Sentences with phrase «aims at nothing»

The first major survey of contemporary Guatemalan art in the United States — and as much a political and social history as an art history — it is just one of more than 70 deeply researched exhibitions of Latin American and Latinx art at Southern California institutions comprising the Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time: LA / LA, a four - month - long program that aims at nothing less than «flipping the history of modern and contemporary art, beginning with the Latino perspective,» as Getty Foundation deputy director Joan Weinstein put it.

CASEL's ambitious agenda aims at nothing less than making SEL an essential piece of every American child's basic education.

CASEL's ambitious agenda aims at nothing less than making Social and Emotional Learning an essential piece of every American child's basic education.

He understands that the Putin propaganda machine aims at nothing less than deconstructing the very idea of «Ukraine» as an independent nation, expressive of a distinctive culture and worthy of independent statehood.

The movement aims at nothing less than total world transformation.

Or, «The Chinese owned and operated mines in northeastern BC appear to be aimed at nothing more than creating profits for offshore companies with questionable links to the government of China».

Nourished intellectually by John Henry Newman and Christopher Dawson, Briel has aimed at nothing less than creating, in twenty - first - century circumstances, the «idea of a university» that animated his two English intellectual and spiritual heroes.

Milan are making a trip to Cesena aiming at nothing but three points.

Chained or not, the BMW M5 is aiming at nothing less than total destruction of Audi's RS7 and Mercedes - AMG's E63S.

Due to the huge reaction, we are aiming at nothing less than a «new creation» not limited to a simple remake.

His journals of the time are filled with self - abnegating dictums in the manner of John Cage: «The best way to work is to empty out your head, to aim at nothing, to become the medium of a process that is almost outside of oneself.»

«If you aim at nothing, you'll surely hit it.»

Some indications that your spouse, partner, husband or wife has gone too far include: getting angry at you when you disagree; punching holes in walls; throwing objects (aimed at nothing or at you); destroying belongings; threatening to hurt you or leave you for the purpose of intimidating you; physically preventing you from leaving home; putting pressure on you not to work when you want to; insulting or ridiculing you; becoming jealous of your friends, activities, or hobbies; making you account for your whereabouts at all times; using promises and lies to manipulate you or to get you to forgive their angry or threatening behavior; isolating you from friends or family; making you ask permission to go out or make a career move; and threatening to harm your possessions, pets, or children.

Not exact matches

Rather than try to compete directly with Match, the industry leader, he created a website that cost almost nothing to run and was aimed at the sort of people who wanted to browse a few profiles but weren't ready to take out their credit cards.

And, yes, it's composed of nothing more than projected light aimed at the nape of your neck.

The disintegration of the news business — and, especially, of newspapers, which continue to produce most of the journalism aimed at holding government and other powerful institutions to account — has been nothing short of breathtaking.

The widely recognized Chinese retail holiday, aimed at encouraging singles to shop for something special for themselves, may seem like China's own commercial Hallmark holiday, but the sales it generates — both online and in store — are nothing to brush off.

Suddenly, nothing is aimed at you or about you.

There is no thought of resort to dishonest means to escape effort, no subterfuge, and no bypassing aimed at getting something for nothing, since the whole motive for work is not getting but giving, making, serving, creating.

The theory that each occasion creates itself by realizing an aim internal to it, however, requires that the germ of this aim be initially established at that spot in the temporal world by God; otherwise the occasion's self - creation could never commence, since nothing can come from nowhere.

Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.

Aquinas himself never claimed to understand them fully» and our volume was aimed not at experts but at «the curious reader,» intelligent but maybe knowing almost nothing about philosophy.

and our volume was aimed not at experts but at «the curious reader,» intelligent but maybe knowing almost nothing about philosophy.

Because this is so very easily refutable one can regard such attempts as nothing more than pure propaganda aimed at a believing audience use to accepting things at face value.

