Sentences with phrase «even less action»

There's very little comedy here and even less action.

Not exact matches

The 2002 - 2003 lows never actually reached even average valuations, much less historical medians, but we did observe enough value based on normalized fundamentals and improved market action to remove most of our hedges in early 2003.
Hopefully, he's rational enough to realize that his avoidable actions would trigger a massive global economic contraction which, even if the United States is less hurt than others, history would not look kindly upon.
I know we can not forestall, still less dictate to you, even the smallest of your actions; from you alone comes all initiative — and this applies in the first place to my prayer.
It is not that there is a work of God in which the actions of man are inserted (and even less mechanically produced).
But even that significant action will probably receive less attention in the history books than John Paul II's trip to Poland in June 1979, when millions of his compatriots ignored official disapproval to attend masses and other Catholic services — and so accelerated, or maybe sparked, the shaking that eventually brought down state - communism in Eastern Europe.
I would give more than I would take; I would be more compassionate, less judgmental, more aware that all of my actions, even all of my thoughts, have repercussions in the mysterious round of life.
This is the phenomenology, particularly as practiced by Max Scheler, of which Wojtyla became a student, and which would in time lead him into novel, but orthodox, expositions of sexual ethics (Love and Responsibility), and into even more novel, though no less orthodox, expositions of the human person as the self - possessed locus of action and thought (The Acting Person).
Ironically, although Barnhill spends less time outlining the cultural and political forces that shape mothers» realities, she does more to inspire me to actioneven political activism — than the writers of the more explicitly political volumes.
The fulfillment of personality is thus a form of communion, whether it be with the God a man worships; or with nature under some aspect; or through intimate communication with ideal things, the inexhaustible quality of beauty or truth that pervades the universe; or with some cause that calls into action all one's powers; or even with things of lesser significance so long as they satisfy the human craving for union.
That was power in action right there because it wasn't the custom for Jewish men to even speak to women in public no less a sinful woman.
Their hesitation primarily stems from the question of whether the notion of emptiness, conceived as a dynamic emptying of all distinctions, can sustain a commitment to ethics, history», and personhood with the seriousness and even ultimacy that they, precisely as people standing in the Christian tradition, think necessary The Jewish participant, while less concerned with kenosis, shares their concern for the potential loss of ultimacy in the realm of historical action with its ethical norms and deep sense of personhood.
Do not attempt to define the whole of the Catholic church for the actions of what even victims groups declare is less than 8 % of the entire clergy.
No... that poster couldn't put a coherent thought together even in this forum, much less formulate an action.
I would never claim that Christians even function as a unity, much less are accusable regarding the actions of some of the members.
It is unlikely all unit holders lost as much as $ 1.20 in the collapse in the unit price and equally unlikely all unit holders will participate in the class action, so the payout by MG could be less than $ 152 million or even $ 93 million.
Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions
Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting
Even though the return on investment (ROI) steadily climbs as we look at increasingly one - sided public action, betting against the public isn't profitable unless the team is receiving less than 25 % of spread bets.
Filtering this even further and solely betting against teams receiving 80 % or more of public betting action produced a slightly less profit of +20.44 units, but the massive reduction in the number of games bet more than doubles the ROI to 9.2 % at this level.
Decision to incision times at many hospitals can be less than amount of time it can take to even get an ambulance dispatched, and hospital monitoring allows immediate action.
In the Creating Shared Value report, Nestlé claims there were only 19 concerns about non-compliance with the WHO Code raised in 2011 and even less in 2010 and corrective action was taken in all cases.
Tools are not causes of social actions, but parts of socio - technical action, things that help us do some things, hinder others, and are integral to how we live, act, and see ourselves — this is also how I hope people will think of the role of social networking sites and other technologies in the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, not as causes, or as irrelevant, but as tools (for protesters, though sometimes also for security forces)-- in North Africa, even with a less than open internet, some of those involved in recent events certainly seemed to produce their own role as active citizens partially through the use of everyday tools and technologies.
While Motyl claims this is indeterminate and «intentionally noncommittal», the phrase seems like prima facae support for Ukrainian membership, and is even less benign in the official Russian translation, which uses the future perfective, indicating an action that is expected to come to pass.
Even «less critical» actions, like admitting new UN members, went through adoption of a certain Resolution.
