Sentences with phrase «who gained a point»

The manner of the victory against a good Everton side who gained a point at the Emirates earlier in the season can also boost Arsenal before a tough run of league fixtures.

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CNN analyst Van Jones, who gained a high profile for his strong and pointed commentary during election season, will speak about the current state of affairs, as will venture capitalist and guest Shark Tank investor Chris Sacca, who has been a vocal critic of Trump since long before he came president.

There you tend to get into who lost and gained a percentage point of market share.

Those who defend very high levels of compensation point out that the value of stocks and options depends on how successful the company is, which means that money gained that way rewards CEOs for helping make the company stronger.

To Harbharb: I think that you're right about gaining points — as to the person / s who improperly submitted the name / s.

Being generous to gain more points with the tyrant is cowardly submission and does not make you morally superior to people who are not generous due to a leash.

The man who is wholly taken up with the demands of everyday living or whose sole interest is in the outward appearances of things seldom gains more than a glimpse, at best, of this second phase in our sense - perceptions, that in which the world, having entered into us, then withdraws from us and bears us away with it: he can have only a very dim awareness of that aureole, thrilling and inundating our being, through which is disclosed to us at every point of contact the unique essence of the universe.

This point of view periodically gains strength before undergoing a counterattack from those who claim that capitalism is ordained by our faith and blessed by God.

Here was Alyssa Rosenberg at the Washington Post claiming that the whole point of Wonder Woman is that she's a role model for prepubescent girls, a kind of «Fearless Girl» avant la statue: «[T] he movie... argues that it's... little girls all over the world who stand to gain if they can grow up free of the distorting influence of misogyny,» Rosenberg wrote, with a schoolmarm's didacticism.

The point is what God thinks of people who lie and deceive people for nothing more than a little gain.

It should be clear at this point that these gains are not «liberal theology» or «liberalism» but deep, underlying ways of reflecting on history, man and nature which include both methodologies (e.g., historical criticism, phenomenology) and content (e.g., man as a self - transcending being who resists all heteronomous authority).

Will murdering her gain some virtue points for the person who commits this murder?

Here, if you like, is a man who, over a long period of time, has followed a certain scientific method and laboriously gained his results, who says to us: «Experience, with the help of reasoning, leads to this point; scientific knowledge begins here and ends there; such are my conclusions»; and the philosopher would have the right to answer: «Very well, leave it to me, and I'll show you what I can do with it!

Denvis Manns of New Mexico State, who played in near total obscurity on a losing team, might have gained much more than his 1,120 yards if Aggies coach Jim Hess, by his own admission, packed a few more IQ points.

It was hardly the sort of thing to increase the pressure on our London rivals Chelsea who sit one place above us in the league table and for some time it looked as though the Blues would stroll to victory themselves, but despite and early goal and plenty more chances, they allowed West Ham to gain a foothold and then claim a point through a Javier Hernandez strike.

There wasn't much movement in the point standings overall — no driver gained or lost more than two spots — but race winner Jeff Gordon was among those who moved up multiple positions.

The Ravens, who closed as 2.5 - point favorites, out - gained the Pats by over 100 yards and kicked a 27 - yard field goal as time expired to walk away with a 31 - 30 triumph.

And as for Jon Fox and myself being Pals?We have never met never spoken and never corresponded.We share a common hatred of Arsene Wenger.We also share a long time support of Arsenal Football Club.That is it.There are many many others who post their thoughts and feelings on this site who feel the same way about Wenger and the hierarchy of this club as we do.It would be very very easy to rip your comments to shreds but I simply refuse to waste time pointing out the obvious to you other than to say if your «posts» carried as much conviction and feeling as the ones posted by Jon Fox then you would find yourself gaining far more respect than what you are getting now.Study Ken1945 and how he writes his posts.

With a point gained for every goal scored the Gunners are in a fine position to lift our home trophy tomorrow as we play the Spanish side Sevilla who won their own game by 1 - 0.

Even if we do eventually miss the title... we would have proven a few points... it wont be for selling our most important players, it won't be because we strengthened a rival club; it wont be because a player became bigger than our club; forced his way out; we would have proven that it is not all about money / gains all the time; we would have had a coach who truly proved he is in charge and will not bulge to a player's pressure etc..

i know im not the only one who suspected this whole relationship going public was a work for the shows on E! The constant arguement made against that was something to the extent of «what does john gain from that» and thats a fair point when you take physical attraction out of it.

Fans get all the excitement that reverse grid races often provide, whilst drivers who are dumped to the back purely because they won the previous race get that disadvantage offset by having the chance to gain even more points.

Both took home 18 points for their trouble and gained that much on current # 1 Sammy's 18s who did not record any points on the night.

The winner will get 20 points (compared to the 35 points the winner gets for races one and three), meaning there's plenty to be gained by a driver who can progress well through the field as it'd be possible to outscore the winner without even finishing in the top three.

