Sentences with phrase «as de»

In this sense, Malaprops is simply taking advantage of what indies have always done best: serving as de facto community centers and literary recommenders.

EPUB is an XML - based, developer - friendly format that is emerging as the de facto standard for digital books.

The orchestra was striking up another slow waltz as de Troeye sat down at the table, where a champagne cocktail stood untouched next to the fake, electric candle flame in a tulip glass shade.

«It's complicated,» as de Closets says.

Ananka joins this motley band of courageous girls as de facto archeologist / mapmaker and, together, they set out to explore the rat - infested tunnels under New York known as the Shadow City, and foil the dastardly plans of the inscrutable gangsters who are plotting to attack the city.

«Professor Spence said: «The issue of whether Amazon's deal with Luxembourg was a «sweetheart» one constituting state aid seems to deflect attention from the main issue here: namely, that Luxembourg has long operated as a de facto tax haven within the internal market, effectively depriving other EU governments, and the EU in general, of significant tax revenues.

The Prius v continues its role as the de facto Prius wagon.

It would make sense for Lexus to have a seven - seater SUV sitting as a de facto flagship model, especially in a time when a lot of its rivals are coming out with their own seven - seater SUVs.

A lot of the extra cost will be spent on extra size and interior technical oomph, including wireless smartphone charging, connectivity and the ability to use a smartphone as a de facto key to open, close and start the car.

The Japanese automaker already has two small crossovers in the form of the Rogue and Rogue Sport, but now it's adding a third, even smaller model as the de facto replacement for the polarizing Juke.

The editor tells the story of Mrs Jo Jo, recently resurrected and now competing again / Dexter Brown also known as de Bruyne — Tony Clark traces the career of this renowned artist and evaluates his distinctive style, illustrated with examples of his work / de Bruyne Painting — One of the earlier, large De Bryune paintings depicting a scene from the 1908 French Grand Prix / Granville Bradshaw — Michael Worthington - Williams considers a new biography of this prolific and talented, but flawed, designer / The Genius of Fangio — Simon Moore talks to Michel Poberejsky about Juan Manuel Fangio and the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix

I bought from out of state and the vehicle was exactly as de... scribed when I went to pick it up and very pleased with my overall experience

Following the launch of the 2015 Ford Mustang, Ford continued to suppress its V - 6 model, leaving it as the de facto entry - level Mustang and reserving the mid-level 2.3 - Liter turbocharged four - pot for the eco-curious.

Establishing Cadillac as a separate business unit from General Motors allows for greater growth opportunities; as de Nysschen explained to us, halo models and flagship sports cars will be important to Cadillac's goal to be «restored as a pre-eminent global premium brand.»

Some teachers work multiple jobs and, in the classroom, often act as de facto guidance counselors, social workers and nurses — positions that many local school systems don't have the dollars to fund.

As far as de Basio's approach, three years is too short a time frame to expect «vast and intense improvement» in a huge bureaucracy.

In doing so, ideas such as de jure and de facto segregation — important terms in the court's decision on Boston Public Schools — will bubble to the surface.

Finally, re your comment on MA's SSPI considering the consortium assessments as de facto college readiness metrics, I think the grade 11 tests that are being developed will receive a lot of scrutiny once folks get to see what they are.

The assessment was based on multiple choice and directed response questions in these areas: civic knowledge, intellectual and participatory skills, and civic dispositions, or «habits of the heart,» as de Tocqueville called them.

Some black male teachers complain they are recruited to serve as de facto disciplinarians, called upon to deal with misbehaving students by colleagues or administrators.

It was a miscalculation by the Mayor and his staff to assume that just because high - performing charters had wait lists and low - performing schools were under - enrolled, that those numbers would serve as a de facto poll of the African - American community's sentiment toward the Mayor.

The first such amendments were enacted in the late 19th century, when the public schools functioned as de facto nondenominational Protestant schools.

Those battles have been elusive of late, as de Blasio has mostly declined to do combat with the charter sector, and Cuomo has shown little appetite for publicly pushing reforms.

Ironically, the charter school law operates as a de facto universal choice (open to all students in the District regardless of income) and reliably delivers funding of more than $ 14,000 per student.

If you join a Hangout, you can share its URL with anyone as a de facto invitation, even if you didn't initiate the Hangout in the first place.

