Sentences with phrase «albatross of»

It's a hyper - vanity version of first - generation tech which is ostensibly intended to compete with high - end Swiss watches but likely won't appreciate in value and has the added albatross of becoming obsolete, unlike its «dumbwatch» counterparts.

So what is to be done with this albatross of an institution?

Like Homer Simpson's $ 82,000 albatross of a car — which featured extra-large cup - holders, three horns, and an engine that caused people «to think the world's coming to an end» — Resident Evil 6 is not only the most comprehensive Resident Evil game to date; this is the mea culpa fans have been demanding.

Just another money sucking albatross of the federal government!

Despite being burdened by the matrimonial albatross of five husbands, Panchaali is no man - hater, and on the contrary, finds the women in her life to be equally, if not more difficult, to appease, and above all, to trust.

Miles Roby gazes over this ruined kingdom from the Empire Grill, an opportunity of his youth that has become the albatross of his daily and future life.

Advance the conversation from what students can't do — the albatross of traditional assessments and their role in bias — to what they can and will do when we personalize the experience for each and for all, using the full throttle of adaptive, blended learning.

Then there's the albatross of the Blake Edwards / Peter Sellers films.

«I have proven to be the albatross of video games,» del Toro said, jokingly.

Even if the global community surmounted these barriers of gross inequity, and then shrugged off the albatross of rising populations, stabilising global emissions would not prevent disruption of the climate.

Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Governor Nyesom Wike will eventually turn out to be the albatross of the opposition Peoples Democratic...

Beyond the personal relationship, his alleged crimes transfigure one of Cuomo's signature initiatives, the «Buffalo Billion,» into the marquee albatross of his second term.

I had a tiny notebook I carried everywhere, a large journal I kept in my bedside table for morning pages, a legal pad with an ongoing albatross of a to - do list, a smaller legal pad for grocery list / stuff we needed....

Like most on here I would like to see Rooney left out altogether but that albatross of a contract that Moyes saddled us with has a couple more years to run.

There is the small matter of the large albatross of NCAA sanctions surrounding SEC West rival Ole Miss, which is accused of allowing multiple players to receive impermissible benefits.

Rewarding Welker with a contract based on past statistics would simply be foolish, and it would undoubtedly lead to an albatross of a contract.

Can others really not see why he is considered an albatross of a contract by the rest of the league and we couldn't move him without giving value away with him?

It is due to him, above all, that the albatross of Neoplatonism still weighs so heavily about our necks.

Without the financial albatross of excessive entitlements, we expect Asian sovereign credits to remain well - anchored.

By contrast, the poisonous locker rooms, albatrosses of aging, but still - powerful stars and unstable coaching situations that currently trouble the other two clubs in the running could also conceivably be off - putting.

Although related to the other North Pacific albatrosses, it also exhibits behavioural and morphological links to the albatrosses of the Southern Ocean.

Not exact matches

In past interviews, McKay likened Centura to an «albatross» that the bank was happy to get rid of.

It acts as an albatross around the neck of the economy and hinders growth.

Alzheimer's has long been one of the heaviest therapeutic albatrosses slung round drug developers» necks.

The devices, which at first gave Barnes & Noble a horse in the e-book race, have turned out to be an albatross for the company, with losses of almost $ 70 million in the first nine months of the fiscal year, on sales of only $ 211 million.

For one, Wall Street is applauding the pullback: Target shares rose nearly 3 % on the news and there is the sense that Target investors feel they are ridding themselves of an albatross.

While plenty of hurdles face new battery tech, the emergence of a viable and significantly better battery in the next five years could turn Tesla's $ 5 billion facility for mass producing lithium - ion batteries into a giga - albatross.

But the so - called Buffalo Billion is in danger of becoming an albatross for many involved.

By leading the effort to re-confirm him, the Corporate Democrats (but not most of their colleagues who had to face voters this autumn) removed this albatross from the Republican neck and put it around their own.

They could get headlines for being open for business — possibly winning the attention of other, smaller suitors — without actually having to go through with the kinds of ludicrous tax giveaways that could turn Amazon's HQ2 into an albatross.

From Ross Ulbricht and Charlie Shrem's convictions to hacks at MyCoin and Bitstamp (and of course the lingering Mt. Gox albatross), 2015 has kicked off with more of a crash than a bang.

For years, I wore stepmother like an albatross around my neck, allowing its weight to pull me under the dark waters of depression.

This group is our nations albatross, not because they are Christian, but because they are some of the most uninformed, intolerant, ignorant, and racist people in our country.

At the top, there's a lighthouse, a tiny church, and a modern sculpture of a stylized albatross commemorating the hundreds of ships and thousands of lives that were lost plying the surrounding perilous waters.

Asik's contract is the definition of an albatross.

They can make all the crappy moves they want and replace Suh with crap, but for a couple of years now, people have been talking about how much of an albatross Suh's contract was.

There have been a grand total of 18 albatrosses in major championship history.

Exum could end up being the next Alec Burks in a lot of ways (injuries, skillset, contract), which has turned into an albatross.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

, we don't deserve a top four finish... and we won't get it under wenger... we r a shapeless team with at least 5 players who are lucky to be in the epl let alone a club with the riches of arsenal... whatever it takes to get rid of wenger is fine with me the guy is a delusional fraud and an albatross round our proverbial neck...

«I knew it was going to be really good...» Hear what @PReedGolf made of his first ever professional albatross pic.twitter.com/BQhS8tJq 6N

Should we really be surprised that in one year in Indianapolis, he's turned himself from someone considered a contract albatross into one of the league's best two - way guards, an all - star, and the leader of a damn good team?

instead they upped his wages and he's now just an albatross around the neck of the club... Should be offered out at whatever the market will pay in the summer... Might just have to go on a free as not many clubs outside of Middle East or china would pay this guy 7 m a year for his average skill set

he is an embarrassment to the club and an albatross round its neck... will watch and hope that ozil sanchez lacazette and wilshere can bring something that makes it worthwhile spending a couple of hours in their company on a thursday night but wenger has drained real enthusiasm for the game and club

of course walcott is staying as no one will buy him unless we knock price down to 10m given his absurd wages... half whippet half albatross... good for league cup and thursday nights if he stays... which idiot upped his contract a couple of yeqars ago....

When you commit that sort of term and money to a player in the modern NHL, it's because you expect surplus value immediately by taking on what's likely to be an albatross down the road.

His arms, spread like the wings of a giant albatross, flap gently below his russet - haired head.

Albatross, the new lip gloss shade this holiday season, offers a hint of luminous sheen and looks great alone or worn over your favorite lipcolor.

One of the greatest albatross on the neck of the NDC presently is the reactionary nature of it's members and Martin Amidu has consistently worsened the situation.

It's analogous to that applied to the banks, bankers» bonuses and the commodification of risk, whereby giant financial institutions become both our saviours and our albatross, like the half full and half empty glass.