Sentences with phrase «at my worst as»

Meanwhile, the number of people in «vulnerable» employment — such as self - employment — increased, adding to an outlook of the global employment landscape as precarious at best and deteriorating at worst as the global recovery takes time.

Thus when late moderns come across, say, St. Anselm's famous phrase «fides quaerens intellectum» (faith seeking understanding), they are often predisposed to see it at best as slightly duplicitous, at worst as expressing a somewhat contemptible ambition: the aspiration of an irrational passion (fervent, tender, fierce) to the dignity of a rational conviction (cold, adamantine, calm).

He is viewed at best as a wayward child of the nascent Hellenistic age, the beginning of the end of classical thought, and at worst as illegitimate, the importation of an eastern asceticism and impoverishment.

Wealth, on the other hand, is regarded at best as an impediment to righteousness and at worst as a positive evil.

It was at those times that I was probably at my worst as a husband.

They see them at best as stool pigeons for furthering their own agenda, at worst as woolly minded hypocrites who lack the courage to follow the rigorous path of «reason».

Ox is at worst as good as Barkley and has waaaaaay more potential to go from being decent to a top player.

It's a friendship at best, a business agreement at worst as you share the bills.

At best, it's seen as a distraction — the modern equivalent of bread and circuses — and at worst as a cover for spending cuts.

At research - intensive institutions, many scientists say, a blog is likely to be regarded at best as a harmless hobby and at worst as a liability.

Many readers instead interpreted this approach at best as a missed opportunity to firmly reiterate the negative consequences of invasive species and at worst as a moral failure to denounce the «anything goes» school of environmental management.

These global policy links are tangible and to decide that they are irrelevant to Australian teachers is at best, treating them with disdain, and at worst as those who are incapable of critical judgement.

You do not know who you are really giving your cat to and they could end up at worst as bait for dog fighting.

He even moans and groans when he's at his worse as if he's having body pains or aches.

When you are an advocate (say work for an enviro) you fall about 10 points lower than the ivory toward, but your still not at bad as the shill scientists for big companies.

Nonetheless, he is universally portrayed in AGW circles at least as a «sceptic» (in the sence of «unbeliever») and at worst as a «denier».

By the time one gets to policymakers, climate models are seen at best as black boxes, and at worst as simply irrelevant to their detailed concerns.

Rights have been presented as aspirational matters at best, and at worst as distractions from the real issues.

Not exact matches

Because in some cases, scripted responses can come across as bad as no response at all.

Regardless of what people think of you at any particular moment, one thing is certain — you're never as good or bad as they say you are.

As a college student, Kaling illustrated a daily comic for the school paper called «Badly Drawn Girl,» which «riffed on day - to - day campus life and took a witty stab at everything from fraternity life to alumni.»

«I think Coursera and Udacity will be as bad for higher education as the University of Phoenix,» said Clay Shirky, a writer - in - residence at NYU's Journalism Institute.

Asked if the political morass in Washington was as bad as it looked, the former treasury secretary drew laughter with his answer at the 2016 Delivering Alpha Conference sponsored by CNBC and Institutional Investor.

Whatever the reason, the move to regulate methane comes at a bad time for the industry as it would directly affect the development costs associated with new wells.

Throughout my career serving in roles at B2B technology companies as Director of Demand Generation, Head of Marketing, and now as a CMO & Co-Founder of Terminus, I have seen it work both ways (good and bad).

Greycroft co-founder Alan Patricof said Friday that Amazon is «not necessarily» a bad company, but urged that «as a society we have to think about the fact that, you know, at what point do we say we're destroying the fabric of America?»

Getting the worst tasks out of the way first can clear your path for the rest of the day, so commit to at least starting those tasks as early as possible.

Not as well as global frontrunner Norway, where women hold 35.5 % of seats, but not as bad as laggards like Australia, Ireland and Portugal, all of which top out at 13 % or less.

Now we know any platform that can be used by people seeking greater freedom can be leveraged at least as effectively by bad actors looking to curtail that freedom.

I would say it is important to look at problems and failures as opportunities to improve rather than opportunities to lay someone out for doing a bad job.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal (first reported on by ZDNet), Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun spoke about the company's foray into the US, saying that the first smartphones might arrive as early as the end of this year, or in early 2019 at worst.

But it also looked at who's putting that knowledge into action, factoring in the percentage of state residents who held to good financial habits (like building an emergency fund), as well as bad ones (spending more than they earn or using payday loans).

Research shows that caffeine isn't physically bad for you (unless you really go hog wild or pour in the sugar), but that doesn't mean drinking a ton won't affect how you feel in the morning, as Jessica Randazza, head of marketing at Danone - Nutricia Early Life Nutrition discovered when she cut out the stimulant.

Whether the employee simply has a knack for always saying the worst possible thing or the behavior puts your business at risk for a sexual harassment claim, it's important to do something about the employee as soon as possible.

The center - left Social Democratic Party came off particularly badly in the scandal, with senior officials exposed as feasting at the trough.

It demonstrates that things are rarely as bad as they might appear at first blush — and that sometimes good can arise out of bad.

Assuming Falcon Heavy's launch isn't delayed by technical issues, bad weather, or errant boats (debris could rain over the Atlantic Ocean if the rocket blows up), lift - off should occur at 1:30 p.m. ET on February 6, though it could be as late as 4:30 p.m.

Apparently «a lot» of people were axed today at Morgan Stanley, with cuts occurring «across the board, not just bad FAs, as was previously assumed.

All Bridge students in a given country receive the same education at the same time — something personalized learning advocates generally shun as inefficient or, worse, ineffective.

«To the extent anyone thought they could obscure themselves — achieving security by obscurity,» as he put it to me, «that aspiration is quixotic at best and delusional at worst.»

So, don't look at this business «virginity» or your naivety as a bad thing and instead, use it to explore, learn and create your own path.

As a result, they do this once a year in the form of employee performance reviews, or, at worst, they avoid the process entirely.

As I wrote back in 2013, the findings of the Guelph study (and now the findings of the New York attorney general) suggest a quality control problem at best, and outright fraud at worst.

The survey participants chose Clinton as the worst choice for president at 36.95 percent, followed by Sanders at 26.09 percent (Trump came in third, incidentally, at 23.74 percent).

But as large companies shore up their security systems in response to high - profile data breaches, that means «the bad guys are moving down the food chain, where folks are not as prepared,» says Brian Casazza, CIO at Vistage, a training organization for small - and mid-sized businesses.

Even this year, the first big January release, Texas Chainsaw 3D, is every bit as bad as it sounds, at least going by its Rotten Tomatoes score, 18 %.

A look at this list as a whole reveals something altogether more interesting than who had the greatest number of grumpy customers: of the worst 20 companies in the index, seven were telecommunications companies, five were airlines, and four were public utilities.

They look at this as my responsibility, and I'm a bad guy if I don't give them what they want,» Icahn said.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Wal - Mart's first - quarter net income fell 5 per cent as bad winter weather and financial struggles kept customers from spending at the world's largest retailer.

Women also chose Trump as the worst choice for president, at 33.67 percent, demonstrating how he has tended to polarize voters.