Past memo's have covered the idea of
the swing of the pendulum between greed and fear, through the various stages of investor sentiment that lay between the two extremes.
Not exact matches
Now, the
pendulum swings between painfully curated versions
of life, cat memes, and branded content.
When I was at school, I remember learning about politics not through the metaphor
of a journey, but a
pendulum,
swinging back and forth
between the two parties, keeping the nation as a whole ticking on nicely... That's a metaphor for a healthy two party democracy.
These systems are right on the boundary
between stable, orderly behaviour — such as a
swinging pendulum — and the unpredictable world
of chaos, as exemplified by turbulence.
Thomas Castonguay exemplifies the
pendulum that
swings between the demands
of research and teaching in academia.
So, it appears there's something
of a disconnect at Sundance,
between the idea
of a perfectly neutral, non-partisan arbiter
of artistic merit, the festival that focuses on the stories while politically, as Redford put it elsewhere in the press conference, «the
pendulum swings,» and the reality
of a filmmaking body that is deeply, sometimes radically, political.
A brief skim through the history books
of teacher training shows that the preference for university ‑ led versus school - led provision has
swung back and forth like a
pendulum, but artificial and unhelpful distinctions
between different kinds
of training provision should be forgotten — the reality is that SCITTs, HEIs, Teach First and School Direct providers have long worked together.
While it can happen, this somewhat exaggerated fear seems to be the most recent
swing of a
pendulum that has gone back and forth over the years
between those who used to recommend closing cards to reduce the temptation to charge and those who now say doing so is a sure way to see your score suffer.
While, close by, choreographer, William Forsythe engages the audience in an interactive dance, as the participant moves instinctively
between the spaces
of elegant,
swinging pendulums in Nowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time.
While the art - world
pendulum predictably
swings back and forth
between a taste for abstraction and an embrace
of figuration, some artists remain steadfast in their pursuits.
Through the juxtaposition
of varied references and mediums, Bitzer highlights the
pendulum that
swings between disparate realms, erasing boundaries precisely through his emphasis on them.
In a
pendulum, all the energy at the top
of the
swing is stored gravitational potential energy; at the bottom
of the
swing, the energy is kinetic; and in
between, the energy is transferring smoothly
between modes.
While in - house growth has cycled up and down over the years as is typical
of most industries»
pendulum swings between insourcing and outsourcing, our most recent growth surge (over the last 7 - 10 years) was uncommonly large and fast - paced, with the result that some law departments suddenly find themselves too expensive for the work they currently perform (based on the market value
of the work) and others may find themselves too ungainly to be agile in responding to market service offerings (where they previously could have insourced or outsourced work based on emerging and shifting needs).