Sentences with phrase «than most of my peers for»

Now they have a young shortstop who should be better than most of his peers for a while.

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That said, this manual from San Francisco — based green cleaning supplies maker Method Products rewards more than most of its peers — and not just because the book is informed by the company's enthusiasm for design.

Slumping oil prices have caused Conoco — and most if not all of its peers — a lot of pain as it costs oil drillers more to produce a barrel of oil than they can sell it for.

Requests for user information: Yandex disclosed less than most of its peers but more than Mail.Ru about how it handles government and private requests for user information (P10 - P12).

I was always younger than my peers, and I was short to begin with, so I was extra extra extra short for most of my schooling.

Arrieta's ceiling turned out to be a lot higher than most of his 95 - mph peers, but he just proves that it's possible for a stuff - monster to turn into an All - Star, not probable.

Most women had little knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of giving birth at home and in hospital, although there was substantial demand for further information, and a minority who were better informed than their peers.

With a deep double walled side impact protection, orthopaedic inner cushion, and anti-rebound technology, the Doona is also larger than most of its peers meaning that your infant can remain in the safest form of car seat for longer.

On our first day she outlined her potty - training plan — wait for interest, let peer pressure do most of the work, toilet seat adapter rather than separate potty chair, emphasis on big - kid underwear and no pull - ups.

Sadly, most commentators enthuse about the House of Lords only because they despair of the tribal party antics and unrepresentative voting system for the commons, which places MPs even further down the popularity tables than peers.

«Happily, the size of the Commons majority seen tonight — much larger than for most normal government business — will make it very difficult for peers to suggest that the Bill should be rejected.»

For example: regardless of their gender, the most violent prisoners have higher levels of testosterone than their less violent peers.

For Perez - Melgosa, who spent more than 15 years at UW, during which she co-authored a number of peer - reviewed publications, «the mere fact that this allegation has been raised against me carries with it the most serious effects upon my professional career,» she stated in her testimony for the lawsuit, which alleged discrimination based on national origFor Perez - Melgosa, who spent more than 15 years at UW, during which she co-authored a number of peer - reviewed publications, «the mere fact that this allegation has been raised against me carries with it the most serious effects upon my professional career,» she stated in her testimony for the lawsuit, which alleged discrimination based on national origfor the lawsuit, which alleged discrimination based on national origin.

In both men's and women's prisons, for example, the most violent inmates have higher levels of testosterone than their less violent peers.

For example, a search for «superfood» on PubMed, the repository of most peer - reviewed biomedical journal articles, yields fewer than a dozen resulFor example, a search for «superfood» on PubMed, the repository of most peer - reviewed biomedical journal articles, yields fewer than a dozen resulfor «superfood» on PubMed, the repository of most peer - reviewed biomedical journal articles, yields fewer than a dozen results.

Education sociologist James Coleman is most often remembered for his 1966 report on the Equality of Educational Opportunity — a study that popularized the notion that students» family backgrounds and peers mattered more for their success than what happened in school and gave new momentum to efforts to desegregate America's schools.

Of the schools we examined, most are racially and economically segregated: the students enrolled are overwhelmingly black and Latino and are 1.5 times more likely to qualify for free or low - cost meals than their peers nationwide.

There may be more opportunity for fun than at most schools, since KIPP schools seem to have less bullying, no competition over clothes, and students who share the goals of getting ahead academically and helping their peers do the same.

Last year the gap between richer and poorer students reached a record high, with pupils eligible for free school meals — a long term indicator of poverty — said to be less than half as likely to go on to higher education than their most affluent peers.

The most recent charter school study, from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), finds that academic growth among Boston charter school students is more than four times that of their traditional public school peers in English and more than six times greater in math.

The Camry has a reputation of having a bland appeal, but the Camry XSE is as good looking as most cars in its class, feels no different than its peers in normal driving, yet it is more reliable, has a better resale value, and a better reputation for durability.

Coupled with an Acceptable small frontal overlap rating, rather than the Good most of the Escape's peers have earned, the Escape is behind the segment's average for safety.

The importance of increasing access to books in schools was highlighted in the most recent Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report which found that children ages 6 — 17 from lower - income households are more likely to read books for fun in school and far less likely to read books outside of school than their higher - income peers.

As for the metrics that you've described in measuring the «professional» standard, they are flawed in the following respects: Professional via publication — publishers are profit - driven, not a good indicator of excellence; Professional through number in print — numbers can be altered with marketing and time (by this logic, the Bible, Kuran, and the Communist Manifesto are perhaps the most professional work ever written); Money — there are plenty of professional idiots out there with more money than deserved; Peer review — depends on the pPeer review — depends on the peerpeer.

You have a great blog and are clearly very bright and above many of your peers in the finance industry.As you know, when the market goes down, it pretty much takes everything down with it and small caps have been hit even harder.Everyone feels dumb when the prices of their stocks decline and feels smart and vindicated when prices turnaround and shoot up.We are living in challenging times and the macro is likely to affect future stockmarket performance affecting 80 % of all stocks for a long time to come.Stocks as part ownership of businesses are affected by the global economy.In the meantime, most stock prices have been gyrating based more on Mr Market's emotions of how various economies will emerge than anything else.

For all the potential upsides, peer - to - peer lending does have a few downsides, the most prominent of which is that it may take longer to get funding than direct lending.

