Sentences with phrase «called cut points»

If one of these people (they're called cut points in the sociologists» study) used a condom and knocked out cross-clique infiltration, he could single - handedly short - circuit the epidemic.

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The overlooked larger point is that Washington's intense focus on job creation — the new law is called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — makes no sense.

Be it the Conservatives» call to cut $ 11 billion in government expenditures or the Liberals» plan to raise corporate taxes by 1.5 percentage points back to 2010 levels, these are issues of substance.

This means that any net tax cut over the ten - year period not explicitly called for by the budget resolution would be subject to a budget point of order that would require 60 votes to override.

Our 2011 review was done after the government had cut two points off the GST at a cost of $ 14 billion annually and after the so - called «great recession», during which Prime Minister Harper tossed aside his Conservative credentials and became a temporary Keynesian as part of a G - 20 initiative to «save» the global economy.

The bank rate in Canada is currently 0.5 % and consensus is calling for a rate cut of 25 basis points to 0.25 %.

I am not calling for cuts to government programs as of now — they are necessary for so many people's basic survival — but Mr. Beck does have a pertinent point: voting to tax someone else (typically wealthier than us) to provide assistance does not necessarily demonstrate a society that «cares» — much more caring is a society that willingly donates those funds to charities they have taken the time to research, and more caring still if the members of that society take the time to volunteer to administer that aid.

We have arrived at a point where we desperately need the aid of some rudimentary principles (let's call them «postulates») that enable us to cut through the underbrush, refocus mission and move forward.

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He also partially distanced himself from the policy of Alistair Darling, the previous Labour Chancellor, to make public spending cuts sufficient to halve the government deficit in four years, by calling it a starting point.

The basic message was: If it's not agreed to tomorrow morning, it's not likely to make the cut — and that includes the so - called millionaire's tax, which it appears all - but dead at this point thanks to staunch opposition by the governor and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Gov. Greg Abbott said late Thursday that he hopes to see a compromise on tax cuts «in the next 24 hours,» creating hope that the new governor won't have to call a special session over an issue that has emerged as the biggest sticking point between the House and Senate this legislative session.

The ad accuses Slaughter of a voting for a slew of tax increases, including the so - called «cap and trade» emissions measure and trots out the frequent Republicant talking point that the 2010 federal health care bill cuts $ 716 billion for Medicare, which is actually spread out over 10 years and targets subsidies to insurance companies.

The report called on councils to take on responsibility for cutting household carbon emissions, pointing to lagging, insulating, re-glazing and modernising as opportunities to improve energy efficiency.

Even as Flanagan called the tax cuts insufficient when coupled with the wage increase, he didn't completely rule out action on the minimum wage at some point this year.

The National Association of Nigerian Students has threatened to call for the scrapping of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board if it failed to reverse the low cut off points for admission into universities and polytechnics.

In an extraordinary attack, the White House slammed U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer for criticizing the administration's proposed cuts to homeland security funding, labeling Schumer «wrong» and even calling his «credibility» on homeland security into question by digging up a sore point in his voting record.

At that point I said if she more concerned with spending more on defense and cutting the food stamp program I'll call in and ask her the following: «Mrs. Long, are you for a social safety net?»

Ossorio recalled that Sessions voted against reauthorizing VAWA, and pointed out Trump has embraced a conservative political think tank Heritage Foundation plan that calls for cuts to VAWA.

Bronx Congressman Jose Serrano and Upper Manhattan Congressman Adriano Espaillat pledged today to sign onto any forthcoming city legal action against President Donald Trump «s new executive order cutting so - called «sanctuary cities» off from federal funding — and said that he is even willing to resort to marching to get his point across.

He then endorsed the commission's call for a faster reduction of the deficit, at which point Byrne pounced, claiming Clarke had just committed his party to further cuts.

CRISPR relies on a DNA - cutting enzyme called Cas9 attached to a short strand of RNA that guides it to specific point in the genome.

Cell Reports publishes thought - provoking, cutting - edge research, with a focus on a shorter, single - point story, called a Report, in addition to a longer Article format.

Case in point: there's an entirely new, cutting - edge field called psychodermatology that focuses solely on the connection between human emotions and the health of our skin.

And considering the World Health Organization suggests we cut sugar intake to less than five percent of total daily calories (11 percentage points less than Americans consume on average), maybe it's best we avoid what Sonic calls «the added awesomeness of NERDS Candy.»

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This brilliant - cut diamond is also called a teardrop for its single point and rounded end.

