| 单词 | expedience |
| 例句 | Dismantling East Computing had been a simple matter of operations, of supply and demand and expedience. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But have none of us ever done the wrong thing in the name of pride, expedience, or “the children”? Is Heisenberg Dead? Walter White and the Light-Switch Theory of Morality 2013-09-24T16:44:50Z But what about more recent wine regions like California or Australia, where decisions about grapes, methods and styles of wine have often been made by individual entrepreneurs motivated by commercial expedience or ego? How the Internet Has Left Its Mark on Terroir 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Insofar as exactness in language is impossible to achieve and awkward to attempt, a little expedience can be a good thing. Do guns or people kill people? 2013-03-06T13:12:00Z But political supporters like Harvey Milk, newly elected to the board of supervisors, stuck by the increasingly fanatical leader, out of fear, expedience, or stubborn loyalty. David Talbot on “Tavis Smiley” 2012-05-21T19:31:00Z Obama was trading on his ideals for the speech; Ryan was focused on the political expedience of selective bursts of applause. “I believe in change, because I believe in you”: Obama brings his Jed Bartlet game to his final State of the Union 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z In a time of confusion, the best films can offer clarity, comfort and a salutary reminder of complexities that lie beyond the bluster and expedience of political discourse and conventional journalism. The Best Movies of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z That many of her coming projects focus on women is equal parts feminism – “I’m fighting the male narrative in all of our lives,” she said – and expedience. Elizabeth Banks Was a Frustrated Actress. Now She’s a Determined Mogul. 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Despite authoritarian political expedience, The Prez is not a king, and to the law he owes obedience. Style Invitational Week 1297: A different type o’ headline contest 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The legislation was necessary, he argued, to allow people to stand up for their principles — unlike Barack Obama and the Clintons, who had once opposed gay marriage and then flip-flopped out of political expedience. 'The Good Wife' Recap: It's Gross, You're Gross 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Underneath it all, however, was the creaking foundation of a Soviet empire whose nuclear program was governed by a combination of “ruthless expedience” and a perpetual fear of humiliation. An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z There are small differences in the first episode of “The Returned” and “Les Revenants,” but they are minor and seem to have more to do with expedience than creativity. Review: In ‘The Returned,’ the Dead Return as if Nothing Happened 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z But “Prime Time” demonstrates the same taste for expedience that “Jane Fonda” only describes. Books of The Times: Her Life Since Then: Different Views of It 2011-08-18T23:00:12Z What mix of ambition, duty, principle and expedience led him to the vice presidency in the White House of Donald J. Trump? The Inscrutable Mike Pence 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Anything that crosses her purview is handled with quiet expedience, whether that means managing the upstairs family’s dramas or the downstairs servants’ trials and tribulations. Carson and Mrs. Hughes: The radical working-class politics behind this charming “Downton Abbey” romance 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z He's the closest thing they can get to a sure-fire winner, so expedience rules. 'Rodgers would have it all to prove in more testing arena' 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Sadly, however, this reaction will likely not make a dent in the Beltway wisdom that Christian conservatives dislike Trump's violent misogyny, and are merely overlooking it out of political expedience. Trump's dogwhistle to the Christian right is a permission slip to harm women 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z But no one has rejected the possibility that he's just a shameless opportunist who panders to conspiracy theorists and bigots for money and political expedience. Gosh, how do the Trumps keep "accidentally" hanging out with Hitler fanboys? 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z They want to try to cheapen pilot training and levels of experience for their own financial gain and expedience. ‘Just good enough’ isn’t for pilots 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Historian Pauline Maier noted that overzealous displays of empty patriotism driven by political expedience are as old as the nation itself. Opinion | Celebrate Black history. All of it. 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z But many of his goals faced strong social, religious or bureaucratic resistance or were sacrificed for political expedience. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general turned autocrat, dies at 79 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z “We are in a business where duty demands accuracy and where accuracy must trump expedience,” Loftis said. WA considers lower DUI limit while lab backlogs delay drivers’ court cases 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z There's all manner of speculation — from political expedience to true belief — about the intentions of Republicans behind gestures like taking down the metal detectors or framing insurrectionists as the real victims. Two years after January 6, the House Speaker fight may be encouraging more domestic terrorism 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Republicans barely pretended to have any other reason beyond perceived political expedience for their decision to acquit him in the Senate both times. It would be amazingly dumb for GOP to impeach Biden — so sure, go for it 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Many see the flip-flop as a matter of political expedience, with Meloni having refused to condemn Mussolini. She could become Italy’s first female leader — and its first far-right one since Mussolini 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Conference committees are sometimes skipped in the interest of expedience, in which one of the chambers relents to the other chamber. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Important decisions can end up subject to political expedience, crippling a project that takes decades to build. Finland built this tomb to store nuclear waste. Can it survive for 100,000 years? