Sentences with phrase «as a litmus test in»

But that legislative victory last year has emerged as a litmus test in the increasingly bitter five - way Democratic primary battle for attorney general.

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Analysts say the transition at Donki is a litmus test for other retailers in Japan with similarly charismatic founders such as Fast Retailing, the operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing chain, and Nitori, a discount furniture retailer.

As a litmus test, simply ask yourself: «Will it matter in five years?»

There is an eyelash - curling article in Rolling Stone about Sasha Grey, «the dirtiest girl in porn,» which should be used as some kind of litmus test and pedagogical bludgeon for retraining us in the virtue of protecting an uncompromised stigmatic remainder in our moral life.

This attack can only intensify as black liberal leaders find it more and more difficult to pass the conservative litmus tests for pro-Americanism in foreign affairs: uncritical support for U.S. policy toward Israel and U.S. intervention in Central America.

We have become way too much eyeball people as Christians assume that those who don't live according to the way they do they are unsaved, we have created this judgemental relationship which hurts peoples fellowship with God, there are no litmus tests for people that believe in Jesus, which is why we are called to not judge others, and people use James 2:14, and 1 John's verse of those who practices righteousness are righteous even though I think it's talking about earthly righteousness toward people that we as Christians should show because there is a lost world out there that needs are help and these doctrines of guilt, condemnation, anger, and judgement aren't helping in fact they are doing the opposite, just like how in James it's justification towards man.

Finally, I am adamantly apposed to using «speaking in tongues» as some sort of litmus test to determine someone's spiritual maturity.

I didn't say there was no inequality in the justice system, I said the media inflames when they use 1 case as a litmus test, especially when the system is stacked in favor of defendants.

This is where we as evangelicals must do better in understanding conflict in itself is not bad since it's the litmus test identifying the level of depth in of our relationships.

The government guarantee of 0.7 % of GDP on aid spending, which functions as a litmus test of the Conservatives» moral responsibility in an age of austerity, also creates perverse incentives.

The question of abortion rights as a litmus test for Democrats roiled the party in early 2017, when Bernie Sanders and Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez campaigned on behalf of Omaha mayoral candidate Heath Mello.

Alas, as Jon's colleague Patrick Ruffini points out, in this case «the space between fact and fiction is confused as a litmus test between right and left,» a tendency that afflicts political debate on all sides.

It adds: «This target may therefore be seen as a litmus test of the government's determination to meet the reductions in carbon emissions to which the UK is currently statutorily committed».

«The Anambra State governorship election is a litmus test for INEC and another opportunity for the Ruling All Progressives Congress to redeem itself from the culture of impunity, inconclusive elections and rigging as exhibited in previous elections in Edo, Ondo and other by - elections in the country.»

While there has been appreciable improvement in Nigeria's electoral process in recent years, every election no matter how small usually serve as a litmus test towards...

He has endorsed both Republicans and Democrats in House and Senate races across the country this cycle, with an apolitical litmus test that depends on whether they fought for either his own city's interests or for the mayor's own pet causes, such as gun restrictions or education reform.

In his TU op / ed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo listed «campaign finance reform» as one issue in his litmus test for support of Senate lawmakers in the coming 2013 legislative sessioIn his TU op / ed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo listed «campaign finance reform» as one issue in his litmus test for support of Senate lawmakers in the coming 2013 legislative sessioin his litmus test for support of Senate lawmakers in the coming 2013 legislative sessioin the coming 2013 legislative session.

The fight over music file - sharing is being treated by other industries, including the movie industry, as a litmus test for the way in which the world will rearrange itself to deal with the challenges the internet has thrown up.

It will also serves as litmus test for full cycle of intervention adapting world best practices while considering our own local peculiarities, exhibiting the best of transparency, accountability and in full consideration of the protection and integrity of the affected persons.

No matter how trivial it might seem, homeopathy provides a moral test because it functions as a litmus test for belief in objective truth.

«I think the litmus test for so much of this is that because I believe the Labour party is a broad church I would always consider people like Jeremy and his supporters to be in a party that I'm a member of the difference is that they would never see me as being in a party that they would want to be members of.»

He was appointed during President George W. Bush's second term in 2005 and let the prosecutors go after a performance review that some blasted as a loyalty litmus test.

In order to determine what is and is not okay to say behind someone's back, Bowen suggests this litmus test: Say anything you want, as long as you'd repeat it word for word — with exactly the same inflections — to the person you're talking about.

