No film of the 1950s, Mordden asserts, "took such a brutal, clear look at the ego-affirmation of the one-on-one contest, at the inhumanity of the winner or the castrated vulnerability of the loser".
A relationship had just come to an end and she had a vision of a journey into the heights, "like a cathedral", to be rewarded by some kind of hope, some affirmation "on high".
His analysis of the philosophical foundations and methodology of physics played a central role in the so-called Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, based on the renunciation of causality and on the affirmation of the positivist notion that physical concepts must be limited by the possibilities of observation.
It is also an affirmation of the efforts on the part of the CSRC to develop a mutual-fund industry in China.
This is important for the practical function of faith, since our commitment to morality does not so simply depend on our affirmation of the postulates, but in our free act of faith through which we more completely bind ourselves to morality.
The European launch of Spotify, which offers users free streaming music on demand, was an affirmation of the trend.
This affirmation, on which "the church stands and falls," has received a variety of interpretations since the 16th century.
I'm not about to sit in a circle holding hands, or worship The Principle of Humanity, or put a list of Affirmations on the wall.
The present studies were designed to investigate the effects of self-affirmation on the performance of women under stereotype threat.
"Some gays want a flat-out, standing-on-the-tower affirmation from the church that the gay lifestyle, or the lifestyle of whoring around with men, is acceptable," says Kelvin Berry, the director of the Antioch program.
