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After reiterating deep faith in "the justness of our cause", the Sovereign said he is certain "that what is right and legitimate will prevail over any separatist tendencies."
Further, they include calling on Arab and Muslim states and governments and the states that support the justness of the Palestinian cause to tie their bilateral economic, political and cultural interests to the violations and aggressions that are occurring against the Blessed Aqsa Mosque and Muslim and Christian Holy Sites and religious antiquities; in addition to the settlement violations that are taking place at the expense of the Palestinian people and Palestinian land.
Realistically, public opinion rests in justness of the cause, either of opposing forces can turn the public opinion on their side provided they can convince the masses about justness of their cause.
We have faith in the fairness and justness of the United States."
Indeed, throughout decades, it was believed that the West and the world will change their biased opinion in favor of Israel, if the undeniable justness of the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian rights is shown.
The third is rhetorical, the aim to persuade audiences of the justness of the cause, the heroism of particular individuals, and the importance of pursuing the conflict.
Solidarity is a good Catholic word to add to the cultural discussion here in the United States as we negotiate budget priorities that will help define the justness of our society and an American statement of the common good.
And, though this is a prudential matter as much as a matter of justness, it caused more civilian casualties than would otherwise have occurred and paved the way for a pseudo-regime that may well be as bad as Muammar Gaddafi's.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has confronted the conundrum head-on, continually interrogating its admissions policies beginning 'with a debate in 2007 that takes place around the "justness" and the appropriateness of using "race" as a factor in determining appointments in the University and in its student admission policies'.
She then argues for a three-pronged framework for judging the justness of a city or particular urban policy, proposing that we examine a given policy's effects on equity, diversity, and democracy.
Suffice here to recall the eidetic force of his descriptions, the ever-surprising originality and justness of his similes and metaphors, the light-handed shading of narration into meditation and vice versa, the exquisite handling of iteratio, variation, and praeteritio, the three figures of speech that have come to be a sort of trademark of his style.
Grappling with the meaning and implications of empire, in both historical and contemporary terms, has become something of a cottage industry and since the eighteenth century has resulted in a proliferation of titles focused on the nature, extent, and justness of American empire.
The purpose of this article is to counter this cohort by showing that when one attempts to link arguments against HTS to the justness of a war, the argument quickly falls apart.
In a sympathetic yet essentially neutral view, Higdon argues that the doctor most likely knew the identity of his patient; Mudd then unwisely (and rather clumsily) attempted to conceal that information out of fear it would reveal an earlier meeting with Booth (the much-debated intent of which probably holds the key to assessing the justness of Mudd's fate).
You can't fault their enthusiasm or the justness of the cause but the movie is shapeless, jumping from one direct action to the next and back again and lacking in narrative focus.