Sentences with phrase «independent accounting of the facts»

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In the case of Carter Page, the government had at least four independent opportunities before the FISC to accurately provide an accounting of the relevant facts.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

They never really staked themselves on the possibility of a truly pure and independent account of anything anyway, so that to be told that their definitions and descriptions are value - laden, subjective, contextual, and speculative is not the problem it would be for a Continental dualist who accepts still a fact - value distinction and the possibility of purely factual, value - free description.

Mill concludes, however, that although justice may sometimes appear to be a moral standard independent of utility, in fact we can adequately account for the claims of justice only if we view them as derivative from and subordinate to the greatest happiness principle.

«The very fact that there are clear discrepancies between accounts of the operation of this case reinforces the requirement for an independent - not public - inquiry as an essential tool in improving our security services,» Mr Davis said.

As in all the cases we investigate under the executive order, we remain committed to a fully independent review of the facts and an exhaustive and transparent accounting of our investigation.»

Bowker's position on the cost of ISBNs to independent authors — as high as $ 125 for a single ISBN or $ 250 for a pack of 10 — is based on the fact that it must manage and service myriad new comparatively tiny accounts in the still - young era of digital self - publishing.

It can be hard, of course, for independent authors, especially our many newcomers, to take into account the fact that the major trade shows in publishing were created at a time when the industry was different: publishers» chances to advertise their coming lists to buyers and agents» chances to work out deals were the main engines of the realm.

From what I can see, they have no more desire to improve a process which is in fact working quite well than they have to take into account the many other independent lines of evidence which cooberate the averages which are being obtained by means of a scientific methodology.