Sentences with phrase «odd claim in»

We've reached out to the humane society on several occasions to work with us on this issue,» a somewhat odd claim in view that at least six different and unrelated, unaffiliated humane societies operate on the various islands that comprise Hawaii.

Not exact matches

February 9th also brings the new album Odd Blood from buzz band Yeasayer, who hope to claim the «hipster - band - with - world - beats» in 2010.

Freddie has written a post that forces me into the odd position of defending Sam Harris; the crux of which is the claim that once we accept the human mind as being a contingent accident of evolution, we necessarily must abandon any faith in the intellectual edifices constructed by such minds:

I'm not so odd as to claim one could, and I'm not trying to employ any trickery in my argument.

Their website is registered in Austria and they claim «Fast Shipping to USA» on their site... so it doesn't appear as if Women's Best is a U.S. company (which I don't have a problem with, for the record... just pointing it out because I found it odd there wasn't any information about the company available on the site).

The odd part is finding out that many schools sooner or later build a zero period back in, rendering claims of progress and a focus on health a bit hollow.

It must be said that it's kind of odd Cuomo would make this claim, given there's been plenty of off - narrative stories written before that have sometimes resulted in pre-emptive statements attacking the news organization's credibility.

Images of him on foreign trips with Fox, combined with odd stories about Werritty claiming to be an «adviser» to the defence secretary, built up a picture of a man in the twilight, just offstage, having the air of the powerful.

There was something very odd about the fiasco of David Cameron's much - vaunted claim that he was going to bang the table at the European Council and demand a halt to the proposed # 6 billion rise in the EU budget.

I think it's a little odd that a PAC interested in supporting Democratic issues is supporting a Republican that claims to be a conservative but isn't.»

Asked about the attempt to destabilise his leadership, Clegg said: «I think it's odd, to put it very mildly, that any fellow Liberal Democrat should spend time and good money, while the rest of us were out campaigning for these tough elections, instead surreptitiously trying to come up with specious claims on the basis of polls, which were in any case entirely confounded by the election results.

On the same claim - part of a # 2,191 invoice for odd jobs that included cleaning a shower head - Mr Willetts charged another # 80 to «change light bulbs in bathroom».

This claim struck me as odd because I could have sworn that while flying a red - eye across the Atlantic (the ocean) I'd read an article in The Atlantic (the magazine) by Virginia Postrel declaring that science is in fashion and that more young people than ever were choosing to study it.

One school claims that hypnosis fundamentally alters a subject's state of mind; the other believes that there is nothing radical about it, that all the strange experiences and odd behaviors typically associated with hypnosis can be observed in people who are not actually in a hypnotic trance.

There also is an odd feel to the make - up of the city itself, nondescript, with an intentional microcosm of different nationalities, races, genders and accents (It is claimed that author Saramago had the producers agree the story not be set in any recognizable city and without named characters, like the novel).

The slightly senile Woody is a cantankerous old fart who has recently taken to sneaking out of the house with the intention of walking the 900 - odd miles to Lincoln, Nebraska to claim one million dollars in prize money promised to him by a publisher's sweepstakes.

That is why it is especially odd for him to claim that a «great deal» of upper - income families benefit in Arizona and Georgia.

Sessions claimed that the Honda was «straight from Planet Strange with its odd proportions and disappointing details,» while associate web editor Ben Timmins faulted Honda «for not pushing the envelope in terms of the design.»

The original, slightly odd - looking, Doblo Cargo arrived in 2000, but claimed the International Van of the Year crown after a facelift improved matters in 2006.

It may seem odd to prioritize talk of storage space in a sporty car review, but according to Hyundai's research, it's a key attribute among segment shoppers — some 32 percent of compact hatch buyers claim Outdoor Activities among their key hobbies.

As Rowling was savvy enough to retain the digital rights to all of the books in the series, and since she will be making the digital editions and audio downloads available through the Pottermore website, it seems kind of odd that her print publishers would feel any claim to the sales of the ebooks is warranted.

Jane is the custodial parent but the divorce decree says John can claim the child as a dependent in odd - numbered years.

C) If Dan Wiener claims a 16 year 144 % performance advantage and then states that two Duke University professors «conclude that my way of investing in Vanguard funds has an 87 % probability to continue to outperform index funds for the foreseeable future,» then I seems odd that he does not also mention that that study's numbers implied a far lesser 16 year «positive alpha «advantage of around 40 % or so.

