Sentences with phrase «substantive discussions of»

Or as Shyam Saran, Special Envoy of the Indian Prime Minister, said, the G20 is not the forum for substantive discussions of climate change.

Reminiscing can lead to more - substantive discussions of actual health and illnesses, and is a nice way to ease into a subject that some older people might not be comfortable discussing.

«They are very disgusted by the fact that there was no substantive discussions of issues [in the Grimm Recchia race.]»

The power of therapeutic liberalism to crowd out substantive discussions of family matters at elite levels is evident in mainline periodicals and in the denominational meetings of three representative churches — the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the United Methodist Church.

As far as any substantive discussion of small businesses goes, the last GOP debate in mid-September left much to be desired, though altering the tax code and adopting a flat tax system, which affects businesses of all sizes, were hot topics.

Civics textbooks discuss government, law, rights and justice without any substantive discussion of religion.

Town supervisor Neil Bettez felt that the meeting was not the place for a substantive discussion of the merits of a moratorium, stating to Logan, «The resolution before the board is to present this to the town and county planning boards.

Conspicuously missing from his magnum opus, however, was any substantive discussion of how humans might have arisen.

But the veteran legislator also spent more time airing a list of grievances against the administration — notably involving environmental regulations and the security of the administration's website to sign up for Obamacare — than engaging in a substantive discussion of where the U.S. research enterprise is headed.

In its short runtime, «Making the Songs» (3:25)(SD) provides some fairly substantive discussion of Toy Story 2's songs, including interviews from the people who wrote and perform them.

I would have also liked to have seen a more substantive discussion of the political points that are being debated in this election.

Not so co-incidentally, they also excluded any substantive discussion of the two peer - reviewed comments (Huybers and von Storch) and the Wahl and Ammann Climatic Change paper (then in press), which remains to this day the most substantive peer - reviewed treatment of M&M «hockey stick» critique.

As to snipping Dave D, while he criticized John A, my concern was that he ventured into a substantive discussion of entropy, which was going to spiral into a topic of its own.

I though I might have been at the wrong place... there was little substantive discussion of environmental issues, but endless tirades on the evils of capitalism, material wealth, and differences in income between rich and poor.

The exclusion of any substantive discussion of Wahl and Ammann 2006, or indeed any discussion of PC retention / selection rules, was particularly egregious.

My hope is that the report encourages a substantive discussion of the questions addressed, the implications of the findings, as well as further study and analysis.

The material reviewed by the Wegman panel was supplied by Barton committee staffer Peter Spencer, and the Wegman report studiously avoided substantive discussion of the only three peer - reviewed commentaries on McIntyre and McKitrick extant in the scientific literature.

They are off to a good start, providing substantive discussion of cases and legislation — and a podcast to boot.

Not exact matches

If you only have 20 minutes of substantive discussion, you will find yourself dismissed once you make your point.

J&J spokesman Ernie Knewitz told CNBC, «As we have learned through the 2016 election campaign, personal attacks do not serve the interests of the American public or foster a balanced discussion on the substantive issues facing the nation.»

There was a substantive discussion about what it is about the nature of the American presence in the world that created a situation in which movements like al - Qaeda can thrive and prosper.

Philosophers may reach quite different conclusions, some of which do not introduce these particular tensions into the relation between philosophy and Christian theology.3 The modern theological discussion of natural theology has been seriously clouded by the failure to distinguish the formal question from the substantive one.

If democratic politics can be constituted only as a full and free discussion and debate, then the constitution should be explicitly neutral to all substantive principles and norms of human association, any claim for which is subject to contestation within the discourse.

James makes it clear in his discussion of primary memory that the existence of memory requires the existence of a substantive state of mind, which would suggest that if memory ceased there would still he a durational state of mind.

In an environment where so many of the «unchurched» have an image of Christianity derived exclusively from childhood Sunday school and from television evangelists, the announcement of substantive discussions - with hard questions welcome - provides an alternative image of Christian faith.

In a substantive new book, Christ and the Just Society in the Thought of Augustine, Robert Dodaro, professor at the Institutum Patristicum in Rome, draws on these letters to frame the discussion of Augustine's understanding of a just society and of his great work the City of God.

I was merely commenting on the total «lack» of any cogent response by @sun in relationship to the other posters here, and as the discussion went forward, I was also commenting on @sun's continuing «lack» of «any» substantive fact - based reasoned response.

The discussion highlighted the need for a substantive parliamentary debate on the current abortion legislation since medical science and practice is raising serious questions over when the foetus becomes viable outside the womb, the current twenty - four week limit for «social» abortion and the growing number of doctors in the UK who are refusing to perform abortions because of the aforementioned.

Like I said above — while I disagree with several of your points, your article made for a fun substantive, and, i hope, more objective discussion.

But while the ADP negotiating process had been launched at the 2011 Durban conference, its progress last year was dogged by deep conflict over how to organise its work, partly in view of substantively similar issues being discussed in parallel negotiating processes, and thus resulting in disagreement over the right procedural «home» for substantive discussions.

A substantive and energetic discussion of the reform process followed.

