Sentences with phrase «more pointed perspective»
For a more pointed perspective on Michelle Rhee, see what Bob Somerby has to say at The Daily Howler:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ Not exact matches
Despite having previously said he did think a deal would be possible by December, he said last night: «After my meetings here in London my main message is I am more optimistic, there is progress... That is the most important thing because the perspective from a European point of view towards London was in the last weeks not so clear.»
Economist Mike Moffat offered some new perspective on this yesterday, when he pointed out on Twitter that «More NHLers earn 6 million + a year than Canadian CEOs do.»
A tokenistic mindset — let's get a woman, a minority and throw in some foreigners for good measure — misses the point: It's the combination of perspectives, experiences and skills that matters, as it helps curb groupthink and anticipate more curves in the road.
According to the Investment Company Institute, over the past decade, the average expense ratio of actively managed equity funds has declined 21 basis points.2 With participant protection front and center from a regulatory perspective, there is a lot more riding on the investment decisions made by plan fiduciaries.
To give some more perspective into the conflict between bitcoin exchanges and the Chinese government, it is worth pointing out that the People's Bank of China recently started investigation all bitcoin exchanges operating in the country, possibly to reduce the amount of capital flowing out of the country.
I stand by my perspective at this point that «slavery» in the Bible was more a type of employment that was often voluntary.
As an aside, the irony might be lost on you that, despite the fact that so many atheists here are so quick to note that believers do not have a monopoly on morals, you are essentially proving the point of believers that, from a historical perspective, atheists far more than believers have lacked morals vis - a-vis war and death.
I'm not saying the unnecessary suffering of animals is good, or moral, but rather pointing out that your perspective on the subject is no more rational, no more based on fact, than that of the people you are arguing against.
In fact scripture points more towards this perspective than the Hellish damnation one.
Critics of this perspective have sometimes pointed to its lack of testable hypotheses as well as its apparent failure to have produced a more substantial body of empirical research.
On the face of it, these points seem as relevant to America's current travails as they were to Rome's fall and certainly more so than either the utopianism of much modern political theory, or its opposite: a frankly self - interested perspective concerned only with national interests and national security.
(Incidentally, since Azumah has singled out the PC (USA), I would point to the various statements that the denomination has made about the problematic ways that sexuality is treated in contemporary society to remind him that there is no more a single «Western perspective» on matters of sexuality than there is a single African perspective on matters of homosexuality.)
Nothing is more important in Hegel's logic than its purely and totally forward movement, this is its greatest innovation in the perspective of all other logics, just as at no other point is the modern consciousness itself more clearly distinct from virtually every other mode or form of consciousness.
I find it funny that atheists have much to say on the religious by pointing out the faults but lack the integrity to create a more ideal and truthful perspective of what is justice and the right way...
You mentioned at one point that you lost your «job» because of changes in your viewpoint — I would be interested in hearing more of that, as both myself and a number of my close acquaintances suffered something similar in our ministries over changes in our eschatological perspectives.
As a last point in these thoughts about Leonardo Boff's notion of the Trinity, seen in the perspective of an ecumenical hermeneutics between contextuality and catholicity, I shall ask once more about the status and quality of a statement on the Trinity.
More to the point (at least from my perspective) is why do you think scientology and Christianity (or Judiasm) is on the same playing field?
Piper side - stepped the main issue between the two camps: from an Old - School perspective the New Calvinism smacks of the evangelical revivalism of a D. L. Moody, or, more to the point, the baseball - player - turned - evangelist Billy Sunday (insert Mark Driscoll reference here).
Speculative thinkers might argue, for example, that what is said to be universal and necessary is inevitably a function of each thinker's relative perspective and thus is no more than a disguised report of what is presupposed by that limited point of view.
From the long evolutionary perspective, it is much more to the point to see the human race in a stage of uneasy adolescence.
So while it might be good from an Arsenal perspective if Wales win the group which is still possible with them sitting just one point behind Serbia, the more likely outcomes are getting a play - off spot or failing altogether, so this evening's final qualifier at home to Ireland, who are just one point behind the Welsh, is massive.
Getting more than 79 points won't be possible I think, but claiming the third spot is on, very much on, we can do better in that perspective
At what point, I wonder, should we start caring less that our children can understand Mandarin and more that they understand the perspective of their own family?
