Sentences with phrase «begun pointing fingers»

With U.S. students» math and reading scores showing statistically significant declines on a national test for the first time in more than two decades, advocates on all sides have begun pointing fingers.

At corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., executives began pointing fingers.

Instead of reaching out for each other's hand, you begin pointing fingers and crossing arms.

Not exact matches

But what it DOES do is to point an authoritative finger at the fact that there WAS a beginning.

It is easy to point the finger at the church (or as popular these days, at the government), but all of us, myself included, can begin by looking at our own budgets.

But to the extent that it ignores the finger Lincoln points at the Civil War — to the extent that it forgets the decimation of a generation of young Americans at the beginnings of manhood; to the extent that it forgets the windrows of corpses at Shiloh, the odor of death in the Wilderness, the walking skeletons of Andersonville, 623,000 dead all told, not to mention the interminable list of those crippled, orphaned, and widowed whose pensions became the single largest bill paid by the federal government for the following half - century; to the extent that it ignores how the war cost the United States $ 6.6 billion, rocketed the national debt from $ 65 million to $ 2.7 billion, retarded commodity growth for the next thirty years, and devalued its currency — then the call for reparations opens itself up to a charge of willful forgetfulness so massive that resentment, anger, and bitterness, rather than justice, will (I fear) be its real legacy.

Becoming honest with ourselves begins with looking to the sin in our own lives before we point the finger at somebody else.

In the same way the book begins with a finger pointing toward the pre-existent Christ, but without that Christ's actually appearing.

With the beginning of your post I thought you were going to be referencing congress — just pointing the finger but not actually doing anything.

Then, as the twentieth century progressed and doctors and scientists began to point an accusing finger at artery - clogging animal fats, pork producers responded by raising leaner hogs.

The past and future requirements to redefine the term feels like a large dam beginning to fracture with multiple leak points and we're all trying to get as many fingers in as possible to plug up all of the leaks.

Watch how many budding point guards begin making an exaggerated shooting motion before launching a free throw, and licking their fingers between dribbles.

Soon after, he may begin to look at the finger you're pointing.

Mention trash and decay in Chicago parks, and the finger - pointing begins.

By about nine months, your baby should be able to point at things with his index fingers and begin trying to pick up Cheerios using only his thumb and index finger.

A blog that is dedicated to how great you the author is and how she is heroically saving women from the menace of natural childbirth pointing a finger at a lactivist as a narcissist is so ironic, I don't even know where to begin.

Finger pointing has begun in states poised to lose clout due to census results, including here in NYS.

A finger bone is pointing to what scientists are calling a new understanding of how ancient human beings came out of Africa and began settling the...

Begin on your hands and knees with your hands shoulder - width and parallel fingers pointing forward.

If that doesn't happen, knuckle implants — like artificial knees — tend to break down after about 10 to 15 years, at which point the finger begins to feel unstable and wobbly, Dr. Weiss says.

Begin by doing the Bridge Pose and once your hips are in the air, place your hands under your shoulders with your fingers pointing toward your feet.

The seventh and final season of the adaptation of Charlaine Harris» Southern vampire novels begins with a vampire - human mixer at Bellefleur's, née Merlotte's, in full swing, but a gruesome attack by a band of Hep V - infected bloodsuckers throws Bon Temps into chaos and prompts a wave of spiteful finger - pointing at one of its most well - known residents — Sookie (Anna Paquin).

And so begins the finger pointing.

However, all is not fun and games on the island when the members of the staff begin turning up dead one by one, and with each member having a sordid history, fingers start point at one another while the body count rises higher.

When school districts get sued for the failure to provide a FAPE in a charter school, the finger pointing can often begin.

Another round of panic will set in, fingers will point at America's public schools, yet again, and we will, yet again (though hopefully not by the grace of more visionary educational policymakers) look to even higher standards and better tests to adopt, implement, and repeat, from the beginning — see # 1 above.

When your dog begins to bark point your finger at him and give a firm «Shhh!»

The healing process begins by applying pressure with your fingers to specific pressure points on your dog's body.

I'm beginning to doubt Club Carlson will meet it's goals of November / December 2013 opening dates, but let's keep our fingers crossed that we'll have a chance to redeem our points before Club Carlson does like Hilton and completely obliterates its award chart.

There's just something about games that's begun to bother me and for the easiest finger to point, let's take a look at Xbox Achievements, called Gamerscores.

What he said about the science is very informative, but I have a problem with only pointing the finger at Western denialists, Americans and Heartland, as the interviewer did at the beginning.

It's starting to look like the beginning of a collapse with people pointing fingers.

Couples often begin their first counseling session pointing their finger at the other partner.

In our increasingly litigious society, we are beginning to understand that it is better to view conflict as an opportunity for positive growth and change, than as a failure that triggers yet another run to court to point the finger of blame.

The buyers figure if they had offered less, the seller might have taken that amount as well, so therefore they conclude that they paid too much for the home, and they begin to berate themselves and point accusing fingers at their own real estate agent.