Sentences with phrase «sticking to the point of»

Actually, JD, your formula applies to almost every thread on any site; whatever the subject, the posts come in from all directions, with little to no concern for sticking to the point of the original article...

Anyway, sticking to the point of the article, the answer is «yes», Jesus would be for anything that aided your fellow man.

I didn't focus on book cover and social media because I know there are plenty of articles that address that and I wanted to stick to points of advice I haven't seen much about online.

Not exact matches

«The fact that they stuck with the three rate - hike forecast sends a signal that at this point they're not ready to adopt a potentially more aggressive stance that a number of people have been talking about for next year,» said Craig Bishop, lead strategist for U.S. fixed income at RBC Wealth Management.

Verheul reiterated the sticking points: the U.S. positions on autos, a proposed sunset clause, access to U.S. government procurement and the American desire to opt out of a dispute resolution chapter.

For two days, Facebook's CEO stuck to his bland talking points, claimed a degree of ignorance about his company's operations that strains credulity, and made sure to preface every answer with «Senator» or «Congresswoman.»

Some top - level executives understand this, enforcing various strategies in an attempt to ensure meetings remain a constructive use of employees» time and resources: Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's COO, reportedly maintains focus by sticking to a strict, bullet - pointed schedule, while Amazon's Jeff Bezos employs a «two - pizza rule,» which keeps meetings small enough so that two pizzas can feed the entire group.

One of the biggest sticking points in CETA was the EU demand that Newfoundland relax its rules requiring fish to be processed provincially.

According to work by the British government's Behavioural Insights Team, Canada is at a tipping point; we're not yet stuck in the mire, but we aren't safely clear of it, either.

With a traditional point of sale system, the cashier is stuck behind the cash register, giving potential shoplifters plenty of opportunity to head out the door with a shirt or piece of jewelry.

One sticking point was the decision to name Garth Ritchie as head of the investment bank, one person said.

Too many of the also - rans are already stuck in the proof - point pudding (moving sideways instead of forward) and finding that they can no longer sell the same old «just wait and see» story as easily to the guys that totally fell for it the last time.

The report points out that, although 68 % of billionaires hold at least a four - year degree, a sheepskin «is not a prerequisite to then go on and amass a billion - dollar fortune,» since one in three billionaires either never went to college at all or didn't stick around to finish.

«They wouldn't commit, and it was a sticking point,» said Max Bergmann, a former special assistant to the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security at the time those negotiations occurred.

And Netflix has made a point of sticking with exclusive content if it can, because that allows it to charge more and builds more long - term value for the brand.

That constraint made sense in a physical world: a business that invested heavily in printing presses and delivery trucks didn't really have a choice but to stick the product and the business model together, but now that everything — text, video, audio files, you name it — are 1's and 0's, what is the point in limiting one's thinking to a particular configuration of those 1's and 0's?»

Of course, in a perfect world, people would have thoroughly washed their hands before sticking them into the maw of a superpowered air jet — as Dyson has pointed out in response to previous similar findingOf course, in a perfect world, people would have thoroughly washed their hands before sticking them into the maw of a superpowered air jet — as Dyson has pointed out in response to previous similar findingof a superpowered air jet — as Dyson has pointed out in response to previous similar findings.

According to the LA Times, one of the sticking points in the discussions between Dauman and the Redstones is whether Viacom will decide to sell a stake in its Paramount movie studio.

And this is the most important point: When we talk about the qualities of a great leader or read their words on paper without truly understanding the enormous challenges they face and the rare strength it takes to overcome them, we may as well be two - dimensional stick figures trying to imagine a three - dimensional world.

So if we can expect 3 more quarter - point hikes this year it would seem to make sense to stick to short - term CDs yielding around 2 % now and then look for a longer - term one at around 3.5 % at EOY, especially if one — I am in this camp — thinks that by EOY the odds of recession will have risen enough that further rate hikes in 2019 will be looking doubtful.

According to Sandicor President and CEO Ray Ewing, some of the sticking points in the negotiations included these items:

Inman spoke to the CEOs of two large MLSs — Lisle, Illinois - based Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and San Diego - based Sandicor — to discover the terms that were and were not sticking points in negotiations with the portal behemoth.

A further sticking point in discussions is the length of time that the U.S. government wants to impose conditions on what AT&T can and can not do after a deal.

