Sentences with phrase «real than the threat»

Few things are more real than the threat of rising interest rates.

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The real estate mogul has cannily understood that despite polling that indicates most Americans see free trade as more of an opportunity than a threat, a large and motivated minority of voters have been yearning for a politician to call into question whether the trade deals we have on the books are good for American workers.

To compound this problem, mall owners are now starting to mail in the keys to financially troubled malls: More mall landlords are choosing to walk away from struggling properties, leaving creditors in the lurch and posing a threat to the values of nearby real estate... [as] some of the largest U.S. landlords are calculating it is more advantageous to hand over ownership to lenders than to attempt to restructure debts on properties with darkening outlooks (LINK).

It seems nothing puts Stetson - hatted ranchers — real McCoys or not — more at unease than threats to their property rights.

Responding to threats real and imagined — and the report documents both kinds of dangers — we adopted methods «more ruthless than the enemy,» as a major 1950s policy statement advised, and our adversaries became ourselves.

It's admirable that Biden is speaking out for the victims of sexual abuse, but resorting to insults and threats of violence seems more like (potentially dangerous) posturing than offering real long - term terms solutions to the problems highlighted by the #MeToo moment.

In addition to that, however, Catholics in the West today must understand that we are very likely heading into a season of persecution ourselves, a season of the cross less dire than that lived by those Christians presently under direct mortal threat, but quite real nevertheless.

Characters in zombie films are willing to do terrible things to each other because of the fear of zombies and the urge for self preservation, while, in the real world, things like the use of torture (or «advanced interrogation»), preemptive war and drone strikes were being debated as options to fight a threat even scarier than zombies: terrorism.

If there was, than real scientists would be refining and honing that method and religionists would not need to manipulate others into belief with promises of salvation, threats of hell, and tsk - tsking of those who don't show respect for the insanity.

Team Gordon has without a doubt had more success this season than an Both are real threats to make runs here..

Following the resignation of more board members this week, it is becoming an increasingly difficult job at Villa Park for all concerned as the threat of spiralling down the divisions could become a real risk if big decisions aren't made sooner rather than later.

He already has the same amount of goals as the whole of last season, played largely through the middle and being a real threat as a CF... 13 games less than last season and already same amount of goals scored.

Evan Turner is by far having his best season as a pro this year, largely due to the fact that he's the only real scoring threat on the 76ers other than Michael Carter - Williams.

I think it all depends on how it's handled, if cech has his heart set on Arsenal then maureen won't stand in his way, but I do think we'll have to pay a bit more than other clubs would as it is becoming clear that we are a real threat, last season we had fantastic first half and this season it's looking to be great 2nd half so next season it's all on us.

Looking at this optimistically, we have two guys that can get 15 + (Morata and Hazard) and one who can get 10 + (Willian) and then no other real goal threats in the team (other than Alonso's free kicks).

Kolasinac 7 — Also sloppy at times but much better than the others in defence and a real threat the other way.

He has been the missing link for us as he is a real goal threat than any other attacker at the current and he provides us the outlet from a compact midfield.

Afterward, Elia, speaking to reporters, said there is a real threat that the state could lose federal funds if less than 95 percent of students take the tests in April.

This is a normal New York State versus City story, but in a moment where the stakes of politics are high because the federal government's threats are real, this battle between city and state feels more offensive and disheartening than

According to longtime Albany Democratic state Sen. Neil Breslin, the real threat on Tuesday is complacency more than Donald Trump.

David Davis, the former shadow home secretary and Grassroots Out spokesman, said the French claims were «more like bluster than a real threat».

The threat seems real enough, with one rebel telling the paper there are «more than half a dozen who could vote against the government and lots more abstentions».

Set aside for a moment the ludicrous hypocrisy of a Tory Brexiteer government running a facsimile of the Remain campaign's economic arguments about leaving a union, the threat that will be articulated is not only real but potentially greater than in 2014.

Our fixation on illusory threats at the expense of real ones influences more than just our personal lifestyle choices.

Unsurprisingly, Persepolis has attracted the wrath of the Iranian government, but more captivating than the film's depictions of cultural repression (a scene where Marji, out to buy a black market Iron Maiden album, is beset by weasel - bodied female Guardians of the Revolution because she wears a jean jacket and «punk» sneakers is but one well - handled example) are its more understated portraits of Iran's intellectual elite, at once removed from the proletariat it so pompously champions and sadly delusional about the real threat of the fanatic trajectory of the revolution.

Marvel's struggle to make fight scenes more than the cinematic equivalent of a child bashing their action figures together does tend to prevail, though a few sequences are well - choreographed enough to ensure boredom isn't ever a real threat.