Moodle is adopted by many institutions as the de facto open source e-learning platform.

Many state data systems function as de facto morgues, Bill writes, «used more often in autopsies of failed programs than to help educators and policymakers improve existing ones.»

With Intro to Public Speaking three weeks into its run, I caught up with McGarrity on July 3rd to speak about the challenges of MOOC - ifying a classroom course, creating a usable learner engagement strategy, and his role as a de facto «MOOC Ambassador.»

Does this mean that voucher schools ought to be regarded as de facto public schools?

Data quality and usefulness are often questionable, leaving many state data systems function as de facto data morgues — used more often in autopsies of failed programs than to help educators and policymakers improve existing ones.

First, as I've noted here before, I'm increasingly nervous at how casually reading and math value - added calculations are being treated as de facto determinants of «good» teaching.

Maybe there's that one teacher who is amazingly talented at what she does; or the teacher's aide who serves as a de facto grandmother to half the student body; or the chess club leader who manages to keep young boys engaged in school through early adolescence; or the superstar math teacher who seems solely responsible for a middle school's stellar math scores.

As the de facto leader of the band of crooks who can't help but get Scott Lang in trouble, Peña has the same sort of breezy charm he always does (see also: The Martian, American Hustle, End of Watch, etc), but he is at his best when he is pressed by Lang to reveal the origins of his heists.

If I were to pick the single most impressive box - office story of the summer, it wouldn't be Iron Man 3 hitting a figure that is, however large, not that big a deal for a movie with its kind of budget, especially one serving as de facto sequel to a film that destroyed very nearly every record that exists.

There was one caveat, however, as de Bont's last two films were major critical and commercial failures, Speed 2: Cruise Control and The Haunting, and one might get the feeling that he might not have the right stuff to take this to a higher level that it should be to be truly a great movie - going experience.

Seth Rogen gets in a lot of comic digs as the script supervisor who often acts as the de facto director, as Tommy's on - set antics and abuse continue to spiral as the shoot goes along.

She's a native of the region, serving as your de facto guide and lending some clout with the locals who, oddly enough, don't take kindly to monster hunters.

It'd help if Rhys Ifans's could sell it too, but he's pretty terrible as the de facto villain.

In this case, those Louisiana plantations also function as de facto livestock farms for vampires, who can feed on the slaves with impunity.

Personally, I'm jazzed to see more women in Hollywood speaking up about the inequalities of the industry instead of just accepting them as a de facto part of the star system.

Circumstance thrusted his ex-girlfriend, Erin (Orphan Black's Tatiana Maslany) back into his life as a de facto caretaker.

In this telling, the Land of the Dead is not a fearsome place, but rather a never - ending skeleton party conducted in a glorious multi-tiered city that rises from sea - level houseboats to vast, imperious towers inhabited by celebrities such as de la Cruz — all of them connected by arched bridges and aerial trams.

Clearly, no actor would say no to a phone call from Steven Spielberg asking if they'd like to participate in an Abraham Lincoln movie, so even the smallest part is filled by either a big name movie star or a noticeable character actor, among them Lukas Haas, Hal Holbrook, Joseph Gordon - Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones (serving as the de facto emotional center for the movie), David Strathairn, Lee Pace, Jackie Earle Haley, Bruce McGill, Gregory Itzin, Jared Harris, Michael Stuhlbarg and Walton Goggins.

NOW he's stuck in Far Far Away as its de facto ruler after the frog king croaks.

While I'm realistic and conscientious (or overly conscientious), as de...

We are also looking to firmly establish TrulyMadly as the de facto social discovery platform for Indian millennials.In the coming year, we want to build a great ecosystem around dating, that not only allows singles to discover each other and chat with each other, but also enables their real world dates.

And for many social media users, sites like Facebook and Instagram serve as de facto dating sites, eliminating the need to pay for dating services.

Designers such as de Grisogono and Chaumet are taking the guesswork out of styling, offering innovative jewellery that give the allusion of a multi-faceted piece, in one streamline design.

The conversion of carbohydrate to fat is known as de novo lipogenesis (DNL).

The LABEX was instrumental for the creation of the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) as a de novo creation in 2011 since it provides an indispensable source of funding: almost all of the funding for IAST's activities and for its dedicated research staff come from the LABEX.