Sentences with phrase «weak link which»

LSAC provides some correlative material, but more objective findings by David Thomas only demonstrate a weak link which can be explained by a number of other factors.

At the very least he was a starting - caliber weak link which is far better than having a below average one.

Not exact matches

This notion was studied extensively by Eliyahu Goldratt, an Israeli physicist turned management guru who defined the Theory of Constraints, which can be summed up by the ancient adage that no chain is stronger than its weakest link.

But with a complex supply chain comes multiple parties, any one of which could be a weak link that causes a widespread breakdown, such as around claims about product composition, quality, and safety.

Empirically, the links in the chain between tight labor markets, wage pressure, and price pressure appear much weaker than they were decades ago, a point Ben Spielberg underscores in the recent podcast we did on the Federal Reserve (which some have found surprisingly entertaining!).

GAAP - Based ROIC has a significantly weaker link to valuation than our ROIC calculation, which uses our Robo - Analyst technology to make adjustments from rigorous analysis of footnotes and the MD&A.

Dear Mary: I was just thinking this monring, a propos of yesterday's post on Mundabor (which I recommend to you, that is, the site in general) that the Bishops are really the weakest link in the Church militant.

Holy Spirit, as for feminine energy in Holy Triangle, is now moving forward to heal not only the church, yet the PLANET all together Pope is so amazing, and all had been propesiazed, as we are in times of much real miraculous awakening Coming forward is this very Feminine energy, that is ready to take out the weak, pervert links, beings that make HER, the church which was always made to be the most peaceful place to connect with Highesness

Wengers method of bluffing the board & fans to keep him for a further season... > We loose enough games to take us completely off winning the league, then say it wasn't in our control, we then fight till the end and win last few games so we look good and like we worked hard to earn the 4th place trophy.He then links us with awesome transfers (which we all know wont happen), and finally while Man U / City and Chelsea organise pre-season friendlies against top clubs, we play the weak ones, win and look all good to go next season without any additions... AND THEN REALITY STRIKES..

Arsenal currently have 2 positions which are weak links on the pitch striker (Giroud n walcott) n right wing (rambo) all 3 are in the wenger «faves list» so regardless of how they play are more less undroppable.

Özil would be a weak link in Barcelona and the good teams don't want passengers which says a lot for the people that think he is one of the best players in our team.

Chelsea might have beat us but it is their so so so great midfield which has been their weak link and Achilles heel for their losses this season.

That's the beauty of Toronto's personnel, which has few weak links, even if Houston's star did eventually end up with 40 points.

This lovely young lady qualifies as WAG by virtue of having appeared on Soccer AM and as a participant on a Weakest Link episode which was dedicated to WAGS, any objections?

The Big Friendly Giant Per Mertesacker was a very weak link for Arsenal in the first half of last season, which he blamed on a World Cup hangover, and he only showed signs of improvement when Laurent Koscielny was restored as his partner.

Secondly Chelsea's weaker link has been their right side and if Pedro does end up there which looks pretty much done a front 3 of Hazard, Willian / Fabregas / Oscar, Pedro with Costa up top could be the prem's most potent front line.

Some thought that TV should be given time in the first 11, many disagreed with my contention that Koscielny, despite being a top bloke and player, is not good enough to propel us to winning the title, others thought that Jenks is a weak link, which I agree with, but unlike me do not think he has the gumption to become Bacary's successor.

It was a night where many of the ostensible weaker links in Arsenal's chain came to the fore, which was just as well, as most of the side's better players like Samir Nasri and Johan Djourou were below par.

The Braess Paradox is a famous example in which building new roads in the wrong location can lead to longer travel times for everyone, even without induced demand, because new roads may lead more car drivers to the weakest links in the network.

The case for an additional station at Heathrow, which would cost an extra # 2 billion, was dismissed as «weak», although the transport secretary said there may be a «strategic case» for considering the link.

There is no reason to build a # 50 billion line which does not go further than Leeds and Manchester and does not link to the continent — and the case is so weak the government does not dare publish its own report.

One link between the seemingly disparate conditions of stones and weak bones is an excess of calcium in the urine, which tends to be more common in men, Carbone said.

This move emphasizes the rotator cuff muscles, which are the weakest link in many lifters» shoulders.

The body can't deal with infections properly, which leads to a domino effect of our weak genetic links.

All of which is to say that the little muscles in your feet are a bigger deal than you think, and not just because weak plantar intrinsics have been linked to bunions, plantar fasciitis, and shin splints (although all of this is true).

I also kind of had some gut issues which you and I worked through, and there was clearly a link between the stress that I was facing, my underactive thyroid, my poor gut health and then my kind of weak immune system — which I paradoxically thought my immune system was great because I never got sick.

