Sentences with phrase «rather than advancing»

Cognitive learning theory advises that first - year legal writing and analysis students are cognitively overloaded and that requiring students to memorize and conquer, all at once, all the attributes of a strong legal analysis and organization increases the extrinsic load rather than advancing learning.

Rather than advancing the interests of polluters through a weaker climate policy regime this agreement must recognize the historical responsibility of the Global North, provide justice for the Global South and catalyze the rapid transition away from dirty energy.

Nonetheless in 2011, Nature published another article by Camille Parmesan who urged we end the climate debate, «By over-emphasizing the need for rigorous assessment of the specific role of greenhouse - gas forcing in driving observed biological changes, the IPCC effectively yields to the contrarians» inexhaustible demands for more «proof», rather than advancing the most pressing and practical scientific questions.»

Rather than advancing a signature architectural style, Adjaye's structures address local concerns and conditions through both a historical understanding of context and a global understanding of modernism.

DAVID ADJAYE, «Making Place: The Architecture of David Adjaye» @ The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago «Making Place» is the first comprehensive museum survey of global architect David Adjaye «s portfolio of more than 50 built projects, which includes the forthcoming National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.. His approach to design is unique: «Rather than advancing a signature architectural style, Adjaye's structures address local concerns and conditions through both a historical understanding of context and a global understanding of modernism.»

Breath of the Wild instead disconnects the linearity from its explicit storytelling entirely and makes every cut scene part of backstory exposition rather than an advancing present tense plotline.

Those who had their hopes pegged on this particular entry being a continuation of the story in Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 will be disappointed that this is an «in - between» game in the vein of Generations, telling side tales rather than advancing major plot points.

That profound impact of opposing movements is why hedged and alternative investment strategies should always be evaluated over complete market cycles, rather than the advancing or declining portion alone.

Rather than advancing after a year in a given course, students in new models would be able to advance asynchronously after demonstrating mastery of rigorous standards.

Still, at Bedford, students move through course material at a classwide pace, rather than advancing upon individual mastery.

According to a study released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) last year, federal stimulus funds were being used for «retaining staff and current education programs» rather than advancing reforms.

The accountability systems encouraged all manner of dubious practices, such as focusing teacher effort on a small subset of students at risk of failing the exams rather than advancing every child's learning.

Time flows like a current rather than advancing steadily according to the calendar or the clock.

In a «change election» we were perceived to be defending the old order, rather than advancing a new one.

While political showboating is an important part of being Attorney General, it would be refreshing for the job to be briefly held by someone who is more interested in just getting the job done rather than advancing her own career.

That profound impact of opposing movements is why hedged and alternative investment strategies should always be evaluated over complete market cycles, rather than the advancing or declining portion alone.

Rather than advancing on the results, stock indexes like the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.02 % and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.18 % have mostly remained in a tight trading range.

We need to build appealing subcultures rather than advance our own version of the Great Society or spend all of our energy on roiling national debates that stand far apart from the everyday experience of those Americans who could most benefit from what we have to offer.

SAN JUAN, P.R. — Latino lawmakers are tweaking their strategy to pass the Dream Act after Republicans won the State Senate on Tuesday, calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to put it in the budget rather than advance it as a stand alone bill.

I'd argue that a naturally flexible person doing fancy yoga poses that require hypermobility could be in the beginning, rather than advanced, stage of his / her practice.

And part of the problem with this sequel is how little it lets its star just riff with silly abandon, as he did throughout the original, rather than advance the serious themes set out by Yuh Nelson and her crew.

The film also features a plethora of cameo appearances by celebrities Neil deGrasse Tyson, Anderson Cooper, Brooke Baldwin, Soledad O'Brien, Nancy Grace and Dana Bash who merely distract from rather than advance the plot.

«Government is organized to block change rather than advance it,» says Cerf.

While we are encouraged by the quick action by leaders of the 114th Congress to update the law, we fear that the current discussion draft proposed by Senator Alexander abdicates the federal role rather than advance it.

If that ethos is compared with today, everyone is «told» they are an artist by social engineers whose priority, rather than the advance of artworks, is the increasing dominance of a political cause, (excessive Liberalism), serving the optimistic idealism of «equality».

