Sentences with phrase «more pointed criticism»

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Having today's announcement to point to could give him more protection against criticism during the hearings, though Congress will surely want to know why these safeguards weren't in place already.

Amid a downbeat week for Tesla thatâ $ ™ s been fraught with mass firings, lawsuits, a Fremont factory protest, and criticism over Muskâ $ ™ s wild optimism and penchant to overpromise and underdeliver, Muskâ $ ™ s latest social media posts seemingly point to a more positive light thatâ $ ™ s about to shine.

I get the point that criticism generally does more good from the inside than the outside.

Often their criticisms are richer and more pointed than ours have been.

John Calvin under Augustine's influence explicitly says that God wills every event.17 The criticism we are making of St. Augustine can be made from more than one philosophical point of view.

But enough of this point; the distinctions we have already made will help me deal more briefly with Cobb's second main line of criticism.

This conclusion also leads to a more general point about the nature of culture that is consistent with the previously mentioned criticism leveled by Zaret against the idea of abstract values legitimating practical ethics.

«39 Remove the probability of error as one's starting point and instead substitute a «scientific» (inductive) approach to Scripture, one beginning with the Bible's own teaching concerning its infallibility, and building criticism of it from there, and even these more difficult problems dissipate.

In this last point we can see a family resemblance between deconstruction and political criticism, which practices a somewhat more traditional hermeneutic of suspicion.

This relationship is of some importance, for Weiss developed a point of view that is steeped in New Testament textual and historical criticism but is more far out than that of his father and much at variance with the nineteenth - century liberalism of Ritschl.

In addition, Cox issued a new and revised edition of The Secular City in 1966, «to correct some of the more egregious overstatements, tone down an occasional vivid passage, and respond at points to helpful criticisms the book has elicited.»

If we reach a point where Islam starts to become way too influencial in American law and politics, I'm sure you will see more criticism then.

But Buchler, again like White - head, does much more than find fault with traditional metaphysics — he elaborates an alternative system of categories.1 Because his alternative categorial scheme is very different, the points Buchler makes in criticism of traditional metaphysics are interestingly different from those made by Whitehead.

This point can be made more directly and theologically as a criticism of process theology.

From a more abstract point of view, as we have seen, Aquinas puts out a very stringent criticism, sober and terse, though it is in the final sentence on the subject.

Certainly we owe a debt to form criticism and the minimalists for pointing out that this experience was probably more akin to the accounts in Acts of Paul's experience than to the appearance accounts in the Gospels.

The former Bulldog had 17 runs of 20 or more yards last season, and Turner, who is sensitive to criticism he believes is unwarranted, may try to make the point that the running game's struggles were about Tomlinson's declining skills more than they were about his play - calling, the offensive line or some other factor.

Wenger could have gone further, however, and said more about why Scholes was making the criticism as well as pointing out that it was unfair, as reported by The Mirror.

Any more dropped points would keep the criticism flowing from all directions for Wenger.

McMahon does make a valid point, and he added another important argument that Mourinho will only risk more criticism if he plays negatively and City still win.

The French striker will come under criticism for his two efforts which were both placed off target, but the fact that he managed to create the space and get into the right position to get those chances is more than PEA did at any point of the game.

And I have to say that I agree with the main thrust of your article — that emphasizing the positives of your parenting practices is a more effective draw, and also a better defense against criticism, than pointing out the supposed negatives of how other people parent.

Another criticism points to contrary statistics that indicate that Japanese youth are having sex more frequently than ever».

This is a legitimate point of view, but it is not honest to cite incomplete evidence to justify inaccurate criticisms or to create circumstances that make successful operation of the prison more difficult.

As he outlined the finer points Wednesday, he said nothing about the flak he received, and didn't imply that giving out more money to the «losers» of that competition through the normal REDC program was a response to the criticism.

But even more damning is that the formulation Lomborg offers now, following criticism that he muddled the point, is still not unambiguous: sometimes projected resource lifetimes are measured based on extrapolating a constant rate of growth of consumption into the future starting «from the year discussed», rather than assuming a constant consumption rate, and sometimes they are measured «from the year discussed» by assuming that the consumption rate is following a bell - shaped curve (the famous «Hubbert's pimple»).4

Oddly, as I pointed out earlier, the Friends of Coal industry front group is not attacking the legislation's impacts on coal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utilities).

