Sentences with phrase «against its peers as»

The mass audience will not be able to relate to him, to assemble an image of him, to measure him against his peers as they do the white player.

At the breed level, a dog is judged against its peers as well as the breed standard and the dog that is deemed the best representation of the breed wins the top spot and moves on to the group level.

Despite the now mainstream role ADR plays in the commercial dispute resolution landscape, there remains little in the way of publicly available information to enable organisations to benchmark themselves against their peers as to how ADR can be used most effectively in managing commercial disputes.

Not exact matches

APS on Abrams tanks, quite naturally, is the kind of protective technology which could help US Army tanks in tank - on - tank mechanized warfare against near - peer adversary tanks, such as a high - tech Russian T - 14 Armata tank.

The good: B - schools rely on rankings as a benchmark against their peers, a third - party guide for students, and a marketing tool.

On the one hand, B - schools rely on rankings as a benchmark against their peers, a third - party guide for students, and a marketing tool.

The greenback may lag further against its peers in 2018 as investors expected other major central banks to reduce their stimulus while the Federal Reserve has signaled it would raise interest rates further, analysts said.

As a rule, salespeople are keen on measuring themselves against their peers.

Elsewhere in forex markets, it's a relatively calm day, with a slight correction in the risk - off trade that we have been monitoring for weeks, as the yen is a tad lower today against all of its major peers, while the Dollar couldn't gain on risk - on currencies, despite the equity weakness.

In the case of the NEOs who head significant business segments, the Committee also compares compensation data for these positions against the pay for CEOs of smaller companies, as the size and complexity of certain of those business segments are similar in size and complexity to several of HP's peer group companies.

At the end of each year, the Committee determines compensation by assessing performance against these financial targets, as well as in light of HP's performance relative to its peers on other financial and non-financial factors and unusual or extraordinary events.

US Treasury yields are stable, holding on near their recent highs, but as sentiment improved the USD sold off against most of its peers with only gaining some ground against the safe - haven Yen.

The Yen is still on the move, after yesterday's short squeeze in the USD / JPY, as the safe - haven currency regained some of the recently lost ground against its peers.

As the U.S. military approaches two decades of persistent campaigns against terrorists and militants, there has become concern that American troops are increasingly ill - prepared to fight a more capable «near - peer» foe, such as RussiAs the U.S. military approaches two decades of persistent campaigns against terrorists and militants, there has become concern that American troops are increasingly ill - prepared to fight a more capable «near - peer» foe, such as Russias Russia.

This means that users will be able to trade ETH peer - to - peer on DEX, against BTC, WAVES, USD and EUR, as well as any other token.

Utilizing the advantages of its peer - to - peer architecture, Ethbet is able to offer lower fees to its players, as they bet against each other instead of against a house.

Not only does the stock look cheap when analyzed against peers, but the stock's valuation also implies profit growth will fall well short of historical trends, as we'll show below.

Clemson's offensive line made his big night against Perine and the Sooners possible by clearing the space that ensured Gallman was further downfield before contact, on average, than his OU peer (though a leg injury to Perine helped as well).

They led the Red Raiders out for their 1994 season opener against New Mexico as 27,234 people peered down from the stands of the 50,000 - seat Jones Stadium to the Astroturf below.

«Naturally, as a football player, you have to make a statement to your peers on your team and against your opponents,» rookie cornerback Eli Apple said.

«Mars Attack» is new term coined to describe unjustified violation of women by care providers at the time of birth, as well as the purposeful abandonment of the peer review system by major obstetric journals and the abandonment of the use of research evidence by ACOG in their latest protocols, in order to justify continued use of this form of violence against women.

No ZIP code, no SAT score, no median home value, no church or synagogue may be enough protection, they say, against peer pressure — even for kids described, as Wakulich was,...

As a result, these kids succumb to peer pressure in order to be accepted at school, even if it means going against their better judgment.

Some of these studies involved large representative samples from the United States; 2 some studies controlled for potential confounders, such as parental stress3 and socioeconomic status; 4 and some studies examined the potential of parental reasoning to moderate the association between physical punishment and child aggression.5 Virtually without exception, these studies found that physical punishment was associated with higher levels of aggression against parents, siblings, peers and spouses.

Theresa May is expected to approve the creation of about 10 Conservative peers and at least one for the Democratic Unionist party, perhaps as early as Friday, in an attempt to improve her position in the House of Lords, which has voted 15 times against her government over Brexit.

Last night's meeting of local party members voted 108 - 84 against a motion which pointed out the demonstration was also attended by some Conservative and DUP MPs, as well as Tory peer Norman Tebbit.

But the Cabinet minister said the Commons had «plainly and clearly» voted against the initial amendments moved by peers to reopen the Leveson inquiry, as he urged MPs to reject the latest measures.

As Labour frontbenchers expressed astonishment that Rennard — who was readmitted to the Lib Dems this week after final diciplinary proceedings against him relating to allegations of sexually inappropriate conduct were dropped — could be involved in the Lib Dem campaign, the Treasury chief secretary insisted the peer would not have «any role at all» [see footnote].

