Sentences with phrase «for at least a modicum»

Not exact matches

Thus, the cup represents a good opportunity for the Rossoneri to ease the pressure on the boss and demonstrate that there is at least some modicum of improvement going on at the San Siro.

What that actually means for the overall look of the broadcast is unclear right now, but they will be produced by MLB Network so expect at least a modicum of familiarity.

I'm still strongly opposed to the animal crackers (which the district says it plans to phase out), but at least now I have a modicum of sympathy for HISD's dieticians and I can offer ideas for substitutions that will pass regulatory muster.

But, with Pandora's box having been opened for narrow - minded party political interests, the question now has to be how can our political representatives extricate themselves from the mess they created with at least a modicum of dignity?

The Minority, at a press conference on Monday, said: «if the NPP had any modicum of respect for the good people of Ghana, they should at the very least be apologizing to Ghanaians for their inability to fulfill the promise for which they were voted.»

At the very least, moms and dads may prefer a story that offers a modicum of consequence in exchange for the kind of death and destruction these guys unleash in the name of saving America a few bucks.

It's a low - key relationship dramedy / road movie starring the ripe - for - a-late-career-renaissance Bruce Dern (who'd be the most obvious likely beneficiary from the film's award season release date), and «SNL «alum Will Forte, that promises at least a modicum of the kind of off - kilter wry observations about masculinity and aging that have marked out Payne's best previous work.

Whatever, dude: As long as season two — officially subtitled Atlanta Robbin» Season — contains at least a modicum of season one's woozy surreality, or continues to provide weekly spotlights for Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, Lakeith Stanfield, and Zazie Beetz to show why they're one of the finest casts on TV, we're in.

Relational trust is also more likely to arise in schools where at least a modicum of choice exists for both staff and students.

All we can hope at this juncture is that the Q8 that does eventually make production will at least maintain a modicum of the features seen on this concept car; Audi is notorious for making some pretty drastic changes on the road from concept to production.

Yes, listed companies aren't perfect either — but at least on an exchange, over-hyped stocks (with rapacious & duplicitous management) tend to be far easier to spot & avoid — at least for investors with a modicum of common sense.

The difference between new and old media is that at least with the old media, there was a modicum of shame, and people could be driven out of the profession or lose their reputations for real or percieved inaccuracy.

By the time we will have doubled CO2 residence again to 1100ppm we might be heading for the next ice age and be happy with whatever CO2 we can add to the atmosphere in the hope it will create at least a modicum of warming.

Then, in the flash of an eye, a slew of endless press releases from Thomson Legal & Regulatory and LexisNexis praising themselves for the fact they are themselves; combined with their endless desire to control and purchase every and any new company (mainly tech based these days) that may actually have products that could compete with them sometime in the future or at the very least provide some modicum of balance in the market just quashes any hopes I had for the year.

Given (2) the fact that virtually all content on the Internet (at least if it displays a «modicum of creativity» and is not simply copied from another source verbatim) is protected by copyright the moment that it is placed into a readable file, that's it for the Internet as we know it - any act of linking or paraphrasing such as this one will require copryight - holder consent.

Also, there is a huge chunk of the market — for a headless Mac with at least a modicum of expandability — that they seem wholly disinterested in serving.

* Adequate hardware (including at least one good mouse or trackball) * High voltage surge protector * Top tier residential Internet access at minimum * Big table or desk: at the bare minimum, a 72in utility table, the more space the better * Good chair * Good light: lamps, adequate space near a window * Ventilation and climate control: this probably means a window AC unit if you have a lot of hardware * Printer, for a lot of folks * Modicum of supplies: notebooks, multipurpose paper, Post-Its, envelopes, folders, pens, pencils, spare cables (power, USB, Firewire, Ethernet), cleaning supplies (for keeping workspaces and displays free of dust and other crud) * Storage space, closet or cabinet: the space occupied by supplies, cables, crates, and files starts to add up PDQ * Good WiFi router or repeater (i.e., not a Linksys WRT series) * Hardcopy address book (at bare minimum, sync your contacts on multiple devices)

Time to re-evaluate the Kindle HDX, at least for those users with a modicum of technical savvy.