But what if rather
than rules of thumb for various technical subjects, there were broad rules of thumb to help you live a saner, happier life?
This results in «buying low and selling high» to a greater extent
than the rule of rebalancing back to a fixed asset allocation.
The answer is always revelatory, which is one of the reasons Chesterton was right to say that «the simple need for some kind of ideal world in which fictitious persons play an unhampered part is infinitely deeper and older
than the rules of good art, and much more important.»
Both sides think the other's appointed justices are misinterpreting the constitution and care more about advancing specific policy
than rule of law.
Carthaginian peaces have been the exception rather
than the rule of warfare.
So democracy includes things other
than rule of the majority.
It allows Labour to leave the single market but then unilaterally offer something akin to free movement - this time as a decision of the British government rather
than a rule of membership from Brussels.
Parliamentarians promoting and granting immunity to themselves can only serve to launder the rule of the powerful rather
than the rule of law.
«But you've seen as members of the press that it's the exception to
than the rule of us closing down early and working all night.»
When it comes to white denim, we follow no rules other
than the rule of fit.
Comment: There's no rule against investing in a municipal bond fund in these situations — other
than the rule of common sense.
Regardless, those who start saving early on in their careers can usually accumulate much more
than these rules of thumb recommend.
This can provide educated, mathematical answers to financial questions that are personalized, rather
than a rule of thumb.
And the detailed calculation is no more accurate
than a rule of thumb; doing a bunch of work on top of a bunch of wild - swag assumptions is an illusion of precision, not real precision.
Given the characterization of this moment I realized the necessity to remap his career to show how this painting, rather
than the rules of formalist modernism, propelled his progress.
The rules on the lake are very different
than the rules of driving a car on the road.
several constitutional principles other
than the rule of law that have been recognized by this Court — most notably democracy and constitutionalism — very strongly favour upholding the validity of legislation that conforms to the express terms of the Constitution (and to the requirements, such as judicial independence, that flow by necessary implication from those terms).
The fact that one article says the Fifth Amendment requires something is less relevant
than the rulings of actual courts on the matter; you can find law review articles supporting all sorts of positions that are not US law (and other articles opposing said positions).
I think that my own writings, even if they don't now count as scholarhip, are focused on much more
than the rules of the law of contracts.
That was beat into our heads in law school more
than rule of perpetuity.
Excel or a financial calculator is essential and actually running the numbers on a prospective property is better
than a rule of thumb.
Not exact matches
That means employees who are currently exempt from overtime pay who earn less
than this threshold will become nonexempt — employers will suddenly be required to pay overtime to over four million more employees within the first year
of implementing the new
rules.
While telework and other arrangements focus on the work employees accomplish rather
than the time they put in, the new overtime
rules make time a lot more important in the eyes
of the law.
The
Rule of Two does not dictate that you always have to answer twice, just that you never answer more
than twice.
The current
rules on the sale or transfer
of radiowaves used to operate cellphone networks don't allow incumbents to bid on and win more
than one block, but this doesn't apply to new entrants, said Yaghi.
Having done more deals in more businesses
than I can count, I've got a few simple
rules that have saved me tons
of money, helped me dodge more
than a few bullets, and added a few years to my life.
This is really more
of a guiding principle
than a specific
rule.
That said, there are exceptions to any
rule and — in the case
of presenting your business to the big guys — because they bring their old attitudes and ways
of doing business to the bargaining table with them — it can be a big deal to look a lot bigger and broader
than your business really is.
Seattle - based PopCap, meanwhile, was acquired by giant Electronic Arts in 2011 for $ 750 million, and Finland's Supercell, which currently
rules the mobile roost with its hit Clash
of Clans, last month netted a cool $ 1.5 billion after Japanese telecom provider Softbank purchased a 51 % stake, which values the company at $ 3 billion — or bigger
than Zynga.
You know this old
rule: Always leave the state
of the campsite (in this case, a hot desk) just as good — or slightly better —
than you found it.
Though Kashkari begins with a broad attack on monetary
rules, it quickly devolves into a focused attack on the Taylor
Rule which he argues «effectively turn [s] monetary policy over to a computer, rather
than continue to let Fed policy makers use their best judgment to consider a wide range
of data and economic trends.»
Those, which are described below, are rather exceptions
than a
rule as they can replace the whole range
of proofreading tools for you if you are a beginner in content writing.
Sure, it's been more
than two decades since he rewrote the
rules of hip - hop with The Chronic and 15 years since he released a new album, but the man born Andre Young remains ubiquitous in popular culture.
In 2000 the Supreme Court
ruled (in Christensen v. Harris County that local government can compel employees to take accumulated comp time rather
than take it at any time
of their choosing.
A good
rule of thumb is if the answer is less
than 24 hours, keep going higher until the loss would leave you in anguish mentally or financially for more
than a day.
Previously, the
rule only applied to high - ratio loans, in which down payments are less
than 10 %
of the home's value.
«That set
of rules and those thought processes are so ingrained in society today that it's hard to communicate exactly what the vision is, and I think «Reinventing Organizations» does a better job
than any other book on communicating that vision and communicating that this is not just a hypothetical like, «Oh, wouldn't it be cool if we did this,»» Bunch said.
Come on, there have to be some basic behavioral ground
rules and a little more substance to the culture
of the tech and entrepreneurial community
than the celebration
of cash, cars, and creepy, chauvinistic CEOs chugging Cristal.
Nonetheless, the judge declared «consumer harm is not relevant» to competition policy; Sears broke the
rules by selling tires at a lower price
than its competitor most
of the time.
The UWC, which uses a different, lower standard
of evidence
than law enforcement to reach a verdict quickly, delivered a
ruling within five months.
Even more interesting
than the 4.5 percent
rule of thumb, or even its history, is when the failures for larger withdrawal rates occurred and why.
The third daughter
of late mining heir Michael Wright has succeeded in her bid to extract much more
than she was left from his will, with a judge
ruling she should get $ 25 million.
The Dollar Shave Club's astronomic success is more
of an exception
than the
rule.
When considering the
rule of 3 for the tasks you use to run your business, you will find that more qualify
than you initially think.
Those three words once associated with the
rules of retirement investing no longer hold true, as many retirees have been forced to assume more risk
than they would like.
The
rule of thumb when it comes to how much you should spend to acquire a new customer is that you shouldn't spend more
than 25 %
of the lifetime value
of that customer.
Not only did the 4.5 percent
rule survive every one
of those retirement periods, but more
than 95 percent
of the time, the retirees ended with the same amount
of money they had started with.
Disruptive innovation: In an industry
ruled by low prices, proved that the segment
of U.S. consumers prepared to pay more for local, responsible, organic, fresh, or natural grocery products is much more
than a niche when there's a perceived personal benefit.
Part
of the problem, the study found, is that «existing tax
rules effectively create a $ 19,399 reporting tax loophole impacting millions
of taxpayers» because
of the confusion surrounding the requirements for forms 1099 - K, which is supposed to be filed by companies when they earn more
than $ 20,000 through 200 or more credit card transactions, and 1099 - MISC, which covers payments above $ 600 to independent contractors, freelancers and small businesses.
While it is somewhat arbitrary, I use a
rule of thumb that anything that involves a timeline
of less
than a year should be considered a tactic; anything longer
than a year becomes a strategy.