Sentences with phrase «farther than a letter»

A constructive suggestion of a good person will go a lot farther than a letter simply calling on journals to increase the number of women on their boards.

As it turns out, worry wasn't necessary; it never went further than the letter.

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Because these bare - bones plans do not limit insurance payouts to workers, they meet the letter of the law's requirements that employers provide «affordable» health care coverage to their workers at a far lower cost than more comprehensive plans.

It turns out that he is still right, and the effect of being right is that equities are far more overvalued than may be evident even on measures like the Shiller CAPE (see An Open Letter to the FOMC: Recognizing the Valuation Bubble in Equities).

The president's tweets on Thursday had far more formal and legalistic language than his typical morning messages to the world, which often include words in all capital letters and are punctuated with exclamation points.

Borges, for instance, believed him a far more important figure in French letters than any of his more celebrated near contemporaries, and credited him with having invented an entirely new approach to aesthetic experience, reconciling (without merging) the traditions of Asia and Europe.

The encyclical, however, is far more than a doomsday letter or a how - to of environmental care.

Early Gentile Christianity, both before Paul and also outside the area of his influence, was far more substantial than the Book of Acts and the surviving Pauline letters have led many to assume.

The disturbing selections — which, to give the editors full credit, are faithfully green - lettered — suggest that the whole idea of «God's care for creation» is far more complex than our usual pieties indicate.

Further, Galatians is closer in form and purpose to the letters of Seneca and Pliny than to the autobiographical narratives cited by Lyons and the advice of Quintilian cited by Betz.

The fundamental (excuse the pun) problems with far - right Christianity are exactly the same issues our Savior spoke about to the Pharisees: judgmentalism, hypocrisy, intolerance, and the hyper - extremity of observing the letter of the law rather than its spirit (as evidenced by statements from various preachers that people such gays and disobedient children should be killed).

I came to know Benjamin Franklin far better through his letters to his son than through ANY other text in the world.

Descartes himself acknowledged that his cogito ergo sum is already fundamental in Augustine's philosophy (letter to Colvius, 14 November, 1640), and he believed that his philosophy was the first to demonstrate the philosophical truth of the doctrine of transubstantiation, and could go so far as to claim that scholastic philosophy would have been rejected as clashing with faith if his philosophy had been known first (letter to Mersenne, 31 March, 1641) Indeed, nothing is more revolutionary in modern philosophy than its dissolution of the scholastic distinction between natural theology and revealed theology.

I can not at this point enter into the discussion of types of Diaspora Judaism affected by contact with paganism; I wish only to record my conviction (1) that Paul's Judaism was not of the orthodox Palestinian type, which later became normal, and normative; and (2) that early Gentile Christianity, both before Paul and also outside the area of his influence, was far more substantial than the Book of Acts and the surviving Pauline letters have led many to assume.

This criticism is made by the (now) over 100 Muslim scholars in their 2006 Open Letter to Pope Benedict which states: «figures such as al - Ghazali (d. 1111 CE) and many others are far more influential and representative of Islamic belief than Ibn Hazm (d. 1069)».

-LSB-...] With the word of Spirit and of freedom, a further horizon opens up, but at the same time a clear limit is placed upon arbitrariness and subjectivity, which unequivocally binds both the individual and the community and brings about a new, higher obligation than that of the letter: namely, the obligation of insight and love.

The tactile use of playdoh to make the baby letters is a wonderful reinforcement of their shape, helping little learners to remember them far better than simply looking at them or writing them.

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Italian baby name seekers need look no further than this delightful four letter name.

As always, there's strength in numbers: if your letter is signed by many parents, or if a group of parents show up together at a meeting, you're far more likely to be heard than if you're acting alone.

The letter adds: «If this were not enough, in the UK poorer mothers are far less likely to breastfeed than richer mothers, which increases health and social inequality.»

Cost drivers such as housing, utilities, transportation and health care are far less in Buffalo than in Brooklyn,» Biryla writes in the letter.

Kim, who is serving in an acting capacity until President Trump names a new head of the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan, declined to comment further than the legal position contained in his Aug. 23 letter to the Buffalo Billion judge.

A further letter from Lt Col David Russell - Parsons, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, suggests more than 500 of his troops could lose # 1,350 each from the reforms.

