Sentences with phrase «worthy effort by»

«Jarhead» is easily one of the best films of the year, with a strong adaptation by William Broyles Jr. and another award - worthy effort by director Sam Mendes.

Not exact matches

For anyone who wants to read the best damn feature out there on this debate — and on the epic story of the effort to find a worthy Alzheimer's drug — I recommend this 2015 Fortune classic by my colleague Erika Fry: «Can Biogen Beat The Memory Thief?»
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know neither victory nor defeat.
All these efforts to assist and regulate the poor were governed by a crucial distinction between the «worthy» and «unworthy» poor, between those who could not be blamed for their dire straits and those who could, between those who were redeemable and those who were not, between public neighbors entitled to support and those subject to scorn.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Hence the effort to resist coroner's investigations by claiming that the a baby who dies during homebirth is not a person and therefore its death is not worthy of evaluation
I'm not sure a poll of federal taxpayers and parents would find the time and effort spent by these employees on the journal article — which I personally viewed purely as a form of reputational damage control — to be a worthy use of these funds when other aspects of our meal program are in clear need of improvement.
Also worthy of commendation is the breakthrough recorded by the government in ridding Enugu metropolis of waste, especially at dump sites to ensure a clean environment, through the taskforce constituted to complement the efforts of the Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA).
If only a similar effort could be got up by lords who regard themselves as worthy of the name to agitate against the likes of Jeffrey Archer and Douglas Hogg and all the donors and bag - carriers.
Monckton, Soon et al., whose brief was submitted by a Heartland Institute lawyer, devote much of their effort to disputing that there even is a mainstream view worthy of the court's consideration.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.»
While the efforts made by Honest By, Nike and Nudie Jeans each seem to be worthy of varying degrees of applause, surely, hard - nosed cynics would find such generosity hard to believe or at the very least sounding a little trite unless brands were frank about exactly how they define and where they draw the line with regard to trade secretby Honest By, Nike and Nudie Jeans each seem to be worthy of varying degrees of applause, surely, hard - nosed cynics would find such generosity hard to believe or at the very least sounding a little trite unless brands were frank about exactly how they define and where they draw the line with regard to trade secretBy, Nike and Nudie Jeans each seem to be worthy of varying degrees of applause, surely, hard - nosed cynics would find such generosity hard to believe or at the very least sounding a little trite unless brands were frank about exactly how they define and where they draw the line with regard to trade secrets.
One's efforts at overlooking the film's deficiencies are consistently confounded by the almost total lack of interludes and encounters that are actually funny, with the inclusion of a couple of chuckle - worthy moments within The Hangover's final 10 minutes (ie a hilariously inappropriate wedding singer) coming much too late to make any kind of positive impact.
Hampered by an ending that overreaches needlessly, the film is nevertheless worthy and unmistakably the effort of an enduringly distinctive and important filmmaker.
Despite a lack of noble intentions, at least Disney put some effort into it by tossing in a few side jokes aimed toward adults, and spiffed up the effects to theater - worthy levels we would expect for a major summer release.
Not as much as «In Bruges,» mind you, but enough to make this action / gangster / buddy movie a worthy sophomoric effort by McDonagh.
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said the district's withdrawal of a one - year contract offer was «disingenuous, disturbing and destructive» and called efforts by the city to have teachers pay their full pension contributions «strike - worthy
By suggesting paying superior teachers more for their efforts, the report acknowledges that some teachers are better than others, thus destroying the union's notion that all teachers are worthy of our love, admiration and scarce taxpayer dollars.
All are worthy efforts that will not be impacted by the Co-op.
Sorry mate, it looks like a worthy effort but by part 5.
Once pooh - poohed by publishers and industry experts, indie publishing exemplifies the nostalgic American Dream that has always made our country worthy of imitation; like the American Dream, success in indie publishing usually isn't greater than the effort you put into it, and you do it all for the chance to make amazing things happen.
To see it as Jacob would, a Jewish man seems to be riddled by the weight of generations of survivor guilt: He studies things he isn't interested in but are «good and worthy and remunerative,» he gets married «Jewishly» and has Jewish kids and lives «Jewishly» in «some demented effort to redeem the suffering that made your increasingly alienating life possible.»
But for authors who choose to adopt the mindset that they are putting the time, effort, and sweat equity into their work that makes it worthy of being called an artisan product, the stigma will fall away and the true value of artisanal publishing will be appreciated by the larger community.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.»
Although I've not yet completed the necessary due diligence that would make me comfortable enough to invest in any of these selections, based on the preliminary essential fundamentals at a glance presented by each respective F.A.S.T. Graph ™, they all appear to be fairly valued candidates worthy of the time and effort to do so.
The adoption fee and medical fees for the animal's life will be covered by the ARL in an effort to give back to the worthy individuals who gave so much to our country and citizens.
This is wonderful, and I applaud both Best Friends» worthy efforts and the decisions by all municipalities concerned to go «no - kill».
The world has some rough customers and often offers some depressing headlines in the news, and but when you start looking at all of the ways you could help vulnerable people or animals, simply by donating your points and miles or cash back, and start thinking about what effort and energy it took to start these worthy causes in the first place, you might be reminded that there's still far more good in this world than bad.
A decades - long effort by benefactor Raymond D. Nasher and others resulted in the building of a new art museum worthy of Duke's superior rank among the nation's universities.
I think the effort to move to be moved by big art is a worthy one.
I would be curious to know what commitments to these worthy efforts would be undermined by programs to mitigate CO2 emissions?
As New York City grapples with tracing the contacts of Craig Spencer, a young physician infected with the Ebola virus, It's worth drawing attention to two worthy efforts to tamp down unreasoned fears — President Obama's White House embrace of Nina Pham, the Dallas nurse who contracted Ebola while treating a dying patient, and David Ropeik's fine piece on the perils posed by Ebola fears, published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
CO2 is called greenhouse gas because it's pumped into greenhouses to make plants grow, they breathe it, hence the really worthy global effort is to increase CO2 levels in the atmosphere by 10x - 10x to make the deserts green and feed the teeming pop.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.»
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