Sentences with phrase «other than the norm»

It can be hard to picture something other than the norm if it's not something you see or have experienced yourself.

She questioned what other real estate representatives would think if she did something other than the norm.

Not exact matches

Equal splits among siblings are still the norm in estate planning, yet a new study finds that more parents are writing wills that favor some of their children more than others.

Boozy barbeques do not appear to be the norm in this tree - lined borough: only 9.9 % of residents drink microbrews — less than most of the other Quebec neighbourhoods on our list.

But there are two things happening in Silicon Valley that are qualitatively different from New York or London (or pretty much anywhere else): First, the sheer density of tech entrepreneurs per capita is 10 times greater than the norm for other cities, and second, there is a far greater level of information sharing between entrepreneurs here.

Faculty salaries have risen slower than many other fields in recent years, and with provincial governments squeezing education budgets tough wage negotiations are likely to remain the norm.

Since the early 2000s, splitting the Chair / CEO roles has become the norm in Canada, and with good reason: more than any other individual governance best practice, Chair / CEO split with an independent chair is highly correlated with adoption of other good governance practices and disclosure.

Other questions genotype analysis could answer include whether a given athlete is at elevated risk for tendon ruptures or cartilage tears, whether her muscles require more or less recovery time than the norm, and why certain diets work for some people and not others.

CD options at CIT Bank have a large range of options as well, rather than just one, which is the norm for many other online banks.

The purpose of The Long View is to measure family firms against criteria that are specifically tailored to their governance realities, and to provide a framework to compare them against each other, rather than against the norms of widely - held issuers.

The heart and soul of American life remains in what Professor Glendon calls the «law - free spaces, where social life is left to the regulation of norms other than those of state - guaranteed law.»

On my intuitions, this conclusion would be convincing if indeed the very concept of a comprehensive telos implies what the critics assume that it implies, namely, that all moral norms other than the supreme teleological imperative are merely prima facie.

If he accepts other norms besides this, then he must return to some identification of revealed propositional truth, admit some other encounter with God than that which occurs in Jesus Christ, or allow authority to the conclusions of philosophical speculation.

One does not call poetry, or historical novels, or mythology erroneous, merely because they follow other norms of precision than scientific treatise.

85 But characteristically he went on to praise America for its democracy: «Democracy is an ultimate norm of political organization in the sense that no better way has been found to check the inordinacy of the powerful on the one hand and the confusion of the multitude on the other than by making every center of power responsible to the people whom it affects.»

They can not, among other things, «awaken the child to cultural values» or «affect [children's] hearts and minds» in a way that will lead to a society where racial justice and reconciliation are the norm rather than the happy exception.

The new entity will grant experts and other global norm - builders even more power than they already enjoy.

@Lie4Him: this is the part where you chime in that slavery was the norm and god just wanted people to treat them better than other slaves.

For example, if man were defined as essentially a rational animal, rationality could not admit of degrees, and «more» of it would not constitute a norm or an ideal, without entailing that some human beings are less «human» than others.

He suggests that I think the moral authority of a democratically enacted law rests on no basis other than its existence, that «conscientious reflection on enhanced interrogation need consult neither the norms of international law nor codes of professional conduct,» and that I maintain a «narrow focus on the mere existence of a law (or its interpretation) and not its substance.»

The flood was encouraged by the fact that Luther always disowned any wish to impose a universal style or any norms other than those of Scripture and, while always willing to advise, his advice often included the suggestion that people should work things out themselves as appropriate locally.

No doubt, some do better than others even measured by their own norms, and within all of them there are massive failures as well as successes

Second, when one turns to anthropological study of primitive cultures, one discovers a somewhat startling revelation; namely that the economic factor of life more than any other factor has dictated the ethical behavior norms, particularly those norms which relate to the various generations.

Generally, by its own norms, each succeeds better than do any of the others.

Faithfulness to what gives distinctive identity to the religious community becomes the celebrated norm, rather than openness to participation in the intersections of religious and theological outlooks with other outlooks on the same realities that religion and theology address.

No, these potatoes don't make themselves, and they do take a bit of pre-planning (I baked the potatoes before mixing with other ingredients (which means I had to remember that everyone's going to want to eat before they want to eat) and, since I wanted these to be weight - loss - friendly, I used this Creamy Italian Dressing (which takes about 5 minutes longer than opening a bottle of store - bought (but really didn't take any extra time because I had some on hand in my frig (which, thankfully, is the norm — we almost always have some in our frig because we eat it on nearly everything (salad, broccoli, rice, cabbage, bread, potatoes, and more) and it gets used in lots of recipes (like Garbanzo Pesto Salad and Chickpea Salad Sandwich)-RRB--RRB--RRB--RRB-.

There is still some way to go before a Meat Free Monday or other day of the week becomes the norm, however: the October survey revealed that 46 schools offered vegetarian menus twice a week, and only three more than three times a week.

All this is accepted blindly as being the norms of football for no other reason than it is what the Market wants and does (sic ``... like «trading», football is a results business»)-- indeed these values are lauded and held up on high so that we now reach the point here when even a truly great manager is being subjected to a witch - hunt by sections of the media and so - called fans who question his tenure of his post and ask what has he got to do to be sacked.

