Sentences with phrase «argued such a move»

But some have argued such a move would create a two - tier citizenship in which the youngest voters are denied the universal rights to adulthood.

Not exact matches

And, as has been argued ad nauseum, there's no indication that the relatively small market for watches is big enough to justify such a move.

Washington has argued in the past that such weapons can not effectively be used to take territory and U.S. Marine General Joseph Dunford said during a trip to Brussels this week that the move was strictly defensive.

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.

The company so far has pushed back, arguing that such a move would set a dangerous precedent and threaten customer security.

Facebook, which got the case moved to San Francisco from Illinois, argued the users hadn't suffered a concrete injury such as physical harm, loss of money or property; or a denial of their right to free speech or religion.

While one might argue that long term, shareholders might unlock more value through such a move, it's clear Wall Street believes that Facebook is far more powerful — and profitable — in its current incarnation.

Far from being required by theism, we shall argue that such a philosophical guarantee would undermine genuine religious commitment, and that the ultimate redemption from evil moves on a very different plane.

But given such qualifications, I would argue that feminism can and must move to a broader, global perspective, in general and in its self - consciously religious manifestations.

In urging that the Coast Guard give up the harbor, the city argued that such a move would «improve the harbor services for boaters «and end Eldean «s «legal but near - monopolistic business.

Ms Umunna defended the move, however, and argued it was «essential» Londoners knew the truth about Mr Johnson - who has a considerable fanbase thanks in part to his appearances on televisions shows such as Have I Got News For You.

At the same time, the groups argue that such a move is needed due to congestion in the current system as well as the need for new cleaner energy options.

It has been argued that such a move has been made necessary to address the growing number of foreign - registered lorries on British roads.

But Ken Clarke, the former justice secretary, and Dominic Grieve QC, the attorney general, have argued that such a move would be a political disaster, unravelling fundamental liberties established under Europe's post-second world war settlement.

Celeste Katz: State Senate Republicans have decided that bigger is better: Senate officials, in a memo posted on the Legislature's redistricting website late Friday afternoon, confirmed plans to add another seat to the 62 - member chamber, arguing the state Constitution mandates such a move.

Portillo argued wisely that such a move would be seen as irresponsible and therefore counter-productive.

The ACF argued that selling off national assets to service the economy was completely «unwise» as such move never yielded the desired results in the past.

Scientific progress is not a linear development of accepted theories, he argued, but instead relies on such anomalous discoveries to move the field forward.

In recent years, biologists have argued that the best way to save species that need large territories, such as the endangered jaguar, is to connect existing parks and other large environmental reserves with protected corridors that would allow the animals to move back and forth.

Air Force energy director Dave King hopes that by 2016, 300 million gallons of that total will come from alternative sources such as biofuels, a move that he argues will increase the stability of the force's fuel supply and reduce its vulnerability to cost fluctuations.

He and other supporters argued unsuccessfully that the move would pave the way to cures for conditions such as spinal cord injuries and sickle - cell anemia as well as degenerative disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

Yet the report also argued against a rapid shift to non-fossil fuel energy sources, noting that «making significant changes in energy consumption... amid all the scientific uncertainties would be premature in view of the severe impact such moves could have on the world's economies and societies.»

Savory argues that livestock such as cattle, when moved around ranches in patterns that simulate the movements of large herds of wild grass eaters, can help stimulate the -LSB-...]

Given the large orbital eccentricities of these two objects (which move beyond 500 AUs of the Sun), some astronomers have argued that they were likely to have been strongly perturbed by a massive celestial object (which is unlikely to have been Neptune as they do not come close enough to feel its gravitational influence) such as the passing of a rogue planet (perturbed from its primordial orbit by the gas giants of the inner Solar Sylstem) or one or more passing stars, which could have dragged the two objects farther out after initial orbital perturbation by Neptune or as part of a «first - generation» Oort Cloud.

