Sentences with phrase «as a cautionary tale on»

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.

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As it turns out, however, the company was operating on a foundation of lies and half - truths that have caused the one - time Silicon Valley darling to become a cautionary tale.

We've always been told to be careful about what we post on the Internet, with cautionary tales stretching as far back as the «Numa Numa Guy.»

But she apparently missed all the cautionary tales of abuse heaped on beauty brands such as SheaMoisture, Dove, L'Oreal's Elvive and more in social media the past year over slights against women of color — either real or highly enhanced by the outrage machine.

Not long ago he shared a cautionary tale from the work of Chuck Brodsky, whose 2002 album The Baseball Ballads includes the story of Fred (Bonehead) Merkle, who cost the 1908 Giants a chance to win the pennant when as a base runner he failed to tag second base on what would have been a walk - off single.

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.

Although the Eloi - Morlock relationship was clearly meant to serve as a cautionary tale of the horrors of class distinction, Wells imagined a biological phenomenon remarkably similar to what scientists like Pfennig and his colleagues are working on today.

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.

A far as you're concerned, getting scammed is something that happens to other people in the cautionary tales told on the local news.

It's a cautionary tale of collective malpractice and personal greed all converging at a moment which helped set about the global economic downturn, and the production design (by regular Wong Kar - wai collaborator William Chang) opts to remove all walls from the aesthetic equation as a way to emphasise that, even though it's a culture which thrives on secrets and subterfuge, there really is nowhere to hide your dirty laundry.

It's a cautionary tale with a riveting performance by Dern and - get this - a prog - folk soundtrack by Joan Baez that acts as a kind of musical chorus to the events on screen.

Gareth Edwards» take on the classic movie monster joins Noah and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as yet another cautionary «anti-humanist» tale

Perhaps no other show on the air has experienced such whiplash - inducing extremes of praise and criticism as «Homeland,» a program that's become a cautionary tale about the dangers of creating ambitious television in an era of relentless scrutiny and ever - increasing expectations.

Perhaps no other show on the air has experienced such whiplash - inducing extremes of praise and criticism as «Homeland,» a program that's become a cautionary tale about the dangers of creating ambitious television in an era of relentless scrutiny and...

Considering its premise of choice, Geostorm could have been an important and a compelling cautionary tale on the impacts of climate change on the world and humanity as a whole.

For teenagers to work on in workshops or as a one act performance piece THIS OPTION DOES NOT INCLUDE A PERFORMING LICENCE but DOES include a licence to photocopy These are: Dark, twisted cautionary tales With diverse and strange characters They require a very versatile set and costumes Also a lot of physical theatre / comedy Very challenging and demanding for a ensemble company Mask work Four somewhat dark and slightly twisted sketches (can be bought separately as sketches as well) linked together to provide four cautionary tales in a one act storytelling experience.

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.»

A sample of the script for FREE For teenagers to work on in workshops or as a one act performance piece These are: Dark, twisted cautionary tales With diverse and strange characters They require a very versatile set and costumes Also a lot of physical theatre / comedy Very challenging and demanding for a ensemble company Mask work Four somewhat dark and slightly twisted sketches (can be bought separately as sketches as well) linked together to provide four cautionary tales in a one act storytelling experience.

It's also a cautionary tale regarding charter - school authorizing, particularly when done on a large scale, and will inevitably be used by school - choice foes in the U.S. as evidence in support of their scary predictions that chartering will lead to «witchcraft schools» and such.

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 teacherAs 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 teacheras 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 teacheras they work to develop acceptable use policies (AUPs) to regulate computer use by students and teachers.

As I noted in the comments on Mick's site, you don't have to choose sides to see his post as a series of cautionary taleAs I noted in the comments on Mick's site, you don't have to choose sides to see his post as a series of cautionary taleas a series of cautionary tales.

The information contained in your credit report can serve as a cautionary tale about your past spending habits, and as motivation for getting your finances back on track.

In this week's roundup, we look at the actions that landed another Canadian discount broker in the IIROC penalty box, a report by TD on Canadian investors as well as a review of the chatter on stock forums about brokerages and some useful cautionary investing tales.

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.

EM: Instead of keeping the project a fairly guarded secret like many larger developers, you share a great deal of information regarding your progress and personal journey through Twitter; as you've progressed through development, how have your views on engaging through social media and putting out content / sneak peaks in this way changed, and as content will undoubtedly change by the time you reach the point of release, do you have any cautionary tales to share?

If that means 8 - foot long snakes in the toilet, maybe they can serve as a cautionary tale and we can start thinking twice about ravishing every last wild place left on the planet.

As mentioned above, the case is a cautionary tale for employers who wish to limit their liability on termination.

In this MoFo blog, there are plenty of cautionary tales, but also advice on how to ethically handle social media as an individual or business owner.

The case may serve as a cautionary tale of what can go wrong for separated or divorced parents who plan to take their children in or out of the country on holidays this summer.

There might not be one single explanation for Bitcoin Cash's controversial pop on Tuesday, but the situation serves as yet another cautionary tale of the unique chaos of cryptocurrency, a financial realm where the rules are being written as they're broken.

While Middle - earth: Shadow of War mostly escaped the intense scrutiny and anger directed at two of 2017's biggest loot box / microtransaction cautionary tales, those being the much - maligned Destiny 2 and the even - more - widely - detested Star Wars: Battlefront II, the game was nonetheless «review bombed» on platforms such as Steam and Metacritic by gamers who were unhappy about Middle - earth: Shadow of War's monetization system, and it thus went on to become a popular example among pundits of the dangers behind poor implementation of microtransactions and loot box economies in triple - A video game releases.

I took these as cautionary tales and set my own intention to be fully focused on that important day.