Sentences with phrase «less the status quo»

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They were veterans, energized less by their dreams than by the desire to toss grenades over their shoulders as they fled the status quo.

Second, and perhaps more importantly, the Republican Party seems to have consolidated behind the Trump administration's still - fuzzy, though apparently less - extreme vision for the agency — one that still represents a significant departure from the status quo under Trump's predecessors.

So, when searching for your organization's next leader, look for someone with an attenuated dopamine function: someone who is never satisfied with the status quo, someone who wants the feeling of success more than others — but likes it less.

If they do maintain the status quo, mortgage rates would be less likely to rise significantly during the last quarter of 2015.

Most people (or maybe, to be fair, I should limit it to «many people»), it seems, are less interested in actual truth and more interested in finding a status quo that works for them relationally, spiritually, financially or whatever and then doing whatever it takes (or covering up whatever it takes) to protect it.

This constitutional disestablishment of all churches embodied the wisdom of Roger Williams and Thomas Jefferson — the one from his experience with the Massachusetts theocracy and the other from his experience with the less dangerous Anglican establishment in Virginia — which knew that a combination of religious sanctity and political power represents a heady mixture for status quo conservatism.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

It'll be the status quo, just a lot less of it, allowing players like Bautista and David Ortiz to exist, yet keeping the flips rare enough to appreciate.

While other EPL clubs play Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich in pre-season in order to gauge themselves against the very best, to see what needs to be added to their squad, Arsenal plays Singapore 11, Lyon, Everton etc. to see where we are, this my friend serves two purposes, 1) Maybe our aspiration is no higher than Lyon, Everton and Singapore level and also to pull the wool over our eyes by dominating much lesser teams to generate massive support for the status quo.

It's a flash game (to be played in browser) that tasks you with redistricting given populations to achieve specific goals, for example depriving a surefire opposition candidate of votes, consolidating opposition in one area leaving one opposition candidate with almost all their voters and all the rest with less than enough to win, or just assuring status quo between the two parties by marginalizing uncertainty coming from undecided voters.

And the reason for that, is however much the public may not be keen on the status quo, they are even less keen on the alternatives.

It keeps the status quo when it comes to taxes, adds $ 1 billion in new public education spending and includes expanded child care tax credits and a new $ 163 million initiative making state college tuition free for students from families earning $ 125,000 or less annually.

The proposal would keep the status quo when it comes to taxes, add $ 1 billion in new public education spending and include expanded child care tax credits and a new initiative making state college tuition free for students from families earning $ 125,000 or less annually.

No less than 79 % of those whose first preference is independence named «devo max» as their second choice, as did two - thirds (66 %) of those who would prefer to see a continuation of the status quo.

He contends the UK will get «pretty close to tariff - free trade, maybe slightly less free access than the current status quo» given our trade deficit with the bloc.

Anyone seeking to preserve the status quo is fighting for fewer prevailing wage jobs and less of the affordable housing New Yorkers desperately need.

We must not only effect profound changes in our fight against corruption, but must also overcome the more or less open resistance from individuals or organised interests who make gains from this evil status quo.

In the Downing Street rose garden they promised a new politics, but less than one year on Cameron chooses to stand with the status quo against political change, and Clegg can not credibly stand for change because of his broken promises.

In this presidential race, if you get the lesser evil you want, Hillary Clinton, you get the corporate militarism of the status quo — more economic inequality, war, and climate change.

The paper acknowledges that Slow could offer resistance to the status quo if it was less nostalgic for a so - called golden age of academia.

Some of the meeting attendees favored increased or different regulations, some argued that genome editing should be less strictly controlled, and some wanted to maintain the status quo.

The more that public - sector scientists become invested in the status quo — through industry grants, patents, and the like — the less likely they are to support reforms.

Since the status quo of Red Dead Redemption 2 news is more or less equal to nothing, any announcement counts as «larger - than - usual», but we assume Rockstar won't break radio silence for any kind of minor announcement after all this time.

As Oscar nominations sit less than 36 hours away, all pundits and awards enthusiasts are looking for signs of changing tide or just staying the status quo.

Experience suggests that when parents, policymakers, or civic leaders are made aware of the costs, rules, and protections the agreements impose, they are much less willing to accept the status quo and more willing to back hard - nosed district leadership.

