Sentences with phrase «very pointed in»

President Obama was very pointed in his wording as he sorted the toys into bins for boys and girls:

Scientists can be very pointed in their criticism of other scientists» methods and results.

It is not clear, therefore, why Jenson chides me as «subtly sectarian» for making this very point in my own writings.

So it is at this very point in the myth that we find the mystery of the rising» being spoken of in a variety of ways, and in most cases it is left to the listener to draw his own conclusions about it.

I do see a disconnect at this very point in the way you visualize what is actually happening and that, to me, is why a huge Fresnel lens in a dark room no matter how hot it is will never be able to focus «back radiation» and cause damage.

Obama has taken pains to communicate that very point in recent energy speeches, and even his presumed GOP rival, Mitt Romney, admitted as much in a talk show appearance this week.

But discussing this might help others who might also get caught on that very point in classical / quantum mechanics.

It is hard to see how this is not the very point in issue — that is, that the issue is one of public policy, not private choice.

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At this point there is very little consumer interest in mobile payments.

The CEO reminded the international community of one very basic lesson: in today's global market, effective communication functions as the starting point for successful business growth.

The forum, it's worth pointing out, is viewed by many to embody the very ideals that led to the populist uprising, including the surprise victory of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. presidential election in November; it brings together the global elite, or those who are typically first to reap the benefits of wealth creation.

Mark Bailey [Student]: Everything up to this point is very conceptual: PowerPoint slides, drawings in books.

Even apart from the fact that they don't know what they're talking about because they don't know what's out there, the bigger issues are that: (a) almost all of these reports come back with a variety of related findings that may be precisely on point; and (b) the very age of the prior research may be invaluable if the new questions and inquiries have to do with trend lines, changes in attitudes or different behaviors.

These points give the very imperative tips that will help you in writing your paper.

It's soft yet durable, which makes the shoes very comfortable to walk around in, and has been a major selling point for Adidas» versions.

The underlying combined ratio of 80.7 % remained very strong and improved 1.2 points due to improvements in both the loss and expense ratios.

From that point forward, the expansion will be fixed in place unless amended through a subsequent agreement of two - thirds of provinces to reverse the expansion — which is very unlikely.

And in a tense meeting with flipping «Odd Couple» Mark and Bryan, he makes that point very clear, telling the duo to give up the schtick and take things seriously.

'' (May's) speech actually illustrates a larger (and) more important point in that the priorities of the European negotiators are very much the financial contribution to the EU pot.

He was very adamant about maintaining slow growth at this point in Patagonia's lifecycle and said he had as much money as he'd ever want or need.

Life is one long battle; we have to fight at every step; and Voltaire very rightly says that if we succeed, it is at the point of the sword, and that we die with the weapon in our hand.

Steve Mitchell, whose Fox 2 / Mitchell poll in Michigan found Clinton with an identical 5 - point lead heading into Election Day, chalked up his miss to a very specific reason: Human error.

Trump himself has weighed in, at one point describing himself as a «very stable genius.»

My point here is this seasoned engineer should not have had a five - figure salary, even if it made sense in a historical context (she had joined as a very junior person, consistent with prior salary).

While several very good notebooks launched in the last year, there wasn't One True Laptop you could point to and say «this is the best machine for most people» the way you could about the MacBook Air years ago.

«Most people who are fresh out of college have very little leverage in the negotiation process, because you typically can't point to any concrete workplace results you've accomplished yet,» said business consultant Dorie Clark, author of «Stand Out.»

As Harvard's David Weinberger pointed out in a recent post, Reddit has always been a semi-autonomous community, one that operates with only a very loose set of rules about behavior.

Not only has its online traffic expanded to the point where it is neck - and - neck with the New York Times, but the Post recently said that it is profitable, which puts it in a very select group of print - based media companies.

But, one thing you feel in Reading is that there are these middle class and working class white folks who feel very angry and are pointing to the Latino population for all their woes.

And despite so - called stimulus spending totalling nearly three - quarters of a trillion dollars, he points out that there is still very little momentum in the world's largest economy.

«Most students find this experience very helpful in thinking about whether they'd like to start their own venture at some point, to join an early stage company, or to work at a firm that's further along in it's growth trajectory,» Deb Whitman, director of the Stanford Center for Entrepreneurial Studies explained in an email exchange with Poets & Quants.

And critics are also quick to point out that the promised benefits to Main Street of Trump - style tax cuts — faster job growth, higher wages and a boost to the middle class — are very much in question.

Yamada points out the momentum indicators are negative, so odds are in the favor of a very short - term downturn before going back into rally mode.

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The four critical factors are: (a) businesses with recurring revenue bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade» model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the market could even fairly quickly reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.

But that's no bug in the constitutional design: It is the very point of the design.»

They believe the answer lies in suspending a very long — and very strong — elevator cable from the surface of the Earth to a point thousands of miles in space.

«Also, since this «tipping point» was reached in the late»90s before warming really took off, it indicates that these peripheral glaciers are very sensitive and, potentially, ephemeral relative to the timescales of response of the ice sheet,» he added.

I'm at a point in my life where «wedding season» is about to become a very real thing, and I wanted something fun that would make me feel like the life of the party, even when awkwardly sitting to the side of the dance floor.

It is also a great strategy for dismissing an argument or a speaker — in other words, why should Trump have to answer Kelly's often very pointed questions when she is clearly unstable?

And they have a very strong point of view about what types of new business models will help the big media companies in particular create new revenue streams without cannibalizing their existing businesses.

The «find» option would bring up very similar options and let you sort by price point and delivery time, so you could find the Crate and Barrel knock off of that designer table you saw in a magazine.

People learn very quickly to document and get to the point without the «intonation» of trying to sell me that occurs in meetings.

(At this point, it's also worth noting that Facebook's claims about the effectiveness of Free Basics as a development tool in India are highly debatable — the vast majority of those who took up the offer were existing Internet users who wanted some free data, and it seems a very small number of genuinely new users actually graduated to the world of paid - for Internet access.

«Canada is in a very different place than the U.S. at this point in the cycle,» she says.

As noted in the last point, everyone has ideas but very few people actually execute on them.

This is certainly not to minimize her pain, but only to point out that many other patients will be in very different circumstances.

As observers have pointed out, Microsoft is nowhere in this area — at last month's Consumer Electronics Show, it was very difficult to find any of the connected home or wearable gadgets with apps for Windows devices.

«I think he has a very strong ability to communicate what I think is the heart of the Democratic message,» Strickland said, pointing to speeches Springer delivered to delegations at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last summer.

«The point of this bill in those states that get a waiver to do what they need to do to make it work better in their particular states has support exactly for that very person who, if, in the course between a year, get extra aid for support for pre-existing conditions,» Ryan explained, citing what he said were successful examples in Wisconsin and Maine.