Sentence examples for face of states from inspiring English sources

In the face of states' failure to act, more than 200 municipalities across the country have passed anti-discrimination ordinances.

Also appalling is the failure of the international community to act decisively in the face of state-sponsored terror.

Second, its themes are universal: passionate love, and loyalty and courage in the face of state repression.

He noted that he could be jailed for up to 18 months, and added: "I accept this recompense, understanding that in doing so I will reinforce a tradition of defending individual rights in the face of state repression".

The institutions that try to maintain their commitment to needy students like Russell, even in the face of state-budget cuts, recognize that extending access to college isn't just about altruism.

She said that to say that state law intended marriage to protect the conception and raising of children flew in the face of state law that "completely acknowledges and supports the rights of same-sex couples to rear children".

They also embody a spirit of civic resistance – upholding some of the ideals of the peaceful, popular uprising of 2011 and exemplifying courage and solidarity in the face of state-sponsored terror.

The danger is that, because NGOs know their registration may need renewing, they have to remain silent in the face of state abuses – the equivalent of self-censorship in media speak.

Dr. Goldstein said that in the face of state cutbacks in support, he had tried to allow CUNY to build its full-time faculty and still hold down tuition for its neediest students.

Roy says activists have been "exhausted" by their attempts to influence the courts and the press, and now says she does not "condemn people taking up arms" in the face of state repression.

However, like the Artful Dodger, Bernanke must disguise his willful inflationary strategy because it flies in the face of stated policy and public opinion.