Sentences with phrase «arguing by proxy»

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My recollection is by this point in the book he'd had to substitute a proxy scaled market, and argue for the applicability of the measures over short time scales, so this suggests to me a major re-jig of my portfolio would be premature.

One could argue (essentially as Baden does) that the behavior by the Israelis concerned as lex talionis by proxy.

Based on the same observation one could argue that the hockeystick methodology is correct to pick out the bristlecones because it is the only proxy that shows a climate signal consistent with a 20th century rise in temperature as measured by meteorological stations.

For something like five years now I've argued with fellows who like to insist that Mann's work has been replicated by other scientists, and also verified by using different proxies.

The YRCC argued that the scrutineers miscounted the votes by counting a proxy of 33 votes, made on behalf of Skyrise Developments Ltd., as just one vote.

The UN Convention Against Torture, which Congress and President Clinton made law in 1994, says it is a crime to «effect the involuntary return of any person to a country in which there are substantial grounds for believing the person would be in danger of being subjected to torture...» Apologists for extraordinary rendition — that is, apologists for torture by proxy — argue that our extraordinary enemy justifies extraordinary measures.