Sentences with phrase «failure of such an effort»

Specifically, gaining granular insight into how and why they may be engaging with a company's own social marketing efforts can make an enormous difference in the success or failures of such efforts.

Ravitch also critiques the continued reliance on a corporate model for school reform and the continued failure of such efforts to emphasize curriculum.

Not only would vastly expanding our country's preschool system be a huge undertaking, we also need to be realistic about the potential success or failure of such an effort.

Not exact matches

Under the 2010 Dodd - Frank Act, which toughened financial regulations in an effort to avoid a repeat of the 2008 crisis, the oversight panel had the power to designate non-bank institutions such as AIG as systemically important financial institutions, meaning that their failure could pose a risk to the entire financial system.

These gifts combined with a free university education to so many people for whom there were then no appropriate jobs, as well as a civil war, led to the failure of the experiment failed, but in a time when it is clear, at least to me, that global pursuit of more and more wealth is suicidal for the human race, I think it would be worthwhile to study such efforts.

He was also aware that efforts by logical positivists like his own student, Bertrand Russell, and members of the Vienna Circle such as Rudolph Carnap, were doomed to failure.

There is also the opposite danger that failure to accept the reality of choice, a fatalistic acceptance of absolute determinism, may lead to such slackening of individual and social effort as to bring about the end of civilization.

Consequently, they dismiss the companion notion that it is our philosophical duty to doubt all of our beliefs in an effort to rule out conclusively the possibility of such a massive failure of connection to reality.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

Since the failure of Clegg's proposals, the Lords has implemented a series of minor reforms to its membership and practices, such as allowing peers to retire in an effort to keep overall membership figures down, and to improve its reputation.

«In the setting of such programs, special efforts should be made to minimize HIV transmission risk before viral suppression has been achieved, to maintain suppression on ART, and to identify and address ART failure.»

«There is massive uncertainty in this figure, and until much more research is done no serious scientist should express any confidence in such estimates,» of iron fertilization's geoengineering potential, cautions oceanographer Richard Lampitt of the National Oceanography Center in England, who also argues that more research into such potential geoengineering techniques is needed due to the failure of global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

A well - known feat of technology, the Panama Canal was also the victory of years of infectious disease research that led to an understanding that mosquitoes were the vector for deadly diseases, such as malaria and yellow fever, which had contributed to failures in earlier efforts to build the canal.

The Washington - based advocacy organization cites a range of what it perceives as offenses related to education, such as efforts by the Bush administration to zero out funding for the Women's Educational Equity Act and to «weaken Title IX protections for female athletes,» and its failure to investigate the exclusion of females from certain education programs.

I've found that for students who have lost confidence to the point of not wanting to risk more failure, it is helpful to start the effort - to - progress record keeping and graphing with something they enjoy, such as shooting foul shots or computer keyboarding speed and accuracy.

Such beliefs determine how much effort people will expend and how long they will persist in the face of failure or difficulty.

From where Casey sits, the criticism of Brown and others about the unwillingness of the AFT to embrace any reform of the obsolete process for teacher dismissals — including the Big Apple affiliate's successful opposition to Bloomberg's effort this year to give the city's schools chancellor final say over dismissing those alleged and convicted of criminal misconduct (and those engaged in inappropriate behavior with students)-- amounts to» a vicious slander» geared to «chip away at public support for the due process rights» and to «distract» people from the city's failures to put more effort into firing such teachers.

Research has found that the attitudes students take toward learning are heavily influenced by whether they have been led to attribute their success (or failure) to innate ability, to effort, or to other factors — and that traditional classroom practices such as grading and competition lead them to explain the results in terms of ability (or its absence) and to minimize effort whenever possible.

Given the collapse of the Campaign for High School Equity (which once served as the convening body for civil rights - based reformers) and the efforts by the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers to co-opt such groups by peddling a version of accountability that lets states, school operators, and adults off the hook for failure, Ed Trust deserves praise for rallying so many civil rights players to stand up for our most - vulnerable children.

Awarded annually, the grants are used to strengthen a state's efforts in addressing pipeline failures attributed to activities such as excavation damage, one of the leading causes of pipeline accidents resulting in fatality or injury.

Awarded annually, the grants are used to strengthen efforts in addressing pipeline failures attributed to activities such as excavation damage, one of the leading causes of pipeline accidents resulting in fatality or injury.

But the failure of recent efforts to curb greenhouse - gas emissions has built some momentum toward expanding research on such options.

Such policies address a pervasive market failure because, in the absence of government policy such as patent protection, the invention of new technologies and practices from R&D efforts has aspects of a public good and thus tends to be under - provided by market forces alSuch policies address a pervasive market failure because, in the absence of government policy such as patent protection, the invention of new technologies and practices from R&D efforts has aspects of a public good and thus tends to be under - provided by market forces alsuch as patent protection, the invention of new technologies and practices from R&D efforts has aspects of a public good and thus tends to be under - provided by market forces alone.

Millions of people in India died in the monsoon failures of the late 19th century, and relief efforts in earlier such famines were hampered by the lack of transportation infrastructure.

However, numerous studies show that failure to address the true drivers of deforestation — high demand for wood products, expansion of industrial agriculture, illegal and unplanned forest conversion, conflicts over land and resources, and extractive activities — will generally undermine any effort to «protect» forests through «payment for ecosystem services» schemes such as REDD.

In one case, it appears that the Chinese government may have targeted several Canadian law firms in an apparent effort to derail a $ 40 billion acquisition.11 In another, a firm's managing clerk is alleged to have accessed inside information about the firm's clients as part of an insider - trading scheme.12 Also, it recently was revealed that hackers working for the Chinese military targeted one company for information useful in ongoing litigation.13 Failure to secure such data from malicious employees, cyber-attacks, or carelessness can cause drastic reputational damage as well as liability.

Such efforts, while well - intentioned, were doomed to failure in view of the fact that there is no «typical» real estate transaction any more than there is «typical» real estate or a «typical» REALTOR ®.