Sentences with phrase «stands by the merits»

Indeed, when the Public Patent Foundation challenged ArrivalStar on behalf of the American Public Transportation Association, the troll settled almost immediately rather than stand by the merits its claims.

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In summary, the virtues of organized religions include but are by no means limited to the following: they give their adherents something solid against which to rebel; they allow one to see farther by standing on the shoulders of giants; they insist on the primacy of lived experience; they work against illusion and historical insularity; they point to the power of the collective and the merits of deep diversity; and they are capable of the kind of mobilization that can transform the world.

So when in middle age I come at last to believe that a nation builds up a moral treasury of merit by the sacrifices of its people in war and I begin to worry, like the ancient moralists did, that we grow fat, lazy and contemptible amidst our plenty, I don't have a leg to stand on.

It should stand on its own merits and gain its way to popular favor by its own inherent quality.

If Jo Swinson beats the odds to hold her East Dunbartonshire seat, she would stand a very good chance — on her own merits, but also because the party is embarrassed by its lack of women MPs, and likely to be more so after the next election (though chances are the Farron or Lamb teams will try to sign her up to a «dream ticket» as deputy leader).

One can tell easily about a professor's academic standing and scientific merits through his publications and achievements by simple online search, but building trust between researchers in different parts of the world and sustaining it throughout the project is undoubtedly the biggest challenge facing global collaboration.

Whistleblowers raised questions about Macchiarini's work in 2014, but KI stood by the surgeon, extending his contract even after an independent investigator found that the allegations had merit.

Written by Cleveland Oakes, December 21st, 2017, at 9:17 a.m. Tweet to @Oakes945 A good movie should stand on its own merit.

Elsewhere, Thanos — emoted by Josh Brolin, augmented by CGI — strains to be the villain the saga merits, with one great moment (tears sliding into the grooves on his face) but too much standing about speechifying.

Some movies are completely spoiled by a bad ending; Gladiator manages to stand squarely on its genuine merits despite the blow at the end.

From here, your ruler will hold a war council every few months to define objectives for the year ahead and by choosing a variety of activities to embrace, such as performing a set number of raids or invasions for example, your officer can gain merit which in turn will increase their standing within the army that they serve.

A philosophy I hold dear and at the core of the work I have done with TeenTech is that young people deserve a platform for their ideas, which time and again I see compete in real world environments, standing on their own merit and not constrained by age.

This process merits more scrutiny because the firm «accountability» it promises is actually more flexible than advertised and it stands in contrast with how other public schools are treated by the State.

Instead of these writers standing side by side with all other authors on their own merit, Topple wants to marginalize them.

That's not to deny MS Rowlings work does stand on it's own merits, but I think that there are probably many authors of equal talent out there that have got nowhere as yet due to not being picked up by the right editor at the right time and marketed in the right way.

Whereas with Smashwords we can put a piece of work out to the public and let it stand or fall by its own merits.

That means your stories have to stand on their own merits against published stories written by adults.

When you judge it by it's own merits, you have a game that can stand up to any other.

As it stands though, for all of the merit and freedom that Lego Worlds affords, it's still bound by many of the same problems as its predecessors.

But, to try to be optimistic, maybe the right rhythm, played by the right person, in the right place and time, stands up on its own merits — and a celebration of that moment can become a radical reclamation of history.

Hypothesis, theories, ideas or whatever are merited by the severity of the tests they have stood up to.

Hence a hypothesis, a theory, an idea or whatever is merited by the attempts of falsification it has stood up to.

2) Point out misconceptions foisted on the public by weak or outright bad papers that do not stand on scientific merits — Mann's Hockey Stick papers, warming antarctic, or whatever.

First, climate change, which is supported by overwhelming scientific consensus and was described by Perlmutter as «possibly the biggest challenge in human history,» merits primary consideration over financial returns under the college's Investment Responsibility Policy, if Perlmutter stands by these words.

Not to justify these investigations by saying that «they do it too,» in fact not to justify them in any fashion at all (at their root, they are based in fallacious thinking that you can reverse engineer from someone's funding to make some kind of determination about their science; their science should stand on its own merits)-- but the drama - queening about this (having connections to people who were the subject of McCarthy's inquiries, it's hilarious to see RPJr.

Assisted with a merits brief concerning Article III standing heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in October 2011.

[The] Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills [is] to be the Committee to which all private bills, other than Estate bills or bills providing for the consolidation of a floating debt or renewal of debentures, other than local improvement debentures, of a municipal corporation, shall be referred after first reading; and, to be the Committee provided for by section 33 of Part III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006, and having the terms of reference as set out in that section, namely: to be the Committee to which all regulations stand permanently referred; and to examine the regulations with particular reference to the scope and method of the exercise of delegated legislative power without reference to the merits of the policy or objectives to be effected by the regulations or enabling statutes, but in so doing regard shall be had to the following guidelines:

You want to stand out based on merit, not «stand apart» by being so shy that you're perceived to lack confidence, competence or worse (e.g., being completely socially inept, which is doom).