If we don't, history has already provided a glimpse as to what might happen... disruptive innovation compels educators to go against the flow, challenge the status quo, take on the resistance, and shift our thinking in a more growth - oriented way... There is time to go down the path less traveled and create systems of excellence that will be embraced by our learners and in turn better prepare them for their future.

In November 2010, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan presciently observed that, in coming years, educators would «face the challenge of doing more with less,» but warned against discouragement: «Enormous opportunities for improving the productivity of our education system lie ahead if we are smart, innovative, and courageous in rethinking the status quo.»

As this happens, they will be less able to defend the status quo against the relentless challenges of reformers, and there will be more and increasingly stronger reforms - which will undermine their power still further, thus accelerating reforms.

In short, when it comes to the teacher - tenure laws in most states, less than half of teachers and fewer than 1 in 10 Americans prefer the status quo.

Reformers should resist the urge to attack objectives that are less than Utopian — while rejecting those who would settle for the status quo.

Parents are less dissatisfied with the sports status quo.

These flexibilities can not be found in the statutory text, and in the absence of regulations, states may default back to the status quo and take the less risky path by hewing closely to the statute, rather than pushing for more creative solutions that work better in their local contexts.

In each case, he asked whether they expected the status quo, more of X, or less of X.

The defenders of the status quo always want to say they really are for teachers working harder and calling in sick less and missing fewer days and firing truly bad teachers, but they just want to do it another way.

We believe the NEA should focus more on students stuck in the most dire of educational settings and worry less about preserving the status quo for ineffective systems and employees.»

We have also ended the status quo way of doing business with CPS by implementing rigorous private sector procurement practices that will ensure less money ends up in the pockets of vendors and more goes to our schools.

To maintain the status quo of its sports car hierarchy, Porsche has always made sure that the Boxster had less power.

John — So help me understand why you're defending the status quo — In which publishers collude to fix author royalties at 15 %, and in which e-books earn you ~ 1.65 less per sale and them ~ $ 2.50 more than p - books — so aggressively?

I'd like to think that people were there for the actual art exhibition, which was billed as an all - female, all - nude art show where 20 women artists, aged 21 to 60 - something, from Russia, Chile, and beyond, «explore a perspective less chartered, that of a woman's eye on another,» and in the process «challenge the status quo with a liberating and authentic beauty.»

Consider that combating climate change requires nothing less than a radical restructuring of how the world makes and uses energy, and consider the overwhelming level of public concern it would take to impose such sweeping changes on the vested interests profiting by the status quo (and let's be honest... to impose such changes on a public comfortable with the status quo).

The tide is turning Rob Ellison — sorry if your pecuniary interests in maintaining the status quo somehow suffer, but at least a few billion others will benefit from less economic waste and misuse of agricultural land and products.

Customers can expect average household bills of around # 1,285 in 2020, over # 100 less than if the status quo continues, says the EGPS.

As the list goes to show, there are less wasteful ways than the status quo.

You should know what impact a death or divorce would have during a short lived marriage for someone in your shoes because you start trying to change the rules, because you might be surprised to learn that the status quo is less unfair than you believe it to be.

Gen Y are far more excited about technology and less about preserving the status quo.

Doing better - than - reasonable in the family court is unlikely and, if the family court believes the status quo to have been generous to one's client, the family court is likely to be less generous — and perhaps make one's client pay some temporary attorney's fees.

Nor is outside the «more informal, more private, less hierarchical, and more contractual rule making can also offer competition between rule makers and enforcers that gives citizens more choice to address grievances» a solution to a society's anti-democracy status quo.

While individuals like Mark Carney — a Canadian economist who serves as Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the G20's Financial Stability Board — claim that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have «failed» and thus pose no threat to traditional financial institutions, others less invested in the status quo aren't so sure.

Other countries including Turkey, Venezuela and New Zealand also hit new record highs in their respective fiat currencies, yet factors behind the numbers are likely less directly related to the Chinese status quo.

Everyone is leery of breaking away from the status quo out of fear, and real estate transactions are no different - we accept that we will pay 3 % of the sale price to a sellers agent (in my case, $ 12 grand because if we don't, horrible things will happen - we won't sell the house quickly, we will sell for less, we won't get prompt and professional service, etc..