Sentence examples for stance called from inspiring English sources

A "Free Tibet" banner was unfurled during a diving final last weekend and activist groups, including the World Uyghur Congress, which speaks for people in East Turkestan, and Olympic Watch, which monitors the IOC's ethical stance, called for a silent protest when the Olympic flag was handed over to the Chinese delegation last night.

Historically, psychologists have adopted a stance called behaviourism, which acts as if questions about inner experience are irrelevant.

In my forthcoming book, The Audacity of Difference, I advocate that both sides adopt the dharmic stance called purva-paksha, the practice of gazing directly at an opponent's viewpoint in an honest manner.

Indians criticizing my stance called me anti-national for bringing up and publicizing shortcomings in the field of women's safety in front of the world and therefore choosing to vindicate my nation.

One spread shows four roasted guinea hens standing upright, their burnished, crackled skin and stance calling to mind Rockettes after an afternoon at the tanning salon.

Ms. Quinn has been a strong critic of the fingerprinting requirement, and in an interview on Wednesday she praised the governor's stance, calling it "a great step".

Both senators voted against relief funding after Hurricane Sandy, although they have suddenly changed their stance, calling post-tornado relief for Oklahoma "totally different".

On Tuesday, the country's most prominent opposition group, the Syrian National Council, urged the Arab League to take a harder stance, calling on it to suspend Syria's membership and impose economic sanctions.

Even after Mr. Kelly changed his stance, calling the allegations vile and orchestrating Mr. Porter's swift departure, the president has stuck up for Mr. Porter publicly, telling reporters that the situation had been "tough" and "sad" for Mr. Porter.

That appeared to change this year when BlackRock wrote to large UK companies setting out a tougher stance – calling for an end to huge executive pay rises unless employees were treated similarly.

With Japan's whale catch today less than 10percentthehe 6,000 level of the 1960's, Masayuki Komatsu, head of the Japan's Fisheries Agency, maintained a hard stance, calling minke whales "cockroaches of the sea".