Sentences with phrase «shaped by decisions»

The course of the campaign is shaped by our decisions to a large extent — the game puts great emphasis on story and developing friendship between John and Ellie, while we can side with either the Federation or the Rebels.

Given that it's a story that is shaped by your decisions you have to think fast on your feet at all times with just a limited time to initiate any interaction that is needed.

The book, something of a departure for the history publisher, is an analysis of how the Irish economy has been shaped by decisions over many decades.

«As is so often the case in New York State, the fiscal health of counties is shaped by decisions over which we have no direct control.

Professor Connolly will address the history of the Clean Water Act, issues related to environmental case law, and how policy is shaped by those decisions.

saying that the keynesian conception is about spending what you earn is the opposite of what it stands for (its actually what you haplessly describe as the neoclassical position) beyond the even more meaningless claim that wenger adheres to it... keynes broke with the idea that the economy was simply a collection of perfectly informed individuals and firms responding rationally to price incentives generated by market forces and that the big variables that frame an economies performance — output, employment, price level, wages, etc — tend to move in cycles and are shaped by decisions and judgements made under hugely uncertain conditions that if left to markets generate bad outcomes..

Most tantalisingly of all, the author proposes an analogy between the way the soul / self is shaped by the decisions we make, and the way constraints in a system shape that system.

The game's open world adventure approach coupled with the fact that the outcome is shaped by your decision creates so much use for game trainers and Cheat Engine.

Not exact matches

«The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation — each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.»

News can affect yields by offering market participants insight into economic fundamentals and shaping their expectations of central banks» future monetary policy decisions.

The Trump administration's economic policy decisions are being shaped by national security concerns.

Through constant, targeted engagement with CIOs and other IT decision makers, Yousuf helps shape future generations of Pure Storage innovation by providing direct, practical feedback from industry peers.

This decision should be shaped by your unique objectives, cash flow needs, time horizon, and life experiences.

And how much was the timing of Trump's decision shaped by events spiraling out of his control — such as Monday's testimony about Russian interference by former acting attorney general Sally Yates, or the fact that Comey last week requested more resources from the Justice Department to expand the FBI's Russia probe?

In a statement, Pope Francis said: «At a time when our human family is beset by grave humanitarian crises demanding far - sighted and united political responses, I pray that your decisions will be guided by the rich spiritual and ethical values that have shaped the history of the American people and your nation's commitment to the advancement of human dignity and freedom worldwide.

A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred, by George F. Will (Crown Archetype): America's premier political columnist begins his latest reflection on the National Pastime with some charming, autobiographically - derived advice for Catholicism: after recalling that he became a Chicago Cub fan at age seven, «when I was still not as discerning as one should be when making life - shaping decisions,» the elegant Dr. Will notes that «The Catholic Church thinks seven - year olds have reached an age of reasoning» and remarks, «The Church might want to rethink that.»

The latest episode in this long and continuing story was frst fully broken shortly after the Synod's decision in July by The Catholic Herald, who had a long news piece, an article by «fying bishop» Andrew Burnham (who had just returned from discussions in Rome), and an opinion piece by Damian Thompson containing «well - informed» speculation as to the shape of any agreement over some form of corporate solution to the Anglo - Catholics» problem.

He thinks of his life and world as involving a real freedom, possibilities as yet unrealized, an open - ended future which he shapes partly by his own decisions.

On the whole it has turned out that this is less efficient than allowing business decisions to be shaped by competition in the market.

Decisions within the corporate world are shaped not merely by ethical ideals but also by economic, social, political and legal constraints.

The public policy proposals put forth by Birch and Cobb are consonant with ones we have discussed in a previous chapter: «steady state» economics, simplified life styles, participation by all in the decisions that shape their futures, and the development of «appropriate» and ecologically sound technologies.

Third, a moral agent can not abdicate his or her responsibility for taking hold of and playing a contributing part in the shaping and reshaping of these moral orders by simply conforming his or her value - decisions («mechanically,» as it were) to any of these external orders.

But we would caution them to remember the important distinction between the strong empathy Christians feel with Israel and the realistic awareness that political decision - making must be shaped by political and not religious guidelines.

The traditional answer to this question, offered by Aristotle and Augustine, entails a disciplined use of our freedom so that our lives are shaped by rational decisions and ethical nobility.

