Sentences with phrase «need prodding»

In his Jan. 27 address, Clinton pressed Congress to wipe out the country's $ 3.6 trillion of red ink by 2013, a challenge Republicans say they don't need prodding to accept.

Fewer still take the trouble to review coverage and implement changes (and some still need prodding from the agent or financial planner).

But here's the thing, I don't need prodding in order to find reasons to be excited: Coogler is a fantastic young filmmaker.

Often school - age kids don't need any prodding to turn their home into a laboratory — just the time, space, materials, and supervision to safely do their thing.

But Heastie has suggested that Cuomo needs prodding when it comes to these issues, pointing out that the governor last year didn't see any «appetite» for a $ 15 minimum wage being approved amid Republican opposition.

For example, teachers, students and parents can log on to their laptops or tablets and see exactly how much progress a student has made in Renaissance history, or whether a student has ignored a poetry unit for too long and needs some prodding.

«Look at her,» said Darva, as if I needed prodding.

Still, running a galaxy that scales for all of our players doesn't always give as great an experience as we'd like during our busiest times, so very occasionally things sometimes need a prod from home on an evening or a weekend.

Sean Landers jerks off, and Ryan McGinley exposes his young friends — not that they needed prodding.

The Liberals and the N.D.P. needed no prodding to unanimously vote against this private member's bill.

Not exact matches

«They don't need to wait for NHTSA to prod them.»

On July 27, Bennett admonished Gantz as he was speaking before the cabinet, telling him that military leaders should be like «galloping horses» that need to be restrained by the government, not like «lazy bulls,» which require prodding to take action.

Still, it didn't take much prodding to get dozens of people of all generations to email me and let me know what speaking habits they think Millennials need to stop using now — at least at work.

If you want to develop an opinion that holds water, you need to poke and prod it from all angles to ensure it's water tight.

There is an existential need for an interrelationship, where I am not Thou, an insight, which is essential for continuation, for keeping on, pursuing, prodding, questioning.

I confess to needing a good prod from His rod and staff on a regular basis...

It needs us to irritate, prod, disturb and criticize.

My seminars have indicated to me that the religious organizations that address the issue of alcohol and drug abuse usually are prodded to do so by one person who is convinced of the need and will not take No for an answer.

Most people believe that we need to be driving, pushing, pulling and prodding ourselves for the kingdom in order to improve ourselves and this world.

nothing more, nothing less.And there is no need to pluck and prod, and «present» for more recognition or growth, not negating obviously the necessary evolution and flux of growing and becoming in our life....

But they are relatively expensive to raise, especially when people need to be coerced and prodded into buying this non-poultry-looking red meat.

I need a cattle prod to keep my husband away from these!

The fighters did not need much prodding either.

The bull didn't need much prodding.

So, Arsene Wenger, who revolutionised diets of Arsenal and brought many innovations that elongated the careers of players like Tony Adams needs to be prodded at press conferences to «investigate» the cause of a problem that he has been having over 5 years?

Some infants take the nipple without prodding, while others need to be coaxed.

knows, toddlers don't need much prodding to try new things.

Mama Natural noted that some babies are adventurous eaters right off the bat, while others need a bit of prodding to try new things.

However, instead of offering struggling school districts more resources like needed equipment, training and technical assistance, Congressional Republicans, prodded by the SNA and their cronies in the food and drink industry, decided to offer them a waiver.

BTW, an email discussion with Alan about Amy's mention of the need to provide different channels of communication based on supporters» preferences was a prod for me to write yesterday's piece on going where your supporters are.

«The real challenge for us is how we get to the point where structures are sufficiently clear that the capacity to innovate is there within the public service and doesn't need continual prodding and pushing from the government to do it.»

Cuomo has been eager to get the infrastructure project off the ground, prodding the federal government along to provide the needed funding for the effort.

This delay suggests to the researchers that the need to learn may in part prod the brain into dreaming.

From there it wasn't a huge technological step to the purely mechanical clock, prodded in large part by the twin developments of the Industrial Revolution (factory workers needed to show up on time) and the railroad (it would be nice if 10 o'clock in London meant the same thing everywhere in England).

Our days consisted of hospitals, therapies, evaluations, pokings, proddings and a LOT of tears... on top of the daily to - do's that needed to get done.

Mercury damage creates a need for extra nutrition, both to repair damage and to prod blocked enzymes.

It doesn't need you to keep looking to see what's going on or prodding it every 5 minutes.

Though Rachel felt like an outsider in Louisville, all she really needed was a prod in the right direction to get a foothold in the dating scene.

It gives you a decent prod along its critical path for those who need it, but as mentioned earlier this game appears to be at its best when you take your time and meander, which is incredibly easy to do.

The prodding of young Roger is all the encouragement we need.

They can prod districts and states to examine their special education policies and practices, potentially identifying ones that unintentionally yield discriminatory results, and shine a light on groups in need of greater early intervention resources.

Similarly, when it came to the idea that the feds needed to force states to act, we wrote «Prodding public sector institutions to set goals, monitor performance, and then reward excellence and address mediocrity has been a signal success for reformers on both the left and the right... Sensibly structured accountability systems encourage self - interested workers to take goals seriously, focus on outcomes, and employ all the levers at their disposal to produce those outcomes.

Virtual High School site coordinator Gabriel Cruz makes sure students get the support, resources, and (occasional) prodding needed to succeed in their online courses.

«It seems that over the years my students have become increasingly non-verbal and passiveThey need to be prodded to express themselves in a class discussion or to share something about themselves.

One must ask, too, whether Perry's Texas experience — plus his towering self - assuredness — would blind him to the droopy reality of more typical states and the prodding and political cover they might need from outside if they're ever to pull up their education socks.

The learner who lacks motivation is the biggest challenge with asynchronous learning and could need additional prodding.

I we... nt to the dealership to just take a look but Ed and Lance provided the gentle prodding I need to move forward.

The SUV picks up speed at a leisurely pace, needing a good prod on the gas for enough passing oomph.

And while the E43 never feels like a light car — it's 1855 kg in estate form, so braking always needs a slightly firmer prod than you expect and you're never pinned into your seat when accelerating — it's always a surprise to step out of the car and find so much bodywork behind you.

Note, however, that the direct - injected six needs to be sufficiently prodded to do so, as its torque output peaks at 5200 rpm.