Sentences with phrase «only middle ground»

The only middle ground left belongs to the apathetic majority who prefer not to think about such things lest they have to make a decision for themselves.

Only the middle ground, where the expansion and the gravitational strength balance to within 1 part in 1015 at 1 second after the big bang, allows life to form.

Saying the only middle ground is if the prayer does not happen... that is plain silly.

Here was Oakland, the team with only a middling ground game, running for 99 yards in the first half — and against the team that can't be run against.

Not exact matches

In any case, further efforts for a compromise will only be effective if you escalate your offer, moving the «middle ground» somewhat closer to your counterpart's relative position.

More recently, Harper has tried to stake out the middle ground in the health care debate, advancing a policy that not only mimics the Liberals» stance, but goes beyond the governing party's plans in terms of expanding the publicly funded system.

«There are some people who want to leave the oil in the ground; there are other people who want to take it out now with minimum regulation,» Carr says, adding the government can only trust that there's «a quieter group in the middle.»

Although PIMCO expects a middle - ground fiscal compromise from Washington, when that is combined with the fading influence of QE monetary policies, it leads only temporarily to 2 % real growth in the U.S. at best — growth that is clearly not «Old Normal.»

Adam Smith would disagree with my first proposition, and Karl Marx would disagree with my second; the middle ground is the only position that leaves me comfortable.»

There is therefore not only a «middle ground», but an entire continuum from «weak faith» to «strong faith».

Scholarship in the United States sustains a notable burden in these circumstances, not only because of its unmatched financial resources, but also because of its unique position as the middle ground between European culture and the culture of the Asian nations.

That middle ground may demand more from us and could potentially place us in more danger, but it also has the potential to not only neutralize the violent person (s), but in the best of circumstances can bring about positive changes in their life (lives) while it is eliminating their danger to others.

Remember if you aren't at the head of the class when it comes to the development of young talent, which means eyes on the ground everywhere, a vast array of connections with soccer associations throughout Europe and beyond and a manager willing to properly train and play said blue chippers, (like the 90s Arsenal or clubs like the modern day Monaco and Dortmund) you need to spend to win... anything in between is highly problematic... failure to make the necessary changes leaves you in the proverbial «no man's land» and that is currently where we reside... it's difficult to get out of this rut... just ask either of the Milan teams... next step after that is being known as a «seller», which could be us already if and when Sanchez leaves... there are only two teams that have worn this moniker in recent times and had some decent success and that is Athletico Madrid and Dortmond, which only occurred when they both brought in new, charismatic leaders in Simmone & Klopp... the odds that Wenger could conjure up the magic to repeat the performances of a bygone era are incredibly low, so why prolong the agony... he's not willing to create the hierarchy necessary to go the youth route and he's unwilling to put his team's potential success ahead of his job security by laying it on the line with Moustache, so it's time to place all your chips in the middle or go gently into that good night

Michigan State: Did not record any stats, but helped clog the middle of the line to limit the Spartans to only 29 yards on the ground.

I did see the picture of the pitch in the middle of the prison when trying to match up Google Earth and some old maps (which put the Manor Ground immediately southwest of the prison, and, by inference, the Sportsman a tad southwest of that and nearer to the canal and drainage ditches that, I assume, were the source of the flooding, but we are only talking a difference of field or two at most; and if you have primary sources, I'll bow to those).

Nick Clegg was accused of trying «every trick in the book» to distance himself from his record today, after he made a keynote speech describing the Liberal Democrats as the only genuine party of the middle ground.

Winning over the middle ground is the only way to win majorities in the trade unions and Labour Party on individual issues.

But today US can only have sanctions against Iran; US can not attack Iran, because Iran in return can attack US army bases in middle east and even attack israel (The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution touched on the Israeli threats of a military invasion against Iran and stressed: «If they make any such move, the Islamic Republic of Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground.»)

However these studies only analysed the winning time of a small number of middle and long distance elite races and did not take factors such as ground softness into account.

His scheme runs the spectrum from cyclopia (having only a single eye, in the middle of the forehead) to diprosopia (having duplicated facial features), suggesting that what we consider «normal» is nothing more than the middle ground in the vast range of nature's creations.

Attempting to find middle ground in the contentious debate over human embryonic stem cells, President George W. Bush announced 9 August that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be allowed to fund work with embryonic stem (ES) cell lines — but only those lines that have already been derived.

Perhaps realizing that it's divisive and reductive to only dabble in one or the other, SMD opts for a satisfactory middle ground in its live sets, rearranging the pair's accessible pop moments as skeletal reincarnations of themselves.

And Gerwig's dialogue hits that rare, special sweet spot between authenticity and zing — an ideal middle ground, in other words, between the way people really talk and the gut - busting way we only wished they did.

And if Gerwig isn't reinventing the coming - of - age movie, she's certainly investing it with uncommon wit and quotability; her dialogue hits that rare, special sweet spot between authenticity and zing — an ideal middle ground, in other words, between the way people actually talk and the gut - busting way we only want them to.

