Sentences with phrase «long on assertions»

The Nunes memo, in short, is long on assertions and short on evidence — and by the end, it has fatally undermined its own reason for existing, providing political ammunition against the Russia investigation.

The first secretary attacked shadow chancellor George Osborne's own assessment of the public finances, calling his Mais lecture «longer on assertion than specific proposals».

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Quick context: On April 12, Alsup ordered Levandowski to provide logs justifying his assertion of the Fifth Amendment, saying that it should not be a long document and that he provide Waymo «enough of the argument so that they can respond.»

Before investors base their expectations on someone's assertion that stocks are «cheap» or «reasonable» based on one measure or another, they should demand similar long - term evidence that the measure is actually strongly correlated with subsequent market outcomes.

On the one hand, their field is flourishing: No longer intimidated by the logical positivists (who denied truth to moral assertions except as expressions of likes and dislikes), thinkers as diverse as Iris Murdoch, Martha Nussbaum, and Bernard Williams are leading the attack against such debilitating philosophical notions as Hume's notorious «Is / Ought» distinction and Kant's simplistic fusion of morality with mere duty.

In our country people are able to speak their minds, challenge, and make assertions all day long, every day without anybody or anything crashing down on them.

This indicates why so many adolescents reject religious beliefs as they hold on to childish views too long and then can not make the adjustment to other ways of thinking about religious stories and assertions.

On the one hand, their field is flourishing: No longer intimidated by the logical positivists (who denied truth to moral assertions except as expressions of likes and dislikes), thinkers as diverse as Iris Murdoch, Martha Nussbaum, and....

Following state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long's assertion that he is too moderate for NY - 23, Matt Dohney is firing back, casting himself as in the same camp on abortion rights as another of Long's endorsed candidates, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio.

In one of the longest sessions in recent memory, Mr. Wylie made a number of jaw - dropping assertions, most significantly that the company's exploitation of personal data had swung the results of Britain's 2016 referendum on leaving the European Union.

What kind of arguments and data support the assertion that ocean circulation can't be responsible for warming on a timescale of decades, and that some sustained forcing (e.g. solar or GHGs) must be causing a long - lived energy imbalance?

What I don't see mentioned, is Weston Prices» assertion (in Nutrition and Physical Degeneration) that when flour is ground and left on the shelf for a long time, the B vitamins oxidize and become less potent.

... I'd be really curious to read your take on Vogue's assertion that long and lean (especially with regard to somewhat high - waisted and flowing pants) is the new silhouette.

He agreed with Meier that management has long been inept and unproductive, but argued that this has been due to incentives — and that he thinks that's entirely consistent with his assertion that teacher unions are having the biggest and most destructive impact on schools today.

From an investment standpoint, it's important to recognize that virtually every assertion you hear that «stocks are reasonably valued» is an assertion that rests on the use of a single year of earnings as a proxy for the entire long - term stream of future corporate profitability.

-- I'd agree with management's assertion that «much of the capital expenditure in recent years focused on larger infrastructure projects which take a longer time to reach maturity in their returns», so I think underlying ROCE is a few % higher (though that may still remain offset by continued investment) & management's 20 % + ROCE target continues to make sense.

«El Anatsui is perhaps the most significant living African artist working on the continent today,» said Baratta, citing his «originality of artistic vision, his long - term commitment to formal innovation, and his assertion through his work of the place of Africa's artistic and cultural traditions in international contemporary art.»

There's a long history of assertions that clouds can be a substantial driver of climate change, distinct from their clear potential to amplify or blunt (depending on the type of cloud) a change set in motion by some other force.

Here's what is required (leaving aside Theresa May's electorally hamstrung inability to deliver much of it): The entire cabinet and every business leader the government's black book can muster, on stage for the launch of the new strategy; an explicit declaration that this, full decarbonization of the economy, is the post-Brexit economic strategy; clear and attractive retail policies, such as a diesel scrappage scheme, tax breaks for green investment, new apprenticeships, a green home building program; an open invitation to all opposition party leaders to share a platform to support the plan with a declaration that while they may not agree on every component they fully endorse the over-arching goal; a willingness to shame those party leaders who play party politics and refuse to turn up; a fortnight - long program where each day sees a new cabinet member explain how the plan will transform parts of the economy; a Royal Commission on the flaws of GDP as an economic measure and the viability of alternative quality of life metrics; and, yes, a brave assertion that carbon intensive industries will have to transform or be scaled back, backed by a decarbonization adaptation fund to help affected communities respond to this global trend.

What kind of arguments and data support the assertion that ocean circulation can't be responsible for warming on a timescale of decades, and that some sustained forcing (e.g. solar or GHGs) must be causing a long - lived energy imbalance?

Limitations on access through terms of use or the assertion of copyright on primary legal materials is contrary to long - standing public policy and core democratic principles and is misleading to citizens.

There has been some rhetoric around the idea that patients will suffer in the long - run through an exodus of professionals to other shores where weekend working is better remunerated, but that statement is as bold and unsupported as the government's assertions on weekend mortality.

Extent of physical injuries — Pain and physical suffering that lingers on for a period of time, and especially ongoing and long - term injuries will add to your assertion of emotional damages.

The public is demanding greater openness about what goes on in courtrooms across the country, and approaches like falling back on sketch artists and smug assertions that the courtrooms are open to attend in person no longer suffice.

Interviewers won't expect you to be 100 % factually correct when coming up with an answer on the spot, so feel free to be creative with your response as long as your assertions are plausible and delivered convincingly.

Your blog entry is long on attitude and short on demonstrable fact... what you present as fact is at best informed assertion... get real: most resumes suck because the writing is poor, typos are common, and the organization is loose... I should spend $ 1,000 for a common sense approach to writing resumes?