Sentences with phrase «arcane rules»

It's why they don't follow all the hundreds of arcane rules from the Old Testament.

After the first week of the groundbreaking trial Vergara vs. California in a California superior court, lawyers and witnesses talked a lot about ineffective teachers, arcane rules for dismissing them and how much money it costs.

There's a very reliable straightforwardness to the game in that, as a port of a mobile game from a few years ago, it's not focusing on gimmicks and boxing you in with arcane rules and overly complex gameplay.

Regrettably, a crucial part of that is knowing the often arcane rules governing how they're prepared.

The entertainment and media industries are governed by arcane rules and precedents developed over a century.

Also, due to arcane rules from the 1970s, the EPA does not count the Tesla's front trunk called a «frunk» toward available cargo volume.

``... The process of laying off state workers is governed by complicated and arcane rules regarding seniority and other protections.

The rise in yields as prices fall makes more German debt eligible for ECB purchases, under its own arcane rules.

Just have to say «well done to the Republican Party for figuring out how to steal elections from the people using arcane rules designed to keep rural landholders in charge.

There is speculation that tenure was introduced to counter some of the strict or arcane rules relating to teacher employment in the 1870s.

Or are you somebody who likes to master arcane rules in an effort to beat the system, even if it takes time?

You will never get that level of information at Richmond Savers, and for good reason: it's irrelevant to the 99.9 % of the population who don't have the time or energy to spend hundreds of hours sifting through arcane rules and posts trying to find the absolute best deal to fly them to the Maldives or Phuket.

Now that interest in the series is as higher than it has been in some time, we created this feature in the hopes of clearing some things up about its substantial history and seemingly arcane rules.

It would also force the country's organized markets to submit compliance filings within 15 days after that — again, an unheard - of turnaround in a world where minute and arcane rule changes take months, if not years, to debate and implement.

This policy has also led to the creation arcane rules that make it exceedingly difficult for anyone who has not been intimately involved in the left - leaning, utopian Wikipedia community to make accurate edits that will remain published.

Common sense is not dead in the world of law, though sometimes it feels like arcane rules, quibbles, and loopholes win out over more common solutions.

That's because it's likely to trip over yet another set of arcane rules that limit who can be considered a cable service.

But past Monster Hunter games were often rigid, with arcane rules and worlds that felt like a series of boxed - off areas.

But the process of laying off state workers is governed by complicated and arcane rules regarding seniority and other protections.

The Massachusetts Democrat ran afoul of the chamber's arcane rules by reading a three - decade - old letter from Dr. Martin Luther King's widow that dated to Sen. Jeff Sessions» failed judicial nomination three decades ago.

Lobbyists and interest groups stir up public opinion demanding action this way or that; the legislators bend to the winds of this pressure; the congressional committees and their friends in the bureaucracy write the immensely detailed and arcane rules that, with little oversight, put legislation into practice.

All the hoopla atheists get worked up over with the various religions generally have to do with the fact that many of the believers seem to think that we should all live by their arcane rules.

In 1921 he also took on the game's greatest star, Babe Ruth, for violating an arcane rule forbidding members of a World Series team from postseason barnstorming.

Ain't necessarily so, not so simple, it's complicated — objected four readers who know a lot more about the arcane rules for school meal reimbursement.

Two exceptionally engaging new MPs starred: Labour's Sarah Champion and the Tory Charlotte Leslie nervously explored Parliament's arcane rules and practices.

That extra petition triggered an arcane rule at the Board of Elections: the entire filing would need a cover sheet, which the Donovan team never filed.

The Senate majority used disingenuous interpretations of arcane rules to block the bill from coming to a vote.

In the end, nobody was held accountable because under the arcane rules of legislative government investigators couldn't lay a finger on anybody.

He may not understand the arcane rules of the chamber.

From the arcane rules, to the steep ballot requirements and a quasi-professional underfunded electoral machinery controlled by the two - parties, for the two parties — it is nearly impossible for concerned citizens to run for office, said Babinec.

Republicans are eager to finalize a resolution because, under the Senate's arcane rules, it would ease the way to passing tax reform legislation later this year.

Of course, under the Senate's arcane rules about a member's right to filibuster any pending legislation, that still means getting 60 votes.

Funding is harder to come by than it used to be, and the more complex and arcane rules of the funding process are taken seriously by the scientists» home institutions and supporting agencies alike.

The AI can be a bit clunky and its reluctance to bring important developments to your attention can be annoying, but if you're out for some simple strategy fun that won't bury you in arcane rules (or you just dig the idea of building your own glorious underground kingdom), A Game of Dwarves should suit nicely.

Vicky Krieps plays Alma, a woman who becomes the celebrity dressmaker's latest model - muse - assistant - lover, and who soon begins pushing against the arcane rules and restrictions enforced by...

Cole, pictured above, stars as the story's hero Don Wallace, a wide - eyed new boy from a modest background forced to navigate a baffling new world of arcane rules and rituals.

The story's hero, Don Wallace, is a wide - eyed new boy from a modest background forced to navigate a baffling new world of arcane rules and rituals, presided by sadistic sixth formers.

Not only is its sticker price lower ($ 25,695 versus $ 26,150 for the Camry) but, because of the federal government's arcane rules regarding tax subsidies, the Altima buyer could qualify for tax credits of $ 2350 whereas the Camry buyer would not.

Why, yes, they should, the authors argue, and that's why they set out to share what they've learned about Social Security and its arcane rules.

A particularly egregious example involved having to learn the arcane rules and strategy of a boardgame and subsequently beating an AI opponent.

If you couldn't keep up with the arcane rules, vague journal entries and staggering difficulty curve of, say, Baldur's Gate, Pillars of Eternity has your back.

So, with less funding, inevitably there will be less enforcement of many of the arcane rules that many feel hold back the profession.

With less funding, inevitably there will be less enforcement of many of the arcane rules that many feel hold back the profession

It also puts obstacles in the path of trial that cause unnecessary delay and expense e.g. the arcane rules on setting down.

An example recalled by Peter Griffiths was the quick adoption of new criminal rules: «Overnight we went from dozens of arcane rules (modelled on those of the Superior Court and widely ignored) to only five rules written in plain language.