Sentences with phrase «than a discussion off»

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It's time American policymakers started a discussion on taxing meat too, because rather than reform its practices or scale back production, the meat industry has fought tooth and nail to fend off environmental regulation and commonsense nutritional standards, leaving citizens to deal with its mess.

Which brings me to an important point: no one is claiming vast scientific rigor for this poll, so consider this list a jumping off point for discussion rather than the final statement on the topic.

Strategically the sales professional must keep the focus off the offer and create an arena of fairness in mediating discussions about the numbers in a mutually beneficial fashion — one where she does not settle for less than what is desired.

The platform was built over more than a year using Quorum, a type of open - source blockchain that JPMorgan has developed inhouse and is in discussions to spin off.

Any answer of THE TRUTH is... rather than have you considered the fact that... also cuts off further discussion.

The Red Sox are out on him, so unless the Cardinals» interest is stronger than currently reported or a new team enters the discussions and puts a similar set of terms and money on the table, things aren't working out exactly as Boras and Hosmer thought they would when this offseason kicked off.

If Ras was a year older and they were sending him to GR rather than back to juniors they might have given him a shot but my guess is that in that discussion of whether to keep him they ultimately decided that they didn't want to burn off a year of his ELC.

When my sons were 13 and 15, our absolute maximum with text - books etc in any one day is three hours; more normal was less than two hours, including lots of discussion and veering off at tangents.

Kicking off the discussions, Matthew Sowemimo spoke with great conviction about the importance of tackling child poverty in a far more ambitious way than Labour have done.

The three leading candidates for NYC mayor faced off at Manhattan's Symphony Space last night during a debate that at times felt more like a wrestling match or a street fight than a moderated discussion.

After more than six months of on - again, off - again discussions, Ulster County's Industrial Development Agency has moved formally to terminate developer Steve Aaron's 2005 Pilot (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) agreement for failure to pay his taxes.

The Democrats sweep the election and now, with the state authorizing RCDS to purchase the land, more than three decades of on again, off again discussions related to the space look to be finally coming to end.

It seems to me that would be a good place to start discussions, start negotiations, rather than simply taking it off the table.»

After more than six months of on - again, off - again discussions, Ulster County's Industrial Development Agency has moved formally to terminate developer

While all discussion of marine ice - sheet instability is shrouded in tremendous uncertainty, one thing is clear: whatever happens in far - off West Antarctica will have more profound impacts in Scandinavia than in nearby Australia.

While I applaud all these initiatives and discussions and think these issues of inclusion, diversity and accessibility are now being talked about more than ever online and off, I still think there is a long, long way to go.

The chip's theft would be devastating to the nations of the world and upset the balance of power and / or would put Apple and Microsoft out of business; the explanation is tossed off quickly and is really not germane to this discussion, because mainly what the movie wants and needs are excuses for people to fight and wisecrack and drive stylish cars very quickly and blow things up and smash vehicles and destroy property and make some more jokes and maybe flirt a little and kill people without dwelling too long on the dead bodies and maybe quite possibly and casually kill innocent civilians but not acknowledge anything more than — wow!

This week things get a little rowdy when the crew breaks off into a broad discussion about how the online gaming community may be hurting the video game experience rather than helping.

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I wish I could remember other specific books, but part of me thinks the specific books matter less than the fact that reading the same texts — whatever they are — gives people a way to open up and enter discussions that otherwise might be off - limits.

The panel, moderated by journalist Porter Anderson, kicked off with a discussion of no fewer than three studies that attempt to uncover the motivations and attitudes of self - publishing authors.

Discussion: While it may be true that a debt can be charged off for reasons other than the debtor's ability or willingness to repay, generally, if a creditor has written off a debt as a loss it is an indicator that the applicant has had some difficulty repaying the amounts owed.

You can follow the discussion on How To Pay Off More Than One Debt without having to leave a comment.

Tomorrow's should be more interesting than tonight's — unless you really take the reins and deliver some seriously memorable off - topic discussion!

Litia Perta, an adjunct professor who has taught on and off at Cooper Union since 2006, opened up the discussion by saying that she's currently on unemployment and collects more money — «kind of by a lot» — than she has as an adjunct, and that while on unemployment she had the additional benefit of being able to defer her own student loan payments.

There is much evidence - based discussion of the Washington State oyster larvae die off than the NYT reporting covers.

A while ago, can't recall off - hand which discussion here, I was told that carbon dioxide had a much greater heat capacity than oxygen and nitrogen..

Far more so than, say, Skeptical Science, which prefers to stick strictly to the science (albeit only if it matches their view of it) and strictly edits any off topic discussion (unless it is by one of their acolytes) and will allow no personal criticisms or adhoms whatsoever (unless delivered against an «unbeliever», and more acceptably delivered by one of the moderators).

(Ten years ago, I attended an off - the - record discussion with Kerry alongside several journalists, and our main takeaway was that he understood and cared about climate change more than any other issue.)

When someone suggests that Al Gore is making money off his efforts to change policy, the discussion should begin with» are you complaining that he is a better capitalist than you?»

UAH land is much more bonded to ocean temps than city - land, and thus the discussion is as I said: Should city - land temps be bonded to ocean temps to some degree or can they fly off like city - land suggests.

Since this did not tell the story he wanted to tell, he hid the offending data by cutting off the line, choosing to conceal the problem rather than have an open scientific discussion about it.

A discussion of the core maxim of unbundled lawyers - clients are better off with some help from a lawyer rather than no help at all

Thomas kicked off the discussion emphasizing that it's absolutely critical to understand the legal, zoning and tax rules around owning a short - term rental — which is considered any property rented for less than 30 days.

On October 1, Eric Luskin, Scion Senior Vice President and a Certified Property Manager ® with more than three decades of on - and off - campus housing experience, will help address current issues facing the sector in «12 Questions and 12 Answers,» the return of a highly popular panel discussion from the 2013 conference.

You could hire a property manager but the hit to your returns from shaving 8 - 10 % off your top (income) line will be much more substantial than the one from the higher tax liability that started this whole discussion.