Sentences with phrase «argue over such»

To argue over such an opinionated stance is the definition of pointless.

It seems so pointless to argue over such a minor thing.

But arguing over such matters is widely considered a futile act — and more so than ever during a Sun - Saturn square.

Not exact matches

Experts disagree over whether this bill would achieve its goals, though — some argue it could even backfire, spurring even more such suits.

Reis argued that helicopter drops might be ineffective because the Fed already turns over its profits to the government and might reduce these transfers after such a move, leading the government to cut spending in the future.

Others argued over the valuations of various international subsidiaries and assets, such as intellectual property and the growing Asian business.

In a letter sent to Yahoo on Thursday, the investment firm Starboard Value argued that the reason for spinning off the Alibaba stake — avoiding taxes while raising money for shareholders — appeared to have evaporated after questions arose over whether the Internal Revenue Service would crack down on such transactions.

We have long argued that it is vital for investors to filter out the noise that creates short - term flash points and instead stay focused on the secular themes that are driving valuations over the longer run (such as demographic trends and technological innovation).

The wireless company argued there is plenty of competition from content companies such as Disney and new media powerhouses like Google and Netflix that would counterbalance its influence if it were to take over a content shop like Time Warner.

In his article «The Age of Secular Stagnation,» Larry Summers argued that excess of saving over investment is acting as a drag on demand to weigh on growth and inflation, and current monetary stimulus should be expanded to accelerate investments and pull demand forward, such as raising the inflation target or to conduct nominal GDP targeting.

The tin - eared first lines of defense over such harrowing claims were to argue that what occurred was not technically a «data breach» and to belatedly suspend the firm's account.

The IMF head encouraged countries to use this period to make reforms that could help sustain growth over the longer term, since, she argued, support for such measures would likely be harder to achieve during any subsequent downturn.

David Blankenhorn, executive director of the Institute for American Values, argues for this kind of pro-family tax reform: Such a family tax credit would boost real income by about $ 750 per child for precisely the families who have suffered an economic squeeze over the past 15 years.»

No one seemed concerned about the children in modern divorce, except to argue over parenting responsibilities such as child - support and visitation rights.

Ask the owner to do this instead of a mosque just for one religions culture.How a community of Americans with different ideas and religions can come together and voice their beliefs and why it is so.Support America its time we all get together on one page.Stop the hatreds and misunderstandings of one another.This would be not only a great time for it but a place such as a United Understanding of Religions building could surface.Now that would be a great way of continuing on after 9 - 11or... we can fight argue and fuss over things we understand not, with no one stepping up to find common ground.Which is it going to be?Hate or understanding?You have the moment, seize it for humanity.Not just one peoples.

Sharply contrasting views over the scope of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans have emerged in comments submitted to USDA and HHS this week, with some stakeholders arguing that issues such as sustainability (eg.

«Andy's masterpiece was such a hit last year that we didn't bother arguing over his obsession with the Great Pumpkin this time.

U.S.C. went 3 - 8 in 1991 and the coach argued with players over such matters as whether they could wear earrings and beepers.

Regulars such as Troopz and DT have raged over his continued stay at Arsenal for years, as they have argued that Arsenal were desperately in need of a change on the bench to arrest their slide and to be able to compete for major honours again.

The NCFA and at its helm, William Pierce, convinced Senators such as John Tower and Jeremiah Denton to argue that open records threatened adoption, and when Reagan took over the White House, the original Model State Adoption Act had been supplanted by an anemic version that did away with the open records provisions, as well as many other reforms.

Unfortunately, what couples tend to do is blame the other person and argue over trivial issues — such as household chores.

Also, one could argue that Duverger's Law also applies on the parliament level in such countries, because usually every minor party feels more aligned with one of the two major parties and will support them over the other.

They argue — as Corbyn does when he claims credit for U-turns the government has performed, such as over benefit reform or economic policy — that in holding to the faith they have exercised power, because power is simply the ability to make or to prevent things happening.

It's easy to dismiss such a position as naive, or to argue that proponents are prioritising moral purity over gaining the political power that would allow them to actually make a difference to people's lives.

Alexander Hamilton, only after the Constitution had been ratified, argued for a broad interpretation which viewed spending as an enumerated power Congress could exercise independently to benefit the general welfare, such as to assist national needs in agriculture or education, provided that the spending is general in nature and does not favor any specific section of the country over any other.

