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This will take the key programs at HUD and cut them from last year's level, ... I can't even fathom the logic of that.

This test chip is usually the first significant step we take in developing new logic technologies.

The good thing about the December election was that Sunnis participated but the logic of sectarianism was already set in motion.

The Grape that can with Logic absolute / The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute.

We see no logic in making any change because everyone needs a proper chance to prove himself.

The Supreme Court has made it clear that consenting adults are free to do what they wish in the privacy of their own homes. If you follow the logic of the Oklahoma City police, everyone who tries to pick someone up at a bar is a criminal.

The strategic logic driving this transaction is compelling. The communications industry is at the beginning of a significant transformation of network technologies, applications, and services - one that is projected to enable converged services across service-provider networks, enterprise networks, and an array of personal devices. This presents extraordinary opportunities for our combined company to accelerate its growth.

The three top shareholders (Fidelity, Cevian and Burdaras) are very much in favor of the transaction. We are confident that the compelling logic of the transaction is coming through,

It was a knee-jerk reaction after the reports of an earthquake. The logic behind the move is that a natural disaster in California could damage the U.S. economy.

There are input validation issues galore. Because AJAX moves application logic to the browser, there's a bigger attack surface.

The Sacrament of the Eucharist is, of course, one step away from the Incarnation itself, where the thing signified (The Word) and the signifier (Jesus) were absolutely one. Symbol and sign and metaphor strain towards this union; Sacrament presents it, but the Incarnation is that perfect union. Again, it is a scandal. God is not man, any more than bread is flesh. But faith overrides the implacable prudence of logic and chemistry and says "Lo!

There is some logic to that, because if you're buying Ecstasy, you have no idea where it was made or what's in it.

The reason for that logic and rationale is that technology costs continue to fall every year, and as a result, you get more buying power.

The public has rightfully questioned the logic of building new roads when the forest service is inadequately funded to maintain its existing road system.

There is no such thing as supernatural or miracle, just something that is still beyond logic of the observer.

Bringing our businesses together will strengthen ITV (Independent Television), contribute to the success of digital terrestrial television and boost Britain's television production base. The logic of the merger is compelling.

I want a secular government, I want separation of state and religion, I think logic will prevail and we will have a secular government for the first time in Israel's history.

PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. Formerly these disputes were settled by physical contact of the disputants, with such simple arguments as the rudimentary logic of the times could supply --the sword, the spear, and so forth. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and is now held in high esteem by the most courageous. Its capital defect is that it requires personal attendance at the point of propulsion.

No stronger case can be shown for prohibiting anything which is regarded as a personal immorality, than is made out for suppressing these practices in the eyes of those who regard them as impieties; and unless we are willing to adopt the logic of per

But often it's doubtful whether the logic of the work itself and the words used to describe it really have anything to do with each other.

Roughly 40 percent of our business comes from south of Colorado Springs. Logic would tell you that it is probably a pretty good bet that we are concerned about the proposal.

Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic

Developers often struggle to efficiently build front-end applications with a consistent interface across MFC, ActiveX and .NET. Stingray Studio, by handling the low-level details of GUI application development, allows developers to focus on the business logic that makes their applications valuable to the success of their organizations. We remain committed to supporting the needs of professional developers by releases updated, enhanced versions of Stingray Studio 2006 as customers' needs arise.

Collaboration between the Patent Office and the open source community builds on the momentum of the open source model. There is powerful logic in tapping vast public resources to address the growing public interest in patent quality.

That picture raffles will conduce to nourish - Design, or cause coloring to flourish, Admits of logic chopping and wise - sawing, For surely lotteries encourage drawing

America is to have the great preponderance of numbers and of wealth, and by the logic of events will follow the scepter of controlling influence.

Although the private cannot be substantiated by common logic, you have to find a workable logic in which to argue on behalf of the work.

Rumor control was a beast for us. People would hear something on the radio and come and say that people were getting raped in the bathroom or someone had been murdered. I would say, 'Ma'am, where?' I would tell them if there were bodies, my guys would find it. Everybody heard, nobody saw. Logic was out the window because the situation was illogical.

