Sentences with phrase «longer than the story»

The climate change denial machine has been up and running since at least 1988, 20 years longer than the story suggests.

My preamble is in danger of being longer than my story (the required word count for submissions was 350 words), so without more ado, here we go....

I think that's going a little overboard; your outline could end up longer than the story.

In keeping with the Snapchat's ephemeral nature, the embed doesn't last forever, but with a 30 - day expiration, the map lasts longer than Stories.

Not exact matches

The five - minute blocks had me feeling extremely productive for small tasks that tend to last longer than they should (checking email, brainstorming article ideas, publishing a story online).

Emily's journey began long before Yelp reviews or «That's So Raven» and hearing her story affirmed the depth of her intuition even more than what she'd communicated to me.

But for the first time in a long time, Canada's trade story is bigger than energy.

«Feel good» is a good strategy for an event watched together as a family over a long period where there's time to build a story and a relationship, rather than the Big Game's single chance to break through the clutter.

The State Department and a number of Washington think - tanks have long indicated that the real story about Keystone XL is a lot less exciting than most of its supporters and opponents seem to believe.

And I went on a diatribe about how most of the news media is focused on all the negative stories all day long, because we pay 10 times more attention to negative news than positive news, because we're evolutionarily advantaged to do that.

So on Thursday, when the New York Times published a story alleging that Hollywood mega-mogul Harvey Weinstein has been sexually harassing women for decades — essentially confirming what has long been described as an «open secret» among those who follow the entertainment industry — I knew that no one would understand the story better than Lui.

Long story short, the IRS is more serious than ever about cracking down on cryptocurrency tax evaders, and it has three ways of getting its fair share from virtual token users.

I make this research digression to make the point that real long - term investing success rests more on investment discipline and company - specific research than it does on compelling stories or themes.

Would this article be published if TSLAs market cap was 1billion instead of ~ 50 billion.Of course not.TSLA is much less a story of innovation and technology and much more one of a stock where rampant speculation resulting from Central bank liquidity has pushed its stock to levels completely unrelated to its prospects as a company.Its silly stock market valuation allows it raise cash to keep the charade going much longer than the economics of its business would ever suggest.

Third and finally, the traditional story misses the real function of private banks, which is to solve an information problem in the purest Hayekian senses. That is, banks are or should be specialists in risk assessment and risk taking. They should know their client, understand the local market and have their pulse on the broad economy. Arguably, if properly structured, they can and should do this better than other entities such as governments. In other words, the proper role of banks should be underwriting — lend money, hold the debt, and bear the risk. Which is a long - winded way of getting to the main point of this post.

Remember, the vast majority of the world thinks it's impossible to consistently make more than 10 - 20 % / year returns so everyone eats up boring, conservative, diversified mutual funds and long - term investments, at their most speculative being in giant companies like Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG)... viewing inspirational stories like this turning $ 1,500 into $ 1 million and and this international trader and this teenager with skepticism...

Though the stories run longer than network news pieces, they still too often seem abbreviated, and the program hasn't yet done any real investigative reporting.

Despite a more than 2 - percent decline in Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO)'s stock in reaction to its fiscal first - quarter earnings report, analysts at Morgan Stanley remain bullish on the long - term story.

But the longer - term story in the labor market remains one of strengths: The United States is creating jobs at an average of more than 250,000 a month.

Long story short — she insisted we sell everything the next day (which was also a significant down day); we eventually re-entered the market; I retired at age 53 in 1995; and today, my IRA is 3.5 times greater than at retirement (in spite of zero new $ $ $, 2 more market crashes, and 2 significant RMDs).

Long story short; banks are faster to increase interest rates on mortgages rather than paying higher yield on deposits.

Core ETFs have long been a major component of the ETF growth story, but recent flows suggest the popularity of these generally low cost funds offering broad - based exposure to specific markets and sectors may be stronger than ever with investors, including institutions who may increasingly be using them as an alternative to more expensive futures contracts.

For as long as his story has been told — which, historians tell us, is longer than any other book in the Bible — Job has served as a patron saint of the downtrodden.

They need love, understanding, and ministry other than someone telling them they are going to hell unless they change.Those who are in long term commited relationships are a different story.

Lastly, The Odyssee has withstood the test of time longer than your puny bible, I think it's time we go back to that story, because its older so it must have more significance AND must be truer, I mean, why would it still be around if it wasn't true chad?

What about the fact that the Odyssee has survived for centuries, longer than the bible, by your logic, shouldn't a story that has withstood the test of time and is still reproduced and discussed today deserve to be read?

There's a fairly long list of recent messiah claimants, a number of which, like Vissarion, who are still living and have far more followers than the number usually associated with Jesus during his life in the biblical stories.

And while I don't know the stories of all the millions upon millions of people who no longer attend a Sunday morning gathering, I do know the stories of a couple hundred of them, and by far, most of them have grown closer in their walk with Jesus than they ever had when they were sitting in a pew on Sunday morning.

