Government agencies generally decline to release figures, and software firms shy from discussing hard numbers.
At a technical level, pollsters say the problems they face in a traditional culture like reluctance to discuss hard questions with strangers are formidable, but superable.
Like most ailments, "structural disorders" can be avoided when founders and VCs discuss hard questions in advance (education).
This empty-calorie diet of faux domestic bliss is easy on the electorate, and much more palatable than discussing hard issues and presenting a real contrast among candidates.
While he couldn't discuss hard numbers because of its corporate parent eBay, Braintree had over $12 billion in transactions at the time of its acquisition, and had been tripling its business year-over-year based on public figures released in that past.
I make it appoint to be their parent first and their friend second so they will never be ambivalent to discuss hard topics with me and ones that matter most like sex, drugs, addictions, drinking, bullying, etc.
Measured against these aims, the results are modest but reasonable although more spending cuts would have been better than sticking to the decision to raise taxes.Only in recent weeks has the coalition begun to discuss harder reforms.
In the post-Jeremiah Wright environment of racial etiquette, those who seek mainstream support, including managers and coaches, are loath to discuss hard-core racial realities and are encouraged to distance themselves from anyone who does.
Mohammed is a runner, and we discussed how hard it is to run in the heat.
Cashman even sat behind closed doors with Torre and discussed their hard feelings over the breakup.
