THE United Nations has high hopes of combating racial intolerance, and the violence it causes, with giant talkfests.
Durban seemed a good place in 2001 to continue the 20-year-long tradition of UN conferences aimed at combating racism, intolerance and xenophobia.
A role for this enzyme in combating glucose intolerance was further supported by the finding that CrAT overexpression in primary human skeletal myocytes increased glucose uptake and attenuated lipid-induced suppression of glucose oxidation.
Wieling et al highlighted several physical manoeuvres such as leg crossing, muscle tensing and squatting that are effective at combating orthostatic intolerance [ 16].
Yet progress in combating racism and intolerance is sorely needed in every region of the world.
The charter stipulates protecting human rights and combating torture, violence and intolerance.
Eventually I made my way to college, the Peace Corps, and graduate school, where I studied anthropology, a discipline with a long history of combating racism and ethnic and religious intolerance.
And that divisiveness trickles down into every corner of our society; the amount of infighting that plays out among queer activists and communities is sometimes hard to watch, made more toxic by the fact that if that energy were turned toward realizing our collective goals, we'd be that much stronger as a community in combating the forces of hate and intolerance that have overtaken our country.
I don't know, Sir Bob, but not a day passes when my Facebook feed isn't inundated with news of my Millennial peers combating instances of systemic racism, sexism, and intolerance in their lives - hardly bullshit.
On Tuesday, the Palestinian delegation proposed inserting a new paragraph under the heading "Identification of further concrete measures and initiatives … for combating and eliminating all manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance…" with the subtitle "General provisions on victims … of discrimination".
