Sentences with phrase «than the critics claim»

Our long economic boom suggests there isn't one - or that our schools are better than the critics claim.»

Our long economic boom suggests there isn't one — or that our schools are better than the critics claim.»

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But some critics in the West accuse the Gülen network of being cult - like; others suggest it may be more Islamist than it claims.

The first notes that critics rely on amateur photos and videos of lower quality than those of the IDF, and that IDF claims are thus more credible (Richardson 2014a; Shapir 2013a).

Critics claim that, in merely seeking to accommodate those cars, it perpetuates, rather than challenges, the system of car dependence responsible for Los Angeles» congested roads — an apparent manifestation of Musk's own self - interest.

The discovery of this fact about the Gospels is often popularly attributed to a contemporary school of scholars known as «Form critics,» but the fact was well established long before this particular school emerged and rests upon grounds considerably wider and firmer than those which support this school's particular claims.

This cumulative impact not only creates a certain «like it or lump it» impression, but it virtually invites the undecided critic to dismiss Barth for being hopelessly unyielding and for claiming to know more than any creature can about the nature and purpose of the one God.

Maclntyre's interpretation squares better than that of critics like G. E. Moore (PE 66f) with Mill's own claim that he can not give what is «commonly understood by proof» for his doctrine, but will present only «considerations capable of determining the intellect either to give or withhold its assent» (U7).

They do not accept, any more than do conservative critics of the Court, the claim of the majority Justices that «the Constitution made me do it.»

Critics claim that it is high because doctors make money from C - sections (false, most obstetricians get paid the same amount regardless of how the baby is delivered) or because it is more convenient for obstetricians (false, nothing is more convenient than every patient having an uncomplicated vaginal delivery).

Critics claim they want to keep hosts from «warehousing» units — using them year - round as illegal hotels rather than for permanent residences.

Critics say her voting record belies her claims on women's health care, revealing her to be more in line with the conservatives controlling the House GOP than more moderate voters back home.

Cuomo has defended the program but critics claim the jobs created do not justify the more than $ 50 million spent.

The average age of reservists is significantly older than that of regular troops and they are much more expensive to train per head, critics claim.

Critic says responses are evasive BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Two Tappan Residents are questioning Orangetown officials about the existence of old sewer lines at an abandoned Army base on Western Highway, and are not satisfied with answers the town has given them so far, claiming the responses are more mystifying than -LSB-...]

The shadow minister urged MPs to come to their own views about difficult issues rather than be swayed by online critics, claiming that going to war with Nazi Germany would have been unpopular with some.

Critics of PR claim that some small parties can enjoy long spells in governing coalitions, giving them much more influence than their popular support merits.

Ed Miliband's critics claim he lacks the experience or instant judgement to handle unexpected events and would offer compromises rather than strong leadership — more Neil Kinnock (one of his main sponsors) than Mr Blair.

The Anthrax attacks in 2001 led to a massive increase in biodefense funding, which critics claim has done more harm than good

Hameroff's biography, and at least some of his claims, are more firmly rooted in science than his critics normally allow.

It may be game over for critics who claim that video games are nothing more than a fun diversion.

Online matchmakers also claim their record of producing successful unions is better than critics give them credit for.

Considering that Smith claims that he made this film for teen girls, not for one moment does Yoga Hosers feel like anything other than a mid-40s writer / director shaking his fist at a younger phone - desperate generation, making inside jokes for the adults in the audience and lambasting the critics that have wronged him in the past.

The New York Film Critics Circle closed out last week by announcing their 2017 award winners, a far more intriguing and open list of winners than NBR — indeed, for nearly the entire duration of their announcement, every award was a one - off, with no films claiming more than one prize until the last two awards were announced.

Critics claim that this high number — blacks are 1.4 times more likely to be placed in special education than other races and ethnicities combined — shows that black children are put into special education because schools are racially biased.

This data reveals that many charters schools in PA are not only performing at a lower level than previously understood, but also gives legitimacy to critics» claims that charters are not the way to improve American education.

