Sentences with phrase «make policy points»

For example, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) made a splash in February with an innovative study of how the Common Core debate is playing out on Twitter; scholars found, among other things, that proponents tend to make policy points while opponents use «political language» in their tweets.

Avoiding getting an expert more interested in making a policy point than explaining the science is a tough challenge, as well.

Not exact matches

Shum and Colaco point out that any reclassification of risk would be heavily scrutinized by Canadian regulators, in order to make sure that changes aren't self - serving on the part of policy providers and in fact benefit consumers.

His remarks can't be considered a roadmap for the future path of interest rates; he made a point of stating that every policy meeting is «live,» meaning the latest data could alter assumptions.

Turner: One of the research notes that I received this morning made the point that monetary policy is going to dominate stock trading for the near time.

However, she concluded, if more evidence will point that way, wealth and income disparities might make it onto the list of things the Fed looks at when trying to make sense of the U.S. economy and formulate its policy.

But, as she pointed out in a recent DisruptHR talk, that's not the main reason why more companies should put in place policies that make them more welcoming to parents.

In her speech on Friday, she made headlines saying, «Based on my outlook, I expect that it will be appropriate at some point later this year to take the first step to raise the federal funds rate and thus begin normalizing monetary policy.»

Dimon's condemnation of Trump's environmental policy was so brief it was easy to miss, but the point the executive was making was unmistakable.

Gambling the recovery over another war of choice makes no sense, even from a foreign policy point of view.

Other employees pointed to the company's values, atmosphere, vacation policy as factors that make the company a great place to work.

The 416 number is factually accurate but completely irrelevant for analyzing the policy; New Democrats have correctly pointed out that what matters is not how many federally regulated workers made minimum wage, but rather how many would be making less than $ 15 an hour.

Still, Paul Boothe, director of Western's Lawrence Centre, points to some intriguing ongoing research he's overseeing into Ontario's manufacturing sector, which strongly suggests Canada could be making it far easier for foreign companies to sort out the wide range of federal and provincial programs and policies that might lure their investments.

Those policies don't clearly outline what types of videos can be used to make ad money, but they do point out that YouTube wouldn't be liable for any illegal activity from the video owner.

David Beckworth, who teaches economics at Texas State and writes on Fed policy at his Macro and Other Market Musings blog, points to the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that took place Sept. 16, 2008 — the day after the failure of Lehman Brothers and the day the Fed was preparing to make an $ 85 billion loan to AIG (AIG).

The group points out that the good times could easily come to an end if world governments don't make efforts to balance monetary and fiscal policies, something I've been urging for years now.

We have made a point of saying that the recent monetary policy tightening is designed to increase the length of the expansion.

our budget not only tracks financial inflows and outflows, but can also be used as a starting point to create policies that you can fall back on when making financial decisions.

Our position may seem the wrong way round to those who have a more traditional view of monetary policy, but I want to make a few points of clarification:

The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's Rep. Galusha Grow, managed the Act through Congress and echoed a point made years earlier by former President James Madison that population growth would eventually make obsolete a broad - based property ownership policy limited only to the ownership of land.

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Providers will make it a point to give the necessary aid to help these programs run full speed ahead and guarantee that these projects get to run out smoothly, as in general, nonprofit organizations are similarly insured as those who are in the private sectors, there are just some particular needs, ideals and requirements that they have to accomplish for them to be able to provide the necessary policies for those who work within their businesses.

He proposed zero measures to restrict access to the weapons that make mass killings easy to carry out; and at one point, he implied such policies would be pointless.

«I think from the administration's point of view, this is an opportunity to make a very major pronouncement on its foreign policy and its European policy,» said Alexander Vershbow, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia and a former deputy secretary general of NATO.

«At that point the platform starts making policies, which are not necessarily the best for the rest of the ecosystem players.

Einar, I didn't realize that the WR pulled their policies off their website, but that fits with the point you're making about «principles» (such as transparency) meaning something different to the Wildrose than the rest of us.

The fact that he doesn't seem particularly interested in learning the finer points of policy makes it easier for the North Koreans to convince him that a terrible agreement actually isn't so bad — and after much flattery, he might very well be convinced to make a «great deal.»

As chairwoman, Yellen made a point of visiting job training centres around the country and meeting with blue - collar workers to get a better sense of how Fed's policies were playing out for average people.

Insisting that what is important is not the amount of aid but its quality (a point of agreement with Edwards), Lancaster makes a number of sensible proposals for reform which are mainly of interest to specialists, and certainly grist for policy mills inside the Washington beltway.

