Stuart A. Wright, an American sociologist and author, asserts that apostasy is a unique phenomenon and a distinct type of religious defection, in which the apostate is a defector " who is aligned with an oppositional coalition in an effort to broaden the dispute, and embraces public claims-making activities to attack his or her former group.

Jessica Amanda Salmonson similarly sought to broaden the range of roles for female characters in S & S through both her own stories and in editing the World Fantasy Award-winning Amazons ( 1979 ) and Amazons II ( 1982 ) anthologies ; both drew on real and folkloric women warriors, often from areas outside of Europe.

Newton-John was initially reluctant to use the prize she had won, a trip to England, but travelled there nearly a year later after her mother encouraged her to broaden her horizons.

Barbara Fredrickson in her broaden-and-build model suggests that positive emotions such as joy and love broaden a person's available repertoire of cognitions and actions, thus enhancing creativity.

Mansfield began to broaden her literary acquaintances for the remainder of the year, encountering Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Lytton Strachey and Bertrand Russell through social gatherings and introductions from others.

She had a reputation as a respected Arabist, and her instructions were to broaden cultural and commercial contacts with the Iraqi regime.

She had electrolysis to raise her hairline and broaden the appearance of her forehead.

While she was Chair of the US Commission on Immigration Reform she argued that " it is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest .” Her stance on immigration is cited by opponents of current US immigration policy who cite her willingness to penalize employers who violate US immigration regulations, to tighten border security, and to oppose amnesty or any other pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants and to broaden the grounds for the deportation of legal immigrants.

Burma threatened Assam and Bengal ; Britain responded by attacking and absorbing two Burmese provinces into her India holdings to broaden her trade routes to East Asia.

McCarthy has been described as “ the doyenne of anti-gun advocates in the House ” and “ the fiercest gun-control advocate in Congress .” She has made attempts to broaden her policy portfolio, but hasn't been able to shed the label of being a one-issue congresswoman.

She was signed by Capitol records in the late 1970s and in an attempt to broaden her appeal she cut the album Life, Love and Harmony, an album of soulful, funky dance cuts that included the track " Sunshine ", which was to become one of her most sought-after recordings ( albeit among supporters of the rare soul scene with whom she would not usually register ).

The intent is for the awardee to both broaden her horizons while promoting Danish society abroad, and to benefit from vacation and rest time.

" In 1978 Tucker moved to Los Angeles, California, to try, unsuccessfully, to broaden her appeal to pop audiences, and was quickly captivated by the city's nightlife.

Following Sorkin and Schlamme's departure from the series at the end of the fourth season, the relationship takes some new turns, with Donna attempting to broaden her horizons past Josh and pursue her own social life outside of the White House.

Following Sorkin and Schlamme's departure from the series at the end of the fourth season, the relationship takes some new turns, with Donna attempting to broaden her horizons past Josh and pursue her own social life outside of the White House.

After a tour of his laboratory, Langmuir told the eighteen-year-old Blodgett that she needed to broaden her scientific education before coming to work for him.

Both in and out of survival class, sometimes with Jimmy and sometimes with other children, Mia has a series of adventures that build her confidence, broaden her world, and prepare her for Trial.

The team wanted to port this game on all platforms to achieve better sales and broaden the fanbase, so they decided to use RenderWare as a game engine to make programming the game on multiple consoles a lot easier, due to the studio's lack of experience developing for the Xbox.

It is attempting to broaden its economic base, establish better contacts with other nations and international financial institutions, and reduce its dependence on Dutch assistance.

It had been anticipated only to discuss problems that occurred with the deportations of the ( Greater ) German Jews ... Only after Hitler's speech of 12 December was Heydrich able, as Gerlach shows, to broaden the theme and fix a conference on the ' Final Solution of the European Jewish question '.

What it may do is broaden the discussion on how metamorphosis works and …… the origin of these very radical life cycles.

Dr. Barbara Frederickson states that, “ Because positive emotions arise in response to diffuse opportunities, rather than narrowly focused threats, positive emotions momentarily broaden people ’ s attention and thinking, enabling them to draw on higher-level connections and a wider-than-usual range of percepts or ideas through cognitive, psychology, physical, or social resources ”.

Sometimes called the " new " or " literary " sword and sorcery, this development places emphasis on literary technique, and draws from epic fantasy and other genres to broaden the typical scope of S & S.

It was proposed on 13 October 2009 by Member of Parliament David Bahati and would, if enacted, broaden the criminalization of homosexuality in Uganda, including introducing the death penalty for people who have previous convictions, who are HIV-positive, or who engage in sexual acts with those under 18, introducing extradition for those engaging in same-sex sexual relations outside Uganda, and penalising individuals, companies, media organizations, or NGOs who support LGBT rights.