One more point to put things in perspective: Success for your children might not look like you expect it to, and the path that gets them there might not, either.
To put these numbers in perspective, the amount of carbon dioxide the state would need to reduce, to make up for Indian Point's closure, is the equivalent of the annual greenhouse - gas emissions of more than 2.4 million passenger cars.
I have five particular points here, but in general, I claim that a more balanced perspective reveals that, while realism doesn't have all of the answers, it is more potent than Motyl admits.
Saggar points out that, viewed from a perspective of the national interest, the priority for a more representative parliament would be for the opposition parties to do much more to challenge Labour's virtual monopoly.
At another point, he said, «Any father who would take his children to such things is not really thinking of the fatherly perspective and is more interested in politics.»
For perspective, Brunner points out that a well - known genetic trait affects half the world's population and makes its carriers nine times more likely to commit violent crime than those who don't carry it.
One difference is that the Technorati links pointed to a more international range of perspectives (though usually in English).
«More importantly though, from a societal point of view, our methods and findings might help us understand how to approach phenomena such as racism, religious hatred, and gender inequality discrimination, since the methods offer the opportunity for people to experience the world from the perspective of someone different from themselves.»
From my perspective, I think Lyme patients could interface more effectively with the medical community if they could write down the points they want to talk about during their appointment.
From it I draw the perspective that his data was more in line with modern statistical science and he points out Keys only proved (with erratic data) a co-relation between dietary fats and serum cholesterol.
BoF: From a product perspective, at one point I believe there was a team here in London that was tailoring product to a more European sensibility.
The film perpetuates a self - congratulatory vision of the record's worth, when an opposing point of view would have provided a more balanced perspective.
For me, Harry's perspective means alot more than the point of view of some week - minded jerk - off who stopped by AICN on the way to some fucking Furry porn site.
(Purely from a VFX perspective, Strange is a lot more fun than watching people point wands at each other.)
The camera does take on the point - of - view of someone at some point, then jumps back to an objective place, then plays that trick Evil Dead II plays with perspective in the scene where Ash wakes up in a clearing and looks around in a panning 360 - degree take, only for the audience to discover that the camera eye is both character and commentator, more physical in its way than a first - person point - of - view could ever be.
The earlier film's sobering perspective on the cynical and self - centered point of view of a budding novelist is replaced by a more aesthetically prismatic consideration of two female friends at a pained crossroads.
Those unfamiliar with the events in Egypt last February will be more than a bit lost, even a news junkie like myself longed for a little added perspective, but with Tahrir that is beside the point.
It makes its point rather bluntly and places enough faith in you to walk away with the idea that wealth is a corruptive influence on moral perspective, so while there isn't much more to it than that, there doesn't need to be.
The real trick of the film, though, is the way Legrand subtly shifts perspective from this outsider point - of - view of Antoine to a more subjective one, first by focusing attention on Julien's interactions with his father, then by letting us see him through Miriam's un-blinkered eyes.
The murder in question doesn't occur until a bit more than an hour into the film, and up to that point, Altman and screenwriter Julian Fellowes manage to establish efficient characterization for almost thirty equally important roles — important not in terms of plotting, but in terms of maintaining a fascinating perspective on early 20th century aristocratic society.
For that level of perspective and self - punishment, I point you to John's far more well - informed take here.
Working from a perspective in which reason and emotion meet in a common point is the best way to approach a more complete development of people.
Mr. Hess points to longstanding disagreements between the left's focus on implicit bias and the right's perspective that «the more we fixate on skin color, the more we prime people to think about it.»
Seeing the benefits of project - based learning and cooperative lessons that encourage teamwork and shared perspectives, teachers more and more are finding ways to engage students in the discussion of learning at every point of the process.
Both perspectives make legitimate points: that a centralized universal system of pre-K would more likely guarantee high quality (e.g. David Kirp in The Sandbox Investment) and that a decentralized, patchwork of state funded pre-K programs would avoid the bureaucratization of early childhood education (e.g. Bruce Fuller in Standardized Childhood).
If you've written a manual from your expert perspective, a «specialized» book with really innovative information, a cookbook, or some sort of non-fiction health / spiritual / fitness book, then you can typically charge more for a paperback, sometimes ranging from the $ 14.99 - 24.99 price point.