Sentences with phrase «unattainable goal of»

But are you likely to be any more persuasive when you're striving toward the unattainable goal of perfection?

The appropriate remedy is often seen in the, as yet, unattainable goal of a grand multilateral treaty.

NCLB set an unattainable goal of 100 % proficiency in math and reading for every school in the country by 2014.

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This has raised the bar, and made this once unattainable valuation the goal of many companies across all industries.

Without one, you'll never be able to achieve many of your goals in part because you think they are unattainable.

President Donald Trump on Monday will offer a budget plan that falls far short of eliminating the government's deficit over 10 years, conceding that huge tax cuts and new spending increases make this goal unattainable, three people familiar with the...

My goal in this little corner of the electronic universe is to unpack what it looks like to carry the weight of supporting an unattainable vision.

This is not some unattainable goal, but is an expected state of «being» that all truly mature Christians should be able to practice and uphold.

Making crazy, rigid and unattainable goals at the start of a new year are simply unreasonable and unrealistic so it is no wonder people fail with that approach.

And while my original goal of breastfeeding for one year (at least) had seemed unattainable in the first six weeks of her life, the end result was almost two years of breastfeeding.

Why offend some of them and make it an unattainable goal for others?

One Republican called this a «big win» for Flanagan, and both the NYS Rifle and Pistol Association and the NRA issued statements hailing this as a good first step toward their ultimate (and likely unattainable, as long as Cuomo and Heastie are around) goal of full repeal.

By ensuring some of the tests were unattainable, the psychologists were able to explore how the athletes coped with goal failure.

This is assuming that we don't achieve any significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions - after all, our goal of limiting warming an additional two degrees Celsius (3.6 °F) is likely utterly unattainable.

Instead of writing down a few cliché, overblown resolutions (quick weight loss or other unattainable goals, for example), try resolving to be good to yourself in the new year.

It's obvious that you won't get the body of your dreams in such a short period (especially if you have a lot of excess weight), but we guarantee you that you'll feel like you're one huge step closer to this once unattainable goal.

Each loves Garance in his own fashion, but only the intentions of sensitive mime - actor Deburau (Jean - Louis Barrault) are entirely honorable; as a result, it is he who suffers most, hurdling one obstacle after another in pursuit of an evidently unattainable goal.

NCLB brought an unforgiving and continuing era of high stakes testing infused with constantly moving, often unattainable «goals.»

Many now believe NCLB's goals of 100 percent proficiency in math and reading by 2014 are unattainable — and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says more than 82 percent of the nation's schools would have been penalized for failing to make progress towards those goals this year.

Since the ultimate goal of NCLB, that 100 percent of students would be proficient on state tests by 2014, was widely acknowledged as unattainable, more and more schools were failing to make AYP as we approached that deadline.

Plagued by his own awkwardness, noisy shoes, the lack of a good disguise and a head cold, his goal of becoming a consummate spy seems unattainable.

Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man's unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires.

The goal of a better credit score may seem like an unattainable feat, but it's doable.

With the volume of displaced, abandoned, and abused animals in the metro area, it is a lofty, but not unattainable goal.

Today I'm taking a look at Steelseries latest offering in the form of the Rival, a powerful optical beastie that isn't perfect, because perfection is an unattainable and ever - changing goal.

More than thirty - five - feet tall, the ladder narrows toward the top, creating a distorted sense of perspective that evokes an unattainable or illusionary goal.

If policy on climate change waits until things are certain, it will be far too late (after all, there are still lots of arguments about what has happened in the past 100, 1000 or more years — certainty is generally an illusive, unattainable goal on the really interesting problems and questions).

The article points out that according to research conducted by a variety of institutions, the temperature goals set forth in the Paris Agreement will be unattainable if overall emissions are not decreased.

In a recent commentary in the journal Nature that has sparked controversy, Victor, a professor of international relations at University of California San Diego and a lead author with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), maintains that not only is the 2 - degree goal now unattainable, the focus on it has «almost unwittingly played into the hands of the so - called climate denialists.»

Climate alarmism by the liberal - left has so perverted the elitists» view of humanity that real humans are being sacrificed for climate goals that are unattainable.

Put more crudely, setting mitigation policy goals that can not and will not be met, either because they are aiming beyond the scope of the knowable and do - able or because national political interests make them unrealistic and unattainable, is itself in practice less ethical than setting goals that are lower, but more readily achievable.

With this criticism: ``... setting mitigation policy goals that can not and will not be met, either because they are aiming beyond the scope of the knowable and do - able or because national political interests make them unrealistic and unattainable, is itself in practice less ethical than setting goals that are lower, but more readily achievable.»

Here's what we came up with: Clarity in Legal Writing: Unattainable Goal or Necessary Component of Effective Advocacy?

United by an abiding commitment to strengthening our clients, we meld our passion and resources to their goals and aspirations - creating a standard of excellence otherwise unattainable.

Rather than setting unattainable goals for its software team, Apple will slow down the pace, going for consistency instead of software innovation.

• Achieved the 25 % virtualization goal that was thought to be unattainable in August of 2007.