Sentences with phrase «most pointed reference»

The Governor's most pointed reference to education during his speech came when he touched briefly on the need to consolidate school districts and ease education mandates.

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As another point of reference, the Starbucks app — the most successful mobile payments app in the US — currently accounts for about 1 in every 15 dollars spent in US - company operated stores three years after launch.

This also provides a point of reference for when you are starting new projects — you can see which placements and copy types are most effective in which industries.

In reference to the flood, one of the most important points to grasp is that in ancient Middle Eastern cosmology, the waters of the world — especially large bodies of water such as the ocean and the sea — were considered to be the dwelling places of powerful deities.

Roe and Casey then begat the 2003 Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas, which struck down a state antisodomy statute, with Justice Anthony Kennedy making an explicit reference to Griswold «s «right to privacy» as «the most pertinent beginning point» for the line of reasoning that led the Court to Lawrence.

Learning that it was a human who said, «these are the four,» (in reference to the Gospels), and shutting out many of the other Gospels, most of which did not have as strong of a focus on the death and resurrection of Christ, was the turning point for me.

Propaganda is most effective when it is able to separate a person from outside points of reference, such as a transcendent religious reference, in order to encourage a tunnel vision which unquestioningly accepts this society «s worldview as «the way it is.

You state «Even so, most people understand that these references are legitimate»; I'd point out that most scholars, instead, recognize that the Testimonium Flavianum was not written by Josephus, but is a forged insertion into his writings placed there long after Josephus» death.

I was reading the thread here, and happened to notice as the other posters began to dismantle your arguments with their strongly supported assertions, you, as most often «believers» tend to do, began to get less and less specific, and... began to skate past their points, while bringing in more and more «fluffy» scriptural references.

The tendency to regard a denomination as the ultimate environment in which the school carries on its work or as at least the last society to whose purposes reference must be made is on the wane, as has been pointed out, in most of the seminaries and Bible colleges in the United States and Canada.

His most telling point is that denying metaphysics in principle has been interpreted as saying that God, Christ, and salvation constitute a healing and liberating discourse without any reference to a transempirical order.

I realize that I am here touching upon what has become to our friends the most nagging and tiresome of all Jewish points of reference, namely, the Holocaust.

Although the method used to guide the readers of Process and Reality resulted in many textual anomalies — discontinuities, ghost references, terminological inconsistencies, and so forth — it nonetheless succeeded in getting readers to interpret all passages written from abandoned points of view (most of the book) in terms of the final metaphysical position conveyed in the book's third part (ECTC 1; RIWW 47).

The element which most clearly distinguishes myth from an historical narrative is the reference at some point to God.

While my point of reference historically and theologically is the early church, most evangelicals make their historical and theological criterion in a much later time, say with the Reformation, with seventeenth - century orthodoxy, with Wesley, or with nineteenth - century Princetonian theology.

Breastfeeding: Keep It Simple is divided into short sections addressing the questions that new parents frequently ask, with the most important points highlighted for easy reference.

I was planning to post something about that over on Next Left — but I didn't want to make the point about the BNP reference there, since it was simply in the comments and not I think reflective of the post itself or most of the discussion.

But on the way to a somewhat familiar end point, Lent provides a useful and massively referenced road map of the most enduring structures of meaning in human history.

You only need to give one or two key references to make a point — stick to the most recent papers from the highest impact journals.

It's the most tired reference point in computing.

Using the aerial laser scanning technology lidar, she and her team precisely measured distances between the surface of the ground and a reference point in the air, revealing detailed outlines of areas where human activity had most likely disrupted the soil.

While most people trained in music learn to identify a note from a reference point, say C, those with perfect pitch can sing an E flat on demand and tell you that the wind blowing through the trees outside is G sharp and that the distant car horn is an F. Only one in 10,000 people seem to have this talent; the rest must get along with what's called «relative pitch.»

Two points — nice for Nature apparently to give us a free kick for once, unlike the generally worse and worse outlook which has been emerging; and in Ruddiman's most recent paper the Nature paper is not referenced, so I can't tell from this what he thinks it means for his theory.

Since its creation in 2011, it has enjoyed the support of some of the world's most influential chefs, as well as entities like Mondragon University, in its mission to build a leading international reference point www.bculinary.com

I wrote to Parker twice, asking him for references for many of his claims, including most of the points listed below.

It's up to you to find out when you feel the muscles contracting the most and use that as a reference point for all consecutive reps.

