But the authors give short shrift to the presence and meaning of Enlightenment ideals.
So, left to their own devices, builders are inclined to give short shrift to efficiency.
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy promised to give short shrift to "Labour politicians reconfirmed on such a marginal mandate introducing illiberal measures".
BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | 'Respect' key to Blair third term
Empowering women in Asia is an important step toward boosting overall economic growth (why give short shrift to half of your human resources?).
It is hardly surprising that a man with such a low opinion of the U.S. intelligence community would be inclined to give short shrift to warning signs produced by that community.
Economists attempt to make the fudge factor as grounded in reality as possible, but instrumental variable analysis inevitably requires the analyst to give short shrift to the hard data and make assumptions about the differences between two populations, and how external factors (like insurance status) affect them.
This exhibition tends to give short shrift to many of the players in music and dance (the audio and video segments are engaging but appear somewhat incidental), while barely suggesting how the so-called invention of abstraction worked its way into other aspects of the performing arts (theater, film), as well as into literature.
WSJ: The Concrete Challenges of Abstraction | Inventing Abstraction | By Tom L. Freudenheim
In a recent case that has been little noted in the business press, the Supreme Court appears to have given the IRS broad new power to write rules that overturn prior court decisions, give short shrift to expressed legislative history, and apply even in cases where taxpayers have relied in good faith on prior law and precedent.
FORBES: The Supreme Court Expands The IRS's Ability to Write the Tax Rules
Obviously explaining to the American people what we're doing is important and I don't want to give that short shrift.
The authors give relatively short shrift to economic policy.
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