Sentence examples for lessening distances from inspiring English sources

The idea of progress is at the heart of his vision: that liberal Victorian faith in perpetual progress in lessening distances, with the understanding that a new proximity of peoples, however welcome, will always be as strange for the encroaching as for the encroached upon.

No one dealt with these issues more thoroughly than Xunzi, and his passionate defense of the Confucian moral vision contributed substantively to lessening the distance between the philosophical ideal and the historical reality.

I feel that what has happened to them could happen to any of us, and that we need to lessen the distances between the "us" and the "them", that this is the only way to feel empathy, and to effect change.

During such times of separation, video communication may provide these young children with the connection to their parent(s) and assist the children by psychologically lessening the distance caused by geographical separation.

This can be explained by the fact that, for higher values of ɛ, the Atkinson index most heavily penalizes large differences between low values and the mean, and the "control in the middle" scenario has lessened the distance between the mean and the bottom of the distribution, although it has simultaneously increased the distance between the mean and the top of the distribution.

Examining Quake's Reach In most earthquakes, destruction is worst at the epicenter and lessens with distance.

Still, they said, it is not clear if increased communication via e-mail messages and Webcams may eventually lessen the distance effect.

Instead it lessens the distance between Mr. Strait and younger country singers who are just as cautious and sentimental and who can't claim traditionalism as the reason.

That interaction tends to lessen the distance between artist and fan, and ultimately turns the fans into more loyal and generous customers.

Current leaders try not to think too hard about the fact that there were once 145 schools nationally, many meeting five days a week, as immigrants tried to lessen the distance between themselves and their American-born children.

I slid a few inches on my stomach to lessen the distance to the ground, holding on to one of the remaining window bars for support, and then I let myself drop.