Sentences with phrase «relative merits»

The two - page document, marked «Top Secret,» mentions a draft decision paper that focuses on the «relative merits of retaining [deleted in document] as a high - priority secret national security installation versus the merits of the NASA belief that there would be domestic and foreign problems created by withholding the photograph.»

If the loss of one quarter of our economy provokes the mother of all financial bailouts, perhaps the loss of one quarter of our closest relatives merits the same action.

Some of those best positioned to understand the benefits and relative merits of modern training methods, are dog trainers that have made the switch to positive reinforcement training from traditional training

Even more interesting is that these false memories contribute to attitudes about the relative merits of the product, or what they call «the false experience effect.»

Studies about the relative merits of transparency versus secrecy show mixed results.

The relative merits of various cities as locations for start - ups is a favorite media talking point.

These all have limitations, and their relative merits may change over time.

Commentary on my blog posts appears on Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter, providing me with an even broader discussion of the relative merits of my points of view.

The child - care benefit also raises questions about the relative merits of universal payments versus more narrowly targeting help to those most in need.

(One's view of the relative merits of these different thrusts depends ultimately, of course, on one's view of the world more generally.)

I have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matter to be capable of evaluating the relative merits and risks of any investment.

Examining specific needs and how they will be met, it will cover topics such as valuation processes, asset management and the relative merits of developments versus acquisitions.

Trying to compare the relative merits of entire countries as expat destinations is kind of like cracking peanuts with a baseball bat.

It is the Departments» view that it is appropriate to continue to reserve the determination of the relative merits of each database to the discretion of the states, insurers, and health plans.

Salero21, without addressing the relative merits of the afterlife, the fact you claim to know what happens after we die makes you a blubbering kook.

It would expain why you feel the need to make a judgement call on the subject (because otherwise the relative merits of being straight or gay really wouldn't concern you).

The point here is not to debate the relative merits of Hobbes and Locke, but to stress the atomistic individualism of modern political theory in both these forms.

Regardless of the relative merits of TPP, you can expect that Trump will withdraw from this agreement within the first 100 days.

But at this point we must confine our attention to the problem that we still have to wrestle with, when we have to make a judgment between the relative merits of the knowledge inherited from the past and the new knowledge that may be gained through the developing sciences and the related fields of study, especially when these two sources appear to be in conflict with one another.

This is the situation in which we must now make some tentative judgment about the relative merits of the old and the new.

The workshop was an opportunity to provide information about, and discuss the relative merits of, living wills and durable powers of attorney....

The point here is not one about the relative merits of altruism towards others vis a vis self - concern.

Then we can have a chat about the relative merits or our respective morality.

Some denominations have engaged in family quarrels while weighing the relative merits of inner call and professional training.

Here again, there will be peoples affirming the mystic or revelatory approach to reality, but any one approach can not be made basic to democratic secularism, though there is no harm in discussing the relative merits of each in relation to the ethic of common living.

As a young Fellow of Trinity College, he heard talk about the relative merits of Roman Catholicism.

It seems they were discussing the relative merits of golf and baseball.

Ewing lives in Fort Lee, N.J., and can usually be found with teammate Kenny Walker, arguing about music (Ewing likes the music of his native Jamaica, Walker prefers rap) or food (Walker admits he enjoys a few Jamaican staples, such as curried goat) or the relative merits of Georgetown and Kentucky, Walker's alma mater.

They are, by their own admission, both mama's boys; Anderson is as likely to check with «Mom - Mom» on the relative merits of Bible translations («Just stick with the King James, baby,» she tells him) as Ellard is to surprise his mother with an Eldorado.

Let experts debate the relative merits of the knight and bishop in championship play; for the great majority of us, the knight's a better piece to have in hand, a critical one to eliminate from the opponent's arsenal.

There has been much heated discussion on JustArsenal about the relative merits of Schneiderlin and Wanyama as defensive midfielders, but two things are pretty certain.

Whatever the relative merits and deficiencies of Arsenal's forwards, Ozil more than did his job, creating more chances than any other player across Europe's top five leagues.

Anyway, I'm not trying to suggest that these figures tell us the value of players or their relative merits — but it is interesting that using a consistent style of measurement throughout we seem to have accrued such a valuable squad.

Arsenal will be expected to beat Wolves — and rightly so, given the relative merits of the 2 teams.

In an ideal world we would choose the educational system we want for our children based on its relative merits and not by financial ability to pay.

We have listed many options and their relatives merits below.

Discussion includes the relative merits and drawbacks of popular treatment approaches.

Despite decades of political and academic debate the relative merits of home versus hospital birth remain unproved.

Because if you can't answer those two questions, I don't see any point in discussing the relative merits of infant feeding methods any further.