Sentences with phrase «as substantive discussions»

As far as any substantive discussion of small businesses goes, the last GOP debate in mid-September left much to be desired, though altering the tax code and adopting a flat tax system, which affects businesses of all sizes, were hot topics.

Not exact matches

J&J spokesman Ernie Knewitz told CNBC, «As we have learned through the 2016 election campaign, personal attacks do not serve the interests of the American public or foster a balanced discussion on the substantive issues facing the nation.»

You know, this was something that came up originally as a means to make a political point when there were substantive discussions around Senate reform a long, long time ago.

If democratic politics can be constituted only as a full and free discussion and debate, then the constitution should be explicitly neutral to all substantive principles and norms of human association, any claim for which is subject to contestation within the discourse.

I was merely commenting on the total «lack» of any cogent response by @sun in relationship to the other posters here, and as the discussion went forward, I was also commenting on @sun's continuing «lack» of «any» substantive fact - based reasoned response.

There was ample substantive policy discussion at this morning's Crain's NY Business debate between the five men vying for the GOP line in the NYC mayor's race, but that was largely overshadowed by a verbal tiff between the moderator, Crain's columnist Greg David, and former MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, who took offense when David referred to his former boss, Rudy Giuliani, as a «jerk.»

«After a lengthy substantive discussion with the Mayor, he and I agree that the confluence of recent circumstances will preclude me from further fulfilling my goals as Chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board,» Emery wrote in a statement issued by the Mayor's Office.

In a statement, Emery said, «After a lengthy substantive discussion with the Mayor, he and I agree that the confluence of recent circumstances will preclude me from further fulfilling my goals as Chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

Without going back to check, it appears to me that the the substantive discussion only begins when Monckton tries to justify that the black body sensitivity is roughly the same as the observed sensitivity which, if it were true, would imply that the sum of the feedbacks must be small.

Substantive classroom discussion is demanding on students and teachers alike, to say the least, and yet research indicates that this practice is as important in citizenship formation as civics classes and, for some students, can compensate for a home life bereft of such debates.

The tone here turned darker when Dr. Curry volunteered an unsupported «you're all wet» remark herself, then when challenged to substantiate her remarks abandoned calm discussion and began swerving into empty rhetoric in place of substantive discourse, employing terms such as «Hockey Team» to describe a research community, «shenanigans» and «joke» to describe editorial functioning at Stephen Schneider's journal, as well as crossing a conspicuous line by implying deceptive «cherry - picking» of statistical methods on the part of Mann et al..

My own responses to him, while I work to make them substantive, are as impolite as I can bring myself to be, in hopes he'll seek welcome elsewhere rather than repeatedly disrupting worthwhile discussion here; although thankfully, perhaps, it's not up to me to decide who comments here and who doesn't 8 ^ -RCB-!

Without going back to check, it appears to me that the the substantive discussion only begins when Monckton tries to justify that the black body sensitivity is roughly the same as the observed sensitivity which, if it were true, would imply that the sum of the feedbacks must be small.

As to snipping Dave D, while he criticized John A, my concern was that he ventured into a substantive discussion of entropy, which was going to spiral into a topic of its own.

Or as Shyam Saran, Special Envoy of the Indian Prime Minister, said, the G20 is not the forum for substantive discussions of climate change.

With few exceptions, such as the part of McI's response that discusses PCA (as contrasted with the part of his commentary that repeats plagiarism charges against Wahl and Ammann), the focus of discussion among the skeptics at Climate Audit, the Air Vent, and elsewhere is almost entirely on the plagiarism allegations against Wegman, rather than the substantive deficiencies in the statistical analysis in Wegman's report.

My hope is that the report encourages a substantive discussion of the questions addressed, the implications of the findings, as well as further study and analysis.

Might there be any reason why Lucia's blog his substantive discussion on topics like this and your blog has Iron Sun Guy, conspiracy ranters and commenters posing as other commenters.

However, as you can see by reading carefully through the 561 comments on the Montford post to which the current post is a rebuttal, Gavin has declined to extend the discussion at RC and has not posted follow up comments from a number of substantive and polite commentaters here.

I am profoundly grateful for the challenging scientific work that Gavin and the other hosts have done and continue to do, as well as for the work that goes into maintaining this site — not only their substantive articles but their thoughtful (and tolerant) moderation of an open forum for often unruly discussion.

Big coal's presence throughout this long election season as a major sponsor of the presidential debates stands in striking opposition to the absence of any substantive political discussions about climate change in the debates themselves.

I recently read a transcript of a High Court hearing when the eloquence and professionalism with which the substantive issue was disposed of sadly did not extend to the discussion as to whether and how a success fee and after - the - event insurance premium could or be dealt with as part of a summary assessment with a consequential frustrating waste of time and money.

We are proud to provide professional opportunities and resources for black students, as well as a forum for formal and informal discussions about many subjects, including legal policy issues, effective career strategies, evolutions in substantive law, and access to justice for marginalized groups.

The first semester includes simulated exercises related to civil practice, such as depositions or negotiations, lectures on substantive law related to clinic cases, or other relevant class discussions.

Our aim is to provide a meeting point for a deep and substantive discussion about the long - term impact of these technologies, and how they might come to be broadly adapted in the industry as a whole.

After throat - clearing describing the Senate's roles as a legislative chamber of «sober second thought,» and one in which both the regions of Canada and minorities, not well represented in the House of Commons, could have a voice, the substantive part of the Court's opinion begins with a discussion of the nature of the Canadian constitution and constitutional amendment.

Kara Swisher: As you know from us emailing, I'm very interested in tough substantive discussions and questions about this, so that's why I've been so adamant.