Since World War II, successive Norwegian governments have sought to broaden and extend public benefits to its citizens, in the form of sickness and disability benefits, minimum guaranteed pensions, heavily subsidized or free universal health care, unemployment insurance, and so on.

Since taking over, Weber has continued to publish writing on the Holocaust and on World War II and has pushed to broaden the institute's mandate.

Dawson helped to broaden New York's salsa audience and introduced new artists such as the bi-lingual Angel Canales who were not given play on the Hispanic AM stations of that time.

The moderates, on the other hand, although willing to seek peace with Sparta on terms that would preserve Athens ' power, were not willing to sacrifice the empire and the fleet, and wanted to broaden the oligarchy to include the putative 5, 000, presumably including all men of hoplite status or higher.

Interstate 195 travels on an east-west path through town, crossing the Acushnet River at the point where it begins to broaden as it approaches New Bedford Harbor.

Laswell's studies on propraganda, produced breakthroughs on the subject to broaden current views on the means and stated objectives that could be achieved through propaganda to include not only the change of opinions but also change in actions.

In the early 2000s the NME also attempted somewhat to broaden its coverage again, running cover stories on hip-hop acts such as Jay-Z and Missy Elliott, electronic music pioneer Aphex Twin, Popstars winners Hear ' say and R & B groups like Destiny's Child, but as in the 1980s these proved unpopular with much of the paper's readership, and were soon dropped.

An edited version titled The Passion Recut was released on March 11, 2005, with five minutes of the most explicit violence deleted to broaden the audience for the film.

As the series progressed, however, it became more focused on Fred's antics and schemes, with Lamont often adopting the role of the gentler, more open-minded progressive who attempts to broaden his father's horizons, in much the same way that Mike attempts to broaden Archie's horizons on sister show All In The Family.

During the mid-1950s features were released to television in the hope that they would broaden sponsorship and help distribution of network programs.

The EU law ' TV without Frontiers ' Directive is currently being revised to broaden the scope to new media formats such as digital television.

Industry, especially the manufacturing sector, historically was linked to agricultural processing until the 1970s, when the construction of hydroelectric plants and new industrial incentives began to broaden the industrial base.

Beginning with 1964, literature began to broaden in scope beyond the officially approved style.

As the teen boom of the late 1990s began to wane, the WB Television Network attempted to broaden the scope of Adult Swim's line-up.

After a second album, Junge Römer ( Young Romans ) failed to provide a repeat to his debut single's success ( outside of Austria and Germany, where the album topped the charts ), Falco began to experiment with English lyrics in an effort to broaden his appeal, and chose a new production team.

As years passed and many other sports stars joined their sports, memorabilia collectors also began to broaden their horizons.

It was not until 1968, however, in response to the need to further broaden the capital base available for mortgages that the housing finance system began to resemble its current form.

However, the school soon began broaden its outlook to a global one and to teach other disciplines such as politics and the developing social sciences, and introduced the teaching of business management and finance as these disciplines gradually coalesced.

To broaden the appeal of his party beyond its declining rural base, he led its name change to the National Country Party, which began contesting urban seats in Queensland and Western Australia.

In 1995 when the Super League War began to come about, the club changed its playing name to the " Sydney Bulldogs " in an attempt to broaden its fan base and played matches at Parramatta Stadium where spectator facilities were of a higher class.

In the eighteenth century, the Meeting began to broaden its interests, campaigning against the slave trade ; a Slave Trade Committee between 1783 and 1792 helped prepare the way for the Slave Trade Act 1807.

The Anti-Slavery Society was successful in recruiting agents throughout the country to spread their message, but when Garrison and others began to broaden the scope of the Society to include women's rights and took on an anti-religion, anti-government tone, Wright and others objected and began to split from the Society in 1840.

Smith performed in the usual school band program and garage bands while in his teens, but also began to broaden his performing experience by playing in a professional concert band and the big band at local Bridgewater State College.

The FDAs began with freestyle and accuracy competitions but as Ultimate and disc golf caught on, the associations began to broaden their focus.

It was not until his university experience at University of Pennsylvania, out from under the strict nature of home, that Tierkel began to travel and broaden his life pursuits.

Oyata began to broaden the knowledge of the general martial arts public by introducing the concepts of tuite and kyūsho jutsu that have influenced the way in which karate is taught in the modern day ( Robert Rousselot comments at that he was unable to locate pre-Oyata references to tuite and kyusho, while after Oyata introduced them, the terms proliferated quickly ).

It began to take up alternative enterprises to earn foreign exchange and broaden the nation's revenue sources.

With Thomson at the helm, The Victory Garden began to broaden its scope.

With the appointment of William Shoemaker as president in the mid-1980s, the college began to broaden its theological teaching perspective, a process that was met with mixed reaction from alumni and traditional constituents.

With this new administration SFB began to broaden its horizons, travel, and establish itself as a significant American ballet company.