Sentences with phrase «drawing comparisons to other»

In a paper released by the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University, Fall 2012 fellow Matthew C. Nisbet examines writer - turned - activist Bill McKibben's career and impact on the debate over climate change, drawing comparisons to other journalists and public intellectuals writing on the topic.

In a new paper released today by the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University, Fall 2012 fellow Matthew C. Nisbet examines writer - turned - activist Bill McKibben's career and impact on the debate over climate change, drawing comparisons to other journalists and public intellectuals writing on the topic.

The simulation RPG developed by Pathea games is a title that despite drawing comparisons to other games of the genre, manages to carve out its own unique experience that is certain to find a committed and hardcore fanbase.

I'm going to take the annoying route of drawing comparisons to other games here.

When a model gets as many accolades and awards as the Ram 1500, drawing comparisons to other trucks almost seems like rubbing it in.

As well as Sergio Aguero, Dybala has drawn comparisons to other established players including Carlos Tevez and Lionel Messi so there's no surprise when you hear rumours linking him to Real Madrid.

Though this contemporary cancer story laced with everyday and extraordinary experiences will undoubtedly draw comparisons to that other cancer book, Livvie's cancer story and Zoe's emotionally complex web of friendship, fear, loss, love, pain, have their own appeal, and are well worth reading.

People draw comparisons to others, and in turn, that supposedly justifies that everything is okay.

Gameplay is certain to draw comparison to that other fluid - firing, third - person shooter, Splatoon.

This post is a somewhat ambitious undertaking because I want to take a look not only at Apple's and Samsung's chances in the post-verdict process (before Judge Koh and, looking past the district court, the Federal Circuit) but also draw some comparisons to other smartphone patent cases that have already been appealed to the Fed.

Not exact matches

When you put that up against an urban environment, which also has its own set of rhythms and its own heartbeat in a way, you can start to draw out a lot of interesting comparisons there — how urban and rural rhythms can match up at some times and, in other times, they're drastically different.

For by Hartshorne's own criterion of the difference between an analogy and a mere symbol — namely, that the first differs from the second in not drawing a comparison between God and one concrete species of entity in contrast to all others — any comparison between God and the thinking animal can not possibly be an analogy but only a symbol (1962, 134).

If a bid does turn into a signing, here are three players from the continent that Muto will be hoping to emulate with his performances, and three others he would rather not draw comparisons with during his time in England:

Some have drawn comparisons between the two incidents, saying that Barkley's attempt was the same as Ox's but because his resulted in a goal he was applauded whilst Ox was criticised, the difference in my opinion was the options, Barkley really had no other options and most of his team mates were safely behind him, therefore he bought a ticket to the lottery and won, Ox had options, plenty of them and at 2 - 0 up there was no need to try and force a third before half time.

This highlights how big the Premier League is in comparison to other major football leagues like La Liga and Serie A that it is able to draw players from all over on a more frequent basis.

For the privilege of signing Gerson Santos Da Silva, Roma will forfeit a reported $ 17 million for the 18 - year - old midfielder who has drawn comparisons to Angel Di Maria and James Rodriguez, among others.

I don't think you could draw any meaningful comparison between money spent on one vs. the other not to mention all of the unknowns involved.

President Nishani's emotional presentation in the Assembly parlor drew comparisons between his fellow citizens» acts of defiance towards the Nazis and his nation's recent assistance to the U.S. in the fight against other forms of violent extremism.

If one wishes to draw comparisons with other diseases, the closest is rubella.

Pledge Allegiance: Kleiman's Intriguing Debut a Fascist Allegory Sure to draw superficial comparisons to other famed...

Other «Spirited Away» extras include storyboard - to - scene comparisons and a generous collection of original Japanese trailers that seek to draw in audiences via cliffhanger endings.

Still Hampered By Its PG - 13 Rating When the first film was released, it drew comparisons to the Japanese masterpiece «Battle Royale,» in which children outfitted with explosive collars are forced to kill each other in increasingly creative and ghoulish ways.

With all due respect to the fans of The Sixth Sense, with which others may draw comparisons due to its ending, I'm going to go against the grain and proclaim The Others as the best horror film I have seen since — well, I can't remember since when — unless you consider Silence of the Lambs within the horror others may draw comparisons due to its ending, I'm going to go against the grain and proclaim The Others as the best horror film I have seen since — well, I can't remember since when — unless you consider Silence of the Lambs within the horror Others as the best horror film I have seen since — well, I can't remember since when — unless you consider Silence of the Lambs within the horror genre.

