Sentences with phrase «such blunt»

In all the discussions I have sat in on, overheard and read in the legal press about the retention of associates never have I heard this idea put forward with such blunt clarity.

Such a blunt statement initiating your reply shows your own incredulity, in a slightly cooler style.»

I am interested in a descriptive activity that has such a blunt specificity that it transcends its informative function.

In the previous category, a teacher might require independent reading for a general purpose like «teaching students to love reading,» but in this category such blunt pedagogical purposes are sharpened.

Thus the results of mere reading tests must not be taken at face value, because such blunt instruments can not hope to measure the true effects of education.

The most awkward phase a girl will go through in life has been told countless times in cinematic terms, most notably in Todd Solondz» great «Welcome to the Dollhouse,» but never this way and never with such blunt truthfulness.

Very few films accept the contradicting velocities of gay desire, and present them in such blunt yet graceful fashion, the way Paris 05:59 does.

But papaine is such a blunt instrument that you can not control the impact.

Compared to such blunt, non-specific drugs, our immune system is a complex, highly effective system, responsible for protecting us against most diseases and keeping us healthy for the duration of our lives.

You won't find such a blunt statement in today's report by a nine - member panel created in 2007 to look at faculty race and diversity issues.

though not always put in such blunt terms.

It is rare that one encounters such blunt refutation of what one believes to be true.

Such blunt words in our society, which has outlawed the death penalty and corporal punishment, cause more than a frisson.

Universal Studios would never describe the strategy in such blunt terms, but that's the gist of how a spokesman explained the price hike to the Orlando Sentinel:

Such blunted responses to MP could reflect neuroadaptations from repeated marijuana abuse, such as down - regulation of DA transporters (70).

Not exact matches

Trying to regulate a fast - changing industry like home - sharing through such an inflexible and blunt instrument would be a terrible mismatch.

No, the real problem with this boycott is that, like most boycotts, it is such a disastrously blunt instrument.

«The SEC's rule wouldn't ban any single conflict of interest, such as sales contests that brokers conduct to juice sales of particular products, but would generally require brokers to disclose conflicts of interest and try to blunt their impact,» Dave Michaels, WSJ, wrote.

Surveys are too blunt an instrument to measure such things, but not too blunt for press releases.

In allusive fashion such as the Orient affects, he told the blunt truth: «The enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against you for evil, be as that young man is!»

Deniers, as both Lipstadt and Vidal - Naquet show, seem to have an endless supply of polemical tricks and dodges: they simply discount Jewish testimony out of hand as lie or fantasy; inculpatory testimony from the Nazis themselves is said to have been coerced by the triumphant Allies; documents confirming such testimony are said to be forgeries; Nazi statements and memoranda about the Final Solution are taken at face value if they are euphemistically phrased, but are interpreted as hyperbolic or figurative if they are blunt and explicit; photographs and films of executions are dismissed as fakes.

It is proposed here to speak of the development of the American self - consciousness in such terms as to take seriously Turner's thesis: that the blunt fact of the existence for many decades of a frontier in American history is a dominant factor in the content of America's self - consciousness.

In a succinct and blunt way, Father Abraham dismisses such hope.

* And there's just no possible way to misinterpret these really blunt, straightforward, non-parabled verses, the only way one can rationally reach the conclusion that they know when the apocalypse will happen (if such a thing can be reached rationally) is by ignoring not just one small, confusing verse, but by ignoring multiple blunt ones.

To be more blunt, a person couldn't prove such a thing because they wouldn't be reading Barth fairly in making such a point.

So my hope through this is that it blunts any resentment that could potentially creep up in the future when such interests come into conflict.

What will surely anger the heads of English football most is that such an idea could be discussed without any form of communication between the two bodies, and following the Premier League's blunt refusal to admit the Old Firm clubs to the top flight in 2009 it seems unlikely that a competition such as the one being considered will ever come to be.

Whether such a start can be blunted through coaching or the monitoring of psychophysiological variables is unknown.

He accused Quinn's campaign of trying «to blunt what the truth is» on controversial issues, such as overturning term limits to pave, and said that he saw «a lot of accuracy» in its claims.

«Withholding taxes and taxes on revenue such as equalisation levies are blunt instruments that are likely to give rise to double taxation and may risk stifling innovation as taxes may become payable before profits are made.»

Like Smith, he aims to give blunt, clear explanations of what's he's doing, such as recent remarks puncturing what he said was the myth that education cuts will hurt children.

Soon after it published, a state Senate committee released a report detailing how lawmakers could blunt the measure's impact should it pass, such as requiring child - resistant packaging on marijuana products and putting strict limits on advertising.

The revelations in Central Islip federal court came hours after First Lady Chirlane McCray tried to blunt Singh's earlier, damning testimony by insisting that her hubby was «such a Boy Scout» that he'd never break the law.

Some may see civil liberties issues in these checks but any such attacks from Labour will be blunted by the fact that the Brown government had also started to enlist Experian but the Coalition is determined to make wider use of their services.

The member representing Delta Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Ovie Omo - Agege, has condemned the inclusion of Urhobo ethnic nationality as part of Biafra, noting that such an action is a blunt disrespect to the Urhobo Nation.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is pursuing a mix of approaches that include developing non-opioid pain medicines, conducting research on vaccines that may blunt the impact of fentanyl and its related offshoots, getting public health organizations to increase the availability and use of medications already available to treat opioid addiction and getting medications such as buprenorphine and naloxone, which suppress withdrawal symptoms and ease cravings, into the hands emergency room doctors dealing with patients with opioid addictions.

They focused on schizophrenia's so - called «negative» symptoms, such as problems with speech, blunted emotions, lack of motivation, and an inability to experience pleasure.

Within a species, when some individuals have a trait that aids their survival — such as a blunt beak that allows them to crack open tough seed coverings — they will pass on the genes for that trait to their offspring, whereas individuals with pointed beaks will have died.

They spotted a stretch of DNA that looked different in species with blunt beaks, such as the large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris), versus species with pointed beaks, such as the large cactus finch (G. conirostris).

Take an asymmetrical blunt object such as a pipe sawed in half lengthwise and place it rounded side up in flowing air.

Wilson says the team next plans to investigate if lithium chloride can blunt other forms of neurological damage, such as that resulting from trauma and stroke, both of which can kill large groups of brain cells.

Looking at previous work on other addictions, such as alcoholism, we anticipated that pathological gamblers would have increased opiate receptors which we did not find, but we did find the expected blunted change in endogenous opioids from an amphetamine challenge.

A year of discussion about the ethics of embryo - editing research, and perhaps simply the passage of time, seems to have blunted its controversial edge — although such work remains subject to the same ethical anxieties that surround other reproductive - biology experiments.

Such unique structural features include, for example, the use of blunt end molecules which are the subject of our patents and patent applications.

Taking medications such as (ironically) antidepressants can also blunt sex drive.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or Nsaids, such as ibuprofen, are commonly given to blunt the pain and inflammation of tendinitis.

Cracking it requires a blunt instrument such as a hammer or rock.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen are commonly given to blunt the pain and inflammation of tendinitis, but they may actually slow healing.

We must learn to transcend any blunt tools we developed over the years — negative self - talk, over-reactions, judgments, facades, fears, expectations, passive - aggressive behavior — and replace them with precise tools such as authentic communications, loving relationships, balanced lifestyles, commitments to personal integrity, and yoga and / or meditation practices.

Certain daily habits such as speaking up for yourself at work or being honest in friendships are just small steps you can take to become a blunt person.