Sentences with phrase «much of their good points»

Men who write books about their heroes make much of their good points, and gloss over or excuse their sins and failures.

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That means interleaving not only produces better short - term results, it also results in much greater long - term retention — which is incredibly important in the real world where the point of learning isn't to simply remember something long enough to pass a test.

Although the search giant points out that the definition of which ads are acceptable comes from an independent industry group called the Coalition for Better Ads, some believe that the default blocking of certain ads puts too much power in Google's hands.

For example, a restaurant or cafe would do well to replace a classic point of sale system with a mobile iPad POS that allows servers a much greater flexibility in assisting their clients.

In one of the most arresting points in the article, the author finds that in the 90s, 83 % of men aged 18 to 25 did not agree with the statement «It is much better for everyone involved if the man is the achiever outside the home and the woman takes care of the home and family.»

The site points out that since the chain spent no money in actually producing a commercial, they pretty much received «the best ad deal in the history of television.»

Chobani's McGuinness pointed to too many products, too much duplication and imitation, as well as a lack of innovation in yogurt for declines in the category.

The four critical factors are: (a) businesses with recurring revenue bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade» model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the market could even fairly quickly reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.

Even if they forget much of what you say, people often remember stories that best illustrate a point.

Growing up middle - class, well - educated at this point in history is pretty much the golden card of all golden cards in the history of human life on this planet.

Because medical marijuana dispensary laws vary so much from state to state, and there's not always one department set up to govern the medical marijuana trade, Bedrick recommends that an entrepreneur should first check with the Department of Health Services as a good starting point.

The bigger issue, of course, is the barrier to entry for individual investors: Private equity firms typically have a minimum investment of $ 5 million or more, and at one point, the best firms were so popular, they were demanding as much as $ 250 million.

Plus, as UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center recently pointed out, a growing number of studies also show that in specific situations, too much good cheer is actually counterproductive (beyond the obvious like going through the grieving proceGood Science Center recently pointed out, a growing number of studies also show that in specific situations, too much good cheer is actually counterproductive (beyond the obvious like going through the grieving procegood cheer is actually counterproductive (beyond the obvious like going through the grieving process).

Kik co-founder and chief technology officer Chris Best hinted as much during an episode of The Disruptors on Business News Network, grinning and admitting that «probably, possibly, at some point, yes» that would be the goal.

But there is definitely such a thing as too much of a good thing and I think we're getting pretty close to the tipping point.

When it comes to taking digital pictures, much of the recent focus has been on smartphones — how they now take better pictures than many point - and - shoots did just a few years ago (and why it's now vital to be able to Instagram a shot of your dinner and make a phone call with the same device).

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At one point, Flaherty mentioned «we have been proposing to bring in federal legislation that would deal with the issue of systemic risk,» before adding politely, «This is much better.»

This last point was a win - win: developers would have access to enterprise - level computing resources with zero up - front investment; Amazon, meanwhile, would get that much more scale for a set of products for which they would be the first and best customer.

During the middle of the 18th Century and well into the beginning of the 19th Century India produced far more textiles — and usually much cheaper and of better quality — than did England, but a number of measures aimed at undermining Indian textile producers and protecting British textile producers (tariffs that almost always exceeded 50 %, for example, and by 1813 were as high as 85 %) meant that at some point in the first half of the 19th Century the British textile industry had become the most efficient in the world and was able largely to eliminate the Indian textile industry from global competition.

The best - known display of a hard fork without full support (and its failure or success depending on point of view), the two networks (ethereum and ethereum classic) now both operate separately, commanding about as much value as they did before.

Last August, at the time of the announcement of the sale of the Washington Post, I noted that Washington Post Co. shares had proved a mediocre investment over the past two decades, trailing the S&P 500 by more than 2.5 percentage points on an annualized investment (although starting at the time Buffett began accumulating shares, in 1973, the performance was much better, with an estimated annual return of 11.5 %).

That's — we didn't sell much in last year because we had way too much Session and were — we expect that to be well in EMEA, in particular, where we see — as Nick had mentioned in his remarks, we see more competition at the lower end of the price point range versus the upper end.

CHARLIE MUNGER: Well, the truth of the matter is we don't pay much attention to trying to get an extra two basis points by being gamey on our short - term things and that credit default position is a weird, historical accident.

thanks, you make a good point, I was just thinking of 80 - 100 % global equities because there is so much time to recover from any big drops....

To your point though, a number of REITs are looking much better.

Work with Investors and Raise Capital They are also able to always clearly answer the key questions: ▪ How much capital the need to raise ▪ What does success look like in 12 months ▪ Who is on the team and why ▪ Use of funds ▪ Who is in charge ▪ The go - to - market strategy ▪ How to recruit talent So for those who still feel compelled to build startups, a good starting point is to understand what it takes, and what the expectations are.

