Sentences with phrase «less than the progress»

And so, NGOs and media and governments go out and try to figure out what was the progress achieved, if any, and establish the general belief that any progress is less than no progress at all.

Not exact matches

Spending less than 1/5 of that time making progress against my most important tasks is well worth it.

'' [A] s technological progress allows the exchange of goods and ideas over longer distances and among larger groups of trading partners, other people become more valuable alive than dead, and they are less likely to become targets of demonization and dehumanization,» Pinker wrote.

AlphaGo Zero also uses an order of magnitude less compute power than the previous versions of AlphaGo, suggesting that it's the algorithmic advances that lead to more progress than compute power or data.

[2] Indeed, to my mind, the value of these initiatives has been less the «integration» aspect than the progress made in enabling eight local bond markets to function more effectively for foreign and domestic investors and, not least, for the governments and other borrowers of those countries.

Kretchmer went to work on the product, social media software for publishers and brands, and when Kalanick thought it had progressed enough, he made 45 introductions to other angel investors in less than a week and agreed to invest in the company himself.

The company changed «in response to a rather prominent and visible legal action, but when you look at what it has been able to do and how much progress it has been able to make, I would assign Denny's less credit than others.»

However, considering the standards that Cardano set for itself, there's no surprise that progress moves more slowly than the less scrutinized blockchains that make up the rest of the top ten.

Danny has made nothing less than groundbreaking progress in a very short amount of time with Search Engine Land and from all accounts, the SMX conference.

The book, «Mutav Lehizaher K'dei lo Lehitzta'er» (which translates roughly as «Better Safe Than Sorry»), published privately by Ella Bargai and Nitai Melamed, appears to be making significant progress in making the issue less of a taboo topic within the Haredi world.

In global terms the forces of business which are in the process of taking over the affairs of human beings have created a momentum nothing less than a pandimonic progress of the Gadarine Swine.

Most current debates in bioethics have less to do with technological progress than with moral permissions.

... [Americans] have become a nation that may defy every foe but that most dangerous of foes, herself, destined to a majestic future if she will shun the excess and perversion of the principles that made her great, prate less about the enemies of the past and strive more against the enemies of the future, resist the mob and the demagogue as she resisted Parliament and King, rally her powers from the race for gold and the delirium of prosperity to make firm the foundations on which that prosperity rests, and turn some fair proportion of her vast mental forces to other objects than material progress and the game of party politics.

Our calling is to invite all to turn from gods which are even less than human, and from idols like power, profit, property, creed, class, caste, language, race, success, technocratic progress, managerial efficiency and the ego, and thus experience the fulfilling realization of God's Reign which consists in justice, freedom and fellowship, tender love, universal compassion and equitable sharing of resources.

II.m), parallels the concluding concern of Science and the Modern World with «Social Progress» in the face of a technology that has mastered the invention of inventions and accelerated the pace of occupational change well beyond any past rate, which was always less than one generation per major innovation.

To call that something creative advance or novelty is less ambiguous and less misleading than the term progress.

Pope Benedict XVI has been in office for less than a year, and already there are rumblings of dissatisfaction (in some quarters of disquiet, in others of impatience), aroused by the — so far — slow progress of what everyone seems from the beginning to have assumed will be one of the new pope's priorities: the reform of the Roman Curia.

It is far rarer, significantly less infectious and progresses more slowly to AIDS than HIV - 1.

Among them: determining what constitutes acceptable state tests; establishing criteria by which to approve a state's school accountability plan; defining «qualified» teachers; and deciding how broadly to interpret a clause that lets schools avoid sanctions if their students make lesser gains than those required under the bill's «adequate yearly progress» provision.

I've been blogging less than 6 months and my photos are definitely progressing, but I still have so much room to grow!

The team has already made amazing progress under her leadership in less than a term and thanks to her we have a whole new set of fresh faces eager to play.

The point was enough to allow Arsenal to progress through to the knockout stages of the Europa League with two games to spare but the performance from the Gunners was less than impressive.