People see these referendums as a way to stop development, and the kids are going to suffer. I'm frustrated with the logic of people who are willing to let kids be pawns in a power struggle between adults.

Even as I pursued a doctorate in the history of ideas in my native Denmark, I realized I had neither the encyclopedic training nor the passion for cool logic - not to mention the nerve - to follow in the footsteps of classical liberal philosophers and economists such as Robert Nozick, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman.

There's likely to be some short-term disappointment, given that people don't know the logic behind this potential acquisition.

There's definitely, definitely, definitely, no logic to human behaviour . . . There's no map And a compass Wouldn't help at all

To say $30 an hour is an unfair wage, I just can't see the logic in that.

This serves to provide a history of logic and understanding for future generations to help clarify the ultimate intent of a decision made on a public policy matter.

I've always felt like we're all human beings and we're all basically given the tools to make whatever choices we want to make. How we treat other people. How we treat ourselves. Just the whole philosophy of that and the philosophical logic of that is that we're all capable of great acts of evil, and we're all capable of great acts of good.

This is disappointing, as we believe the logic for combining the two businesses is compelling.

I'm very much in support of it. The industrial logic of the deal is impeccable.

I'm hoping he can step right in and do the job for us, but logic says he's probably going to need some time to get back in the groove again and get back in game situations. Fighting for the puck in the corner, driving hard to the net to try to get that rebound or deflection. Those kinds of things he's going to have to get adapted to.

If rogue states are not willing to follow the logic of non-proliferation norms, they must be prepared to face the logic of adverse consequences,

If Lincoln is among history's truly great men, he didn't achieve that stature until his final three years. This was when his long-held antipathy to slavery cohered into a dedicated hostility that gave larger purpose to the Civil War and also confirmed the logic of Lincoln's destiny.

Inside Iran, too, the public opinion and the elite saw many serious faults with these talks. On what basis or logic have Iran's nuclear talks been limited to, and conditional upon, the three European governments?

If you can use your common sense and you can put the whole record together, I think it was a good presentation that didn't make the point that logic and common sense would allow to be made.

If you asked him who he'd like to be a model of, one of the judges he'd say would be Henry Friendly. John is somebody with quite conservative instincts, but who is very faithful to law, precedent, logic and argument.

A person can use his mind when working on matter; then logic is a great instrument. And the same person can put aside the mind when he moves into his meditation chamber and moves into the no-mind. Because mind is not you -- it is just an instrument just like my hand, just like my legs.

At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the construction could be related to a historical time.

The failure to find DNA in the Martian rock is assumed to argue against Martian life. But this logic is coherent only if Martian life must use the same type of DNA as Earth life uses.

It's ironic that we started out with a basic commitment to economic integration and then we get to a situation where we can pay off and never handle the larger social issue. The logic is to produce economically integrated towns all over New Jersey. We have to keep our eye on the ball here.

They can count on it that the EU will in principle use the same logic and calculations as during the expansion from 15 to 25.

I know, I've been there and done that. I can't see the logic of a bloke earning good money here wanting to go to America to get his backside blown off.

In the logic of the current negotiations, market access will determine whether there will be a virtuous cycle leading to a positive result, and that depends fundamentally on the European Union.

I just have a tough time understanding the logic and understanding the ethics.

Logic cannot model causal systems, and paradox is generated when time is ignored [as in logic].

But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's had some very negative ones as well and one of the negative ones is that it creates enormous identity problems for people who have one black ancestor and all white ancestors for example.

Logic helps us to strip off the outward disguise of things, and to behold and judge of them in their own nature.

I don't really see the logic behind it. I just hope that a lot of these guys don't pull up with injuries. There's a difference between getting ready for a season and getting ready for a season that's going to last three weeks.

We can't spy on them if they aren't spying on us, now can we?" Warped logic, but okay.

I am now about to set seriously to work upon preparing for the press an account of my theory of Logic and Probabilities which in its present state I look upon as the most valuable if not the only valuable contribution that I have made or am likely to make to Science and the thing by which I would desire if at all to be remembered hereafter.

Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.

The two major buyers in the world got hooked up in an emotional bidding situation, and sometimes logic doesn't prevail.

