The jihad of the hand (also known as the jihad of the sword) is the most conspicuous in virtue of its immediate destructiveness.
The faith had remained intact through the gifts of grace that had gladdened the life of a laity who had received only baptism and had also lived their apostolic mission in virtue of baptism alone.
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"We can criticize in terms of virtue, in terms of how a man should conduct himself, " the lawyer said.
You might say that a graduate of Montclair State University, a school that admits 55% of its applicants, is in the 94th percentile of all American adults by virtue of being in the 81st percentile of the 30% of adults with a college degree (taking enrollment size into account).
General Motors was the fourth-ranked military contractor in 1991 by virtue of its purchase of the storied Hughes Aircraft in 1985.
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This is a belief in the virtue of individual initiatives to tackle social problems.
Or is it that investors make inferences about the quality of a firm in general by virtue of its CSR reporting?
Nor did the trustee prove that the amount of interest in the homestead increased in value by virtue of the HECM transaction.
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An example in the business world might be a higher corporate officer authorizing or even simply knowing of the filing of a tax return, or, for that matter, merely occupying a position in the hierarchy where by virtue of that position he is technically in charge of the operation that produced the return.
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For example, a few years back, we witnessed a shariah-adherent terrorist organization, Hamas, come to power in Gaza by virtue of being the most organized, disciplined and ruthless party in elections there.
Ellsworth, about 50 miles southeast of Minneapolis, was named cheese curd capital in 1984 by virtue of the Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery, a big cheese maker that operates 24 hours a day and employs 110 people.
But in any case, Cal Ripken, of course, won two MVP awards, played in 2, 632 consecutive games and really stood for a lot of the virtue in baseball, and a lot of the good things that baseball represents to a lot of people.
ExxonMobil is also working in the Permian Basin again, in part by virtue of the XTO deal.
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This is because while gambling winnings are included in income by virtue of Section 61 of the Code, gambling losses are only deductible to the extent of gambling winnings under Section 165(d).
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Instead, there may be something to be gained by leaning less on modern gurus who pontificate about such things as best in class and more toward Aristotle, who defined virtue not in terms of maximum excellence, but as a habit of choosing the mean lying between the extremes.
On the plus side, however, callable bonds are in some ways among the safest assets by virtue of being in limbo.
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CDO, however, and in a credit squeeze they fall together, by virtue of being in the same murky structure, as investors rush for the exit or seek to hedge their risks.
He is an exponent of what might be thought of as a Slow Foot movement, asserting that a sort of virtue is forged in the discipline of wearing exquisite, handmade shoes, even if they cramp the metatarsals.
The Robins, who were only ahead of Cas in the table before the match by virtue of a better points difference, have now moved above city rivals Hull FC to finish in seventh place.
Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1(a)-(m) of this order in an acting capacity shall, by virtue of so serving, act as Administrator pursuant to this order.
His voice, so long and teasingly withheld, resonates with warm regret in its lower registers Smiley has no illusions about the role of virtue in spy craft and with icy fury when he raises it against stupidity or deceit.
This gap in energy consumption between developed and developing economies will continue to drive growth in the global energy sector and GE by virtue of its strong presence in this sector will continue to benefit from this growth.
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But he relished the rigors of litigation in the sweltering Oriente, and, by virtue of his galvanic personality and his repeated visits, he gradually supplanted Bonifaz as the driving force in the case.
As such, Socrates was interested in ascertaining the truth and promoting the pursuit of virtue, not in the self-importance or his own status.
That idea produced scepticism in government about the virtue of creating another layer of oversight.
All these famous oil men have long since learned that patience is a virtue when in pursuit of the giant prize.
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To be sure, Taco Bell has assumed a leadership position in its industry by virtue of its superior position and by leveraging that position extraordinarily well.
In his book The Virtue of Our Vices, philosophy professor Emrys Westacott argues for giving into our temptations when it comes to habits such as gossip, rudeness or snobbery.
And giving more power, as he wants, to the European Parliament would bolster the country most strongly represented in that body by virtue of its population namely Germany.
Mr. Greenberg is an outsider by virtue of not being a psychiatrist but an insider by virtue of serving as one of the investigators involved in field-testing some proposed diagnoses on actual patients.
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