Sentences with phrase «arguments make little»

But such arguments make little headway with socialists, says Novak, because, contrary to appearances, socialism is not really a practical political proposal at all.

Not exact matches

In fact, you can make the argument that they have very little in common, save for a commitment to create and foster a high - performing culture.

So it's not only longer than the bonds we were issuing then but the argument, «well, it's not really that much longer than this bond is,» is perhaps that extrapolation that makes me a little bit nervous, that there is too much complacency.

But research a little more and make a better argument please.

It's an argument I've been making for years, with little success: Social observers in general and religious folk in particular vastly overestimate the influence of the news and entertainment media.

Of course they may end up disagreeing with Bernard of Clairvaux, Augustine, and Barth about the moral significance of our being created male and female, but shouldn't they be a little less sanguine about it and a little more deferential, to the point of saying, «We believe the tradition made a grave mistake in its disallowance of gay partnerships, but at the same time we acknowledge our deep indebtedness to that tradition for giving us the theological and ethical vision to even make our argument for inclusion»?

Much of Mohler's argument, however, is regurgitated in this section and little is added to the strong defence already made.

has about it something of a demand for a pedigree, which might at least lend some credibility to the claims Christ makes for himself; for want of which, Pilate can do little other than pronounce his truth: «I have power to crucify thee» (which, to be fair, would under most circumstances be an incontrovertible argument).

If this is your own argument, I suggest that you learn a little more math before you try to use it to make a point.

But since the argument could be made that these courses fall into the realm of «curriculum enrichment,» and since taxpayers and unwary parents appeared willing to pay for them, there was little resistance to their approval and implementation.

Sentence two is the closest to an actual argument he makes, but it is a fact that science has little to no information on what happens after we die, as you pointed out yourself, we do not know (in the sense of having empirical proof).

If you do a little search you'll find that this atheist group heavily relies on the «religion promotes intolerance» argument and that alone is what makes this all so laughable.

You might want to reconsider the arguments made in some of my posts a little more carefully.

But in the wake of developments in Eastern Europe and the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in the Oregon peyote case, an argument could be made that the roles in our little melodrama should be reversed.

Do not make claims of certainty for arguments you know very little about.

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

If, on occasion, Konstan seems to press this argument too far, bypassing a little too quickly the sense one sometimes gets that classical thinkers did have tendencies to ground friendship in utility, his argument nonetheless makes a strong case for a significant degree of overlap between ancient and modern views of friendship.

It's one thing to offer an argument that should only convince those who are already on your side but is a little deceptive because it makes an emotional appeal that isn't really all that rational on pro-life premises.

It would make honest liberals (and there are many) who do not know (or find it very easy to avoid) the worst in their own side and rarely hear solid conservative argument a little more open to discussion.

Whether it's on a Sunday, Tuesday, a bad work day, or because of an argument with a friend, little indulgences often make us feel better.

However, he's still managed to score 10 goals and provide two assists, as an argument could be made that he has deserved a little more faith from Conte to feature more regularly and prove his worth to the Blues.

On current form, there's little argument that Real would dominate the team, but which three Reds stars made our lineup?

Fabiani doesn't make any arguments about keeping the city's local economy strong or make an easy play at the fans» little brother complex toward L.A..

FFP will be relaxed as just announced by FIFA and the cornerstone of the boards argument (which see's ALL of them make a huge profit at very little risk and very little outlay) has just crumbled into dust.

There is very little evidence for both arguments which makes judging the coach an incredibly difficult task.

When one spouse has had very little to do with caring for and raising the child or if during the initial separation the child has been made a part of disagreements and arguments, the court will need to know that.

For the sake of argument, let's also assume that a pack of microfiber cloth boosters from the dollar store should be on our list, not only for heavy - wetting, but to make sure we're keeping the little one feeling as dry and comfortable as possible at night (no one wants wetness to wake a baby up).

It gives those of us who are a little granola (not organic, vegan, made with nothing but love granola) a bad rep.. That goes for both sides of every argument.

