Sentences with phrase «first several points»

The first several points are tongue - in - cheek.

Not exact matches

It would be the first of several key data points between now and the Fed's December meeting that could offer clues on the timing of the next interest rate hike.

In contrast to the relatively gentle first Senate hearing on Tuesday, House lawmakers were more pointed with their questions on Wednesday, with several of them interrupting Zuckerberg when they felt he was giving evasive answers.

This could manifest itself in several different ways, but a key point is to rent out rather than sell the high - tax state property and buy a place in a lower - tax place outright, and give it a year first.

Morgan Stanley's Delinquency Diffusion Index, an aggregate measurement of year - over-year increases in the delinquency of several types of personal loans, stood at 19.2 (on a 100 - point scale) for the first quarter of 2016, up from its low in October, 2014, driven by increases in auto loan and credit card delinquencies in 2015 — but far below the 60 - point threshold associated with a pre-recession state.

In general, interest rates on a second mortgage will several percentage points higher than for a comparable - sized first mortgage; and second liens can be fixed - rate or adjustable - rate mortgages (ARM).

There are several arguments that can be advanced against this position: first, that there is no need to adapt or interpret the Bible this way because this «modern common sense» is quite uncommon; second, that the current popularity of a belief or point of view is no guarantee of its truth, so the Bible ought not to be adapted to suit the understanding of a particular time; third, that the Bible can not be adapted to this common sense, because this common sense excludes God; and fourth, that if our common sense disagrees with the Bible, then we must change our common sense after all, because the Bible is true.

The Catechism does at several points touch on a more synthetic integration of all God's works, commenting that «creation is revealed as the first step towards» the final Covenant of Love (CCC 288) and that» God created the world the sake of communion with his divine life, a communion brought about by the convocation of men in Christ, and this convocation is the Church» (CCC 760).

The Niebuhr - Williams - Gustafson study (H. Richard Niebuhr, The Purpose of the Church and Its Ministry [New York: Harper and Brothers, 1956]-RRB- of several years ago makes it unnecessary to dilate upon this first point.

But first you had to make several pointless idiot posts under this username to make sure you got the point across?

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

When I found the jar in my hands for the first time (and several concerned faces pointed my direction), I cradled the container in my hands, lifted it towards my nose, and breathed in the wonderful scent.

from where i'm sitting, conor's strengths: - long and athletic - great power in his hands and feet - throws with speed & accuracy - uses all 8 points of contact (and uses them all in multiple ways)- uses good footwork to circle away from power shots and to control pace / location of fight - has shown good to great TD defense (until tired)- has good chin (tested several times and the proof appears to be in the pudding, as they say)- displays good head movement which allows him to absorb fewer strikes while within range - excellent counter puncher (able to get in and out fast using his karate style stance)- has shown better conditioning at lw than fw or ww - has incredible fight iq (lone exception in the ufc was against nate in first fight when he was clearly fatigued)

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Because the lap starts with such a long straight there's plenty of slipstreaming, with the lead often changing several times before the first braking point at Lisboa.

And, as ESPN Draft Insider Chad Ford points out, several other top prospects in this year's draft have already joined Porter on the sidelines of the NCAA Tournament before the first weekend is even complete.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

Following Week 3, they too are just on the cusp of jumping several Top Teams after Week 4 Hoops... Remember, Hoops Game are worth 15 points in the Standings and Team Delta Sig sit just 12 points back of the two Teams tied for first..

The thing that really bothers me is the thing we've disagreed on in the past and that's imo Wengers apparent lack of Urgency and decisiveness when moving into the transfer window I know that Scheweinsteiger would be a great addition but He is somewhat over the hill in comparison to the others that are being toted about and while I know that we are not the cash Rich Man Poo or Man Sh!tty or Chelski I do know that we are at a point for the first time in ten years where we don't need to replace many players or are being frced to sell the quality ones we have, we are for the first time in a spot where we only need to add two or three players and we are there in terms of being able to compete, Id hate for the financial Exuberance to stop us taking that final stride forward into the competitive team we nearly are IMO spend the money now, get the striker, get the DM and we wont need to look at transfers in a big way again for several seasons and with that in mind Id rather have the likes of Benzema or Lacazetta or even Cavanni than a nearly over the hill Scheweinsteiger.

If you take a look at our free odds page, you'll see that there are several teams in the first round favored by at least 15 points, with North Carolina -LRB--26.5 against Texas Southern) being the largest favorite.

Last season City won the first five matches with several goals and did NOT concede a single goal; at some point Chelsea was 8th on the table.

The Broncos beat the Lions 24 - 12, covering as 3 - point favorites and completing a second losing Sunday in the first three weeks for several books.

After first league defeat (Chelsea 2 - 1) and elimination from Uefa champions league, Manchester City will look to bounce back, and Roberto Mancini's expensively assembled squad face their first real test of the campaign.Although they still sit two points clear of rivals Manchester United at the top of the Premier League, and in their 15 matches racked 49 goals, with possible defeat and Man Utd win over QPR (video) will they lose top spot of Premier league.What make this match more interest is several Arsenal players which now play for Citizens.

