(n.) The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.
Example Sentences:
(1) As the activists at Credo put it : It's a betrayal of the commitments that so many of us worked so hard for, and that Dunn herself played a huge role in shaping as top strategist on the 2008 campaign and communications director in the White House.
(2) Only you can decide whether this noble credo will be replaced by an opportunistic use of legal loopholes.
(3) This may sound tangential, but I'm rather reminded of a passage from a Tony Blair conference speech that both set out New Labour's credo, and captured its essential pathology.
(4) This essay deals with the current credo of scholastic medicine, the definition of alternative health care and with the methods of phytotherapy, homeopathy and acupuncture.
(5) The most recent study from the Stanford Centre for Research on Education Outcomes (Credo) meticulously details the impact of US free schools, known as charter schools, on young people's achievement.
(6) In an important article in the Times last week that was factually incorrect, philosophically incoherent and economically bonkers, David Cameron set out the Tory credo.
(7) Last week, Aleksey Pushkov, the head of the Duma’s foreign affairs committee, tweeted : “Clinton’s credo is to strengthen US alliances against Russia; Trump’s credo is only to respond to real threats.
(8) Rather than experiencing a rush of euphoria at liberation from a restrictive credo, they speak of their sadness as, one by one, the illuminations on their once cherished pillars are extinguished.
(9) The Conservatives want this because it is part of their simple shrink-the-state credo.
(10) And with its credo to keep the state small and its belief in the power of the individual, it is – certainly for Berlin – a reliable counterweight to the French.” Despite all the warm words Merkel and Cameron will say about each other following their lunchtime encounter, the Rhein Zeitung from Koblenz warns Cameron in an editorial that he is going to be “taught a lesson” in Berlin.
(11) Nearly 80,000 people have signed up to commit civil disobedience to stop approval of the pipeline, said Elijah Zarlin, senior campaign manager at Credo.
(12) It is a belief that is fundamental to my political and social credo and one that I assume is shared, give or take the odd nuance, by the SNP government.
(13) Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo,” Trump said, during his nomination acceptance speech in Ohio on Thursday.
(14) The key to all this is what Blond calls Red Toryism, a critique-cum-credo that harks back to the old paternalist Conservatism that was all but obliterated by Margaret Thatcher, but is also aimed at providing an answer to an array of very modern problems.
(15) Iffa Credo SHR-SP male rats aged 11 weeks were divided into 4 groups.
(16) However what seems to have been lost in the political fray – sadly, in both hemispheres now – is the credo of a civil society that enshrines that seeking asylum is not illegal.
(17) The inquiry comes on the heels of Operation Credo, during which the NSW premier, Barry O'Farrell, resigned.
(18) And if the trend contradicts the nation’s founding credo it nonetheless confirms its current trajectory in which stagnant wages, increasing college tuition fees and growing inequality is leading many Americans to doubt the nation’s meritocratic credentials.
(19) I take it as a starting point,” Cross said, “that it is not the duty of the government to provide any class of citizens with any of the necessaries of life.” Could it be that this soundbite survives because it is the sort of thing modern leftwingers expect a Conservative to say, based on recent experience, and the kind of credo modern rightwingers like to imagine their predecessors holding, rather than because it actually reflects what Cross was up to?
(20) If you want a flavour of where the credo of choice and competition could take things, consider the example of Circle Healthcare: recently given a £1bn contract to run a hospital in Cambridgeshire, reportedly aiming at acquiring three more, backed by hedge funds, and commanded by an ex-Goldman Sachs banker called Ali Parsa ("Mr Parsa's mission is to provide clinical services to the NHS – while turning a profit," says the Economist ).
Testament
Definition:
(n.) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.
(n.) One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.
Example Sentences:
(1) But the same court also just refused to hear an appeal of a Minnesota woman who's been ordered to pay more than $220,000 for downloading two-dozen songs – a testament to Congress' gift to Hollywood and its allies in the form of absurdly stiff penalties for minor infringement.
(2) Fifa and I will take the Qatari authorities at their word and I look forward to the concrete actions which will be the real testament of will,” Infantino said.
(3) "[The consortium award] is fantastic news for them and is a testament to the leadership of their individual organisations," he said.
(4) "This is a major milestone and testament to the burgeoning reputation of UK automotive excellence and demand for British-made cars."
(5) The unremitting assault on Aleppo by Russian and Syrian forces over recent days is certainly testament to that.” In a week of what residents have described as the worst airstrike campaign since the start of the civil war in Syria , forces loyal to Assad have begun the early stages of a ground offensive aimed at reclaiming eastern Aleppo, which has been under opposition control since 2012.
(6) Indeed, the word establishment is testament to its one-time importance: the term is likely to derive from the fact that the Church of England is the country's "established church", or state religion, with the monarch serving as its head.
(7) It was a reference to a Bible passage in the New Testament.
(8) With every year and every budget its continued use was an annual testament to dependability, continuity and fiscal prudence.
(9) The simple fact that the government expects perhaps just 2% or “at most 8%” of fathers to take up parental leave is testament to that.
(10) She soon emerged before a frantic press corps and offered a short statement – a testament to the campaign’s desire to put the issue to rest.
(11) Photograph: Guillaume Bression for the Guardian It is testament to the disquiet the protests have caused that Abe appears determined to pass the bills by Friday, ahead of five straight days of public holidays that could bring even bigger crowds out on the streets.
(12) The Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen, said she was “looking forward” to a US interest rate hike, which would be a testament to the economy’s recovery from recession.
(13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest John Kasich wins Ohio primary: ‘The campaign goes on’ It’s a wonderful testament to today’s Republican party that you can measure a candidate’s credentials by the lack of contraband.
(14) Twelve days of Star Wars: film rockets to $1bn at the box office in record time Read more “The speed with which records are falling is a testament to the audience broadening out.
(15) Is this a case study in Libyan dysfunction or a testament to the depth of Libya's conversion to democratic practices?
(16) Stepping inside, what I'm confronted with is not testament to organisational ability, but a collective drive to prove that the party is still alive.
(17) The concessions he agreed, and the £9.25m "dowry" paid to the Lebedevs to buy it in the form of guaranteed investment for the next 10 months, are testament to O'Reilly's eagerness to sell.
(18) The LUFC academy is now regarded as one of the most productive in the country and last season proved testament to that with the continued development of Sam Byram, Alex Mowatt, Lewis Cook, Charlie Taylor, Kalvin Phillips, Lewis Walters and Chris Dawson amongst a crop of outstanding young players to wear the Leeds badge of honour and to don the famous white shirt.
(19) Their loss has been our gain as the longlist casts a wide net in terms of both geography and tone, ranging from the slimmest of novels – Colm Tóibín's stark, surprising The Testament of Mary conjures the gospel according to Jesus's mother in a mere 100-odd pages – to vast doorstops, playful with genre and form.
(20) "These figures are really a testament to the hard work of doctors and nurses in meeting increased patient demand while keeping waiting times lower than Labour ever managed", said a spokesman.