Sentences with phrase «as wonks»

When a politician supports national standards with as much gusto as we wonks do, national standards will stand a fighting chance.

I suspect it's a «picture window» gone awry; we'll see less of this type of thing as wonks tame the technology.

So perhaps he is better described as a wonk?

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Dual - class share structures, which give controlling shareholders more than one vote per share or designate some shares as non-voting, are particularly unpopular among governance wonks and institutional investors.

The only thing that surprised me, perhaps because I still think of him as the young Wonk - in - Chief of 20 years ago, is his appearance.

As a side point, perhaps interesting to monetary wonks here at OTE, the title's insistence on the 1993 vintage of the Taylor rule is out of step with much research on the variables, values, and coefficients that would go into such a rule today.

A possible political career for Sandberg has been mentioned a lot before, too — especially since she has been a Washington wonk before (she worked as chief of staff to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers in the last Clinton administration before moving to Silicon Valley to work at Google).

While political and foreign policy wonks will understand that Trump isn't necessarily going to end the deal by sending the issue to Congress, broadly speaking it will be read by the American public and the international community as him trying to deliver on his promise to scrap or improve the pact.

Wonk, with respect... prostate or colon cancer is not something you can get by the choices in your life in the same way as choosing to go to bed with a guy.

So, just as a African American there are things that other African Americans have done that White supermacist want me to answer and link to... there are positive African American achievements as well but we are suppose to judge each other as indiviudals Wonk, so my own actions are all I am responcible for.

Social media strategists like myself are spending more and more time wearing «data wonk» as our self - identity, and at times it can all be overwhelming.

Clinton became governor again at 34, and Hillary forever stepped into the spotlight as a political wonk in her own right, spearheading efforts on education reform (previously, Hillary's feminist, Midwestern background, lack of accent, and thick - rimmed glasses did not sit well with Southern Democrats).

In an interview with the writer Ron Suskindthis year, Obama even described his policy - wonk predilections as a «disease,» identifying with Democratic former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

Like former Senator Adetunmbi, the other lead speakers, Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, famed public intellectual and founding vice-chancellor of the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State (the South West critique) and Dr. Charles Akinola (who as director - general, Osun Office of Economic Development and Partnerships, is the policy wonk strutting the Osun safety - net programmes), discharged themselves creditably.

Perhaps I'm hopelessly naive, CB, but it seems to me that a Governor needs a legal Counsel, a Director of State Operations (Glaser, the policy wonk occupies that), a Secretary, an Appointments Secretary and, ok, we'll give you Zambelli as Senior Advisor.

solidified his reputation as a whip - smart policy wonk who gets results.

Of course, the tapes could just be read and the results be transmitted by phone, but this would necessarily combine old technology with new technology, and thus not satisfy the hardcore computer wonks such as what you seem to be out there, and would not reflect an official result from what is considered the more reliable source, ie, the memory card.

Officially called the «Task Force on Evaluating Economic Development Tax Expenditures,» the group brings together liberal activists such as Javier Valdes of Make the Road with budget wonks, such as Michael Dardia of the Citizens Budget Commission and James Parrott of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

Others are guessing he may have landed a primo job offer in the Obama administration, since Benjamin has long had a reputation as a policy wonk.

In short, Walcott is more than an education reformer with soul; he is also a policy wonk who can translate his aims so that parents can embrace them as their own — so that the self - appointed advocates will have to get on board or be left on the sidelines.

Self - described «policy wonk» Laura Walls served one term as Gardiner town supervisor from 2000 to 2002 as well as several terms on the New Paltz School Board, and was long known in the community as co-owner of the municipal grantwriting firm Shingebiss Associates.

The more reserved John Faso, her opponent, comes across as studied and experienced, but something of a wonk in the ways of policy and government.

Policy wonk: Schneiderman's Fall Was Inevitable Only someone who hasn't followed Eric Schneiderman's career should be shocked by his scandal - scarred resignation as New York attorney general, contends City Journal's Seth...

Imagining what could have happened had the Tories not become the senior coalition partners, Mr Pickles warned of a «dour» Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, cursing Tony Blair and listening to the advice of former spin doctor Damian McBride and «policy wonk» Ed Miliband.

He says he has «all but signed a contract» to hire Martin Myers, director of the U.S. National Vaccine Program Office, as the resident policy wonk.

