"Nobody is challenging the essence of Zionism, as in 1975, but what they're insisting is that Israeli practices in the occupied territories be described," he said.
Mr. Kurtis, the host, asserts that use of the drugs may challenge "the very essence of childhood itself".
We rely on their science, their critical analysis and their art to grapple and explain a set of human events that fall so far outside the norms of behavior that they challenge the very essence of humanity.
For Potter, anti-whistle blowing laws challenge the very essence of what it is to be an activist, and by extension, the potential to drive social change.
None of the recent fascinating discoveries about the huge viral diversity and its undeniable role in cellular evolution actually challenge the basic essence of viruses: they are strict molecular parasites unable to transform energy and matter.
It has been argued that advances in information technology fundamentally challenge the very essence of doctor-patient consultations by "substituting impersonal exchanges across luminescent LCD screens for the face-to-face encounters and hands-on care that produce much of the therapeutic benefit and professional satisfaction of primary care practice"[ 6].
Here was a challenge: distilling the essence of a high-end commercial jeweler into scent.
Writing in Newsweek on the legacy of Vietnam, Dr. Kissinger painted the critics of the war policy then as radical extremists who "challenged the very essence of American foreign involvement".
And it challenges the very essence of who we are as a people".
The taint now attached to a euro in Cyprus "challenges the very essence of a common currency area," said Harris Georgiades, the new finance minister.
Yet, there is not one parent who can say with confidence that there are not moments and circumstances that override even the most noble hopes while challenging the very essence of all parenting ideals.