Opponents have been pushing DEC and the governor to add a public health assessment to the agency's review, and argue that the absence of such a study means DEC is skipping over essential science.

In The Unfinished Global Revolution: The Limits of Nations and the Pursuit of a New Politics (Allen Lane, # 25), he argues that, over the past few decades, domestic problems such as unemployment and the environment have grown international roots.

Business groups and unions had strongly opposed liberalisation of opening hours in England and Wales, arguing that it would give large supermarkets such as Asda and Tesco a greater competitive edge over small retailers.

He argued that such a policy would provide huge gains to the exchequer by (over time) removing the cost of both means - tested benefits and tax incentives for pensions.

The counsels to both sides had argued strongly over the bail application till when it was evening, such that ruling on the application was not possible for the judge, who, as an interim measure, granted them an interim bail on that day, (March 28).

Mr. Giuliani, who had a strained relationship with Mr. Pataki for years after endorsing Mr. Cuomo's father, Mario, for re-election over Mr. Pataki in 1994, argued that Andrew Cuomo was introducing partisanship into a chapter of New York's history that had been largely free of such entanglements, and suggested Mr. Cuomo's attack «plays right into the governor's hands.»

However, Starmer's decision to hail the early vote as a victory could mean shadow cabinet ministers who are conflicted over Brexit, such as Clive Lewis and Diane Abbott, may feel more comfortable with voting in favour of the bill on Wednesday, as they will be able to argue that the party helped shape the process.

There's been some dispute over whether the pesticides are a major contributor to pollinator decline, with some farmers and pesticide manufacturers arguing that factors such as habitat loss and parasite infection have a bigger impact on bee populations.

No one is arguing that Lamarck got everything right, but over the past decade it has become increasingly clear that environmental factors, such as diet or stress, can have biological consequences that are transmitted to offspring without a single change to gene sequences taking place.

In the United States, for example, western states have long argued over who owns what fraction of the water in such rivers as the Colorado.

Scientists have been arguing for decades over whether such structures are remnants of early microbial life, but the Australian formations are the best evidence yet.

Research over the last decade, however, has revealed that low levels of carbon monoxide ward off internal injuries caused by such stress, and the team argues that's why elephant seals produce large amounts of the gas.

Some argue that, in the course of over 10,000 years of domestication, dogs were selected for their cognitive abilities, such as following commands.

If we were to argue that other events would require anomalous rainfall over Australia's interior basins comparable to that in 2010 - 11, then we could use the rainfall record to infer such sea level drops.

The press has been critical of the fact that she glosses over certain issues, arguing that she should be handling heavier topics, such as a disfiguring car accident, with a little more emotion and detail.

Just on a technical level, the film represents such a big jump forward for Saulnier that you should expect the studios to immediately start arguing over which giant soulless franchise should occupy his time in the near - future.

This means that we can expect the appearance of more books such as this, to update the narrative of that change and to argue over its extent.

But in between that, they argue over roomie issues, such as whose turn it is to wash the mounting dishes and clean up the home's messes.

The latter overwhelm the movie to such an extent that much of the material comes across as unintentionally comic (One scene that is played for laughs involves Cross and Kane arguing which of them will use the severed thumb of the first victim to open a safe, which is just strange after seeing how disgusted the characters are over the torture of the woman).

As such, he argues that, if our results are correct and school spending really does improve student outcomes (with larger effects for low - income children), outcomes should have improved over time and achievement gaps by income should have been eliminated over this time period.

Classroom instruction in these charters frequently appeared to honor the acquisition of basic, fundamental skills exactly the topics and items commonly found on standardized tests — over more cognitively engaging tasks such as arguing, defending, supporting, valuing, or evaluating.

Perhaps the greatest contribution of MI theory, I would argue, has been its role over the past decade as a counterbalance to an educational climate increasingly focused on high - stakes testing, such as the IQ test, the SAT, and the various state assessments that have emerged from the No Child Left Behind Act.

Although some may argue otherwise, to split hairs over whether such methods are meaningfully different adds nothing to the process of learning to be a teacher.

Ginsburg argues against such an adjustment, saying it «makes no sense» but, then, within the same paragraph, engages in an analysis similar to what I have recommended, saying, to wit: «For math... DC gains at grade 4 were higher than any state» over the full 2000 - 07 period.

Such children, he argues, need to be encouraged to become active generators of their own knowledge, to «assume greater control over setting their own learning goals and to collaborate actively with each other in achieving these goals» (p. 28).