Sentences with phrase «less a history of»

Though illuminating, they seem less histories of a stable and intelligible idea than etymologies of an inconstant but imperishable word — a verbal phoenix that re-arises only to migrate, becoming the label for yet another irreconcilable theory of human individuation.

On the other hand, Hartshorne's approach to the history of philosophy was less a history of traditions and persons than a history of ideas.

They find their corollary in Godard's four - and - a-half-hour miniseries Histoire (s) du cinéma (1988 — 98), which is less a history of filmmaking than it is a long - form essay about all the theories and concepts that were bound together when cinema came into existence.

The series is produced by the trial - graphics company Z - Axis Corporation and is less a history of animation than a history of the company's role in animation.

Most home routers don't even include the ability to see which devices are using which amount of bandwidth at the moment, much less a history of how much data they've downloaded and uploaded this month.

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Canada's history of protectionism, on the other hand (in addition to restrictions on trade between provinces), has resulted in markets that are generally less competitive than those in the large U.S. market and real wages that do not track productivity growth as closely:

The drug at the heart of four lawsuits in New Jersey is insulin — «a century - old medicine that for most of its history cost $ 15 or less,» write Barrett and Langreth, but «whose list price has risen more than 270 percent over the past decade.»

Less heralded by history was a group of six women who worked in wartime secrecy at the University of Pennsylvania, where John Mauchly and Presper Eckert led a team that was building ENIAC, the world's first programmable, all - electronic, general - purpose computer.

But before those last jingly jangles echo from your pockets, take a look back at some bright — and less bright — moments in the history of change.

While cancer and Alzheimer's seemingly don't have that much in common, there is one key link that researchers at MD Anderson think could be useful: People with a history of cancer are less likely to get Alzheimer's, while people with Alzheimer's are less likely to get cancer.

The Low Documentation Loan (LowDoc) Program is a simplified version of the 7 (a) loan for businesses with strong credit histories seeking less than $ 150,000.

Its employees are proud of the company's role in history and encouraged by an environment that's less likely to thwart a promising idea.

But for serious collectors, nothing less than a tangible piece of the film's history will do.

The deal announced late Wednesday comes less than two years after Google bought Motorola Mobility for $ 12.4 billion in the biggest acquisition of Google's 15 - year history.

But it was less a pure business book than a broad piece of social history.

A $ 23 - million construction - equipment and - supply company, Albany Ladder specializes in serving carpenters, roofers, and small - time contractors who've never borrowed money from a bank — much less established a history of responsibly repaying it.

You're also able to see a freelancer's work history and reviews before you hire them, which makes it less of a stab in the dark than other hiring methods.

A climbdown from Ms Lagarde's office is even less likely after the Leftist Syriza government crossed the rubicon and became the first developed country in the IMF's 71 - year - history to default on the world's «lender of last resort» this week.

The factors that influence your score less include length of credit history, credit mix and new credit.

(It's still slightly less revenue than Wall Street analysts were anticipating, but Apple has a history of issuing conservative guidance and then blowing past it.)

If you have a credit score of less than 580 or no credit history, you may have trouble qualifying for a conventional personal loan altogether.

The major index had the biggest point loss in its history, though its recent months of rapid growth means that as a percentage total the dip was less than 5 %.

Length of credit history counts for 15 %, with longer credit histories being considered less risky, as there is more data to determine payment history.

They either don't have a long enough credit history (banks typically want two or more years of extensive history), or their scores aren't high enough (anything less than «excellent» is considered risky).

In the eyes of the DOJ, the merger — one of the largest «in American history,» an agency official told reporters — would result in «higher prices for consumers and less innovation for millions of Americans.»

According to Vanguard, the worst bond market loss in history was less than one - sixth of the magnitude of the worst stock market losses.

You can sometimes overcome a less than stellar credit score by having a low debt - to - income ratio, savings built up, several years of credit history and a good annual income.

That'll have less of an effect on the average age of your credit history (which accounts for 15 % of your FICO credit score).

Parent PLUS loans require a strong credit history, and the maximum amount allowed is equal to the cost of attendance determined by the school, less other financial assistance received.

Less than two weeks after the worst mass school shooting in Florida history, teachers and staff returned to the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for the first of two work days with a rainbow shining in the distance.

