Sentences with phrase «more than the threat»

There is something that terrifies and angers many Christians even more than the threat of violence: nonviolence.

The names behind a proposed State Street redevelopment project worry Madison preservationists more than the threat of change.

Answer: Millions of unhappy student loan borrowers can assure you the government's considerable powers to collect defaulted student loans are much more than a threat.

Some dog owners have complained for years about rabies vaccinations, saying the vaccine itself scares them more than the threat of rabies.

I reckon it would be much more than the threat England faced, and probably much more than the Second World War.

She's just throwing out some baseless generalities, you know, that all the troops that are returning really want us to take care of this problem because they know more than terrorism, more than threats from other nations --

In practical situations, an injunction might amount to little more than a threat of higher - than - normal monetary sanctions delivered at substantially higher - than - normal speed.

Not exact matches

Vastly more risk than North Korea,» Musk tweeted Friday, referencing Kim Jong Un's threat of a missile strike on Guam.

The response of governments in Ottawa, Victoria, Vancouver and Toronto to the threat of a housing bubble has been almost entirely focused on gently squeezing demand rather than encouraging more supply.

As 2017 comes to a close, it's more clear than ever that Tencent is a silent threat to American technology giants.

That aviation company consists of what he calls the world's largest air force, with more than 50 jet fighters, and offers simulated threats for training exercises for one of its clients, the U.S. Department of Defense.

Sharks injure more people than they kill, but both events are extraordinarily rare — especially compared to other threats that people face.

Ashley Madison, an extramarital online dating site, has been in the spotlight for more than a month after hackers threatened to release the names and personal information of its 37 million members — a threat they made good on last week.

After taking to social media to deride those that were posting complaints, the company started receiving death threats and eventually lost more than 50,000 Facebook likes.

«I felt it was our duty and very personally more of a call of duty than I ever felt in the service to come and stand in front of the guns and the mace and the water and the threat that they pose to these people,» said Anthony Murtha, 29, a Navy veteran from Detroit, at the Oceti Sakowin camp.

If they fail to reach an agreement, more than 150,000 jobs at GM and suppliers will be «under threat,» the government said.

Clearly, the bankers advising the Fed understand the bull case for bitcoin, though they argue that it is still too small a phenomenon to pose any sort of risk to the U.S. economy, calling it «more a curiosity than a threat.»

Advanced Persistent Threat The Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks in the computer world are more than your average virus or malware.

Yet his veto threats have been piling up rapidly since Republicans took full control of Congress, numbering more than a dozen so far this year.

Panic and confusion in Hawaii lasted more than half an hour Saturday morning, after an alert was pushed to people's phones warning of an incoming «ballistic missile threat.»

More importantly, a sales slide in 2016 would indicate a decline in consumer confidence or a plateau in demand more so than a threat to carmakers, who will be focused on profMore importantly, a sales slide in 2016 would indicate a decline in consumer confidence or a plateau in demand more so than a threat to carmakers, who will be focused on profmore so than a threat to carmakers, who will be focused on profits.

As the Sony hack continues to prove, with cyber crime, more than money is at stake — besides the PR catastrophe, the threat to some jobs and leaks of unreleased films and other IP, employees and their families have had their medical data exposed and are receiving personal threats.

Indeed, a recent Oxford University study identified more than 700 jobs under threat by an increasingly automated workforce.

Is streaming a more credible threat than terrestrial radio or iPods were, given that streaming services also offer curated - style playlists and «stations,» like you do?

Nearly one - third of US troops polled by Military Times said they saw white nationalism as a threat to national security, more so than hotspots like Syria or Afghanistan.

(Worse, 73 percent of respondants think these web - based threats are going to be more difficult to manage than e-mail based threats.)

Trump's tariff threats appear to be doing more harm than good to the U.S., former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says.

Some may disrupt your continuity more than others, some may pose more serious threats to employee welfare, and still others will result in the most time lost or be the most costly.

Kevin Hogan, author of The Science of Influence, explains that «most people react to the fear of loss and the threat of pain in a much more profound way than they do for gain.»

There is strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis (or SWOT thinking) and more than a fair share of theoretical or academic quadrants within which you can plug your business challenge and find a solution — in theory anyway.

The growing threat from online shopping has spurred some physical retailers to do more than just sell goods.

While Uber drivers don't wear uniforms or drive logo - emblazoned trucks around, they are arguably more monitored than the FedEx drivers are because of the constant rating system and the threat of termination if it drops too low, Liss - Riordan argued.

According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, more than four in ten white seniors say that a growing population of immigrants is a «change for the worse;» half of white boomers believe immigration is «a threat to traditional American customs and values.»

The franchised chain, which is based in Dallas and operates in five western states, received more than 3,000 protest e-mails and even a few death threats.

Though, she cautioned that the threat of a government shutdown and the fiscal restraint imposed by years of the 2013 sequester, which will cut more than $ 1 trillion in government spending through 2021, could be calamitous.

Phishing — the other big threat to online financial security — may be even more dangerous for phones than for computers.

Emperors were stockpiling grain against the threat of famine more than 2,000 years ago, and the country's leaders have been doing the same ever since.

Taking effect in 1994, NAFTA underpins much of the more than $ 1 trillion in annual trilateral trade, and Washington's threats to walk away from the pact have spooked markets.

For more than a decade, the threat of terrorism has contributed to rising oil prices, global instability and insecurity in major financial centres — in other words, it's been a major drag on business.

«I would say that driverless trucks are a lot more of a threat than an opportunity,» not just to Berkshire's railroad business, but also to its insurance business, Buffett said at the shareholder meeting.

«Terrorism is a much more minor threat than people realize.

While declining sales may be bad for soft drink companies, they're good for a public health system straining under an obesity epidemic posing as much or more of a threat than cancer.

That would make the service more of a threat to Verizon (vz) and AT&T (t) than T - Mobile (tmus) and Sprint (s), which have lower market share in that segment, Feldman says.

The real estate mogul has cannily understood that despite polling that indicates most Americans see free trade as more of an opportunity than a threat, a large and motivated minority of voters have been yearning for a politician to call into question whether the trade deals we have on the books are good for American workers.

Where copyright led to books being priced as luxury goods in the U.K., the threat of piracy forced German publishers to produce cheap editions for the masses alongside their premium - priced editions, resulting in a period that Höffner believes may have been the most lucrative ever for authors — he discovered, for example, that an obscure Berlin chemist earned more in royalties for a tract on how to tan leather than Mary Shelley did for writing Frankenstein — prompting more academics to publish their findings, and encouraging the spread of practical manuals in fields like medicine, engineering and agriculture.

It's becoming more important than ever that healthcare organizations and systems shore up against these threats.

The surge of big transactions — with more than 20 deals worth at least $ 10 billion — has been bolstered by a desire by boards to head off disruptive technological threats and accelerate growth, according to bankers and lawyers who spoke to the Financial Times.

Wray said that with so many facets of American society under threat, it would take a lot more than just intelligence agencies to combat China.

Rather than a threat, then, the rise of more intelligent machines represents an opportunity to disrupt the economic status quo through automation.

Menon said this frame more favorably casts the image of a government that is acting vigorously against the threat abroad, rather than against homegrown extremists.