The brief argues that the Court's invitation to overrule key First Amendment precedents would undermine, rather than advance, First Amendment values by granting corporations the power to use huge corporate treasury funds in electoral campaigns even though such funds were not accumulated for political purposes.

But describing someone's conclusions as «retarded» while not directly an ad hominem certainly is a less than respectful comment and seems designed to shut someone up or shout them down, rather than advance an idea.

Many environmental groups back the LMDC position, yet it increasingly looks like an attempt to perpetuate deadlock rather than advance action, especially considering the LMDC's membership includes China, India, and oil - producing states.

Although since bankruptcies / collection cases are a trailing effect of a recession, rather than an advance indicator, it doesn't likely give us more information to predict how the economy will be doing in the future.

The decision to use optical audio only and not offer HDMI is certainly questionable, too, as is the lack of DTS support, making the PlayBase a music system with the advantage of TV sound enhancement rather than an advanced home cinema theatre system.

It's a lovely looking display, but the choice of AMOLED rather than advanced LCD technology means it could be better.

In fact, if mismanaged, your professional networking efforts may actually hinder, rather than advance, your career.

Not exact matches

Rather than pay up, Uber got into a lengthy debate with the state in which Anthony Levandowski, vice president at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group (and founder of the self - driving startup Otto that Uber acquired) argued Uber wasn't actually testing «autonomous vehicles» because all its vehicles had human drivers aboard and would for the foreseeable future.

This year, more brands are holding back their ads to preserve the element of surprise rather than posting them online in advance of game day.

Encourage team members to lay out specifics in the plan and bring up these details for review and revision in advance, as conditions change, rather than waiting.

Every successful business evolves, and sometimes part of expanding means moving into territory that is more advanced than what you were initially doing, and by taking on that dreaded project, it might actually be holding you back rather than helping you.

In addition, notifications of changes to fees, penalties and terms must be sent in advance, rather than retroactively (giving consumers the ability to opt out before the change takes effect).

Hastings has taken some flack over the years for requiring conference - call questions to be sent by email in advance rather than letting Wall Street analysts question him in real time.

For example, The Economist has devoted this entire week to an open, online discussion devoted to the question: «Should businesses work to advance the rights of LGBT people broadly, rather than focusing only on their own employees?»

At Buffer for instance, we have three different pricing options (free, Awesome, Business), and at the Awesome price the price is lower when paying a year in advance rather than month - to - month.

The tech community specifically is tight knit - rather than the «watch your back» mentality I've experienced on the west coast, Raleigh is much more about embracing others and working together as a unit to move forward rather than going after each other to advance.

I just wish I could believe that the people pushing the «ethical oil» label for my country's oil were doing it to advance the debate, rather than to score points in it.

Rather than being a crisis, it all just melts away in the face of your advanced planning.

It is a sign that economic growth in the advanced economies has become self - sustaining, rather than just being dependent on monetary stimulus.

Unfortunately, that signal is not corroborated by other evidence, which makes us suspect that this «oversold» condition will be cleared by sideways action or a fast, furious, and false rally - rather than a sustainable advance.

And unlike merchant cash advances, we build your business credit and deduct fixed daily or weekly payments, rather than a batch percentage of your sales.

The guiding considerations of an effective U.S. strategy for addressing China's inroads in Europe should be to 1) include Europe in its own thinking and considerations about China, 2) avoid adopting contradictory economic policies that target European allies rather than China, 3) work with Europe to shape and advance a proactive, joint transatlantic agenda to address shared concerns about China.

In other words, rather than productivity advances being the cause of higher real wages, the reverse may be true: Higher labor costs that crimp the profits share and boost the labor share are a necessary condition for higher investment rates which in turn will lead to higher productivity growth.

It was only with the construction of a national railway system in the middle decades of the 19th century, using coal rather than muscle as its source of mechanical energy, that transport could achieve advances to parallel those already long achieved in the branches of industry in which cheap and abundant heat energy was the key to rapid expansion.

Rather than accepting the science and adapting to other sources of energy, the oil industry has developed an aggressive campaign to obscure the science and advance its own interests.