Sentences with phrase «seeming lack of a policy»

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Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

Possibly to the readers» surprise, Gause finds that the invasion of Kuwait was actually based on its oil price policy and is not explained by his own regional security complex, which seems like a flaw in the used framework, as it indicates a lack of explanatory power.

And it seems like Obama's foreign policy is also lacking, like the crumbling of Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, then he's ok with Iran going nuclear in 8 - 10 years.

However, Doris Pim from Havant seemed unfased by Mr Cameron's lack of detailed policies, saying: «He can't promise anything, he's not in a position to.He doesn't know what he's going to find if he gets elected.

However, what we are facing here, seems to me, in this Bill seems to be a huge lack of confidence by the coalition in its own policies and programmes to deal with that situation...

With the possible exception of schools policy, Conservative preparations for government seem to lack seriousness.

Campaigning on ethanol, not water Ann Robinson, an agriculture policy specialist at the Iowa Environmental Council, said the lack of attention to agriculture seemed fairly typical for presidential campaigning in Iowa.

And let's be frank here: slapping developers in the face with a petition with hundreds of thousands of signatures telling them to do their job properly, otherwise they won't get our money, seems to be the only way to make them stop those stupid policies with Nintendo home consoles, delivering half - assed ports that lack DLC, Multiplayer, textures yet are sold at full price!

Despite a lack of any substantial evidence of these policies leading to educational improvement at scale, Trump and DeVos seem to view choice as the transformative strategy to improve educational performance.

Suggested individual or study team activity: Identify specific unsound or unwise assessment policies that seem to reflect a lack of assessment literacy in the policymakers who set them (legislators, school board members, school leaders, faculty, etc.).

The state was supposed to be monitoring the schools in the Commissioner's Network, but it seems that Estela Lopez did not take this charge seriously — nor did the other board members, who act shocked that no background checks were required for employees of a State charter school; no policies in place about hiring / nepotism; no concern about a lack of curriculum; no urgency about teacher certification.

It's no secret that the education advocacy community is not happy with the direction of President Obama's education policies, though he seems oblivious himself to the depth and strength of anger he and his corporate reform front man, Arne Duncan, have inspired (for more on the President's seeming lack of awareness, read this great post by Diane Ravitch.)

Indeed, Conservative backbenchers and the media seem to be increasingly interested in the lack of vision and ideas across Whitehall as Brexit, just like before, takes centre stage at the expense of virtually all domestic policy issues.

But as fertility rates have declined well below replacement levels, our lack of pro-family policies seems increasingly senseless.

More disappointingly, the authors also seemed to have forgotten that the hockey stick was jsut the immediate symptom, that both they and M&M had raised more fundamental issues regarding paleo - climate science core culture — the lack of full disclosure, the acceptance of journal unenforced policy, the lack of informed and robust peer reviews, etc..

There is a simple reason why the NEA's solar targets seem to lack predictive power: The China solar market is not determined by targets set by the remote hand of the NEA in Beijing, but rather by subsidy levels, payments, and other policies.

It seems to me that Gleick's understanding of the lack of action on CO2 policy has its roots in the deficit model, and that Heartland was making the most outrageous scientific statements, and doing things that seemed «scientific» like running conferences and publishing the NIPCC.

Through their statement on climate change, Buddhist leaders have crossed this boundary into an area in which, it seems to me, they lack knowledge both of the alleged problems of anthropogenic global warming and of the best policies that might be adopted to deal with an always uncertain future.

But what with evidence somewhat lacking on positive CO2 feed backs, the present temperature plateau continuing, model projections of warming way out with observation, the analogy appears a bit, well, Ehrlichean, seems to me.And then there's the bleeding of economies by costs of CO2 reduction measures and subsidizing ineffectual, (evidence indicates even un-environmental) renewable energy policies, no gain for lotsa» pain.

The lack of specificity here is unfortunate, because the role of the honest broker seems consistent with the commitment of the policy sciences to freedom through insight, knowledge integration, and an explicit engagement with values.

What is lacking is «easy» solution which would allow the use of the precautionary principle (without easy solution, precautionary principle is a terrible trap), so imho the logical conclusion is no - regret policies and further study — certainly not guilt - relieving policies and economic redistribution, which seems to be the current approach...

The lack of humanity in this policy is something to be deplored but it is symptomatic of why humanity needs to reassess its priorities and become more humane and that word seems to me to be an oxymoron.

(I've found myself lacking some background knowledge on the subject of centennial - to - millenial scale climate fluctuations, and though I could try to find out for myself, it seems more efficient, and a good insurance policy, to ask when the opportunity presents itself.)