Sentence examples for define the doctrine from inspiring English sources

But now the justices say Congress did not define the doctrine very well.

Argentines often argue that no foreigner can truly understand Peronism, but most efforts to define the doctrine end up sounding like pure gobbledygook.

Evans was extremely active on the international commissions that issued the reports in 2001 and 2004 that defined the doctrine of the responsibility to protect.

The doctrine concerning indulgences was uncertain in the Roman Catholic Church prior to the Council of Trent (1545 63), which defined the doctrine and eliminated abuses.

On Nov. 9, 1518, Leo X issued the bull Cum postquam ("When After"), which defined the doctrine of indulgences and addressed the issue of the authority of the church to absolve the faithful from temporal punishment.

Mr. Gibson, finally defining the doctrine as "the right of anticipatory self-defense," still struggled for a direct answer, asking twice more if she agreed with it before Ms. Palin answered: "Charlie, if there is a legitimate and enough intelligence that tells us that a strike is imminent against American people, we have every right to defend our country".

Acheson oversaw the process of writing the presidential speech to define the new doctrine.

Ms. Palin was criticized — and mocked — for appearing to be stumped when Mr. Gibson, on ABC, asked her on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks to define the Bush doctrine.

"We asked you to define the Bush Doctrine and you couldn't.

The administration may simply be unable to define the scope under the doctrine that Mr. Bush articulated in his speech to Congress: "From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor and support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime".

"Many people in our great land might have difficulty defining the 'Bush Doctrine' exactly.