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Greene’s mother, Mona Hardin called on Edwards to resign, saying he chose political expedience over justice in a man’s death. La. GOP leader weighs action over gov’s ‘gross misconduct’ 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z We now know that a culture of expedience, profit and recklessness contributed directly to both crashes — since the MAX 8 contained serious design flaws that should have grounded the aircraft. Our daughter and all victims of 737 MAX crashes deserve DOJ investigation of Boeing’s duplicity 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z He and others who opposed the plan say that it’s main proponent, a coalition of mass tort law firms, opted for expedience by settling with the Scouts’ insurers. Boy Scouts of America falls short in bid to emerge from sex-abuse bankruptcy 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z But for expedience’ sake, here we can focus on the issues Wilson has caused himself. Confront the Obvious: The Jets and Giants Are Bad 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z “Please with expedience carry out the justice myself, and the victims’ families and my own family has waited for now 25 plus years!!!” Another Mississippi inmate asks state to set execution date 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z But if Shor is right, moving to where the voters are will require the highly engaged staffers and donors to sacrifice their own interests and commitments to political expedience. Opinion | Democrats cannot afford to cater to only a hyper-educated class. It’s time to pop the bubble. 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The agency’s commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, engaged in a standoff with the president who appointed him, and in the end, public safety was placed above political expedience. Opinion | This Is No Way to End a Pandemic 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z When I spoke with community leaders in Brownsville early in the summer, they were put off by the condescension of what felt like exercises in gimmicky expedience, predicting they would fail. Why Not Offer a Remote Option for School? 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Logically, teachers challenged school administrators, as well as local and state elected officials, on what seemed like expedience. Teachers are terrified that experts don't really know how risky re-opening schools is 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Friends and foes around the world are carefully monitoring his actions, judging the strength of his convictions and calculating the circumstances where expedience may cause him to waver and abandon our values. Opinion | Say it ain’t so, Joe 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Their relationship, built more on expedience than admiration, plummeted after Trump’s denial of his 3 November defeat and relentless efforts to reverse the voters’ verdict with his baseless claims that Democrats fraudulently stole the election. Trump impeachment: divided reaction in US after former president acquitted – live updates 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z To flatten the repertoire of dramatic literature to accommodate a playing style of TV-friendly realism — a routine expedience in the American theater — is to render both past and present obsolete. My dream for theater: Toss the old business model in the dumpster fire of 2020 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z “I’m disappointed in New York City. I expected more expedience, more professionalism and more communication.” Cuomo Unveils Statue of Mother Cabrini 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Doing what people want can be the mark of integrity at times - at other times it’s simple expedience. Recent Kansas editorials 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z And white Republican leaders occasionally bowed to the violence out of political expedience. How the Black Vote Became a Monolith 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Less browsing and “product discovery” and more focus on the expedience of repurchasing. Bigger hauls, fewer choices: How the pandemic has changed our grocery shopping habits 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The coronavirus pandemic, while unavoidable, has been made worse by our past expedience. Opinion | Don’t blame the politicians. Blame the economists. 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z All of this may serve expedience, create convenience and open up new revenue streams, but does little to leap us forward on energy technology and climate change. The Challenge of Replacing Internal Combustion with Batteries that Don't Combust 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z As one of Trump’s lawyers told me, it was about expedience, that’s all; nothing personal, just look at Jared. Jew-baiting is part of the Trump playbook. It's a feature, not a bug | Lloyd Green 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z What is needed to resolve our housing crisis is a holistic, comprehensive approach that balances all interests, not a broad-brush set of policies driven by ideology and political expedience. Make practical changes to backyard-cottage rules to preserve Seattle neighborhoods 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z HB 578 is an exercise in expedience that could be indulged again one day. Louisiana editorial roundup 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z But airports are stressful places where many of us are inclined to trade all sorts of liberties for the promise of safety or expedience. Perspective | Don’t smile for surveillance: Why airport face scans are a privacy trap 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Patrons will have to give up the convenience of parking right in front of stores, Jernigan said, because successful malls in this age of competition from internet retailers like Amazon emphasize experience over expedience. Historic Sportsmen's Lodge to get a $100-million makeover 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z It also marks a victory of expedience over perfection. The International Space Station has found its scientific calling 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z They can vanish as quickly as they emerge if political expedience warrants a different tack. Pivoting on pledges, Trump explores art of the climb-down 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z One of the pleasures of Hogg’s movie is how sneakily it takes shape, and how carefully it avoids the obvious beats to which storytellers often resort for the sake of dramatic expedience. Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Nightingale’ and Joanna Hogg’s ‘The Souvenir’ bring boldly personal visions to Sundance 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z So if economic pragmatism wasn’t enough of a reason to prefer a “soft” Brexit that changed very little, political expedience would seem to be more than one. Analysis | Brexit looks more and more like a bad joke 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z “For expedience, you go online and have it delivered tomorrow,” he said. Historic Sportsmen's Lodge to get a $100-million makeover 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z But the incident offered a perfect symbol for a crisis which affords no dignity to its victims – and which provokes indifference from the population, and mere expedience from the authorities. 'A smell of death:' Mexico's truck of corpses highlights drug war crisis 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z But their mutual admiration was not rooted only in expedience. In Defending Trump, Is Giuliani a Shrewd Tactician or ‘Untethered’? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z When he acted like an ordinary politician, trimming principles in the cause of ambition and expedience, it was all the more jarring because of the standard he had set. John McCain, ‘maverick’ of the Senate and former POW, dies at 81 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Ward, running to McSally’s right, has accused McSally of changing her tune due to political expedience and called her a “cheap imitation” of Ward. In Arizona, a former Trump critic moves right on immigration. Is she too far right? 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z The GOP ripped that covenant in the name of political expedience. What happens when the social covenant is torn? 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z In 1965, he told Eisenhower that while politicians often had to compromise to get results, a justice had to abide by “principle, not expedience.” Review | A crusading chief justice and a cautious president 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z In its pursuit of ideological even-handedness and narrative expedience, “Come Sunday” doesn’t always propound or dramatize these questions perfectly. Chiwetel Ejiofor brings a preacher's doubts to life in the stirring 'Come Sunday' 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The court will decide if the drugs are missing due to "expedience or negligence". Missing drugs eaten by mice, say police 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z But expedience is accompanied by a loss of civility. Ditch gift cards — take time to give something personal 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Xi’s personal patronage of Belt and Road means many questionable projects are getting the green light due to political expedience rather than economic need. China's New Silk Road Is a Challenge for Washington 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Those words are empty unless Ryan and other Republicans resist political expedience. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z So far, the few GOP higher-ups who publicly have expressed concern about all this seem to have done so more out of frustration and expedience than principle. The Grand Old Party’s over. Make way for the Trump Party 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z The Durango Herald, Aug. 7, on needing to consider more than political expedience in controlling pollutant: Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z The Man in Black tracks and torments Roland and Jake from one hideaway to the next, at times sacrificing expedience in order to kill as many people as possible. Dimension-hopping fantasy 'The Dark Tower' is hardly fit for a King 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Stigma is one reason to rethink the retraction system; another is expedience. How to avoid the stigma of a retracted paper? Don't call it a retraction 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Frank’s piece portrayed Schmeling in all his aging complexity, his mixture of pride and sin of omission, expedience in the face of evil, and his tangled sense of moral responsibility. Perspective | Frank Deford wrote with sincerity, giving depth to complicated sports figures 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Many people put her ruthlessness down to political expedience and fear of an unpredictable military. Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar's great hope fails to live up to expectations 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z How Mr. Trump — a former Democrat who once declared, “I’m very pro choice” — became an unbowed voice for the anti-abortion movement is a story of savvy political transformation and bald expedience. Trump on Their Side, Conservatives See Hope in Lengthy Abortion Fight 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z ‘There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience,’ he wrote. The Daily 202: Democrats with 2020 ambitions finagle the committee assignments that boosted Clinton and Kaine 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z But in phone conversations with Obama, she seemed to couch the response as political expedience and nothing too personal. Obama to bid bittersweet farewell to closest partner on world stage 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z In her speeches, she invokes lofty ideals, when doubtless she’s often motivated by expedience. How Can Americans Trust Donald Trump? 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z We need a measured approach to government in our state, one that doesn’t settle for short-term expedience, but actually accounts for long-term consequences. Editorials from around Oregon 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The attorney for the officers, who hold ranks as high as major, say they believe the asylum decision was guided by political expedience. Greece Denies Asylum Bids of Four More Turkish Officers 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Voters who vowed never to support Trump could still be relied on for support, even if those Republicans endorsed Trump out of political expedience. Bigotry Bites Back 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Ayotte’s quest to establish the appropriate distance from Trump is not purely a matter of political expedience. Can the G.O.P. Senate Majority Survive Donald Trump? 