Sentences with phrase «as wild wild west»

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You see that Orphan Drug Act (and a confluence of other factors as well, both regulatory and economic) helped set the stage for the Wild West marketplace we have now, in which gun - slinging drug makers can charge into town and charge whatever the heck they want for their wares.

The Wild West ended as the freedom of the road began.

Part of the SBA's congressional mandate is disbursing loans to businesses and homeowners in areas devastated by tragedy, such as where Hurricane Sandy barreled through the Northeast or in areas out West ravaged by wild fires.

That unknown legality and «a bit of a Wild West,» as it's described by John Nadolenco, editor of The Social Media Revolution, means that companies are making plenty of mistakes regularly and they may not even know it.

The cryptocurrency market is still in its «Wild West» phase as regulators try to figure out how to proceed.

Being as how the entire concept is still relatively new, much of what happens today in this arena is comparable to the Wild West.

In what it describes as «an epidemic of filth,» the site says that «unlike the bookshelves in physical stores, online bookstores appear to be a Wild West of depraved content sure to horrify every parent and book - lover.

Robinson says the gray market of ICOs is very much a «wild west» and investors and entrepreneurs should look at ICOs as a risky wager.

It is famous in American culture for its history as a frontier town of the Wild West.

And just as important, she will likely put forward a much needed and long - overdue campaign donation reform plan, to cut corporate and union donations out of the wild West that is the current campaign territory.

What does seem clear, however, is that we may have already witnessed peak ICO season as the wild west of financing makes a move towards quality control.

Bitcoin has gone in the other direction — it functions as the Wild West of the digital currency world.

Would you agree with that, and how do you view them than as an investor when it's a little bit of the Wild West at this point?

Yet corporations have generally been reluctant to embrace cryptocurrencies, due to their decentralized nature and their reputation (perhaps deserved) as inhabiting a lawless «wild west» of finance.

Though Bitcoin has been described as the financial equivalent of the Wild West, there are some things about it that make it seem rather secure and almost, dare we say, conservative.

The Vintage Beverage acquisition follows Redstone Foods» 2006 purchase of Wild West Products, a company that manufactures and distributes specialty cookies in Western - related shapes such as boots and hats.

Grown at 2,200 feet above sea level, Wild Horse Peak Mountain vineyard varietals include quality Cabs, Syrahs and Merlots that are big and bold as the wild - west names given to their vineyard blocks, like Dry Rock Gulch, Devil's Hole and Lone Boulder RiWild Horse Peak Mountain vineyard varietals include quality Cabs, Syrahs and Merlots that are big and bold as the wild - west names given to their vineyard blocks, like Dry Rock Gulch, Devil's Hole and Lone Boulder Riwild - west names given to their vineyard blocks, like Dry Rock Gulch, Devil's Hole and Lone Boulder Ridge.

From the West Coast Name: Squalli Absch (formerly known as Hendersons) Origin: Henderson Inlet, WA Claim to Fame: With wild shellfish stocks in peril, the Nisqually tribe bought this oyster operation to protect the watershed and provide food and jobs for the community.

Lunchtime favorites include starting out with Ahi tuna wontons, or the lodge's Pinnacle Poppers jalapeno and cheese dip followed by elk sloppy Joes, Idaho - raised Kobe beef burgers, and Wild West chili loaded with savory game meats and smoky spices, as well as nutrient - dense salads such as their Duck Spinach salad with homemade balsamic bruschetta and goat cheese or the Chopped Kale salad with fried chickpeas, toasted almonds, feta and pomegranate seeds all served with scratch - made vinaigrettes.

They're 17 - 21 and already 4.5 games back of the AL West leaders, the Mariners and Rangers, as well as the second wild card.

It was truly a wild Boxing Day spectacle, as West Ham United couldn't steal a win at the Vitaly Stadium, conceding to Callum Wilson late into second half stoppage time for Bournemouth to salvage a 3 - 3 draw.

Arsenal grew more purposeful in attack during the second half as West Brom's defence became increasingly robust, with Rodriguez lucky Madley did not notice his wild late tackle on Monreal.

This name originated in England and is often used as the name of characters in Wild West films.

The GOP had moved more aggressively into the new Wild West - like campaign cash environment created by federal court decisions striking down spending and fundraising restrictions as unconstitutional infringements on free speech.

Of the ten DOC facilities with the highest number of claims, eight are located on Rikers Island, which Stringer referred to as «the Wild West of corrections.»

Previous studies have shown that the common apple, Malus domestica arose from the central Asian wild apple, Malus sieversii, with contributions from crabapples along the Silk Road as it was brought west to Europe.

As the apple traveled west along the Silk Road in the hands of travelers, trees grew from dropped seeds and crossed with other wild apple varieties, including the incredibly sour European crabapple, Malus sylvestris.

