Sentences with phrase «such weak links»

Given such weak links, an economic system that depended on test results for job selection would be massively inefficient: it would simultaneously reject many capable applicants and accept many poor performers.

I wonder why if he is such a weak link?

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But with a complex supply chain comes multiple parties, any one of which could be a weak link that causes a widespread breakdown, such as around claims about product composition, quality, and safety.

It's important to note that some countries, such as China, are attacking cryptocurrency exchanges as the weakest links in the crypto ecosystem.

All very well buying a couple of marquee signings such as Wenger and satchel but when their former drops we see a team is only as good as it's weak links and this squad has a few!

Perhaps it is one player they think might be a weak link, such as the currently below par Nacho Monreal on the left.

[3]: 82 In party list PR systems without delineated districts, such as the Netherlands and Israel, the geographic link between representatives and their constituents is considered extremely weak.

Bone growth in the womb and in early infancy is linked to overall bone strength later in life, and weaker bones in infancy and childhood may predispose to conditions such as osteoporosis in older age.

As the saying goes «a chain is only as strong as its weakest link» which is why people who neglect this muscle normally end up with lower back pain when doing exercises such as squats or the military press.

The only weak links in the cast are Kevin Nash, who still can't act his way out of a paper bag, and Amber Heard, whose character (a potential love interest for Mike) is such a wet blanket for a majority of the movie that it grinds to a halt whenever she's onscreen.

Michael Sheen («Masters and Johnson «-RRB--- as Boldwood, Bathsheba's lovelorn neighbor — is also strong, but when is Sheen not good... Unfortunately, there is a weak link in the cast, and that is Tom Sturridge (On the Road)-- as Sergeant Troy — who in the book is supposed to be such hot stuff that he causes the independent Bathsheba to lose her head, yet here comes across as a dewy - eyed fop.

Rather than an overhaul of education, the judge ordered schools to escalate their most regressive tendencies such as testing, sorting people, removing «weak» links, and punishing non-conformists.

Our proposal, which we discuss in detail in «What «Smart Beta» Means to Us» (Arnott and Kose 2014), combines one core criterion (it must overtly sever the link between the price of a stock and its weight in the portfolio) and several weaker requirements (the strategy must have most of the other advantages of conventional indexing, such as low turnover, broad market representation, liquidity, capacity, transparency, ease of testing, low fees, and so forth).

Suddenly, new concerns come up, such as maximizing star power bonuses or saving a weaker link.

Many criminal justice systems place such distinct power in the hands of the prosecutor from the moment he or she possesses incriminating information, even when the prosecution service is the weakest link of the system which has often been the case in international criminal justice.

We hope this CentUp case is the last time we see a patent troll abusing a weak link to put pressure on a startup, and we implore online intermediaries to resist such misguided threats.

Instead, if you knew that you'd have much stronger results by concentrating on your weakest links, such as your 3rd level Linkedin connections, wouldn't you spend time harvesting them?

For example, we found a trend for a weak link between open communication and delinquency (ESr = − 0.07, p < 0.10, k = 11), while supportive parenting was moderately linked to delinquency (ESr = − 0.23, p < 0.001, k = 5) and negative aspects of support, such as combinations of neglect, hostility and rejection were strongly linked to delinquency (ESr = 0.33, p < 0.001, k = 3).