Sentences with phrase «less a reflection on»

That the best book of 2005 was originally published in 1897 is less a reflection on the weakness of this year's field than it is a recognition of the enduring superiority and importance of Links.

It's less a reflection on time spent away from my partner and more about the extreme amount spent in that tiny room.

He said it was less a reflection on the scientists, whose competency he did not question, but more a workplace culture given to minimizing risks.

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Japan's trade balance for February, which was released on Thursday, is a reflection of the less favorable implications of a rapidly depreciating currency, which has fallen over 22 percent against the greenback in the past six months.

They tell their stories less by way of well - plotted action than by wry reflections on the meaning of their lives and times.

While well - acquainted with the tradition of philosophical reflection on the soul and its relationship to the body, Fr Selman's knowledge of recent scientific research relevant to his subject appears less impressive and his terminology, and even some of his ideas and arguments, can therefore appear outdated or irrelevant.

A corollary of all this that is crucial for Whitehead's reflections on education is the idea that a life led on the level of human existence that is mere dull repetition of value realized in earlier experience is less than fully human.

In tape - recorded conversations, Miller engages liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, big spenders and tax - cutters, politicians, professors and policy specialists — separately and together — in reflection on his proposals, eliciting more or less agreement with this or that plan.

If there was a little more self - reflection on their part, there might be a little less of it on ours.

For Chapman, our own internal state, our feelings and our own reflection on our feelings, is no measure of our progress as Christians — in fact, he goes out of his way to counsel people to think about their internal state as little as they possibly can («The less we look into ourselves the better»).

The same Directory also speaks of the spiritual climate in which alone there can be a successful ecumenical reception: «The life of faith and the prayer of faith, no less than reflection on the doctrine of faith, enter «into this process of reception, by which the whole Church, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit... makes her own the fruits of a dialogue, in a process of listening, of testing, of judging and of living.»

A recent article in the C. S. Lewis Bulletin maintains that while Reflections on the Psalms (Harcourt, 1958) is «one of the lesser known works in the Lewis Canon,» it «remains the one book on the Psalms that would satisfy the general reader in our time» (Carol Ann Brown, «Mirrors of Ourselves: Reflections from the Psalms,» CSLB X: 8, June 1979, pp. 1 - 5).

I have a pile of essays downstairs, I suppose 15 or 18, which are more or less talks I've prepared around the country on all sorts of subjects, but mostly reflections on Indochina and also the nuclear arms race — sometimes from the scriptural viewpoint, sometimes from a purely political one.

A recent article in the C. S. Lewis Bulletin maintains that while Reflections on the Psalms (Harcourt, 1958) is «one of the lesser known works in the Lewis Canon,» it «remains the one book on the Psalms that would satisfy the general reader in our time» (Carol Ann Brown, «Mirrors of Ourselves: Reflections from the...

«(W) hen we bring research on divorce into conversation with rich, emerging bodies of work on social contagion and cultural trauma, we see that bystander effects, while indirect and diffuse, may be no less real or consequential, and that they beckon us to individual and collective reflection on the broader effects of the «divorce revolution.»»

Though it's got enough reflection to qualify it as a documentary (and therefore less rewatchable than gems like Christmas Eve on Sesame Street and A Muppet Family Christmas), this is perhaps the best way to revisit the first two decades of the positively wonderful «Sesame Street» in less than 50 minutes.

But whereas Sendak's 1963 book, which was less than 350 words long, was a fable for children, Jonze's film is more a melancholic reflection on childhood for adults.

There also exists a proper devotion to memory, a sense of vivid recollection that concerns itself less with the politics of India, but one primarily centered on reflections of youth and how we interpret and misinterpret love.

Though it's been rightly celebrated for its guerrilla shoots and nomadic production history — depicting an adolescent's maturation from six to eighteen by reassembling the cast once a year, more or less in secret, for a few days at a time — Boyhood might be most impressive as a reflection on the impossibility of fully capturing what happens in all those «and thens» that constitute a life.

Ideally, this reflection should focus less on whether the idea was a success or a failure, but rather on what the teacher learnt from the process.

On one side I see smart, well - intentioned people continuing to discuss school reform strategies via the illusory lens of achievement, and refusing to acknowledge the ways in which that word has come less and less to reflect any fully conceptualized reflection of the real thing we seek — learning.

Now, occasionally someone puts a safety on a revolver and I have to throw the book across the room; but, there is a lot less of the «description from the reflection» sort of writing with which to contend.

At other intervals the image would look blurred out, less contrasted; while the jetbook pretty much looks the same no matter how you hold it (save for the reflection of the light source on the screen).

This display technology means less strain on the eyes than using, say, an iPad and allows it to be used in direct sunlight without having to worry about reflection or glare.

The currency rates shown on this page are updated less frequently, but are still a close reflection of the rates available to forex traders right now.

More reflection on and analysis of the investment process and less infatuation with what Mr. Market is doing today!

But minor quibbles such as less prominent reflections and small sacrifices to the track texture details aside, WRC3 looks every bit as good as it does on PS3, which is a testament to the capabilities of the preposterously powerful PS Vita.

Car models still look as sublime as they did on home console, sporting realistic reflections and accumulating detailed dents and scratches on the bodywork, but the expansive environment fares less well.

As Claire Messud notes in her reflections on the artist in the exhibition catalogue, «The complex emotions Neel evokes in her art are nothing less than the contradictions of life itself.»

Less photographs than they are paintings using photographic materials (paper and light), the images resemble beautiful fairy - scapes, or reflections on still water.

What was once a scientific approach with accurate representation as the goal, still life is now less fixated on realism, more diverse, and used more liberally as a means of expression and reflection of issues today.

The substance is brutalized, stretched on canvas, snatched, brushed with more or less intensity, flattened, smoothed or put in relief; matte or shiny, the light reflection gives it life.

99 Cents or Less is also a reflection on the realities of a city that once was one of the country's wealthiest, and a global industrial powerhouse.

While Jukkala's approach is less immersive than Guston's, more geometric than gestural, his new work harks back to the stark horizons and looming heads that accompany Guston's reflections on the everyday process of painting.

Titled Single, the show is less a take on celebrity culture and the influence of the internet on our everyday life that we saw in his exhibition Closer in 2014 but an intimate and quite personal reflection of what it means not to be in a serious romantic relationship with someone.

It's a reflection of what was on my mind at the time; if I were to write it now, I might emphasize some parts more or less.

However, this number may be less of a reflection on job satisfaction, and more of a comment on the lack of stability in the industry.

You can worry less about your friend's negative impact on your company's perception on you, but the positive reflection the suggestion of a new and dedicated employee can have.

«For the second month in a row, the price of a single - family home is less than a condominium, a reflection of low inventory in the condo market and a number of less expensive single - family homes coming on the market in recent months.»