As travelers journeyed east and west along the Silk Road, trading their goods and ideas, they brought with them hitchhiking apple seeds, discarded from the choicest fruit they pulled from wild trees.

Since Lockley left Britain for the «Wild West» of America, where dinosaurs once roamed in abundance, he has fostered the study of dinosaur footprints, writing several technical books such as Dinosaur Tracks (Columbia University Press, 1995; reviewed in New Scientist, 7 October 1995, p 65).

The organism then made the leap to both wild and farmed trout across the American west, causing what's known as whirling disease.

Back then, the West was still wild: The population of Taft, Montana, one of the three towns threatened by the Big Burn, consisted mostly of gamblers and prostitutes — «five for every man,» as one official noted at the time.

If aliens are going out of their way to kick up dust in the Wild West, as they do in the upcoming movie «Cowboys & Aliens,» they must be coming from somewhere.

The team selected wild ants from the main European super-colony, from another smaller one called the Catalonian super-colony which lives on the Iberian coast, the Californian super-colony and from the super-colony in west Japan, as well as another in Kobe, Japan.

Known from virtually every South and Central American country and major West Indian Islands, Wasmannia auropunctata is a nuisance for crops and agriculture and affects humans, domesticated animals, as well as wild animals like elephants and leopards.

Western in sense of old Hollywood movies with Clint Eastwood and Wild West scenes meets chic as in «elegantly and stylishly fashionable» according to my Wikipedia search of that term!

He loves camping in the wilds of Arizona and all over the west, writing novels, and debating such topics as mysticism, creativity, anarchy, and rock and roll.

As the World - Wide - Web becomes more and more like the Wild - Wild - West with the addition of new social networks such as Google + as well as the MySpace cyber face lift, it's time to pause and take a look at how we are representing or mis - respresenting ourselves in the digital worlAs the World - Wide - Web becomes more and more like the Wild - Wild - West with the addition of new social networks such as Google + as well as the MySpace cyber face lift, it's time to pause and take a look at how we are representing or mis - respresenting ourselves in the digital worlas Google + as well as the MySpace cyber face lift, it's time to pause and take a look at how we are representing or mis - respresenting ourselves in the digital worlas well as the MySpace cyber face lift, it's time to pause and take a look at how we are representing or mis - respresenting ourselves in the digital worlas the MySpace cyber face lift, it's time to pause and take a look at how we are representing or mis - respresenting ourselves in the digital world.

I swear that in time well look back on this as the fraudulent wild west era of online dating.

Well - meaning western yarn starring Costner in the title role but it's too slow - moving and uneven to digest as anything riveting regarding the Wild West.

Cleavon Little got laughs merely showing up as Blazing Saddles» black sheriff, but Will Smith's lawman James West elicited groans in the unfunny Wild Wild West TV rehash.

Audiences for «Into the Wild» will most likely end up in one of two camps: those who view Christopher McCandless — the 22 - year old who abandoned his relatively well - to - do life and «tramped» through the American West, eventually dying in the Alaskan wilderness — as a spoiled brat who overreacted to an uncomfortable family life and petulantly fled to his eventual doom; and those who may not fully understand his motivations, yet still identify with his possibly misguided decision to get away from the things of man.

As far as Westerns are concerns, I would call El Topo as one of the finest along with Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and The Wild BuncAs far as Westerns are concerns, I would call El Topo as one of the finest along with Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and The Wild Buncas Westerns are concerns, I would call El Topo as one of the finest along with Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and The Wild Buncas one of the finest along with Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and The Wild Bunch.

A sequel to «Shanghai Noon,» where the action is set in the Wild West, here 18th century London is the backdrop and paying homage to certain characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chaplin, and yes Jack The Ripper, is Chan who gets here to avenge the death of his father, who is murdered.

As Samuel traverses the Wild West with a drunkard named Parson Henry (David Zellner) and a miniature horse called Butterscotch, their once - simple journey grows treacherous, blurring the lines between hero, villain and damsel.

Born Enos Edward Canutt on November 29, 1895, in Colfax, WA, he began working on ranches while in his youth and at the age of 17 signed on as a trick rider with a Wild West show, where he ultimately won the title of Rodeo World Champion.

Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show chronicles the journey of Vince Vaughn and four stand - up comedians as they traverse the country performing in a live variety show.

The film is at least half - an - hour too long and is often as dull as Will Smith's repulsively silly Wild Wild West.

In order to leave her old life behind, she'll have to pull one last hustle: stealing her dead best friend's identity, and shipping out to the Wild West as a bride ordered by a lonely rancher.

There's a Wild West sequence that owes as much to «Son of Paleface» as anything else.

Some of the actor's best work can be caught in reruns of such»60s TV series as Perry Mason and The Wild Wild West.