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Even if those documents are from the Trump administration, I think if you gave it to Jack Smith, you'd be sending a signal that, you know, it is of a commensurate seriousness as the Trump matter, and it's not, if Garland gives the Pence case to any existing special counsel, it would be to Hur because the Biden case feels much more comparable to the Pence case. – Norm Eisen	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
If in fact, we do see a turnaround and a resurgence, we have to be able to pivot and go back to any degree of mitigation that is commensurate with what the situation is. – Anthony Fauci	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's not too soon if you observe the caveat that's associated with that. And the caveat is, we need to be flexible, and if in fact we do see a turnaround and a resurgence, we have to be able to pivot and go back to any degree of mitigation that is commensurate with what the situation is, we can't just say that' we are done now ; we're going to move on.' We've got to be able to be flexible, because we are dealing with a dynamic situation. – Anthony Fauci	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Across the country the ACLU is pushing for no bail or drastically reduced bail similar to what the hate-filled repeat offender Darrell Brooks was out on prior to him running down and killing innocent people at the Waukesha, Wisconsin, Christmas parade, if Brooks was held in custody for his most recent offense on a bail amount commensurate with his extensive criminal history then those innocent parade goers would be alive today. – Sean Pritchard	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Across the country the ACLU is pushing for no bail or drastically reduced bail similar to what the hate filled repeat offender Darrell Brooks was out on prior to him running down and killing innocent people at the Waukesha, Wisconsin Christmas parade, if Brooks was held in custody for his most recent offense on a bail amount commensurate with his extensive criminal history then those innocent parade goers would be alive today. – Sean Pritchard	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There was a time when I was just consumed with emotion. I couldn't explain to myself why - as a megalomaniac - I felt so sad, embittered, isolated, powerless, ... stuff like that. I even called my Mom to talk to her to see if she had any insight. She did. Her explanation was that I wasn't doing what I supposed to be doing, but instead I was running from it, and that was what was leaving me feeling desolate. The lesson imparted was that ambition is inversely commensurate with a person's guilt; if the trip frustrates you, it's because the world is not yet in your image. – Link Starbureiy	added by anonymous 2 years ago
The insensitive remarks made by Jon Gruden about DeMaurice Smith are indicative of the racism that exists on many levels of professional sports, furthermore, it reveals that the journey for African Americans and other minorities in sports is riddled with irrepressible mindsets at the highest level. It is our hope that the league and team ownership will address this matter with a remedy commensurate with these painful words. This is yet another inflection point in a society fraught with cynical social blinders, absent of respect for the intellectual capacity and leadership of minorities. When will it end? – Rod Graves	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They are playing catch-up, the early warning system for the Joe Biden.Oil administration was not commensurate with that of the Trump administration. They may not have realized how potentially consequential that OPEC meeting was. – Helima Croft	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They are playing catch-up, the early warning system for the President Joe Biden.Until administration was not commensurate with that of the Former President Donald Trump administration. They may not have realized how potentially consequential that OPEC meeting was. – Helima Croft	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If it's a police force, you've got to have a command structure that's commensurate with law enforcement and security, i think it's as bad as I've ever seen at any law enforcement agency anywhere. We're asking them to do extraordinary things with zero guidance. – John Katko	Found on CNN 2 years ago
That is really worrisome and as those numbers rise, we're seeing commensurate increases in the number of hospitalizations and ICU admissions, you get to the point where you overwhelm ICUs and that's when the mortality goes up. – Peter Hotez	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Just like rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic, this COP's fiddling of carbon accounting and negotiating of Article 6 is not commensurate to the planetary emergency we face. – Extinction Rebellion	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Driven by concern for declining revenues amidst the falling market price of iron ore, the company took risks, increased production and turned a blind eye to dangers that ultimately claimed lives and destroyed communities, bHP was woefully negligent in its duty of care and the damages sought are entirely commensurate with the devastation the company has wrought.... – Tom Goodhead	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We've decided to go back to (iPhone prices) more commensurate with what our local prices were a year ago, in hopes of helping the sales in those areas. – Tim Cook	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
They made real commitments to denuclearize. Each of them. And President Trump made a commitment that he would provide security assurances that were commensurate with that, those are firm commitments that the two leaders made and an understanding of the program is a piece of what will ultimately lead to our capacity to verify that full and complete denuclearization has actually taken place. – Mike Pompeo	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The return on investment based on the current commercial model is not really commensurate with the amount of effort you have to put into it. – David Payne	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
In some instances we have seen punishments that do not appear to be commensurate with the seriousness of the offenses committed. – Atul Khare	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Clearly, we were not getting coverage that was commensurate with our support among the electorate, is it a frustration? Of course it's a frustration. – Jeff Weaver	Found on CNN 8 years ago
But violating our personal space is just simply not acceptable. What we saw in this video is just so beyond the pale it’s astonishing when you see it. Everybody in our industry saw that video and said, ‘ Okay, that’s enough. ’ There’s no way anything like this does n’t have a commensurate consequence. with this one, because the video is there for the world to see, that’s why we’re experiencing this cry for some sort of resolution. – Barry Mano	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
However, I am reluctant to take places away from anyone; there should not be a redistribution of seats on the Executive Committee but a commensurate expansion of this body, the key is to strengthen democracy within the ‘FIFA government’. The confederations must be proportionally represented according to the number of member associations they have. – Sepp Blatter	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is now time to take action. The individuals responsible for the criminal conspiracy revealed in today's report must be brought to justice, and must face criminal penalties commensurate with the gravity of their crimes. – Ben Emmerson	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

Even if those documents are from the Trump administration, I think if you gave it to Jack Smith, you'd be sending a signal that, you know, it is of a commensurate seriousness as the Trump matter, and it's not, if Garland gives the Pence case to any existing special counsel, it would be to Hur because the Biden case feels much more comparable to the Pence case.