The first argument made by the journal (and the Sears pediatricians) is that crying - it - out is stressful for babies, flooding their sweet little brains with hormones such as cortisol that interfere with healthy brain development.

But at the rate Levy is going, every little bit counts, and flipping an outspoken chair like DeProspo would help fuel the momentum - building argument that Levy's campaign has been trying to make.

The argument that we need to make our welfare state less generous leads us to an end - point of a system which provides no security, which pays far too little to live on, which traps people in poverty, and which allows costly problems to spiral out of control.

12:08 Cameron grabs his argument by the throat and makes a good little attack out of it.

William Cunningham, a psychologist at Ohio State University who conducts research using fMRI, says that the paper makes important points but «takes its argument a little too far.»

You know, so you build things that, you dispense a little bit with the argument that, you know, Kansas is better suited to growing wheat than any place in the world, so let's grow all the wheat there and realize [that] it still make some sense to grow some wheat in Vermont too, which now people have started to do.

However, if one downweights these two events (either by eliminating or, as in Cane et al» 97, using a «robust» trend), then an argument can be made for a long - term pattern which is in some respects more «La Nina» - like, i.e. little warming in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific, and far more warming in the western equatorial Pacific and Indian oceans, associated with a strengthening, not weakening, of the negative equatorial Pacific zonal SST gradient.

Understanding exactly what those little numbers and letters mean on homeopathic bottles and the arguments made by the industry in regards to dilution and potency can be very enlightening.

A little consideration like this will go a good way to making certain that the whole thing runs easily and there are no needless arguments.

Little Woods is very personal and very touching, and it makes a compelling argument as to why good people do bad things, a tried - and - true motif that has become a staple of the new westerns emerging today.

Yes, a legitimate argument that can be made that she forms some connections with other tributes during the games, notably her fellow tribute Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and the little girl during the first games, but it seems like those moments are few and far between.

Taking his problems to his dullard of a father, Ansel (Thomas Hayden Church), does little more than lead to yet another argument with his cold - hearted step - mother Charla (Gina Gershon), a tough cookie who can make meeting him at the door without her panties an affront rather than a come - on.

Tying the film to its basis in reality is a nice touch, but it does little more than make an argument for a thoughtful documentary on the subject, rather than a schlocky, cornball made - for - tv rendition.

It is a little rough around the edges and there is an argument to be made that the relative lack of directorial flair makes the film feel too conventional but those points are only really relevant when comparing it to Argento's later works, and after all, this was his first movie and there are plenty of filmmakers out there at the twilight of their careers who would love to make a thriller as tight and effective as this with everything available at their disposal, let alone the small budget and restrictions that Dario Argento had to work with.

Setting aside the argument that it's never too late to humanize a dangerous man (if, in fact, that's the point the series is trying to make), the caricature of Donald Trump presented in the series is so oafishly relatable he does little to resemble our very real and very dangerous president (aside from a decent impression from voice actor Jeff Bergman).

If this all sounds a little oblique, Kates presents a dizzying whirlwind of visuals, which not only illustrate the argument, but also make the intellectual babble seem terribly exciting — re-creating a cultural moment when ideas still mattered and an aesthetic revolution was there for the taking.

Also, I thought I had made it abundantly clear that the main reason I want online implemented in all of the aforementioned games is so I can play with FRIENDS, so your argument about only playing with complete strangers online has little to no merit.

Far more compelling arguments can be made not about how much Common Core matters, but how little.

Well, I've been making the argument for a while now that there is remarkably little evidence linking near - term changes in test scores to changes in later life outcomes for students, like graduating high school, enrolling in college, completing college, and earnings.

Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Ginsburg made little effort to dispute the plaintiff's First Amendment arguments.

Notably, the best evidence for the weakness of the union's position came from the court's liberal bloc of Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Ginsburg, who made little effort to dispute the plaintiff's First Amendment arguments.

It makes sense why so many representatives of the current system, particularly teacher unions make this argument but I am still stunned that so many committed educators seem to buy in even when research suggests that poverty has little impact on the development of kids.