It is certainly hard to keep up with all of the research, what studies have been robust, and which are weak links.

As the saying goes «a chain is only as strong as its weakest link» which is why people who neglect this muscle normally end up with lower back pain when doing exercises such as squats or the military press.

Yoga combats stress and tension, which are linked to a weak immune system.

A product of Robert Zemeckis» ImageMovers Digital studio, which The Walt Disney Company bought in 2007 and closed in 2010, this $ 150 million film became the weakest link in Disney's ongoing tentpole - driven strategy.

That wouldn't be a problem if the bits actually paid off, but all the gags in the film either start well then sputter at the end (e.g. the opening Exorcist - inspired sequence, which for all its eventual shortcomings is still the most effective in the film; an overlong takeoff on a Nike commercial) or are dead on arrival (a forced Weakest Link reference).

That was enough to make this psychological thriller the division's second highest - grossing release of 2006, but its nearly $ 8 million intake was still a tiny blip on the summer box office radar and the unquestionably weak link on Williams» potent annual earnings report (which included modest political comedy Man of the Year and cinema's currently reigning king Night at the Museum as well).

There's Hollywood history which premises that almost every third installment in a franchise proves its weakest link; but the likes of Mad Max: Fury Road also conjures the idea that returning to a franchise years later - and with fresh eyes - can work like a dream.

More importantly, they say, the effects persisted when children were aged 11, but add `... the estimated effects of school starting age on other mental health constructs, which have weaker links to subsequent student achievement, are smaller and less persistent.»

This is a fun weakest link style Scattegories game which can be used to help use and develop vocabulary skills and as a way of building teamwork skills in your classroom.

The steering remains the weak dynamic link, with a strangely artificial weight to the assistance regardless of which of the dynamic select modes its left in.

It works reasonably well, but as before, the dynamic weak link remains the steering, which suffers from feel - free assistance.

That said, outward visibility is bit of a weak link here - despite the less bulky dash which is set lower than before, the EcoSport is still difficult to drive through traffic or park due to the massive A-pillars and a small rear glass.

Even when I was hauling a 750 - pound payload or towing a 9,500 - pound trailer up steep Arizona grades, the Cummins and its standard six - speed heavy - duty Aisin automatic transmission were clearly up to the challenge, as were the brakes, which are the weak link of many towing setups.

However, while all of the above is good, what is not is the tablet's BlackBerry OS which has proved to be its weakest link so far.

«There are no weak links in this collection, which should find a home in all public libraries.»

In the case of the Eee Pad, once you separate it from the keyboard, you still have a slim and elegantly designed tablet, which is one of it's strengths: there doesn't seem to be a weak link in this forging of tablets and netbooks, except perhaps that the keyboard retains it's hinge - style dock once the tablet is removed.

Our proposal, which we discuss in detail in «What «Smart Beta» Means to Us» (Arnott and Kose 2014), combines one core criterion (it must overtly sever the link between the price of a stock and its weight in the portfolio) and several weaker requirements (the strategy must have most of the other advantages of conventional indexing, such as low turnover, broad market representation, liquidity, capacity, transparency, ease of testing, low fees, and so forth).

The weakest link of all of this seems to be the Canadian Index Fund which holds the majority of the portfolio.

If Link, Young Link & Toon Link can be in Hyrule Warriors, they can be in Super Smash Bros., and considering SSB has Marth, Lucina and Roy, they could easily bring back Young Link, keep his Melee moves (which Toon & Link have branched slightly away from) including the Fire Arrows and then give him some new aspects (like how Roy barely, if at all, feels anything like Marth anymore) and a new / altered Final Smash (could even be weak and give him a Fierce Deity FS that's just a transformation with sword beams).

The only weak links are is yellow and orange, which don't have the same punch in terms of vibrancy.

Dark Souls and its predecessor reminded me quite a bit of Link's Adventure, a game where you're supposed to use a spell (appropriately named «spell»)-- which normally turns weaker enemies into slime — in a very specific spot in one of the towns to make a building arise from underground, with only the vaguest notion of a clue to tip you off.

It appeared that many people are not aware about the precarious situation refugees and these Syrian refugees at this particular juncture in time, live in, which makes them the weakest link in Turkish society.

In addition to the intimate graphite drawings, the exhibit includes mixed - media works that make deft use of cut paper, collage and glitter as well as super-sized color photos, which are the weak link, but more about that later.

When it comes to extreme weather, we always take the opportunity to point back to the last definitive international scientific report on extreme weather and climate change, which found strong historic links for heat waves, coastal flooding and changes in precipitation along with weaker links for tornadoes and hurricanes.