Sentences with phrase «than rhetoric»

We have huge challenges, but the truth is stronger than the rhetoric.

He added that the cases his office has brought «speak much more loudly than any rhetoric» he could provide on the impact corruption has on state politics.

While the expectation of application of knowledge is found in many teacher evaluation documents, the real truth is the concept is nothing more than rhetoric.

My plea today is for effective action on crime — for a bit of cleverness, rather than the rhetoric of tabloid newspapers.

«Investors will look for company strategies that are attuned to the new game rather than the rhetoric of the old,» according to Chatham House, the respected policy think tank.

In summary, although teachers in the U.S. are more likely to be drawn from the lower end of the academic achievement distribution than are teachers in selected high - performing countries, the picture is a bit more nuanced than the rhetoric suggests, and as we illustrate, it has in fact changed over time in an encouraging direction.

I've always thought that Bush was more conservative than his rhetoric in the 2000 election suggested.

«Although teachers in the U.S. are more likely to be drawn from the lower end of the academic achievement distribution than are teachers in selected high - performing countries, the picture is a bit more nuanced than the rhetoric suggests,» Goldhaber and Walch wrote.

But as the mystery has deepened, US investigators have begun to look more closely at the insular, high - pressure world of the Havana embassy, and they have found a picture that is far more complex than the rhetoric and headlines have suggested.

If there is an executive order, it's probably more likely to be weaker than his rhetoric.»

And yet, what could be more selfish than the rhetoric of the pro-choice movement?

All institutions tend to place more power in the hands of the housekeepers than their rhetoric would allow.

From my conversations with men at Oakland, I suspect that most Promise Keepers» relationships with their wives are far more egalitarian in practice than the rhetoric of taking charge suggests.

Based on what they have said, President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have more in common than their rhetoric suggests, an analyst says.

It's not the first time Trump's actions have proven more restrained than his rhetoric.

Amanda King, a recent Effingham High School graduate who plans to major in journalism in college, says that as a result of rewriting drafts of scripts based on her teachers» and classmates» critiques, the course has improved her writing skills more than her rhetoric class has.

Having the federal government legislate how schools should be performing is going to be much more difficult than the rhetoric suggests.»

While Governor Dannel Malloy receives accolades for his «Second Chance» initiative, the truth about his administration's discriminatory policies speak louder than its rhetoric.

Despite the political uncertainty in one of the world's most important economies, it appears that rising markets are trumping «Trump» and drawing more folks into the market faster than the rhetoric and prospect of instability are pushing them away.

But Chu, who declined to comment for this story, is also more industry friendly than his rhetoric suggests.

However, the report found that on individual climate issues Republicans were more receptive to government action than the rhetoric of their party often suggests.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said: «I like results rather than rhetoric.

: Santorum's surge suggest that, in spite of the dominant stereotypes about evangelicals, they value religious authenticity more than rhetoric and care about more issues than gay - marriage and abortion.

When I vote for one of the major party candidates for president this year, it will in good part be as an act of solidarity with people for whom talk of the «privilege» of voting is more than rhetoric.

Huckabee's 2008 Iowa victory and Santorum's surge suggest that, in spite of the dominant stereotypes about evangelicals, they value religious authenticity more than rhetoric and care about more issues than gay - marriage and abortion.

Facts speak volumnes much more than rhetoric.

Judged by his deeds rather than rhetoric, Netanyahu remained the relentless rejectionist that he had been throughout his singularly undistinguished political career.

His anti-austerity politics is little more than rhetoric.

«Without the funding and the space in the curriculum, talk about the necessity for all children to have a cultural experience as part of their education will become nothing more than rhetoric.»

Added Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan): «I like results rather than rhetoric.

Teachout is a Sanders style left leaner, while Faso lists to starboard, though his record shows it more than his rhetoric.

New Yorkers deserve more than rhetoric and hand wringing from our elected officials, they need real reforms to respond to what the US attorney has called a «culture of corruption.»

In response to the publication of the Welsh Government's «Tackling Poverty Action Plan 2013», Peter Black AM has called on the Welsh Government to focus on delivery, rather than rhetoric, in its aims in tackling poverty in Wales.

For example, few states aligned their long - term goals to their vision for success, leaving many states» overall strategy for supporting learners» college - and - career readiness little more than rhetoric.

«This was great rhetoric, but the issue is more than the rhetoric.»

Any such push, if it's more than rhetoric, is commendable, as I pointed out in my 2008 post referenced above.

But equally important is the need for alternative viewpoints to be recognized in policy presentations, with a robust assessment of their validity, and for the challenges to be rooted in science rather than rhetoric.

However, in a recent exchange with Pielke Jr, when science and rationality were applied to tornado data through consideration of historical data (rather than rhetoric), Gleick called consideration of actual data «inappropriate and unsupportable».

The lack of follow - up action may be indication that the promotion of equality and inclusion at our school remains no more than a rhetoric.

But the two popular social media websites have also been exploited to air a lot more than rhetoric.