Rhetorical Critical Approaches: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Sample Clauses

Rhetorical Critical Approaches: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx. In contrast to social-scientific methods that examine the historical backgrounds of the text, modern rhetorical studies of 1 Corinthians have turned attention more directly to the text itself, examining the letter for its rhetorical form and content and relationship to rhetorical practices in the ancient world. While several studies of 1 Cor 8:1-11:1 use rhetorical arrangement to account for the flow of the argument, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx develops the rhetorical interpretation of these chapters with the greatest sophistication.62 Xxxxxxxx argues for the unity and logic of 1 Corinthians on the basis of the letter’s affinities with deliberative rhetoric. Among the several features of deliberative discourse that Xxxxxxxx identifies in 1 Corinthians, two features, the theme of ‘concord’ (ὁμονοία) and the appeal to advantage (τὸ σύμφερον), are of most interest for our discussion.63 First, political discourse commonly urges various factions in a city or confederation to alter their divisive ways in favor of unity and concord.64 Xxxxxxxx’x argument shows how this theme is present in the letter’s vocabulary and how Xxxx executes his unifying strategy in an analysis of the letter’s compositional arrangement. Xxxx’s major challenge with respect to idol meat is to maintain the community’s internal unity in the face of disagreement that is pulling them apart.65 Xxxx encounters a divided Corinthian community, which consists of a group that believes eating idol meat is permissible and a group that believes eating idol meat is idolatrous. Xxxx responds by adopting a “reconciliatory strategy” in which he allows eating idol meat, but condemns idolatry.66 The argument progresses as follows. In 8:1-8, Xxxx makes it clear that eating idol meat in itself does not constitute idolatry and, thus, cannot be condemned by those who 62 Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation: An Exegetical Investigation of the Language and Composition of 1 Corinthians (Louisville: Westminster/Xxxx Xxxx, 1991). Other rhetorical studies of 1 Corinthians include, Joop X. X. Xxxx, About the Idol Offerings: Rhetoric, Social Context, and Theology of Xxxx’s Discourse in First Corinthians 8:1-11:1 (Leuven, Peeters, 2000); Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Food Offered to Idols in Roman Corinth: A Social-Rhetorical Reconsideration of 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1 (WUNT 151; Tübingen: Xxxx Siebeck, 2003). 63 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, 60-64. 64 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, 1-2. Xxxxxxxx extends the earlier work of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,...
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  • SHOP XXXXXXX The Shop Xxxxxxx shall be a County employee as selected by the Union. A list of shop stewards will be kept current and sent by the Union to each department head and to Human Resources. Duties required by the Union of its stewards, except attendance at meetings with the County, supervisory personnel and aggrieved employees arising out of a grievance already initiated by an employee under Article 14 hereof, shall not interfere with their or other employees, regular work assignments as employees of the County. The shop xxxxxxx, or their designee, involved with a particular grievance must be identified at Step 1 of the grievance procedure and will be designated as the only bargaining unit employee who will be able to gather information pertaining to that particular grievance. The Union will make reasonable efforts to control the amount of investigative time spent between the shop xxxxxxx and the aggrieved employee. Meetings scheduled with management and other proper investigative procedures, and attendance at meetings specified in Steps 1 and 2 of the grievance procedure shall be considered hours worked for compensation purposes to the extent such meetings occur during the normal hours of work, and not otherwise. In order to use union leave for this purpose, Shop Stewards must notify the supervisor/department head of meetings and other commitments at the time these are scheduled. Attendance at meetings specified in Step 3 of the grievance procedure shall be considered hours worked during regularly scheduled business hours of the County for the xxxxxxx involved, witnesses and the grievant. The County shall not be liable for any overtime as a result of the meeting. Witnesses and the shop xxxxxxx involved shall be granted leave with pay to the extent their presence at the proceedings is required. If it is a discharge case the grievant shall not be paid except as provided in a remedy awarded.