I don't like how you frisco talked about Wilshere.What I've come to realize is that we always seem not to criticize some players.Let me give you examples.They are: Monreal, Cazorla, Ozil etc. I've watched several matches where Cazorls has not been efficient and at Arsenal lack of efficiency from players and inconsistency is the norm of the day for this club.Wilshere has not yet fulfilled his potential but the guy I admire him for his fighting spirit and he always shows signs of the old Wilshere when he gets a run of games.I expect Wilshere to be better than Ozil and Cazorla when fulfills his potential.When you watch him when he was 16 and compare to other players at the same age who are now stars he was far far better.The guy's potential is really really huge and of there's anyone Arsene must persist with then it's Jack Wilshere.He should play this week in my opinion because he looked good when he came on and we can't keeo that momentum on the vench.Arsenal fans are too interested in one player being better than the other to start.Okay well if you want me to say it like how it is then i'll say it.Ozil and Cazorla are much better than Jack Wilshere but in terms of potential Wilshere was more blessed than them.

Arguably the Premier League is more competitive than other European leagues where one or two horse races have become the norm.

«Interestingly, [our] study did not find significant clustering of muscle - enhancing behaviors within schools,» said Eisenberg, which suggests that, «rather than being driven by a particular sports team coach or other features of a school social landscape, muscle - enhancing behaviors are widespread and influenced by factors beyond school, likely encompassing social and cultural variables such as media messages and social norms of behavior more broadly.»

«(R) ather than sanctioning other family forms, American society continues to hold everyone accountable to the norm of gender differentiated marriage.»

There are very few nods to students» other - than - French ethnic backgrounds, and — so far as I can tell — no accommodations for dietary demands outside what is assumed to be the norm.

I also think it is interesting that I frequently see claimed that «Parents in other cultures bedshare and don't report sleep problems,» yet the evidence I've seen indicates that parents in Asian cultures where bedsharing is the norm DO report more sleep problems than parents following the Western model.

A ray of hope is that the international treaties and institutions Trump might like to withdraw from enjoy sufficient support from other states that the costs of doing so would be too great for the U.S., or they will continue to function despite withdrawal by the U.S. Let's hope that IR's preference for international explanations is warranted this time and that we can conclude that international norms and institutions matter more than we previously thought.

We live at a time when creativity and personal expression are becoming the new norm rather than a rare exception, and political campaigns (along with all the other marketers out there) are competing with a million different voices to be heard.

«We encourage you to investigate whether these and other predatory practices are more widespread than previously reported, whether there is a growing trend of property owners using our judicial system to intimidate or extract money or other concessions from tenants, and whether these practices are out of line with the norms and standards of our justice system and tenants» right to due process.»

Academia now serves as a «training ground» rather than a career destination for the great majority of scientists, with work in industry, government, or other nonacademic employers the «new norm.»

This may also mean that a different group of women is getting involved in early heavy alcohol use than used to be the case; in other words, when heavy drinking occurs more frequently and tends to become the norm, women do not need to have some aberrant personal characteristic to become an early heavy user of alcohol.

«Because thinness is not consistent with dominant cultural standards of masculinity, young people who conform to masculine norms may be more likely than other youth to engage in unhealthy behaviors such as high - calorie food consumption, overeating and sedentary behaviors,» explains Dr. Austin.

Men whose image of themselves falls short of the traditional masculine gender norms, and who feel that others think this about them too, may be more prone to violence than men who feel comfortable in their own skin, suggests research published online in the journal Injury Prevention.

«Diabetes, perhaps more so than any other chronic disease, requires people to significantly modify their behaviors — sometimes in ways that are contrary to their cultural norms and backgrounds — even when they don't «feel» sick or experience symptoms of the disease,» said John G. Ryan, Dr.PH., Topic Editor for Endocrinology and Diabetes, and guest editor for the April 2014 Diabetes Update, entitled Race, Risk and Behaviors.

It's long been a popular stereotype: Men are hugely competitive, meaning cooperative effort is the exception rather than the norm, while women have a tendency to nurture relationships with others, making them much more likely to cooperate with one another.

Social Norms: One of the most difficult challenges I have found when I change my eating habits away from the «norm» is that it is very challenging to deal with the social aspect of eating differently than others.

You remind me of many of my students who really showed their intelligence through their grasp of reality and concern with things other than what is considered the norm for many your age.

In the 70s, the «day in the life of...» occupation movies were more the norm as far as comedies went, with an ensemble cast of colorful characters, and not much plot other than to watch them all interact and laugh at the results.

The list of icons making appearances was truly unprecedented: Superman soars twice — once in the «return» and the other as Ben Affleck; Crockett and Tubbs exude cool; Ethan Hunt falls short; Captain Jack Sparrow sets the stage for the finale; Jack Black sometimes wears stretchy pants; Huey Long is resurrected and somehow over-played by Sean Penn; the mass appeal of the DaVinci Code novel fizzled onscreen; Robert Altman's amazing career ended with an excellent adaptation of a radio series starring Garrison Keillor's made for radio face; Johnny Depp tried to untrack his career with The Libertine; Nicolas Cage was front and center in the disastrous remake of The Wicker Man, but if the preview is any indication, his sleep - walk was merely a tune - up for this year's Ghost Rider; Woody Allen (with Scarlett Johansson as his muse) re-emerged with his best comedy since Crimes and Misdemeanors; amazingly, Jen and Vince's real life break - up was more entertaining than the film version; and while on - set hook - ups seem to the norm, how could the dreadful You, Me and Dupree have been an aphrodisiac for Kate and Owen?

It's a film, not just about race, but about class and gender as well, and how the station one's born in will practically determine the ease by which one's life will proceed, for no other reason than societal norms and traditions.

«The story would have been better served at miniseries length, where we could observe Saul's growth rather than just have other people notice it» — Norm Wilner, NOW Magazine

I've no easy answers, other than the surety that these are questions we need to talk about and openly discuss more frequently, more productively, and with less hostility than has been the norm.