Sentences with phrase «central argument»

It's too busy finding distractions at the cost of the people and things that, by its own central argument, really matter.

Continue reading «David Cameron sets out the three central arguments in the public sector pensions debate»»

Clinton and Cuomo traded praise for each other's pragmatic approach to government, boosting Clinton's central argument against Sanders that his lofty left - leaning rhetoric is unrealistic.

Mr. Silver's central argument seems likely to be that the government failed to prove that a quid - pro-quo relationship existed between Mr. Silver and others who prosecutors said benefited from official actions he took on their behalf.

That Phillips's central arguments become, at times, lost in a clutter of redundant data and sometimes irrelevant digressions does not, finally, take away from the book's significance.

Kevin Kruse's Under God: How Corporate American Invented Christian America is an engaging and important book with a somewhat misleading central argument.

Which takes me to my second central argument: this summer's review of spending and the economy should be about action now to boost living standards, growth and long - term investment — this year and for future years.

Speaking to various operatives involved in the race — usually off - the - record or on - background — three central arguments emerged: Mr. Weiner would hurt Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Council Speaker Chris Quinn or, possibly, no candidate at all.

This is Cameron's central argument today.

But the piece peters out, and one gets the sense throughout that they structured it around their best laugh lines rather than around any coherent central argument.»

Giving the closing conference speech, McDonnell hinted at the Labour leadership's central arguments against the EU.

They loved our central argument, but couldn't we reorganize things somehow to make information easier to use?

You can even try doing a little online research to get a handle on what the central argument of a title might be before reading it to boost your comprehension and recall.

I wrote my thesis on the philosophy of history with the central argument that Industrial Civilization would collapse and either be replaced by a new emergent socio - economic revolution an order of magnitude higher than industrialization and agriculture combined, or we would go back to the stone age or extinct.

Since the boost to economic growth and investment has been a key selling point for Republican leaders, anything that would dampen that investment would undermine the GOP's central argument.

A central argument I make is that even in the United States it is unlikely that we have left the zero lower bound behind.

His explanation for doing so will rest on two central arguments.

Her legal team's central argument is that Trump never actually signed the contract — the space for his signature, under the pseudonym David Dennison, is left blank.

But their central argument holds.

One of the central arguments of the anti-ab * rtionists, that never seems to be discussed, is that they feel a clump of cells, that is at best the potential for a human, is of more value than the health, well being and quality of life of an actual human.

That this question stands does not necessarily jeopardize the central argument that brahman and creativity are one.

But his response essentially dodges rather than engages my book's central argument.

The present essay is written in two tracks: the central argument, which appears as the text, and the Scholarly discussion, especially as regards issues pertinent to the Annecy meeting, which appears as the endnotes.

In a staggering series of decisions at the federal and state levels, judges explicitly cited the nullification of DOMA and the central arguments of the Windsor decision in striking down those laws and constitutional amendments.

Later on in the book, he discusses these groups at some length, but without seeing how these millions of fervent believers in our present undermine his central argument for declension.

They may come to take seriously Kass's central argument that these issues are crucially important and may come to agree that they are critical for the human future, as he so tellingly contends.

The central argument of this book is that narratives, like sacraments, can be signs that do things.

This is a central argument of Norman K. Gottwald, The Tribes of Yahweh (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1979).

A central argument of this essay is that intrinsic value is not limited to human beings.

A central argument of this book is that intrinsic value is not limited to human beings.

The report, called «Separating Church and State: The Case for Disestablishment», outlines the central arguments for splitting the church and state and considers the challenges involved in making this a reality.

The central argument of proponents is that people are entitled to free choice and bottled water is a good option compared with sugary soft drinks.

A central argument in Lean In, the bestselling book by Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, is that working moms can't fully succeed unless they have partners who share a large percentage of childcare.

The central argument appears to be that some women prefer homebirth because it's nicer.

I just feel the central argument in the campaign, about the economy, is getting some traction.»

Its central argument will be that the timescale proposed by the Scottish Government for independence following a referendum is unrealistic, and may work against the interests of an independent Scotland.

«The Leave campaign's central arguments are collapsing under the weight of independent scrutiny.»

It also has one central argument, which is that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is not a suitable body to arbitrate on whatever new arrangement the UK and the EU strike up.

Russell Brand brings wit, eloquence and creative flair to politics, but his central argument is just empty populism.

I accept your central argument: «we have to do what we have to do».

This is Orwell's central argument.