Sentence examples for about the ends of from inspiring English sources

That sounded like just about the ends of the earth to me, though, I suppose, if you need 100 or so safety pins, where else are you going to go? Woolworth's?

So, if the Obama team cares about the "ends" of a stronger America and a more livable planet, as much as the "means," I hope it will consider an alternative strategy, message and messenger.

In "Fins de Siècle" (Yale University Press), a book of essays about the ends of centuries from the 14th to the 20th, Asa Briggs, a British historian, remarks on the sense of wonder with which many in the 1890s regarded the inventions of their age.

Philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre has seen this as the ability "to think about the ends of a variety of human activities" – a skill that he feels may have prevented the economic crisis, "brought about by some of the most distinguished graduates of some of the most distinguished universities".

Rather than exclude such reflection because it does not conform to a narrowly scientific paradigm of reason, perhaps we should expand our conception of practical reason to make room for clarificatory reflection about the ends of action.

We wanted to know why women seemed to feel more guilt, more shame, more trauma, and more remorse about the ends of friendships than the loss of romantic partners.

In 94% of cases, the medical team reached consensus about the end-of-life practice followed.

Forget about the end of history; instead, stressniks worry about the end of winter.

REFLECTIONS about the end of the cold war.

They are shows about the end of the American dream".

Comment about the end of the Cold War.