Sentences with phrase «term public meaning»

------------------------------------ Terms that have different meanings for scientists and the public Scientific term Public meaning Better choice

Not exact matches

I actually believe being public offers a long - term competitive advantage for the best run companies (and Darwin deals with those that aren't meant to be special long - term).

Speaking about the euro crisis, Gauck, in an interview with the public television station ZDF broadcast, said: «She now has the duty to explain in great detail what it means, also in fiscal terms.»

The term «emergency notification services» means services that notify the public of an emergency.

The term «public safety answering point» means a facility that has been designated to receive emergency calls and route them to emergency service personnel.

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«With their own sizable investment portfolios, most public companies could use their power as shareholders to urge public companies and asset managers to take a relentlessly long - term focus... That may mean using performance benchmarks over three -, five - and even 10 - year periods, in addition to shorter period benchmarks.»

I could admittedly do better, and would certainly have captured more upside from temporary speculation, had I committed myself to the principle that central banks will act strictly to defend the bondholders of the banks they represent, even if it means trespassing into fiscal policy, subordinating public interest, empowering the worst stewards of capital, violating legal restrictions, and inviting long - term instability.

This means the government must be committed to establishing and maintaining a sustainable medium or longer - term fiscal anchor, one that supports long - run stable economic growth through control of the accumulation of public debt.

This would mean repealing anti-sodomy laws, permitting homosexuals to serve in the military on the same terms as heterosexuals, including lessons about homosexuality in public school sex - education programs, and legalizing homosexual marriage and divorce.

It also capitalizes on the endless public appetite for distraction and the desire for self - fulfillment rather than social good (as if the last term even has any agreed meaning).

For such a public he retold the Gospel story in terms which would enable them to understand its deeper meanings, and win their assent.

Kerygma properly means a public announcement or declaration, whether by a town crier, or by an auctioneer commending his goods to the public, or by the herald of a sovereign state dispatched on a solemn mission, to present an ultimatum, it may be, or to announce terms of peace.

It might mean - and most of the public attention has taken it to mean - an attempt to clone, gestate, and bring to term a human being, to do for human beings what has already been done for mice and for the lamb «Dolly.»

Needless to say, terms like «religious identity» or «subjective experience» are no less open to critical scrutiny for their suggestions of a fixed referential meaning than the split between public and private realms of experience that they come to signify.

But as a natural skeptic, I also decided to read all of the research indicating that some of these purported long - term benefits, such as higher IQs and immunity against various health issues, were inflated by well - meaning public health experts.

If breastfeeding your toddler in public is not worth the hassle for you, teaching your child the meaning of the term «wait» may be beneficial.

Baby - led weaning (a term coined my Gill Rapley, a former public health nurse and midwife) essentially means that you skip pureed foods all together and your baby self feeds right from the start of weaning (around 6 months of age) with breast milk or formula «on tap.»

Or should we try to decide who within the public service is to be counted as an «administrator» (whatever that term means) and who is not?

Interest rates could rise if this happens and the terms and conditions of a sell off mean the public would likely lose out while the companies involved take very little risk.

In practical terms, this may mean using taxation to assure access to key public goods such as education, health care, and a minimum income, but it also means abandoning «material egalitarianism» and, whenever possible, seeking non-statist ways to achieve social goals.

Instead of trying to squeeze every penny out of hard - working upstate residents, the Governor should be reprioritizing budget issues so that we can fund public transit systems through more appropriate budgetary means, starting with the legislation he vetoed that would have helped identify more long - term funding sources for upstate transit systems.»

For Jackson and McClymont, shifting the discourse away from «austerity» and public spending reductions will mean Labour can fight the election on their terms.

Equally in terms of the bigger picture the continuing uncertainty with regards to the global economy and the perilous situation in the Eurozone means the public and media are still willing to go along with the programme of cuts for fear of becoming another Greece.

In domestic policy terms, the impact of devolution meant that the Brown government's capacity to reform public services was confined to England, where Brown had no personal democratic mandate to intervene.

But the decision means the public has no access to clear information about how much May's various legal battles are costing the taxpayer, not just in terms of legal fees but also including compensation paid out after unsuccessful cases.

Socialist economical policies with state - owned means of production (everything belongs to everyone) and central planner of production working long - term accumulated inefficiencies, which basically made lots of public unrest and eventual bankruptcy.

It would require a constitutional amendment, which means it would have to be passed twice by the Legislature in successive terms and then approved by the public in a referendum.

In District 2, incumbent Chris Allen, the Democratic and Working Families candidate, has served as a county legislator for two consecutive terms, serves as the Deputy Chair for the Public Health and Social Services Committee, and holds positions on the Economic Tourism and Development Committee and the Ways and Means Committee.

(b) No officer of the County Committee, District Committee or Divisional Committee or of any of their subcommittees, no member of the Executive Committee and no employee of the County Committee shall use or attempt any party position as a means of undue or improper influence to secure from any state or local agency (as those terms are defined in Public Officers Law 73) for that officer, member of the Executive Committee or employee or others with whom the person has a family, employment, business or financial relationship any benefits, privileges or exemptions not generally available to members of the pPublic Officers Law 73) for that officer, member of the Executive Committee or employee or others with whom the person has a family, employment, business or financial relationship any benefits, privileges or exemptions not generally available to members of the publicpublic.

