Sentences with phrase «about tendencies»

This article is a brief review of what to understand about the tendencies of the Avoidant individual.

The reason some of the results look off is because the test is extremely honest about your tendencies, which is something you're not really able to do yourself.

The core of his column is that the «Notorious RBG» question is fundamentally about the tendencies of «the left.»

When a series of measurements of a process are treated as a time series, trend estimation can be used to make and justify statements about tendencies in the data, by relating the measurements to the times at which they occurred.

We will find out about our tendencies when it comes to dressing and how we can take the appropriate steps to create a wardrobe that fulfils us, gives us options and makes us happy.

What do we say about these tendencies which, in combination with the fragility of the human psyche, seem to make walls necessary?

But it is also important that Europeans who come here are challenged, as well — particularly by our American cautiousness about the tendencies of states, institutions, and power structures in general.

Some knowledge of the history and forms of political organization of other nations is also desirable, as a source of suggestions for improving American governmental processes and of warnings about tendencies to be avoided, and as a basis for understanding the different ways of people with other traditions, resources, and problems.

At the same time, given what we know about the tendencies of absolute power to become exploitative and dominating, we are not sure that we want a single world government.

But when you think about the tendency to follow systems or patterns, to replicate what is already organized or designed, it also stands to reason that this is the opposite of the tendency to stay fluid, to respond to new input or demands, to rearrange what has already been organized or designed.

They were especially concerned about its tendency to include more blacks than whites, poor than rich, illiterate than educated.

[I disagree with the assertion that Mars Hill is a cult, but I think Fred's point about our tendency to see sexual betrayal as bad «because it involves sex rather than because it involves betrayal» is spot - on, and his concerns about Driscoll's preoccupation with sex and power are, of course, warranted.]

In the «The Maniac,» in Orthodoxy, Chesterton writes about the tendency for professional critics to go mad.

Although White is absolutely right about the tendency of today's animated films (Tangled included) to pander to the most annoying and depressing aspects of popular culture even as they ignore or deny the richer, deeper culture from which most classic fairy tales emerged, the animated features that Disney brought to the screen when Uncle Walt himself still oversaw the studio made a point of drawing considerable aesthetic, emotional, and narrative power from specifically Christian aspects of the culture that, even today, America shares with Europe.

@Todd — but either way (regarding my last post)-- I would think one could just as easily argue that there is still nothing «immaterial» about the tendency for the mind to behave similarly against certain situations.

I can remember ending my gym membership because as I began to look better and feel better about myself my tendency to find men attractive and to fantasize increased.

Now there is much in Augustine about this tendency of the soul to turn toward preoccupation with temporal things, and much in condemnation of the body's lusts.

These people know about my tendency to exaggerate, my messy house, my super-ugly glasses that I have to wear when my contacts dry up, my inability to solve very basic math problems, my bleeding heart, my baking skills, my cooking disasters.

There was an article here about the tendency of Christians to behave very un-Christianlike online, so you can not argue that your side can only be victims in this, right?

Pundits seriously need to start talking about his tendency to make costly errors.

When he was asked about their tendency to play on the counter-attack, he shot straight back: «recursos»: it is something you resort to, rather than something you necessarily aspire to as a badge of identity.

I'm an AP parent myself, but have often wondered about the tendency to space children quite far apart so that there is no perceived threat to their attachment.

I've talked so far about the tendency to short - termism that characterises too much of our society, and the particular failure of our generation to focus on the future.

This study raises worrying questions about the tendency of formal rating systems to be conservative.

One of the most destructive things about the tendency to compare is a reliance on judgment of others for your own self - esteem.

You inherit your eye color and body shape from your parents — but what about the tendency to split from a spouse?

Confronting a friend about their tendency to be self - absorbed isn't something that comes easily.

If «A Ghost Story» is about the tendency for places to linger within our hearts and minds, Olivier Assayas's uncategorizably bizarre supernatural drama «Personal Shopper» is a metaphor about being stuck in place.

In sum, The End of America is a worthwhile film to the extent that it can serve a permanent watchdog function as a reminder of the possible erosion of Constitutional rights and the citizenry's need to remain vigilant about the tendency of power to corrupt, and of absolute power to corrupt absolutely.

It's not that they can't control it, but «tweens need to know about this tendency if they are going to successfully work despite it.

«You could write a really good history of education writ large about our tendency in this country to go from one extreme to the other, and this has all the hallmarks of that,» Mr. Pondiscio said.

In his poem «Revelation,» Robert Frost talks about the tendency of humans to hide their true identity from others while at the same time hoping that someone will find them out.

Whether he's writing about a disappointing modern ferry, the Lynx, or about the tendency of buildings to be moved from one side of the road to the other, Parsons» writing style makes every adventure intriguing.»

• Adelle Waldman — author of one of my favorite books of the year — wrote this thought - provoking article over on Page - Turner about the tendency of writers to use female beauty without adequate consideration.

I had also been told about their tendency to immediately discount (which can get you in trouble with Amazon) so I knew to put my prices higher with them so as not to have that problem.

By the way, I asked Heiserman about the tendency for some large - cap blue chips — names like Procter & Gamble, IBM, and Altria — to have a high intangible assets ratio and negative tangible book value.

In contrast, a signficant market decline from here would allow us to be less concerned about any tendency toward indiscriminate weakness in individual stocks, as we would expect the higher - strike put options to compensate.

Knowing about their tendency to run amok especially when left alone, you should consider getting another Siamese as a companion for the whole day.

Writing about this tendency and its connection to Wool's signature spray squiggle, Glenn O'Brien notes, «Christopher Wool takes it to the bridge, spanning abstract expressionism and pop, drama and comedy, funk and the sublime.

Talks about a tendency of temperatures to equilibriate and the impossibility of perpetual motion machines.

I've written about the tendency of BigLaw to multiply rates (which,... Continue Reading

TVO — On looking for meaning — Russell Smith — A brief clip in which the novelist and columnist talks about the tendency of some to want to be reductive about novels: what's your book about, Mr. Joyce.

Explore candidates» mistakes during interviews and use your time together to learn more about their tendency to pay attention to details.

I've often spoken about my tendency to rely on email too often, but would work to find the right method of communication for the right situation.

good management A reader writes: How can I talk to my employee about her tendency to annoy people?

Attitude & Motivation Coaching Communication Daily Life Emotional Intelligence Management Office Politics People Skills Professionalism Over at the Fast Track blog, we received this reader question: How can I talk to my employee about her tendency to annoy people?

A reader writes: How can I talk to my employee about her tendency to annoy people?

I've written a lot about the tendency of SEL advocates to focus solely on the individual without acknowledging broader political / economic forces.

When a client reports repetitive intrusions, we may wonder about a tendency toward obsessiveness or the possibility of depression and / or anxiety.

Not exact matches

Ms McGowan said society had a tendency to think about workplace injury in terms of visible injury, such as amputations or lacerations.