Progressing to the Champions League knockout stages as Group C winners should be considered an achievement for a club that were playing in Ligue 2 less than 2 years ago, but the days of big money signings appear to be over.

In less than a month the Heisman race will begin in earnest, with media charting the players «Äô weekly progress.

as a matter of fact it would be aimless and silly to one moment be putting ourselves out publicly to court talents like mbappe, lemar, asensio, only to backslide in favour of yesterdays man — for us to present our ambition this way is hardly progress and its less than fans deserve.

For Arsenal fans, who have no less than ten players active in the tournament, the progress of Aaron Ramsey will be of particular interest, as his Wales side have the -LSB-...]

Jose Mourinho plans to rotate his squad throughout December after witnessing Chelsea's less than convincing progress to the Champions League knockout -LRB-...)

I've had back labor with a posterior baby that wasn't progressing, and less than 1 day of that, half of it with an epidural, almost broke me.

New born babies eat much less than even 2 month old ones, so parents may start off with 4 ounce bottles and progress to 8 - 10 ounce ones in a few months.

You may begin to feel that you are making no progress, pushing can take time and there is no proof that it is safer for a healthy baby to be pushed out in less than two hours than it is for the healthy baby to be pushed out in four hours.

This report also describes two key indicators that were low at baseline and showed less progress: limiting the provision of fluids other than breast milk to healthy breastfed infants and the provision of optimal post-discharge support.

Within their progress report of the 4th carbon budget, the CCC illustrates that spending on domestic energy efficiency for low income households is currently less than half the required investment to meet statutory targets.

UKIP made progress, but less than it hoped, and the Greens flatlined.

Despite the less than robust economic conditions, I have great confidence in the ability of our team to continue the progress.

ALBANY — Legislative leaders huddled for nearly two hours with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday morning and left far less optimistic about budget progress than when they'd entered.

With less than a month before the first day of school, the state's 10 remaining «persistently struggling» schools still don't know if they've made enough progress to avoid being taken over by an independent receiver.

«Today, the transformation of lower Manhattan is nothing less than spectacular,» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said at a press conference about the construction progress Wednesday.

«This administration has also ushered in significant progress in agriculture, where output has risen in local production and Nigeria is now importing 80 to 90 per cent less rice than in previous years.»

Those with overprotective parents had less grey matter in the prefrontal cortex than those who'd had healthy relationships (Progress in Neuro - Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, DOI: 10.1016 / j.pnpbp.2010.02.025).

«Given that these guys have less than a decade invested in this, they have made tremendous progress,» he says.

«Long - term nonprogressors» is a category of persons whose disease progresses less rapidly than average.

«I hope the role of CSA will be continued as we have made so much progress in just less than 3 years, and there is overwhelming support for the role,» she says, adding that she's briefed Juncker about possible options for the future.

The pretreated rodents were 60 and 40 percent less likely to develop benign papillomas (an early sign of progressing cancer), depending on how the cancer - causing agent was applied, and had far fewer tumors than their untreated counterparts.

Although the less - than - rapid progress triggered some impatience among followers, many others posted their support, suggesting it wouldn't truly be a scientist's march if the process wasn't somewhat slow and deliberate.

That's progress, but it helps those afflicted with the condition less than it may appear: even after the voices in their heads are silenced, their ability to function in society remains blunted by cognitive deficits that make it...

The Secretary shall, not less than 60 days after receiving such report, provide to the President and Congress a report assessing the progress of the Corporation in meeting the objectives of this section.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

Whilst e-cigarettes may be less harmful than tobacco cigarettes, there is concern that despite progress in controlling tobacco use, young people continue to develop an avoidable addiction.

Note that I'm omitting a number of studies that show only small (less than 10 %) increases in maximum mouse life span, and also leaving out some work in progress that looks likely to enhance life span.

Although it appears that the effects of Alzheimer's had been developing for some time in their brains, the symptoms of Alzheimer's were far less progressed than would have been expected.