Your grade schooler might not make his bed perfectly the first time, but practice (and doing it imperfectly several times) is what he needs in order to get to the point where he can do it on his own.

My first homebirth turned out OK — but I can look back and see several points where it might not have, where decisions we made dramatically increased the risk to my baby, increased my risk of PPH.

I think a lot of people combine these options and there are different points in your child's development and also on your own needs where each one of these may work for you and you may utilize 1, 2 or several of them in the course of your child you know, the first five years.

In a study of first - time mothers that assessed concerns with breastfeeding at several time points during the first 2 months of life, these problems were most pronounced at 3 and 7 days postpartum (16), which is after most women have left the hospital, but before they might be connected to other types of community support.

Several people have pointed out that this is not really a no - first - strike policy.

But as several observers have pointed out to me since this story first broke in Newsday over the weekend, this issue is unlikely to resonate with voters — if they're even paying attention at this point.

There are actually several points that make it different: The European charter of fundamental rights states in its very first article that human dignity is inviolable.

The website, 233prime, an initiative of Gabby Asare Otchere Darko's Danquah Institute and managed from their Labone office, on August 11 2016, posted images of the car, with the aim to wrongly accuse the brother of the President, who runs several businesses in and outside Ghana to score cheap political points, and accusing the first family of living an opulent lifestyle.

And while his base may want more, Mr. de Blasio can point to several police reforms in his first year: a dramatic drop in the number of people stopped by police; a staggering decline in marijuana arrests thanks to a policy change; a plan to roll out body cameras in accordance with a federal lawsuit.

McMahon points out that the state workforce, under terms of its contracts, will get raises this year and next for the first time in several years.

As for why Sagittarius A * went haywire in the first place, Clavel and her colleagues offer several explanations, all of them pointing to the black hole's intermittently savage nature.

Several made the point that at First the emphasis is on «gracious professionalism» rather than winning; teams routinely lend labor, parts, even whole robots, to one another.

Sternberg & Williams (1997)[6] demonstrated that GRE scores fail to correlate with several key skills for graduate study, including analytical thinking, creativity, research acumen and teaching, and correlate only modestly with first - year grade point average.

First light results on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS - III) Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) spectrograph and several tests of major support instruments are also presented.

And if we're being really honest here, I cried my eyes out at several points during Downton Abbey, namely when Matthew dies (I yelled at the screen first and then cried) and also at the finale episode.

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We're all guilty of getting rid of clothes and that can be for several reasons; the fit, the style, a fault, or like the point of this post, just realising we should never have bought it in the first place.

Like the first film, there are several storylines told somewhat out of continuity, but which end up converging at certain points late in the film.

Although not the first of its breed, Fatal Attraction's overwhelming success kick started a wave of suburban thrillers that dominated box offices for the next several years, although most ramped up the tawdry sex or over-the-top violence to the point where they couldn't be taken seriously.

As of right now all of these games are only confirmed for Japan, but given the success of rereleasing the first five proper Final Fantasy games in the US App Store, as well as several of its own spinoffs, I'd think it's pretty likely we'll be seeing all this Dragon Quest stuff hit our US shores at some point.

Each colossus has several weak points on their body and you must locate and figure out how to access them first.

«This film had involvement from brilliant women from all over start to finish,» said Coogler, who made a point to name several of his female collaborators, including Oscar - nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison, Oscar - nominated costume designer Ruth E. Carter, production designer Hannah Beachler, first assistant director Lisa Satriano, editor Debbie Berman and Marvel Studios exec Victoria Alonso, who executive produced.

But that title was apparently too much for some to handle, to the point where after several release date changes, the movie finally surfaces in the dog days of August, making its first run... in second - run movie theaters.

The overall goal of this extension of our existing work in partnership with TFF and Achievement First Bridgeport Academy (AFBA) is to continue and expand our work in Bridgeport focusing in several keys areas: (1) building knowledge about (a) children's emerging skills and areas of challenge in the social - emotional domain and why these skills are critical to school success, and (b) the ways in which adult stress and skills in the social - emotional domain can impede or foster children's social - emotional skill development; (2) identifying, deploying, and evaluating strategies to build adult and child skills in social - emotional learning with an emphasis on the Tauck Family Foundation's (TFF) five essential SEL skills; and (3) developing and testing a performance management system for SEL that (a) guides the identification of strategies, (b) provides a mechanism for ongoing progress monitoring, feedback, and changes to practice, and (c) serves as an anchor point for ongoing coaching and support in using SEL strategies.

There's been progress on several fronts — notably a big reduction in the number of people living in extreme poverty and hunger — but none of these goals will have been achieved in full by next year, any more than the «goals 2000» project for American K — 12 education met its targets (e.g., «first in the world in math and science») by the stated end point.

A 2007 Ohio State University study measured the body mass index of several thousand kindergarteners and first - graders at different points over a two - year period.

National studies indicate that around 20 — 30 percent of new teachers leave the profession within the first five years, and that attrition is even higher (often reaching 50 percent or more) in high - poverty schools and in high - need subject areas.20 Studies of teacher residency programs consistently point to the high retention rates of their graduates, even after several years in the profession, generally ranging from 80 — 90 percent in the same district after three years and 70 — 80 percent after five years.21