Sentences with phrase «as a cautionary tale»

So while my story can serve as a cautionary tale for what not to do when volunteering with a rescue, it's not meant to dissuade anyone from getting involved in such a rewarding and worthwhile effort.

However, the problems at SNC - Lavalin have likely served as a cautionary tale for other large companies — especially those with operations in multiple countries, about the need to be able to conduct cross-border internal investigations that are effective and independent.

When reform leaders point to New York now, it serves as a cautionary tale about how sweeping reforms can dissipate seemingly overnight.

Econo - metrics: The July trade report also serves as a cautionary tale of what life could be like without NAFTA, as exports to the U.S. and Mexico suffered significantly

Rather than a model for voucher expansion, the Indiana program should be seen as a cautionary tale for policymakers seeking to strengthen the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of the nation's educational system.

It would be a shame, however, if my story were to be used as a cautionary tale.

The Trumbo star cuts loose about why the case of the Hollywood Ten should be viewed as a cautionary tale.

A person has to evenly split their time between, house, career, and family, and The Paper works best as cautionary tale about finding that balance in one's life.

Report co-author Ross McKitrick, an economics professor at the University of Guelph, said the findings should act as a cautionary tale for Alberta -LSB-...]

Marking the first time in recent memory that a non-Adam Sandler actor has undermined not only the quality but also the watchability of an entire film with a surplus of vaudevillian tics and freakish affectations, Corky Romano can't be viewed as a comedy, though it can be taken as a cautionary tale to comedians to try less hard, and to audiences not to assume that a lively cameo in an otherwise dreadful film (i.e., Monkeybone) is an indicator of future success.

It is Card's depiction of how a society slips into civil war, presented as a cautionary tale for an America polarized by ideology.

As far as cautionary tales go, The Lazarus Effect is pretty good stuff overall and effectively rises above its mild approach to deliver a thoughtful and intense horror experience that I had a lot of fun with despite all its flaws.

The following post was written by Dr. Jennifer Boyle with contributions from Dr. Lauren Kloer: I am writing this blog as a cautionary tale for all pet owners out there.

Using this story as a cautionary tale, Keating suggests options for revamping the prize, including shifting its focus to serendipitous discoveries and giving it to groups of scientists.

Even today, I would argue that it should be viewed more as a cautionary tale than as a true failure.

Suddenly, a book about pigs taking over a farm begins to serve as a cautionary tale on how political dogma can be turned into malleable propaganda.

Facebook can serve as a cautionary tale in this regard.

The two are exceptionally well cast, but they can't save an unfocused jumble of a movie that doubles as a cautionary tale about the importance of film editing.

The case thus stands as a cautionary tale for employers who may wish to structure the termination of their employee's employment in a way other than a standard dismissal.

The book is intended as a cautionary tale about the perils of acquiescing to an authoritarian state.

For educators and education policymakers Cohen's lengthy misadventure should be read as a cautionary tale: If anything, the controversy about Moynihan's 40 - year - old report — and the subsequent «comeback» — is less a story about political correctness than it is about intellectual lethargy.

But it's also nothing to be commended as a model for others, except as a cautionary tale about the effects of surrendering to the spirit of the age.

And while it seems this isn't such a big deal, this moment can work as a cautionary tale for the rest of the season.

Vicky Abeles, the mother of three kids who were scorched by the heat of extreme academic competition, framed her film as a cautionary tale.

You probably learned something which will guide future endeavors or which you can teach others as a cautionary tale.

I think some teams also want to use Kaepernick as a cautionary tale to stop other players in the future from doing what he did.»

Remember the Theranos saga as a cautionary tale.

(Sheridan points to a software bug that caused Knight Capital's crippling $ 440 million trading loss as a cautionary tale.)

Since the 2012 election, Mr. Bloomberg has repeatedly mused at private events about Mitt Romney's presidential campaign as a cautionary tale for candidates from the business world.

As the digital wave continues to sweep across the fashion industry, other players should see the current plight of H&M as a cautionary tale.

But what could now hurt Benchmark's business is a new fear factor that has gripped a young class of entrepreneurs, who perhaps see Kalanick's ouster as a cautionary tale for their own companies down the road.

And they recorded it in the Torah [Bible] as a cautionary tale, instead of trying to hide it.

From where I sit, there's an obvious thread uniting all of Seal's ethical dilemmas to prove a simple point about moral relativism as a cautionary tale.

Easter is coming soon, so we figured now would be a good time to post this classic video as a cautionary tale about the dangers of using pyrotechnics at church.

He's best understood today as a cautionary tale, a hedge against the hope that arrived when Saints owner Tom Benson bought the team mainly to ensure their continued existence.

My colleaugue Burt Edwards sees the Lieberman / Lamont blog controversy as a cautionary tale for political commentators and communicators — bloggers and media relations folks alike.

Bharara was in Kentucky, where he addressed lawmakers there at an ethics forum, using the events of New York's corruption wave as a cautionary tale.

Cuomo pointed to the Dallas case as a cautionary tale — in which a man who was apparently exposed to Ebola in Liberia was allowed to fly to Texas.

Pointing to Health Republic as a cautionary tale, insurance officials charge that the prior approval process is arbitrary, subject to political manipulation, and unnecessary in the state's competitive insurance market.

I bring up Willowbrook as a cautionary tale.

Leshner cites American agricultural R&D as a cautionary tale: In the past decade, U.S. funding of agricultural science has fallen by 26 %, while India, China, and Brazil each increased their spending.

Physiologist Thomas Roberts of Brown University describes the new results as a cautionary tale.

I think just about everybody has something valuable to teach me... even if it's just as a cautionary tale.

Both investors and brands are looking at the mistakes Nasty Gal made as a cautionary tale.

Once upon a time, a movie about the Pentagon Papers could have been framed as a cautionary tale, but now it only makes sense as an unabashed crowdpleaser.

The Simpsons leads the pack as a cautionary tale of a hollow, rotten, putrid, pulp of an idea that was once the centerpiece of a generation of comedy.

Once again, the series» relevance is clear as a cautionary tale, but some of the scripting can be ham - fisted in that regard.