army. mil / elpubs / pdf / si25. pdf >.</ ref > Each disturbance during hibernation is estimated to use energy that otherwise could sustain a Gray Bat through 10 – 30 days of undisturbed hibernation .< ref > Brady, J., T. Kunz, M. Tuttle, Ph. D., D. Wilson ( July 1982 ).

Shiva, upon the request of the gods, came forward in a calm disposition and said that he would drink the Halahala ( poison ) for “ the sake of his family to sustain peace and allow them to find the nectar of immortality .” By drinking the Halahala, he eliminated its destructive capacity.

No other immigrant group were required to hold documents proving their lawful residence until 1928, when ‘ immigrant identification cards ’ were first issued to any new immigrant arriving for permanent residence ( these were replaced by green cards, officially alien registration receipt cards, after 1940 ), a fact that Lee calls “ gatekeeping ” and sees as rooted in “ a western American desire to sustain white supremacy in a multiracial West ”.

Over the years, Imagineering has conceived a whole range of retail stores, galleries, and hotels that are designed to be experienced and to create and sustain a very specific mood – for example, the mood of Disney's Contemporary Resort could be called “ futuristic optimism ,” and it ’ s readily apparent given the resort ’ s A-frame structure, futuristic building techniques, modern décor, and the monorail gliding quietly through the lobby every few minutes.

By applying an adaptive management approach to community development the resulting sysems can develop built in sustainable practice as explained by the Environmental Advisory Council ( 2002 ), “ active adaptive management views policy as a set of experiments designed to reveal processes that build or sustain resilience.

In the age of communication technology, amateurs and experts collaborate to create, sustain, and develop virtual communities based on what Gee and Hayes ( 2011 ) call “ passionate affinity spaces ,” or communities organized around “ a shared endeavor, interest, or passion .” Technology, specifically blogs, can be an excellent way to build learning communities and help students learn to write authentically for and respond to various audiences by making their writing public.

Finally, Abbey makes the statement that man needs nature to sustain humanity: “ No, wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread ” ( 211 ).

( When Lincoln offered the assignment in Kentucky to Palmer, then without a command, the general claimed the president directed him firmly: “ Go to Kentucky, keep your temper, do as you please, and I will sustain you .”) Palmer in fact needed little convincing, believing “ that all that was left of slavery Kentucky was its mischiefs ” and, as he related, he was “ determined to ‘ drive the last nail in the coffin ’ of the ‘ institution ’ even if it cost me the command of the department .” ( Indeed, to his wife he opined in 1865 that “ if had been asked five or ten years ago what honor I would ask as the highest which could be confered upon me I would have said let me destroy slavery in Kentucky .”) On March 20, at one of Louisville ’ s Methodist churches, he announced as much.