Crisis, repression and the politics of expediency have trampled upon basic tenets of our social and cultural life.
As Ella explained it, the march of progress had trampled those good old-fashioned book covers that we had been cutting from brown paper bags.
It happened shortly after the Irvine Company removed the hundreds of head of cattle that had trampled the hills for generations.
Arguing that the president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, has trampled the rights of animals as well as of human beings, Brigitte Bardot urged France to withdraw an invitation for him to attend an African summit meeting in Paris on Feb. 21.
Dr Rahman now researches mental health in non-heterosexuals, which reflects a shift in wider culture; since I Woke Up Gay, the UK has introduced same-sex marriage, "gay cure" therapy has been banned and diversifying visibility of gay men has trampled stereotypical notions of gay presentation.
In Lux's view, the presence of leaders who had trampled on human rights made a mockery of the universal-brotherhood rhetoric of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," the anthem of the European Union.
The Americans, the great proponents of individual liberties, have trampled on all the values that we have in common.
In the name of patriotism you have trampled on human rights, nurtured unbridled corruption and squandered public money like no other President before you.
That people will be unhappy is no cause for concern because, for so long, the power of the state has trampled on individual rights.
By hiring the firm, Patton Boggs, the Libyan rebels – lauded by David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy as freedom fighters – have joined a list of clients who have trampled on civil liberties and dissent, including the Mubarak regime in Egypt.