They have to really justify it well, ... I don't know what their logic is or anything.

They have to really justify it well, I don't know what their logic is or anything.

Logic invents as many fallacies as it detects; it is a good weapon, but as liable to be used in a bad as in a good cause.

Apparently, logic doesn't count when a powerful Republican is involved,

Anti-Semitic? What is anti-Semitic about it? ...There is no logic to this claim.

The much vaunted male logic isnt logical, because they display prejudices - against half the human race - that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.

The dialectic is neither fiction nor mysticism, but a science of the forms of our thinking insofar as it is not limited to the daily problems of life but attempts to arrive at an understanding of more complicated and drawn-out processes. The dialectic and formal logic bear a relationship similar to that between higher and lower mathematics.

The dialectic is neither fiction or mysticism, but a science of the forms of our thinking insofar as it is not limited to the daily problems of life but attempts to arrive at an understanding of more complicated and drawn-out processes. The dialectic and formal logic bear a relationship similar to that between higher and lower mathematics.

The combination of P&O and DP World has compelling strategic logic and will create significant opportunities for both businesses and their employees.

The CRTC took two years to make this decision and it was a unanimous five-nothing decision, so I'm still hopeful logic will prevail.

The dot-com logic of paying big prices to enter new markets has come roaring back,

The higher order of logic and understanding that is capable of meaningfully reflecting the soul comes from the heart

This is a harsh and ill thought out policy based on the flawed logic that making families destitute and threatening to take their children into care will coerce them into going home.

The underlying logic is that we cannot further integrate and consolidate as an economic bloc if we do not secure the ramparts of our own neighborhood,

The key is for Consul to be very responsive. Their argument must be strongly rooted in law, in reason and in logic so that it makes sense.

The magnetic data storage industry is moving toward patterned magnetic media, where information is stored in small magnetic 'islands' similar to the ones we have been studying. It appears quite feasible that magnetic memory systems could be endowed with logic capability, thus merging memory and logic.

The district reminds pet owners to be mindful and clean up after their pets, and logic follows that feeding ducks and geese near waters where children may be playing could lead to some cross contamination.

Art arises from sources other than logic." (p.32)

This is a good price, it is hard to fault the logic of this perfectly sensible deal.

The Greeks invented logic but were not fooled by it.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

My originality consists in putting the logic of the visible to the service of the invisible.

Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest.

Theology is the logic of the Devil.

My day passes between logic, whistling, going for walks, and being depressed. I wish to God that I were more intelligent and everything would finally become clear to me - or else that I needn't live much longer.

The maxim is, that whatever can be affirmed (or denied) of a class, may be affirmed (or denied) of everything included in the class. This axiom, supposed to be the basis of the syllogistic theory, is termed by logicians the dictum de omni et nullo.

It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When we say, All men are mortal Socrates is a man therefore Socrates is mortal; it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory, that the proposition, Socrates is mortal.

I know when something is too important to be decided by logic.

A picture whose pictorial form is logical form is called a logical picture.

It is not humanly possible to gather immediately from it what the logic of language is. Language disguises thought.

There can never be surprises in logic.

What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.

If you use a trick in logic, whom can you be tricking other than yourself?

Elementary propositions consist of names.

All propositions are of equal value.

It is possible--indeed possible even according to the old conception of logic--to give in advance a description of all 'true' logical propositions. Hence there can never be surprises in logic.

The so-called law of induction cannot possibly be a law of logic, since it is obviously a proposition with a sense.--Nor, therefore, can it be an a priori law.

It's the false moral component behind blind animal love that so frosts me. The faulty logic that believes that the capacity to adore a nonhuman creature is somehow a purer form of love.

It's almost impossible to discuss it rationally. It doesn't have anything to do with logic or reason, it's so steeped in myth. And this mythical wolf really doesn't exist.

Formal logic has more techniques than syllogisms of course, and almost any proposition can be tested for validity or at least inconclusiveness. An essential aspect of logic is that even though the premises may add up to the entire conclusion, the conclusion and or premises may for themselves be inherently unable to prove whatever point one is making. Logic then has an implicit limit of being true just relative to it?s own structure or mode.