Although in many schools these are seen as
obligatory nods toward parent involvement, at Dewey these activities are part of a strategic series of initiatives designed to ensure that everyone understands the basic goals, philosophy, and work of the school.
Beginning with
the obligatory nod to Brown v. Board of Education, OCR goes on to cite several of the Supreme Court's equal protection decisions to buttress its legal authority.
Although a tad shy of the 99 achievements that graced The Orange Box, Valve has kept the achievement style rather similar to that of the «the best deal in videogame history», complete with
the obligatory nod to the achievements of another interactive apocalypse simulator.
This blistering pace took a hit for some fluff concerned with Call of Duty's eSports World League and
the obligatory nod towards Star Wars (it is the year, after all).
IMHO, the «temperature - induced» part of that is the mandatory /
obligatory nod to global warming.
We peeked into a couple disheveled bedrooms and gave the polite and
obligatory nod and «OK.»
Not exact matches
It's not without some snags, specifically as Nintendo brings some strangely
obligatory WiiMote service into play — they just can't resist some mandatory
nod to their motion controls.