Sentences with phrase «times story pointed»

That doesn't seem fair: As the Times story points out, «New York's courts have overlooked misconduct like lawyers» solicitation of minors for sex, efforts to deceive judges and possession of cocaine.

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Pointing to a recent New York Times story about the unemployed leveraging their passions into business plans, Bizbox predicts a coming golden age of entrepreneurship.
«Look for times when you can make a point, tell a story to reinforce it, and collect your rewards from the faces of the people around you.»
Too many of the also - rans are already stuck in the proof - point pudding (moving sideways instead of forward) and finding that they can no longer sell the same old «just wait and see» story as easily to the guys that totally fell for it the last time.
Contis was quick to point out that your business's name is a creative platform for telling a long - term story to the world, so it is worth spending some time and effort into finding the best fit.
I worked as a journalist for The Financial Times in Silicon Valley and I remember even back then that if you played along and if a story followed a company's talking points you were fine.
As Hitched.com editor Steve Cooper put it in a rebuttal to the Facebook divorce stories, this has been the case since the times of our caveman friend Blaaarggg: «I'm sure at some point during the Stone Age a woman was frustrated because her mate wouldn't step away from the fire and come to bed.
There's even one point when Harding's mother criticizes the filmmakers for keeping her out of the story for a long stretch of time.
«Part of the reasons active measures have worked in the US election is because the commander - in - chief has used Russian active measures at times against his opponents,» Watts said, pointing to Manafort and Trump's citations of fake - news stories pushed out by Russian - linked entities last year.
Wired has called gamification an enemy of great support, and while dissenting opinions often point to cases like Microsoft and the increased productivity they saw when implementing gamification, the numbers don't tell the full story — a lower response time does not mean your team is doing a better job of taking care of customers.
This point has been covered in this site, time and time again — and it's the same story regardless of whether you're involved in passive investing with index funds, active investing with mutual funds or ETFs, or even investing in penny stocks.
Interestingly, the Times story does not mention the North American Man - Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), an organization that has the merit of being utterly straightforward on a subject about which the Times, at least at this point in its political evolution, feels compelled to be somewhat coy.
Apologists have spent a great deal of time and effort to try and make the contradictions in the four gospel STORIES make sense, they have had some success but not to the point of establishing the STORY as FACT.
I also think that he / she missed the point of the post: these types of stories get embellished every time they are told.
As has been pointed out to you countless times, science has shown that the biblical myths of creation and life are not true — they are simply stories invented to satisfy an ignorant populace.
At the time a lot of people (especially those with power over the Hebrews) were worshiping the world — the moon, the sea, the sky: that story points to who should be worshiped — the Creator of those things.
The reality of the story is its power, and the point that makes it a parable is the analogy between the situation of the family and that of Palestinian Judaism at the time of Jesus» ministry.
Gay «No» campaigners Keith Mills and Paddy Manning pointed out that such was perfectly possible without undermining family structures completely since extensive Civil Partnership legislation was already in place, and they did make a difference, but the softening up of the electorate by years of sob - stories would have taken far more time and effort to overcome.
A New York Times story over the weekend chronicled how some individuals and organizations eager to see same - sex marriage legalized have stopped trying to win others to their point of view through reasoned argument and have turned, instead, to emotional epithets as their main rhetorical tool.
My fourth point was that many times the best answer we can come up with is: «We don't know» and that there's then no point of going to old stories about magic for other answers.
yes i have looked at all the evidence and seen at first, all finger pointed to the man and then when the witnesses recanted their stories, would that make you think twice and three times before taking a life.
National Review Editor John O'Sullivan points out that Buckley's essay is «ten times as long as the average cover story,» but says the topic was important and sensitive enough to dictate printing the entire article.
although i believe the gospel story points to something in the movement of time... historical... i think it is pointing beyond it, like a lens, into the reality i'm trying to explain in point # 3.
Some people dedicate a lot of time and energy watching Joss Whedon's «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» and debating the finer points of that story, debating what Whedon's intent was with certain images, what philosophy is supported by that storyline.
Unless one takes time to hear the point of the story and make that point the governing consideration, every one of the characters may receive separate, brief treatment as a launching pad for «a lesson for us today».
but thats not what i'm talking about... i am discussing the god you claim to worship... even if you believe jesus was god on earth it doesn't matter for if you take what he had to say as law then you should take with equal fervor words and commands given from god itself... it stands as logical to do this and i am confused since most only do what jesus said... the dude was only here for 30 years and god has been here for the whole time — he has added, taken away, and revised everything he has set previous to jesus and after his death... thru the prophets — i base my argument on the book itself, so if you have a counter argument i believe you haven't a full understanding of the book — and that would be my overall point... belief without full understanding of or consideration to real life or consequences for the hereafter is equal to a childs belief in santa which is why we atheists feel it is an equal comparision... and santa is clearly a bs story... based on real events from a real historical person but not a magical being by any means!
Likewise, Jesus tells the story of the owner of the vineyard to show that his listeners, members of the religious establishment of his time, have missed the point.
Dude, it's a bunch of fictious stories that were edited over time, it's not about actual events or history, that's the point.
