Sentences with phrase «more on anecdote»

That said, I think all of these ideas still have a lot of merit and indirect evidence, although they're still based more on anecdote and experience of well - trained bodybuilders and dieters and athletes than they are based on research.

In some ways, including the presence of Chevy Chase, this is better, as it's focused a bit more on anecdotes about the film rather than the on - set drama.

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His speech mixed anecdotes about his father's roots in the construction business with a call for less regulation and more school choice, plus a forceful attack on Hillary Clinton.

Accorsi's candor (reflecting on the Giants» loss to the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV, he says, «I would love to criticize our offensive game plan, but I don't think we had one») and anecdotes from more than three decades in pro football keep the pages turning, but Callahan succeeds most by revealing the psychological tension within a struggling team.

This verges on the unethical when individuals are expected to part with money for a service or product that appears to have scientific support but when critically analysed offers no more evidence than opinions and anecdotes, which are notoriously unreliable and biased.

A quick anecdote; I lived and grew up on an undesirable council estate in NE England - the drug dealer on the corner claiming incapacity benefit rankled much more with my father than when the chap down the street had a lottery win.

NOW WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in America.

The opportunity is there but the means by which the Lib Dems capitalise on that opportunity are far from clear — especially when an anecdote about a curious boy and a dead pig gets more coverage in a day than the Lib Dem conference does over a week (having said that, Lib Dem conference delegates did squeal with excitement when they read about it, including myself, when I sent some late night trolling texts to my former Tory SpAd colleagues).

Against this background of mixed experimental results, however, there are countless anecdotes suggesting that a lot more is going on.

There are many more cases; in addition to those on my «Results» page, many anecdotes can be found on PaleoHacks and in my comment thread.

I have not done a scientific study on myself but the anecdote is that i feel much sharper mentally and have more energy since i have gone to the once per week 36 hr fast and once per week 24 hr fast.

An even more horrifying anecdote told the story of when Maguire offered Bloom $ 1,000 to get on a desk and «bark like a seal.»

Try picking a couple items from your list and expanding on them with an anecdote, or at least more detail.

She's sure there are more anecdotes of people finding love and happiness on the site, but they just haven't come back to tell her so.

If your date wasn't a success, ask yourself what anecdote you told that got a great laugh, or what story you recounted that the person seemed to be really engaged in and simply do more of that on your next date with someone new.

So many shots of waves breaking (from the air, from the water, from the board) create an immersive effect (I could practically taste the salt on my face), and the anecdotes provide a bit of historical context (though I would not have minded a bit more of that).

More a series of anecdotes than an insightful dramedy and relies too much on absurd coincidences and needless sitcom - style lying.

Too often goes off on a tangent with unessential anecdotes and then fails to deliver in more important areas.

The tenth chapter reveals a few interesting notes on editing (the virtues of the Moviola are debated), but the track is indicated more by inane anecdotes, musings about a Newsie reunion, a bizarre dolphin story (chapter 15, if you're curious), and loads of repetition.

Sure, some of the things Sorkin makes them say are more than a little on the nose (including an anecdote about Jesse Owens that's right out of the Sports Night playbook, not to mention the words «Quo Vadimus» scrawled across the walls of the Cobra Club) but you take the bad with the good with Sorkin, and Molly's Game is pure Sorkin, uncut and unadulterated.

There's a good anecdote about how Steve McQueen discovered an actual fire on one of the sets in the studio and enthusiastically investigated it to learn more about his role.

This commentary is much more about the film's hidden meanings and interpretations than the usual «this day was really tough on set» anecdotes.

But Boynton BeachClub is more a series of anecdotes than an insightful dramedy and relies too much on absurd coincidences and needless sitcom - style lying.

The production of Universal Soldier, given its strange history as a franchise and the apparent idiosyncrasies of this new iteration, is well - worth exploring in detail, but, to that end, a talky commentary track from John Hyams and co-star Lundgren provides more substantial context and on - set anecdotes than anything in the stand - alone featurette.

