Sentences with phrase «achievements against those of»

More so than ever before, working professionals are obsessed with comparing their own achievements against those of others, all at their own peril.

It opens the way, for the first time, to comparing student, school and district performance across the land on a credible, common metric — and gauging their achievement against that of youngsters in other countries on our shrinking and ever - more - competitive planet.

Blur employs a fictional social network which tracks your stats and achievements against those of your friends, hoping to generate a churning community intent on topping the leaderboards and making a name for themselves.

Not exact matches

Instead, Trump spent much of the speech railing against his critics and touting his achievements.

At the end of each fiscal year, the Committee certifies performance against the applicable performance targets, and units representing the level of achievement during that fiscal year are «banked» for potential payout at the end of the three - year performance period.

It forces recognition of the fact that Jesus» teaching did not center around such ideas as the infinite worth of personality, the cultivation of the inner life, the development of man toward an ideal; that Jesus spoke rather of the coming Kingdom of God, which was to be God's gift, not man's achievement, of man's decision for or against the Kingdom, and of the divine demand for obedience.

For this real achievement, we should be very grateful indeed, even if we should deplore the low intensity conflicts against the poor that are the more characteristic wars of economism.

And I thought of Fred Bass and his achievement against the odds.

Yet when the mind is not confused by utopian illusions it is not difficult to recognize genuine achievements of justice and to feel under obligation to defend them against the threats of tyranny and the negation of justice.

''... people who wish to be Christ's disciples are called to go against the tide... (of) arrogance and the achievement of success at all costs... (Today) there exists a race, sometimes a desperate race, toward appearance and possession at all costs, at the expense, unfortunately, of being.

At the other, in protest against the self - righteous «perfectionism» thus implied, is the current neo-orthodox tendency to stress the continuance of sin in the most saintly Christians, with reluctance to grant any significant moral achievement as the result of redemption lest it savor of human presumption.

For a few examples: the protection of the unborn, the handicapped, and the dying; parental choice in education; tax and other policies supportive of marriage and the family; the defense of individual merit against quotas and related discriminations; the defense of property, civil, and religious rights against expansivist government control; and the vigorous affirmation of the achievements of Western culture, in opposition to multiculturalist fashions.

They clothe themselves in an armor of achievement that they hope will protect them against uncertainties — of the job market, of course, but also deeper uncertainties about their status, their identities, their self - worth.

Confession becomes prayer when it is made with a consciousness of the limitlessness of the possibilities of goodness against which every human achievement must appear as a relative failure.

In rebellion against God, new achievements offer new opportunities for the kind of intellectual pride and self - sufficiency which encourages us to exalt ourselves and try to get along without him.

Yet the strenuous effort to live in just that way leads to a certain rigidity, insensitivity, and pride that militate against the achievement of beauty both in oneself and in others.

This achievement must be seen against the background of recent German history.

Among other achievements, he supported the appeal of a Frankish bishop against a powerful Frankish archbishop, compelled a great - grandson of Charlemagne to take back his divorced wife, excommunicated two bishops for supporting the divorce, and enforced his power over another archbishop who defied it.

Even if an uncritical relationship between the church and science does not totally ideologize Christianity, we still have history's word that the ambiguous nature of many scientific achievements argues against the church's unqualified sponsorship of them.

A spokesperson for the PrintWeek 2017 Awards commented: «This year we received a record number of entries from across the country and making the shortlist is a tremendous achievement against extremely tough competition.»

It's also worth pointing out that, regardless of whether Arizona ties or breaks or fails to do either thing with the record on Wednesday, they'll still managed a notable achievement against the Dodgers this series.

I would like you to state all the achievements of klopp in the last 15 to 18 years and what you believe he would achieve with dotmund in the next 5 years (thats if he is not replaced) with bayern buying and poaching powers.every1 agree that wengers time is up and that he should leave at the end of the season but what amuses me is your constant rant against any1 that fails to go by your line of reasoning.

To compete as well as we have against rivals who have invested far greater sums in players than we have and have eschewed the development of Academy players makes his achievements all the more remarkable.

No one is questioning Wenger's past achievements, but he has had three seasons and 5 transfer windows to get the necessary players i.e a top sttiker and a dm which are glaring deficiencies in our squad and yet he ignores it and this summer was an example of how delusional he has become, by making statements like there no players available which could improve our squad, while treble winner barca even with their transfer ban get couple in, same with Bayern, Madrid and all other big clubs because they know you have constantly improve their squads to compete, and by making that statement he implied that he has one of the best sqauds in Europe, so can you please tell me whether you are optimistic about our chances against Bayern?

Not only does Ohio State dominate its head - to - head series against Oregon to an uncomfortable degree, its achievements tower over those of the Ducks.

Looking at Sanchez and Ozil I'm pretty sure that their life ambitions didn't simply lie in finishing in a respectable position and winning the FA cup, If the crowning achievement of being an Arsenal player is participating or winning the FA Cup, don't expect big named players to be throwing themselves at the team, all for the opportunity to play against Scunthorpe en - route to the final, what a bloody dream come true (Notice the intense sarcasm).