If they win both of their games in hand, they'll be 12 points ahead of us, so we've effectively gained 6 points, not to mention how well we've caught Manchester City, who were equal on points with Chelsea back in December.

that's it — we couldn't emulate the Invincibles last season and we had Ospina (who is not Chech but neither was it his fault for any of our dropped points)... Having said that i still think there's a lot of positives for this season: > After FA cup win — we have gained a better winning mentality > This season we starting with Le Coq and Chech > Players are in good form and we don't have injuries (aside from Welbeck, who even if fit wont easily get a starting place)

That Johnson could gain only seven points on Edwards, who finished ninth at Martinsville, underscored that the deficit is simply too big for him to overcome by the finish of the season finale at Homestead on Nov. 20.

Klopp did try to bring him to Anfield earlier but was unsuccessful... however with Coutinho gone, we need an agressive and creative midfielder who is able to unlock Mourinho's style of play and gain valuable points for liverpool.

Koscielny got an equaliser in the 70th minute to restore parity, but it was definitely two points lost rather than one point gained for the Gunners, who will now have to put their title ambitions aside for another season.

It was Liverpool who gained the advantage though, as all three points moved them back into a Champions League qualification spot...

This afternoon, the Gunners travel to the North East side (Sunderland) who are struggling at the moment yet to gain their first three points this season which has seen them plummet to 20th in the league table.

I found people for whom adoption hadn't been a happy experience, birth parents and adoptees who pointed out that their loss exists alongside adoptive parents» gain.

I'm well aware that my point of view is in the minority and not the politically - correct thing to say these days, but I know there are other women who feel this same way about pregnancy weight gain / loss... you've emailed me for goodness sakes!

Stettler points to studies both in the U.S. and Europe that show rapid weight gain, including a study at his hospital, which showed infants who experienced rapid weight gain during the first four months of life were five times more likely to be obese by age 20.

I simply hoped to point out that often you can receive the best advice from people who DO have something to GAIN and A LOT to lose by giving false or bad cloth diapering advice.

Those who remain sceptical that the demonstrated changes in conduct problems translate into important gains in health and quality of life will point to the need for research quantifying the relationship between change in child behaviour scores and health utility in the index child as well as parents, siblings and peers.

I watched us beating the Tories by 3 or 4 points on local and European election nights, and poured scorn on the psephologists who said the gains weren't really enough for Labour to hope to win.

I am absolutely astounded that Woolas (who seems to be among the most reactionary ministers - unless it's just what every minister becomes when they get the migration brief) thinks applicants should gain points by joining political parties.

Larquana Bryan, who worked for Mayor Bill de Blasio and hopes to run for some office, praised McCray and pointed to small gains.

Governor Fayose, who said the Information Minister was fast assuming the position of the «Liar - General» of the federation, having lied to gain power and still lying to sustain it, pointed out that «more than 20 months after he claimed that 55 Nigerians stole over N1.34 trillion from the country's treasury from 2006 to 2013, Lai Mohammed is yet to tell Nigerians who the 55 people are.»

On who will run the economy better, the Conservative lead has dropped from 17 points a month ago to only 4 points now, but their own percentage has dropped by only 3 points; the big shift was Labour gaining at the expense of «neither».

As the movement gains traction and as it evolves, natural leaders will emerge, said Lessig, pointing to a few of the diverse leaders currently pushing for campaign finance reform: Zephyr Teachout who is campaigning to become the democratic candidate to challenge New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Heather McGhee of the think tank Demos and George Washington law professor Spencer Overton.

Abinanti, who at one point proposed a bill to abolish the Justice Center (it didn't gain traction in the Legislature) said he recently had an lengthy meeting between agency officials and parents of the disabled as well as operators of centers for the disabled and other providers overseen by the Justice Center.

Anyone who came first, second or third in each scurry won prizes of Chudleys dog food on the day and league points, meaning more than 100 people gained places on the league table.

Adele Malpass, chairwoman of the Manhattan Republican Party, pointed to a report issued by the city's Department of Investigation in 2013 in which inspectors gained access voting booths 61 out of 63 times when posing as as ineligible individuals — individuals who had either died, been convicted of a felony or who had moved outside the city.

Last spring, Zellner noted that his Democratic Party does not exclude pro-life candidates, pointing to Assemblyman Robin L. Schimminger of Kenmore as a pro-life Democrat who consistently gains the party nod.

They gained three points to reach 38 %, just one point behind Labour who remained unchanged on 39 %.

Quinn, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor last year, has emerged as the point person for the Women's Equality Party, a ballot line Gov. Andrew Cuomo created this year as a way of promoting the women's agenda as well as to gain more women voters.

And, of course, the most powerful point is that all this reform is advocated by parties who'd gain from it the most, with the LDs wanting AV or some form of PR, anything to take the decision of the election from the electorate to the centre - party kingmakers, who'd have the sayregardless of the electorates» wishes.

The underlying figures on economic competence and who would make the best leader also show the Conseratives gaining ground — Labour now have only a 3 point lead on which party would be better at running the economy well and Blair is only 1 point ahead of Cameron on who would make the best Prime Minister.