Sentences with phrase «as a cautionary tale for»

But its latest marketing initiative, an ill - conceived promotional contest entitled «My Ultimate Bucket List,» should serve as a cautionary tale for companies looking to steer through a PR catastrophe.

The data seems to serve as a cautionary tale for publishers that have hitched their wagon to Facebook, only to get hit when the social giant's traffic firehose slows to a trickle.

And their drawn - out feud serves as a cautionary tale for both cash - strapped governments flirting with default and the combative speculators looking to fight them in court.

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.

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

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.

These stories have served as a cautionary tale for me, and I am sick of the hype surrounding how we feed our babies and the outright hubris of some people who have not had these experiences.

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.

As litigation involving the misuse of technology by students and teachers in the US continues to grow, this article relies on examples of American litigation to serve as a cautionary tale for Australian educational leaders and governing boards as they work to develop acceptable use policies (AUPs) to regulate computer use by students and teachers.

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.

What follows is a fun and candid skit that serves as a cautionary tale for educators preparing to receive student feedback.

These findings serve as a cautionary tale for the capacity of the accountability provisions embedded in the recent reauthorization of NCLB, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), to meaningfully improve student and school outcomes.

And it serves as a cautionary tale for younger people who are not saving enough for their own retirement.

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.

I am writing this blog as a cautionary tale for all pet owners out there.

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.

I hope that it can serve as a cautionary tale for the industry: we want games that focus on the things that games do best, not ones that try to emulate the style of other media.

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-...]

The city's dark past has been described as a cautionary tale for cities lacking environmental control.

A recent Court of Appeal decision serves as a cautionary tale for local planning authorities — and will no doubt result in landowners dusting down their historic permissions...

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.

A case heard in May 2009 in the Central London County Court, Jacklin v Fraser Property Management Ltd, T / a Martin and Co (Bedford), serves as a cautionary tale for agents and tenants.

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The Streisand Effect, named for its namesake Barbra and an ill - fated lawsuit, should serve as a cautionary tale about bad press.

Venice has become a beautiful cautionary tale, a city that is more theme park than home, as local grocery stores and butchers are pushed out for yet more hotels and boutiques aimed at well - heeled tourists.

Part of the problem for vodka is a potential cautionary tale for whiskey: flavors aren't as popular as they once were.

Its descent into chaos should serve as just the latest cautionary tale to other countries that are willing to risk stability and prosperity for even more socialism.

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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.

Bob, your inability to express disagreement in civil language speaks further of your panic and desperation in the darkness, being unable to see your own hypocrisy, and is a shining example of a hardened heart and a cautionary tale for all who are not yet as far along your stumbling path to see.

As is the case with jeremiads, The Decline and Fall of the Catholic Church in America sometimes exaggerates and distorts, but it is, all in all, a cautionary tale that should be heeded by bishops, priests, theologians, and lay leaders responsible for the future of Catholicism in America.

Cautionary tale: We debated coating the muffin tin with butter as called for in the recipe vs using paper cupcake liners.

After all, lightning rarely strikes twice, as the old saying goes, and Leeds are a glaringly obvious cautionary tale illustrating that fallen giants can endure protracted exiles from the top flight due to precisely the combination of on - field failure and off - field folly and mismanagement for which our club has become renowned.

Or the survey for astronomy might continue on schedule without knowing whether Webb will be successful, particularly if it treats the troubled telescopes as first and foremost a cautionary tale against similarly ambitious future missions.

Rochelle Sturtevant, an ecologist who studies the Great Lakes for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, hopes Leprieur's study can serve as a cautionary tale as developing nations join the global market and undertake activities that threaten to introduce exotic species into their relatively pristine ecosystems.

Bermudez, who speaks in America and abroad about the power of persistence and the need for justice reform, calls his story «a cautionary tale against this happening to others as a public safety problem that allows true perpetrators to escape punishment while families are ripped apart.»

Her weekly blog entries offer cautionary tales and inspiring stories of success, as well as tips for interacting online.

Although meant purely as entertainment, it does provide a memorable cautionary tale for husbands with wandering eyes.

The only time «bloodsuckers» are ever mentioned is in the picture's opening scene, at that referring to a mosquito; if not for a few genuinely effective scenes of bloodletting, Near Dark would serve perfectly as a cautionary drug tale of a small - town boy pulled into a nocturnal cycle of angry fixes and naked lunches.

A cartoonist, novelist and screenwriter, Alex Garland, who's most commonly known for writing films such as The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go, and Dredd, has now made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a sci - fi cautionary tale that challenges viewers with a variety of existential questions in regards to artificial intelligence.

Perhaps the fate of Patti Cake $, which Fox Searchlight Pictures bought out of the festival last year for $ 9.5 million and made $ 1.5 at the box office, served as a kind of cautionary tale.

But for those who believe that higher - education improvement is more likely to result from the efforts of educators, communities, and entrepreneurs than from the dictates of officials in Washington, NCLB's legacy should serve as a cautionary tale.

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I've chosen this one as a cautionary tale — the poor students who made this «Gangnam Style» parody for a class project have had their video universally heralded as the «Worst Video on the Entire Internet.»

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Hagen also offered this cautionary tale: As one interview for a principalship was coming to a close, the HR person presented an analogy that compared the school to a moving train.

While Baltimore provides a cautionary tale for urban district leaders implementing the portfolio strategy, it should not be seen as the death knell for reform within a traditional school system.

LOUISE DOYLE, a further education consultant and director of quality assurance experts MESMA, has a cautionary tale for employer providers delivering apprenticeships under government funded arrangements, who only see self - assessment as a paper exercise.

But while there is much room for optimism, Calhoun County also serves as a cautionary tale.

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.

And though a Newark story, «The Prize» is just as much a cautionary tale for places like North Carolina, where decision - makers are dismantling public education in a seemingly short - sighted fashion.