These actions don't even begin to address the needs of child care providers or the thousands of undervalued state, local government and school employees - many work for much less than $ 15 per hour - who take care of our kids, maintain our roads, water and sewer systems and do a whole lot more necessary work.
These actions don't even begin to address the needs of child care providers or the thousands of undervalued local government and school employees - many work for much less than $ 15 per hour - who take care of our kids, maintain our roads, water and sewer systems and do a whole lot more necessary work.
In many cases, they reported, it was difficult to get journals to even acknowledge the errors, much less take appropriate action.
Now that we know the moon is unlikely to harbor life, moon missions are held to a less stringent standard than trips to Mars, Europa, or Enceladus, but even moon shots require some basic planetary protection actions.
Some philosophers have found that our sense of free will is less threatened by determinism than the commentators suppose — so even faced with incontrovertible evidence that behaviour is predetermined, we still see ourselves as free and responsible for our own actions.
There seems to be a huge intention - action gap here, even though the rules are pretty simple: eat less and exercise more.
«It's less socially acceptable to talk about finances, yet our research shows that paying off debt has the biggest positive impact on a person's overall well - being than any other action, even exercise.
Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.
«Rampage» would surely sink a less sturdy action star, yet even here the wayward mishmash of monster - movie tropes only seem to ping off him like bullets deflected by Superman.
Here, they don't even have anywhere to run / / to / /, and the desperate scrabbling for some Donkey / Puss action results in something that's less of a brainwave than a mind - ripple: as the result of a misfired spell, they... swap... bodies!
Featuring a screenplay by no less than five writers, Flushed Away has clearly been geared to appeal primarily to small children - as evidenced by the film's emphasis on action - oriented set pieces and distinctly broad bits of comedy (there's even a fart joke thrown in for good measure).
Anyone remotely familiar with Verhoeven's «RoboCop» will know where this is all headed and even those that somehow missed out on that highlight of 80s action filmmaking shouldn't have any difficulty figuring it out, but as is befitting the drop from the original's R rating to this version's PG - 13 classification, Murphy's arc is met with considerably less grisliness this time around.
It's the combination of character development, action and pure emotion that drives the film, where even secondary characters have motivations; a wonderful moment a lesser film would have cut for time finds the shapeshifting Mystique (Rebecca Romijn) propositioning Wolverine, at first disguising herself as Wolvie's crush, Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), then purring, «No one has left scars like you.»
An action - packed, swashbuckling tale of a young man's quest to become a musketeer and to avenge the death of his parents, The Musketeer contains little gore and even less plot.
Embracing the uncanny valley elements of the story and taking even subtle cues from the previous iterations of the android Alita's tale, the trailer for this lesser - known comic book adaptation sets the stage for a new wave of live action anime films.
Even in sub-par films such as The Darkest Hour, she's never less then 100 per cent convincing, and here even sidesteps into an action role effortlesEven in sub-par films such as The Darkest Hour, she's never less then 100 per cent convincing, and here even sidesteps into an action role effortleseven sidesteps into an action role effortlessly.
Jake Gyllenhaal has played cops, soldiers, even time - traveling action heroes, but he's never looked less meek and sensitive, less Donnie Darko, than he does in Southpaw.
While the opening scene, which serves only as back - story and general reasons as to why it takes so long for Raleigh (Charlie Hunnam) to return to the Jaeger game, is fluff for the film and even in the moment felt unnecessary as opposed to just being retro - actively less awesome than the other greater action sequences.
Finalists: It was a great year for action, largely thanks to George Miller's new action masterwork but even in less perfect films there were inarguable standout sequences like the choreographed unbroken take on the Johnson vs. Sporino fight in CREED or the Hulkbuster Suit vs. Hulk in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON both of which were so strong it's unfortunate to leave them out of the top five.
With that said, however, not even the involvement of Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver makes this action thriller look any less like a Jason Bourne rip - off.
So even if Johnson wanted to venture from his action - adventure sandbox into something a bit more character - driven, something a little less fast and furious, his options are limited because Hollywood just isn't making many movies these days that don't allow for sequels, merchandising and expanded Cinematic Universes.
Even the visual effects look less polished than past installments, and if you're going to surround your action with dull human drama, the least Bay could have done is make it look good.
They rarely appear at E3 — though they've been known to do so — and make live - action trailers even less frequently.
With the new film comes a new director, Francis Lawrence, who gives us less character touches but more emphasis on action (thankfully, with less of the shaky - cam effects of Gary Ross), which may please those looking for the dystopic film to just keep moving, even if it seems to skip some narrative steps along the way.
So how is «more» of that sort of thinking even believable much less a valid as a course of action?
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