Sentences with phrase «rather than the rhetoric»

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said: «I like results rather than rhetoric.

Judged by his deeds rather than rhetoric, Netanyahu remained the relentless rejectionist that he had been throughout his singularly undistinguished political career.

But equally important is the need for alternative viewpoints to be recognized in policy presentations, with a robust assessment of their validity, and for the challenges to be rooted in science rather than rhetoric.

«Investors will look for company strategies that are attuned to the new game rather than the rhetoric of the old,» according to Chatham House, the respected policy think tank.

Not exact matches

And then there's the idea that this is a bipartisan problem - of extreme positions and uncompromising rhetoric - rather than one the anti-environmental right created.

«It is too bad that the movement of the stock price now has to hinge upon rhetoric surrounding control premiums and activist flavor rather than core fundamentals, which we believe are quite good,» wrote David Miller, an analyst with Caris & Co. in California, in a recent research note.

«The question is whether Washington will accept more delay and continue with the rhetoric rather than action.»

You will note the Reserve Bank's rhetoric is precisely along these lines, with policy driven by common - sense and a strenuous effort to understand the cycle, rather than some doctrinal adherence to a simple rule.

This study sheds light on a crucial relationship that is complicated by plenty of rhetoric, and where policy is sometimes founded on myth rather than empirical fact.

I think that type of talk is mostly political rhetoric rather than something that will lead to actual legislation to control drug prices.

Obama has seemingly bought into the rhetoric of cutting debt, rather than focusing on the real US problem of unemployment.

Basing critical investment decisions on garbage rhetoric, lies and deception rather than real, truthful and important fundamental information have become the norm.

So, what is my point?To read Paul's polemic, his rhetoric and generally his theology as an end in itself, rather than his attempt to bring others to an experience of the living God is to me, missing the point.It seems that much of the divisiveness between believers on this blog and a few others I visit is just that: I often read... Paul says this... hey, but Jesus says that... no, he wasn't saying that, he was saying this and so on and so on.Am I the only one bored with this «your Mother and my Mother were hanging out clothes» approach.I think we need a little more adverb, as in maybe....

One should listen to them, support them and share in that spirit rather than bombard their passing with rhetoric or dogma.

Bclear, perhaps you should look a little deeper rather than just buying into the rhetoric taught to you about Mormonism in your own church.

From commercials predicated on creating desires rather than on meeting utilitarian needs, to the therapeutic rhetoric of politicians of Left and Right, the gravitational pull toward a psychological understanding of the self is powerful and omnipresent.

Having come back to this, I'm amazed at the logic used by people to continue extremely hateful rhetoric and action — which I must argue signifies that they worship the OT depiction of God (read that carefully because I am making an accusation here) rather than God

Rather than demonstrate how their specific call as women and as religious complements all other roles in the Church, they articulated an incoherent ecclesiology soaked in the rhetoric of contention.

As the conversation turns to the state of our nation's political discourse, let's remember that as followers of Jesus, we should make this a time of reflection and repentance rather than finger - pointing, for Christ's definition of violent rhetoric holds us to the highest possible standards:

Would the vision of the leaders assembled at the Summit affirming their faith in globalization becoming benevolent in which economic and technological progress distributed to unite rather than divide the community is a reality or just plain rhetoric?

Quite unlike the conciliatory language of President George W. Bush, however, who repeatedly stated during his presidency that Americans were at war with terrorism rather than Islam, this rhetoric has surely stoked rather than doused American / Islamic tensions.

We need to contemplate the Concordat Analogy, I think, rather than dismiss it as cheap culture - war rhetoric.

In a journalistic milieu that prizes sensationalist rhetoric over sound reason, I was relieved to see Reno emphasize «root causes» rather than vilify law enforcement as bigoted stooges.

So then, A pseudo intellect is someone who acts pretentiously and wishes to impress, rather than modestly trying to communicate effectively» &» uses rhetoric over content.

A pseudo intellect is someone who acts pretentiously and wishes to impress, rather than modestly trying to communicate effectively uses rhetoric over content.

They worried that policy was being made on the basis of rhetoric rather than data.