A litmus test: if you find that you enjoy revisiting sweeping modern romance films like Titanic and The Notebook, you owe it to yourself to give Somewhere in Time a try, especially as it contains elements that both films have emulated.

Employing patience and human degradation as a litmus test of how much we can emotionally bear, McQueen peels back all the curtains of our collective American history, revealing the inky black turmoil stirring in the human soul.

Because humor is in the funny bone of the beholder, here's a litmus test, in case you're interested in watching it: As Navin is working at a gas station, a crazed gunman, for reasons not apparent (he chooses Navin as his intended victim randomly out of a phone book), begins to open fire on him with a rifle, missing him, and striking some cans of motor oil next to NaviAs Navin is working at a gas station, a crazed gunman, for reasons not apparent (he chooses Navin as his intended victim randomly out of a phone book), begins to open fire on him with a rifle, missing him, and striking some cans of motor oil next to Navias his intended victim randomly out of a phone book), begins to open fire on him with a rifle, missing him, and striking some cans of motor oil next to Navin.

Fill in the blank questions often serve as litmus test for learner comprehension.

Some conservatives believe they are being forced to support a broader set of social issues and embrace strategies or tactics they do not agree with as a litmus test to determine whether they are true change agents in education.

In addition, it is foolish for anyone to compose articles such as the one on this site wherein it is clear that the composer has no credible experience nor a career as a scientist, but yet, has the naive gumption to invoke such a profession as implied canon for what the litmus test for written art should be.

He added, «We are looking toward second and third generations of the Surface range during 2014 as the real litmus test of whether Microsoft has a long - term viable position in the tablet market.»

Going back to the qualifications of the capital gains tax law for Real Estate outlined above, lets assume you have met the litmus test and have lived in the home for two out of the last five years as your primary residence.

However, the bank is using its online savings and CD accounts as a litmus test, according to recent reports — and it may consider adding checking accounts and electronic bill payments in the future if its new retail banking sector performs well.

First, in my experience, overwhelmingly employers do not use credit checks as a litmus test, but rather they use them at the end of a hiring decision.

In the U.S., climate change somehow has become a litmus test that identifies you as belonging to one or the other of these two antagonistic tribes.

In so far as your desire for a litmus test question to find out where an individual stands on AGW I'd suggest something that includes the essential element of «What would disprove the theory that (insert chosen definition of AGW here!)?»

As EU leaders reaffirmed their full support for the Paris Agreement last week in response to the US retreat, the ESR negotiations are a good litmus test of their commitment.

You ask for help, but my offer constrained by desire to build a better litmus test is only to discuss as neutrally as possible in this thread general approaches, since the utility of a litmus test is in its power to reveal before it transforms the sample.

TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline has become a litmus test in the U.S. battle over energy policy, as the environmental movement looks for reassurance that President Barack Obama is committed to combatting climate change.

As in most of these cases, the treating of PG / CRU hacker by their own community can be used as a litmus test to determine how far one's moral compass has been bent by their ideological viewAs in most of these cases, the treating of PG / CRU hacker by their own community can be used as a litmus test to determine how far one's moral compass has been bent by their ideological viewas a litmus test to determine how far one's moral compass has been bent by their ideological views.

In some quarters, rhetorical support for a carbon tax is seen as a litmus test for whether policymakers are serious about climate change.

New ideas do not get a free pass out of the inquisition until they have met the litmus test of scientific consensus, which takes time, discussion, and adoption not just by the experts themselves but as reflected in their literature.

Their own Dogmatic Postulation of CO2CAGW «tenets», which in effect constitute an instant litmus test for defining Believers as against «deniers», and their incessant repetition of statements which publicly preach a Liturgy involving a coming Apocalypse, both contribute to bringing their Ideology very close to constituting at least some kind of Religion.

Though advisers to then - Attorney General John Ashcroft introduced a political slant to the honors program in 2002, use of a candidate's political background as a litmus test for hiring accelerated in 2006, not surprisingly under Gonzales.

The Justice Department already has guidelines in place that prohibit prosecutors from considering waivers of the privilege as a litmus test for cooperation, according to the blog Main Justice.

The litany of horror stories I have come across in my years as an executive recruiter, consultant and publisher provides a litmus test that clearly indicates counteroffers should never be accepted.