The transfer of some policy making traditionally associated with local government to combined authorities means that citizens are increasingly unclear about who is responsible for what, especially in terms of public service delivery in their local communities.

Funds meant for tackling long - term health problems are being spent on filling gaps elsewhere in the NHS, public health experts have warned.

Though United Water argues the increases are meant to control costs and will ultimately mean long - term cost reductions, legislators had expressed concern that the surcharge was a premature step given the plan has not yet been approved by the state's Public Service Commission and would add further financial strain on residents where the burden should fall on United Water.

The trailers were meant to be a short - term solution to address overcrowding at public schools, but more than a decade after they were placed around the city, thousands of students still use them.

The public advocate is meant to be a city watchdog, and is next in line to succeed the mayor should the mayor not be able to complete his or her term.

Arguably, the problem is not that some people are rich, but rather that some people are poor and that there are possibly insufficient means to solve this long - term by — for example — providing quality public education, safe neighbourhoods, services etc. to all, next question is how to generate this revenue, which is where taxation comes in...

With inflation rising and set to rise further, the Tories» plan to raise public sector pay by one percent a year to 2020 is likely to mean real terms cuts.

a) is of good character as attested to by two Ghanaians who are notaries public, lawyers, senior public officers or other class of persons approved of by the Minister; b) has not been convicted of any criminal offence and been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of twelve months or more; c) is of independent means; d) is in the opinion of the Minister capable of making a substantial contribution to the development of Ghana; and e) has attained the age of eighteen years.

With one of the most highly regarded public campaign financing systems and term limits, City Council elections have been opened up for candidates of modest means to run, and sometimes win.

The Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] Edo State Chapter has urged the public not to believe that the recent visitation of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to Governor Adams Oshiomhole governor's lodge mean Obasanjo has endorsed the incumbent governor for second term.

In his public proclamations, his theorizing, and his religious ruminations, he cast a piercing gaze on existing formulations, rejected existing ideas, and freely redefined terms — space and time, pacifism, God — in search of deeper meanings.

And most universities fail to make these distinctions clear in «public - facing profiles,» the authors observe, which «exacerbate [s]» postdocs» optimistic tendency to assume that the term «professor» always means a traditional tenure - track position, when it often denotes a job with much less security.

Upon dissolution or winding up of said corporation's affairs, whether voluntary or involuntary, all of its assets then remaining in the hands of the board of directors shall, after paying or making provision for payment of all of said corporation's liabilities, be distributed, transferred, conveyed, delivered, and paid over only to educational, scientific, literary, or charitable organizations that are exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and which are not private foundations within the meaning of section 509 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, on whatever terms and conditions and in whatever amounts the board of directors may determine, for use exclusively for educational, scientific, literary, or charitable purposes, except that no distribution shall be made to organizations testing for public safety.

Most people in the general public now know the term, and they have a vague idea that it is some kind of pattern in the Pacific Ocean that means the U.S. will have a warm winter... or snowy winter... or hot summer — or something.

This term has so many meaning; however it is normally regarded as an act of meeting people and getting attracted to them likewise having sociable activities in public as a casual or long term relationship.

Included in the PowerPoint: a) Scarcity, Choice and Opportunity Cost - The Fundamental Economic Problem - The Meaning of Scarcity and the inevitability of choices at all levels (individual, firms, govt)- The basic questions of what will be produced ow and for whom - The Meaning of the term «Ceteris Paribus» - The Margin and Decision Making at the Margin - Sort run, long run, very long run b) Positive and Normative Statements - the distinction between fact and value judgements c) Factors of Production - the rewards to the factors of production: land, labour, capital and enterprise - Specialization and division of labour d) Resource Allocation in Different Economic Systems and Issues of Transition - decision making in market, planned and mixed economies - the role of the factor enterprise in a modern economy e) Production Possibility Curves - shape and shifts of the curve - constant and increasing opportunity costs f) Money - functions and characteristics in a modern economy - barter, cash and bank deposits, cheques, near money, liquidity g) Classification of Goods and Services - free goods, private goods (economic goods) and public goods - merit goods and demerit goods as the outcome of imperfect information by consumers PowerPoint Also Includes: - Key Terms for each Chapter - Activities - Multiple Choice and Essay questions from past exam papers.

Schools however with the exception of the public school sector, have had to rely mainly on what is termed within the security industry as «physical security» gates, fences, and turnstiles usually supported by some means of electronic security equipment such as access control and intruder alarm systems.

The lack of progress in the younger grades trickles up: More than half of English learners now in California high schools are «long - term English learners,» meaning they have been in public schools for six years without learning English, according to a 2010 report by Californians Together, a nonprofit advocacy group.

Last month it was revealed more than half a million pounds of public money is to be spent on explaining the new numerical system, following widespread confusion over what the changes mean in real terms.