Yet April 30th 2008 was no less critical a turning point in the recession's history than these other dates, for it was then that the FOMC, having cut the Fed's target interest rate to 2 percent, resolved to cut it no further — drawing a line in the sand by which it unwittingly helped seal the fate of the US, and world, economy.

Model 2 — Income Portfolios that are designed to generate income for their owners often consist of investment - grade, fixed income obligations of large, profitable corporations, real estate (most often in the form of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs), treasury notes, and, to a lesser extent, shares of blue - chip companies with long histories of continuous dividend payments.

Stocks with a history of consistently growing their dividends have historically tended to perform well and exhibit less volatility in a rising rate environment, while high yielding dividends, often considered «bond - like proxies,» have tended to be more vulnerable (due to their high debt levels) and have historically followed bond performance when rates rise.

Set forth below is the text of a comment that I recently posted to the discussion thread for another blog entry at this site: «But there has also never in the history of the market been a time when we went to a P / E10 level in the 30s and did not see a price crash of 50 percent to 65 percent» And there have never been two such crashes less than 80 years apart.

High Risk — Speculation (H / SPEC) High risk equities of companies with a short or unprofitable operating history, limited or less predictable revenues, very high risk associated with success, significant financial or legal issues, or a substantial risk / loss of principal.

Extremes in observable conditions that we associate with some of the worst moments in history to invest include: Aug 1929 (with the October crash within 10 weeks of that instance), Aug - Oct 1972 (with an immediate retreat of less than 4 %, followed a few months later by the start of a 50 % bear market collapse), Aug 1987 (with the October crash within 10 weeks), July 1999 (associated with a quick 10 % market plunge within 10 weeks), another signal in March 2000 (with a 10 % loss within 10 weeks, a recovery into September of that year, and then a 50 % market collapse), July - Oct 2007 (followed by an immediate plunge of about 10 % in July, a recovery into October, and another signal that marked the market peak and the beginning of a 55 % market loss), two earlier signals in the recent half - cycle, one in July - early Oct of 2013 and another in Nov 2013 - Mar 2014, both associated with sideways market consolidations, and the present extreme.

Price lower than the market, payout ratio less than 60 %, and history of dividend growth.

These periods, amounting to about 38 % of market history, capture a cumulative market loss of over 96 % -LRB--10 % annualized rate of loss), but are less consistent in the profile and severity of those losses.

Lendingpoint — Lendingpoint is one of the preferred options for customers who have a less than average credit history.

We are paying more and getting less, while this government plays on the politics of division, mismanages key files and racks up debt at the fastest rate in B.C. history.

A person with average credit history according to Capital One ®'s underwriters has had less than three years of credit history, and a defaulted loan in the past.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross plans to ask Congress for a major increase in funding Thursday to salvage the 2020 Census, a program beset by cost overruns, poor preparation and a population of Americans who are less likely than at any point in recent history to self - report their existence to the...

Bitcoin's price history from 2012 to the beginning of 2017 shows a fitful rise from less than $ 10 to $ 1,000:

If we look across history for periods of extended range - bound activity in overvalued markets where: a) the DJIA had gone more than a month without setting a 20 - day high or low; b) the DJIA was confined to a range of less than 6 %; c) the DJIA was within 10 % of a 2 - year high; and d) the Shiller P / E was 18 or higher, there are only 7 clusters that fit the bill (1929, 1937, 1965, 1973, 1999 - 2000, 2007 - 2008, and today).

However, due to the size, history and complexity of the Department of Commerce's Bureaus, the current inventory available on commerce.gov / data.json represents less than 1 percent of the actual enterprise.

The history of many secular people is far less bloodstained than their christian counter parts.

Russ Christian thinking at its best, 5 billion people totally ignore or think the bible is just another poorly written of fiction, sure to your lot it may be the most influential book in history, not so much to everyone else and is getting less and less influential as time goes by.

the number of xtians persecuted compared to the total number of grisly mass murders and genocides in human history if probably less than 1 %.

That's according to Streep (and more or less backed up by history), who aired some of this laundry while presenting an award to Emma Thompson, who just starred in Saving Mr. Banks, a movie about Disney himself.

So today, America's conservatives need less of the Reagan-esque optimism and the knee - jerk patriotism and more of the hard wisdom about democracy one gains from political philosophy, and from a more realistic assessment of our own history.