Where hard knowledge is unavailable, judgments are served up that are either unfounded or simply ludicrous.
Though hard knowledge of the risks is scant to nonexistent, guesses by the government's mad-cow experts suggest that the average Briton is 60 times more likely to die by lightning, 750 times more likely to drown in the bathtub, 24, 000 times more likely to die playing soccer.
Heavily bureaucratic, they were both staffed by former civil servants, long on sophistication and short on hard-nosed knowledge about how to make cars efficiently, and how to sell them.
Schultz will buy Django, unchain him and eventually set him free if Django, using his hard-won knowledge of the countryside and its denizens, will become Schultz's deputy and help him find three particularly murderous, and potentially lucrative, brothers.
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In the wider aim of turning such knowledge into hard cash, however, it was nowhere near as successful as its financial backers had hoped.
It is hard to believe that our knowledge is not shared by others.
"The supreme pontiff wishes to pray with us and for us, and to acquire first-hand knowledge of the hard conditions of our region, " he added.
Likewise, performance metrics are hard to come by in knowledge work, making it challenging to manage improvement efforts (which often lack a clear owner in the first place).
Although hard skills like sales and software knowledge can get you through the door, more companies are asking for soft skills as well from job candidates, finds a recent study by Millennial Branding, a consulting firm in Boston.
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Hard to see how that form of knowledge would equip anyone for life in a modern technological society.
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Some of his Italian plays display a lot of local knowledge, which it would be hard to come by without going there.
For pure knowledge acquisition, it's hard to argue against such developments, especially in an era that doesn't prioritize enrichment for its own sake.
It was a hard lesson learned, but here it is: Knowledge is not power.
Inside knowledge of the ins-and-outs of emerging markets is hard to come by.
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Moreover, it says Chu and his clients worked hard to keep his communications secret, a so-called badge of knowledge that prosecutors can use to try and prove guilty intent.
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This learning process leads to what we shall call tacit knowledge a feeling for what you are doing that is hard to put into words but easy to demonstrate in action.
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But these groups, despite their failings, may also have a better knowledge of how political power works in the finer details, and how hard it is to govern a country without trust, or when constantly distracted.
"Teachers, with their hard work, affection and stimulating interaction with children, not only transfer information, knowledge, and new skills to their pupils, but also play a key role in making the teaching-learning a joyful and participatory phenomenon".
The timing looks terrible, but I have a hard time believing Pincus as well as others who profited set some grand scheme into motion with knowledge of the pending train wreck.
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The technology revolution increased the need for people with knowledge of science, mathematics and engineering, but the number of degrees granted in these hard majors is roughly stagnant.
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One colleague who worked closely with Mr. Thompson at PayPal said he was a "hard-working and detail-oriented" manager who peppered subordinates with questions to show his deep knowledge of their affairs.
While the knowledge acquired can make a big difference for a small company, it can be especially hard to balance school, the often-around-the-clock demands of running a business and a personal life.
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With faster reactions, intimate knowledge of the game and troops that are better equipped, a game can be made formidably hard.
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