Aim for affirmative phrases.
This radical reaffirmation of the phenomenal world was particularly stressed in East Asian developments of Mahāyāna Buddhism, where we find such remarkably affirmative phrases as: "true emptiness, marvelous being" (Japanese: shinkū-myōu).
Then throughout the day, I pick the crystal up, hold it in my hands and say affirmative phrases to myself (or sometimes out loud): "I can do this," I'm a great writer," "my writing dreams are coming true".
Wesleyan University doesn't have the phrase "affirmative consent" in its sexual misconduct policy, but describes something similar.
Mr. Botstein went for quick tempos and affirmative closures of phrases, to which Mr. Rosenbaum's chorus added clear, lively counterpoint and, from the sopranos, exciting accuracy in the high lines they have to maintain.
The best solution to Sarbox's problems is to mend it rather than end it to borrow Bill Clinton's phrase about affirmative action and there are encouraging signs that some mending will be done.The most obvious case for keeping Sarbox is that companies have got used to it.
Yimby.com — an affirmative play on the phrase nimby (aka 'not in my back yard') — is a new business from online charity donation company JustGiving, a 12-year veteran of the digital giving space.
The items were re-phrased into affirmative statements and asked the informants to rate their self perception of quality nursing care using a 5-point Likert-type scale, where 1 denoted "Strongly disagree" to 5 that denoted "Strongly agree".
The items were re-phrased into affirmative statements and asked the respondents to rate their self perception of competence in EBP using a 5-point Likert-type scale, ranging from 1 "Strongly disagree" to 5 "Strongly agree".
Why, then, does affirmative action remain an embarrassing phrase even among some of its supporters?
