Sentences with phrase «good point in the story»

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At best, your sales reps are going into their calls with gaps in the story; at worst, they're completely off point and exhausted before making a single call.

However, Columbia University's Katherine W. Phillips and others mentioned in the HBR story on women directors point out that while diverse boards that are not properly managed may «create distrust and dissatisfaction,» homogeneous groups don't come to any better solutions.

Neuroeconomics professor Paul Zak explains: «Character - driven stories with emotional content result in a better understanding of the key points a speaker wishes to make and enable better recall of these points weeks later.»

In his book «Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk» (1996), Peter Bernstein makes a good point about what's at stake in the debatIn his book «Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk» (1996), Peter Bernstein makes a good point about what's at stake in the debatin the debate:

Third and finally, the traditional story misses the real function of private banks, which is to solve an information problem in the purest Hayekian senses. That is, banks are or should be specialists in risk assessment and risk taking. They should know their client, understand the local market and have their pulse on the broad economy. Arguably, if properly structured, they can and should do this better than other entities such as governments. In other words, the proper role of banks should be underwriting — lend money, hold the debt, and bear the risk. Which is a long - winded way of getting to the main point of this posin the purest Hayekian senses. That is, banks are or should be specialists in risk assessment and risk taking. They should know their client, understand the local market and have their pulse on the broad economy. Arguably, if properly structured, they can and should do this better than other entities such as governments. In other words, the proper role of banks should be underwriting — lend money, hold the debt, and bear the risk. Which is a long - winded way of getting to the main point of this posin risk assessment and risk taking. They should know their client, understand the local market and have their pulse on the broad economy. Arguably, if properly structured, they can and should do this better than other entities such as governments. In other words, the proper role of banks should be underwriting — lend money, hold the debt, and bear the risk. Which is a long - winded way of getting to the main point of this posIn other words, the proper role of banks should be underwriting — lend money, hold the debt, and bear the risk. Which is a long - winded way of getting to the main point of this post.

For example, my experiments show that character - driven stories with emotional content result in a better understanding of the key points a speaker wishes to make and enable better recall of these points weeks later.

But if they are good in themselves, and if by a «point» you mean some truth about the real world which one can take out of the story, I'm not sure that I agree.

The individual stories still speak at points with qualities of expression characteristic of their origin and background in ancient folklore, when the stories were primarily motivated by etiology of one sort or another, or by the love, simply, of a good story, or by the desire to entertain and to be entertained.

I long to Love, I long to offer grace, particularly to those struggling under their own new Laws, I long to worship, I'd rather write a better story than a point - by - point defense, and I long to really see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

The story is told in terms of kings, servants and debts large and small, and as such it is an exemplary story, as is that of the Good Samaritan, except that it makes the point in reverse.

On this latter point various views were bound to develop, and these views, as well as the legendizing tendency, which is never absent from a growing tradition, were certain to affect the way in which the story of the resurrection was told.

It might be a better parallel if I retold a story from the Gospels and changed some names or details to make a point about something going on in today's world.

see what you have to understand about living in a real world — a world where god is just a story and not real — its a world based on scientific and physical laws that are proven to exist and their effects are measurable... us as humans, mere animals, hold no real power or control aside thru ingenuity which allows us to change our environment to suit us... stay with me here... at this point in human history we ceased to change to suit our environment and started changing it to suit us — thats destruction of the earth to suit one species — that should go over well...

This often shapes the conversation in a much better way, because it allows for a personal story someone can take ownership of — and that provides them with a much more genuine feeling than just arguing theological points.

So I'd rather write a better and real story than a point - by - point defense, and I long to really see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

During the run - up to the papal visit, we all got pretty well inured (if we weren't already) to the way in which the secular Press will take a Catholic news item, sometimes quite small in itself, and then turn it into a major news story which entirely misses the point.