Using this odd system it can take a long time before something in your price range actually turns up.The other way to acquire new ships is to discover crash sites on planets, where you can then opt to spent time gathering the needed resources to repair the down craft and claim it as your own.

It's been said before that Halo has a 10 year plan by Frank O'Connor, which makes it odd that he claims that he's «never been in that position before.»

Then in 163 you say «So it's odd that your claim is that we who favour mitigation are opposing resort to market forces.»

-- it's interesting for the pictures showing how different roof and wall paints / colors collect heat, though it's a bit odd in claiming this is the cause of global warming.

It's odd (or not) to see such fascination with a paper mistakenly claimed to show something it doesn't, that's nearly 20 years old, that has no surprises in it, and that's been part of the discussion in the field for, well, almost 20 years.

Another head of the hydra was a 2009 paper by John McLean, Chris de Freitas and Bob Carter published in JGR in the innoccuously titled «Influence of the Southern Oscillation on Tropospheric Temperature», the authors claimed that el nino drove essentially all variations to global temperature — a distinctly odd claim since almost nothing in climate science has been mroe closely studied than the relationship between el nino and global climate.

I'm referring to people that 1) don't believe in radiative physics 2) claim that CO2 can only do good 5) do not support advanced air pollution control for toxics and short duration GHGs Ok yes, there is the odd handful of those.

That's an odd stance to take, because the first claim in the Boulder lawsuit states that the «Defendants» actions have altered the climate in Colorado.»

It looks a bit odd in an empirical claim, besides letting yourself open to the baking soda squirrel.

Since the WCRP was started in 1980, I find this claim odd.

This is really odd, you ask for experimental proof from basic traditional science on this, which is grounded in empirical industrial knowledge, continuous proof in testing, yet you require only a thought experiment for a claim which contradicts the traditional teaching..

Then RCP8.5 claims an increase of 530ppm (930 — 400) in the next 85 years, compared to an historical increase of 120ppm over the past 150 odd years.

And the odd thing is that even after this unequivocal clarification, that Annan is still making, in a semantically slightly modified form, the same claim!

As to your claim about extremes, I find it odd that you ignore the huge population and land use changes in the Indus over the past decades.

At first blush, then, Deloitte's position seems an odd strategy, because it deprives the firm of the argument that the lawyers weren't entitled to the benefits they claim in the first place.

While agreeing with much of the Briggs proposals it seems odd to differentiate an online resolution from any other court and I do not see why the online solution in the court process is not just another part of the process for smaller claims.

It is odd that it is often claimed that demand for legal services is flat in Western economies, a conclusion reached by looking at the revenues of large law firms in the US and UK.

In cases where family members do sue each other in an effort to seek compensation for their injuries from the insurance company, it is odd, to say the least, when these cases go to trial because juries are not told in Maryland that there is auto insurance available to cover the personal injury claiIn cases where family members do sue each other in an effort to seek compensation for their injuries from the insurance company, it is odd, to say the least, when these cases go to trial because juries are not told in Maryland that there is auto insurance available to cover the personal injury claiin an effort to seek compensation for their injuries from the insurance company, it is odd, to say the least, when these cases go to trial because juries are not told in Maryland that there is auto insurance available to cover the personal injury claiin Maryland that there is auto insurance available to cover the personal injury claim.

Ever since the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Robinson - Steele v R D Services C - 131 / 04 [2006] IRLR 386, [2006] All ER (EC) 749 we have been in the logically odd position on rolled - up holiday pay that it is a system that should not be used, but if it is the employer can set off any amounts so paid against a claim by the employee, provided paid «transparently and comprehensively».

Some people are claiming that the Zeppelin Air is finicky about the type of router you have, the security your Wi - Fi network is using, or just not liking the Wi - Fi password the user puts in (this sounds a bit odd to us).

To make things worse, Tether has received a subpoena from the U.S. Government and will likely face auditing in attempt to prove that they really do control the $ 2 billion or so odd dollars that they claim to have.

The first all - in - one music system from the polarizing French firm, Phantom's odd looks are, Devialet claims, merely the side - product of its homegrown pressurized drivers and hybridized analog / digital amplifiers.

We are going to be in court for the next 18 odd years just on one claim alone.

However, a week or so after hanging up on the pushy salesman I was contacted by another rep who claimed to have a close personal relationship with RK, and was «very disappointed» in the behavior of the sales rep.. He went on to add that that particular coach had a reputation for that, which I found odd, but nevertheless persuaded me into signing up for the program - the kicker being that I have three days to decide after receiving all of my coaching / mentoring material in the mail if it's really something I want to move forward with.