'I would say that both of them encouraged a high level of self-esteem in both kids... Shirley and I didn't have parents who were engaged in pointing out limitations.' He remained very close to his mother until her death but never really had an emotional connection with his father, although he does think about him every day.
The Australian government won in part by accusing Labor of using scare tactics, saying that the opposition party was choosing to "allow terrorists and pedophiles to continue their evil work in order to engage in point scoring," said Australian defense minister Christopher Pyne, in a since-deleted tweet.
Gambler Jack West was charged with bribing two Wildcats players, Spivey and Walter Hirsch, to engage in point shaving during one of the tournament's games, and eventually pleaded guilty.
Using this data, the researchers built a simple 0-to-4 scale that indicated how many of the four behaviors each person habitually engaged in — one point each for not smoking, exercising, drinking moderately and eating the proper amounts of fruits and vegetables.
The screenplay, by Ann Peacock, who adapted the story from Antjie Krog's memoir, "Country of My Skull," makes the fatal mistake of turning characters into mouthpieces engaged in stiff, point-counterpoint moral debate.
The national Republican Party, reeling from a string of electoral losses since 2006, is engaged in finger-pointing and soul-searching about its future.
Beyond these more standard daily activities, a series of "Climax Clock" performances happened daily, during on and off hours of the museum, where performers engaged in "daily points of intensity" with one another.
"I dispute all accusations that I have violated any of my duties to eBay shareholders," Andreessen wrote, before engaging in a point by point rebuttal of Icahn's claims.
Whatever the details of such usages may be, a longstanding human theme and concern should not be dismissed solely on the basis of local usage — and still less on the basis of linguistic intuitions about this produced as needed by philosophers engaged in arguing a point.
However, it is cringe-inducing to see the New York Times editorial board engaged in such finger-pointing - and it compromises the board's dignity.