For that goal, all that's really emphasized in most references, is measuring ketones alone, with the reference point that you can consider yourself in «nutritional ketosis» anywhere in the range of 0.5 mM and above.

As a personal reference point that even eating 100 % unprocessed (for the most part) plant based I have a hard time getting much above 60 grams of fiber a day.

The film's visual style feels predominantly televisual (where form nearly always follows function), but when it begins to resemble its blockbuster brethren, the most obvious aesthetic reference point is the spare, economical Bourne series, especially Doug Liman's unfussy original.

These changes are not huge in themselves, but as the coda that plays over the closing credits reminds us, even the smallest things can have the most unpredictable of consequences — and although the scenes involving mysterious sneeze guru and failed Presidential contender Humma Kavula (John Malkovich), an entirely new character, seem to have little point here, there is no doubt that his rôle is destined to become more pronounced in the inevitable sequels (note the many verbal references to a certain «Restaurant at the End of the Universe» towards the film's close).

Dream Theater andPorcupine Tree rank among the most common reference points for progressi Bushwhack, CD Reviews more

Another point of contention, concerning marketability of this film to the U.S., was the heavy references to Japanese culture and folklore that most in the Western world would not understand.

That latter point shows how the infusion of Hollywood cash admirably didn't dilute the Indian popular film conventions, which are in full force here: in addition to the common device of a dual role for one of the principals, the very broad comedy, and musical interludes, there is also the constant referencing of other Hindi films (including, of course, Advani's own Kal Ho Naa Ho and Salaam - e-Ishq (Love's Sweet Salute)-RRB-, copious use of flashbacks, and the more serious tonal shift at the intermission mark (which, unlike most Indian films, is not noted by an on - screen card).

For new fans it's a good introduction to what this series can be when it hits his high points (in fact, most of the references are to either Connery or Brosnan's outings in the role.)

Hot Fuzz is a technical spoof for the most part — though I think there are a lot of Bad Boys II and Point Break references — with lots of fast cuts, fast pans, rapid montages.

However, it's another 1967 title — John Boorman's «Point Blank» — that this film references most obviously with its icy revenge narrative and implacable senior badass.

Yet to simply describe the film in such reductive, point - of - reference language seems to obfuscate the most triumphant reason to celebrate the minimalist action movie: it was the announcement of a fresh, formalist voice in the world of genre filmmaking.

Most of the laughs come from a place of recognition, like pointing out how shameless Marvel's Stan Lee cameos have become or referencing the colossal blunder that was The Green Lantern (which also starred, as you probably know, Mr. Reynolds).

The two most obvious reference points are the Harry Potter series and The Incredibles, with dashes of X-Men, Mean Girls, and most any John Hughes high school movie.

Delegates attending the BNF conference heard from a panel of eminent scientific experts including Professor Ashley Adamson from University of Newcastle, Dr Graham Moore from University of Cardiff, Professor John Reilly of University of Strathclyde, and Professor Jeanne Goldberg from Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA, about the role and impact of a whole school approach to nutrition; the association between breakfast consumption and education outcomes in primary schools, with particular reference to deprivation; the impact of obesity, and of physical activity, on academic attainment; and research which points to the most effective methods of communicating about nutrition with school children.

Giving them an example for further reflection always helps, as they need to understand what is expected of them, and without a point of reference most students will find it hard to make it all up on their own...

We believe that the creation of a robust reference point in the form of national professional standards, supported by professional recognition of our most expert and qualified practitioners through our Fellowship scheme, are essential for the credibility and ongoing development of the profession.

The most recent state - level college - going rates come from 2009 - 10, so both variables use that year as the reference point.

The benchmarks, and the law's reference to 10th grade as the point when most students will complete the CIM, have led some educators to conclude that all students will basically move forward together and that 10th grade is when the actual certification should happen.

Most countries have referenced 21st Century skills as being a priority; few have followed through to the point where assessment practice policy has been established.

Lap times are nice as a point of reference but in the end it is how much fun you are having in your car that matters the most.

While the publishing climate is certainly changing, I think as long as sales are tracked through traditional outlets and publishers continue to put the most emphasis using Bookscan as a primary sales reference point — versus an author's statement that the book has sold 3,000 copies in back - of - the - room sales or as ebooks — big publishers are going to be wary of publishing authors that are showing, say, 100 copies sold.

Most other tablets have no such reference points on their back, which means that their reference points are usually just the corners.

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The most fruitful analysis adopts a common view across an entire database, so that visual comparison of trend intensity has a point of reference.