Sentences with phrase «less than the textbook»

Note that for some women with less than textbook cycles (i.e. irregular cycles, ovulatory disorders, etc) it can more helpful to look at the underlying data and overall chart trends as opposed to simply relying on the color coding.

Yet either way, the «optimal» rate is still less than the textbook Pigovian rate, which would normally set the carbon tax equal to the «social cost of carbon» which we assumed was $ 20 / ton in our example.

That's less than the textbook 5 - year rule Americans have been conditioned to honor when debating renting vs. buying — the theory goes, if you plan to stay in a home for more than 5 years, it's more financially beneficial to buy.

Not exact matches

That fits the textbook definition of a «value stock» with a PEG ratio of less than 1.0.

Stormy told In Touch, «[The sex] was textbook generic,» while discussing the fling they had less than four months after Donald's wife, Melania, gave birth to their son, Barron.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

This is partly because the problems of the Church today are less quotable and dependent on idiotic liturgies or heretical textbooks than was the case from the late 1960s and through to the 90s.

Now he must teach, and preach, and express what he had so far been able only to set down in the margins of his textbooks, or give to his students, or express informally to his brethren, who were not always either interested or in agreement, though never less than aware of his gifts.

Its abilities are no less than astonishing, and yet coconut oil remains a relatively undiscovered gem in the medical community (who seems to have its communal head so far up its... er, textbook... that it refuses to acknowledge the healing power of traditional foods).

I'd first read about H.M. in my freshman psychology textbook at college, in the fall of 1971, less than twenty years after the experimental surgery that robbed him of most of his existing memories and also of ability to form new ones.

Overturning textbook knowledge, the researchers discovered that the trees «exhale» less carbon dioxide during the day than previously thought, and that forest photosynthesis doesn't decline over the course of the summer.

She's a textbook case of an actor who's strength depends on the director and script, not one who transcends less - than - great material.

When I started in education, I taught in Montgomery, Alabama, a small city in a state with much less access to customized textbooks and resources than larger and wealthier cities and states.

A History of the United States, a fine textbook written by the late Daniel Boorstin and Brooks Mather Kelley, was in fact criticized in professional journals for its less - than - admiring treatment of the Sixties revolutionaries.

Some states, such as Indiana and Florida, already collect data on textbook adoptions, but even if it were necessary to collect data from a new sample of schools, the study would likely cost less than $ 2 million annually.

As advocated by Russ Whitehurst and Matt Chingos, the search for more effective curriculum materials can yield outsized bang - for - the - buck, because schools are already buying textbooks and better textbooks do not cost more on average than less effective ones.

$ 58 million over two years for textbooks and digital resources — less than half of what the House has proposed.

That is less than a third of the nearly $ 10,000 per student that the Greenwood Public School District spends while not being able to provide basics like textbooks to take home.

Does that mean, at the first sign of less - than - stellar test scores, our schools should jettison the ideals of their mission and bring in basal textbook programs, no - excuses discipline and test prep?

The ability to break off and digest information in chunks is much less daunting than a textbook of information, which means learners are more likely to be motivated to try.

Although many districts and professionals are understandably feeling the pressure of the impending Smarter Balanced assessments and will be tempted to rely exclusively on the scope and sequence of the textbooks they adopt, this strategy may be less than ideal in the long run.

School systems blame a shortage of qualified teachers — less than 20 percent say they feel competent enough to teach personal finance — and funding need for textbooks as challenges to incorporating financial literacy in curriculums.

Two textbooks mentioned technology on less than 10 % of the pages, while one mentioned technology on over one fourth of the pages.

He says the House and Senate plans are less «comprehensive» than Cooper's budget, bypassing sharp funding increases in textbooks and digital materials.

Unlike both generations of R8 the new TT RS Roadster does more or less read from the very well thumbed Audi dynamic textbook — huge grip and traction, plenty of body control and lots of stability, but gentle understeer beyond the limit and not much by way of excitement — but it does so while feeling lighter on its toes and more agile than ever before.

Welp, it's Columbus Day, and while your grade school textbook probably filled you in on the basics (he sailed across the Atlantic ocean blue in 1492 to «discover» the «New World,» etc.), there were also a few, uhm, less - than - pleasant outcomes to his journeys around the Americas — namely slavery, genocide, widespread disease, and generally tyrannical behavior.

With more than 90 % of the same core titles offered by major print publishers, the company's eTextbooks can be purchased for up to 60 % less than the cost of new print textbooks.

«Even if the schools have not adopted digital textbooks, we wanted to give parents the option to have their kids» same textbooks available at home,» said Osman Rashid, CEO and Co-Founder of Kno, Inc. «With digital books priced at $ 9.99 or below, parents can now finally stop their kids from carrying their heavy backpacks to and from school for less than $ 60 for the school year by supplementing classroom materials with interactive textbooks that can be used at home and on the go.»

The Kno's app right now works only on the iPad and the cost of Textbooks ranges between 30 to 50 percent less than the paperback form of the same.

Visit Scholarspub.com to see how we are harnessing these resources to provide quality textbooks for far less than legacy publishers or digital competitors.

According to the website, the average price of an etextbook is $ 60 less than the printed version, and students can annotate, highlight, and run searches within the textbook.

We help you save money on textbooks; don't sell your books to the campus bookstore for sometimes fifty percent less than what you can get online.

New and Used Textbooks — Biblio has millions of college and high school textbooks at an average of 40 % less than retail textbooTextbooks — Biblio has millions of college and high school textbooks at an average of 40 % less than retail textbootextbooks at an average of 40 % less than retail textbook prices.

Much less than the average student spends on textbooks each year.

Luckily, ebooks are substantially less expensive than traditional textbooks.

Less than half of students now purchase a current version of their assigned textbook, down from 62 percent in 2010.

You might sell it for less to help your friend out with a cheaper textbook than they could find online.

In this picture I show the confirmation email of my order at Amazon done less than a week ago compared to the prices for the same textbooks done at Chegg.com.

In less than a day I was able to get all my textbooks for 50 % of the retail price.

Buy Used — Used textbooks, whether purchased online at a place like Amazon or even at your campus bookstore, are much less expensive than brand new.

Buprenorphine takes longer to take effect, and lasts less time, than veterinary textbooks indicate.

It's a textbook free to play micro economy using players» natural inclination to be total dicks to one another to rob customers of their time and effort while putting pressure on them to participate by making online involvement vastly less time - consuming than remaining offline.

(I'm more agnostic on that, mostly because I think that «capitalism» as a real - world phenomenon is much less well - defined than textbook definitions actually capture, but also because I'm frankly fairly ignorant on the topic.)

Such textbooks are a support service that is much less quality - controlled and effective than that which I have described above.

Over a decade ago, Petitioner Kirtsaeng discovered that Wiley sold English - language textbooks in Thailand for far less than they were sold in the United States.

Such class reading supplements represent 2 percent of textbook sales, a «total just less than a quarter of a billion dollars.

Correct textbook for my class; packaged with accompanying CD; while I was less than happy about how long it took to get the book, I am very pleased with the book itself.

Here's what Kiplinger's personal finance magazine says college students don't need: New textbooks, a high - end computer, a printer, a pricey smartphone plan, cable TV (watch streaming videos on a computer), a car (especially for freshmen), overdraft protection on bank accounts, campus health insurance (assuming coverage under the family's health plan) and private loans, which carry higher interest rates and less flexible repayment plans than federal loans.