For policy wonks, the list of ITRE members includes other familiar names, such as former industry commissioner Antonio Tajani from Italy; and ITRE alumna Marisa Matias, a left - wing member from Portugal; and German Christian - democrat Christian Ehler, who played an active role during Horizon 2020 negotiations.

Warner is all for transparency, but being a chemist himself, he knows how his colleagues think, and he's concerned that if green chemistry becomes mandatory, industrial chemists will misunderstand it, writing it off as a policy - wonk proposal when in fact it is solid science, built on the core principles of traditional chemistry.

Even as policy wonks speculated on where the U.S. emission cuts would come from, Republicans were harmonizing around a dire message — that China is an untrustworthy partner and is outmaneuvering Obama.

Repetition of talking points passes for political discussion, and serious interest in issues and options is treated as the idiosyncrasy of wonks.

As for the feminine side of the equation, Rachael Stirling, as a Ministry wonk in charge of making sure the film does not go off the rails, gives off Eve Arden vibes in natty Marlene Dietrich - style menswear — and on several occasions gives nudge - nudge hints of being proudly lesbiaAs for the feminine side of the equation, Rachael Stirling, as a Ministry wonk in charge of making sure the film does not go off the rails, gives off Eve Arden vibes in natty Marlene Dietrich - style menswear — and on several occasions gives nudge - nudge hints of being proudly lesbiaas a Ministry wonk in charge of making sure the film does not go off the rails, gives off Eve Arden vibes in natty Marlene Dietrich - style menswear — and on several occasions gives nudge - nudge hints of being proudly lesbian.

Yet where Hurt's trauma came as a genuinely nasty surprise — and one that merited extensive dissection — Calvin is just a bad seed who, thanks to the Lucasfilm wonks» overtime work, gets bigger and badder with every frame, in inverse proportion to a rapidly thinning idea.

Thandie Newton plays Condoleezza Rice as a birdlike twit; Jeffrey Wright gives Colin Powell the compromised dignity of a man who realizes — too late — that he has cast his lot with thieves; Richard Dreyfuss» smirking Cheney is a cold hearted schemer who loves only oil; and nerdy Toby Jones enacts Karl Rove as a perverse policy wonk who gets a kick out of his Machiavellian brainstorms.

All of this year's articles are linked below as inspiration for you to continue wonking out, all year long.

(Longtime education wonks may remember a similar situation in New York City from the early days of the Bloomberg / Klein era, when their brand - new school grading system labeled some of Gotham's most sought - after schools as failures.

Twenty three education policy wonks (or teams of wonks) answered this question as part of Fordham's 2018 Wonkathon

This was an exciting occasion for us Washington - based policy wonks, starved as we are for any legislative action on education.

For instance, none of our wonks focused overly much on school closure as a strategy toward greatness; most seem to see it as a way to raise the floor.

As Nevada implements its groundbreaking education savings account (ESA) program, policy wonks were asked to say what the state must get right.

This isn't just a loss for policy wonks, as Mike suggests.

Jindal casts himself as a «policy wonk» and reformer, and his agenda for education features several ideas unfathomable in previous administrations: teacher pay for performance, school vouchers, and tax credits for private school tuition.

This, in turn, points out a reality that neither the Obama Administration nor Beltway wonks such as Petrilli fail to admit: That No Child has been the single - biggest advance in education policy, both at the federal level and among states and local governments, since the Defense Education Act of 1958.

Back to policy wonk speak — this poor configuration affects outcomes as precious time and energy is spent running sub-optimal parallel systems.

As a result, it is almost impossible to determine the quality of a DPS school without pulling out the underlying data, a challenging task for any data wonk, let alone a busy parent.

Wonks in Brussels hail all this as a huge step forward... in reality, it's a pathetic failure.

[2] In its fifth anniversary stomping of the hotel carpet — held this week in New York — #DBW14 was again led by longtime publishing wonk Mike Shatzkin as a show the business built.

A great bond manager, but overrated as a policy wonk.

(For wonks only: regulated financial institutions should be matching assets versus liabilities as their most aggressive posture.

This was originally recited to me as kind of an energy - wonk joke.

Left - wing media, chooses left - wing wonks and praises them as being the most «expert and intellectual».