In a letter to the Social Security trustees in December 2003, the American Academy of Actuaries, the leading professional organization of actuaries, warned that infinite - horizon projections «provide little if any useful information about the program's long - term finances and indeed are likely to mislead anyone lacking technical expertise in the demographic, economic, and actuarial aspects of the program's finances into believing that the program is in far worse financial shape than is actually indicated».

The Long Island Republican declined to say what might constitute going too far in his mind, noting Cuomo has yet to really tip his hand — other than the everything - but - the - kitchen sink letter his administration sent to the outgoing education commissioner and regents chancellor late last year.

«To say that those who disagree with your position are «anti-American» is more than just political rhetoric, it is a statement that drives us further apart, when the challenges our state faces should be drawing us closer together,» McGuire, the group's executive director and a familiar face at the Capitol, wrote in the letter.

«Further we believe that even if the [School Construction Authority] were to adhere to its stated construction schedule and the verbally proposed September 1 move - in dates — less than a week before schools open — it would preclude the schools from setting up operations in time for the 2015 - 2016 school year,» CEC 3's letter stated.

David's letter noted the governor's appointments represent «far less than a majority» and that the panel negotiated the deal with Nicolla and settled on a price well below market value, saving taxpayers more than $ 500,000 — a point that was also made to the newspaper by E. Stewart Jones, an attorney who represents Nicolla in his unrelated criminal case involving SUNY Poly.

Not that it was about him; it was about those far less fortunate than him, who would carry this scarlet letter the rest of their lives.

Section 2 (3) of the EFCC law, according to the letter, further provides that chairman and members of his commission other than ex-officio members shall be appointed by the president and the appointment shall be subject to confirmation of the senate.

Mr Hooper said the number of letters being sent was declining faster than he had predicted, and was expected to fall even further over the next five years.

A microorganism with two extra letters in its genetic code, can create proteins far more complex and versatile than anything found in nature

Further to Michael Dowling's letter calling for the creation problem in cosmological theory to be left to philosophers rather than...

But my numbers are in a base other than 10 and I have used letters for the higher «digits», namely A for 10, B for 11, C for 12, and so on, as far as necessary.

Connect what you've already done with what they need done, and you'll be much further ahead than someone who simply uses a boilerplate CV or cover letter in response to an open job.

The letter — so far signed by more than 900 researchers, including many prominent scientists — represents the latest salvo against a controversial reform effort launched roughly 4 years ago by CIHR President Alain Beaudet.

He further has said that science and faith pose no conflict for most religious people, including more than 12,000 Christian leaders who have signed the Clergy Letter Project in support of teaching evolution.

Professor Tim Jordan added: «Our present findings indicate considerable stability rather than developmental change in the use of letter position in word recognition, and further work is now required to see how this this fits in with the general process of reading.»

Cellphone users don't have it easy — many enter far more letters than numbers into their gadgets, but most phones still make you do so using a number pad.

Further to Michael Dowling's letter calling for the creation problem in cosmological theory to be left to philosophers rather than physicists like Stephen Hawking (28 January, p 32).

Because smaller chunks of asteroids drift from the point of collision faster than larger pieces do, these asteroid families become shaped like the letter «V.» Smaller pieces spread out far and wide from the original impact site, while larger fragments remain condensed at the point.

In a letter being delivered to the White House on Thursday, nearly 400 scientists from more than a dozen countries are urging President Obama to stop future oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean because of the significant environmental and climate risks associated with further fossil fuels exploration there.

What's more, far from being a dying art, 88 % say they've written heartfelt love letters in the past, and Americans are still far more likely to treasure a handwritten letter than a love text.

Women tend to get far more letters than men, so please be patient.

What's more, far from being a dying art, 88 % say they've written heartfelt love letters in the past, and Australians are still far more likely to treasure a handwritten letter than a love text.

But as a young man, his voice goes no further than the NME letters page and his dead - end office walls.

Far more letters fail than succeed, but taken in bite - sized nuggets, The ABCs Of Death is easily consumed (and discarded).

In a sense, the film is the anti-Departed, quietly insisting on an authenticity of location that is far more crucial here than in Martin Scorsese's New Yorker's love - letter to Boston, where Beantown provides only a convenient situs of crime and police corruption appropriate toa transplanted Hong Kong action film.

It issued far more «Dear Colleague» letters — the form of unilateral regulation favored by the agency — than ever before, and has been aggressive in launching well - publicized investigations of colleges and universities.