The collaborative interplay of the Unholy Trinity of the entertainment industry, big business, and legal institutions has ensured that the most important decisions of our day, those which set the moral boundaries or our civilization, those Rieffian interdicts which frame our forms of life, are no longer significantly shaped by our democratic institutions.

(By attending to the characteristics of just one phase, and generalizing it, one can get a logical empiricism based on science, an existentialism based on present decision - making, or a pragmatism based on past and present as tools for shaping the future.)

In its outer limits and sensual shape, this is the result of God's volitional action, since the Being within which we live and move has its shape defined by divine decision.

It is not part of the natural order of things, but is continuously shaped by a broad range of human decisions that are not altogether rational or substantively just and that could be made to be more so.

«Aiding the industry as a peak body as well as advancing and promoting the industry by proactively leading, shaping, educating, and influencing stakeholders to make informed decisions.

Yellow Tail's decision to advertise in the game was driven by market dynamics shaping the wine industry.

(When a previous committee voted to install both the international three - point line and a wider, trapezoid - shaped lane in 2003, the uproar from coaches was so great that the decision was later reversed by an oversight committee.)

This decision backfired, but initially it did make sense as Pep want Bayern to exploit Atletico's narrow shape by overloading the wings and switching play.

She uses reason, power, and shaping by regime and reinforcement to achieve her objectives, and does not base her decisions on group consensus or the individual child's desires.

Like it or not, our views and opinions and even beliefs are shaped by the media we consume, and I just can't help but think that if we had a better representation of breastfeeding, the decision to breastfeed (or not to breastfeed, for that matter) would be used as a reason to judge and shame mothers.

«Before school nutrition I didn't consider myself very political; I wasn't one of those guys who wrote letters, or had meetings with a representative, but being in school nutrition gives you a unique opportunity to shape your business by talking with those individuals who make those decisions.

What is clear is that to address political inequality — which is a precondition to achieving the broader goals raised by the Great Charter Convention — we must restore substantive democratic power over how our political and economic institutions are organised, thereby better enabling individuals to come together to make collective decisions that shape their lives, communities and workplaces.

Patient care must be shaped by shared decision - making.

Decision - makers can make use of history in shaping foreign policy in two different ways: one by analogy, the other by chronology.

Andrew Cuomo has made it clear that his own thinking about a possible presidential bid — or his decision not to think about it yet — is shaped by his assessment of his father's experience; he believes the incessant speculation about his father's potential presidential run hurt his ability to administer state government.

But former D.O.E. administrators and education experts say there's no question that the mayor's authority over charters has been partially absorbed by the state, leaving de Blasio's (and future mayors») hands tied when it comes to charter - related policy decisions that could shape his education agenda.

«We also know that the tentative agreement makes clear that every step of the way, the action is led by the chancellor, and that's what we thought was important here, at each stage of the decision - making process, the chancellor plays a big and shaping role,» Mr. de Blasio said.

A state appellate court panel has upheld a lower court's decision to toss a lawsuit brought by conservative activist Robert Schulz that attempted to shape the makeup of a state constitutional convention — if the people of New York ever decide to hold another one, that is.

The public financing system has shaped fundamental decisions made by the Republican candidates for governor and lieutenant governor.

He says an instinctive preference to do a deal with Labour is shared by Liberal Democrat supporters and probably most MPs, but within limits the decision will be shaped by what if any form of hung parliament emerges from the election.

Behind the marching, munching and merengue at today's Dominican Day Parade, a fierce power struggle is shaping up in the open state Senate seat created by Eric Schneiderman's decision to run for attorney general.

Fort Drum declined to comment on how the post is being affected by that decision, but this week the Department of Defense gave details about how the larger review process would take shape.

In an unusually candid and sometimes biting assessment of his successor as attorney general, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer portrayed Andrew M. Cuomo as a man whose decisions have often been driven by political considerations and whose worldview has largely been shaped by the culture of Albany.

Through a series of warmly written, grimace - inducing case studies, research findings, and hypothetical scenarios, Herz argues that disgust not only keeps us alive by steering us away from toxins and disease but shapes how we make decisions, treat other people, and distinguish right from wrong.

Our decisions, our culture, even our landscapes are being shaped by mathematical procedures run by computers — and we should be worried, warns Kevin Slavin

That what the public thinks about energy — what they want, think they want, or think they know — shapes the decisions politicians make about energy and environmental policy: Personal attitudes, concerns, and priorities are determined by more than just «the facts.»