«Too much disruption and not enough improvement will validate critics» claims that the reform movement is more interested in destruction than creation,» wrote Time magazine columnist Andrew Rotherham.

To silence critics who claimed the Legend was no more than a dolled - up Honda Accord, Acura gave it a hefty price tag.

Critics seem to be in near - universal agreement with Michiko Kakutani's assertion that «no one writes better dialogue than Richard Price» (New York Times), but the rest of the sentence is key to understanding the claim: «not Elmore Leonard, not David Mamet, not even David Chase».

When the free ebook distribution platform Smashwords was created, critics claimed that it was nothing more than a portal for lousy ebooks to flood the market while supporters countered that it was the first genuine concept in stripping away the artificial barriers to publication.

The critics argued that Apple has already spent far more than that amount in legal fees, but the tech giant claims that it's not about the money, it's about the guilty ruling.

Critics claim the «markups» for minorities are far higher than for whites, meaning that minorities pay a far higher price for their loans.

I realize things are different in your area, but over 96 % of the 77 million dogs in the U.S. are fed commercial diets and, in spite of claims to the contrary by critics of commercial diet, our dogs are living longer than ever before and enjoying a better quality of life.

I feel as though I have evolved by growing to appreciate open - world games, but as critics will claim linearity forces a player to obey rather than play, perhaps open - world games lose pacing by letting you do anything at any time.

Its initial release was met with mixed reviews from players and critics, claiming that early previews promised more than the final game offered.

Enthusiasts like me get bent out of shape when Ebert claims games «can never be art» (though, to be fair, his argument is a bit more subtle than that); but we get equally lathered up when the New York Times games critic succumbs to hyperbolic euphoria in his game reviews.

Professor Rosenblum does himself less than justice: he is neither the simple mainline neoconservative that he pretends or the swinging elder statesman evoked by his repeated claims of solidarity with «art historians... of a younger generation» and «anyone under forty,» but an original and sometimes brilliantly eccentric critic, distinguished among other things for his persuasive work on the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as well as for his astonishingly early and penetratingly intelligent recognition of Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, and Frank Stella.

Critics claim the Turner Prize sets out to shock rather than...

IOW, Mann's critics generated hockey - sticks about one hundred times smaller than Mann's hockey stick and tried to claim that they were equivalent to Mann's results!

Mann's critics claimed that they could easily obtain «hockey - stick» shaped leading principal components from data that consisted of nothing more than random noise if they used Mann's data - centering method.

You could hardly ask for a better example of psychological projection than believers of man - caused global warming claiming their critics spread misinformation.

Critics at the time claimed EPA's unprecedented combination of coal and gas into a single category was illegal, but the legal risk of such a move appears to be much less than the 2013 proposal's claim that CCS is «adequately demonstrated.»

Mann's critics claimed that they could easily obtain a «hockey - stick» shaped leading principal component from data that consisted of nothing more than random noise if they used Mann's data - centering method.

Earlier this year, a paper by Michael Mann - for years a leading light in the IPCC, and the author of the infamous «hockey stick graph» showing flat temperatures for 2,000 years until the recent dizzying increase - made an extraordinary admission: that, as his critics had always claimed, there had indeed been a» medieval warm period» around 1000 AD, when the world may well have been hotter than it is now.

The new impact statement says that extracting, shipping, refining and burning oil from the tar sands produces more climate - altering greenhouse gases than most conventional oil, but less than many of the project's critics claim.

Making the legalization of pot his top legal priority risks giving ammunition to the critics who claimed his political agenda was more smoke than fire.

Critics of this system claim that those with a good credit report but a bad driving record could be paying more than a person with a bad credit report and good driving record.

Interestingly, the report also claims that the pen was none other than the Surface Pen which has received much appreciation from users and critics alike.

Critics claimed how Zuckerberg's ideas suggest Facebook still lacks self - awareness, adding that people should oppose making Facebook a bigger part of their everyday lives than it already is.

As an example, critics claimed that the Maps application on iOS is better than the Android app — something that Google doesn't dispute.