Sentences with phrase «favor of making»

«What is really remarkable about the combined findings of the 18 studies,» writes DePaulo, «is that the designs were biased in favor of making marriage look good.

Today, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations voted in favor of making Rex Tillerson, former CEO of ExxonMobil, the most powerful diplomat in the U.S. Global Witness raised serious concerns that this appointment would pose a grave threat to both US and global security.

I think that renewables are the closest thing to «the solution,» but if Ed Greisch wants to forward me a petition in favor of making sure that the plant Vogtle nuclear expansion currently going on in my state is competed, I'll gladly sign.

Obama has said that he's in favor of making the declaration, which would open the gateway to initiating policy on climate change.

Could we dump the massive investment in heavy, expensive fleet bicycles in favor of making used or cheaper bikes available.

The problem with this type of writing (and thinking) is that it sacrifices actual data analysis in favor of making the «most convincing case possible».

As I urged on Twitter, I'm hoping folks will eschew Black Friday consumption mania in favor of making things, when possible: Read more...

Cindy Patrick retired her film explorations with «traditional» alternative photography processes in favor of making painterly images using only an iPhone and iPad.

The hospital prologue and The Phantom Pain share some thematic similarities, but they're tonally worlds apart and the events that occur within the hospital really only work in service toward Venom's and Quiet's character arcs, and even then it's more in favor of making the twists feel a bit more clever than it is to give them narrative or emotional significance.

share some thematic similarities, but they're tonally worlds apart and the events that occur within the hospital really only work in service toward Venom's and Quiet's character arcs, and even then it's more in favor of making the twists feel a bit more clever than it is to give them narrative or emotional significance.

It's not a bad thing to write an antagonist with uncomfortable motivations, but it is a bad thing to do so and then ignore those facets of their character in favor of making them come off a bit more sympathetic.

(yet another point in favor of making a top 20 list) After the record - breaking MW2 launch, I'm sure Bobby Kotick is just chomping at the bit to milk his CoD cash - cow until it's squirting out dust.

A few explosions later and Deadpool has his game, but he's none too happy with the script, deciding to rip it up in favor of making stuff up as he goes along, and so begins a story which, frankly, doesn't exactly make much sense.

So I can see it being put on the back burner in favor of making sure that titles like Mario NX, Animal Crossing NX, and Splatoon 2 can make it out the door within the console's first 18 months.

That's another argument in favor of making the keyboard mandatory.

We are big fans of these stability and cornering systems, but it feels as if they were nerfed in the Cayenne S in favor of making the car more tractable for pedestrian tasks such as the daily commute or grocery runs.

The problem here is poverty, not schools, teachers or students — we know that, and yet ignore addressing poverty in favor of making illogical, ill - advised changes to the curriculum, and insisting on more and more tests, as though that will change anything.

For example, they abandoned their traditional honor roll in favor of making awards to every student for the tasks that they had accomplished.

After dispatching his nemesis, the finale sees Steve's plane crashing in the snowy tundra — it is an anti-climax which pays short shrift to the romantic angle with Peggy in favor of making sure Rogers ends up in the 21st century in order to join forces with the rest of the Avengers next year.

We were pretty disappointed that Evangeline Lilly's Hope Van Dyne was needlessly sidelined in Ant - Man in favor of making another movie about a male superhero.

You get the sense that this is a humble person who prefers to downplay pomp and circumstance in favor of making himself as available as possible to the masses that compose his flock.

Lately, Jordan Peele has taken a step back from the fun comedy acting roles we originally knew him for in favor of making wildly successful and award - winning films — or at least a single wildly successful and award - winning film, since Get Out just came out last year.

Clooney sheds his usual suave side in favor of making Frank more of a broken man.

All in favor of making shirts opaque again?

While all 50 states allow exemptions for children who have a valid medical reason, and almost all states allow nonmedical exemptions for parents with either religious or philosophical objections, the political climate has recently shifted in favor of making exemptions more difficult to obtain.

A number of researchers think the solution is to abandon the whole idea of fermentation in favor of making ethanol through a technique called gasification.

, editorialized today in favor of making Sen. Dave Valesky head of the Democratic conference, arguing it's time to give someone from upstate a chance to lead for a change.

In 2009, Cuomo proposed ending the comptroller's status as the sole trustee over the fund in favor of making him answerable to a 13 - member board.

Eric Garner's mother said Thursday if Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O'Neill really believe in transparency, the city would not have appealed a judge's ruling in favor of making public a summary of misconduct against the cop who used a chokehold on her son.

We also voted unanimously in favor of making Southold a First Class Town.

The debate, for now, has been waged by groups in favor of making changes to the cap, including the New York State United Teachers and representatives of local government lobbying groups like the New York State Association of Counties, New York Conference of Mayors and the Association of Towns.

Eric Garner's mother said if NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill really believe in transparency, the city would not have appealed a judge's ruling in favor of making public a summary of misconduct against the cop who used a chokehold on her son.

Parent activist Campbell Brown fumed, «He argues in favor of making life harder for educators by increasing the complexity of the evaluation system for purely political reasons.

However, the minority parties in both the Senate and Assembly have been in favor of making change through a Constitutional Convention.

What is really remarkable about the combined findings of the 18 studies is that the designs were biased in favor of making marriage look good.

Because he was not in favor of making the league too lively, Commissioner Charles refused to sanction the hiring of such obvious wild - card prospects as a trick - shot artist who could roll seven balls down the alley simultaneously or a California chimpanzee who bowled with both hands.

«We're in favor of making sure that any information on a food product is accurate, neutral, and not misleading.

A reaction in the dominant community is already setting in against accepting diversity and in favor of making new efforts at assimilating all into the dominant culture.

Seven of the nine justices voted in favor of making abortion a fundamental right under the Constitution.

The author (s) of this story lacked perspective on their calendar, or maybe they wanted to debunk astronomical principles of order in favor of making the statement that God made all that is in the universe in one «work» week a nice juxtaposition between divine and human potential to get things done.

Last week's reports suggest that Apple will soon wave goodbye to its long - term chipmaker, Intel, in favor of making its own chips for Mac computers.

Not exact matches

Calling it the «privacy paradox,» University of Michigan School of Information professor Cliff Lamp says in studying social computing he has found that people make a lot of noise when it comes to privacy, but push concerns aside in favor of convenience.

While different currencies require different types of calculations that favor one kind of computing set up or another (ethereum runs great on graphics cards while bitcoin mining uses specially made chips called application - specific integrated circuits), Monero's underlying mining challenge was made to run best on ordinary PC CPUs.

It's just one of dozens of quirks of the human psyche, implanted through evolution, that make us favor safe thinking.

So while there are certainly arguments to be made in favor of a rules - based Fed over the pure discretion of the current PhD standard, such reform should not be viewed as a solution to the real issue, which is a central bank having a monopoly on money at all.

«I don't think he does our issue any favors by making it so incredibly jingoistic and bombastic,» said Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, a group that allies domestic steelmakers and other manufacturers with the United Steelworkers union.

The company was told that if it publicly commited to cage - free eggs, then the narration would be spun in favor of Eggland's Best by telling the audience that the egg production company was making the effort to transition to cage free; if not, it would be spun the other way.

That's part of the home - rental service's allure, but it's also what makes it so difficult to guarantee the safety of travelers who choose to eschew the predictable comforts of a room at the Marriott in favor of a stranger's guest house.

And when goals conflict, «the goals that are the most salient are usually the ones that we make our trade - offs in favor of.»

Examples of five - minute favors include sharing knowledge; making an introduction; serving as a reference for a person, product, or service; or recommending someone on LinkedIn.