Sentences with phrase «aspiration than an end»

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Directed by Makoto Shinkai in high - end 2D animation with digital flourishes, it's as moving in its way as My Life As a Zucchini, though it has much grander aspirations than simply depicting a slice of life.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I'm going to apologize right upfront, because for as much as I always try to leave my preconceptions or feelings as to what a movie might be before entering the theatre, it was hard for me to shake the idea that this was all going to end up being nothing more than a New Jersey set 8 Mile with Rocky-esque aspirations.

In the end, the high - stakes test is the definition of what we think successful education stands for, for better or worse, and I think it's still an open question whether the next generation of assessments will really match our aspiration to encourage rigorous, deep thinking rather than the rote - like product from the testing regime.

In fact, for all the talk about the «democratic values» implicit in local control, the decibel level of the past few years has been caused less by a legitimate debate about the merits of the work than an internecine fight over which faction would control the local teachers union, a mayor's race pitting «old» vs. «new» Newark (read: Sharpe revanchists vs. Cory defenders), and the aspirations of what Curvin calls the «resource distributors» — those who view the power and wealth allocation opportunities of the school system as an end in itself.

The rediscovery of Rembrandt or Jan Vermeer were part and parcel of a capitalist's patrician aspirations, and the collection still ends with a less than stellar Pierre - Auguste Renoir.

That's convenient if your smart - home aspirations end at your lock, but hubs grant you the ability to control multiple connected devices from a single app, which can be more convenient than dividing home control among an assortment of device - specific apps.