She and Ned search for his father together, each keeping their real reasons for finding the older man a secret from the other, while Fay and Simon piece together Susan's past, which may make her an even greater threat to Henry than his son.

Just because Atlanta principals and teachers felt real pressure to improve, the sources of that pressure and the threat behind it are more complex than NCLB alone.

The spokesperson claimed that Tory plans to freeze spending for five to 16 - year - olds at its current level, leading to a cut in real terms and the threat of further slices from unprotected education budgets, would mean overall spending of # 5bn less than the Lib Dems by 2020.

The unique small minivan market position occupied by the Mazda5 is more crowded than before, with competition from seven - passenger haulers like the Mitsubishi Outlander and Dodge Journey a real threat despite the crossover models» less - practical, SUV - style rear doors.

I've long felt that by far the biggest weapon in Amazon's arsenal (after the platform itself) is the self publishing / publishing abilities of the platform which is a while new kind of threat for publishers and one that is becoming much more real and present a danger than just the shift to digital:

Price inflation is a real threat to them, and one that is closer to the Fed's core mission than protecting the financial system.

But we won't talk about habitat loss — the number one threat to Australian wildlife everywhere - now galloping along faster than ever thanks to Australia's real estate bubble.

If we use our own heartrate as a barometer of a dog's threat, rather than established methods focussing on real risk and acquired bite inhibition, then we're simply doing all dogs a disservice.

My beef with the bots, though, is that when you are playing a game this fast - paced, the real threats (other than a Titan, of course) are the human controlled Pilots.

The platforming action is pretty repetitive, and the only real threat is the constantly scrolling screen that makes each jump and item a bit more precious than they normally would be.

Everyone in the series would rather live in a place where a huge, irritable turtle is always kidnapping the local royalty than live in a place where the threat of real violence exists.

I think the real threat are the other huge SNES rpgs like Chrono Trigger, Mario RPG, and Secret of Mana which seem more well known (to the «main stream») than Earthbound or Mother.

In this work, a classic emblem of European nationalism is transformed into an icon of empty threats — a monument of imperial folly more than a real menace.

I would that people were afraid of this real threat rather than living in fear that a bogeyman with bogey - weapons of mass destruction is going to get us.

Perhaps this «Conference on Planetary Emergencies» will result in something other than yet another extensive production of rhetorical flourishes and other forms of ever so lyrical «chin music» that we have heard for so long and come to see as nothing more than a litany of unending substitutes for what is needed in our time: action on the real threats to human and environmental health.

Defense of the real science should be no less vigorous than has been the defense of the faith by Christians who recognized the threat posed by the fictional work, «The DaVinci Code.»

• Anyone who doubts that the threat of large hurricanes is still being used as part of global warming campaigns should look no further than the energy and climate platform of a presidential candidate [pdf alert], who writes, «Global warming is real, is happening now and is the result of human activities.

Many answers to that question have been offered, ranging from the extreme difficulty of getting all the governments in the world to agree on anything, to an absence of real technological solutions, to something deep in our human nature that keeps us from acting in the face of seemingly remote threats, to — more recently — the claim that we have blown it anyway and there is no point in even trying to do much more than enjoy the scenery on the way down.

Asteroids are numerous but have no real effect on planetary systems in this current age other than posing potential threats to life.

I would have as many disagreements discussing climate change with a «denier» as I would with a firm believer in CAGW or someone who shares my general beliefs but is a firm believer in the precautionary principle which roughly states the even if the science is not settled, we should treat CAGW as a real threat and focus on preventing it rather than living with it.

A comprehensive new U.S. government report released today confirms the well - established science behind climate change: it is real, it is human - caused, it is happening faster than predicted and it poses a tremendous threat to America and the rest of the world.

-LSB-...] you can accept all the basic tenets of greenhouse physics and still conclude that the threat of a dangerously large warming is so improbable as to be negligible, while the threat of real harm from climate - mitigation policies is already so high as to be worrying, that the cure is proving far worse than the disease is ever likely to be,» Ridley said in the 2011 Angus Millar speech on «Scientific Heresy,» reposted in its entirety at the skeptical blog Watts Up With That.

In both cases there was / is a real threat, but the response relied on propaganda rather than a realistic fact - based description of the threat and evaluation of possible responses.

I'm not sure if you are convinced than carbon - o - geddon is really looming or if you have other financial interests or whatever, but enough people know that we face no real threat and we're not going to let you bamboozle the public into disastrous changes to the world's energy infrastructure or let you impose draconian «carbon reduction» schemes that would cripple the world's industrial economies, reduce our standard of living and condemn the people in developing countries to perpetual low energy poverty.