Sentences with phrase «rather about influence»

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And when we think someone has violated a conflict of interest rule it's not necessarily because we think he or she has made an improper decision, but rather that we think he or she has failed to keep personal business and official duties separate, and that as a result we can not be sure about what factors may have influenced that decision.

But what's really remarkable about his investment strategy is not how much he spends, but rather how little influence he demands.

There seemed to be a movement afoot, and we decided to chronicle it with a list — one that, rather than being about money alone, was about achievements, ambition, and influence.

Convinced that religion was moribund, he did not fear its lasting influence» rather, he was alarmed about education that reinforced government ideology.

Perhaps Winfrey, who could use her influence to shatter stereotypes about atheists rather than reinforce them, would have benefited from listening to Nyad just a bit more closely and from talking to more atheists about awe and wonder.

It is enough to provoke both laughter and tears — not only all these protestations about having understood and comprehended the highest thought, but also the virtuosity with which many know how to present it in abstracto, and in a certain sense quite correctly — it is enough to provoke both laughter and tears when one sees then that all this knowing and understanding exercises no influence upon the lives of these men, that their lives do not in the remotest way express what they have understood, but rather the contrary.

Quote: «Perhaps Winfrey, who could use her influence to shatter stereotypes about atheists rather than reinforce them, would have benefited from listening to Nyad just a bit more closely and from talking to more atheists about awe and wonder.»

Podhoretz has his own twinges of pride: He writes as if the neoconservatives, those Family members who reacted to the late «60s by moving right rather than left, supplied Ronald Reagan with everything he needed to think about communism, although Reagan often said that the writer who most influenced him was Whittaker Chambers.»

Rather than speculate about what lies ahead, however, I would prefer to focus now on my perceptions of my context and my work, as these have been influenced by my change of mind.

It is because if such a world were to come about, it could not be said to have been brought about by a single being capable only of influencing, rather than determining, the activities of others.

Nevertheless, there is now a growing willingness - as long as it is made clear that this is no excuse for the existence of this appalling crime within an organisation which ought to be an example to society at large rather than a reflection of it - to think seriously about what that implies for our relationship to a society which, because of our bishops» gross mishandling of the problem, we now have small hope of influencing in this matter.

It seems to the writer rather unlikely that so dynamic a figure and influence in the early church as Paul was should have faded into near oblivion, only to be revived by the publication of a book about him, nearly a generation after his death.

please stop these silly articles this is a joke Wenger would die rather than play 7 defenders in his team he is no mourinho are u influenced by him there is no problem with this formation our past 2 seasons best performances have come playing this formation and about your one time theory this season only we beat manu that lead us to a run of fa cup and we won that so do your homework properly.

«While the County Executive refuses to answer the remaining questions about undue political influence affecting county operations, COMIDA board members have chosen to resign their volunteer posts rather than be dragged into the quicksand of this ethics disaster,» County Legislator Mark Muoio, D, said.

Asked about these briefings by Sky News, O» Flynn went on to talk about «a couple of rather poisonous individuals... poisonous influences that have to be removed».

«It's more about the influence we've lost within Europe rather than anything else.

The data also tell a story about variables that influence the success of women who earn doctorates in S&E: they are more likely to have attended a liberal arts college rather than a university as undergraduates.

A lot has happened in my blog life and also in my personal life in the past 4 years, and even tho my personal life had big influence on my blog life, I'd rather just talk about my blog life at this time.

As Guenez puts it, this new era is «about seeing a diverse, representative and level playing field, [where] different cultures have influence on the global fashion industry rather than a fully Western bias dominating.»

Out of the competition, the international highlights were El Clan (The Clan, Pablo Trapero), an effective if derivative Argentinian political drama / gangster film heavily influenced by Scorsese's Goodfellas; L'avenir (Things to Come, Mia Hansen - Løve), a fine if rather low - key drama helped enormously by Isabelle Huppert's lead performance; and, best of all, Robert Greene's Kate Plays Christine, a truly disturbing mixture of fiction and documentary concerning the attempt to make a movie about the tragic suicide of Florida journalist Christine Chubbuck, who shot herself on live television back in 1974.

Too often, though, the result feels like a pair of talented visual and film artists» distant elevator pitch for a feature, a portfolio of their respective aesthetic inclinations and intellectual influences rather than a cohesive text with something pressing to say about loss and detritus.

It's about time the rest of us recognized that the real «scourge» in education is not privatization, but rather the corrupting influence of Big Government and its international partner in crime, the teachers unions.

Rather, it's about the broader traditions that inform why we even ask some of these questions, and why these traditions — in economics, political science, sociology, and other areas — influence our methods.

The purpose of this column is not to endorse or refute the conclusions of the study or studies summarized, but rather to keep readers informed about timely research that may significantly influence education policy and practice.

Vogel may go out in public and present a warm and fuzzy persona, but in reality, CTA is not about «working together» but rather it is about protecting the job of every public school teacher (no matter how incompetent), acquiring large sums of money and power and killing any reasonable education reform that would diminish its influence.

Rather than one life, Larry King's My Dad & Me: A Heartwarming Collection of Stories About Fathers from a Host of Larry's Famous Friends offers remembrances of the many fathers, good and bad, who influenced the lives of celebrities from actors to astronauts.

Without worrying about offending anyone or saving yourself embarrassment, you can try anything and form your own honest opinion, rather than being influenced by someone else.

What's so unique about Guangzhou is the Southern Chinese influence with dim sum being served in the afternoons and Cantonese being spoken on the streets rather than standard Mandarin.