Phrygian to me i sense that you are struggling with issues in your mind that you cant reconcile and these issues are affecting what you believe in your heart and therefore your faith in God.I had something similar happen to me recently regarding the story of the demon possessed man at one point the demons begged Jesus to cast them into the pigs does that mean that Jesus was implicated with the work of satan.It cast my mind into doubt and then i began to question who God is.I prayed and sort the holy spirit for an answer the answer i got was that Gods character never changes he is always holy righteous and sovereign why else would satan ask for his permission.So the answer was that he allowed satans purpose to prevail so that we can see that satans intention is always to destroy it may well have been that the pigs were his anyway.As they were for the gentile nations who offered the pigs to their demon Gods.Just as satan can not change who he is the destroyer the thief the liar God can not change who he is when we realise that despite what we see going on in the world God is still the same yesterday today and forever.The time is coming when those that have hurt others will be judged for there wickedness as we serve a holy and just God.Just as it was in the times of Noah so it is with this this generation that as the wickedness reachs its zenith then the Lord will return to judge the nations.He is coming again and we need to be ready it is not a time to be caught sleeping.brentnz

My point is that rather than look for the most correctly indoctrinated, we shld appreciate the heart that is correctly turned toward the good, regardless of the doctrines they may confess.We don't know the doctrines of the Roman Centurion or if he even had any, but the story suggests his heart and will were in the right place.I don't read that Jesus took credit for it.Don't let the Pauline «sub-narrative» blind you to the «grand narrative.»

We can certainly choose what seem to us the most appropriate models, we can operate what seem to us the most suitable qualifiers; we can develop what seem to us the best stories, but we can never guarantee that for a particular person the light will dawn at a particular point, or for that matter at any point in any story.

Your points really have no more importance than those who wonder which type of wood makes a better wand in Harry Potter stories.

The book is especially strong at pointing out links between the stories, especially the parallels between the pairings of Isaac and Rebekah and Judah and Tamar; both women covered their faces before meeting the men, both meetings occured near a well with a name that puns on the act of seeing, and both have twins who struggle in the womb, with one twin associated with the color red.

Zeus Kreiszchte «The fact that the story of a Great Deluge happened to be popular in the region is no surprise, but that does not prove that «god did it» @Chad «good point, it's popular because it actually happened, looks like you are acknowledging that... does nt prove that God did it, however, it does demonstrate that the bible is accurate, and that your comment about it being «ripped off» from some other ancient tale is nonsense..

But if you persist in your wrongness once it's been pointed out, well, that is a different story.

i am not sitting on my couch with my laptop and peeing in my pants, but it's gotten to the point where every time i look away from my manuscript * i feel the imaginary magnetic stress - induced pull to come back and edit this bagel dog recipe or find a better way to tell the eggboy fart story.

Some in the United camp pointed to the stats, which show that Welbeck actually scored 10 goals and featured in 36 games in his last full season as a United player, but as we know all too well, stats rarely tell the whole story.

As Whitney McIntosh pointed out in the linked story, however, Manfred not thinking this is a big deal doesn't mean the MLBPA feels the same, and the whole process has a third party, the NPB, to consider as well.

It is a different story for Watford, who were the better team until Vokes» equaliser, as they lost for a third time in four matches, and though still nine points above the relegation zone they should not encounter any late - season drama.

There's also the story of the team who were deducted 76 points in Romania (all the best, lads, you're going to need it) as well as a chat with Kaka, Gerrard, Lampard, Pirlo & Co..

That story is of course already familiar to many, including those from well beyond Tyneside: the «Entertainers» tag, new signings Les Ferdinand and David Ginola combining with existing talent to play scintillating football, the 12 - point lead in early January, the 4 — 3 defeat at Anfield still regularly hailed (rightly or wrongly) as the best game the Premier League has ever seen, Kevin Keegan's «I will love it if we beat them» rant, a Cantona - and - Schmeichel - powered Man United scenting blood and recording a relentless series of 1 — 0 wins (including one at St James» Park in which we battered them senseless) to claim the title with all the remorselessness of a lion tracking down a wounded gazelle.

Here's the point: if your child sleeps in her cleats, nags you to stay late after practice and shows up in the team meeting room with a face full of cotton two hours after breaking her nose saying she's «good to go tomorrow» (true story) you know you have a kid who wants to play.

Sherrie Jo's story points out the importance of good breastfeeding help in overcoming the difficulties that may result from birth interventions.

SUNNY GAULT: Yeah and that's a really good point to make, but Moon I know we kind of got interrupted with your story so continue, tell us more about your experience, it sounds like your first two, not so great experiences in hospitals?

