Sentences with phrase «even lower marks»

That commission issued a similar report card in January 2010 that awarded even lower marks.

Not exact matches

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney has warned that the biggest risk to the financial system is now household debt, even if it's still «relatively low» and unlikely to reach levels that could cripple banks» balance sheets.

That's not to say that acceptance of a recession would mark a long - term bear market low, particularly because the S&P 500 hasn't even lost 20 % from its peak.

Maturing economies, even those with Chinese characteristics, are marked by highs and lows, positive events and negative events.

And while the story is obviously bogus (although the bit about Blackstone buying up low - cost properties is real), we can see why the actor playing Mark chose to do this video; the storyline is even better than most movies nowadays.

This comic structure is precisely that of a radical descent to the low - water mark; the embrace of even the sick, the weak and the useless; the sudden revaluation of the «meanest creature and flower.»

The Christian conception of God — God as God of the sick, God as spider, God as spirit — is one of the most corrupt conceptions of God arrived at on earth; perhaps it even represents the low - water mark in the descending development of the God type.

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

He still had an outstanding year even with less gaudy stats — his 4,344 passing yards were his fewest since 2005, and 23 touchdown passes was his lowest mark since an injury - shortened 2003.

Impressive in goal for the lower - league outfit, Mark Gillespie helped earn Carlisle a draw against Liverpool, even if he couldn't prevent defeat on penalties at Anfield.

Cahill gets a severely low mark from us after his foolish tackle left Chelsea with it all to do so early on in the game and proved really costly, albeit some will argue that it was perhaps a little harsh even though it was very reckless.

Epidurals lower the mother's production of oxytocin, 8 or stop its normal rise during labor.9 The effect of spinals on oxytocin release is even more marked.10 Epidurals also obliterate the maternal oxytocin peak that occurs at birth 11 — the highest of a mother's lifetime — which catalyses the final powerful contractions of labor and helps mother and baby to fall in love at first meeting.

This may not be perceived as sufficient, though even coming close would mark something of an achievement given the low base from which he begins.

For all the politicos who are hoping to land a job in economic development or commissioner of an agency, mark my words: She is not a shoe - in for Mayor and once the great residents of New York start seeing her for who she really is, expect her poll numbers to go down even lower.

Using a low - cost, off - the - shelf infrared sensor, researchers have created an improved system for using finger gestures to interact with computing applications, and have demonstrated effectiveness at gesturing forms of basic shapes, a check mark and even a question mark.

However, when also adjusted for income, education and latitude the effect was even more marked — at 39 % lower risk.

Luckily, Mitt can breathe a sigh of relief, since the low budget film is marked by such dubious dialogue, shoddy special f / x and sloppy editing that it doesn't even measure up, cinematically, to an episode of your typical, cowboy TV show from the Fifties, like The Lone Ranger.

But her ex-father-in-law won't pay, the Italian police are incompetent and even the ex-CIA Getty Oil troubleshooter Fletcher Chase (played here by a refreshingly low - key Mark Wahlberg) is struggling to make progress.

Mark Woodruff, Executive of The JJ Charitable Trust says: «Literacy is one of The JJ Charitable Trust's main concerns and for years we have worked with charities to prevent and overcome poor access to literacy that too often sees children and young people fall prey to low educational attainment, low employment chances and even homelessness and prison.

The public is also famously and enduringly off the mark regarding the academic performance of their local schools, still sipping the warm waters of Lake Wobegon and giving honors grades to «the public schools in your community,» even while conferring far lower marks on «the public schools in the nation as a whole.»

Even if the Evergreen State develops a well - designed system, will principals there be willing to give low marks to ineffective teachers?

But Tennessee earned almost full marks (98 percent) on the section of the competition (weighted a substantial 14 percent of all possible points) devoted to «adopting standards and assessments,» even though its standards have remained extremely low ever since the federal accountability law took hold.

1) While Americans asked to evaluate the quality of teachers» work think, on average, that about half of the teachers in their local schools deserve a grade of A or B, they think that more than one - fifth deserve a D or F; even teachers give these low marks to more than 1 in 10 of their peers, on average.

Most notably, more of them give the schools a D or an F than assign an A or a B. Only 20 percent of survey respondents give the schools in the nation as a whole one of the two top grades, over 50 percent give them a C, and no less than 25 percent grade them with a D or an F. African Americans and Hispanics are even more likely than whites to give the nation's schools low marks.

