Sentences with phrase «at stake in this discussion»

Justin begins with a frank discussion on what's at stake in this discussion.

What is at stake in the discussion of women is more than the surface issue, important as that is.

Speaking in the Commons this afternoon (where the number of Tory MPs appeared to significantly exceed the number of Labour MPs), the Conservative leader David Cameron said that the issue at stake in discussion of the Constitution / EU draft Treaty was whether this Government was serious about listening to people or not.

There are literally trillions of dollars, not to mention the very notion of who controls industry, at stake in this discussion.

«But, as we are increasingly coming to understand, it is often not questions about science that are at stake in these discussions.

Not exact matches

When listening in on such discussions we're apt to begin by agreeing with the first speaker we hear, though we may not understand what's at stake.

That the issue at stake is a spiritual one is evident in the religious imagery that pervades Callahan's account of technological medicine: that the war on death is a search for «immortality»; that the dying patient might be «saved»; that medicine is seen as «omnipotent, holding life and death wholly in its hands»; that a lobbyist equates heart attacks, cancer, and strokes with sin (interesting rhetoric in the public sphere, but I'll save that discussion for another day).

The moment I realized I couldn't win a «proof text» war with a slave - owner was the moment I realized that in discussions like these, we can't rely on a few Bible verses pulled from their context — not when lives are at stake.

So that chapter reviews the current discussion historically and critically, and states a position with regard to the issues conceived to he at stake in it.

While the issue of consciousness is of great philosophical interest, the high humanism at stake in such discussions is often more of a problem for theology than the denial that consciousness is necessary to sustain human uniqueness.

And my own view is that the stronger claim still in (ii) is incoherent, in settling as a condition of discussion and negotiation one of the issues which is at stake in a civic, political negotiation of the content of our common citizenship.

DeFrancisco, who was first elected to the New York Senate in 1992, said he decided to run after months of consideration and discussion because, «there's just too much at stake to just sit on the sidelines.»

It reads: «The Theatre Commander Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Rogers Nicholas after discussions and due consultations with the leadership and executives of UNICEF, has withdrawn the declaration of persona non grata declared on the three UNICEF staff involved in the issue at stake, stating that they are at liberty to go about their duties».

ChangetheStakes.org, a citywide grassroots organization, is one of the groups helping to promote an important discussion on high stakes testing, the Common Core curriculum and teacher evaluations this Wednesday at Lehman College in the Bronx.

FEW things are more likely to have us all frothing at the mouth than discussions about differences between the sexes — a close companion to race, IQ and climate change in the too - hot - to - talk - about stakes.

You're not going to find Bad Teacher or X-Men: First Class marketed in such a way — there's simply too much at stake for such a marketing method that is hardly aimed at blockbuster crowds — but they are often the sorts of trailers that spark intense discussion and admiration amongst film fans.

This can take many forms in the classroom — low - stakes multiple - choice formative assessment, group discussion, open - ended essay prompts, etc. — and it can occur at the beginning of class, as a transition activity, or to end class.

Dan Koretz, Reporters Roundtable on High Stakes Testing Bloomberg, 4/26/13 «Dan Koretz, professor and director of the Education Accountability Project at Harvard University, John Merrow, PBS education correspondent, Kevin Riley, Atlanta Journal Constitution editor in chief, and Greg Toppo, USA Today national K - 12 education reporter, discuss the effects and increased pressure of high stakes testing on education, test tampering indictments of 35 educators in Atlanta and renewed discussion about standardized test score irregularities in the District of Columbia.&Stakes Testing Bloomberg, 4/26/13 «Dan Koretz, professor and director of the Education Accountability Project at Harvard University, John Merrow, PBS education correspondent, Kevin Riley, Atlanta Journal Constitution editor in chief, and Greg Toppo, USA Today national K - 12 education reporter, discuss the effects and increased pressure of high stakes testing on education, test tampering indictments of 35 educators in Atlanta and renewed discussion about standardized test score irregularities in the District of Columbia.&stakes testing on education, test tampering indictments of 35 educators in Atlanta and renewed discussion about standardized test score irregularities in the District of Columbia.»

In New York City, where $ 300 million in state aid is at stake this year, city officials say they feel confident that they will reach a deal before Cuomo's deadline, and union leaders say constructive discussions are back on track after a nearly monthlong hiatus following Hurricane SandIn New York City, where $ 300 million in state aid is at stake this year, city officials say they feel confident that they will reach a deal before Cuomo's deadline, and union leaders say constructive discussions are back on track after a nearly monthlong hiatus following Hurricane Sandin state aid is at stake this year, city officials say they feel confident that they will reach a deal before Cuomo's deadline, and union leaders say constructive discussions are back on track after a nearly monthlong hiatus following Hurricane Sandy.

The scientific discussion is misframed in the press, in the public mind and in the policy sector, as being between the consensus position and the «skeptics» who are so confident that nothing of consequence is at stake in anthropogenic climate change that they feel comfortable advocating an essentially trivial policy repsonse to it.

For a more detailed discussion of the issues in this case, which will now be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada, see my post Orphan Well Association v Grant Thornton Limited: What's at Stake in Redwater.

that's not the «nub» of what's at stake... and in my opinion the discussion about our business» collective Future Vision / Path etc etc is being carried on 1) in the wrong direction, 2) by the wrong party / component of «organized real estate» and 3) with little or no REAL communication with the «silent majority» of registrants who don't follow the political / organizational shenanigans at the expense - paid travel corp / director levels.....

But that's not the «nub» of what's at stake and in my opinion the discussion about our business» collective future vision / path is being carried on