just-so

This moment marked a difference for me between La Bague de Kenza and the boulangeries: when I managed to pronounce everything just-so in French, there was no acknowledgment on the part of the women who worked in the boulangeries.

Five Stops on Line 2, Ch 1: Qalb elouz Jennifer Solheim 2011

He exposes the just-so teleology of many such arguments: In terms of mere survival, he suggests in one provocative example, there is no biological reason for preferring the consciousness of humans to the unconscious life of, say, a butterfly.

In Brief: Science Gerald Russello 2012

We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community of unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to naturalism ... for we cannot allow a Divine foot in the door.

A Reasonable Argument for God's Existence 2011

This moment marked a difference for me between La Bague de Kenza and the boulangeries: when I managed to pronounce everything just-so in French, there was no acknowledgment on the part of the women who worked in the boulangeries.

Five Stops on Line 2, Ch 1: Qalb elouz Jennifer Solheim 2011

And once again we see that no matter what is observed, there is a Darwinian adaptationist just-so story told by those oblivious to the teleological nature of their own stories.

February 25th, 2009 m_francis 2009

Many colonies have in recent years attempted to find the right degree of connectivity — to create a just-so Internet experience.

Retreats Surrender to Wi-Fi Steven Kurutz 2010

So if you had him on the couch -- with the tasteful plants in every corner and the diplomas on the wall, with the pillows arranged just-so and the tissue box nearby -- would you find yourself saying something that sounded approximately like this?

Rick Horowitz: Obama: No More Mr. Nice Guy? Rick Horowitz 2011

So if you had him on the couch -- with the tasteful plants in every corner and the diplomas on the wall, with the pillows arranged just-so and the tissue box nearby -- would you find yourself saying something that sounded approximately like this?

Rick Horowitz: Obama: No More Mr. Nice Guy? Rick Horowitz 2011

Ms. Unterman says the Grill makes the fries just-so crisp by blanching them in oil before frying them.

Hayes Street Grill 2011

The diversity of food laws across areas where similar health problems could arise, combined with the fact that basically all food is dangerous, have driven the historical and anthropological concensus that explaining various food laws requires far more than some just-so stories about health in the ancient world.

Matthew Yglesias » Avigdor Lieberman Boosted By Pro-Pork Backlash 2009