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is not just a liar, a word that connotes strategic untruths told for expedience or advantage. Donald Trump is a ‘BS artist’ 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z He must in every regard be able to act with that expedience and sometimes secrecy that the office often warrants. We Interviewed 'James Madison' on Constitution Day and Here’s What He Said 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z “I get the sense it’s all for political expedience,” Nickerson says. Building owner in SPD’s toothless trespassing program stuck in ‘Orwellian’ ordeal 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z But in doing so, she put herself at odds with the views enunciated by her husband, Bill Clinton, when he was president, and raised questions about whether her change of heart was mere political expedience. Clinton has yet to respond to Trump’s attack on globalism 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Trump and his allies also sought to minimize the import of Cruz’s snub, portraying it as an instance of classlessness and political expedience. Trump will paint a grim portrait of the U.S. and cast himself as its only savior in GOP acceptance speech 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Choosing convenience over political expedience, Mr. Trump will introduce Mr. Pence at a hotel three blocks from his home. Mike Pence Set to Join Donald Trump in the Spotlight 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z I believe our shared compass bearing will help us get this ship pointed in the right direction, toward a place where learning trumps expedience, knowledge confers power and listening is the new lecture. Where Listening Is the New Lecture 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Delisting a company so soon after an IPO reeks of expedience rather than long-term value creation. Dalian Wanda: An Offer That Makes Shareholders Want to Move On 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z “The motive appears to be simple expedience: courts are viewed as slow or inept. The murder of criminal suspects is seen as easier and faster than proper law enforcement,” it said. Bloody anti-crime purge may haunt next Philippine president 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z As such, the beheading of Risdell was probably an act of brutal expedience. Sun, Sea and ISIS: Insurgency in the Southern Philippines 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z “Inaction or indecision does, however, enable convenient political expedience, where one can reap the rewards of success without facing the responsibility and consequence of failure,” the soldier said. Green Beret blasts Afghanistan command over ‘moral cowardice,’ ‘profound lack of strategy’ 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Today, he’s the presumptive nominee, and party elders have a difficult decision to make: Stick to their principles and refuse to endorse Trump or surrender in the name of political expedience. John McCain gives in: The senator’s slow, awkward surrender to Trump is likely the first of many on the Republican side 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z So much must be overlooked or discounted—from Hillary’s compulsive money-lust and her brazen indifference to normal rules to her conspiratorial use of shadowy surrogates and her sociopathic shape-shifting in policy positions for momentary expedience. Enough with the Hillary cult: Her admirers ignore reality, dream of worshipping a queen 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Along with a host of other criticisms, Sanders over the last week accused Clinton of flipping her position on trade for political expedience. Bernie Sanders surprises Hillary Clinton in Michigan. Is Ohio next? 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z But just as the NHS funds homeopathic “medicine” in public hospitals, legislatures continue to treat digital locks as going concerns, because orthodoxy and political expedience demands it. The FBI wants a backdoor only it can use – but wanting it doesn’t make it possible 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Politicians, he shows, too often choose expedience over sound solutions. Engineering: Broken bridges and highways from hell : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z In January its president, Marty Halloran, posted a statement on the union’s website accusing public officials of “blindly following the path of political expedience.” Feds to review San Francisco Police Department after fatal shooting 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z “I believe the great majority of the negroes in the South are wholly unfit for suffrage,” he declared in what was either a moment of candor or a moment of expedience. Why party bosses can’t contain Trump 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z It is difficult to put fiscal responsibility ahead of political expedience. Louisiana editorial roundup 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Trusted,” campaign slogan with alleged examples of the Texas senator flipping his positions for political expedience. GOP field targets Ted Cruz’s conservative credentials as Iowa looms 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Her arranged marriage to Charles Pouch LaFarge, a robustly coarse man, was a matter of expedience – Charles needed money to repair his ramshackle estate, and, at 23, Marie needed a husband. Sex, lies and arsenic: how the 'king of poisons' lost its crown 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Too often, government officials who should be defending and securing our rights instead move to encroach and diminish them under the guise of expedience. The loss of one right threatens all of our rights 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z In many ways, Monday’s championship game between Duke and Wisconsin represented a three-decade evolution from an industry that was based on patience to one that is based on expedience. For Coaches, It’s Nurture vs. Natural Talent 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z But the practicality of Plains Indian artwork was much more than a matter of expedience. This Dazzling New Met Exhibit Shows Why The Plains Indians Couldn't Live Without Art 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z But the governor’s targeting of inventory taxes while sparing other lavish tax credits seems inspired by political expedience rather than enlightened policy. Louisiana editorial roundup 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Like worshipers of false gods throughout human history, Republicans handpicked the fair maiden Sarah and placed her on the altar of political expedience. Kathleen Parker: The sacrifice of Sarah Palin 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Dayton bemoaned what he said was a prolonged avoidance of tackling the issue for the sake