Sentences with phrase «as anecdotes»

No doubt there are diamonds in the rough - as your anecdotes indicate — but, I'd suggest that they're not indicative.

Based on my experience, as well as the anecdotes of others I know in the legal profession, there are lawyers who simply are innately talented legal writers.

As far as your anecdotes regarding the lovely Murray river, hopefully you are not one of those fools confusing local climate and weather with global climate, are you?

I'll also share some of my experiences working in a huge media megalith like CNN, as well as some anecdotes about arriving in Hong Kong, a fresh - faced editor — and how long that «freshness» lasted!

We are not allowed to talk about them; they are derided as anecdotes if we do.

These are known as anecdotes of Indus Vally civilization.

Plan for the large - scale structure such as main body and conclusion, and also think about what specific things you could include such as anecdotes and questions.

Another option is incorporating your own personal experiences, such as anecdotes and examples, to appeal to them on a deeper level.

This moment clearly shows how the filmmakers feel about women and the abuse they face; both only exist as anecdotes to further the storylines of men.

Also, as anecdotes, I have seen young adults who where raised all their lives as vegan and they were taller than me...

The ceremony saw chancellor George Osborne wipe away tears as anecdotes about the former prime minister were read out.

Drawing upon the reserach of numerous recognized experts in the field of child development as well as the anecdotes of hundreds of her own clients, Alyssa joins the PPSC to share her expertise with you.

«It's now been nearly 17 years since it was first implemented and it is time to do a cost - benefit analysis, and to find out if the act is as effective as anecdotes might suggest it is,» he said.

If you're in the same group as someone you admire, you immediately have something in common and can use that information as an anecdote to send a connection or brief note.

Little by little Pope Francis has understood this point, as this anecdote may show.

For example: flatulence that a middle school boy would envy is mortifying in real life but terrific as an anecdote («and then everyone exited the elevator at the next floor»).

As an anecdote, one day before the deadlines for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting I have seen a publication on Facebook related to eight women who participated in the preliminary meeting.

A celebrity, cameoing as herself, politely acknowledges Howard's existence, and he proceeds to repeat this comically minimal tidbit as an anecdote, wearing it as a badge of honour throughout the film.

As an anecdote, I remember once watching my partner's infant nephew pressing icons on an iPad to open up apps on the screen, and how extremely rewarding this was to him.

As an anecdote on how responsive Mailerlite is, an author friend of mine sent a suggestion to Mailerlite that they add Bookbub follow buttons to their social media options.

As an anecdote, I would also add that being a recent convert to the Ebook world, I've found the iBook store to be lacking in selection compared to Amazon or even Barnes and Nobles.

As an anecdote, there is always only one person of African descendant in the program!

+1 and as an anecdote: My company started hiring managers in an attempt to ramp up to a new contract.

As an anecdote, we were playing against the Frag Dolls [Ubisoft - sponsored gaming team] at one point.

A self - described «emotional science project,» Bernadette Mayer's Memory — 1,100 - odd photographs made by shooting a thirty - six - exposure roll of 35 - mm color slide film on each of the thirty - one days of July 1971, accompanied by six - plus hours of diaristic narration that the artist later revised into a book — is one of those conceptual pieces from the 1960s and»70s that have been better known as anecdote than as physical fact.

The sculptural object or rather objects again become something to look through, changing the perception of surrounding space through its physical presence (Though, as an anecdote, on my visit the few people wandering around the terrace were far more intrigued by slowly melting piles of snow in the corner than they were about Bell's cubes within cubes).

Arrhenius's equation will pass as an anecdote in history, briefly stirring a flurry of ill - conceived papers whose conclusions over-reached the actual data.

Not exact matches

Anecdotes on how the pain of losing seasons as a rookie built the resilience to take risks and overcome fear necessary to become a champion.

A story might be something as short as an explanation of how you arrived at a particular statistic or an entire five -» «minute -» «long business anecdote.

As part of the series — produced by Darren Aronofsky and narrated by superstar Will Smith — several astronauts give personal anecdotes and perspectives about the planet based on a place few humans who have actually visited outer space.

As the above anecdote suggests, my language at a young age made longshoremen blush not because I was learning the words on The Electric Company.

While some view football as a cutthroat, dog - eat - dog industry, the anecdote shows that even the most stoic of football figures can make moves that benefit both their team and the player they're moving.

In this book, Branson uses anecdotes and case studies, Branson provides a roadmap for success through strategies like thinking big and building small, as well as having empathy for employees.

And though Bay Street types might chafe at the comparison, Ferrante's anecdotes from life in La Cosa Nostra make as good a framework as any for conveying maxims about getting ahead in the business world.

There is no such thing as a one - size - fits - all anecdote that will turn a speech into a crowd - inspiring oration, and I had to tell her honestly that good speech writing is not a magic trick that entails cherry - picking anecdotes on the order of «Let's win one for the Gipper!»

As Shawn Callahan, author of Putting Stories to Work, explains these «small stories» are the anecdotes concerning real - life experiences that people tell every day in conversations.

In anecdote after anecdote in the book, Chase comes off as a dyspeptic if gifted freak.

Under the direction of Murphy, the company created online diaries to document interesting projects, complete with beautiful photography and candid anecdotes about unique challenges, such as constructing a yoga studio in a building with a crooked ceiling.

But under unrelenting pressure, we eventually agreed that we would help our customers with storytelling as long as the stories were not fabricated and the emphasis was on helping leaders to find and share their own real - life anecdotes.

If you're a younger analyst and you're using the Sohn Conference as a way to source ideas, here's a personal anecdote (and warning).

Morin writes with searing honesty, incorporating anecdotes from her work as a college psychology instructor and psychotherapist as well as personal stories about how she bolstered her own mental strength when tragedy threatened to consume her.

Eventually, Rockefeller's oil operations became so vast that he could fund all of his expansion efforts from his own profits, but there was a point in time in which Morgan was mad as hell that he couldn't get an asset override on Rockefeller's wealth, and you better believe there is a take - home lesson in that anecdote.

We are in no danger of a public - finance - driven deficit - debt spiral, and we should simply dispense with anecdotes from previous eras as solid guides for policy today.

Yet it seems that, even in the Harper era, the far bigger factors in this sensitive bilateral relationship are substantial economic interests and, as Kent's telling anecdote illustrates, complex behind - the - scenes diplomatic ties.

Scroll down to hear David and Brian discuss strategies, anecdotes, and key industry statistics that support the preeminence of great sales culture as the defining trait of today's top sales organizations - and the north star for modern VPs, Managers, and Operations Leads charged with hitting high growth numbers.

Michael Wolff, offering anecdotes, analysis, and a wealth of new details about the Trump Presidency, takes you behind the scenes of a royal court as complicated and full of intrigue as that of the Tudors.

I make fun of the policy shallowness of Romney's convention speech and how he tried to use personal anecdotes to try to get people to like him without giving any real idea of what he would try to do as president.

After two or three thousand pages of Caro's highly oral writing, one finds oneself chanting along as he repeats the classic anecdotes and mottos, and yearning, in the end, for the fifth and final volume, which will complete this epic chronicle of a 20th century political genius.

As someone else once said, the plural of anecdote is not data.

But some conservative commentators, after narrating all the outrageous anecdotes, seem baffled for a positive program of cultural education, and others even seem positively anticultural — as though willing to admit that the ideologies of the secularists are what constitute the humanities.