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Aside from the fact that there are so many of them is that they all conflict, all of the laws have inconsistent definitions, which is where a lot of the confusion comes from for health care providers. What’s most dangerous for patients is the fact that the definitions of medical emergency and life-preserving abortions is unclear and inconsistent. – Rabia Muqaddam	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is an unusually high number of storms this winter in California, no matter how you slice it, no matter how you make these formal definitions, this is unusually many. – Daniel Swain	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This comes back to the definitions of abortion-inducing drugs and state laws which sometimes are very detailed and very clear but sometimes are very vague and up to a lot of misunderstandings. – Michael Murphy	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Deliberately and spiritedly doing the opposite of what it takes to get there yet you expect to get there. This is one of the true definitions of madness. – Goa Kerle	added by Goa_ 2 years ago
One of my missions in the art program for the school is to introduce kids to the broadest approach to creative practice as possible, yes, we're doing painting and drawing, but it's important that these kids also are being exposed to art by artists who are pushing definitions of what art is and the role it plays in our society. – Jessica Martin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There are many definitions of risk and loss. – Don Bennyhoff	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think there were some pretty significant missed opportunities because we had a lack of clarity on the core definitions of Johns Hopkins University, and that is particularly harsh when you look at the variability of demographic data. – Beth Blauer	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There are multiple definitions of originalism, and multiple theories of it, speaking just for myself, I would say it’s the idea that provisions of the Constitution should be interpreted in accordance with the original meaning of the text at the time it was ratified (e.g. – 1868 for the 14th Amendment). – Ilya Somin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They're cuddling by the fire, they're going on trips together, they're introducing their friends to their family, but they're very clear that those are friendships, it really makes me think about the definitions that we have about friendship and romance, and how those things differ, and I just like how messy it all is. – Danu Stinson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think that we have to get to a space where athletes, where men in general and where parents, mentors, teachers... start to stretch and force and crack the idea of masculinity open, sports leagues have an opportunity and a responsibility to continue to widen our definitions of manhood, knowing that the more that they create spaces for people to be more themselves, the better player they'll actually be. – Wade Davis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We're gon na have to now check the definitions and the language that we're all putting on paper and make sure that we're all saying the exact same thing, but I don't think there's outstanding issues that need to be worked out, we just need to agree on the actual language we're using. – Senator Scott	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The battle for the world is the battle for definitions. – Thomas Szasz	added by Normando 3 years ago
With credible and ambitious definitions for sustainable investment the EU will lead the world in sustainable finance. – Green EU	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Now that we have credible definitions on which economic activities can be considered sustainable, the new Commission will have to start preparing to clearly identify environmentally harmful activities and the investments that currently support them. – Bas Eickhout	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined. – Toni Morrison	added by Normando 4 years ago
The girl quoting the definitions before (pronouncer Jacques) Bailly said them stated the usage note from our unabridged dictionary verbatim. ... Its a very specific kind of writing that we do. I thought, Oh my goodness, this 13-year-old girl is quoting our dictionary back to us, these spellers as a group simply were unusually gifted. They may indicate that we have entered a new era of competition. – Peter Sokolowski	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It is great that at least our legal definitions are in line, but until it is properly implemented -- requiring effort and training of police, the court system and lawyers -- then we are not going to get the proper impact of the law. – Noeline Blackwell	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Despite the definitions of rape in the UK being compliant with international human rights standards, the Government has a duty to ensure access to justice for rape survivors is a reality. – Chiara Capraro	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We’re not going to change our definitions on this front because of this pushback. – Heidi Beirich	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We have an ongoing collaboration with Puerto Rico department of health, and we have ongoing discussions about working to align our case definitions. But at this time we’re not fully aligned. – Margaret Honein	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I'm not going to get into legal definitions, but clearly I have a concern. – Trump Tower.RELATED	Found on CNN 7 years ago
If I ’m being very honest, it did take on a much deeper connotation for me, for me it has been 15 years of ‘ Survivorman ’ and so to have Logan with me after what we had just been through, barely 18 months ago, it creates something so impactful, something more meaningful to me. Stroud was happy to share his passions with his son, but at times, the experience was stressful. I ’m out here doing what I ’m really good at, but I have my son with me, which creates a whole other level of stress, and on top of it I am then rewarded with the fact that this is my son in full survival mode in all definitions of that phrase. And so it became a very meaningful experience to be out there with him. – Les Stroud	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Regardless of whether their conduct satisfies certain legal definitions, including genocide and crimes against humanity, the United States has been clear that our interest in accountability for the perpetrators remains undiminished. – State Department spokesman John Kirby	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This certainly began with Magic Johnson, an American sports hero and icon, announcing he was HIV-positive, this was dramatic, historic, a game-changer because other men, like Rock Hudson, Freddie Mercury, and Arthur Ashe, kept their HIV status mostly to themselves because of oppressive definitions of manhood, because of homophobia in the cases of Hudson and Mercury. – Kevin Powell	Found on CNN 8 years ago

Aside from the fact that there are so many of them is that they all conflict, all of the laws have inconsistent definitions, which is where a lot of the confusion comes from for health care providers. What’s most dangerous for patients is the fact that the definitions of medical emergency and life-preserving abortions is unclear and inconsistent.

