Sentences with phrase «hobbyhorse of»

This fact underlies my work as an expert, focusing on two aspects of numbers: first, that they are appropriate to the situation, and second — a hobbyhorse of mine — ensuring that advice about financial risk has an array of numbers attached so that the recipient can appreciate the risk (and can focus their attention on the material issues).

So - called «revenue - neutral» carbon pricing — whereby the proceeds are used to fund tax cuts — has long been a cherished hobbyhorse of free - market economists and the odd Republican who favors climate action.

Not exact matches

Jeff Jacoby is riding one of my favorite hobbyhorses.

(Milton, Dryden, Pope, Johnson, Macaulay, Newman, Tennyson all have their personal hobbyhorses to ride, to say nothing of contemporary writers.)

It's not so much a satirical view as a perception that most people are naturally obsessive — the hobbyhorse theory of humanity.

The story also shows that charter schools are much more than a right - wing hobbyhorse — that Democrats, too, are capable of using them to buck the system.

Again, annoying at first, but it becomes kind of fun, and bounding around in such a hobbyhorse was actually an appropriate check to your ambitions with the 4Runner's 270 - horsepower V6 in this inescapably tall and heavy (4,750 - pound claimed curb weight) vehicle.

Charleston was my father's ministry, his hobbyhorse, his quiet obsession, and the great love of his life.

It wasn't like his other gifts — the basket of candied cherries, the hobbyhorse, the toy drum — not a gift for a child at all.

This new sport of hobbyhorse riding blends rider and mount, and it is this hybridization and fusion that Husain became interested in.

Keyed by Hutchins's clay - headed hobbyhorse, most of the work in the show embraces domestic life, but tentatively and with trepidation.

One of them is the video «hobbyhorse revolution», I mentioned before.

I doubt that hobbyhorse riding could have developed into such a high level of competition if those girls didn't run blogs, or post their exploits on Facebook or Instagram.

For example, in my current show «Rider, Path, and Vehicle» a video on the internet about girls hobbyhorse riding inspired me, and parallel to that I read a lot of Sufi literature.

We spoke with the artist about her current show «Rider, Path, and Vehicle» at the brand new location of PSM Gallery that is filled with an installation of paintings covering layers of influences from Sufi Liturature, comics, hobbyhorse riding, Native Americans» spiritual relation to nature and furry subculture.

A hobbyhorse in that sense, is accessible to anyone and doesn't require a lot of money or years of training.

But patience is not one of the blogosphere's virtues and so there was no shortage of people extrapolating wildly to support their pet hobbyhorses.

[Response: And another example of someone over-extrapolating from the Thompson et al paper in order to promote their pet hobbyhorse.

Looking at the intersection of sustainability and tourism does seem to be a recurring theme on Dot Earth, and I hope it's making people really think about the topic and not just reach immediately for their favorite hobbyhorse.

You can find almost anything here, but if you don't cite your source, there's no way to tell if you read a hobbyhorse post or a bit of something out of context.

You have repetitively intruded your hobbyhorses regarding two topics with which I am not involved — average temperature of Essex and McKitrick; and entropy — into other threads.

may I suggest «a merry - go - round *» for the «piiri pieni pyörii / small circle going around» * Webster Dictionary, 1913 Merry - go - round», n. Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.

For the record, I checked on accumulation of mercury and other toxic metals by Azolla (one of my hobbyhorses).

You should also be cautious about implementing all suggested changes, as each reviewer has a curse of knowledge of their own, as well as «hobbyhorses, blind spots, and axes to grind».