Sentence examples for old rationales from inspiring English sources

Yet one has a sense of microcosm about Laos: if it invokes all the old rationales, it also reeks of all the old misconceptions and illusions.

With arguments often eerily reminiscent of old rationales for black oppression, gays and lesbians remain openly, legally and even, 'righteously', discriminated against.

The old rationale at the Bureau of Land Management was to keep wild-horse populations stable.

But although it's no longer surprising to hear female voices, from Annie Nightingale to Jane Garvey, on air, the old rationale for their marginalisation proved remarkably resilient.

Today, the old rationale is being turned on its head as the thrifty elderly of old give way to spendthrift boomers.

Any old rationale would do.

The landlords said the 20-year-old rationale behind condemnation -- that their block was a blight -- was no longer valid; that the property could be redeveloped without forced evictions and government subsidies; and that their land was worth far more than the contemplated acquisition cost of $85 million.

This age-old rationale is grounded in the belief that if everyone owns a gun, no one will want to shoot each other because someone will return fire on them.

With increasingly global, diverse energy markets, however, and increasingly transnational problems resulting from energy transformation and use, old energy security rationales are less salient, and other issues, including climate change and other environmental, economic, and international considerations are becoming increasingly important.

For years, physicians in many countries have urged parents to avoid feeding high-risk children peanuts until they are 3 years old, on the rationale that one cannot become allergic to a food without being exposed to it and that the immune and digestive systems of older children will be better able to tolerate the peanut proteins that can elicit reactions.

However, there is currently little qualitative research examining older people's rationales for CAM use and how this is influenced by 'push' and 'pull' factors.