*** «What does make it a failure is if they were unable to capitalise on the changes to the point where simply meeting the status - quo would have been a better game... and quite frankly from the review it doesn't sound like that» *** *** «I «am no fan of the series nor do I really care about the games, but I do care when a reviewer (especially from a site with influence) out - rightly pushes an agenda rather than seeing the game for what it is.»

I «am no fan of the series nor do I really care about the games, but I do care when a reviewer (especially from a site with influence) out - rightly pushes an agenda rather than seeing the game for what it is.

However, what Final Fantasy XV says to me is that this identity crisis and internal struggle about what makes a Final Fantasy game good is just as prevalent as it has ever been, as the game's lack of focus feels like something that comes from a lot of people drawing from different influences, rather than uniting under the umbrella of a cohesive design.

«It is not about which artists we like and don't like: it is a list about influence and power on a global level, so is always going to favour distributors rather than producers,» said Rappolt.

Rather than looking at Kelley's art retrospectively, this one - day conference, organized in collaboration with Princeton University, presents new ideas about the influence of his work going forward.

The Barrier Series as well as the new paintings which I have been engaged in since about 1965 derive from some dense and rather moody pencil and charcoal drawings which I began making as far back as 1954; I believe that the rather black conté drawings of Seurat had some influence on me.

To base a show on what a piece of art is about rather than its chronological position or aesthetic influence is a dicey prospect, one that can reduce it to a denatured specimen of a tendency or genre.

For although this reluctant resolution may simply be motivated by the mundane tragedy of my own private aging, it has become increasingly clear to me in recent years that much of my current thinking about art was shaped rather decisively (if very indirectly) by that filial experience, and much of the conjecture I am seeking to flesh out in this essay is directly influenced by my first encounters with art — encounters which first took place and shape in front of my father's modest but well - balanced library, in his ateliers (he must have moved house every two years or so for a whole damned decade), at the opening receptions for the many group shows he was in, throughout the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s, in villages, towns and cities scattered across the Flemish plains.

350limit did not say to resort to magic rather than science, only that the authors have been blinded by the latter... I would refine that to refer to certain elements of scientific culture that tend toward extreme conservatism in making pronouncements or urging action — this isn't science, it's sociology, and the comments about «influencing policy» and «a particular political outcome» are also not science, or scientific.

Rather, it is about the design of policies in pursuit of complex objectives in a system comprised of people who are at least as intelligent as the government that is attempting to influence their behavior...»

[2] Rather, the focus is on the political economy, [3] sociology, [4] and culture of science, [5] which provides insights relevant to understanding the external influences on the production of science: what are the imperatives driving research and scientists, and in what kind of environment does science come about.

Simulations of future climate are all based upon assumptions about future greenhouse gas concentrations and other factors that influence climate; this is one reason why these simulations are referred to as «projections» rather than «predictions.»

Rather than trying to observe and understand a client's matter as a system of influences and dynamics, lawyers often focus intently on getting from «Point A» to «Point B.» Such a restrictive communications paradigm actually can cause a lawyer to fail to perceive and ask about something that is important to the client, and possibly critical to the successful resolution of the client's matter.

From these two pieces, I began thinking more about the inverse of Esposito's proposition, namely that location and other sensors influence what digital primary and secondary source material you read rather than actually creating it.

If you think that the Rule of Law requires legal rules to have a single meaning, and that it further requires courts, rather than decision - makers influenced by politics, to have the last word about this meaning, you will think that judicial review has considerable benefits.

With the very narrow, newly created exception for guilty verdicts in criminal cases reached based upon racial or other kinds of impermissible prejudice rather than the facts of the case (or cases where there is an outside influence on the jury such as a bribe or someone looking up facts or law on the Internet), no one can challenge a jury verdict based upon the reasoning and conclusions actually made by the jurors, even if someone learns that the jury knowingly or accidentally didn't follow the law or was mistaken about the facts.

There is a growing recognition by child therapists in general that positive behavioral changes may be brought about more effectively by influencing the child's environment rather than by attempting to control the child's behavior directly (Schaefer & Briesmeister, 1989).

I love being a Marriage and Family Therapist because it looks at the many influences throughout a person's life that have made them who they are rather than jumping to any conclusions about them.

The codes selected to measure overinvolved, or intrusive, parenting include Parental Influence, parental attempts to regulate, control or influence the child's behavior (e.g., I wish you would learn to how to set up your own appointments); Intrusiveness, over-controlling behaviors that are parent - centered and emphasize task completion rather than promoting the child's autonomy (e.g., I don't care if you don't want to talk about your high blood sugars, we have to); and Lecture / Moralizing, the extent to which the parent tells the child how to think in a way that assumes superior wisdom and provides little opportunity for the child to think independently (e.g., You should know better than to leave home without youInfluence, parental attempts to regulate, control or influence the child's behavior (e.g., I wish you would learn to how to set up your own appointments); Intrusiveness, over-controlling behaviors that are parent - centered and emphasize task completion rather than promoting the child's autonomy (e.g., I don't care if you don't want to talk about your high blood sugars, we have to); and Lecture / Moralizing, the extent to which the parent tells the child how to think in a way that assumes superior wisdom and provides little opportunity for the child to think independently (e.g., You should know better than to leave home without youinfluence the child's behavior (e.g., I wish you would learn to how to set up your own appointments); Intrusiveness, over-controlling behaviors that are parent - centered and emphasize task completion rather than promoting the child's autonomy (e.g., I don't care if you don't want to talk about your high blood sugars, we have to); and Lecture / Moralizing, the extent to which the parent tells the child how to think in a way that assumes superior wisdom and provides little opportunity for the child to think independently (e.g., You should know better than to leave home without your meter).

It's not always about the commission, but rather what influence the commission will have on that person's life.