Yet by the film's conclusion, any articulation of this system and its moving parts remains at arm's length, because instead of identifying Bertie County as an example of a broken system and then using that recognition to spark an investigation into why institutional change ultimately proves elusive, Byrne gets bogged down in arguing for her subjects» validity as such.

As MPs debate lowering the voting age to 16, Andrew Otty argues that such a move will benefit the whole country

Finance economists have argued that such a high discount rate is imprudent, however, and there have been signs that public accounting standards might move toward the private - sector rules, based on corporate bond and Treasury rates, which could reduce the discount rate to about 5 percent.

The petition argued that the move would «slow the secondary curriculum, create a testing culture and reinforce a language of failure inappropriate at such a young age».

Such a shift would move schools away from what educators sometimes refer to as the «industrial model» of education that held sway in the 19th and 20th centuries to a model geared towards the more flexible work environments of the 21st century, proponents argue.

I would argue that if the goal is to provide more instruction that taps into students» individual needs and personal interests, then school and district leaders should focus on doing specific things that might actually move the needle, such as making sure: 1) that teachers know their students well; 2) that they assess student learning carefully; 3) that they provide students with rich and diverse materials in a range of media, and 4) that student and teacher assignments are flexible.

Many of the comments we received arguing in favor of allowing ESC system disablement were, in fact, arguing for disablement of traction control to allow a vehicle to start moving on certain surfaces with low friction such as on snow, ice, or off - road conditions.

Active managers, PIMCO argued, could assess the likelihood of such a move and either divest from the market or use offshore instruments instead.

Scientists and educators successfully argued that such a move would damage the education and futures of students by presenting a scientific consensus on an urgent issue as up - for - debate.

Friends of the Earth in the Netherlands, which has carried out its own review of activities by the Anglo - Dutch oil group, said the company often argues that it is moving away from oil towards cleaner gas but has often concentrated on the most carbon intensive forms of gas such as liquefied natural gas.

Camus argued that the only way to maintain one's integrity in such a situation is to adopt what he called an «active fatalism», in which «one should start to move forward, in the dark, feeling one's way and trying to do good.»

Smil argues that moving to renewable sources of energy will likely be a slow process, but he never addresses just how different such a move would be from past energy transitions.

Others argue that such moves deflect attention from public transport systems, which are more in need of a fiscal makeover and an behavioural change campaign.

Today at Earth Island Journal (cross-posted at Grist), four activists representing groups from across the US and Canada, argue that the climate movement needs to move beyond its preoccupation with oil pipeline projects, such as Keystone XL, and instead challenge the expansion of fossil fuel projects wherever they appear.

Many environmentalists argue that governments must curb greenhouse gases linked to climate change to prevent warming - related disasters, but some academics and Bush administration officials say there is not enough science yet to justify such an economically disruptive move.

I've even heard it argued that it was called Greenland becuase it was such as green and pleasant land when the truth is that was a huge propaganda exercise to persuade vikings to move there.

Partners back moves to «near - shore» to low cost regional markets, arguing that this option is more reliable than outsourcing, but respondents concede such moves send poor signals to support staff

Such a drastic and disproportionate move would have an unwarranted chilling effect on judges» participation in their communities, argues Justice Matlow's counsel Paul Cavalluzzo of Toronto's Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP.

Kodak argues that such a rule would satisfy its burden as the moving party of showing «that there is no genuine issue asto any material fact» on the market power issue.

The Minister argued that this debate has seen the focus shift to the «real issues, not the distractions» by moving beyond the «simplistic debate about an indigenous rights agenda», including such things as an apology and compensation.

Instead, he argues that it has moved to a debate about the often forgotten needs of individuals - such as safety and security and the ability of people to take control of their own lives.

While euthanasia advocates push for greater access to the controversial drug Nembutal, ethics experts such as Professor Paul Komesaroff from Monash University argued there was no need for such a move to improve end - of - life care.

It could mean, as Justice North and Tim Goodwin argue, that for «most cases moving towards resolution by consent determination, the timeline would be streamlined beyond recognition and the costs of such a process would be reduced out of sight».