Sentences with phrase «worst tendencies as»

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The reason is that, people with bad credit are considered risky as there is tendency for them to default in payments.

[I disagree with the assertion that Mars Hill is a cult, but I think Fred's point about our tendency to see sexual betrayal as bad «because it involves sex rather than because it involves betrayal» is spot - on, and his concerns about Driscoll's preoccupation with sex and power are, of course, warranted.]

Discernment is not judgmentalism, it is wisdom; but discernment includes the recognition of our own sinful tendencies, including the instinctive self - righteous response, and reminds us, as Sister Helen Prejean discovered in her ministry to those awaiting capital punishment in prison that «people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.»

in which Wright badly mischaracterizes the response of the United States to the September 11th attacks, as well as the views of President Bush and then - Prime Minister Tony Blair, declared that the 2006 mid-term elections was an example of God «calling to account those who abuse powers,» showed a disturbing tendency toward moral equivalence between jihadists and those who are fighting to defeat them, and directed virtually all of his scorn against the United States and Great Britain rather than al Qaeda, the Taliban, and the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Unfortunately, man (me included) does not understand the purity of God and the awfulness of sin with the tendency to excuse sin in various ways, mostly by excusing what seems to them as not being «so bad».

Our political life is made to look worse than it is not so much because journalists oppose any one tendency in politics as because they have come to oppose the political class in general.

Habits are good or bad according to the way in which the strata are regarded: either as stabilizing a desirable tendency or as lending momentum to an undesirable attitude.

Undoubtedly there were tendencies in artistic representation that would be considered by most today as saccharinely sentimental: perhaps it was no bad thing that these have disappeared.

Allen has a Jamarcus Russel arm and the same accuracy as a high school QB Darnold might not be there and seems to have «bad Eli» type of turnover tendencies and a long wind up Rosen seems like a stuck up punk with injury problems but a talented arm (Jay Cutler) Mayfield — played in OU spread offense which makes every read easy with simple short completions

In fact, I would play Ramsey RW for a bit as he's no worse than our current options out there and will actually bolster our midfield with his tendency to run inside.

Also spell out any additional health problems — such as a bad case of diaper rash or a tendency to spit up food.

Unfortunately, there is a tendency at these trying moments to see a child as bad, destructive, or manipulative.

«Ultimately, it is the tendency of all too many social scientists (and the public) to deny, dismiss or minimize findings they do not like, while embracing, if not playing up, those they do like, that gives social science a bad name — as ideology masquerading as science.

A project from the University of Waterloo examined how people across 16 cultures vary in their tendency to see situations as either all good or all bad, or in a more complex fashion by seeing a little of both.

In each study, researchers assessed a participant's dispositional — or natural — tendency toward optimism and pessimism, and then examined whether optimists were less likely to brace for the worst as they awaited uncertain news, compared to pessimists.

«Although this tendency to brace oneself for potentially bad news is common, intuition might suggest that some people are more likely to brace than others — in particular, happy - go - lucky optimists would seem immune to the anxiety and second - guessing that typically arise as the decisive moment draws near,» she said.

LDL is practically always labeled as the «bad» cholesterol as it has a tendency to accumulate in the walls of arteries, leading to a slowing down of the flow of blood which often results in heart disease and heart attacks.

It's as though with the tick of the clock at 12.01 am, all of your bad habits, shortcomings and lazy tendencies can be erased.

Yoga is extremely capable of reducing anxiety that you experienced, as well as a man living a stress free life has a tendency to have fewer self sabotaging bad habits like compulsive overeating.

If you are someone with a history of migraine problem, you should stay away from beans as some beans have a tendency to alleviate the problem to even worse.

People who struggle with body weight and high blood sugar levels often use artificial sweeteners such as aspartame but it is a very bad idea as according to Carly Harrill, «There are 92 reported side effects of ASPARTAME (Equal, NutraSweet), including: birth defects, diabetes, arthritis, severe PMS, migraines, Alzheimer's disease, aggression, severe depression, and suicidal tendencies.

And though in some ways the role encourages some of Field's worst tendencies (sentimentality, preciousness), it also brings out some of her best — such as her unexpected ferocity and precise subtlety.

John Early and Meredith Hagner as Elliott and Portia are marvels in roles that should be written off as second comings of Will & Grace's Jack and Karen, but are imbued with so much pathos and nuance that you're no longer merely infatuated with them as second - banana comedic relief, but instead endeared to their worst tendencies.

Though DiCaprio is a lot of fun to watch in the role (relishing the chance to play the bad guy for once), and Samuel L. Jackson earns some laughs as Candie's Uncle Tom - like house servant, it drags on for too long, and that's coming from someone who usually welcomes Tarantino's tendency towards excess.

writer Steven Zaillian turned in three screenplays for films of varying quality «The Falcon and the Snowman,» «Awakenings» and «Jack the Bear» that showcased the best and worst of his tendencies as a filmmaker.

Stamina management also plays a crucial role, as repeated strikes lose power as your stamina fades to discourage aggressive players from their worst tendencies.

