He declined the prize on ethical grounds in an open letter to the media.

It still stands at the original site, within the grounds of what is now the Psychiatric Hospital and is open to the public.

The estate and surrounding grounds are open to the public, upholding Henry's stepdaughter Katherine's wish to use the house and property for " educational, civic, social and recreational purposes.

Possibly a borrowing ( probably via Frankish or Old High German ) of the Medieval Latin word foresta " open wood ", foresta was first used by Carolingian scribes in the Capitularies of Charlemagne to refer specifically to the king's royal hunting grounds.

Repeated attempts to open trade were opposed on both commercial and humanitarian grounds, although minor reforms in the 1850s and 60s lowered the prices charged to the natives for " luxuries " like sugar and coffee ; transferred more of the KGH's profits to local communities ; and granted the important Ivigtut cryolite concession to a separate company.

We are opposed on ethical and moral grounds to both the “ outing ” of individuals who want to remain private and to coercing those who desire to be open about their orientation to keep it hidden.

He refused even to consider the idea ( which some of the other Nazi leaders were open to, though only on pragmatic grounds as a way of encouraging Jewish emigration ) that German Jews be allowed to take their personal possessions with them when they left Germany.

When Tiso proved reluctant to do so on the grounds that the autonomy that had existed since October 1938 was sufficient for him, and to completely sever links with the Czechs would leave Slovakia open to being annexed by Hungary, Ribbentrop had the German Embassy in Budapest contact the Regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy.

The grounds are used as a public leisure space, with a bowling green and putting green open during summer.

To the south of the Living Room is a pool deck, a hot tub, and some of the extensive grounds of the mansion, featuring gardens, hot air balloon landing pads, open fields, fishing holes, and the like.

Although born from the same history of Unix, Internet free software, and the hacker culture as the free software movement launched by Richard Stallman and his Free Software Foundation, the Open Source Initiative was formed and chose the term open source, in Michael Tiemann's words, to " dump the moralizing and confrontational attitude that had been associated with ' free software ' in the past and sell the idea strictly on the same pragmatic, business-case grounds that had motivated Netscape.

It is administered separately from the gardens and is the only permanently open attraction within the grounds that requires an additional fee to view.

At this point, Cyril announced his intention to open the council ; however, Candidian enjoined him from doing so on the grounds that the Roman and Antiochean delegations had not arrived yet.

His home and the grounds which have not been subdivided are run by the Town of New Castle Historical Society and is open for guided and self-guided tours.

A basin of urban ecology, Metz gained its nickname of Green City (), displaying extensive open grounds and public gardens and the historic downtown is one of the largest commercial, pedestrian areas in France.

On October 21, 1868 a 7. 0 magnitude earthquake on the Hayward fault which runs through the grounds of the Mission shattered the walls of the Mission church and broke open the roof.

Much of the building space has been renovated for offices and research space, and most of the grounds have been set aside as open space, including a land lab.

The estate is now run as a conference centre, but the castle and grounds are open to the public.

Tacitus claimed the request was refused on the " noble " grounds that ( as related by Tacitus ) " Romans take vengeance on their enemies, not by underhanded tricks, but by open force of arms.

Because the Academy grounds are generally open to the public, the Academy often became a site for protests by anti-war demonstrators.

Authorship of the poem is attributed to Ibycus on textual and historical grounds but its quality as verse is open to debate: " insipid ", " inept and slovenly " or, more gently, " not an unqualified success " and optimally " the work of a poet realizing a new vision, with a great command of epic material which he could manipulate for encomiastic effect.

Otherwise the park grounds are open from dawn to dusk on a daily basis.

The Conservation Area also comprises open parkland of historical importance, including the grounds of Carshalton House Estate ( which contains St. Philomena ’ s Catholic School, St Mary ’ s Junior School, St Mary ’ s Infants School and the Water Tower ) and The Grove Park ( which contains The Grove ).

Haringey has of parks, recreation grounds and open spaces which make up more than 25 % of its total area.

Most grounds and open spaces are open throughout the year but buildings may generally only be visited from Easter to October, sometimes only in the afternoons.

Those three other great activities of the Persians, the bath, the teahouse, and the zur khaneh ( the latter a kind of club in which a leader and a group of men in an octagonal pit move through a rite of calisthenics, dance, chanted poetry, and music ), do not take place in buildings to which entrance tickets are sold, but some of them occupy splendid examples of Persian domestic architecture: long, domed, chalk-white rooms with daises of turquoise tile, their end walls cut through to the orchards and the sky by open arches.

For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.

`` We are menaced for the first time in the history of the Republic by the open and unblushing effort of a multi-millionaire to purchase the Presidential nomination.

Office workers frequently go out there to lunch and swim during the siesta period, which, during the summer, lasts from two until five in the afternoon, when shops and offices are again open for business.

But there are, however, several features of Aristotle's approach which open the way for the moral measure of literature.

However, despite the insight of many of his observations, his own conclusions are open to suspicion because of his failure to employ at all times the correct research methods.

There the truth is, open to eyes that are willing to look.

These boards are nailed to the roof beams by reaching up through the open space between the beams, from inside the shelter.

These striking, modernistic buildings on the East River are open to the public and every weekday guided tours are available.

In contrast are the vast open stretches of ranch country and oil wells.

When painting, Mason's physical eyes are half-closed, while his mind's eye is wide open, and this circumstance accounts in part for the impression he wishes to convey.

Further, the management path does not open the door to higher opportunities than are offered by the more technical path.

Oversized monsters are never brought home either alive or preserved, and field measurements are obviously open to doubt because of the universal tendency to exaggerate dimensions.

Situated in a region of some of the loveliest mountain scenery in the country, the school buildings are located amid open fields and farm lands.

Tsunami are so shallow in comparison with their length that in the open ocean they are hardly detectable.

In some countries the trend has gone further than others: Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela are displaying open sympathy for Castroism, and there is no country -- save the Dominican Republic whose funeral services we recently arranged -- where Castroism and Anti-Americanism does not prevent the government from unqualifiedly espousing the American cause.

Paintings by Titian, Caravaggio, and Rubens are on display ( open 9:30 to 4:00 ).

Her day starts early, but no matter how many pressing letters there are to be written ( and during May, which is National Salvation Army Week, there are plenty ), schedules to be made or problems to be solved, Mrs. Marr's office is always open and the welcome mat is out.

Pope Pius the Sixth, at Rome, in April, 1778, wrote the following: `` The faithful should be excited to the reading of the Holy Scriptures: For these are the most abundant sources which ought to be left open to everyone, to draw from them purity of morals and of doctrine, to eradicate errors which are so widely disseminated in these corrupt times ''.

The gardens themselves are open free of charge the year round, and the 192 permanent employes make sure that not a dead or wilted flower is ever seen indoors or out by any visitor.