In addition, they have been converted to Zen Buddhism, with its glorification of all that is `` natural '' and mysteriously alive, the sense that everything in the world is flowing.

It takes a great deal of abstraction to free oneself from the primitive impression of larger unities of power and influence and to view one's world simply as a collection of sense data arranged in such and such sequence and pattern, devoid of all power to move the feelings and actions except in so far as they present themselves for inspection.

The slaves never shared in their profits, while they did share, in a very real sense, in the profits of the slave-owners: they were fed, clothed, doctored, and so forth ; ;

These new pictures focussed on the familiar and commonplace objects that he had heard the men in his prison camp talking about as the things they missed most, hence associated with the sense of lost freedom: the cafe at the corner, the newspaper kiosk, the girls in doorways and windows along the street, the golden-crusted French bread they lacked, the cigarettes denied them.

they are self-correcting in the sense that they are subject to disciplined procedures that check and recheck against error.

In a real sense they are admittedly conservative, but their conservatism incorporates a traditionalized embodiment of the original `` radicalism '' of 1776.

In this sense also, they are surely conformists.

Frankly, it is being very cleverly done for, in a sense, they have us over a barrel.

He could no longer build anything, whether a private residence in his Pennsylvania county or a church in Brazil, without it being obvious that he had done it, and while here and there he was taken to task for again developing the same airy technique, they were such fanciful and sometimes even playful buildings that the public felt assured by its sense of recognition after a time, a quality of authentic uniqueness about them, which, once established by an artist as his private vision, is no longer disputable as to its other values.

Since faculty see themselves as self-employed professionals rather than as employees, enthusiasm in a common enterprise is proportionate to the sense of ownership they have in it by virtue of sharing in the decisions that govern its course.

On the basis of what they give us we can know how the young Caruso sang, appreciate the distinctive qualities of Parsifal under Karl Muck's baton, or sense the type of ensemble Toscanini created in his years with the New York Philharmonic.

Fortunately, although only a few years ago they held the student at arms length, today the business houses welcome the opportunity to aid the student, not only from an increased sense of community responsibility but also from the realization that the student of today is the interior designer of tomorrow -- that the student already is `` in the trade ''.

The ninth century was in its artistic work `` the spiritually freest and most self-sufficient between past and future '', and the loving skill spent by its artists upon their products is a testimonial to their sense that what they were doing was important and was appreciated.

for the developments in these areas make sense only if they are connected to the age of revolution itself.

they realize the relevance of what they are learning to their future careers, and this sense of purpose is carried over to the academic courses which they are studying at the same time.

They made sense and yet they didn't.

Any more than they have the sense to eat mussels.

Housewives are finding literally hundreds of ways of getting the maximum use out of traditional designs, says Mr. Alden and they are doing it largely because Colonial craftsmen had `` an innate sense of the practical ''.

Adam and Eve were perfect, not in the sense that they possessed perfection, but in the sense that they were capable of development toward perfection.

`` We were requested by the Secretary General, as I understand it, to discuss with you such matters as appear to us to be relevant, and we are not of course either a formal group or a committee in the sense of being guided by any rules or regulations of the Secretariat.

Mercer's lyrics are characterized by an unerring ear for rhythmic nuances, a puckish sense of humor expressed in language with a colloquial flair.

The intimations of a related spirit and ordering of human values are stronger than any sense of disparity.

The uniform fiscal year ensures conformance with another common sense rule, that of having cash in the bank before checks are drawn.

If, for some reason such as economy, we are not going to develop aircraft nuclear propulsion with a sense of national urgency, then we should turn our effort to developing jet engines with a thrust-to-weight ratio of 12 or 15 to one.

We are trying to study a linear operator T on the finite-dimensional space V, by decomposing T into a direct sum of operators which are in some sense elementary.

But it is true that the therapist can sense, when he hears this stereotype, that there are at this moment many emotional determinants at work in it, a blurred babel of indistinct voices which have yet to become clearly delineated from one another.

The dictionary is a form dictionary, at least in the sense that complete forms are used as the basis for matching text occurrences with dictionary entries.

There would be no conceivable sense in going to the opposite extreme of selecting items whose forms are the most unstable.

The necessary inference, as the authors themselves interpret it, would seem to be this: `` ( ( 1 ) Spatial qualities are not among those grasped by the sense of touch, as such.

Therefore, if the sense of touch is functioning normally and there is a complete absence of spatial awareness in a psychically-blind person when the eyes are closed and an object is handled, the conclusion seems unavoidable that touch by itself cannot focus and take possession of the third-dimensionality of things and that actual sight or visual representations are necessary.

In this sense, authorities believe that all estimates of phony device quackery are conservative.

I do not mean to suggest that these assumptions are self-evident, in the sense that everyone agrees with them.

These conditions are unobtainable -- are not even approachable in the qualified sense I have indicated -- without the prior defeat of world Communism.

Proximate in the sense that there are more distant, more `` positive '' ends we seek, to which victory over Communism is but a means.

The Israeli West Bank barrier has become a site for graffiti, reminiscent in this sense of the Berlin Wall.

In some sense, granular materials do not constitute a single phase of matter but have characteristics reminiscent of solids, liquids, or gases depending on the average energy per grain.

In a deeper sense, Snyder observes that change was viewed as cyclical, rather than progressive, in a way reminiscent of agricultural societies.

Lutyens also designed the approach from the harbour, with curved step-like terraces reminiscent of the now-vanished Ripetta in Rome ; characteristically, having ascended those Baroque steps, one has to cross an open field to come to the curtain wall, the entrance gateway not being at first visible ; so there is a wonderful sense of expectancy.

Some of his music is reminiscent of the concertato style of Giovanni Gabrieli, and a modern sense of tonality prevails throughout.

However, not all strips are wholly humorous ; many are intended simply to evoke a sense of beauty or wonderment at nature ( especially Sunday issues, painted in watercolor and often lacking dialogue ), somewhat reminiscent at times of Calvin and Hobbes.

There is an underlying sense of watchfulness reminiscent of the zodiac signs Libra and Scorpio.

Anjan Dutt's style of music is different from the others in the sense that it has simple tunes, one that is reminiscent of western folk music.

Slowly, as Eddie matured and kicked his bad habits, Roland grudgingly accepted that Eddie's sense of humor was both reminiscent of his old companion Cuthbert Allgood, but it was also a defense mechanism formed from his abusive relationship with his older brother.

The economic, political and social crises of contemporary France ˜— exclusion, immigration, unemployment, racism, etc .— and ( for some ) the notion that France has lost its sense of identity and international prestige — through the rise of American hegemony, the growth of Europe and of global capitalism ()— have created what some critics ( like Nancy Huston ) have seen as a new form of detached nihilism, reminiscent of the 50s and 60s ( Beckett, Cioran ).