«After a lengthy substantive discussion with the Mayor, he and I agree that the confluence of recent circumstances will preclude me from further fulfilling my goals as Chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board,» Emery wrote in a statement issued by the Mayor's Office.

On one of those questions Malliotakis was in fact initially dismissive but then rolled into a substantive discussion.

That's where you have more substantive discussion, and I hope that making the evolution of bill versions open to the public and clearer to members will help make changes in committee.

The event was designed to allow representatives of the U.S. Government to participate in direct and substantive discussions with Africa's emerging business leaders — an opportunity to engage in a dialogue that has the potential to influence U.S. foreign policy for Africa.

In a statement, Emery said, «After a lengthy substantive discussion with the Mayor, he and I agree that the confluence of recent circumstances will preclude me from further fulfilling my goals as Chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

«There was consensus among all the meeting participants — both from Pilgrim and the Town Board — that it was in the best interests of all parties to hold the meeting under these types of rules so that there can be a balanced, informative and substantive discussion.»

To maximize substantive discussion among grantees within the constraints of a one - and - a-half-day workshop, a combination of plenary sessions and four concurrent thematic sessions organized about the broad outlines of the SciSIP solicitation will be used.

Without going back to check, it appears to me that the the substantive discussion only begins when Monckton tries to justify that the black body sensitivity is roughly the same as the observed sensitivity which, if it were true, would imply that the sum of the feedbacks must be small.

I hope to fill this void, apply a scientific eye, and impart credence to therapeutic nutrition and holistic medicine by substantiating all my claims with high quality scientific data — instead of pulling statements out of thin air, which sadly is commonplace with headline - grabbing, yet substantive discussion - lacking online articles.

Substantive classroom discussion is demanding on students and teachers alike, to say the least, and yet research indicates that this practice is as important in citizenship formation as civics classes and, for some students, can compensate for a home life bereft of such debates.

Further, our findings do not touch upon the substantive merits of a CCSS - based curriculum that is the focus of so much public discussion.

One reason is surely the result of the near total eclipse of most substantive policy discussions in the GOP presidential... read more

Indeed, working with teams of teachers and administrators is essential to helping develop a school - wide vision of effective instruction, because it is in these settings that the most substantive discussions tend to occur.

This process will not solicit any meaningful discussion nor substantive correction of the dilemma in which the majority vote of the State Board and the inaction of the State Legislature have left students, parents and teachers in Alabama by virtue of the implementation of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

Discussions with such veteran users indicate that they have established strategies for classroom management during broadcasts and for the type of substantive preparation and debriefing Dr. Stoddard suggests.

For example, she reports that some School - Based Decision - Making Councils get so caught up in developing their bylaws and modifying them «to fit some nuance of administrivia» that they spend more time engaged in «ceremonial debate» than «substantive discussion.»

The General Attorney occupation covers professional legal positions involved in preparing cases for trial and / or the trial of cases before a court or an administrative body or persons having quasi-judicial power; rendering legal advice and services with respect to questions, regulations, practices, or other matters falling within the purview of a Federal Government agency (this may include conducting investigations to obtain evidentiary data); preparing interpretative and administrative orders, rules, or regulations to give effect to the provisions of governing statutes or other requirements of law; drafting, negotiating, or examining contracts or other legal documents required by the agency's activities; drafting, preparing formal comments, or otherwise making substantive recommendations with respect to proposed legislation; editing and preparing for publication statutes enacted by Congress, opinions or discussions of a court, commission, or board; drafting and reviewing decisions for consideration and adoption by agency officials.

We don't get any substantive discussion about the morality of drone strikes (somewhat odd, given Jessica's reason for leaving the service), or of the need for oversight of big banks, or really anything at all related to military or corporate interests.

In both instances, these services or products may include: company financial data and economic data (e.g., unemployment, inflation rates and GDP figures), stock quotes, last sale prices and trading volumes, research reports analyzing the performance of a particular company or stock, narrowly distributed trade magazines or technical journals covering specific industries, products, or issuers, seminars or conferences registration fees which provide substantive content relating to eligible research, quantitative analytical software and software that provides analyses of securities portfolios, trading strategies and pre / post trade analytics, discussions with research analysts or meetings with corporate executives which provide a means of obtaining oral advice on securities, markets or particular issuers, short - term custody related to effecting particular transactions and clearance and settlement of those trades, lines between the broker - dealer and order management systems operated by a third party vendor, dedicated lines between the broker - dealer and the investment adviser's order management system, dedicated lines providing direct dial - up service between the investment adviser and the trading desk at the broker - dealer, message services used to transmit orders to broker - dealers for execution, electronic communication of allocation instructions between institutions and broker - dealers, comparison services required by the SEC or another regulator (e.g., use of electronic confirmation and affirmation of institutional trades), exchange of messages among broker - dealers, custodians, and institutions related to a trade, post-trade matching of trade information, routing settlement instructions to custodian banks and broker - dealers» clearing agents, software that provides algorithmic trading strategies, and trading software operated by a broker - dealer to route orders to market centers or direct market access systems.