Sentences with phrase «anecdotal stories as»

«Especially a mafia like tradition that says unless you take these anecdotal stories as «proof» that these stories are true then you will die a horrible death»

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For the period from 1914 to the present, Blumhofer switches to the developmental model used by William Menzies in an earlier work, Anointed to Serve: The Story of the Assemblies of God (1971) She illustrates many of the points with fresh anecdotal material and brings into greater focus certain aspects of the history, such as the denomination's response to the New Order of the Latter Rain.

Some of it is anecdotal evidence, such as stories about call committees and bishops who can not find enough talented clergy to replace retiring clergy.

Now, as someone who studies food science and reads clinical studies in his free time, I know this story is anecdotal.

She does a wonderful job of enlightening and entertaining us as she masterfully weaves anecdotal stories of her family's journey into this world of autonomy, discovery and learning.

The brain - death establishment discounts such stories as «anecdotal,» as if they were taken from the National Enquirer.

** Success Stories should be considered anecdotal, consumers may not experience the same results as set forth in these testimonials

Anecdotal evidence links MSG to gut problems as well; stomach pain and nausea are common stories.

However, your link to the anecdotal success story at Forks Over Knives about one vegan bodybuilder carries equal clout as my anecdotal success story about my friend who eats an animal - protein - based diet — very little!

As with other anecdotal evidence about CBD, you don't have to look hard to find stories of dogs in extreme pain who purportedly found relief through CBD.

Eager to show his clear - eyed wisdom through rhapsodic reveries on how evil the world is, Cimber tells his favourite story here and in the docu of how the MPAA didn't like the incest and pedophilia stuff in the flick, as though he were imparting a nugget of incalculable anecdotal value.

Much of the anecdotal information is what he received from John Burris, the prosecuting attorney working on Oscar Grant's case, as well as Oscar's family, so, of course, Coogler is not only hearing one side of the story, but also has allegiances to those who helped him research this story to tell Oscar's tale in a manner respectful to their interests.

And despite some efforts to dismiss success stories as anecdotal exceptions that are not replicable, or are somehow masking other nefarious practices, many educators and school leaders know better.

For more information, check out this BBC Radio program entitled «History of Metaphor» or watch a video of Joseph Campbell telling an anecdotal story on myth as metaphor:

While these stories are anecdotal evidence from AES customers, they might reflect bigger trends with communication and customer service in the company as a whole.

Much of the initial evidence for this ability started off as anecdotal — based on stories of dogs acting unusually around their owners until they decided to get themselves checked out.

They would look the part as magazine illustrations to a story (this is close to why I call them «anecdotal»), where the clumsiness would be acceptably clever, stylistically.

The robin story is purely anecdotal but the article published on the same day as yours by Jim Robbins (no relation to earlier robin) entitled «In a Warmer Yellowstone Park, a Shifting Environmental Balance» is also an example of the NYT conveying science to the readership.

For more on the terrestrial foods topic, see my detailed discussion in this previous post, and this recent (March 30) ScienceNews report on yet another, largely anecdotal «polar bears resort to bird eggs because of declining sea ice» story (see photo below, based on a new paper by Prop and colleagues), which was also covered March 31 at the DailyMail («Polar bears are forced to raid seabird nests as Arctic sea ice melts — eating more than 200 eggs in two hours,» with lots of hand - wringing and sea ice hype but little mention of the fact that there are many more bears now than there were in the early 1970s around Svalbard or that the variable, cyclical, AMO (not global warming) has had the largest impact on sea ice conditions in the Barents Sea).

Leavy - Detrick noted that you should prepare a few anecdotal stories that speak to your strengths, such as how you turned around a difficult situation, achieved a success or stepped up in any way.

On top of that (and this is through anecdotal stories) you hear that lower - end property owners sometimes don't like to do as much upkeep to the units.

People need to hear that it's NOT as easy to get «fair market price», and anecdotal stories that prove it are almost 100 % resistant to facts.

Not only do we love the small, unique spaces, that can be found all over Stacey Lipstein's feed, but we also love that her photos come with anecdotal stories of her busy life as a mom and interior stylist.