One has to avoid the prospect that we end up with the
least common denominator on issues such as transparency and disclosure.
Roger's view of saccharine,
least common denominator friendliness.
We want to see a strong EU with a coherent position, including on its Russia policy, provided that the position is not the
least common denominator of the EU27 and provided that it is not focussed on a negative agenda, eg how to constrain or rebuff Russia.
To determine the
least common denominator, multiply the two denominators by each other.
Seven students of the 81 who ordered the fractions correctly used a
least common denominator, while the rest of the students relied upon their intuition.
As they work with this program, kids learn about fractions and finding the
least common denominator.
We're not looking for a
least common denominator," or anything that could possibly hurt the value and prestige of membership.
Cuomo, on the other hand, argues that government officials should restrict themselves to moral arguments and to policies that are based either on societal consensus, or on a kind of
least common denominator natural law, accepted by all relevant religious communities.
In designing a system of any type, where there is a range of requirements that need to be met to satisfy a number of diverse customers, it always helps to start at the
least common denominator and then add where necessary to satisfy the more demanding requirements.
"It pandered to the
least common denominator," he says.
I think that's very important in a culture that's moving as fast as it can toward a kind of
least common denominator of values and aesthetics.