Sentences with phrase «getting at the issues»

From the consciousness raising point of view, study groups are among the most important means of getting at the issues raised by the changing identities of women and men.

Special groups in which consciousness raising is the primary focus are the most direct way of getting at the issues of sexism.

«It's a good way for us to get at issues of importance,» Stewart says, «but with students getting support for making their arguments.»

We worry that simple pressure to reduce out - of - school suspensions is really not getting at the issue.

Obviously, to really get at this issue you need a field test to serve as a measure of the field test!

Now that these terms have been clarified, we can start to get at that issue in a forthright (and, I hope, dispassionate) manner.

«I think this absolutely strengthens this [standard] and gets at the issues I raised yesterday,» said Becky Pringle, the National Education Association's panelist.

This is an interesting way to get at the issue.

Here you can also get at your issue of «luxuries» versus «real food».

that gets at the issue of how a theoretical ERP is not what the average investor actually ends up earning.

For my money, it's creating the most innovative games these days so my question, perhaps vague though it was, was trying to get at this issue.

We need to get at that issue, so we're going to be putting out a methane strategy across the administration....

I for one am trying to get at the issues with the system and to understand how this all went so wrong.

Not exact matches

The old rule of never discussing sex or politics is good in theory, but when the political climate gets heated it can be difficult to leave issues at the door

Issuing bonds is one of the most routine things that happens in today's financial system; governments and companies get a sum of money today and pay interest on it over time, before paying back the principal at some agreed - upon future date, when the bond «matures.»

If any of this offends you enough to want to write an angry flame comment, you've got at least two or three issues to work on.

It's very common that low or mid impact issues are discussed at length at the start of the meetings and key issues are rushed in the final 20 minutes of a board meeting when people are tired or in a hurry to get to the next board meeting.

One way to get some sense of the amount of innovation happening right now is to look at the number of patents issued for new inventions in the United States.

Mona Siddiqui, chief data officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services commented that in tackling the issue the government was still struggling to get various agencies (mostly their lawyers)-- FDA, CMS, CDC — to unify around definitions of basic terms like «research.»

While top - down channels are used to communicate vision and strategy in order to get policies and processes aligned with them, bottom - up processes are necessary too, in order for leaders to be aware of the issues faced at the lower levels, as well as to measure the impact of the policies and practices implemented.

«It's a fundamental issue for Canada — not to move beyond our resource economy, but to support it internationally,» says Duchesne «At the core of this is ambition and leadership, getting into that global mindset and thinking forward.

Unless there is some unlikely action on this issue by the end of the year, his inability to get AMPs established — and thereby get supposedly world - leading net neutrality rules to be taken seriously by ISPs — will easily go down as his biggest failure at the CRTC.

In addition to that, Macy's has been looking to reduce store clutter and re-establish itself as a tastemaker and has relaunched its loyalty program as part of its efforts to get back on track as detailed in this in - depth look at the company in the current issue of Fortune.

A version of this article appears in the September 15, 2016 issue of Fortune with the headline «Getting schooled at work.»

«From time to time, I will get called by the director general of export controls at Global Affairs Canada, asking for my feedback regarding a policy issue.

Plus Jayson Street talks cyber security and get an inside peak at Entrepreneur Magazine's June issue.

If anything has gotten easier for Barkan despite the physical and emotional challenges that comes with his illness, it's that the issues he is now advocating for are much simpler to explain to people than US interest rate policy, which has been his focus at the Center for Popular Democracy.

I got up early to deal with the issues at the venue, like no electricity on a 100 degree day.

«I wanted to get back on the issue of taxes» at the debate.

«As phenomenal as the generosity the Zuckerbergs are showing is, it comes against the background of the remarkably generous tax treatment he has gotten for the wealth he has earned,» says Brian Galle, a professor of law at Georgetown University and a specialist in tax issues.

«He's got a massive scandal at home, this Moritomo issue.

excited, also get a sense for what's stopping them from getting involved with those issues at the moment.

«Writing about race and inequality made me want to explore these issues more deeply, so I'm now getting my JD at Yale Law School,» Jeff says.

Still, getting off to such a troubled start is not good for Apple, and Cue made clear in his talk with the Journal that his company is actively working at fixing its issues.

Here are five issues you should address this fall, to keep those ghoulish energies at bay and get your business back on track and ready for the holidays.

It's funny that people get so mad at me about this issue.

At issue: was it legal for anti-abortion groups to use this new marketing technique to directly communicate with young women on their way to get abortions?

There aren't many CEOs who would get such presidential calls, or who would meet a few weeks later at the presidential palace in Paris with Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss eurozone economic issues.

But Bono says, «When you're looking for neon on your side and you can't afford it and when the politicians are telling you, «I'm not hearing about your issue out at the pig roast,» a company like Starbucks helps you get attention.»

I've heard rumblings of this issue at buyout shops — they're priced out of auctions for the best assets, and they're having to get more creative.

At least if you have a referendum, you get all the issues on the table and better educate the province.»

But actually, Evans» point of clarification on this issue is soooo important, since it gets at one of the biggest confusions about monetary policy and interest rates today.

Weight is inevitably a major issue, both when travelling and when hauling a device around all day at a trade show like MWC, which is where hybrid devices such as the Note Pro get interesting.

«It got my attention and it caused me to look at the bigger issues of life.

Meanwhile, over at its @XboxSupport handle, gamers can get near - instantaneous answers to their issues.

However, scientists have remained divided on the issue because no rover had gotten close enough to analyze the minerals present at the sites.

«A number of things get registered in the background that the average user doesn't look at,» Bailey notes, «and they are telltale signs there's a potential issue coming up with the computer.

«All the data privacy issues, the congressional hearings, none of that will get as much scrutiny from investors as the bottom line,» said Brian Wieser, an analyst at Pivotal Research.

«As soon as he has contrived to get his issue quoted at a premium and his underwriters have unloaded at a profit,» complained Foxwell in 1917 (loc.

At this point, you'll want to make sure you get into their thoughts about the issue that you plan for your business to address.