of political expedience. Dayton to businesses: Back real, not phony road-fund fix 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z At the same time, the expedience with which we need to raise it may not be as cost effective. A UNICEF chief’s tips for making sure your donation matters 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Some see her positions, and her silences, as political expedience. For Some, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Falls Short of Expectations in Myanmar 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Political expedience also endears devolution to some Conservatives. Let them fly 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z His predecessor, Mr. Karzai, was a master at using a courtly style to keep rivals working together, keenly aware that in Afghanistan, guests expect to be fed and tradition trumps expedience. Ashraf Ghani Races to Make His Mark on Presidency in Afghanistan 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Rather than being driven by fear, I hope, collectively, we can refuse expedience and seek compassionate solutions across differences of race, geography and species. Why Euthanizing Ebola Animals Is a Dangerous Road to Go Down 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z As my Webster’s dictionary puts it, “ ‘Frank’ stresses lack of shyness or secretiveness or of evasiveness from considerations of tact or expedience.” Washington’s favorite f-word None of this ethical expedience is necessarily a bad thing; indeed it’s a necessary skill for a species with a conscience like ours trying to make its way in a morally ambiguous world. Screw It, Eat All the Animals You Want 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Clinton’s critics were quick to celebrate the new evidence of the former Secretary of State’s expedience. Hillary the Hawk 2014-01-14T11:05:26Z Today, the iciness has been replaced by a powerful force in politics: expedience. Tea for 2? Kentucky Senators in a Marriage of Convenience 2013-06-15T22:13:25Z “Justice, not expedience, must be the guiding light,” added Mr. Healy, who is calling for another deadline around the end of the year. Chief of Boston Marathon Bombing Fund Stands Firm on Deadline 2013-06-06T00:33:22Z Peace_2_All @ --- Can't speak for all the atheists'... but I'm curious... "expediences" such as? Learning From Mistakes Is Harder Than We Think 2013-04-29T15:35:35Z But we shouldn’t pretend it’s more than expedience. Screw It, Eat All the Animals You Want 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Flake’s “social issues” refer, more directly, to the very existence of gay immigrants and their families, a reality that many Republicans and Democrats seem eager to overlook in the name of political expedience. “Gang of Eight” freezes out gay immigrants in reform bill 2013-05-01T13:09:00Z Accused of hypocrisy and expedience in the current crisis, many are viewed as fighting for their own interests, rather than for those who live here. In Cairo Crisis, Unheard Voice From the Poor 2012-12-14T02:46:26Z Romney is a flip-flopper, Obama charged, a creature of political expedience whose positions on social issues like gay rights, abortion and gun control were unrecognizable from those he held as governor of Massachusetts. Romney's last, greatest 'turnaround' falls short 2012-11-07T06:29:54Z Not long ago, the Obama team’s indictment of Romney was that he was driven by nothing so much as political expedience; in the parlance of Democratic consultants, he lacked a “core.” As Debates Loom, Romney Grasps for a Closing Argument 2012-10-02T11:05:14Z Or is he, a son of a long-persecuted faith that has found religious liberty and expedience invaluable in its struggle to survive, more of a realist? How Mitt Romney’s Faith Could Help Him Win 2012-09-27T11:58:09Z These deductions weren’t just acts of political expedience. Was Romney’s Tax Gaffe a Repudiation of Reaganite Conservatism? 2012-09-21T14:00:37Z Mr. Clinton’s campaign involvement underscores an alliance of expedience with Mr. Obama. Bill Clinton Summons the Spotlight for Obama (and Himself) 2012-09-11T03:18:34Z It's also symptomatic of how, for India's leaders, political expedience often trumps the need to revive investor sentiment and growth. Insight: Road to nowhere: the longest expressway India never had 2012-06-25T21:04:13Z This later became known as the expedience of the system principle, based on which the Expediency Council was formed.” Iran Nuclear Talks: Can Islam Guide the Way to Peace? 2012-04-11T08:35:37Z Meanwhile, overworked judges emphasize expedience in handling cases, often leaving litigants feeling they were given short shrift, said Mr. Kim, the Dongguk professor. South Korean Judges Losing in Court of Public Opinion 2012-03-12T18:19:27Z “She must have the authority to speak the truth, never twisting the science to suit political expedience, but also recognize that policy needs will sometimes override what you think as a scientist.” Europe appoints science adviser 2011-12-14T18:20:27.793Z But the sell-by date was a function of political expedience, not policy excellence. The Tragic Death of the Temporary Tax Cut 2011-12-01T16:17:53Z This collaboration of mainstream economic theory, conventional journalistic wisdom and political expedience has installed a common sense that bypasses reality. Austerity Is Bad for Us and No Fun (Part 1): James Livingston 2011-11-28T00:24:02Z For the reason that it necessitates too early individuation, with precocious development of self-protective and other qualities of worldly expedience. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z He will show that such things which in expedience ought not to have been done were unavoidable, and therefore to be excused. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z No monarch ever knew better the magical influence of intellectual strength on general thought, or felt more strongly the expedience of enlisting it on the side of authority. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z But expedience and right are as far asunder, in truth, as is the distance from pole to pole. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z Which, it may be remarked in passing, having been chosen rather from reasons of expedience than because he had any natural taste or aptitude in that direction, may not have been a wise choice. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z Mighty antagonisms reared themselves in their way,—ecclesiastical prejudices, the prejudices of culture, social hostilities, political expediences, and all the subtle and violent contrivances of the world, the flesh and the devil. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z Whatever duty and expedience require to be done, we are willing to do. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z The ceremony itself is dispatched with expedience and rapidity, yet without any semblance whatever of haste. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Of its expedience, however, any more than of that of color, it is not here the place to speak; we are endeavoring to determine what is lawful, not what is desirable. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z The final result was a revolutionary measure headed by Samuel McAdoo, Finis Ewing and Samuel King, men taken into the ministry and ordained under the expedience policy. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z They should never enact laws that are not founded upon rectitude, as Herbert Spencer says, no matter if expedience or adventitious circumstances might seem to demand it. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z Thus, he thunderously vowed, "We must never -- ever -- turn our back on its enduring principles for expedience sake." Miranda is Obama's latest victim 2011-03-24T14:25:00Z The history of the flushing tunnel also provides a window into the kind of long-term vision and bungled short-term expedience that alternately benefit and plague efforts to maintain the city’s aging infrastructure. City Room: Under the Gowanus Canal, Flushing Out the Stench 2011-02-23T12:00:02Z The Church of Rome can consult expedience more freely than other bodies, as trusting to her living tradition, and is sometimes thought to disregard principle and scruple, when she is but dispensing with forms. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Besides, as a little later she pointed out, there was a certain expedience in going thither. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Many accused Mr. Maliki of resorting to political expedience to retain power, rather than exercising national leadership. News Analysis: Iraq?s Fissures Only Deepen 2010-10-04T02:03:00Z Not even the most caustic critics suggest that Mr. Jindal and Ms. Haley changed religion out of political expedience; both did so as young adults, well before beginning their electoral lives. On Religion: Indian-Americans Mixed About Politicians? Success 2010-07-09T20:18:00Z In other words, Tuesday’s results were less about the ideological purging of either party than they were about a rejection of the culture of both, a sense that Washington acts from expedience and little else. Political Times: Voter Insurrection Turns Mainstream, Creating New Rules 2010-05-20T01:17:00Z The center-right Conservatives and smaller centrist Liberal Democrats on Wednesday agreed on what critics call an unstable partnership of expedience after an inconclusive election. Economy eyed as new British cabinet holds first meeting 2010-05-13T07:48:00Z The deals, he said, left the impression that the United States had “allowed strategic and logistical expedience in Kyrgyzstan to become a lasting embrace of two corrupt and authoritarian regimes.” Kyrgyzstan Inquires Into Fuel Sales to U.S. Base 2010-05-05T00:29:00Z Changes to NHS IT should be driven not by financial or political expedience, but by a commitment to improving clinical care. Delays with ?12.7bn NHS software program bring it close to collapse 2010-03-21T18:47:00Z The Reformists were hesitant; they had little faith in Campos, yet they doubted the expedience of openly repudiating him. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 Thus it makes the individual the center of his own universe, and dissolves moral principles into a choice of expediences. The Acquisitive Society However he was defeated by his former colleague, the proconsul Catulus, and Pompey, whom the Senate had appointed to a subordinate command in view of his military expedience. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The principle which places right above expedience in the political action of the Church has an equal application in history or in astronomy. The History of Freedom And thus it was decided, after some indecisive fashion, that their client should be sounded as to the expedience of a compromise. Lady Anna The motives of reward and punishment which form the sanctions of religious obligation, would seem to him to be analogous to the employment of expedience as the foundation of moral. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Depth of the stitch into the material varies considerably—an indication of expedience rather than ornamentation. A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 Such customs and institutions were those which, having been framed by necessity, or the dictates of expedience, according to the circumstances in which each people were placed, were best adapted to their temper and situation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 Thus we see that these expediences, pretended for the ceremonies, are attained unto as well and better without them than by them. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) But it is of questionable expedience, and there are still hereditary practices carried on, the harm of which he has not hitherto perceived, but which would assuredly shock a new-comer such as Randolf. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster V.101.These charges are frequently made indiscriminately against all who hold that expedience is a sufficient explanation of the origin of moral ideas. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Nothing will such minds so readily embrace, as indirect ways softened down to their quasi-consciences by policy, expedience, &c. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher The soldiers, accustomed, as all Roman soldiers were, to all the expediences and resources of warfare, had prepared planks which were to be run forward on the ladder, in order to construct a firm bridge. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 But I dismiss you on a principle of expedience. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 It also contained a remonstrance against the introduction into this country of an endowed political Church, as alike opposed to the statute law of the Province, political and religious expedience, public rights and liberties. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Necessity has no law, and expedience is often one form of necessity. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin In accordance with this policy she has made concessions in both directions, as required by expedience and the circumstances, to doctrinal laxism as well as to Lutheran confessionalism, the latter especially during the last decades. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) Falsehood slopes into truth through cunning expediences and white lies. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year Utility and expedience are the measure of political duty. Apologia Pro Vita Sua He frequently assisted me in my resumption and refunding operations, and, fortunately for me, he agreed with me in my opinions as to the legality and expedience of the measures adopted. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. It will serve to remind you, Gentlemen, that I am concerned with questions, not simply of immutable truth, but of practice and expedience. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin The distinction between divine and ecclesiastical injunctions requires little explanation: the latter are imposed by the Church for the sake of decency and order, as a matter of expedience, safety, propriety, or piety. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity But Surry's scorn of the new nobility of the house of Seymour, and his animosity against the person of its chief, was not to be overcome by any plea of expedience or threatening of danger. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth They went about balancing expediences, plausibilities; gathering votes, advices; they never were alone with the truth of a thing at all.—Cromwell’s prayers were likely to be ‘eloquent,’ and much more than that. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History There was division among the Republican senators in regard to the expedience of this change. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 So this, after all, is this writer's idea of virtue! a something that is done for the sake of something else; a sort of expedience! Apologia pro Vita Sua Justice, benevolence, expedience, propriety, religion, are its recognized, its motive principles. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Policy would teach Cromwell to soften the terrors of his administration as soon as he could found his government on the safer principles of expedience and prescription. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel And Grim was much too wise to pretend to Ali Baba any other motive than expedience. The Lion of Petra The ancient faith was adopted in maintaining the expedience of praying to saints; the late innovations in rejecting the peculiar patronage of saints to any trade, profession, or course of action. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary The expedience of exercising a particular power, at a particular time, must indeed depend on circumstances, but the constitutional right of exercising it must be uniform and invariable. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The necessity of detecting and punishing such crimes superseded, in the soundest authors, this theoretic aim at perfection, and obliged technical science to submit to practical expedience. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Nor do I admit that expedience is a lawful rule of conduct, in cases where moral principle is concerned. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Possibly this was the part of expedience, for had Marchi ever gotten it into his head that he could paint as well as Sir Joshua he would have been worthless as a helper. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters That would be at once revenge and expedience. Operation Terror The vigour and success with which Law controverted the reasonings of those who grounded human society upon expedience, was also owing in large part to what was styled his mysticism or his enthusiasm. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Now this expedience is the desideratum, to be sought either without the experience of means or with that experience. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Shall I own, though my heart recoils at the confession, that I strongly fear a base private motive urged my father to select this victim, as a sacrifice to what he called public expedience.—Oh! The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel This is as old as Pythagoras and as new as Bergson and Croce; it assumes that the concept of justice is man-made, produced and to be altered by expediences and practicalities, always in flux. Preaching and Paganism Indeed, they are the results of various necessities and expediences. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) I could see no fair, justifiable expedience pleaded to favor this new suspension of the liberty of the subject. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) But, unmoved by any consideration except that of expedience, Governor Phillip persisted in conducting his ships to their next intended station, the harbour of Rio de Janeiro. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) Burke was surely false to his political philosophy in founding his American argument on expedience rather than on principle. The Framework of Home Rule Lecky was quite logical, for the question whether the Union had been wisely or legitimately carried had very little to do with the expedience of repealing it. The Life of Froude He had naught to do with mercy, not even with expedience; Justice spoke louder than either, and Justice would not be served by the death of Louis Capet. The Light That Lures Now a line is drawn, which may be advanced further and further at pleasure, on the same argument of mere expedience on which it was first described. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) The expedience of imposing a rule depends on the importance of the object compared with the cost of the machinery. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics The mother, taking a broader view of expedience and duty, forbade them. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. Besides, you know what is said of their expedience as far as horses are concerned.” The Three Brides It is a pity that some agriculturist does not suggest the expedience of feeding them upon fish, which, as they are cleanly animals, they would eat while fresh. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay Duke Philip felt himself more free and more at rest in his mind, if not rightfully, at any rate so far as political and worldly expedience was concerned. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 To murder from ambush might be a measure of expedience, but never one of self-gratification. The Sky Line of Spruce To enforce this last topic he relies on the inconsistencies, some real and some imaginary, imputed to Cranmer, whose notions of worldly expedience he chooses to represent as the source of the Anglican Church…. Famous Reviews In one or two utterances, though he doubtless felt the expedience of reserve, he intrusted his forebodings to Miss Burney, and declared that Streatham was lost to him for ever. Samuel Johnson It is no question of mere expedience with me; it is a question of life and death!’ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall And this was what a man's love came to: ardors by night and expedience by day! Rezanov Their formal weddings are guided upon principles of political expedience only, and those to whom they are wedded are frequently, in temper, person, and disposition, the most unlikely to make them happy. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier In all the outside positions of life expedience must ever be the governing principle, and expedience forbade any immediate break with Captain Paget. Birds of Prey Consequently, lawyers were permitted to play out their fascinating game to their hearts' content, and totally without reference to expedience or to the justice of the case. The Gray Dawn Hence I have long seen the necessity or expedience of a threefold division of divines. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Senate in Cicero's time was convened according to expedience, or perhaps as to the dignity of the occasion, in various temples. The Life of Cicero Volume One God is not mocked; as men sow, so shall they reap, and against a law of nature both the transient amelioration wrought by philanthropists and the subtle expediences of scientific politicians are alike futile. Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians Nothing will such minds so readily embrace, as indirect ways softened down to their 'quasi'-consciences by policy, expedience, &c. Literary Remains, Volume 2 My sovereign lord, bestow yourself with speed The French are bravely in their battles set, And will with all expedience charge on us. The Canadian Elocutionist Probably comes from Beating The Crowd, never seeing individuals, just the mass—the enemy of expedience. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom The problem of expedience of conduct concerned Doctor Svetilovitch but little. The Created Legend Every one of the terrible doubts under which his reputation has suffered arose from his having permitted the principle of expedience to supercede the laws of virtue. Seekers after God He wished to argue the question on the ground of expedience. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 Justice is his first guide, the second law of his actions is expedience. Character Writings of the 17th Century They are untainted with hatred, expedience or untruth. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation This argument may, perhaps, be yet more effectually invalidated, or, perhaps, entirely subverted, by denying the expedience of that prohibition which is produced as a precedent for another restraint. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I Let us admit then there was also some slight factor of expedience—but slight, Henry, almost negligible, in fact. The Unspeakable Gentleman She consulted her friend on the scheme, and its expedience for Mr. Audley, saying that she feared he would be uncomfortable; but she could not reject so great a help for her children. The Pillars of the House, V1 He was sure of the injustice; and perhaps he doubted even of the expedience. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 I cannot change my mind merely in view of expedience and invest such feelings in another way. Opening a Chestnut Burr What but the expedience of a law that will never be executed? The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I Bent upon resuming his journey, as duty and expedience alike dictated, Julian next descended the trap-stair, and essayed a door at the bottom of the steps. Peveril of the Peak Edgar went off into a learned dissertation on the qualities of food and liquor, and the expedience of enriching the blood, and giving substance to the constitution. The Pillars of the House, V1 Because, when love flames beyond duty and honour and all expediences, Lysbet, some one a little cold water ought to throw. The Maid of Maiden Lane He was only a man who had gradually formed the habit of acting from expedience and self-interest, instead of principle. Opening a Chestnut Burr Your men of words, who rate all crimes alike, Collapse and founder, when on fact they strike: Sense, custom, all, cry out against the thing, And high expedience, right's perennial spring. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry As in royal espousals interests of State regulate their expedience with an acknowledged absence, with even a proclaimed impossibility, of personal predilections, so in this case was money allowed to have the same weight. The Way We Live Now All of them were furious with the sculptor Hanel, who had never ceased insisting upon the expedience of bolting the house to prevent an entry of the revolutionaries. My Life — Volume 1 I had considered a treaty as the sovereign law of the land; but now saw it considered as a matter of expedience, or not, as it pleased the powers that be. David Crockett His Life and Adventures Such a rule of life often places us where expedience and self-interest require deeds that are black indeed. Opening a Chestnut Burr Dermot was responsive to her awakened tenderness, but he was perversely reticent as to whether repentance or expedience prompted him. My Young Alcides Indeed, I was wishing that some influence could be brought to bear which might show the expedience of making some arrangement. Nuttie's Father It invaded all circles with its lowering expedience; and he who was to depict its effects most puissantly did not escape its thrall. Balzac Fowler Pratt would have endeavoured so to escape, and to carry Crosbie with him, as he was quite alive to the expedience of saving Lily from such a meeting. The Last Chronicle of Barset Now this expedience is the desideratum to be sought, either without the experience of means, or with that experience. Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. Then Sir Orlando moved the adjournment of the House till the morrow, giving as his reason for doing so the expedience of considering the details he had heard. The Prime Minister Cool-headed people declared that it was then most worthy of praise when it was disengaged from passion, and worked simply from motives of expedience, 'in order that other men may learn to leave us unharmed.' The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy I shall break The cause of our expedience to the queen, And get her leave to part. Antony and Cleopatra The French are bravely in their battles set, And will with all expedience charge on us. King Henry V I don’t care to marry you as a matter of expedience—” “You are the most ridiculous creature!” she broke in, with a flash of her old-time anger. Adventure |
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