Scrutiny on the low marks the school received threatened to complicate Trump's pitch, as critics questioned his decision to visit this particular school before he even arrived in this critical battleground state.

Like most cities, Salt Lake has a clear divide between the «have's» and the «have not's» — it's even marked by the classic railroad track separating the affluent east side from the low - income west.

Education Next also found skepticism about teacher quality: While Americans think, on average, that about half of the teachers in their local schools deserve a grade of A or B, they think that more than one - fifth deserve a D or F; even teachers give these low marks to more than 1 in 10 of their peers, on average.

The decision to base ratings on overall averages means that schools, even if they are low - performing, will receive high marks, «despite low outcomes and little to no progress for historically underserved students.»

Yet in national polls the vast majority of Americans have continually awarded high marks to their own schools, even while giving substantially lower marks to public schools across the board.

A later car, say a VXR from 2005, will be in the region of # 12,000 - 13000, while even later cars, such as a 2007 VXR with low miles, will be closer to the # 18,000 mark.

Even after all the help the team was giving me the numbers just didn't add up that day and I just couldn't bring myself to sign, but low and behold the next day both Phil and General sales Manager Mark both called to say they were still trying to reach my price.

Rather than engine power and absolute speed, the most important consequence of the larger displacement was a marked increase in torque, available at lower engine speeds; the Dino 2400 had much better pickup, and it was found more usable, even in city traffic.

Even if you wanted to upgrade, there aren't even any tech options available at this trim level, which is why we gave the Pilot EX-L low marks for cabin comfEven if you wanted to upgrade, there aren't even any tech options available at this trim level, which is why we gave the Pilot EX-L low marks for cabin comfeven any tech options available at this trim level, which is why we gave the Pilot EX-L low marks for cabin comfort.

However, there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel in that a new chip design from Freescale promises to being down the cost of e-readers to around the $ 150 dollar mark or even lower.

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This is not acceptable a good student must not get low marks or even fail.

E-readers will break through the $ 100 mark and settle into the Franklin handheld niche with even lower prices.

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Also avoid using pieces of cheese, hot dogs, lunch meats (even those marked low fat), and other fatty foods as treats.

It was so like Mark, being generally low - key and modest, to have never mentioned this incident to me, even though I had known him for 15 years.

Often the best flight, in terms of schedule, stops, or experience, is offered on a partner, so you want to make sure you see them.Click your preferred dates on the award calendar, even if the days are marked in white, which implies there is no space in the lowest redemption categories.

The crowd probably peaked around the 22 mark and even though numbers were reasonably low for this place there was still plenty of dropping in going down by the International visitors.

Running a PC at 1080p today is like running a PC at 720p last gen.. So really really 1080p is the lowest end standard for PC these days i doubt most sites even consider bench marking anything below 1080p now a days.

To mark the final week of the exhibition Billy Childish, Unknowable But Certain, the ICA's Lower Gallery will host an evening launch of Childish's most recent book Bombs, Buggery and Buddhism or Diaries of a Mock Human Being, Part the 1st.

Depending on meridional heat transport, when freezing temperatures reach deep enough towards low - latitudes, the ice - albedo feedback can become so effective that climate sensitivity becomes infinite and even negative (implying unstable equilibrium for any «ice - line» (latitude marking the edge of ice) between the equator and some other latitude).

You're right about nobody proposing to eliminate or even lower atmospheric CO2 in the foreseeable future, so arguments along the lines of not dissing CO2 seriously miss the mark.

«The head of the Green Climate Fund had called for up to $ 15 billion — an amount itself pegged to suit the politics of developed countries, not the needs of developing countries in the face of the climate crisis,» said Karen Orenstein of Friends of the Earth U.S. «But developed countries did not even hit the $ 10 billion mark, an amount considered the lowest threshold for political momentum.

But even as city officials earn high marks for environmental awareness, critics say New York is moving too slowly to address the potential for flooding that could paralyze transportation, cripple the low - lying financial district and temporarily drive hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.

We couldn't even get below the 6,000 mark when weighing it down by downloading a ridiculous number of apps, running Google Maps and playing music in the background all at the same time (6,164 was the lowest we hit).

Still video quality in low - light is not up to the mark even though the Ozo Spatial audio adds an interesting effect.