Sentences with phrase «than the general public of»

Scientists were far more aware than the general public of how the scientific findings of the past decade, the supercomputer calculations and ice core measurements and data on rising global temperatures, had raised the plausibility of greenhouse warming forecasts.

Not exact matches

With celebrity declarations of gayness — such as CNN anchor Anderson Cooper's recent admission — now being greeted with little more than a shrug by most viewers, being gay finally seems to be beginning to lose its stigma with the general cookie - consuming public.

It had lower marks than others for its hours of metro accessibility and general access to public transit systems.

Less than a year after making public his concept for a «Hyperloop» high - speed transportation system — essentially saying, «have at it, developers» — the erstwhile PayPal co-founder, current CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and general poster boy for successful geeky entrepreneurs has made another bold declaration of his laissez - faire attitude toward intellectual property.

There seems to be an unwritten code of entrepreneurship that suggests every available penny be invested in building and expanding your business, so the emergency savings rate for business owners could be even worse than that of the general public.

And you don't have to take a side on the use of oilsands in general to regret an attempt to hinder, rather than foster, public clarity about an important issue.

Studies of investment - fraud victims in particular have shown that more known victims had previously invested in risky investment instruments like oil - and - gas options, penny stocks, and gold coins than the general public had.

«It is more important than ever to re-energize the national dialogue surrounding the nation's armed forces to inspire and influence business, government, nonprofit leaders and the general public to get involved,» said former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

But the unchanged starting price of $ 299 for students and $ 329 for the general public, without a keyboard or case, compares with less than $ 200 for some Windows and Google Chrome models.

As such, the most effective approach to building public support is to craft a trade agenda that aligns with the economic interests of the general public and the long - term economic prosperity of Canada as a whole, rather than focusing on the narrow interests of some business groups.

Kraken's CEO pointed out the short turnaround time requested by the Attorney General's office, and the public nature of the request, making it clear that the Attorney General's request is more of a public relations campaign directed towards cryptocurrency exchanges rather than an honest attempt at getting information about the companies» operations.

An Argentinian lawyer who made his fame prosecuting generals of Argentina's «Dirty Wars» of 1976 to 1983, he has, more than anyone, given the ICC a public profile of an organization assertively pursuing arch-war criminals and insisting upon justice.

Likely more than Catholic priests since the rate of abuse of priests is < 2 % and Atheists being in the general public where the rate is 7 % could likely be expected to mirror that statistic or worse since they have less moral bounds.

A survey of more than 2,000 Christians has found only one in four play sport regularly - ten per cent less than the general public.

Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

More than half of the general public think using the word «extreme» isn't helpful in social and political discussion, according to a new study.

Easily the best «Jesus book» of our time, this has to be read with the consciousness that its author was writing for the general public rather than specifically for theologians or theological students.

Whatever legal norms increase the measure of general emancipation to which there is equal access, this measure is less than it might be unless all are subjects of the rights to private and public liberties.

Our earliest copies of those documents are more plentiful and closer to the time of Jesus than the histories of many major figures of the ancient world (whom the general public seem to have no problem believing in).

A decade ago, the Leonardo DiCaprio flick Blood Diamond did more to bring awareness to conflict diamonds than a decade of firsthand reporting, because the general public had a shared experience at the theater.

In extenuation I should plead that in a series of four lectures, intended in each instance of delivery for a general educated public rather than for philosophical and theological experts, of necessity one must be brief and must deal with the topic in a broad way; furthermore, I have not intended to claim that every representative of process - thought would agree with what I have selected as significant nor would find my use of what in fact has been selected compatible with his own particular approach or his own individual conclusions.

To reach the general public, however, and elicit the aid of the populace, they had to have a more attractive reason than their own financial welfare.

There is no need to shrug and assume that current government - funded schemes of sex education or vague imitations of them are the only way forward: Catholic schools are popular and highly - regarded by the public in general in Britain and in a stand - off between them and officialdom the latter might find it had fewer allies than it imagines.

while i agree in principle with the second amendment, military grade weapons in the hands of loonies have created more problems than their ownership by the general public is worth.

A Search for Personal Fulfillment (Westminster, 1980), points out that in more recent times, a higher percentage of clergy wives has been employed outside the home than is the case for the general public.

the program would afford an unparalleled opportunity to dramatize the interest of the Christian Church in the creative process in the arts, would encourage the production of films and programs of the highest standards, would give public support to those individuals in the film and broadcast industries who are striving to lift the general level of production, would present the Church in a positive rather than a negative stance in relation to these media, and would provide the opportunity for the Church in general and the B.F.C. and its members in particular to enter into significant conversations with the entertainment industry on standards, values, and goals.

