Sentences with phrase «who value books»

This would be tragic for all of us who value books and the culture they support.»

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WILMINGTON, Del., Feb 22 - Data analytics and security company Palantir Technologies Inc must open its books to early investor Marc Abramowitz, who wants to investigate possible fraud and mismanagement at one of the most highly valued private U.S. companies, a judge ruled on Thursday.

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb 22 - Data analytics and security company Palantir Technologies Inc must open its books to early investor Marc Abramowitz, who wants to investigate possible fraud and mismanagement at the highly valued private U.S. company, a judge ruled on Thursday.

Cornell professor and economist Robert Frank, who wrote a book in the 1990s titled The Winner - Take - All Society: Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us, made popular the belief that a big portion of the increase in the income gap has to do with the way a global market values its best performers, be they CEOs or athletes or actual performers.

«If they were buying it for the real estate investment, they made the wrong decision,» says Kelly, who notes that Intrawest's remaining developable property in Whistler had a modest book value of between $ 75 million and $ 100 million.

I was instantly taken away to the slums of India when I first opened the book and read about a volunteer who felt powerless to do anything to help the people he was serving and how he managed to create something of lasting value for people who need medical care.

Buffett learned that lesson after reading up on the most noteworthy figure in value investing — Benjamin Graham, who along with David Dodd in 1935 wrote «Security Analysis,» which is perhaps the most widely read book in the modern era of investing.

Value investor Guy Spier, who won the lunch in 2008 bidding alongside his friend Mohnish Pabrai, recounted the experience in his book «Education Of A Value Investor.»

Hedge fund manager Seth Klarman, the value investing giant who often draws comparisons to Warren Buffett, wrote in his classic «Margin of Safety» book an illuminating parable warning against speculation:

Lauren lives in Chattanooga, with her husband, Scott Phillips, who is a portfolio manager of the Global Maximum Pessimism Fund and author of the investing book, Buying at the Point Maximum Pessimism: Six Value Investing Trends from China to Oil to Agriculture, 2010, FT Press, and co-author to the revised edition of The Templeton Touch, 2012, Templeton Press.

asks Santoro, who wrote about the widening disconnect between Main Street and Wall Street in his book, «Wall Street Values.»

It was useful for me who is not an active investor, had made and lost money, read many books on Value investing.

For example, François's new right - wing colleague, Godefroy Lempereur, introduces him to a nativist literature heavy on demographic studies purporting to show that «belief in a transcendent being conveys a genetic advantage: that couples who follow one of the three religions of the Book and maintain patriarchal values have more children than atheists or agnostics.

Animal - rights activists are up in arms about a recent statement by Peter Singer ¯ a bioethics professor at Princeton's Center for Human Values who was, once upon a time, beloved by those activists for his 1975 book Animal Liberation.

Proctor amply and carefully documents his indictment, and the book will be of value to anyone who doubts his thesis.

In his book The Neoconservatives (1979), Peter Steinfels described those on our side of the barricades as «counterintellectuals,» people who move in the intellectual world but who do not share that world's dominant sense of alienation and estrangement from the ideas, values, and institutions of the middle - American majority.

The book features a preface by the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who said it was time to move on and appreciate John Paul I's legacy and historic value to the Catholic Church.

I guess Mr King doesn't value the very people who helped made him rich by buying his books.

It turns out that to be responsibly engaged in transforming culture means being responsive to the values and concerns of the cultural elite (much like the ones who Gustafson describes as finding the book helpful).

The content and value of the book were obscured amid the posturing and hyperbolic assertions of the many conservative politicians, clergy and outraged talk show hosts who criticized university officials.

Only those who read and follow only those limited portions with which they agree consider the book of any reasonable value.

(ENTIRE BOOK) The fictional character of Ted Brown represents a young man who comes from a religious background, who is seriously trying to work out an intelligent philosophy of life, is sensitive to spiritual values, and who seeks a vocation where he can make the most of his best for the sake of others.

So how do we perform worship in an electronically mediated environment who style and values are different from those in our «Book»?

Matthew Parris takes up the question in the Spectator of London, provoked by a book by Britain's Chief Rabbi, Dr. Jonathan Sacks, who regularly refers to «Judeo - Christian» values.

As a girl who makes her living (and finds so much joy in) sharing her questions, ideas, insights, and experiences online and in books, the value that Jesus places on secrecy can be a bit disconcerting.

The Silencing: How the Left Is Killing Free Speech (Regnery) is the Fox News commentator's new book, a journalistic polemic on the many Americans on the cultural and political Left who have forsaken some of their most cherished values, including free speech.

Here historical criticism is of some value, in that it can suggest that the New Testament books were written in and for a community by men who were members of that community, and that this community, originating in the work of Jesus, has a history which extended beyond his resurrection and, indeed, beyond the apostolic age.

