Sentences with phrase «broad common denominator»

In a pluralistic and rapidly changing society, there are strong pressures on all institutions - especially churches - to maintain a broad common denominator on practical issues.

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The common denominator in this work is a conviction that modernization and world - system theorists paint with too broad a theoretical brush.

If the broad lowest - common denominator comedy Last Vegas is The Hangover of oldster party movies, then the indie feature Old Goats is that genre's Best in Show.

Distilling critics» fears to the common denominator, one finds an overarching concern that the current discussion about IPS reform will center on shifting control of money and power without genuine awareness of what techniques could best shape IPS students into life - long learners capable of achieving success on a broader plane than that defined by standardized test scores.

Permethrin, which is the common denominator in most of these products, is a broad spectrum insecticide / pesticide, that works as an endocrine disruptor and a carcinogenic insecticide, causing lung cancer and liver tumors in laboratory animals.

Law firms can address this lack of esprit de corps, he believes, through broader encouragement of affinity groups — not just built around common denominators such as race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation but around any number of shared interests: books, travel, music.