Sentences with phrase «lend some credence at»

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At worst it lends credence to the argument that, contrary to received wisdom, central banks are in fact political actors rather than neutral custodians.

Nevertheless, the very fact that chart pictures of this type make their appearance, as a rule, only at the end or at the final phases of a long Bull Market, lends credence to our characterization of them.

In the past few years, a measurable downturn in Canadian manufacturing jobs has lent credence to the suspicion that increased FDI has a negative impact on employment at home.

There are already tight betting lines on Spears making an appearance, which lends credence to the idea that Las Vegas is at least open to the possibility — and it would be the fun nostalgia bomb the show current is lacking.

Subsequently, by virtue of defining that an adult and infant are unable to safely sleep on the same surface together, such as what occurs during bedsharing, even when all known adverse bedsharing risk factors are absent and safe bedsharing practices involving breastfeeding mothers are followed, an infant that dies while sharing a sleeping surface with his / her mother is labeled a SUID, and not SIDS.26 In this way the infant death statistics increasingly supplement the idea that bedsharing is inherently and always hazardous and lend credence, artificially, to the belief that under no circumstance can a mother, breastfeeding or not, safely care for, or protect her infant if asleep together in a bed.27 The legitimacy of such a sweeping inference is highly problematic, we argue, in light of the fact that when careful and complete examination of death scenes, the results revealed that 99 % of bedsharing deaths could be explained by the presence of at least one and usually multiple independent risk factors for SIDS such as maternal smoking, prone infant sleep, use of alcohol and / or drugs by the bedsharing adults.28 Moreover, this new ideology is especially troubling because it leads to condemnations of bedsharing parents that border on charges of being neglectful and / or abusive.

The list comprises of 26 portfolios which obviously lend credence to the intent of the Presidency to cut the number of ministries at the federal level.

In fact, many of the candidates, which included David Clegg, Antonio Delgado, Brian Flynn, Gareth Rhodes and Pat Ryan, found themselves ranked simultaneously near the top and the bottom at the same time, apparently lending credence to theories that each had a sizeable number of adherents.

These findings lend credence to the fast - pebble - collapse theory of planetesimal formation, says Joseph Masiero, an astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Calif., who was not involved in the work.

But the results do lend credence to the idea that which way someone sways on Election Day is at least somewhat mediated by biological factors, the researchers say.

Regardless of how Planck expressed his belief that senior scientific stars are often loath to accept ideas that threaten their views, the paper's «results lend credence» to the notion, write Pierre Azoulay of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge; Christian Fons - Rosen of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics in Spain; and Joshua S. Graff Zivin of the University of California, San Diego, in their National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper.

This discovery lends credence to the controversial idea of forcefully injecting water or steam into faults at the base of an unstable flank to trigger the stress - relieving earthquakes needed to let it down slowly.

(Here in Boston, the only press screening was scheduled at the same time as one for the local - media - fellating juggernaut Spotlight, thus lending credence to my suspicion that certain publicists sit around plotting ways to keep people from writing about their films.)

The latter part returns to the question of whether the myth might have some basis in truth, lending very interesting credence to the idea while at the same time raising doubts.

For example, by directing teachers to focus more individual attention on each student — or to encourage them to study and learn at their own pace, focusing on topics of their choosing — we might be lending credence to the notion that public education is a private commodity rather than a public good.

The Corvette C7.R is not currently competing in the series, but the car did undergo FIA WEC - specific Balance of Performance adjustments this week, lending further credence to the rumors about its possible appearance at the Circuit of The Americas.

These results also lend credence to recent reports that News Corp. is developing a paid Apple iPad - centered newspaper, to be launched at the beginning of next year.

While we aren't selling this as 100 % concrete, the boys over at Boygenius are lending a little more credence to our pre - sale / release date for the Motorola Cliq.

Player feedback and studies by game design psychologists lent more and more credence to the idea that gamers prefer new challenges as they gain skill and proficiency at a style of game.

In the case of Andromeda, EA's recent tease of and announcement at this years CES in January does seem to lend credence to the leak given the fact that CES is the only large press event between now and March.

A pause would, at least in part, discredit arguments for global warming and lend credence to skeptics who argue the climate goes through a natural cycle of changes.

As a layman arguing with other laymen (and women), it is good to know that there is at least one prominent society that does not lend credence to the consensus.

The event came on the heels of closed - door discussions of the topic at AEI and «a cascade of carbon - tax advocacy in recent days from the chattering classes and a slate of academic work over the summer,» as the Wall Street Journal noted, lending credence to the newspaper's article title: «Carbon Tax Idea Gains Wonkish Energy.»

Or see the proof In A Huge Breakthrough, Google's AI Beats a Top Player at the Game of Go which lends further credence to the idea that computers are getting closer to mimicking human intelligence and thus are not quite as «dumb» as they once were?

Less than two weeks before Apple's rumored March 21 media event, where the company is expected to announce a new 9.7 - inch iPad, more aftermarket cases for the iPad Air 2 successor have appeared on Chinese commerce website Alibaba.The case below, like others before it, has openings for a Smart Connector, four speakers, and a LED camera flash, lending credence to rumors claiming the tablet once tentatively referred to as «iPad Air 3» will instead be a miniaturized iPad Pro.Aftermarket case for new 9.7 - inch iPad (Image: iGeneration) A dummy insert provides a closer look at how the ports could be aligned on the new iPad, including a power button, 3.5 mm headphone jack, and two speakers on the top; Lightning connector and two speakers on the bottom; volume buttons and a microphone on

At Nokia's N9 today at Communiasia in China, CEO Stephen Elop also lent credence to earlier rumblings that the WP7 devices would arrive in Q4 this yeaAt Nokia's N9 today at Communiasia in China, CEO Stephen Elop also lent credence to earlier rumblings that the WP7 devices would arrive in Q4 this yeaat Communiasia in China, CEO Stephen Elop also lent credence to earlier rumblings that the WP7 devices would arrive in Q4 this year.

More Nexus 8 leaks are lending credence to the possibility of a launch at Google I / O, as we receive word that the device may feature a 64 - bit NVIDIA CPU.

We're hearing the HTC Touch Pro 2 and Touch Diamond 2 — specifically the AT&T versions, which would lend credence to recent musings by Engadget that we'll finally see the keyboardless phone on the same network at the iPhone.

At the same time, the prototypes showed no rear - mounted fingerprint scanner, lending credence to the claim that Samsung would launch the Galaxy S8 with in - display fingerprint authentication.

Lee also mentions that the company is looking at implementing iris / retina scanning technology for its next flagship, lending credence to the plethora of rumors that have been swirling around in the last few months.

The findings, conclusions and recommendations generated through this study should be of interest to educators in the field of early childhood programs for at - risk populations as a means to lend credence to the need for parenting education programs as a valid component in these programs.