Yet adult Christian fundamentalists become indignant if their kids no longer accept the story of Genesis as anything other than a parable.

What Rubio said is more important in the long - run than any story about him stopping for a glass of water, but there is an important lesson there.

I wouldn't mind having it for collective and historical signifiance, but all the same I'd rather have a 50 yr old bottle of scotch which will eventually be empty than a 400 yr old book full of stories, and nothing more, that will last for much longer.

These days, the Waukegan, Ill., native is even busier than he has been for a long time — as one of the editors overseeing the recent rebirth of one of America's great magazines, The Saturday Evening Post, writing regular short stories for them and for another revived literary mag, The Strand.

Stories of long - term spiritual growth and fulfillment in church are, in many ways, similar to stories of long - term growth and fulfillment in marriage: what matters more than initial compatibility is long - term commitment to growing together, working through conflict, and learning as broken people to love other broken peoplStories of long - term spiritual growth and fulfillment in church are, in many ways, similar to stories of long - term growth and fulfillment in marriage: what matters more than initial compatibility is long - term commitment to growing together, working through conflict, and learning as broken people to love other broken peoplstories of long - term growth and fulfillment in marriage: what matters more than initial compatibility is long - term commitment to growing together, working through conflict, and learning as broken people to love other broken people well.

I have no qualms with this story if the author is only saying that white people no longer have as easy a time enforcing their world view, which means they get called on b.s. more than ever before.

I long to Love, I long to offer grace, particularly to those struggling under their own new Laws, I long to worship, I'd rather write a better story than a point - by - point defense, and I long to really see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

At night, I picture God, in his love without condition, standing over us while we sleep, clutching his heart over how beautiful we are, longing for more and better for us, knowing us better than we know ourselves, seeing a bigger picture, longing for a deeper relationship and loving us so much that it takes over the entire story.

So I'd rather write a better and real story than a point - by - point defense, and I long to really see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

This week alone, I have listened to stories of bitterness and unforgiveness, adoption struggles, death and sickness, betrayal and addictions, loss and grief, sleepless nights with sick children, and longings unfulfilled in the hearts and lives of people I love and there are more questions than answers.

(132) The energy bursting from this story is admirable, but this is a long way from the problems of an averageCatholic family in Britain, who are more likely to be worrying about what the local primary school is teaching their children, rather than the best way to shoot a rat.

Recognizing that their critique has rendered images of God no longer absolute, feminists have discovered that the religious power structure is reluctant to admit that patriarchal symbols for God are culturally influenced (as if God really were male) or contingent (as if use of a feminine symbol to point to a nonrepresentable God is more inadequate or idolatrous than use of a male symbol) To read Mary Daly or Naomi Goldenberg, to consider Rosemary Ruether's demasculinizing of the Gospel stories or to ponder the renewed attention to «goddess» theology and the development of a lesbian theology is to see the basic language of theological discourse upset and transformed.

We tend to concur in the wise comment that «if the author had an ulterior motive, he concealed it more successfully than is common to story - tellers who write with a purpose»; and, from another source, that the writer «set out to tell an interesting tale of long ago, and he carried out his purpose with notable success.»

I am a stone carver — I affect the stone, and the stone affects me — it is a continuity with the stone — The stone also affects others, and their environment — I am not the stone, and the stone is not me — the stones already have stories, which are not my story in life — It is different experience, than physical and mental, it is a continuity of oneness — without which, I am no longer the stone carver — I animate the stone, and the stone animates me, in my environment — I feel this way about my environment — it animates me, and i in turn animate it — it is my continuity with my environment — These thoughts and thinkings, and knowledges of my soul, my continuities, become my perception of my environment — My environment gives me life, and I give life to my environment --

Some stories enjoy more prominence than others and story - tellers from certain groups have dominated the mic for a long time and continue to do so.

The cycle of stories collected around his name and exploits testifies to his impact on Israel over a long prophetic career; but elements in the cycle partake of the stuff of sheer legend far more than in the shorter Elijah cycle (I Kings 17 - 19,21; II Kings 2 and even II Kings I are of different origin).

Stormy with freezing rain, heavy snow or just glacial with sub-zero temperatures — long story short, we are more often than not staying indoors, except for the necessary grocery trips.

To make a long story short, the movers had trouble with parking the truck, neighbors, and stairs on both ends, and ended up taking more than three times as long as they'd estimated (and quoted me for).

«With Kuvée, not only are we able to extend the life of our wines, but we can share so much more than what fits on a standard wine label — we like the long form perhaps overmuch — like the rich story that lives behind each wine we make.

Guide to appreciating Vin Scully Here's a secret: When you see «* * *», that usually means I'm writing A Longer Story Than Usual, and it will contain Important, Writerly Thoughts.

Good bonding stuff (it's a longer story than this will be).

the story has been the same for Longer than a decade now!