Weaving together moments of humor with poignancy by way of personal anecdotes — as well as reflections on newsworthy events of the past 12 months — Ryan told graduates to take pride in their work and accomplishments, while asking themselves what more might they do to help others.

I am nominating her based on the breadth of my own experience so anecdotes refer to my children whose lives have been immeasurably improved due to Sue's quiet counsel, good sense and advocacy for the child - even on behalf of the «gifted» child who is «already doing so well do they really need more?»

From classroom assignments, tests, and grades to portfolios, conferences, and even anecdotes and stories, each source is important on its own but even more powerful when taken together.

But on the whole, the book is more of a prolonged philosophical anecdote than an entertainment.

While a bit unmoderated, which leads to a few more tangents than desired, each member provided encouraging words for any developing artist along with keen observations on the mercurial nature of success in the comics world, which at least allowed the audience to hear some informative anecdotes.

The July 2010 edition of Southern Living has an interesting essay on the festivities, with perhaps more anecdotes about the ever - elusive Lee than is typical in a magazine piece.

Her research took a full year, and many of the more extraordinary scenes in the book are based on fact or anecdote (as Gruen points out the distinction between the two in...

But if they're aware of the ways Mary Roach approaches her content by incorporating anecdotes, focusing on the unusual details, and including the memorable characters who have peppered her research, the whole experience becomes much more worthwhile.

More anecdotes are on the Daily Routines website.

Although there have been no studies on the subject, anecdotes suggest that 85 % or more of cats respond to honeysuckle, and many of those cats are ones that have no interest in catnip.

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As her works hint, the reality was often less dream and more nightmarish; though with some brilliant «tell the grandkids» type anecdotes: Tillman recalls pilfering beetroot and potatoes from fields, and scavenging for firewood on the beach.

I think that painting as a medium tries in the most concerted way to deny what it's about, but there's so much more that's going on in a painting that is outside of itself, a painting that dislocates itself into a biography or anecdote, etc..

The sculptural object or rather objects again become something to look through, changing the perception of surrounding space through its physical presence (Though, as an anecdote, on my visit the few people wandering around the terrace were far more intrigued by slowly melting piles of snow in the corner than they were about Bell's cubes within cubes).

Perhaps it might be worth checking a few more of Delingpole's sources in «Killing the earth to Save It» which is described by News Corp. columnist Andrew Bolt on the back cover as «wonderful» with «devastating facts and lacerating anecdotes».

... This is likely the case for all residential models, with the possible exception of those from Eccotemp, who is more tiny house friendly (based on the anecdotes I've heard).

More and more of the fresh produce that's shipped to the islands is being peeled first — we heard an anecdote about a huge load of potatoes with no skins on them — which has the added benefit of reducing some of the pests that can travel with food, take up residence on the islands, and become invasive and harmful to native and endemic species hMore and more of the fresh produce that's shipped to the islands is being peeled first — we heard an anecdote about a huge load of potatoes with no skins on them — which has the added benefit of reducing some of the pests that can travel with food, take up residence on the islands, and become invasive and harmful to native and endemic species hmore of the fresh produce that's shipped to the islands is being peeled first — we heard an anecdote about a huge load of potatoes with no skins on them — which has the added benefit of reducing some of the pests that can travel with food, take up residence on the islands, and become invasive and harmful to native and endemic species here.

Also, he had a nice anecdote on Obama's first job... [more]

My partners Shawn Callahan and Mark Schenk from Anecdote have written a book that draws on their more than 10 years of business storytelling expertise to help leaders find stories to tell in the workplace.

It is not enough to rally support based on negative statistics and anecdotes, personally I am much more likely to engage with an account that also focuses on the positive opportunities they provide to redress them.

His findings and analysis are based on hard science but more importantly his anecdotes are from the heart.

Brian, for all the times you have contributed to REM and cast aspersions on the abilities of industry «newbies», the question should now be: what did you really bring to the table more than them — when your exalted self chooses to embrace an anecdote, such as Karen P's!

«There is a more bearish way to examine the market, often with anecdotes shared on Toronto real estate Twitter accounts focused on examples of financially - crushing real estate losses.