Clues like insisting on meeting in unscrupulous locations like hotels and areas where they are less likely to be seen, restrictions between times to call and contact them, randomly cutting communications at any given point, just to name a few.

Morris would just get engaged in making a point — he's a prodigious and enthusiastic talker, a quality that's rarely on display in the many films in which he so prodigiously listens — when the line would cut out and I'd have to call him back, a maddening glitch he handled with graciousness and good humor.

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The teacher called the mother to inform her that she was going to discuss the problem with the entire class and point out to the children the dangers of cutting their own hair.

Scores of lobbyists and onlookers enjoyed free sweets during a National Bake Sale for Education on Capitol Hill, but the point was to call attention to $ 4 billion in school spending cuts now on the table in Congress.

Indeed, the majority has called in the past for a cut of $ 1 trillion in NDD funding.100 At the federal level, NDD spending is poised to be at its lowest, as a percent of GDP, since 1962, the lowest point on record.101 With states still struggling to stabilize their budgets after the 2008 recession, a deep cut in NDD would halt positive momentum toward recovery.

For simplicity's sake, I'll call this cut score the proficiency point.

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At one point, there was talking about giving him a Japanese haircut style called a wolf cut, which would have given him a more wolfish look.

- for Sonic's 25th anniversary last year, Iizuka received a task to deliver some sort of product - the target was «dormant fans» who used to play the SEGA Genesis, but haven't really played any games since - Iizuka met Christian Whitehead, which lead to the creation of Sonic Mania - there was talk of another port, but Iizuka thought fans would desire something new from the old games - this is the first time Iizuka partnered with a team of devs spread across various countries - Iizuka said this team had a greater passion to create - this was in comparison to companies that set decisions on a pre-determined schedule (in meetings, etc)- the team had so many features they still wanted to add after the beta version was complete - since there were only a few spots with text that needed to be localized, they could bring the game to more places quicker - the game has Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish support - the Studiopolis stage is included due to receiving the most requests from the Sonic Mania development team - Iizuka actually considered reducing the amount of stages at one point in order to meet the development schedule - Sonic Mania doesn't really have much in the way of cut content like scrapped stages - since Sonic Mania was only distributed digitally, the team was able to continue working very close leading up to launch - this let them put in practically all ideas, and there are currently no plans for DLC - Iizuka recommended Flying Battery Zone for inclusion becaues he likes the music - he also likes when the player goes inside and outside the ship - Iizuka likes Mirage Saloon because the stage structure will be different depending on the player character chosen - Puyo Puyo gameplay was added because there was a Puyo Puyo game released in the west for the SEGA Genesis - this game was originally called «Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine», and the team thought it would make a fun boss battle - Iizuka didn't have plans to feature Blue Sphere in the special stages - the Blue Sphere special stages were brought over to Mania as a test, but ended up staying for the final game - the team felt the need to continuously connect stages from various eras, which is doe with the Phantom Ruby story - for Sonic Mania, it was decided that the technological limit would be set at SEGA CD, - this is higher than the Genesis but lower than Saturn - in creating a SEGA CD - grade special stage, they would intentionally make SEGA CD - grade polygons

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds adds several quest - givers to the main game region, who will point players to a new region called «The Cut».

My point is that some recent reports (e.g. the Ocean Acidification post based on the Royal Society Report here at RC) call for drastic emissions cuts but don't seem to back that up in their conclusions.

They include the statistical approach called Kriging (a process which allows us to combine fragmented records in an optimum way), the scalpel (which identifies discontinuities and cuts the data at those points) and weighting (in which the program estimates numerically the reliability of a data segment and applies a weight that reduces the contribution of the poor samples).

But when I speak about how evaluating externalities and a variety of «costs» from fossil fuel usage, I get called all sorts of names, told that my point is irrelevant, threatened to be cut off from being allowed to post on the topic, have what I say mischaracterized, etc..

For so - called «alarmists,» pointing out what's wrong with drastic carbon cuts is somehow tantamount to denying the reality of climate change, while so - called «deniers» lambast anyone who accepts the scientific evidence supporting this «mythical» problem.

While your resume will probably get a more thorough read if you are called for a job interview, ensure that your strongest selling points are immediately visible to make the first cut.

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One supporting argument for this point of view is that the new administration's call for sizable tax cuts and greater government spending will pressure the Federal Reserve to normalize interest rates more quickly than it would ordinarily due to heightened inflationary pressures and concerns that the labor market could become too tight.