"I keep thinking," said Yanni, heading toward the aural chaos of the soundstage, "that this whole experience is a training ground for something--that it is forcing me to grow, to have a deeper understanding, to become stronger, and also to remain open to the fundamental processes of life.
Ubachs says he's open to the idea that fundamental constants might actually change over time and position, as scientists don't have a decent explanation for why the fundamental constants have their particular values anyway.
I've become more and more open to the idea that some of the fundamental features of life really are important to understanding how our mind is possible.
"But I don't think the floodgates are going to open until the fundamentals improve materially".
Obama signaled that he is open to more fundamental changes, including the creation of a "drone court" that could evaluate targeting criteria and decisions.
The party explicitly endorses Islamic law, known as sharia, although the legal code, Maadi argues, should be open to constant and fundamental reinterpretation -- from the necessity of the veil, to the idea of women and Christians serving as judges, even to the payment of interest, widely considered forbidden under that code.
Counterintuitive as it may sound to the Western ear, China may be more open to fundamental political reform than the United States.
I have written before that we now have open political doors to the fundamental issues of social justice both in London, with the election of Gordon Brown, and in Australia, with the recent election of Kevin Rudd.
Speculative Cosmology, in particular, needs to be open to developments in the fundamental sciences, and so needs to be seen as always provisional and a posteriori.
As violence in Syria escalates and the number and pace of refugee arrivals accelerates, it is all the more critical for borders to remain open and the fundamental right to seek asylum outside one's country to be respected.
But the civic content of that national identity hasn't been open to fundamental challenge.
