Sentences with phrase «albatrosses for»

Since then Hampton and Neagle combined were 37 - 42 through Sunday, and their contracts have become albatrosses for a team trying to rebuild.

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.

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

BuzzFeed: Americans Don't Know Anything About Romney's Religion — Yet Armed with fresh survey data and a counterintuitive thesis, a new Brookings Institution study released Wednesday makes the compelling case that Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, long pegged by pundits as a political albatross for the candidate, won't actually hurt him at the polls in November — and it could even help.

Darren Suarez, director of government affairs for the state Business Council, said the Canal Corp. could be «an albatross for NYPA.»

Cutting Medicaid spending, which had ballooned over the previous decade to more than $ 50 billion a year, was an albatross for both former Governor Eliot Spitzer and George Pataki.

The tax law has typically been portrayed as an albatross for New York by the governor.

He held the line against David Cameron at question time on Wednesday, but his MPs know, and he knows they know, that he is an electoral albatross for Labour now.

Politically, the issue of the Moreland Commission was an albatross for Cuomo during his 2014 re-election campaign, with both Zephyr Teachout and Rob Astorino making it the foundation of their criticism about Cuomo's heavy - handed approach to government and questionable commitment to reforms.

Morita's work in The Karate Kid is iconographic — the character functions like any number of old Asian man archetypes from martial arts cinema, but, transplanted to American pop (his arrival softened by Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back), Miyagi becomes something like an albatross for Asians in modern Western culture not for its incompetence, but for its tonal perfection.

Unfortunately, the albatross for this production comes from the botched ending, which may give some closure to the tale but feels extremely abrupt and unsatisfying for all of the investment that we have put into the story up until that point.

However, Bing has been a financial albatross for Microsoft.

The 4G version of the tablet also became somewhat of an albatross for T - Mobile as it could not move enough units to justify further support, which led both Dell and T - Mobile to essentially abandon it while Dell continued to support the Wi - Fi version with updates.

It's clear that they are beyond argument, and in any case are a political albatross for the government and for the right in general.

The real question here is how such beliefs can maintain a hold, long after the corporate push behind them has evaporated and at a time when they are so obviously a political albatross for the Howard government and for the political right as a whole.

Not exact matches

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 if the economy doesn't take off or if we hit some other snag, it won't be hard for Democrats to make this thing into an albatross.

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.

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

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.

While I am not against Ghost - Hagg (I advocated for it earlier in the season), I don't think hanging the albatross on Prov is very fair... and keeping Manning in the lineup is just absurd.

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

Really since the last great albatross deal for Nielsen, KH done pretty well.

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

We stripped cap space albatrosses, set ourselves up for massive cap in 2019, accumulated draft capital, moved up in the draft, and made the playoffs while providing a visibly different football product than in prior years.

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....

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....

Nick Clegg denied claims from London mayor Boris Johnson that he is a «big yellow albatross» and a «lapdog» for David Cameron.

Talking on his weekly LBC radio phone - in show, Nick Clegg denied claims from London mayor Boris Johnson that he is a «big yellow albatross» and a «lapdog» for David Cameron.

She has been a financial albatross around his neck for years.

Mr. Mychajliw called the county payments for Medicaid «an albatross,» pointing out that this year, 82 percent of the county's tax levy will go toward Medicaid.

Represented by his deputy, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, the governor said the forum should be an opportunity for Nigerians to remove the «albatross which the present position in the constitution of Nigerian constitutes on the country.»

Modern birds have several flying styles: They can soar on thermals like hawks and albatrosses, glide and flap like storks, or explode from the ground like pheasants and roadrunners, flapping their wings to become airborne for a few hundred meters before landing.

For decades, fragmentary fossils had hinted that extinct birds once had wingspans of 6 metres, more than twice that of the wandering albatross, which now holds the record.

TRANSMITTERS attached to the backs of albatrosses have pinpointed the places where the great birds go fishing — and found that they choose the same spots as rogue fishing fleets hunting for tuna and other valuable fish.

«Fathers do matter» for the wandering albatross.»

This is bad news for a bird that appears on the World Conservation Union's threatened species list, because albatrosses that tangle with a fishing boat's lines are invariably drowned.

«In other words «Fathers Matter» where the wandering albatross is concerned and this may be of importance also for the conservation of this species.»

Albatrosses fly fast for huge distances, barely flapping a wing.

The albatross's ability to fly for thousands of kilometres over oceans with barely a flap of its wings has inspired the concept of a diminutive, ship - launched spotter plane that flies great distances by employing some of the bird's lift - generating techniques.

THE wandering albatross, long a sign of good luck and source of superstition for sailors, could become a latter - day boon to them as the inspiration for a low - energy scouting aircraft.

Stuart Leslie suggests that infidelity may be normal for humans, as it is for albatrosses (18 August, p 33).

It is an excellent example of the value of long - term demographic studies for long - lived species such as albatrosses,» according to Oregon State University's Robert Suryan, a seabird ecologist who was not involved in the study.

Understanding population dynamics is crucial for the conservation of long - lived species like albatrosses, but collecting data on albatrosses before they reach adulthood and begin to breed is challenging.

Conversely, a four - year study in Hawaii found that 31 percent of Laysan albatross pairs there consist of two females; one such couple has been observed together for 19 years.

Because it takes three years to form a new pair - bond, and it is almost impossible to raise a chick alone, it's a bad idea for wandering albatrosses to «divorce» in those circumstances.

Albatrosses mate for life, but it takes three years for the bond to form.

For comparison, the wandering albatross has a larger wingspan, but only the biggest reach even 16 kg.