The fact that he doesn't seem particularly interested in learning the finer points of policy makes it easier for the North Koreans to convince him that a terrible agreement actually isn't so bad — and after much flattery, he might very well be convinced to make a «great deal.»

It's also a good point brought up in the comment below: what distinguishes Google from the crowd, isn't so much the amount of money it spends on perks, but how deliberate the company seems to be in connecting that spending to overarching goals related to employee productivity and organizational culture.

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I think the virgin / whore dichotomy is very much apart of our culture but you bring up a good point.

Good point by Alex, many people who are deeply religious (and orthodox Jews very much are), see times of fear and stress as well as times of happiness and tranquility to be times to pray.

I started this show as background noise a few years ago, not expecting much, and here we are 4 season in, and it's still one of my favorite shows, while I don't believe this season is as good as season 2 or maybe 3 as a whole, it has its high points, a couple of things fall a little flat, but no single episode failed in my opinion.

It does work much better when you point to actual sources when you post data — at least for those of us who prefer to comment on facts more than opinion.

As much as your point is dead - on, I'm sorry to say you may as well be shouting in a hurricane: The faithful will never let anything like facts, logic, evidence or even rationality get in the way of their beliefs.

Having been a Baptist for nearly twenty years and a Latter - day Saint for 35 years now, I can tell you his religion, if it is lived fully, will only make him a much better person, and not one you would have any problem trusting from a character and moral point of view.

James Nuechterlein's medley of reviews of the three new Lincoln studies is particularly artful in weaving together so much that we have come to know about the mature Lincoln who led the Union through the war years, as well as pointing out those areas in which Lincoln will perhaps always be clothed in mystery or contradiction.

My point is that the great tradition is much better and much deeper than the tradition of the more or less neo-scholastic manuals.

Something believers refuse to address when you point it out to them is the fact that much of the reasoning they use to support their religious beliefs can be applied equally well to almost any other set of religious beliefs, including some that are inconsistent with their beliefs.

At this point parts II - IV are substantially complete, as well as much of I.2 - 3.

Surely much more thought and honest discussion between Christians is needed on this point, as well as a more realistic appraisal of the actual demonstrated methods of Jesus.

no, I didn't say that's all there was — but much of what is left is not verifiable — some of it may very very well be true and some may be fiction; some may be a best attempt to retain truth where erroneous transmission kept the true story from being relayed forward; but how can it be verified at this point?

«If you leave your wild beliefs out of your argument, you'll have a much better chance of making a point that is logical to anyone other than you» -------- So why didn't you give that advice to Doc when he insinuated that God is anthropocentric?

Whitehead's own use of the term «metaphysics» is not systematic, as is well - known,» so not much is gained by pointing out that Whitehead speaks of Creativity as «the ultimate metaphysical principle» (PR 32; my italics).

only reason y i say this is because of Santification, once we give our life to the Lord, we streight way (so to speak) begin the process of Santification, this is Christ making us like him, and this Is SUFFERING It does nt happen over night, but for the duration of our time here, as you have said, its sort of like sin being done unto us, and we are handleing it just like Christ did, (with Love) of coarse with the help of the Holy Spirit, This Does NOT feel Good At ALL since our soulful flesh is Corrupt, (but our spirit is saved) This is were your trails and tribulation, your own desire, and All play apart, Now Moment by Moment we choose by our own will, And Jesus helps in these times, as he was tempeted, but without sin, The devil can do nothing but try and decieve the Christian into thinking that he has to work for his salvation as you have said, this thing here is about your Inheritance In Christ, Its gonna be some show nought broke christian in Heaven, because their trying to set of for themseleve trasure on earth, and their is going to be weeping and gnat of teeth, but it wont be, because of their going to Hell, It will be cause they miss out on what they could have had, and it is Devistation, cause they waste so much time, and they wont be able to attend the wedding, supper of the lamb, they wont be, getting the position over city, galacy, ectt... just check it out some of the points i have made, God Bless you!

When we think about modern culture, we might naturally gravitate towards some of its «evils» (more on this in a moment), but there is so much good to point out.

The best way to bring the sinfulness of such sins home to us is to point toward the places where humans in fact act wrongly: in home, school, business, contacts with others, and the like, where by pride, self - seeking, neglect of our neighbors, ugliness of behavior in our homes, and so much else, we often behave in a reprehensible manner or we subtly and insidiously treat other persons as mere «things.»

I have to admit here that maybe proponents of «old think» had half a point when they complained that it was not always a good thing for the Press to exhibit an instinctive adversarial relationship to the president, as much as that posture may have been justified in the case of Mr. Bush.

There has been much discussion whether the sociologist of religion is right in viewing his material from a special point of view and handling it according to a special method, or whether he has a more or less well - circumscribed field which he can call his own.

preacherlady... I have great respect and have learned much from Lewis, but he's a good example of my point.