It's a long story but despite a natural birth, plus breast feeding my daughter as soon as she was born and having her constantly on my breast for the first few days my milk never came in, it got to the point my baby was becoming very unwell and not thriving, I was transferred to a mother abby ward and given access to the best location consultants the Melbourne had to offer and a paediatrician.

The point of the stories is to own the choices you've made in your birth, feel good about them and don't go into it with a ton of fear, no matter what your choice is.

If Anne were not coming here with her disingenuous pro Pink Slime beef industry advert cloaked in a feel good family story, there would be no need for my pointed comments.

As a couple of folks have pointed out in email discussions this morning, AOL's own new news - gathering and story - writing process is evolving towards an emphasis on web traffic, online video, quick turnaround and high - volume publishing, all characteristics that HuffingtonPost has emphasized as well.

This past weekend, I partnered with my colleagues Senator Jeff Klein, and Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, in retelling the story of the Three Kings, while giving out toys to children of the Sack Wern & Clason Point sections of my district, as well as the Holy Cross School.

A. Cho's story «Commitments, ideology clash over research spending» (News Focus, 11 November 2011, p. 754) points out far - reaching priority choices that may have to be made by the Office of Science in a flat budget scenario that can not accommodate ongoing domestic projects as well as the increasing contribution to the $ 23 billion international fusion experiment, ITER, in France.

«I would argue that [more than] 10,000 data points really tell a better story,» says hydrogeologist Donald Siegel of Syracuse University in New York, whose team published the new study online this month in Environmental Science & Technology.

They point to errors in the media, misunderstood and ignored research, as well as stories from real women around the world to underscore their message.

Melani offers a lot of hilarity and a good dose of optimism in her blog by sharing her stories and giving unheard voices an opportunity to share their unique points of view.

Yes, this is another historical stopping point in the city but given the impact on the local area at the time, and since the record breaking motion picture, The Titanic Belfast provides you with the chance to view where it all began as well as giving you a fascinating insight into the story of the doomed ship.

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The most overrated game I have seen In my life, tell me what is the most important thing in a videogame, yeah the story is very important and this game has a good one but the story is not the most important thing is the gameplay wich this game has not, the «gameplay» if i can call it that is a bunch of QTE and interactive cutscenes and point and click stuff and like I said the story is really good but the gameplay kills it you just move your cursor and watch things happeIn my life, tell me what is the most important thing in a videogame, yeah the story is very important and this game has a good one but the story is not the most important thing is the gameplay wich this game has not, the «gameplay» if i can call it that is a bunch of QTE and interactive cutscenes and point and click stuff and like I said the story is really good but the gameplay kills it you just move your cursor and watch things happein a videogame, yeah the story is very important and this game has a good one but the story is not the most important thing is the gameplay wich this game has not, the «gameplay» if i can call it that is a bunch of QTE and interactive cutscenes and point and click stuff and like I said the story is really good but the gameplay kills it you just move your cursor and watch things happen.

Captain Disaster in Death Has a Million Stomping Boots is a lighthearted and enjoyable point - and - click adventure with a good story and plenty of humour to help overcome the modest presentation and a few noticeable weaknesses.

Yes, it happens and certainly works well in this story, but it is far from the main action beat or narrative high point.

it just started to irritate me, i mean yes the story is good but i just do nt see the point in the religious freak who thinks its more important to speak and spread thje word of god rather than try and get this sale by talking about lubricant which is his job!

The performances are uniformly good and Kelly's effort to tell an unbiased story is admirable, but I Am Michael ultimately delivers more in the way of talking points than drama.

When the dance is finally beat, Robert Baker... or Alabama, there's something endearing enough about the pretty points in cinematography and score work, touching occasions in entertainingly well - paced direction, interesting spots in a colorful story, and across - the - board decent performances - especially the one by Evan Rachel Wood - for the final product to border on decent, ultimately falling under the overwhelming weight of the glaring tonal and narrative incoherencies, flat humor, dramatic contrivances, problematic themes, even more problematic leads, ridiculous story and onslaught of clichés which render Andrew Fleming's «Barefoot» an occasionally charming, but mostly mediocrely misguided romantic dramedy.

Its blaring earnestness and thin characters (all of whom practically wear badges identifying them as good or evil) fail to add nuance to a story that keeps making the same point in virtually every predictable scene.