Sentences with phrase «draw firm lines»

The film's theme is that many adolescents don't draw firm lines between reality and fantasy.

Rather than tackle in detail the thorny problem of drawing a firm lines between selves and objects, the authors propose that a subject exists when there is the possibility of intersubjective recognition between us and that subject.

The committee also drew a firm line on international efforts to halt climate change which sidestep the UN.

To test to see where we draw a firm line?

Roxy Paine's works raise existential questions about our place in the natural order and the extent to which we can draw a firm line between the processes of nature and those of technology.

While others offer developers meek incentives to do better, Portland drew a firm line 25 years ago with no sewer and water services beyond it.

Paul Ridge, partner at Bindmans, which acted for the Education Review Group, comments: «The difficulty with the decision is that the court will not draw a firm line as to what a school should and should not do.

Recruiters and resume experts draw a firm line between putting your best foot forward and lying on your resume.

Not exact matches

Design firm Going East drew inspiration from the High Line, New York's vegetation - covered elevated park.

VC investors should know when to limit their involvement — and entrepreneurs should stand firm on where to draw the line.

The Ventures team doesn't have to draw a straight line between a startup and a Microsoft product like Office or Azure, but it is looking for firms that Microsoft would be interested in following long - term.

But I respect any company that knows how to draw a line in the sand, and Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) is setting itself apart from competitors Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (NYSE: KKR) and The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG): By putting a limit on its pursuit of retail money, the firm is thinking of the big long - term picture, and not just the short - term dollar signs.

If you are implying that Neufeld thinks that sexual abuse is acceptable on some level, or that his approach doesn't involve drawing «firm lines between right and wrong,» you are mistaken.

The bulk of his testimony focused on events in 2010 when Rivkin Radler LLP, the Uniondale law firm where Mangano once practiced, drew up the legal documents to help Oyster Bay guarantee a $ 1.5 million line of credit for Singh.

Fasano said that rather than having to explain where his caucus «draws the line» between campaign consulting work and taxpayer - funded government work performed by the same firm, he just decided «to get rid of» the campaign work for any Republican state Senate candidate, incumbent or challenger.

Republicans control the redistricting process and will try to firm up West unless a new ballot measure that passed this fall, which seeks to take all political considerations out of the line drawing process, makes such a move impossible.

The danger, for anyone interested in putting an end to a process that protects unresponsive officials, is not that Cuomo will fail to get the legislature to go along with him; it is that he will cut a deal, in exchange for something else he wants, that would allow the legislature to keep a firmer hand in the process of drawing electoral lines than the reform proposal currently calls for.

It also establishes firm deadlines for the different stages of the redistricting process to ensure that lines are established in a timely manner and delays in drawing maps do not disadvantage challengers running against state legislative or congressional incumbents.

I wonder if it's even possible to draw a firm, black - and - white line between «censoring scientific results» and «suppressing use of a government position as a political soapbox»?

Getting the certification was vitally important to Daire and firm as an essential quality standard, and while he admits it was «touch and go» whether it could be achieved, O'Gorman had drawn up a very specific plan that he was confident would get it over the line — but only if it was followed to the letter.

A line of credit is relatively cheap money, and it can enable the firm to maintain partner distributions on a more regular basis or run its cash management closer to a zero balance, often for the purpose of enabling higher draws to partners during the year.

Many firms utilize their bank credit lines in lieu of or to supplement partners» capital contributions as their cushion to pay firm operations and partner draws during «cash flow droughts.»

No doubt, there are more than a few firms whose equity partner ranks could use some culling, but I really don't think that's the problem (and I don't think that cutting loose every partner who falls below this year's arbitrarily drawn «under - performance» line is the solution).

But I feel I need to draw some lines, since the firm won't draw them for me.

For law firm marketers, drawing a straight line from design and development costs to an increase in firm revenue is next to impossible.

Rather than use language such as «candor,» we spelled out «a lawyer must not lie to...» We extended conflicts and confidentiality rules to not only firms but associations of lawyers, we tried to draw a «bright line» in terms of conflicts»

If G.C Fish were serious he would draw line in the sand, if those firms in Canada and elsewhere do not comply there are other firms in the wings ready and able to perform.

Real time consumer trends affecting client business lines will be drawn from the firm's big data solution, enabling firms to identify macro trends that will affect their client's business and help them to futureproof.

A «bright line» precisely setting out protected secrets from unprotected secrets may be a holy grail for law firm managers, but the examples cited of the sources of the law of confidentiality and privilege show that the law itself is not sufficiently settled in our young country to draw such a line safely.

As a result, key partners left the firm (the article doesn't say so but reading between the lines, these departing partners must have been major revenue generating partners who saw their bonuses and / or draws reduced as a consequence).

We are a firm that is drawn to companies with aggressive goals and unreasonable time lines because we enjoy working on projects with a lot on the line.