The classic study in the 1980s by Robert and Linda Lichter and Stanley Rothman of the media elite (major reporters and executives at ABC, CBS, and NBC news, Time and Newsweek, and the New York Times and Washington Post) confirmed what everyone who pays attention to such things had already known: the men and women who give us the news are, as a group, politically more liberal, morally more permissive, and religiously more indifferent than the general public.

As an institution, marriage is ordered toward public recognition, which makes its redefinition something different and more threatening than the general attitude of license.

And these crafted menu items, developed for Hispanic guests, also appeal to the general public — nearly 70 % of consumers are more likely to try ethnic cuisine in a restaurant rather than cook it at home.

Wedderspoon has twisted the general public's understanding of Manuka honey's antibacterial activity by misleading their customers into thinking that they were getting more than what they paid for»

«We Houstonians really look for that neighborhood spot catering to more than just trends,» said Kyle Noonan, native Houstonian and co-owner of FreeRange Concepts, which founded The General Public.

It's a maelstrom of different things the catcher is parsing and dissecting, and the hope is that one day someone much smarter than myself will figure out how to quantify that for the general public.

The first - round picks are the ones that excite the general public, but teams need more than one major - league player or future prospect to be traded to appear out of each draft, and they'll find many of them today.

While Bovada, in general, shaded most often, Sports Interaction saw the most drastic increase in shading, culminating with a whopping 52.4 % of NFL games shaded off the market consensus when public betting is greater than 79 % on one team.

Never mind the general public... Some examples: 1) the passenger in front of us on our first flight, whom when my daughter was crying while we waited to take off and I said something aloud such as «I'll nurse her once we take off and then she'll be quiet», had to tell everyone around us that she was a nurse and that I was essentially a bad mom to not nurse my baby during takeoff (sorry lady, but the reason I bought her a seat was for her to be in her car seat during takeoff as it's much safer than in my arms nursing).

Appropriately, and I use that word because it's becoming more and more clear that the general public has a better idea of how to solve this problem than the media, many of the commenters on the article suggested that these families consider using cloth diapers.

Chicago Public Schools Inspector General James Sullivan recently found more than a dozen instances of falsified lunch applications among city and school employees at one West Side high school.

(ii) for the purposes of trade prior to the retail stage, in a publication of which the intended readership is other than the general public; and

«We're pleased that they continue to say that fruits and vegetables in general are important,» said Robert Guenther, vice president of public policy for the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, who would like federal help with marketing produce rather than subsidies for growing it.

Two types of recall election are needed: (i) local people forcing a by - election on their sitting MP; and (ii) public petitions calling for a general election: once more than 50 % of the electorate had signed a properly conducted petition, then the sovereign would dissolve parliament for a general election.

Yet privatisation has in general failed to improve the level of services provided to consumers while costing the taxpayer far more than alternative public schemes (see for example Warwick Funnell, Robert Jupe, and Jane Andrew, In Government we Trust).

Part of the problem is what Page has termed «cognitive polyphasia» - the ability of the general public to want more than one thing.

Today, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and public officials from our community meet with him behind closed doors to decide the fate of our Puerto Rican Day Parade (which is less than 4 months away) and we in the Puerto Rican community are being double - crossed by our elected officials, once again.»

But it's about more than that — it's about persuading the general public that they aren't nearly as shut out from everyday politics as they are from the stage - managed bore-fests of this interminable campaign.

In general, democracies may not be the harbingers of progressive public spending, at least at first (war ironically appears a better predictor of increased taxes and spending), but they engage far less in arbitrary expropriation than do autocracies.

The FT disapprovingly quotes our manifesto «The conservatives often talk about economic and social crises as if they are unavoidable, a law of nature... Conservatives have pursued a policy of blind faith in the market - serving the interests of the few rather than the general public...».

«We have more vigorous cops on the beat, defending the public trust, than ever before — but prosecutors can only respond to the symptoms of a system that is very, very ill,» said Attorney General Schneiderman.

Within this context, and within the context of the public's growing utter unfondnes of Labour, it is we think likely to take much more than any change of Leader to change Labour's fortunes in general and Mr. Clarke's in particular... Lucas and Ramsay are about to cause serious trouble especially for this uber - Blairite...

In January, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued a report that said that more than 50 percent of the tickets to Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Jay - Z and other performers» shows at New York state venues were reserved for insiders and not available to the public.

UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said such courses will be «starved of funds» and warned that higher education was about to enter an era «in which many arts - based and teaching - focused institutions, which rely on public funding far more than the larger research - intensive universities, will face an uncertain future».