– Rabia Muqaddam

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is an unusually high number of storms this winter in California, no matter how you slice it, no matter how you make these formal definitions, this is unusually many.

– Daniel Swain

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This comes back to the definitions of abortion-inducing drugs and state laws which sometimes are very detailed and very clear but sometimes are very vague and up to a lot of misunderstandings.

– Michael Murphy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Deliberately and spiritedly doing the opposite of what it takes to get there yet you expect to get there. This is one of the true definitions of madness.

– Goa Kerle

added by Goa_
2 years ago

One of my missions in the art program for the school is to introduce kids to the broadest approach to creative practice as possible, yes, we're doing painting and drawing, but it's important that these kids also are being exposed to art by artists who are pushing definitions of what art is and the role it plays in our society.

– Jessica Martin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There are many definitions of risk and loss.

– Don Bennyhoff

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think there were some pretty significant missed opportunities because we had a lack of clarity on the core definitions of Johns Hopkins University, and that is particularly harsh when you look at the variability of demographic data.

– Beth Blauer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There are multiple definitions of originalism, and multiple theories of it, speaking just for myself, I would say it’s the idea that provisions of the Constitution should be interpreted in accordance with the original meaning of the text at the time it was ratified (e.g. – 1868 for the 14th Amendment).

– Ilya Somin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They're cuddling by the fire, they're going on trips together, they're introducing their friends to their family, but they're very clear that those are friendships, it really makes me think about the definitions that we have about friendship and romance, and how those things differ, and I just like how messy it all is.

– Danu Stinson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think that we have to get to a space where athletes, where men in general and where parents, mentors, teachers... start to stretch and force and crack the idea of masculinity open, sports leagues have an opportunity and a responsibility to continue to widen our definitions of manhood, knowing that the more that they create spaces for people to be more themselves, the better player they'll actually be.

– Wade Davis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We're gon na have to now check the definitions and the language that we're all putting on paper and make sure that we're all saying the exact same thing, but I don't think there's outstanding issues that need to be worked out, we just need to agree on the actual language we're using.

– Senator Scott

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The battle for the world is the battle for definitions.

– Thomas Szasz

added by Normando
3 years ago

With credible and ambitious definitions for sustainable investment the EU will lead the world in sustainable finance.

– Green EU

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Now that we have credible definitions on which economic activities can be considered sustainable, the new Commission will have to start preparing to clearly identify environmentally harmful activities and the investments that currently support them.

– Bas Eickhout

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.

– Toni Morrison

added by Normando
4 years ago

The girl quoting the definitions before (pronouncer Jacques) Bailly said them stated the usage note from our unabridged dictionary verbatim. ... Its a very specific kind of writing that we do. I thought, Oh my goodness, this 13-year-old girl is quoting our dictionary back to us, these spellers as a group simply were unusually gifted. They may indicate that we have entered a new era of competition.

– Peter Sokolowski

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It is great that at least our legal definitions are in line, but until it is properly implemented -- requiring effort and training of police, the court system and lawyers -- then we are not going to get the proper impact of the law.

– Noeline Blackwell

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Despite the definitions of rape in the UK being compliant with international human rights standards, the Government has a duty to ensure access to justice for rape survivors is a reality.

– Chiara Capraro

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We’re not going to change our definitions on this front because of this pushback.

– Heidi Beirich

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We have an ongoing collaboration with Puerto Rico department of health, and we have ongoing discussions about working to align our case definitions. But at this time we’re not fully aligned.

– Margaret Honein

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I'm not going to get into legal definitions, but clearly I have a concern.

– Trump Tower.RELATED

Found on CNN
7 years ago

If I ’m being very honest, it did take on a much deeper connotation for me, for me it has been 15 years of ‘ Survivorman ’ and so to have Logan with me after what we had just been through, barely 18 months ago, it creates something so impactful, something more meaningful to me. Stroud was happy to share his passions with his son, but at times, the experience was stressful. I ’m out here doing what I ’m really good at, but I have my son with me, which creates a whole other level of stress, and on top of it I am then rewarded with the fact that this is my son in full survival mode in all definitions of that phrase. And so it became a very meaningful experience to be out there with him.

– Les Stroud

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Regardless of whether their conduct satisfies certain legal definitions, including genocide and crimes against humanity, the United States has been clear that our interest in accountability for the perpetrators remains undiminished.

– State Department spokesman John Kirby

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This certainly began with Magic Johnson, an American sports hero and icon, announcing he was HIV-positive, this was dramatic, historic, a game-changer because other men, like Rock Hudson, Freddie Mercury, and Arthur Ashe, kept their HIV status mostly to themselves because of oppressive definitions of manhood, because of homophobia in the cases of Hudson and Mercury.

– Kevin Powell

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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