Sentences with phrase «knee jerk reactions which»

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So you do see the knee - jerk reaction, which is a ballistic missile is fired over the Sea of Japan, over Hokkaido, Japanese yen rallies.

Many investors are prone to knee - jerk reactions in times of market turmoil, Spada said, moving into fixed income when the going gets rough, or halting contributions altogether, which can hurt their future account balance more than any investment strategy they select.

Osborne described the decline as a knee - jerk reaction to reports of rising interest rates and rising wages, which affect stock prices, he said.

Just came out of a bad church situation in which I was disrespected as an educated woman, so that was a knee - jerk reaction on my part.

Rather than «knee - jerk» reactions, one way or another, we have to ask how a term is being used by Christians and non-Christians alike, whether its use has been transformed by the Christian message and whether it assists in communicating that message to the culture in which Christians find themselves.

Perhaps this kind of reaction is become a pet peeve of mine, because it seems that every time the truth is spoken in love there is a knee - jerk response, not to refute the arguments (which would be a perfectly legitimate response), but to demonize the speaker as «hateful», etc..

Yet people are laughing at the Mets for this mess, which seems like a knee - jerk, if somewhat understandable, reaction.

So here we go with an article which will be considered by many to be a knee jerk reaction to yesterday's appalling performance but is in actuality more related to the state of play at the club the problems with our manager and ultimately the utter lack of ambition from the board.

There's a LOT of stuff which gets discussed that I don't agree with but I always try to be respectful and give replies to people based on actual knowledge and not just knee - jerk reactions.

Acknowledge the incidence wherever he was at his next speaking engagement since he was not in the country but still had to show leadership Instead, our president's Twitter account handlers begun a knee - jerk reaction by tweeting on social media about the incidence and in such an infantile and useless manner, this was done on three occasions which demonstrates a lack of clear thought to convey one simple message.

Labour's shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander today accused the Prime Minister of a «fairly knee - jerk reaction which... may well have been driven more by politics than by a considered judgment of the needs of the constitution».

«What I rejected before was a knee - jerk reaction,» in which lawmakers immediately proposed legislation that hadn't been thought through when a gun tragedy happened, Higgins said in the interview.

Wrong diagnosis will lead us to knee - jerk reactions and piecemeal solutions, which will in turn simply make the situation worse.

The two also took opposing sides on the state's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act, with Serino saying she would vote to immediately repeal the gun - control law, which she called a «knee - jerk reaction to a tragedy.»

«We do sometimes get knee - jerk reactions,» says Sugden, which «don't go down very well with editors.»

Supetube, I think what I've discovered about Mann's films (and PE was the first in which I was hyperaware before I entered the theater so it helped in digesting the film) is that my knee - jerk reaction is to see them as technically accomplished but strangely hollow.

This would appear to be a knee - jerk reaction to PlayStation Plus, which has proven to be more than slightly popular.

In a global political environment in which knee - jerk reactions to Islamic radicalism have become the norm, Timbuktu's study of the violent repercussions of religious power is shocking for its patient, nuanced approach.

«Spider - Man» frequently falls victim to easy sentimentality — the knee jerk reaction seems to be «if we want people to care, put a six - year - old on screen» — especially with Peter and Gwen's on - again / off - again relationship which doesn't develop so much drive in an endless circle, marking time until the climax.

This knee - jerk reaction was inspired by a viewing of the terrible 2012 comedy Wanderlust which paired him with Jennifer Aniston.

A knee - jerk reaction will start a long string of inflammatory emails which will lead nowhere constructive.

Most often the only visible evaluation is the reaction sheet handed out at the end of a cpd session, which is little more than a knee - jerk response to the session itself and too often reflects the mismatch between the content and the existing knowledge of the participant.

And yet, «active» managers like Hylland Capital will be criticized for «picking stocks», while the committee members that decide on which companies should make up the S&P 500 will be praised for their «passiveness» despite them making more knee jerk reactions to market performance than we have.

was finally released, the pound jumped even higher as a knee - jerk reaction because the report looked good on the surface, with the jobless rate for the three months to September unchanged at a record low 4.3 % and the number of people who claimed unemployment benefits increasing only by 1.1 K in October, which is less than the expected 2.9 K increase.

And when the U.K.'s latest jobs report was finally released, the pound jumped even higher as a knee - jerk reaction because the report looked good on the surface, with the jobless rate for the three months to September unchanged at a record low 4.3 % and the number of people who claimed unemployment benefits increasing only by 1.1 K in October, which is less than the expected 2.9 K increase.

And that caused the Aussie to drop as a knee - jerk reaction because employment only saw a net increase of 3.7 K in October, which is way below expectations that the Australian economy would generate between 17.5 K to 18.8 K jobs.

Those in favor of his suspension generally point out that America's 1st Amendment guarantee of free speech only protects you from government interference regarding political speech (and does not prevent employers from exercising their rights to discipline employees), whereas those defending Robertson have been quick to lament the knee - jerk reaction to those expressing counter-progressive cultural beliefs in a very clumsy fashion, and claim there is a double standard in which politically unpopular conservative viewpoints are quicker to result in job terminations than politically unpopular liberal viewpoints that are also clumsily expressed.

However, forex traders were apparently more focused on the disappointing loss of full - time jobs, which was the biggest since July 2010, since the Loonie's usual knee - jerk reaction to the better - than - expected reading for net employment change was only very brief.

Despite the knee - jerk reaction to sell telecoms when interest rates start creeping up, investors should take solace in the very secure and stable business that BCE runs, which has been rewarding shareholders for well over a century.

I will say this: My immediate, knee - jerk reaction is to blurt out Bionic Commando on the NES as my all - time favorite game (or if you want to try it yourself but can't, Bionic Commando: ReArmed on PSN and XBLA is a tremendous remake)(additionally, that name could also be RearMed, which always hits my funny bone).

My initial knee - jerk reaction to this statement is to cite dozens of examples in which video games are artistic including everything from the sweeping dramatic camera movements in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to the engrossing storyline behind Chrono Trigger to the 8 - bit color tiles that make up the sprites of Super Mario Bros..

It found that Lambeth had adopted suspension as a default position and it was largely a knee - jerk reaction, which was sufficient to breach the implied duty of trust and confidence.

CCLA continues to argue against disproportionate knee - jerk reactions to terrorist threats — such responses overlook the robust broad powers already existing in the Criminal Code and other laws in place — and argue for more and more state powers and new offences which may cast a far - too - wide and ineffective net, while simultaneously threatening to normalize exceptional powers.

Whilst compliance with the requirements of the charity regulators and avoidance of reputational damage are crucial issues, third sector organisations should also always bear in mind that general employment law still applies to their employees and any disciplinary process should always be carried out carefully avoiding «knee jerk» reactions which could give rise to legal liabilities such as unfair dismissal.

Your knee - jerk reaction may be to shake your head in disbelief, which is understandable.

In addition, the ban could take away potential revenue to the government from crypto exchanges, and instigate a crypto market price drop «due to the knee jerk reaction in which prices got impacted».

Suddenly there is a massive knee jerk reaction to meet a self - imposed deadline which drives everyone mad!

Note: If anyone, anonymously launches attacks against my / our thoughts herein, claiming that we are simply arrogant by nature, they mark themselves as simply defending their indoctrinated belief systems from an emotional standpoint, which is really just a negative knee - jerk reaction (with emphasis on the jerk part).

Unlike the knee - jerk reaction of the government and OREA, which, as you point out, doesn't actually fix anything.

The knee - jerk reaction to Brexit and resulting short - term fallout, which included the freezing of U.K. property market funds, has leveled off.