It laid out a point - by - point articulation of the HHS policy, making specific mention that churches will be exempt from the policy and noting Catholic opposition by highlighting the work they have done together.

As individuals demonstrated their ability to administer such matters, they would more and more be relied on; but the congregation as a whole would be expected to determine policy at every point and often, no doubt, would be called on to make ad hoc decisions in questionable cases.

I think GoonerG1 made a good point on the insurance policy as i have an inkling also that Bellerin will bolt one day..

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

@ larryking listen jock wenger could never coach anyother club because no big club would go six season without a trophy there is no way wenger could go to madrid and go two season without a trophy no way in hell he would be fired in no time bmunich fired klinsman less than half season look at the real madrid coach grave yard pelligrinie made 95 + points last season that amount would win the league in almost any country yet he got fired i can go on if fergi goes two seasons without a trophy am sure he gone i love arsenal but football is about winning trophies wenger has hypnotize you i do nt care arsenal have gone five years without a trophy and six witout the league not even a carling cup or fa cup and loosing all our best players all for money all this talk about wenger and his youth policies i can count on both hands all the players that came through arsenal youth system that went on to be world beaters look at the current crop walcott nasri diaby denilson bedtner clichy none of these are world class they have improve minimal @ arsenal compare that to barca their youths pedro and co are world beaters event the great vanpercy who we rate he would never leave arsenal because all that chance wenger gives him he would» t get at other big clubs this does not make sense we buy young players they take ages to develop most do nt» t then we sell them or they leave because they want to win things that how you grow pretty soon that top four will become very hard to stay in if we get out of that then what i wish all you wenger fans luck am all out of patients with him last chance this year................

I don't think the point of this policy is to shame moms and starve babies, I think it's to try to turn the tables on existing policies that undermine breastfeeding efforts and make it MORE difficult for even the most motivated moms to begin a successful breastfeeding relationship.

The point of the form is to make it clear to the hospital that this policy is wrong.

«I felt that this was sexual discrimination and made that point in my MA dissertation entitled «Daddy Cool: Are health and parenting policies «freezing out» new fathers?

Moreover, as Dr. Joyce Slater, a guest blogger on Weighty Matters, later pointed out with respect to the Ritz crackers incident, daycare workers are often greatly overburdened and undereducated when it comes to making the decisions required of them under Manitoba's well - meaning nutrition policies.

The event is free and says an application has been made for Continuing Professional Development points to be assigned to it, making it attractive to health workers and policy makers short of funding.

Some tax experts point to the proposed elimination of the Estate Tax on large inheritances and reductions in rates paid by businesses as policies tailor - made for the wealthy.

I am just pointing out what the record IS - and that it almost certainly does include making our economy less unequal than it would be under the policies of the previous Conservative government.

The whole point of raising the threshold is to help low earners, which is why eligibility should be withdrawn gradually for higher earners at the same time to make sure the policy is a targetted one.

This is true regardless of whether the policy you are proposing makes sense from a rational or economic point of view or not.

My fear stems from the fact that a renowned economists and a vice Presidential candidate of a party whose philosophy stands on ideals of conservatism, will confidently move around with a message of establishing one factory in each district at this point of our national reconstruction.How do you implement such a policy after scrapping 70 % of taxes across, build 350 secondary schools, free secondary school etc.You sum up all these deceitful platitudes and you begin to shiver.We are made to believe that the issue of unemployment would be buried under their government forgetting that, we were made to lineup in hot sun to register for employment only to be told in 2005 by Ghana Statistical service that unemployment figure for that year was the highest do far and remains the highest today.The lowest unemployment figures recorded between 2001 - 2016 was recorded in 2013 under Mahama.So who possess the practical record to support his call.

But it's no secret that the biggest sticking point of all was the minimum wage increase, which the governor made clear for weeks leading up to the April 1 deadline was his top policy priority.

I think it fair to say that at no point in these years have I received a single adequate reply to the arguments I have made against the Lib Dem policy.

Douglas Alexander made some similar - ish points at the General Election of 2010 book launch, from a «debates good and here to stay, but need to avoid squeezing out policy scrutiny».

Established think - tanks across the political spectrum such as the Fabian Society, ippr, Demos, Policy Exchange, the Social Market Foundation, Civitas and so on will make a point of stating who the funder of any piece of work or any event is.

1.30 pm ToryDiary: «Today's vote certainly points to a welcome degree of pragmatism among many of the delegates (memorably, one of the rebel speakers actually criticised the idea that policies should be pragmatic) but it is not final proof that the Lib Dems are willing to make all of the tough decisions involved in being in government.»

As such, this was made a signature policy objective in the 2017 Conservative manifesto and has been a regular talking point at campaign events.