Now, your excellent book will assist all who wonder about its value to share your wisdom and the positive experiences of many people.

NFL bettors who take advantage of sportsbook shading should be able to find even more value employing this strategy at public books as they typically shade even further off the market consensus.

I reached out to Scott Cooley, an odds consultant at Bookmaker.eu, one of the sharpest offshore books, to find out who he believes are the best and worst backup quarterbacks in the league in terms of value to the spread.

If you are, like me, someone who immensely values convenience and less schlepping, book at the Grand Summit Resort Hotel.

Iben Sandahl, a licensed narrative psychotherapist, MPF, and author of the acclaimed parenting book, The Danish Way, told Mother magazine that children who are raised by parents who do not employ an ultimatum - based system of discipline are much more inclined to both value and exhibit respect as opposed to fear or apathy.

As a therapist who has taught on the national level for over a decade to families and childcare organizations like Parents As Teachers, First Steps, Children's Hope International, and more about the value of attachment, I knew that truly gentle sleep support for parents was hard to come by and too often attached to a big price tag (from $ 50 to sometimes $ 350 for private coaching, site memberships, books / videos, etc).

A child's shelf should include books that value who and what he is.

As Judith Stacey details in her 2011 book Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China, gay men who have children together create the most stable families of all the alternative families she's encountered.

It may be pertinent to mention that the book value of the power plant which is currently estimated at USD 325 million after five (5) years, with a life cycle of around 15 -20 years, will be handed over to the Government as a debt free asset which can be used to leverage and raise financing as a collateral or else the Government may choose to sell the operating asset to any investor who may not like to take any development risk, hence the plant being operational and in its best conditions.

And when you hold onto your identity in that way, explains Taitz, who is also the author of the new book How to Be Single and Happy, you lessen the risk of being blinded to the relationship's true value.

In my late 20s I made a conscious choice to seek out people who supported what I value, like being in the outdoors, taking fun group - exercise classes, eating healthy food, traveling, being silly, having meaningful conversations about relationships, growing old, reading good books, parenting, and all the other things that fill me up.

Ronnie is a public speaker and teacher, a published author of multiple books, hosts of two popular podcasts, a transformation and peak performance coach, and above all else a man who deeply values life and has devoted his life to uplifting and inspiring the lives of as many people as he can reach through his mission, his work, and his message.

«For your foodie friend who shops by the nutritional value instead of what's on sale, she's sure to go wild for this recipe book that brings together health and booze.»

Lisa's books have gotten a lot of praise from singles who value her honest and straightforward approach to dating.

If you are searching for a Korean girl or guy to date because of the exceptional physical appeal, matchless intellectual capacity, and the country's cultural and historical values, book for the next Korean speed dating to meet Korean singles who are ready and willing to meet you for friendship, dating, relationship, and possibly, marriage.

While those who enjoyed the Brooks book will likely be chagrined at seeing little of what they enjoyed show up on the big screen, taking World War Z on its own terms as a Hollywood blockbuster, there's still enough entertainment value to be had for those who are OK with the fact that the film doesn't represent the book.

As for the substance behind this series, no matter how much the final product both bloats and hurries itself along, it's hard as all get - out to deny the value within Alex Haley's «factional» tale, which is rich with the potential for compellingness and thematic depth that, more often than not, recieves justice from teleplay writer and source material book completer David Stevens, who draws lively characterization and depth, which in turn recieves its own bit of justice from director John Erman.

He's a broken man with severe mental - health issues who retreats into a colorful world of comic book fearlessness to achieve a valued identity.

He's been like that, more or less, ever since, a fan - favorite for folks who value a little humor in their comic books have kept an eye on the character ever since.

One black character's neighbourhood is bowdlerised for cookie - cutter homes and a shopping mall, and the book's villains are real estate moguls, who force minorities out and fight to boost their property values — actions not wholly dissimilar from what's called gentrification today.

And for younger audience members, especially those who love the books, the script includes some insightful lessons into the value of friendship, the importance of accepting yourself and the cost of seeking celebrity status.

While I certainly recognize the value of one common book, I also know that their will be greater by - in from your teachers when they can choose the direction of their summer reading (I would also say the same for those students who are facing their own summer reading requirements).

I agree that poorly prepared teachers is one cause of the high dropout rate, but as with most problems, many causes exist, including an anti-intellectual culture that values over-paid athletes and celebrities w / no obvious talent (e.g. Kim Kardashian); parents who think all their male children will grow up to be Yankees so never put books in the kids» hands; pseudo education reformers who sell a narrative that a first year teacher is no different from a veteran with a grad degree and thirty years teaching experience, administrators who hire based on coaching rather than teaching, school boards that cut library programs rather than sports, etc..