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  • Xxxxxx, Esq Anyone to whom a notice may be given under this Agreement may designate a new address by notice to that effect given to the other party in accordance with this subsection (b). Each such notice shall be deemed given upon the receipt thereof when delivered in person and on the second business day after the mailing when sent by mail as aforesaid. (c) You understand that, upon exercise of this Option, you may recognize income for tax purposes in an amount equal to the excess of the then fair market value of the Shares purchased over the Option Price for such Shares. Your employer may withhold tax from your current compensation with respect to such income or any other income which it deems you to have received in connection therewith; to the extent that your then current compensation is insufficient to satisfy the withholding tax liability, you will be required to make a cash payment to cover such liability as a condition of exercise of this Option. (d) If this Option shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Option, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Option lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Option of like tenor and denomination, but only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction of such Option and such indemnity and, if requested by the Company, such bond, as shall in each case be satisfactory to the Company. You must also comply with such other reasonable requirements and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe in connection with such issuance. (e) This Option shall be governed and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts executed, delivered and to be fully performed in the State of New York, without giving effect to contrary provisions regarding conflict of laws. (f) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon your heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives, and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. You may not assign, transfer, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of this Agreement, or any of your rights hereunder except if and to the extent expressly permitted by Section 8 of this Agreement, and any such attempted prohibited delegation or disposition shall be null and void and without effect. (g) This Agreement constitutes the complete understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and no statement, representation, warranty or covenant has been made by either party with respect thereto except as expressly set forth herein. This Agreement shall not be altered, modified, amended or terminated except by written instrument signed by each of the parties hereto. (h) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. (i) The section headings contained herein are for the purposes of convenience only, are not intended to define or limit the contents of said sections and are not part of this Agreement. (j) By signing below, you hereby accept this Option subject to all of the terms and provisions hereof and acknowledge all of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth above. This Option shall not be effective until you have signed this Option and delivered it to the Company.

  • Xxxxxxx, Esq If to the Executive, to him at the offices of the Company with a copy to him at his home address, set forth in the records of the Company. Any person named above may designate another address or fax number by giving notice in accordance with this Section to the other persons named above.

  • Xxxxxxx Xxxx CareFirst BlueChoice’s Service Area is a clearly defined geographic area in which CareFirst BlueChoice has arranged for the provision of health care services to be generally available and readily accessible to Members. CareFirst BlueChoice will provide the Member with a specific description of the Service Area at the time of enrollment. The Service Area is as follows: the District of Columbia; the state of Maryland; in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the cities of Alexandria and Fairfax, Arlington County, the town of Vienna and the areas of Fairfax and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Counties in Virginia lying east of Route 123. SAMPLE If a Member temporarily lives out of the Service Area (for example, if a Dependent goes to college in another state), the Member may be able to take advantage of the CareFirst BlueChoice Away From Home Program. This Program may allow a Member who resides out of the Service Area for an extended period of time to utilize the benefits of an affiliated Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO. This Program is not coordination of benefits. A Member who takes advantage of the Away From Home Program will be subject to the rules, regulations and plan benefits of the affiliated Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO. If the Member makes a permanent move, he/she does not have to wait until the Annual Open Enrollment Period to change plans. Please call 000-000-0000 or visit xxx.xxxx.xxx for more information on the Away from Home Program. This attachment contains certain terms that have a specific meaning as used herein. These terms are capitalized and defined in Section A below, and/or in the Individual Enrollment Agreement to which this document is attached. These procedures replace all prior procedures issued by CareFirst BlueChoice, which afford CareFirst BlueChoice Members recourse pertaining to denials and reductions of claims for benefits by CareFirst BlueChoice. These procedures only apply to claims for benefits. Notification required by these procedures will only be sent when a Member requests a benefit or files a claim in accordance with CareFirst BlueChoice procedures. An authorized representative may act on behalf of the Member in pursuing a benefit claim or appeal of an Adverse Benefit Determination. CareFirst BlueChoice may require reasonable proof to determine whether an individual has been properly authorized to act on behalf of a Member. In the case of a claim involving Urgent/Emergent Care, a Health Care Provider with knowledge of a Member's medical condition is permitted to act as the authorized representative. SAMPLE

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  • Sxxxxxxx-Xxxxx The Company is, or on the Closing Date will be, in material compliance with the provisions of the Sxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and related or similar rules or regulations promulgated by any governmental or self-regulatory entity or agency, that are applicable to it as of the date hereof.

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  • Xxxx Xxxxxxx Purchase Order and Sales Contact Email 2 Purchase Order and Sales Contact Phone 2 3 Company Website 4 Entity D/B/A's and Assumed Names 5 Primary Address 2 Primary Address City 7 Primary Address State 2 8 Primary Address Zip 9 Search Words Identifying Vendor Certification of Vendor Residency (Required by the State of Texas)

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