The survey results have given me the confidence to claim to speak for a generation that for the first time is telling the story of divorce from its own point of view.
«The Bible,» writes Enns, «is the story of God told from the limited point of view of real people living at a certain place and time....
I need only to ask: if you wash your feet before prayer, and when the last stoning was that you attended: to get my point across... but you did say I had to answer in a coherent manner...:) Yes, the jesus story... one of those that many love to argue about, even me at times in my life have i taken the position of «he never existed»... but most of us know he did, the only real question is his divinity.
Noahs Ark is a fallacy and could not have happened - science has proven this point numerous times over, so I would hope a smart man like Obama would believe the peer - reviewed studies over a 2000 year old story.
Phrygian to me i sense that you are struggling with issues in your mind that you cant reconcile and these issues are affecting what you believe in your heart and therefore your faith in God.I had something similar happen to me recently regarding the story of the demon possessed man at one point the demons begged Jesus to cast them into the pigs does that mean that Jesus was implicated with the work of satan.It cast my mind into doubt and then i began to question who God is.I prayed and sort the holy spirit for an answer the answer i got was that Gods character never changes he is always holy righteous and sovereign why else would satan ask for his permission.So the answer was that he allowed satans purpose to prevail so that we can see that satans intention is always to destroy it may well have been that the pigs were his anyway.As they were for the gentile nations who offered the pigs to their demon Gods.Just as satan can not change who he is the destroyer the thief the liar God can not change who he is when we realise that despite what we see going on in the world God is still the same yesterday today and forever.The time is coming when those that have hurt others will be judged for there wickedness as we serve a holy and just God.Just as it was in the times of Noah so it is with this this generation that as the wickedness reachs its zenith then the Lord will return to judge the nations.He is coming again and we need to be ready it is not a time to be caught sleeping.brentnz
We can not at this point follow the tragic, challenging story of Jeremiah, but with reference to the law he saw, more clearly than any other man of his time, that its essence could not be fulfilled by cultic busyness at the temple.
However, the Association of Christian Teachers has described the move as a step too far, speaking on Premier's «News Hour», Chief Executive of ACT, Clive Ireson said: «from a Christian point of view they're aren't nurseries; of very many of them that would be teaching it as a scientific fact during their science curriculam, they'll be teaching it during their RE curriculam areas and those bible stories like creationism need to be taught during that time».
When we recognize the original point as that of the contrast between the handful of seed and the bushels of harvest, and when we set the parable finally in the context of the proclamation of God acting as king in the experience of men confronted by the message and ministry of Jesus, what is the significance of a story about a Palestinian peasant who sows handfuls of seed and, despite all the agricultural vicissitudes of that time and place, gathers in bushels of harvest?
I don't care what either of their pasts may show, all that matters is what happened in the time leading up to an armed man pulling a weapon on an unarmed teenager... a point that there really is only one side of the story being told for, dead men don't speak.
The metaphoric impact is not overwhelming in these examples, but by a combination of association and juxtaposition of the agonizing events of our time with symbols pointing to Jesus, imaginative encounter with his story becomes possible.
Here is the same mythic story, but this time told from the point of view of the victim, who is clearly accused unjustly and murdered wrongly.
However, the wine may tell us a different story, as the alcohol in it points toward a direction which may have been normal in different times, but not anymore.
The point of that story is that now I eat the stuff as a snack all the time.
I saw someone from Ahalogy that I wanted to meet up with at some point, and then I got sidetracked, which is the story of my life;) I hope you had a good time!
i am not sitting on my couch with my laptop and peeing in my pants, but it's gotten to the point where every time i look away from my manuscript * i feel the imaginary magnetic stress - induced pull to come back and edit this bagel dog recipe or find a better way to tell the eggboy fart story.
Berry was voted into the Pro Bowl for the fourth time in his career last week, but for those out there that see the Pro Bowl as a popularity contest or a name - recognition game (which it is, sometimes), I know we both think it's pretty important to point out that Berry's performance this season definitely makes him deserving of the honor — it's no sympathy vote based on his story.
Nobody expects the team to go through the whole season without a small dip and yes we should be winning against the smaller clubs time and time again, however it's the same old story every season and it would be ignorant to assume Arsenal won't drop points.
Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene
in other stories, hang in there guys, the 4th is ours, maybe just maybe Spuds finishing ahead of us for once will be the catalyst that will open the eyes of all the Wenger fan boys who still think he should be on the job until he is dead... Leicester city were relegation fodders this time last season, today there are 5 points clear at top of the league... we are 4 or thereabout this time last season, and the season before that and the one before that, in short we are where we were or thereabout for the last 10 season....
it doesn't really matter, the balls were checked at half time, and replaced, and the pats still scored 28 more points, had no issue on the out come, of the game, end of story.
It is a different story for Watford, who were the better team until Vokes» equaliser, as they lost for a third time in four matches, and though still nine points above the relegation zone they should not encounter any late - season drama.
The media will point to the fact that during his time at the club Chelsea have won everything imaginable, however, that does not tell the whole story.
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