HABRI Central is the most comprehensive online database for human - animal bond research, with more than 29,000 entries including full - texts of peer - reviewed journal articles, books, white papers, videos, datasets and more.

Of all the undervalued Minimalists, he is the one who has received the most attention, and his work changes hands for much more than does that of his peers, but while I value Judd, his huge ego, his ambition and the fact that he left us Marfa, I'm drawn to Carl AndrOf all the undervalued Minimalists, he is the one who has received the most attention, and his work changes hands for much more than does that of his peers, but while I value Judd, his huge ego, his ambition and the fact that he left us Marfa, I'm drawn to Carl Androf his peers, but while I value Judd, his huge ego, his ambition and the fact that he left us Marfa, I'm drawn to Carl Andre.

This is a peer reviewed paper by respected scientists who are saying that aerosol forcing means that the majority of the warming caused by existing co2 emission has effectively been masked thus far, and that as aerosols remain in the atmosphere for far shorter a duration of time than co2, we will have already most likely crossed the 2 degree threshold that the G8 politicians have been discussing this week once the cooling effect of aerosols dissipate.

For most recent sampling see: New Peer - Reviewed Study finds «Solar changes significantly alter climate» (11-3-07)(LINK) & «New Peer - Reviewed Study Halves the Global Average Surface Temperature Trend 1980 — 2002» (LINK) & New Study finds Medieval Warm Period «0.3 C Warmer than 20th Century» (LINK) For a more comprehensive sampling of peer - reviewed studies earlier in 2007 see «New Peer - Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming Fears» LPeer - Reviewed Study finds «Solar changes significantly alter climate» (11-3-07)(LINK) & «New Peer - Reviewed Study Halves the Global Average Surface Temperature Trend 1980 — 2002» (LINK) & New Study finds Medieval Warm Period «0.3 C Warmer than 20th Century» (LINK) For a more comprehensive sampling of peer - reviewed studies earlier in 2007 see «New Peer - Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming Fears» LPeer - Reviewed Study Halves the Global Average Surface Temperature Trend 1980 — 2002» (LINK) & New Study finds Medieval Warm Period «0.3 C Warmer than 20th Century» (LINK) For a more comprehensive sampling of peer - reviewed studies earlier in 2007 see «New Peer - Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming Fears» Lpeer - reviewed studies earlier in 2007 see «New Peer - Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming Fears» LPeer - Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming Fears» LINK]

While Happer claimed that the review of the paper was «more rigorous than the peer review for most journals,» he also told undercover reports that most members of the Academic Advisory Council were too busy to comment:

Commenting on the new study, Australian climate blogger Joanne Nova said: «Finally there is a decent survey on the topic, and it shows that less than half of what we would call «climate scientists» who research the topic and for the most part, publish in the peer reviewed literature, would agree with the IPCC's main conclusions.

This is something that's been in the back of my head for years, wondering how I'd defend my decision to allow my kids more freedom than most of their peers.

Steven Naifeh, president of Best Lawyers, says, «We continue to believe — as we have believed for more than 25 years — that recognition by one's peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession.

In 2007, Professor Curcio gave her first - year Civil Procedure class five single - issue essay questions over the course of the semester.134 After students turned each assignment in, the professor provided an annotated model answer.135 In addition, the professor spent some class time discussing the models and providing time for self - and peer - edits.136 The students in Professor Curcio's class and in another Civil Procedure class then took the same final exam.137 Professor Curcio and the other professor graded all the exams from both classes.138 The results showed that students who practiced and received feedback performed better than those students who had not had the opportunity to practice and receive feedback.139 Most of the benefit, however, accrued to students who had above - the - median LSAT scores.140 For those students with below - the - median LSAT scores, the study found no statistically significant difference between scores of those who had received the feedback and those who had not.141 In 2010, the school's median LSAT was 161.for self - and peer - edits.136 The students in Professor Curcio's class and in another Civil Procedure class then took the same final exam.137 Professor Curcio and the other professor graded all the exams from both classes.138 The results showed that students who practiced and received feedback performed better than those students who had not had the opportunity to practice and receive feedback.139 Most of the benefit, however, accrued to students who had above - the - median LSAT scores.140 For those students with below - the - median LSAT scores, the study found no statistically significant difference between scores of those who had received the feedback and those who had not.141 In 2010, the school's median LSAT was 161.For those students with below - the - median LSAT scores, the study found no statistically significant difference between scores of those who had received the feedback and those who had not.141 In 2010, the school's median LSAT was 161.142

«We continue to believe — as we have believed for more than 25 years — that recognition by one's peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession,» said Steven Naifeh, President of Best Lawyers.

Best Lawyers, universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence, has published its peer - review list for more than three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals.

Steven Naifeh, Managing Editor of Best Lawyers, says, «We continue to believe — as we have believed for more than 25 years — that recognition by one's peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession.

More than anything else, success comes in the form of job satisfaction for Gen Y US, as is the case for most of their peers internationally.

In hierarchical linear modelling analyses, the intervention was more effective than no intervention for reducing peer reports of aggression (p = 0.03) and hyperactive and disruptive behaviour (p = 0.02)(table ⇓); no difference was seen for peer reports of prosocial behaviour or ratings of most liked children.