One of his views that always stuck with me on that subject, at least as a starting point for thinking about it, was that it was somewhat nonsensical to talk about what «equilibrium exchange rates» should be in a world of fiat currencies and fractional reserve banking.

I've spoken to a lot of friends over the past 3 months, and one of the common points they made was the difficulty in sticking to plans as markets go backwards.

While she's probably not wrong in that it's likely hovering near the end - point, I would like to just take a moment to point out that most of this whole affair has been fuelled by weak - sauce allegations and conflated facts, and this particular air of desperation as people keep flinging the equivalent of spaghetti against a wall in the hope that something inevitably sticks.

And Thursday, Canada said it's preparing new talks related to autos, signalling a potential breakthrough in one of the biggest NAFTA sticking points.

Mr. Mar's comments put him in the unfortunate position of appearing more supportive of the Americanization than even Wildrose leader Danielle Smith, who supports the introduction of private facilities, but sticks to finely - tuned talking points when talking about full - privatization.

One thing that stuck out to me was the transfer of points to Southwest Airlines.

The rate of value - added tax is the main sticking point to getting a deal, with Greece's proposed target for 2016 still some way short of creditor demands, the officials said.

However, when equity market volatility increases to a point that makes us uncomfortable, it is often this stable part of our portfolio that quells the inclination to make rash decisions, allowing us to stick with our asset allocations when times get tough.

Bringing more attention to Regulation Crowdfunding as well as addressing some of the sticking points in the law will help further expand capital access and opportunity for entrepreneurs in every corner of the country.»

Once in a while, people are given a third - person point of view and are asked by the author to act on that knowledge, but for the most part, we are stuck in first - person.

Thus Evangelical Catholicism challenges the proscription - centered understanding of the moral life into which both Catholic traditionalists (who insist on hard - and - fast rules, and lots of them) and Catholic progressives (who want to loosen the rules, to the point where they often disappear) are stuck.

Since so few other people take care to mind the concrete details of EQUAL treatment, it's usually left to those of us who would continually get the short end of the stick to point these things out.

«only way to the father IS N'T via Jesus and I was pretty sure that's kind of a sticking point.»

If someone acts as if they have the final say about you «getting to heaven,» remember first that «getting to heaven» isn't even the point of Christian faith, and second, that anybody using a carrot on a stick to manipulate your behaviors doesn't follow the God who gives grace with crazy generosity.

There is in general an undertone of lamentation when people speak of manipulation which points to idealistic expectations — as if the class enemy had ever stuck to the promises of fair play it occasionally utters.

I think I know what you mean as I've stuck around here for awhile, but I think people could easily misunderstand you as well =) I think, the point of your post is to say (I might be wrong!)

The sticking point occurs, however, when one considers the use that Locke makes of the insight that all entities are thus interrelated, Locke's intent in this chapter is to point out the essential limitations imposed on our knowledge of corporeal substances.

The monk hesitated, thinking the matter over, at which point Rinzai released him, saying, «The true person of no status, what a dried - up manure - stick he is,» and then returned to his chamber.

The primary sticking points, it seems, have nothing to do with the five solas, but center instead on issues like Mariology, the veneration of the Saints, and papal authority.

Once the shock wore off though, I realized that money abuses and issues, while endemic within churches, still only account for a portion of the many ways in which churches have wounded people and thus there is undoubtedly plenty of people in search of a safe place who do not have any of the same issues that I have with linking money and spirituality, so really you were only excluding a certain portion of people from safety by attaching a price tag to it, those for whom money issues are a sticking point and of course those who simply don't have the extra funds to commit.

But both of us can agree that it is «A small wooden stick with a black something that comes to a point on it.»

The sticking point in all of this is that when it comes to contested issues of moral value, one side wins and the other loses.

Of course, neither Chipotle nor Panera are known to offer Salsa Verde Beef Nachos or Mozzarella Sticks for $ 6.99 which seems like a real point in Applebee's favor, so who knows what's going on.

If I ask you give me examples of substantial things, I suspect you will point to rocks and sticks, plants and animal bodies, perhaps also atoms and heavenly bodies.

This was the sticking point in my own little lame march to salvation: admission to heaven is gained by luck of the draw.

If that point is going to have any chance of resonating, let your listener come to that conclusion on his own, which will make it more likely to stick.

And this can be something of a sticking point when you're sitting in a meeting room, desperate for almost any route out of hell, and someone cites «the blood of Jesus» as the only way to go.