Sentences with phrase «arcane matters»

Yet, on the other hand, in the midst of economic crisis, the diversion of resources to arcane matters of the constitution would constitute a high - risk strategy for a party keen to demonstrate its credentials as a serious party of government.

It might sound like an arcane matter.

Many of those implementation issues involve the arcane matter of measuring progress.

Not exact matches

This is why I am going to be following financial scandals closely, no matter how arcane or small.

The attitude of the religious left toward South Africa's «right - wing religious groups» — meaning the overwhelming majority of evangelicals — would matter little if the stakes involved nothing more than disputations over arcane issues of theological doctrine.

The upshot is that every article of faith we have, no matter how obvious or how arcane it may appear, has run a gamut of fatal threats throughout the centuries, and has been vouchsafed to us, multa inter alia, by bishops and censors and canonists and judges.

In taking on the health care system, Mr. Spitzer is confronting the nation's costliest Medicaid program, one that helps support an expansive but money - losing hospital industry with arcane financing rules often designed to keep state aid in place, no matter the effect on patient care.

These matters might seem too arcane to trouble the pollsters, but what evidence does exist suggests a great enthusiasm for local governance than is often acknowledged.

Caputo worked to build public sympathy for MercExchange by reducing an arcane legal case to «kitchen table language,» painting eBay as a corporate monster and finding reporters and opinion writers to publish stories about the matter in the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

It covers a huge area of intellectual ground, from evolutionary conundrums — such as our relationship to the great apes, why we are hairless and bipedal — to matters as arcane as the human aura.

If you're someone who thinks that the only movies that matter are arcane and whose online clicks number in the single digits, you'd best move along smartly.

It would be hard to find any technical flaws in the film, right down to sound design - as a matter of fact, even the arcane gaffer might be in line for a gold statue...

In the continuing effort to save the public - school system, it is easy to become so caught up in arcane policy matters that the realities of the classroom are forgotten.

If asked, many readers might cite their lack of interest as growing out of intimidation — they just don't «get» poetry, its language is hard to crack, its subject matter arcane.

«Skimming reader comments on Amazon, I never cease to be amazed by the arcane expertise lurking in the crowd; somebody, somewhere, knows everything about something, no matter how mind - twistingly obscure.

Details matter and most are wonky, if not downright arcane.

Some attribute this steady decline to impenetrable jargon and arcane subject matter.

Obviously, in - house counsel asking you to test some arcane point of law might see language different from a business client seeking guidance on a transactional matter.

I once had a bet with another barrister over a particularly arcane legal matter.

Looking at the wireless module connector and guessing whether it will matter is like looking at an ancient altar and trying to guess what arcane rituals it was truly meant for.