It becomes a way of orienting oneself, an added social focus.

There are no reference points at ground-level by which one can orient oneself.

There doesn't seem to be any direction, nothing to orient oneself."

The expression was just a way of orienting oneself in New Orleans.

This is not jingoism or imperialism, but a basic means of orienting oneself in the world.

Through this it is possible to orient oneself amidst the various schools and to make sense of the anonymous drawings, which constitute the majority.'

Acoustic wayfinding is the practice of using the auditory system to orient oneself and navigate physical space.

Taking a city bus is a good way of orienting oneself before plunging into the morass of monuments, museums and churches.

Topographic memory involves the ability to orient oneself in space, to recognize and follow an itinerary, or to recognize familiar places.

This can be a valuable tool for orienting oneself within a stratigraphic section or within a thick lithostratigraphic unit.

In the intelligence analysis article, orienting oneself to the consumers deals with some of ways in which intelligence can become more responsive to the needs of policymakers.

The theatres and working floors are tied together by a West 65th Street vestibule-lobby that rises several stories, allowing one to orient oneself upon entering the building.

He busied himself with those astrogational chores which began with orienting oneself to galactic directions after leaving a planet which rotates at its own individual speed.

Psychosynthesis offers an overall view which can help orient oneself within the vast array of different modalities available today, and be applied either for therapy or for self-actualization.

Realizing that the immensity of the building could easily confuse visitors, the architect arranged the interior around the central space in such a way as to make it easy to orient oneself.

To orient oneself realistically in the world, in order to achieve success in what one does, it is important to strike a good balance: to be neither excessively critical nor completely uncritical.

The need to orient oneself to the end results, to cooperate on an equal basis and to work more effectively brings about the need for a political superstructure that would serve these basic interests better.

Crunching historical time into familiar space, Schecter uses New York as a "fixed point, a compass for orienting oneself amid the many disparate theaters and battles of the long, complex war."

Heidegger sees phronesis as a mode of comportment in and toward the world, a way of orienting oneself and thus of caring-seeing-knowing and enabling a particular way of being concerned.

You understand the principle of geomancy, of course--one orients oneself to the natural world on the basis of harmony with the five natural elements, which are fire, water, metal, wood, and earth.

The fact that there are discrepancies between different levels of representation should perhaps be no surprise as it is the case of the above-mentioned examples of reading a map, or orienting oneself in a space under zero gravity.

On the plus side, the effort needed to orient oneself to the show will be rewarded by the discovery of works such as Angelo di Petta's seamless double-walled bowls with bright geometric motifs on painterly surfaces.

Karma yoga is described as a way of acting, thinking and willing by which one orients oneself toward realization by acting in accordance with one's duty (dharma) without consideration of personal self-centered desires, likes or dislikes.

"Naturally they'd send me someone musically orient- ed," she thought, not at all sure she was pleased with his infringement on her most cherished memories of Jennan.

They're going to be much more information and health oriented.

However a few things may make you feel better oriented.

"Is your bed oriented east to west or north to south?"

Her face oriented on something beyond, as it had before.

Wrong, it took 10 minutes just to get oriented in the game.

That building was oriented to the south, while the church points to the east.

He needed a few minutes to orient himself in the new situation.

It is oriented to the management of the real time service model.

The film is oriented around questions of history and violence.

And he tried to orient himself at the same time.

"Both my husband and I are very family oriented," she said.

The many windows are oriented to make the most of the light.

Even the recently dead took a few minutes to orient themselves.

I was oriented to a completely different world - 15 miles away.

Throughout its long history the business has always been very "family" oriented.

A couple of new research oriented books have been recently published.

It seemed to take him a moment to orient himself.

It might take him a few minutes to orient, but he would get them.

There are many activities to do at the park and it's quite family oriented.

We also have a very popular governor who is business oriented.

"She was very business oriented, always taking responsibility for the house."

They are oriented toward the immediate needs of their members.

One reason is that their systems are oriented toward primary care.

As always, it took her a moment to orient herself.

"We want our group to be issue oriented without any party affiliation."