It may seem lazy to draw such comparisons, but «Beautiful Creatures» is about as close to a «Twilight» clone that Hollywood has produced, trading vampires and werewolves for witches, and although the film shows more promise than its spiritual predecessor in the early stages, its overdependence on the main love story prevents «Beautiful Creatures» from distinguishing itself as anything other than a «Twilight» wannabe.

Closer to «righteous struggle» this lesson aims to draw comparison with the Just War Theory and help to see how in some ways it is more progressive than the JWT (avoids hurting plants and animals) and in others more religious (must be ordered by a religious leader).

Prior knowledge can be activated to link with new input through writing and drawing mind maps or graphic organizers, and new learning can be added into visible and mental patterns when students write analogies and other comparisons.

OECD analysis finds that about 15 percent of variability in the performance of American students is explained by socio - economic factors; the OECD average is 10 percent.13 Research suggests that if the PISA results of U.S. students are adjusted such that the distribution of low - income students is more similar to other countries with comparable post-industrial economies, both math and reading results would look significantly higher.14 This does not mean the United States should not be concerned about international comparisons of educational achievement, but it suggests that the conclusions drawn from rankings based on national averages are limited and that reality is more nuanced.

In fact, there are so many comparisons drawn to other writers that one can't help wondering whether The Blade Itself is really Sakey's «voice» or whether he is so entrenched in other people's writing that he has, intentionally or otherwise, amalgamated these other voices into his first book?

Roach... draws vivid if unorthodox comparisons (she likens a colonoscope to a bartender's soda gun) and asks all the questions you're too self - conscious to Google, plus others that have never occurred to you (can farts cure cancer?).

That lag may not be as perceptible to those who haven't written on other e-paper devices, as a colleague didn't find the delay that bad until they drew on the reMarkable for comparison.

Some drew comparisons to Flannery O'Connor's writing, and others were inspired to seek out her work: This book is almost as satisfying as reading Flannery O'Connor.

You will still draw in a few of Eric and Misty's readers who want to see what else this other author writes, but not nearly so many as pick up AMW, and most that do pick up the Forlorn will do so AFTER picking up AMW, so of course AMW will have the better numbers in comparison.

Not only does this give you the power to discuss other books this publisher has published from a knowledgeable position, but it prevents you from drawing comparisons to poor selling titles.

There is one other currency in particular that draws comparisons to Bitcoin: gold.

Be sure to understand these things beforehand, and draw a good comparison between offers from other lenders.

In order to draw a more direct comparison between different credit card options, we match up the Chase Freedom ® against other options below.

Both sports are very similar, and both draw unfavorable comparisons to other karting games.

There are many comparisons to be drawn between Mertes - Frady and other modern as well as contemporary artists.

There are too many potential sources of bias which are not accounted for, too many apples - to - oranges comparisons, and they can not draw any conclusions about urban heat influences until their data are homogenized and other non-climate influences are removed.

* S: (n) analogy (an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others) * S: (n) analogy (drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect) «the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain»; «the models show by analogy how matter is built up» * S: (n) doctrine of analogy, analogy (the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; language can point in the right direction but any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate)»

The authors argue that people derive a sense of self - worth and social belongingness from their memberships in groups, and so they are motivated to draw favorable comparisons between their own group and other groups.

Moreover, it would be an interesting addition to the analysis of the Deckmyn case to draw a comparison with the ECtHR case law which dealt with similar issues of balancing the copyrights and the right of freedom of speech (for example the recent case Ashby Donald and others v. France) and to established ECtHR case law on protection of political speech (which under the established case law of ECtHR is given the highest level of protection).

When we're in the throes of envy, we may fear that if we give voice to our feelings, it may cue others to draw unfavourable comparisons between our successful peers and us.

Drawing from other comparison markets, Fitzalan Partners has launched The Solicitor Finder to compare services and generate leads within the legal industry.

Its competition with other internet companies from the United States and China has drawn comparisons to a bygone era of colonialism.

Needless to say, such devices are an absolute headache for all other brands as barring a minor miracle, they know their device will get drawn into an unflattering comparison with them.

However, it is difficult to draw comparisons between this study and the other literature, as the sample comprised counselling therapists, as opposed to psychiatric nurses.

Likewise, elements can be drawn from the Social Comparison Theory [17], particularly those noting the use of information from others to assess one's own behaviors, to begin to explore potential processes contributing to different parent and adolescent expectations and reports of monitoring.