Sentences with phrase «anecdotal stories of»

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.

Anecdotal stories of decision makers aborting or postponing development or expansion plans or choosing one market over another due to a lack of skilled labor are ever more common.

In my first column in The Lawyers Weekly I introduce some anecdotal stories of older law students having difficulty finding articling positions, which they attribute to ageism.

When we did a road tour to visit the communities that were impacted by coal pollution, we found many anecdotal stories of people saying, yes, my husband, my father, my wife died of lung cancer and never smoked a day in her life.

I've heard anecdotal stories of this for physical books, (for Eat, Pray, Love), but for - profit corporations tend to make decisions based on hard data.

«We have already heard anecdotal stories of the Brexit vote causing immediate disruption to career plans, investments, and roles in new consortia that are forming,» the group says on its website.

There are anecdotal stories of several similar cases.

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.

Anecdotal stories of breastfeeding and weight loss?

What you are describing in terms of anecdotal stories of «more women are breadwinners» is true, but anecdotal.

The awards rumor just happens to be part of the anecdotal story of «For Your Consideration,» another improvisational lampoon from the most comedically inspired movie stock company since the heyday of Preston Sturges.

Not exact matches

«Beware of anecdotal stories circulating from disgruntled people or those with an anti-Catholic agenda,» he warned.

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.

They were not great books — anecdotal in style, personal in story — but an appealing spirit of discerning grace permeated everything he wrote.

And because so much of it is personally skewed to the anecdotal — which means the stories are often played out in case - by - case scenarios — our personal experiences often seem trumped by the assumption that they are, in fact, universal.

Regardless of anecdotal stories, both hers and your own, the goal of this piece is obviously to promote Fed Is Best, not to providean exposé of hospital employees.

They are looking for moms of a distinct cultural group to interview for anecdotal stories.

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Guests listened while Ms. Lauren shared her pathway to foster, adoption through Five Acres programs and told anecdotal stories (that garnered lots of laughs from the audience) and offered advice for people thinking about fostering or foster adoption.

Despite the fact that most people who are providing advice mean well, the topic of unsolicited advice is one of our «what not to do» pregnancy stories because it is often anecdotal and generally unhelpful.

The last day of my anecdotal survey, the lead story on Technorati wasn't another item on Iraq or an exposé on Madonna's new yoga instructor.

Anecdotal evidence — unverified stories — prior to the 1970s described a zebra migration from the Okavango Delta to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans at the start of the rainy season in September and continuing through April, but from 1968 to 2004, veterinary fences prevented zebras from making the migration.

Both stories are touching but are of the anecdotal «it (would have) worked for me» variety.

Champions has recently been working to prove the utility of their method outside of anecdotal stories like Rose's.

Although there are plenty of anecdotal stories about stowaway toads, there has been little detailed and reliable information on the topic, until recently.

There is a great deal of anecdotal evidence and stories from people who have used camel dairy in cases of autism.

Of course, the book is rife with anecdotal data, and the Web site carries amazing before - and - after photos and stories.

I'm already bracing myself for the inevitable backlash of self - proclaimed experts who will share their own anecdotal stories about how it's possible to maximize performance (and burn more fat!)

I bumbled along contemplating that for quite some time, and I appreciated anecdotal stories online of people who had traded in «healthy whole grains» for flesh foods, and kept the vegetable intake about the same, and had stupendous results.

Proof isn't in the pudding; that's called anecdotal evidence and doesn't account for the placebo effect, which is 99 % of the way these unscrupulous industries stay in business, the other 1 % being the foolishness of the victims they trick into believing their stories.

Of the anecdotal plant - based bodybuilders stories that I've read, they are relatively recent converts to a PB diet (i.e. they were winning athletes with large muscles before converting, and have been able to retain their mass and increase their recovery once switching diets).

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.

However, Sellers isn't interested in much more than the anecdotal value of all this and after the first 100 pages the stories blur into one long binge of sex, booze and violence.

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.

The only data they have are anecdotal stories, like the ones presented below, or the few small - scale reports, like Matthew Chingos and Guido Schwerdt's study of Florida Virtual School (FLVS), which found no evidence that quality is poorer in the online environment.

Certainly from our perspective, there are some concerning anecdotal stories that schools are struggling to identify the level of provision and the costs that will enable them to make a case for access to additional funds and the necessary provision required for the child or young person.

Out - of - school activities in the United States also often include school sports, which are unfairly attacked in The Smartest Kids in the World, Ripley tells anecdotal stories about touring private schools with groups of parents who do not question the guide admitting the math program was weak but balk at the same statement about the football program.

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:

Particularly compelling is his story about Triple Crown prospect Big Brown and the advantage of the «outside view» — the statistical one — over the «inside view» — the specific, anecdotal one (excerpted from the book):

The argument has been that veterinary medicine is only a fraction of the opioids abuse story, at most anecdotal, and that costs for individual practices to comply with PMP is unreasonably high.

Since a lot of these stories are anecdotal, it's impossible to say if it was the steroid that killed the dog or the condition they were being treated for.

It has a ton of anecdotal success stories and is also recommended by many veterinarians and dog training professionals.

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.

The results of the Phase I Study of Pets in the Classroom confirmed the anecdotal stories that teachers have been relating.

Lastly, the anecdotal images that uncover wisps of the story surrounding a sculpture are framed but not matted or glazed.

And Linda Givon produced a unique catalogue for her «King of the Canvas», documenting the show and replacing academic text with anecdotal letters and stories written by close friends.

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.

However, given that the CAGW position doesn't rest on specific numbers, but is instead an unorganized collection of anecdotal evidence, coupled with heavily - tweaked computer models, unfounded assumptions about positive feedbacks, and a healthy imagination about possible future disasters, a lower warming number for the 20th century will simply be brushed over with claims about aerosols being stronger than previously thought, more warming still waiting in the «pipeline» or similar ad hoc «explanations» that keep the overall story alive.