Sentences with phrase «most sacred cow»

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Itemized deductions: Following through on previous pledges, the new plan eliminates most itemized deductions, but retains the «sacred cows» of write - offs for mortgage interest and charitable donations.

The cow — which is regarded as sacred and wanders freely in most parts of India — is a symbol of this.

I am (a) A victim of child molestation (b) A r.ape victim trying to recover (c) A mental patient with paranoid delusions (d) A Christian The only discipline known to often cause people to kill others they have never met and / or to commit suicide in its furtherance is: (a) Architecture; (b) Philosophy; (c) Archeology; or (d) Religion What is it that most differentiates science and all other intellectual disciplines from religion: (a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them; (b) Religion can make a statement, such as «there is a composite god comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence; (c) Science and the scientific method is universal and consistent all over the World whereas religion is regional and a person's religious conviction, no matter how deeply held, is clearly nothing more than an accident of birth; or (d) All of the above.

Ghee contains naturally occurring CLA, Vitamins A, D & K. Per Ayurveda, cow ghee is one of the most sacred foods.

I think to dismiss the possibility that further public expenditure savings can be made would be unjustifiable, although making further savings in the next parliament may most easily be achieved by targeting the Tory sacred cows that have so far been protected at the cost of greater cuts elsewhere.

It's a first salvo in what's expected to be a protracted budget battle as Gov. Andrew Cuomo gears up to fulfill his pledge to make deep spending cuts — most likely by goring the ox of some heretofore sacred cows, including the public employee unions and education aid.

An outrageously hilarious look at the sanctity of marriage, one that routinely skewers both the proponents and detractors of one of life's most revered and time - honored sacred cows.

The most brazen of the bunch may be Im Sang - soo, whose work is founded on his irreverence toward national sacred cows.

This will require a re-evaluation of many of the most cherished «sacred cows» of the education establishment.

The thing that I like most about the book is O'Shaughnessy use of data to slaughter several sacred value investing cows, one of which I mentioned yesterday (see The Small Cap Paradox: A problem with LSV's Contrarian Investment, Extrapolation, and Risk in prac...).

The thing that I like most about the book is O'Shaughnessy use of data to slaughter several sacred value investing cows, one of which I mentioned yesterday (see The Small Cap Paradox: A problem with LSV's Contrarian Investment, Extrapolation, and Risk in practice).

Most of my successful posts have been of this type: taking aim at sacred cows.