She points to research by Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck, PhD, that found that boys receive eight times more criticism than girls.

They appear more than happy to point out all the plot flaws and scenes that lack logic, and they also provide appropriate criticism of their work.

Traditionalists dislike the rationale for downplaying liberal arts knowledge, while accountability reformers consider its criticisms just one more rehearsal of antitesting points.

It's also worth pointing out that many criticisms of charter schools are equally if not more true in traditional public schools.

Now Peter, I have no intention of responding to your criticisms of me point for point within the comments on this article, but will invite you yet again to meet me in person and criticize me to my face after you've had an opportunity to speak with me and get to know more about me as a real living breathing person.

SB 1458 encourages giving more weight to social science and science tests in response to the widely shared criticism that a math - and English - heavy point system had discouraged K - 8 teachers from making time for other subjects.

I have witnessed how positive feedback makes writers more receptive to constructive criticism, so I always point out what authors are doing well along with the areas needing work.

;P Not that I care, nor is it the point of what I'm about to discuss) Aside from the latter, just some constructive criticism, no offenses meant... I CAN repeatedly say I'm a seasoned vet of 35 years who definitely has experience with more than two dozen animals and spout an argument, but it doesn't make any of it true until I have evidence... you know, what you badgered others for, but only had excuses why you couldn't provide yours.

Baldessari's Commissioned Paintings (1969) series took the idea of pointing literally, after he read a criticism of conceptual art that claimed it was nothing more than pointing.

Xinran Yuan: In this case, I'm less interested in criticism, and more in offering and pointing to an approach that is more open, and thus might be more productive.

That point, particularly, has made the books a focus of criticism from many experts who say that making emissions cost more is the only way to shift companies and individuals away from polluting practices.

My comments about «my links» was not about you personally, more a general point about where I sit, and the endless criticisms sharing important related info / science that flies right over the top of peoples heads, especially intelligent PhDs who can not see the wood for the trees and have little holistic vision (imho).

The potential environmental impacts had raised the project to the level of a campaign talking point, largely through ferocious criticism of President Obama from the left for approving it and inventive «#ShellNo» protests as the company deployed its vessels earlier this year: Read more...

At some point I may try to address this by collecting the more salient criticisms, questions, and other contributions in one place.

The latter part is more original stuff, as I (i) make the case for how China's clean energy push is in fact consistent with its overall economic reform, e.g. Scientific Development, reduction of excess industrial capacity, natural resource price reform, western development, boosting domestic consumption, and Going Out strategy; (ii) describe China's activities in innovation and R&D and its desire to create, not just produce, energy technologies of the 21st century; (iii) address criticisms that China's «indigenous innovation» policies are protectionist in nature by pointing out the myopia of such observations from a US (or EU for that matter) policymakers point of view; (iv) provide thoughts about what the proper U.S. policy response should be.

He can not admit he was wrong (even if the thinks he was) and if he fully discloses his methods he knows there will be even more criticism because, as I pointed out above, there will always be statisticians who disagree with his methods.

In fact, in a very contrite reply to a comment on their paper, they not only agreed with the commenter that his criticism was potentially valid but they pointed out that there were other even more important deficiencies in their model.

More to the point, people making this kind of criticism need to ask whether they are more concerned about property rights systems or about saving the plaMore to the point, people making this kind of criticism need to ask whether they are more concerned about property rights systems or about saving the plamore concerned about property rights systems or about saving the planet.

At this point it is tempting to write: «It's hard to imagine a case where politics trumped science more decisively than in the case of Yucca Mountain, where 20 years of research were traded for five electoral votes and the support of a powerful senator,» which seems basically correct, but taken out of context it could be viewed as a criticism of President Obama, which it is not.

So our paper (which is certainly not meant as a criticism of his work, more of an update and hypothesis for the CMIP5 models) really has to address that point head on in order to be taken seriously.

Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada Paul Schabas even joked with me about my last column — which was extremely gracious of him, as I had been more than a little pointed in my criticism of the LSUC's recommendation (since reversed) to abolish the Legal Practice Program.

A point of criticism of the judgment might be that the GC failed to provide more general guidance as to how pharmaceutical undertakings can safely draft their settlement agreements.

A case in point being the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy 8 models which did receive criticism for the placement of the fingerprint sensor in a position which is less natural, compared to the front (or the more typically rear - positioning) panel.