Sentences with phrase «raison dtre»

That, in a nutshell, is the GTS's raison d'etre: to add spice to the model range, but at a level that isn't too rarefied.

Imagine the derision you would have faced if, say 25 years ago, you had dared predict that the fate, nay, the very existence, of the once - quintessential luxury sedan powertrain was in the hands of a South Korean automaker whose very raison d'etre is serving the proletariat?

Its raison d'être is, simply stated, to cruise in comfort, safety, and refined style.

The tapering buttresses that it hangs from may seem an extravagance but their raison d'être is a functional one.

In our minds, the raison d'etre of an all - wheel - drive crossover, even a small, high - style one like the Kia Sportage, is to slog through adverse weather.

Ford profits have surged amidst improved sales and increasing popularity of the Titanium premium trim level, and Lincoln knows that this legitimately challenges its own raison d'etre.

You'll note that we haven't even discussed Tesla's raison d'etre, which is, in Musk's words, «To accelerate the advent of electric cars.»

Just fire the engine up — whether the 5.7 or the 6.0 — and its raison d'être is clear.

That's our raison d'etre.

The raison d'être for top - down cruising is to take in the sights and sounds of the outside world.

But before we go any further, let's get straight to this particular Civic's raison d'être: its backside.

Ford is touting the 3.0 - liter V - 6's fuel economy — the truck has a 30 mpg highway rating from the EPA — this no doubt being the engine's raison d'être.

In a weird way, the CR - Z reminds me of the original raison d'etre behind the Pontiac Fiero.

Adding punch to the 200 - hp engine while maintaining the car's cheap - fun raison d'être means no pricey professional tuner, no powertrain swap, and no upsetting the neutral handling with an erratic turbo.

The stunning 19 - inch alloy wheels, LED lighting, striking body kit, and black exterior trim details are a key part of this BMW's raison d'etre of turning heads and dropping jaws.

There are countless other examples which exemplify the fact that the teachers unions» raison d'être is preserving their influence, and doing so by any means necessary.

Then there is a memo put out by «Third Way,» allegedly a centrist outfit whose raison d'être is providing solutions neither left nor right, but moderate.

In the Public Interest — a perfect partner for AFT — is a project of The Partnership for Working Families (PWF), which is an ACORN - like group that hates anything capitalist and is a card - carrying member of the «Occupy Wall Street» movement, whose raison d'être is to bash «one percenters.»

Poor teaching quality undermines the very raison d'être of sending children to school in the first place.

The teachers unions» raison d'être will suffer if teachers started being treated as professionals and not interchangeable widgets.

Ensuring a high - quality education for all students is the civil rights challenge of our times, and in my view, the raison d'être for every educational leader.

The more teachers on the payroll mean more money for the unions, period; money and power are their raison - d'etre.

The reality is that, given a choice, many workers will just say «no» and the unions will lose money and influence, their real raison d'être.

Like it is mentioned in the Introduction, weighing the human rights and fundamental freedoms is not only against theory and raison d'être of the institution of the fundamental rights, but theoretically impossible and morally wrong.

The people you are communicating with want to hear information that emotionally or intellectually connects with them — this is what drives them to change their attitudes and behaviour, which is the raison d'être of a communications strategy.

As a long - established charity, this is a key part of SJA's raison d'etre.

Of course, this requires union leaders who don't see today's rules on tenure and seniority as labor's raison d'être.

But even if that had been the original idea, there's nothing requiring that it be the raison d'être forever.

It's true that the raison d'être of the training department is to get a return from the training budget.

This is one of the most salient features of an online education initiative and is considered as an evergreen debate of the raison d'être of online learning.

But, some apps have a better raison d'être than others.

The initial frame of the speech harkens back to the original ESEA (1965) and its raison d'être.

For the record, I actually liked The Amazing Spider - Man (more, even, than Spider - Man), yet I still don't understand its raison d'être (beyond the mercenary).

Executive - produced by John Sayles, who appears in a cameo, this is the kind of authentic indie miracle that is Sundance's raison - d'être.

With The Neon Demon, appearances are not the goal it is the raison d'etre.

Cast: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander, Hugh Bonneville, Dean - Charles Chapman, Miranda Raison, Stephen Mangan, Jonathan Hyde, Amit Shah, Diana Rigg

«All I Want,» not to be confused with the recent Sharon Stone rom - com «All I Wish,» is a breezy, largely likable ensemble dramedy that, unfortunately, has little of consequence to impart about the human condition, seemingly the film's raison d'être.

As I wrote in my review of it last year, there seemed to be no raison d'être to the first movie other than the obvious one of cashing in on a bestselling series.

However, skeptics are given more opportunity to question The Water Diviner «s raison d'être as character development is sparser than water sources in the Outback.

Based on his 2008 Pulitzer Prize - winning work of the same name, August: Osage County takes Tolstoy's oft - quoted opening line of Anna Karenina — «each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way» — as its primary raison d'être and spends a vitriolic two hours (one hour less than the play) showing us just how unhappy its central characters — members of the Oklahoma Weston clan — can be.

Nevertheless, the cinematic adventure's raison d'etre remains the historic decision to undergo the world's first sex change operation.

It's just too bad that the film's raison d'être required such an expository third act.

Are they not the raison d'être for this whole operation?

Starring Miranda Raison, Sam Keeley, Daniella Kertesz, Elarica Gallacher and Lorna Nickson Brown.

Because FEFF's whole raison d'être is East Asian films, this move mystified many visitors, including me.

Fresh: More than anything, Fonda gives this glossy, reasonably entertaining rerun an American raison d'etre.

Those rankled by pop - culture parody, for example, should run screaming, as that's pretty much the show's entire raison d'etre.

Predicated on and playing to our now - ingrained fears of terrorism, these set pieces feel like the entire raison d'etre of the film — or at least the only thing it truly cares about.

Competitions have been won - seemingly the raison d'etre of every film involving song or dance troupes - and now the Bellas and their leader Beca (Anna Kendrick) need something else to occupy them for a third instalment.

But after a reasonably engaging first act, the movie's raison d'etre comes into focus.