Sentences with phrase «blunt questions»

Not only will he be under oath, but he'll be fielding blunt questions from grandstanding legislators that are liable to be less predictable, less technically literate, and frankly ruder than those asked by journalists such as David Kirkpatrick or CNN's Laurie Segall.

But apparently, they've come up with a way to blunt the questions raised by non-believers.

This phrases its choices in terms of emotional tensions (eg «I feel that I am the one doing all the work») rather than blunt questions about, for example, money.

That consultation should be free, and you should use your time with the attorney to ask blunt questions about his or experience level and what you can expect from him or her during your case.

This is the time for the buyer to familiarize themselves with the home and be able to ask blunt questions about the condition of the property.

I asked some pretty blunt questions that he happily answered in good detail.

But one newspaper editor asked a blunt question that should be familiar to just about anyone trying to produce things online for a living: at what point will people will stop paying for content at all, because they can get what they want online for free?

It's hard to confirm that church membership is more than passively correlated to being a tenant, as any blunt question will (inevitably) trigger suspicion against me.

Not exact matches

In response to a question in March about why RIM expects gross margins to increase, Balsillie said: «I'll just be blunt.

Redstone — notorious for his blunt, often profane manner — appears to have been quite clear about the central question of his feelings about Herzer and his health care directive.

Toward the end of the call, Musk was blunt with Ben Kallo, a Robert W. Baird & Co. analyst who prefaced a question by saying he understood the CEO's frustration for «how myopic we are right now.»

In blunter terms, the question is whether the better metaphor for the economy is a rising tide that can lift all boats — or a zero - sum game.

To be perfectly blunt the real question for Evangelicals is «Who hates the same people and groups we hate!!

This blunt and provocative book, now a best seller, is meant to shake up what Manji calls mainstream Islam, to which she puts her honest questions about fundamentalist attitudes toward women, human rights, Jews, the U.S. and even the Qur» an.

One of the major questions the Arsenal fans have had with him in the last two seasons has been whether his lack of pace and movement has been blunting the attacking potential of our play maker Mesut Ozil.

The question that remains to be answered is if the blunt, highly - inaccurate narrative used against Arsenal during those years of challenging — and failing — to win silverware will transfer to Spurs.

The site currently features articles about the debate's degree of innovation (including a quote from A Familiar Online Politics Writer as well as some rather blunt opinions from the author of Cult Of The Amateur), a look at some tech - related questions that have been submitted, details about how the candidates will be trying to use the medium to their advantage, and of course, this little gem from Red State Update:

David Cameron's blunt comments questioning Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorists are being overcome by diplomats» efforts, William Hague has told MPs.

«When we ask straightforward out - of - the - blue questions about crime people's responses are always very hard line and blunt.

And so, thoroughly wound up and effectively blunted by Miliband's obstinately unreasonable questioning, we come to the final act of this tragedy.

That's why, two weeks ago, when questions were raised about the governor «interfering» in the work of the Moreland Commission's investigations of legislators, Cuomo responded with a blunt verbal shrug: «It's my commission,» he told the Crain's editorial board.

The lawmakers» announcement, along with his blunt responses to questions about same - sex marriage, made him something of a star.

The findings are outlined in a blunt letter to Danny Alexander, the Treasury chief secretary, from the Independent Challenge Group, which was set up at the time of the budget in June to question Whitehall thinking.

The parents of nine - month - old Neveah Jackson, who died Saturday of blunt - impact head injuries, are being questioned by the police.

(And the «blunt, bright bastards» inside physics are probably unlikely to ask the questions themselves.

He calls the survey questions «very blunt instruments not designed to capture public understanding» of the two topics.

Watch for blunt answers to all your questions, everything from how to get paid to blog, to how to date in a digital age!

I think the underlying question is should I have sex with him (to be blunt).

She answers common dating questions, sent to her by readers, in thoughtful and blunt articles about everything from what makes a good dating profile to how to find fulfillment in the single lifestyle.

Love exploring thing around me and getting a good understanding of the world I am blunt and laid back, if your interested feel free to as more questions.

Fundude, Dave, FB or some other dude questions the profile with a rather blunt critique.

Emily Blunts character asks her on screen (and in reality) husband John Krasinski, a question and worry every parent has it also deals with a relationship between a father and daughter and the looming presence of a new born in this silent world this family are forced to live in, surely an impossible thing to do but her pregnancy reflects the family's determination and unity.

Actress EMILY BLUNT partly has Scottish talk show host CRAIG FERGUSON to thank for landing her a marriage proposal - he convinced her then - boyfriend to pop the question during a 10 - hour plane flight.Ferguson had no...

It's a remarkably bad scene, blunt in all the wrong ways, that really makes me question if McDonagh understood the women he was writing about at all.

The human souls are a blunt symbol for a man's devotion, his bodily juices, his «essence,» as Tom struggles with the question of how much of himself he wants to give to Space Girl, and whether or not she justifies the sacrifice — a question that's decidedly answered in a hot, gothic sex scene that Bava would've surely applauded.

Her blunt answer to her own question: «Not really.»

That's why, while this plan to ship teachers north might be blunt and small, at least it is answering one of the right questions - how to close the gap between poor children and the rest outside London.

Reading Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World is like overhearing a barstool monologue by a streetwise MBA from the School of Hard Knocks: if you interrupt with a dumb question, be prepared for a blunt answer that may blow your assumptions clear out of the proverbial water.

For example, in response to my sister's question asking me to explain the stock market, I drew out a diagram of a rental property on the back of a notepad with a blunt pencil.

Hideo Kojima personally answered some pre-E3 questions with his trademark blunt - vagueness.

In the interview, he has a really blunt answer for the most likely common question of «What are you doing to do to finally make a kick - ass video game movie?»

In this first episode, you can watch people like New York Times art writer Jori Finkel, photographer Catherine Opie, and founder of ForYourArt Bettina Korek try to navigate Ellison's character's questions, which are genuine, blunt, and uninformed.

Bick's paintings call into question false opposites, and contrast hard geometric or blunt graphic forms with uncertain or dashed - out strokes or patches of scrubbed brushwork.

And how to blunt it remains an unanswered question.

(The answer to the question is in the fine print; or if you prefer blunt speech, it's a lie.)

Banning rhetorical questions means I have to be more blunt there.

In two different articles he questions the wisdom of the actions of the municipalities, particularly in their blunt claims about the damages the cities will suffer under speculated global warming - caused sea level rise, and the certainty expressed in these claims.

By questioning the science on global warming, these environmentalists say, groups like the Global Climate Coalition were able to sow enough doubt to blunt public concern about a consequential issue and delay government action.

Dishonesty is «a blunt and inflexible tool» when judging a solicitor's behaviour and should not form the central question for a tribunal, a regulation specialist writes in this week's NLJ.

He is blunt, serious, positively humorless, and answers your questions exclusively with grunts and one word answers.