They are losing ground because their rhetoric consistently reflects a commitment to an idealized glorification of the pre-feminist nuclear family of 1950s America rather than a commitment to «biblical manhood» and «biblical womanhood» — terms that many of us recognize as highly selective, reductive, and problematic.

This profound change from our previous order of government is often hidden by political and judicial rhetoric that gives honor to and even cites the written Constitution; yet, in contemporary theory and in practice, the document is really an authoritative occasion for, rather than a norm of, judicial interpretation.

What I find disappointing about many studies of public rhetoric is (a) their tendency to focus only on content, rather than the form or structure of discourse, (b) their tendency to thematize this content, and (c) their tendency to regard these themes as reflections, or reinforcements, of collective values — which apparently lie hidden somewhere in the subjectivity of the collective conscience.

Your Wenger rhetoric is boring, we true fans rather stayed positive than your constant negativities about Wenger.

Social issues are best left to society rather than government, and I always believe we can work out whatever issues we have with logic and reason rather than with polarized rhetoric or violence.

Armed with this information, parents can then make an informed decision based on a fresh perspective, rather than conditioned rhetoric.

Wouldn't it be nice if the issue could be decided on the facts, rather than on whose rhetoric or «spin» gets the most media coverage?

«What is not helpful is to have certain people in the community — including, by the way, Mayor de Blasio, who I think is making it worse in New York City right now with his rhetoric and turning his back in many ways on law enforcement — to inflame the situation rather than bringing some common sense,» Astorino said during a CapTon interview last night.

«His language was offensive and divisive, using the same racist and classist rhetoric as Donald Trump and the other politicians who use these crises as a talking point to denigrate rather than use their power and positions to help.

Yet the answer for the government lay in a ratcheted - up rhetoric rather than solutions that may have challenged liberal assumptions and business lobbyists alike.»

Rather than election rhetoric we need to see a commitment to shifting business culture in this direction.

We also plan to reanalyse public opinion surveys (with a temporal component) to see how affective rhetoric influences individual voters» actual political choices (rather than the whole electorate).

«I find it unfortunate that Cuomo would engage in this kind of rhetoric 18 months before an election rather than choosing to govern in a cooperative way,» said Rep. John Faso, who was also targeted by the governor.

But rather than buying into the rhetoric, the public merely seems to have learnt from the human misery inflicted by Thatcherism, and accepted wage restraint because they knew that the alternative was so much worse.

Turning to words present rather than absent in Miliband's rhetoric, we see signs of a shifting discussion emphasising domestic labour markets.

Rather than silly Punch and Judy rhetoric about Tories it might be instructive to consider just how far and how destructively New Labour has combined a market ideology (inherited from Thatcherism, although frequently misunderstood) with a preference for social engineering once favoured by what had been the more Statist elements of the Left to create social bullying through rationing, which is what this is all about.

Yet except from presidential rhetoric and group pictures, they haven't achieved a great deal on the ground, and in the cases in which they have, it was based on a joint effort, rather than Chávez's sole efforts.

«Some of them have been small, others large, but together they have turned the party inwards rather than outwards, looking to the past rather than to new ideas, resting on easy rhetoric rather than taking hard decisions — and above all seeking to distance ourselves from our time in government, rather than building on it, in terms of both policy content and political culture and dynamic.»

Liberal Democrats only the party with real concrete plans laid out on how we would deliver this, rather than just empty rhetoric

Rather than confront a growing attack on the British liberal tradition, the Conservative - led government decided to co-opt their ideas and rhetoric.

This is an eminently sensible approach that would allow future drug policy to be based on evidence of what works, rather than political rhetoric or tabloid fever.

Your baseless claim and your use of exactly the kind of political rhetoric that they abhor is reason enough to remove the current majority and replace it with the GOP who run the house on behalf of the people rather than on their own behalf.

I hope that the State will work to keep the arbitration process moving so that the facts and foundation of the Compact can be presented to the arbitration panel, rather than clouded by political threats, rhetoric, insults and even jokes in the press.

The next time a Democrat like Sheldon Silver says that Republicans are costing taxpayers, it's best to get the facts and the truth, rather than accepting one - sided rhetoric.