The second adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize - winning novel about a populist - leaning stump - thumper modeled after Huey Long, the film garnered attention first for its sterling cast and Tiffany pedigree, then for its sudden disappearance from last year's Oscar slate, only to appear now, without fanfare (save a gala screening at last week's TIFF), in the middle of what's traditionally a dumping ground for dead weight.

But the Supreme Court, seeking middle ground between individual and collective rights, unanimously ruled that states could require public employees to pay agency fees, so long as they only covered the costs of collective bargaining.

The top - dog 3.6 - liter gasoline V6, with 308hp and 275lb - ft and an 8 - speed auto is strong, but it's the middle - ground option, and only diesel in its class, 2.8 - liter Duramax that impresses most.

didn't want to pay 50K + for name only, the Buick was a nice middle ground between luxury and value.

(Interesting that there's no middle ground; we noticed this in a recent Mercedes - Benz, too — the drive choices were only Eco and Sport.)

The only problem is they aren't often a good middle ground and tend to feel very SUV - like in their ride and handling.

If it had been, her parents wouldn't have saddled her with a house that was rotting into the ground while they retired on a beach in Mexico, she wouldn't have to tutor snotty middle - schoolers over the summer to make ends meet, and she'd be living happily ever after with the man of her dreams, not kissing every frog within a hundred - mile radius only to be disappointed time and again.

Occupying something of an awkward middle ground between Chase's most basic and most comprehensive checking choices, the account is suitable only in the few situations where you can waive the monthly fee.

We also didn't run the numbers for a repayment mortgage (rather than interest only) as this just shows a middle ground between the two extremes which we are examining in the article.

That last one is no exaggeration, literally everywhere you look there are mountain shooting straight of the ground with some beautiful temple placed perfectly on top with the town of Ollantaytambo right in the middle on the only flat surface for miles.

- All the FFXIII characters seem to be bi-polar... they really only have a two track emotive range, they're either neutral or their behaviour is absolutely cranked up to 11, with seemingly no middle - ground.

As always the video is insightful and pleasent to watch but what I find most fascinating is that it's clear Blizzard are trying to not only avoid the toxicity of competitive play, but find some middle ground with Ranked so that it appeases the «hardcore» and those who simply want a more rigid play structure outside of Quick Match.

It's only when you inject a certain amount of passion into the process that you may find a middle ground.

It's a game suffering an identity crisis, trying to blend scripted, arcadey action with a brutal sense of genuine threat, and finding only a frustrating middle ground in which idiotically aggressive AI is dangerous only by way of borderline - psychic blunt force.

In Excursion on the Thames (1953), one of several pictures in the exhibition deriving from Avery's only trip to Europe in 1952, the perfect balance is struck between loving observation of the everyday and visionary form - making: the pleasure boat slowly moving down the Thames, observed from the steps of the Tate at Millbank, is simultaneously two bands of vibrant colour glowing against the almost - black of the middle ground.

When a green area in the middle of PARIS with 8 million people and indeed one of the most traffic - polluted spots in the modern western world, we only get 40 ppm over ground level.

In a green area — but still in the middle of Paris they get only 40 ppm CO2 over ground level.

IMO, when it comes to the physics, there just is no middle ground, only a dark space inhabited by cranks and Dunning - Krugers.

THERE is little grey area or middle - ground in often heated debates, with the CAGW camp blaming the burning of fossil fuels, namely coal, not only for a > 1 degree celsius warming of the atmosphere since 1850, but on literally anything and everything that moves, shifts, spins or tilts upon contact with colourless, odourless, tasteless, non-reactive, trace gas and plant food carbon dioxide!

I get the point that to adopt a «definition of «public» which refuses to recognize that any accommodation, service or facility will only ever be available to a subset of the public» perhaps takes too much power away from human rights legislation, but there must be some middle ground, and my inclination is that we ought to err on the side of definitions that preserve the rights of private contracting parties to arrange their affairs however they wish.

Only a small handful of firms have found something of a middle ground and are able to deliver large law firm results without a lawyer headcount in the thousands (e.g. Bartlit Beck and Williams & Connolly).

The Amazon Echo is not the only product that sits in this middle ground.

This type of insurance serves as a good middle ground between burial insurance which only covers funeral expenses and term or whole life that provides extensive benefits that may pay off debts or provide for a legacy for your family.

This game not only breaks new ground with its darker exploration of the world of Middle - earth but features innovative new A.I. technology that lets enemy orcs adapt to your actions throughout the game for a unique player - driven experience.

There's no middle ground to reach either, as coincidentally (not), Motorola's latest US - only special offer is set to expire precisely on July 25.

Something bad happens, it plunges, only to eventually climb back towards the middle ground (though this can take a while) and lay itself out on an average scale.