Sentences with phrase «also blunt»

«It was respectful, but it was also blunt and extremely honest about why it was so poorly done and outdated,» Polczynski said.

This move is partly an austerity measure but is also a blunt message from the judiciary that people should think twice before taking their dispute to court.

Other demographic factors, or loss of community based programs such as low - cost spay / neuter or TNR could also blunt the positive impact of MCC initiatives.

To many eyes, in fact, it looked better than the current crop of prototypes, not only the ones here at Daytona but also the blunt Porsches and Audis that race at Le Mans.

i'm easy going but i'm also blunt with what i say because i think being honesty is the best policy.

Probiotics can also blunt the inflammatory effects of certain cells, called Tcells, which are present in the inflammation in IBD [3].

Cryotherapy may reduce pain and inflammation during the recovery process, but it might also blunt your training response, impeding your results.

Taking medications such as (ironically) antidepressants can also blunt sex drive.

Further experiments are needed, she says, to determine if chemicals that stimulate BDNF production also blunt the effects of alcohol abuse in newborn mammals.

Ford Motor's premium Lincoln brand plans to build as many as five new vehicles in China by 2022, according to two U.S. sources, in a move to expand sales that would also blunt the impact of the U.S - China trade spat.

De Blasio has challenged Quinn on the living wage bill, claiming the speaker stalled the bill's passage while also blunting the scope of the legislation.

The resulting inflammation helps clear out the invaders, but it also blunts learning.

The challenge is to learn how to spike insulin to optimally recover from workouts and grow, while also blunting it to stay lean.

Inhibiting LH & FSH also blunts the body's ability to make its own estrogen and progesterone, thus creating and / or expanding the imbalance and dysfunction of a women's hormonal system.

The fact that the school choice option was limited to just schools operated by the district (which may often be just as bad as the failure mills kids were leaving) instead of a wide array of charters and parochial schools outside of it has also blunted its usefulness.

The extra weight of the four - wheel - drive system (a hefty 78 kg) also blunts performance somewhat.

The extra bulk also blunts on - road dynamics, particularly in tighter corners where the front end tends to bog down and understeer and body roll are easily provoked.

Not exact matches

The blunt nature of the system can't possibly capture the nuance of what makes for a satisfied customer — but its brutal simplicity also means that people actually give feedback, which can be surprisingly meaningful.

FedEx also said Wednesday that a jump in plane maintenance blunted...

Even the Brundtland Commission, which at first glance seems to be an exception with its blunt language about unsustainable population growth, ends in a familiar UN place: «Talking of population just as numbers glosses over an important point: People are also a creative resource, and this creativity is an asset societies must tap....

He may also have thought that Whitehead's theism belonged with theism in general as a fallacious attempt to humanize the universe; for Santayana, though he saw theistic religion as possessing a type of poetic or symbolic truth, was, at the level of blunt factuality, an atheist.)

But while boycott is a legal and sometimes effective tool in situations where litigation and other recourses have been exhausted, it also is a very blunt tool which easily gets out of control and can hurt innocent people.

I also thought that much honey might work to blunt some of the dark chocolate flavor of the cocoa powder, which would sadden me.

See also John Harper, «B20 chairman: Don't blunt our competitive edge» (Herald Sun, 6 August 2014) and David Drowe, «Wesfarmers chief Richard Goyder slams «ludicrous» consumer laws» (The Australian, 6 August 2014)

He's also been very blunt about Zeke this offseason, as well.

He's also tempered his blunt streak.

The AUF also revealed that Suarez received a «blunt trauma» to the same knee during the final game of Liverpool's Premier League season against Newcastle United at Anfield earlier this month.

However, hair is more likely to grow back faster when shaved and you can also risk cutting your skin — this applies to both a very sharp razor and a blunt one.

When your little girl is very blunt on her responses about the training, you can also make use of the rewards.

So, where I feel able to, I've tried to be open about the cause, the impact, the results, the blunt reality of baby loss here on my blog, but also a little bit on social media elsewhere.

By providing a setting for the salt marsh to migrate, Rough Meadows is projected to play a key role in assisting this important coastal ecosystem threatened by sea level rise, while also providing tangible public health and safety benefits by storing flood waters and blunting storm surge in the important years ahead.

Among other things you will also need blunt scissors, or baby nail clippers.

Of course, a president could only use a club this blunt so many times, but we could also imagine a more surgical operation, with super-volunteers and other trusted spokespeople speaking to the media and visiting district offices, and large Obama donors and organizers in a district making discreet phone calls.

But elections are also won at the water cooler, on Facebook and at the church supper, and the more people primed to answer Fox News propaganda with their own experiences, the better a chance we have to blunt the hard edge of the Republican message.

The idea, Curran spokesman Michael Martino said later, is to blunt the potential of favoritism, or other contracting shenanigans, by opening up the contracting process — a move also made by former County Executive Thomas Suozzi during his first term in office.

Howe and his blunt emails pursuing «zitti» with Percoco are expected to be the centerpiece of the trial, but prosecutors have also signaled that testimony will involve several high - profile administration figures and focus on Percoco's power over officials the government says were «pressured.»

No one argues that this vote was the Jamesport plant's downfall, yet in retrospect, it not only blunted the speed and self - assurance of the greedy special interests, but it also gave added focus to a grass - roots offensive that gained momentum.

The ad is a positive spot that focuses in part on Amedore's efforts in the community, but also aims to blunt the Democrats» attack against him for opposing abortion rights.

It will blunt Labour attacks on «Tory cuts» but also give Osborne the flexibility to make cuts where he sees fit but also to increase spending in those areas (defence, border security, prisons) where it is desperately needed and where most Conservatives would agree with it.

Some may see civil liberties issues in these checks but any such attacks from Labour will be blunted by the fact that the Brown government had also started to enlist Experian but the Coalition is determined to make wider use of their services.

When rural Democratic leaders assembled in Niagara Falls this month for a straw poll, Mr. Cuomo's allies also sought to blunt the momentum of Eric R. Dinallo, the former state insurance superintendent, by asking party officials to consider switching their votes to other candidates.

Though Clinton has a steady lead of about a dozen points in polls of New York Democrats, she also may move in the debate to blunt Sanders» momentum from his recent wins.

He also made clear the areas where the Government would act to blunt Labour's charge that most families were still substantially worse off than prior to the crash.»

Mr. Trump also foreshadowed themes that have surfaced on the campaign trail, giving a blunt assessment of what he felt was ailing New York State and the country: jobs going overseas, crushing taxes, restrictive gun laws.

He also said the «blunt truth» he told Nigerians during his declaration of interest that Buhari and the APC had nothing good to offer Nigeria had pierced the conscience of APC leaders and given them wounded heart.

With this set, you will also get nine pieces of large - eye blunt needles, a case, and some other goodies that will help you master the crocheting craft.

While both depressed and not - depressed mothers showed elevated amygdala activity when viewing their own babies, the depressed mothers also showed heightened responses to happy, unknown babies, suggesting reactions to the women's own children were blunted and not unique.

Stewart is currently working with UC Santa Cruz biologist Barry Sinervo to study the effects of climate change on the blunt - nosed leopard lizard, which also faces major losses of suitable habitat.

Finally, it is also possible that the attenuated responses reflect blunting of MP's noradrenergic effects because MP blocks both DA and norepinephrine transporters.

My group has also shown that lymphocytes from patients with breast cancer, melanoma, and colorectal cancer develop immune signaling defects that blunt their proliferation and function in vivo.