Arsenal can hold its collective head up high for its achievements against the vastly greater spending power of clubs who believe buying success is as worthy as earning it.

Crystal Palace are keen on bolstering their attacking lineup with the signing of Simone Zaza from Juventus, according to reports from Calciomercato Palace making it into the finals of the FA Cup is most certainly a huge achievement and the club faithful are eagerly awaiting the encounter against Manchester United at Wembley later this month.

«There is still everything to play for in the Champions League and getting seven points from the games against United, Liverpool and Arsenal was a great achievement and gives us a lot of confidence going forward.

What a terrifying vision of the future of football we've been served up this week.AC Milan, once the pride of a powerful and thriving seria A now reduced to shadow boxing against a really not that great United.All because they deserted their natural (and rather beautiful) defensive style of football to join the circus, brought in foreign players (especially brazilians) who think jogging back to defend is beneath them and generally put two fingers up to Italy's historic football traditions.Much good as it done them, and what a boring game?I concede that a lot of football fans nowadays do nt remember anything before the cheque book league but even they must have been struck by the sheer mind numbing pointlessness of it.Even the stewards were asleep by half time.As for the porto match well all that can be said is that they made the gooners look like an half decent well balanced football team, no mean achievement when you think about it.At least we, ve had the pleasure of listening to all those gooners and Mancs waffling on about how great they are which is always hilarious.Especially the stuff about Rooney, just wait till the World Cup when some Italian or South American defender takes him under his wing for half an hour and then see how great he is.If he can survive the WC without being sent off it will be a miracle.All the recent hype has done him no favours at all.Not that the World Cup really inspires these days, its glory days are long over and it's become a competition decided by referees rather than great play.Bear that in mind if Roons has to take the walk of shame, it's not his fault, someone told him he was a truly great player like Bobby Charlton or George Best.The problem is he looks like he believes them.

So, regardless of the result against Honduras, Postecoglou's achievements deserve a better send - off than to be forgotten in an instant like that.

«I'm not proud [of his record over Wenger], for me an achievement is to win [on Sunday], not the other 12 matches that we played before against Arsenal, I don't look to this.

For Portsmouth to record a huge win at Blackburn this Saturday, a win that would be their biggest achievement of the season by a long way, they will need to emulate their performance against Wolves at the beginning of last month.

The almost poetic event of Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain's superbly taken goal against Brazil at the Maracana gave his achievement still greater significance; and even romance.

A hat - trick against Accra Hearts of Oak is such a magnificent achievement.

United didn't always entertain as much as we'd like last season, but there were some great performances against our biggest rivals, and whilst Di Maria and Falcao were hugely disappointing, Van Gaal's reinvention of a few players he inherited was a remarkable achievement in itself.

The the remaining four, however, were all away from home and against opposition of the highest calibre in Man City (1 - 0), Sunderland (1 - 0), Chelsea (1 - 0) and Liverpool (2 - 1), so the fact they went down in all four by a single goal is a tremendous achievement, a back - handed compliment if you like considering a loss is still a loss in football nowadays.

After besting seven middle school teams at designing a structure made entirely of marshmallows and spaghetti, they topped that achievement by winning First Place against Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering students and alumni.

I didn't realize this at the time, but my past successes and achievements, thriving on always finding a way to be on top of my game, would work against me.

After besting seven middle school teams at designing a structure made entirely of marshmallows and spaghetti, they topped that achievement by winning First Place against Johns Hopkins University Whiting School...

The Minister during his interaction with top editorial staff of the media houses informed them of achievements of the president in security, economic, war against corruption and other key sectors.

A 23 per cent yes vote in a popular vote against the background of pretty much unanimous establishment resistance is a major achievement.

Also on tap for today: «Housekeeping» remarks from state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, and invocation from the Rev. Michael Faulkner, who is running against Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel; speeches from fromer US Attorney Michael Garcia (believed to harbor some political aspirations) and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (one of the party's rising stars) and presentation of a lifetime achievement award to former state Chairman Bill Powers.

Blood, heredity, and even DNA, became salient elements of the debate — pitted against the qualities and achievements of the person, his or her social integration, active participation in and contribution to the Greek scheme of life.

In the unlikely event that all three graces prevail — one against this trio of tested combatants would be an achievement — progressive Democrats could take over the House of Lords.

Voters in the senatorial district, and even in the other two senatorial districts, preferred Obiano, partly because of his achievements, partly because of incipient anger against the ruling APC, and partly because they rejected Obi and his candidate (for reasons discussed below).

«55 % of Tory members would vote against gay marriage if they were in parliament Main The Conservative achievement of 2012 was the re-election of Boris Johnson»

President Buhari commended President Nana Akufo - Addo of Ghana on his achievements in the first year in office, lauding his committed fight against corruption and the passing of the Special Prosecutors Bill into law.

He explained that the achievements of ICPC in the war against corruption were good enough to be replicated in other African countries through the creation of an African convention against corruption.

All true, but these achievements have to be set against his support for coercion in Ireland and the massive corruption through the sale of honours.