Del Toro seems to view plot and character development as simply a clothesline on which to hang a series of brain - searing images, and while that's not necessarily a bad thing (plenty of great directors have been stylists above all else), it means he keeps getting undermined by his scripts» odd tendency to never give him free rein to indulge in style over substance.

Though name - checked Roman Polanski's violation of Samantha Geimer is indefensible, I'm loathe to the wellspring of adolescent sanctimony surrounding the episode; and for a while, Hayley is so insufferably self - righteous that the picture looks as though it will concentrate the brunt of its commentary on the hysteria attendant to allegations of child molestation, credibly channelling the worst tendencies of organizations such as Perverted Justice through that most moralistic of creatures: the pubescent female.

Taunting our very explicitly American tendency to let everything we touch devolve into sentimentality, the film proves that when we obsess over remembering ourselves at our best, we might as well be celebrating us at our worst.

Moe's tendency, whatever his motive, seems to be to label those who express declining support for vouchers — or even report a lack of support — as at best uninformed, at worst part of a conspiracy.

Many are afraid to say anything about the bad behavior of these self - publishers because the immature have a tendency to strike back irrationally, taking things out of context, being rude, and try to apply everything they say against all self - publishers even though they are clearly only speaking about some, and the others blindly support them because they band together as one homogeneous group without realizing it is these bad apples who are destroying the reputation of the rest.

The reason is that, people with bad credit are considered risky as there is tendency for them to default in payments.

Bad credit borrowers have a tendency to default and by charging 7 % -15 %, they are able to get back as much of their money before that happens.

Trouble is, you're now emotionally invested in that company, so there's a tendency to ignore all hints of bad news & to treat every (price) setback as a chance to gobble up more stock.

This is more colloquially referred to as «behavioural drag,» which is the tendency to second - guess investment strategies and make changes to portfolios, generally, at the worst possible times.

For example, though it is the smallest of dog breeds, the Chihuahua can make a bad choice for apartment living because of the breed's tendency to bark, as well as its energetic, nervous demeanour (But we don't strike the Chihuahua off our best dog for an apartment list yet).

Animal advocates have blasted the ruling as an example of an impractical, ill - advised breed - specific policy that unfairly targets a type of dog based on appearance and reputation rather than a proven tendency toward bad behavior.

However, English Bulldogs do have a number of different health problems that they're typically afflicted with, and it has a tendency to get worse as the dog gets older.

However, the breed as a whole has gotten somewhat of a bad reputation because of this tendency, thanks in part to breeders that were less than ethical and people that got in over their heads when they purchased one of these dogs.

As a result of a rabbits natural tendencies to chew fibrous materials, especially when they hang down into their path curtains and blinds can become badly damaged over time.

Worse yet, these tendencies change as the dogs mature.

I am relieved to see that the Switch usually only suffers from a frame rate cut and a resolution drop on these multiplatform releases as opposed to the butchering games often got on the Wii due to power, storage medium limitations such as on the Gamecube and N64, and being hard to port to due to an entirely different development environment as the case was with the Wii U. I realize that these statements are a little oversimplified because it IS more complicated than that but there are a whole lot of worse ways that Nintendo ports have gotten neutered for the last two decades because of Nintendo's tendencies to veer left when the market goes right.

The game also has the tendency to drop framerate, even though it isn't as bad and game breaking as the Blighttown sequence from Dark Souls I.

A recent paper by Vecchi and Soden (preprint) published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters has been widely touted in the news (and some egregiously bad editorials), and the blogosphere as suggesting that increased vertical wind shear associated with tropical circulation changes may offset any tendencies for increased hurricane activity in the tropical Atlantic due to warming oceans.

In tracking population growth, spikes in resource appetites, and explosive change in technologies that are sheathing the planet in human activity, it's not hard to find support for the contention by Stuart Hart of Cornell that our moment is unique, that we're not suffering from «chronocentrism,» the tendency of each generation to see its time as special (in a good or bad way).

With the human tendency to engage in such reasoning, it is as I claim worse than useless.

The last 3 appointments come very close to the US level: an anglophone with hard political right tendencies and unilingual at boot (and proud of it, sort US but not as bad); a woman with so little experience and proven competence (except for running bureaucracies — which for any form advancement within said bureaucracies requires a subservient manner and disposition of great notice and talent to advance) that the appointment cries out — WTF, out of her depth and competence; the one from Québec carries the sulfurous smell of his old man — hanging judge and authoritarian Claude Wagner (here is hoping that the axiom, apple not fallling very far from the tree does not apply).

Although it's not as bad as it once was, dedicated gaming headsets still have an unfortunate tendency to look bulky and overdesigned.

New Ways for Families ® teaches both parents the same 4 skills at the same time, thereby eliminating the parenting contest and the tendency to label one parent as the «good parent» and one parent as the «bad parent.»

I know my greatgrandfather had it really bad from World War 1 and considered I might have had a genetic tendency to get it after surviving several accidents including one as small child where I was resuscitated back to life, plus also child abuse and neglect and a date rape.