– Norm Eisen

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If in fact, we do see a turnaround and a resurgence, we have to be able to pivot and go back to any degree of mitigation that is commensurate with what the situation is.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's not too soon if you observe the caveat that's associated with that. And the caveat is, we need to be flexible, and if in fact we do see a turnaround and a resurgence, we have to be able to pivot and go back to any degree of mitigation that is commensurate with what the situation is, we can't just say that' we are done now ; we're going to move on.' We've got to be able to be flexible, because we are dealing with a dynamic situation.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Across the country the ACLU is pushing for no bail or drastically reduced bail similar to what the hate-filled repeat offender Darrell Brooks was out on prior to him running down and killing innocent people at the Waukesha, Wisconsin, Christmas parade, if Brooks was held in custody for his most recent offense on a bail amount commensurate with his extensive criminal history then those innocent parade goers would be alive today.

– Sean Pritchard

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Across the country the ACLU is pushing for no bail or drastically reduced bail similar to what the hate filled repeat offender Darrell Brooks was out on prior to him running down and killing innocent people at the Waukesha, Wisconsin Christmas parade, if Brooks was held in custody for his most recent offense on a bail amount commensurate with his extensive criminal history then those innocent parade goers would be alive today.

– Sean Pritchard

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There was a time when I was just consumed with emotion. I couldn't explain to myself why - as a megalomaniac - I felt so sad, embittered, isolated, powerless, ... stuff like that. I even called my Mom to talk to her to see if she had any insight. She did. Her explanation was that I wasn't doing what I supposed to be doing, but instead I was running from it, and that was what was leaving me feeling desolate. The lesson imparted was that ambition is inversely commensurate with a person's guilt; if the trip frustrates you, it's because the world is not yet in your image.

– Link Starbureiy

added by anonymous
2 years ago

The insensitive remarks made by Jon Gruden about DeMaurice Smith are indicative of the racism that exists on many levels of professional sports, furthermore, it reveals that the journey for African Americans and other minorities in sports is riddled with irrepressible mindsets at the highest level. It is our hope that the league and team ownership will address this matter with a remedy commensurate with these painful words. This is yet another inflection point in a society fraught with cynical social blinders, absent of respect for the intellectual capacity and leadership of minorities. When will it end?

– Rod Graves

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They are playing catch-up, the early warning system for the Joe Biden.Oil administration was not commensurate with that of the Trump administration. They may not have realized how potentially consequential that OPEC meeting was.

– Helima Croft

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They are playing catch-up, the early warning system for the President Joe Biden.Until administration was not commensurate with that of the Former President Donald Trump administration. They may not have realized how potentially consequential that OPEC meeting was.

– Helima Croft

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If it's a police force, you've got to have a command structure that's commensurate with law enforcement and security, i think it's as bad as I've ever seen at any law enforcement agency anywhere. We're asking them to do extraordinary things with zero guidance.

– John Katko

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That is really worrisome and as those numbers rise, we're seeing commensurate increases in the number of hospitalizations and ICU admissions, you get to the point where you overwhelm ICUs and that's when the mortality goes up.

– Peter Hotez

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Just like rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic, this COP's fiddling of carbon accounting and negotiating of Article 6 is not commensurate to the planetary emergency we face.

– Extinction Rebellion

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Driven by concern for declining revenues amidst the falling market price of iron ore, the company took risks, increased production and turned a blind eye to dangers that ultimately claimed lives and destroyed communities, bHP was woefully negligent in its duty of care and the damages sought are entirely commensurate with the devastation the company has wrought....

– Tom Goodhead

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We've decided to go back to (iPhone prices) more commensurate with what our local prices were a year ago, in hopes of helping the sales in those areas.

– Tim Cook

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

They made real commitments to denuclearize. Each of them. And President Trump made a commitment that he would provide security assurances that were commensurate with that, those are firm commitments that the two leaders made and an understanding of the program is a piece of what will ultimately lead to our capacity to verify that full and complete denuclearization has actually taken place.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The return on investment based on the current commercial model is not really commensurate with the amount of effort you have to put into it.

– David Payne

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

In some instances we have seen punishments that do not appear to be commensurate with the seriousness of the offenses committed.

– Atul Khare

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Clearly, we were not getting coverage that was commensurate with our support among the electorate, is it a frustration? Of course it's a frustration.

– Jeff Weaver

Found on CNN
8 years ago

But violating our personal space is just simply not acceptable. What we saw in this video is just so beyond the pale it’s astonishing when you see it. Everybody in our industry saw that video and said, ‘ Okay, that’s enough. ’ There’s no way anything like this does n’t have a commensurate consequence. with this one, because the video is there for the world to see, that’s why we’re experiencing this cry for some sort of resolution.

– Barry Mano

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

However, I am reluctant to take places away from anyone; there should not be a redistribution of seats on the Executive Committee but a commensurate expansion of this body, the key is to strengthen democracy within the ‘FIFA government’. The confederations must be proportionally represented according to the number of member associations they have.

– Sepp Blatter

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is now time to take action. The individuals responsible for the criminal conspiracy revealed in today's report must be brought to justice, and must face criminal penalties commensurate with the gravity of their crimes.

– Ben Emmerson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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