Kurzweil saw these two «arch culprits» aiming at a secularization of Jewish life, an enterprise he saw as nothing short of «demonic.»

This can not mean that God has a definite aim which has nothing to do with real actual entities, because then there would be no internal relatedness of God at all.

In God's case there is nothing selfish about the constant aim at his own ideal satisfaction, since this may equally well be described as an aim at universal satisfaction.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

Giroud at least makes the correct runs and gives our MF somethng to aim at, shame he cant finish, but Welbeck offers exactly nothing, he has no idea where the space is, runs and stands in completely the wrong places often getting in others way.

The protests are aimed at BOTH Kronke and Wenger.They are both to blame for our demise.How Wenger was given a TWO YEAR CONTRACT last year was the final straw for the majority of fans who were demanding change.It was obvious Wenger was not only unable to maintain the 4th Place Trophy he had for years stayed was a Trophy in all but name, but would also fail to prevent us becoming nothing other than also rans within the chasing pack.And where are we now?SIXTH PLACE.That is down on last years pathetic effort and we show no signs of being able to improve with Wenger still in charge.

We have money now to build, though nothing compared to them, so lets give the boss a chance, and just support the team, and stop ALL the vitriol, on EVERY post, aimed at a guy who gives his best every game.

After months of false hopes, inconclusive races, do - nothings and dropouts, the Kentucky Derby now has a horse at whom everyone can take aim.

Arsenal's attacking fluidity wasn't quite there as it was a night where nothing much happened for Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, but Alexis still created a great chance for Ozil, but he fired over with plenty of the goal to aim at from the edge of the box.

Nothing more to it other than what they wanted however, a continued expectation that you will remain faithful, you will remain happy, continue to buy flowers and loving / romantic gestures that are aimed at making them feel good.

Still better than nothing and it should drive our economy forward as the bulk of the tax cuts are aimed at corporations not individuals.

Yet as the examples above demonstrate, there's nothing very new about fiction - whether books, plays, films or TV - taking aim at politicians as either fools or knaves.

Broad based policies aimed at encouraging marriage will do nothing to help the most disadvantaged families, the prime minister said today.

The NCC directive is therefore nothing but a huge effort aimed at enforcing the obnoxious provisions of the bill through the back door.

The former has nothing to do with the Legislature as a body; the latter, as admitted by one or more of the commissioners, is aimed directly at the Legislature.»

Religious attacks on evolution are nothing new, but now a conservative website is taking aim at a seemingly unlikely target: general relativity

People tossing a beanbag at a $ 25 gift card were, on average, nine inches shy, whereas people aiming for a gift card worth nothing overshot by an inch.

So why is it that when it comes to a health makeover — especially those aimed at reaching a healthy weight — we sometimes think in all - or - nothing terms and wind up burned out, exhausted, and S - T - R - E-S-S-E-D?

In this picture I weighed in at 103 lbs... ugh and being that I am 5» 5 this is nothing I would suggest aiming for.

Well, today, we are taking a look at a website that is NOTHING like that and that is aimed at the people who have been burnt in the past.

Rather than try to compete directly with Match, the industry leader, he created a website that cost almost nothing to run and was aimed at the sort of people who wanted to browse a few profiles but weren't ready to take out their credit cards.

Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a You're bored at night with nothing to do or perhaps your work only ends when the sky is already dark.

If physically aiming at a guy's head with a sniper rifle counts for nothing, why bother giving us a scope?

However nothing is more satisfying than aiming your gun at the head of your enemy and then managing to get a row of headshots to incapacitate your foe.

Scheduled to hit cinemas as early as February 2018, Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther will mark the 18th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and promises nothing short of thrilling, as a band of raiders aim to find the secret kingdom of Wakanda, fought at the brink of what can only be assumed as an impending global war.

Even the juvenile audience this is ostensibly aimed at will realize that there's nothing happening behind all the sound and fury and fart jokes.