Many of them already find the odds stacked against them: the poor white boys who struggle through school; the young black men who are twice as likely to be unemployed as their peers; the children growing up in the poorest neighbourhoods.

MPs suggested pre-print servers, open peer review, increased transparency and online repository - style journals could serve as safeguards against a poor review process.

Peers have inflicted a second defeat in as many days against the government, which must now look again at plans to introduce elected police commissioners.

A spokesman for Lord Rennard described the decision to suspend him as «extraordinary» and revealed the peer was «taking legal advice with a view to civil action against the party».

His comments came after the Guardian revealed that the Tory peer Sayeeda Warsi wrote to Grant Shapps, her successor as party chairman, in January to demand action be taken against Clarke for abusing her on Twitter.

However, on Friday evening the Guardian revealed that the Tory peer Sayeeda Warsi had written to Shapps, her successor as party co-chair, in January to demand action be taken against Clarke for abusing her on Twitter, and had not received a satisfactory response.

Ex-minister speaks out against Labour leader as Blairite peers express fury about Corbyn's position on Brexit in Lords debate

Because of the potential for bias against new and unfamiliar ideas induced by the above practice I believe the peer review system of the NIH as presently constituted, has inherent tendencies to protectionism.

«High GPA could work against young women job hunters: Men who excel in college twice as likely to get callback as female peers.»

Civil libertarianism is a strain of political thought that supports civil liberties, or which emphasizes the supremacy of individual rights and personal freedoms over and against any kind of authority (such as a state, a corporation, social norms imposed through peer pressure, etc.).

Poteat and Olivier Vecho of the University of Paris, Nanterre, surveyed 722 students at a New England high school, assessing factors such as leadership, courage, altruism, and justice sensitivity, as well as observing and intervening against homophobic behavior among their peers.

But it also included an explicit warning: «In the absence of such documents, we will advise our peers against service as rotators.»

For example, the scientists think the sharks traveled in their mixed - species groups for most of the day for protection against tiger sharks, which are much larger and often prey on their smaller peers (much as herding animals like gazelles stay together for protection against hungry lions).

She is registred to the National Order of Biologists in the province of Palermo; collaboration in research project from 2012 to 2015 at the Department of Biopathology and Biotechnology, University of Palermo, focusing the study on the identification of molecules capable to modulate intracellular metabolic pathways for the prevention and treatment of infectious, tumor and degenerative disease, in collaboration with Prof. Angela Santoni, University of Rome; collaboration in research project in 2011 at the hospital «Villa Sofia Cervello» of Palermo to study methods can cure the genetic defect that causes thalassemia through genetic engineering; she studies different mechanisms of the differentiation and the activation of human gammadelta T cells as effector cells of the immune response against cancer and infectious diseases; she investigates about the identification and development of biomarkers of resistance and susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection; Valentina Orlando has published 13 papers in peer reviewed journals and 3 comunications at national and international congress.

Some of them include: to make sons resemble their circumcised fathers; to conform anatomically with peers (note: circumcised boys now find themselves in the minority); to improve hygiene; to prevent tight / non-retractile foreskin (which is normal in childhood); as prophylaxis against urinary tract infection (UTI), sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and cancer of the penis, prostate, and cervix.

For instance, 72 percent of teens surveyed thought people dated people of other races because they cared about the other person, while less than 20 percent thought their peers interracial dated as a rebellion against parents or as an attempt to be cool.

It's hilarious to hear Giacometti rail against his peers, insulting Chagall's ceiling for the Paris Opera as «fucking house painting.»

Tonya Harding is best remembered today for her involvement in an act of brutality against one of her peers, but for director Craig Gillespie, it was Harding as a victim that was central to the film.

The stereotype can also be used to pit Asian Americans against other racial minorities, leading to verbal and physical harassment by non-Asian American peers or a distorted portrait of other ethnic groups as lazy or disruptive.

As concern over America's competitiveness abroad intensifies, education officials in the U.S. are beginning to consider using individual states and districts — not just the nation as a whole — as the units against which to measure their international peerAs concern over America's competitiveness abroad intensifies, education officials in the U.S. are beginning to consider using individual states and districts — not just the nation as a whole — as the units against which to measure their international peeras a whole — as the units against which to measure their international peeras the units against which to measure their international peers.

Includes: - Carousel activities to expose students to 4 significant extracts - in each extract students will go through the process of accessing the extract step by step and then consider relating to the whole text - Pupil friendly mark scheme with sample responses - sample exam questions - opportunity for students to answer a timed question using the skills they have developed - opportunity for self / peer assessment against the mark scheme Carousel activities which allow students to revise the context of Elizabethan England and practice analysing extracts from the play as well as referring to the play as a whole.

The problem, as Coleman's saw it, is that grades and most other academic performance metrics are relative indicators, ranking students against their classroom peers.