Sentences with phrase «talk about the merits»

«The Congressional Review Act is a pretense for the majority party in Congress to wipe rules off the books without ever talking about the merits the agency had in mind when it made the rule final,» Rena Steinzor, a law professor at the University of Maryland, said in an email.

beat new england more often, especially at home, then talk about the merits of divisional advantage.

It's so easy to talk about the merits of peaceful parenting.

«I try to talk about the merits of the issues and that's worked out pretty well for us.»

People love to talk about merit and are always asking whether minorities are «qualified» to hold a particular job.

The modern workout and bootcamp trends also love lots of reps.. We NEED to reevaluate this «kick your ass» and «feel the burn» mentality in program design and talk about the merit of doing something only 1 or 5 or 3 intense reps, again with focus on the best form possible.

We are talking about merit pay and performance pay in school systems that recognize neither merit nor performance.

In opposition, the Conservatives talked about the merits of former soldiers in the classroom to instil order and inspire pupils.

Today is the last day of Center for Inspired Teaching's two - week Institute, and as the rest of the country talks about the merits and shortcomings of the Obama administration's education plan — particularly its belief that external systems of accountability and extrinsic motivators like performance pay are an essential ingredient in reforming public education — I'm watching the same debate unfold here, on the ground, as a small group of DC teachers prepares for the coming school year.

They will not talk about the merits of the Race to the Top program.

I'd stick to talking about the merits of their own product and not look like they're running from something.»

Many luminaries in the publishing industry are going to talk about the merits of eBook subscription services.

On May 20th there is going to be a 60 minute series on audiobooks where a live discussion will talk about their merits.

For example, Greenblatt's book talked about the merits of a 50/50 weighting between Good Company and Good Price.

Each speaker also talks about the merits of investing from their chosen geographical locations.

«This honor has given me the opportunity to talk about the merits of our great profession to others,» said Dr. Hunt.

And thanks for agreeing to visit my blogging class this Wednesday via a Google Hangout to talk about the merits of a hybrid life.

It is plain that all this talk about merit order effect is extremely ill thought out.

Contractors and developers are regularly talking about the merits of modular construction and, increasingly, large multi-national companies are making offsite a key component of their future growth strategies.

Money expert Clark Howard has long talked about the merits of Amica Mutual and USAA.

Clark has long talked about the merits of Amica Mutual and USAA.

Spurred by a special request from the nation's lawmakers, Behlendorf was one of multiple blockchain experts called to the country to talk about the merits of the technology and the ways in which it could modernize the copper - rich nation's mining supply chain.

You can highlight your interest in the job by talking about the merits that you could bring to the employer.

Not exact matches

When she first started talking about how the school needed to become more diverse, she says, «I was surprised to find out the meme around Harvey Mudd was that we are a merit - based institution and bringing in more women or people of color would mean lowering our standards.»

In a recent talk at the Cultivate conference, veteran leader, blogger and Pinterest's head of engineering Michael Lopp floated a fun answer to this question — how about merit badges for leaders?

Yesterday I was talking with someone about the merits of using the 13 - F as an investment tool, and it prompted me to briefly review my process that I use for searching for stocks to invest in.

«What surprised me most, in a positive way, about today was that although the five risks in their own way merit a lot, they are extremely interconnected, and I love the fact that this group of people are talking about them as a cohesive group.

When we talk about the future of money, we invariably come to discuss the merits and demerits of going cashless.

This alone merits attention — as there is much talk about the relative dearth of Catholic authors today — but Trower's life and work offer something more, as they speak to questions that are currently circulating within the Church.

For all of their ingenuity and their (perhaps considerable) merits, in other words, these accounts seem not to be talking about the same sort of thing that we have all along understood «morality» to be (or that we encounter when we feel ourselves subject to «moral» constraints).

It's that living under law thing that kills us (the Spirit gives life but the letter kills), trying to live up to standards and rules, principles and guidelines, etc... The church these days has pretty much no idea what grace even is, and if you start talking about God's love, I mean his real love based only on Christ's merit, people call you a heretic.

This alone merits attention — as there is much talk about the relative dearth of Catholic authors today — but Trower's life and work offer something more, as they speak to questions that are being asked within the Church today.

That is the belief that Jesus is talking about acts after the fact of having received, not before with the intention of meriting reward.

As a young Fellow of Trinity College, he heard talk about the relative merits of Roman Catholicism.

and not to forget that although MMA is a sport, what UFC is doing is not sport - related, it is simply an entertainment show which they are trying to «sportify» and legitmise via various means (e.g. stupid rankings, reebok etc.) so they have created this double standards, whenever they want they talk about rankings and merits etc. and when the agenda is something else, they talk about «big fights» and money fights...

He talked junk about Cristiano Ronaldo's merit for the Ballon d'Or this past fall, claiming «he was only good for two months.»

Wenger I have to admit is very clever in the way he manages to do this every year, putting in insulting bids to other clubs that even us arsenal fans know are way under the asking price so that it looks like an attempt was made, really its just for show, then he talks in extremes about how signing players for 25M will result in a football clubs implosion which is also utter nonsense, the money arsenal have brought in on player sales alone in recent seasons should merit some reinforcement, let alone the emirates revenue, tv money and sponsorship deals.

President - elect Donald Trump, in a free - flowing speech last night at a dinner honoring his running mate, Mike Pence, jabbed at his new Republican allies and his critics alike, questioned the ethics of «super PACs» and talked about creating a «merit - based» immigration system.

«I'm talking to Republicans every day about the merits of this legislation, and the mayor, Congressman [Peter] King and others are a very important part of our strategy to secure Republican votes,» Gillibrand said in a statement, according to the Times.

«When we're talking about conversion therapy as a reparative therapy, we're talking about therapies that have been proven over and over again by the medical community to be without any merit, but those that could have serious negative impacts on the psychological well - being of a child,» Poloncarz said.

You need to be in a position where you can talk freely about the scientific merits of your previous project, the skills you can bring to the next company, and what you gained from your postdoc (as well as some documentation to back this all up).

We talk about how his knowledge has evolved over time, and the merits of low - carb dieting.

Introducing the Rugby Strength Coach podcast inbetweenisodes: short pieces where I will tackle any questions I get from readers, athletes or clients, or any other topics which I would like to talk about briefly but don't necessarily merit a full podcast or article.

In case that you can not avoid talking about your ex, highly focus on the merit of your conversation other than the emotional side of it.

Of course, Gilbey isn't even talking about work that is that accomplished or expressive — he's referring to the kind of calculatedly passive style that has critics debating the merits of, say, Sasha Grey's performance in «The Girlfriend Experience.»

When I write about the merits of the Chinese way, I'm not promoting testing per se; I'm talking about attitudes that are important to academic success.

I could spend more time than I have here to talk about the uphill politics behind creating and sustaining merit pay.

In fact, for all the talk about the «democratic values» implicit in local control, the decibel level of the past few years has been caused less by a legitimate debate about the merits of the work than an internecine fight over which faction would control the local teachers union, a mayor's race pitting «old» vs. «new» Newark (read: Sharpe revanchists vs. Cory defenders), and the aspirations of what Curvin calls the «resource distributors» — those who view the power and wealth allocation opportunities of the school system as an end in itself.

Again, «accountability» and «merit» are compelling concepts, especially when we are talking about adults who are charged with educating our children.

«Accountability» and «merit» are compelling concepts, especially when we are talking about adults who are charged with educating our children.