Sentences with phrase «as a tack in»

«Mr. Horwitz may be sharp as a tack in criminal court, but he's dumb as a doornail evidently when it comes to issues of free speech, which he has admitted to trying to regulate.

Not exact matches

It is scaling down its holdings in Brazil as it takes a new tack in India, attempting to gain a majority position in the online retailer Flipkart.

It was a brash move for an exploration and production firm to tack on a high - end jewel retail arm, but it made perfect sense to the pragmatic Gannicott, who liked the efficiencies of operating in what he described then as «the two bookends of the diamond pipeline: mining and retail,» and who also saw the brand's prestige as having great potential in such emerging luxury markets as China.

Smooth operators come across as being in control, confident, sharp as a tack, fully knowledgeable, highly experienced and ready to take over the reins with no identifiable inadequacies or problems.

«In some states, the courts will agree to tack on prior years of cohabitating... so it's viewed as a longer - term marriage than the legal date,» Kauffman said.

The memo points out that, in the past, State Department - led «bureaucrats cut off U.S. military aid to the police in Colombia as the GOP Congress fought to save Colombia from the FARC terrorist threat, while simultaneously tacking the drug threat.»

«Though my cousin is still sharp as a tack at 110 - years - old, it's been getting harder and harder for him to care for himself,» Volma Overton said in a statement.

In Rooney's experience, a qualified resume combined with an array of bonus skills can tack on as much as $ 20,000 - $ 40,000 more to a starting salary.

That tack paid off as the advent of big natural - foods chains turned out to benefit — not harm — even tiny players in the $ 48 - billion nutrition industry.

In recent months, as the problems became more evident, Thompson took the tack of trying everything all at once.

In a reversal of Tuesday's performance, the small - cap Russell 2000 led the move higher, as it tacked on 1.1 %.

Moreover, in Europe, Italy's new Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has taken a different tack than his French neighbors by acknowledging that sustainable growth does not come from government spending programs but rather from policies such as labor market flexibility, job training and simplification of Italy's archaic civil justice system.

And in that tack of semantics, of loving God above all things, of obeying him and blindly doing his will, we will continue to discriminate and to fight holy wars and to hear men with two faces tell us that they are His middlemen and to pander for politicians and to condemn science, which is merely the study of His design, as we have for centuries.

But this new goal, coming «to share in the divine nature», is not tacked on to the end of our earthly existence as an afterthought; rather, this new goal changes the whole trajectory of our earthly lives.

This tack has been quite effective in working with pagans, wiccans, and several people who have joined some questionable new age groups... like the mother of a friend who after years as a pentacostal became a scientologist... were still working on that one... time to go to bed.

Or I could have taken a more autobiographical tack, relating some of my own teenage experiences as a preacher's son in the 1950s.

This doesn't mean that we tack on «in Jesus» name, Amen» to the end of every prayer, but rather, that we pray for the things Jesus would pray for, as if He were the one praying.

A third trend in the postliberal school takes a very different tack, arguing that postliberal theology as a whole is overly preoccupied with epistemological debates and is too much focused on conserving tradition.

I think we agree on the fact that it is by faith that all are saved i have no problem with that and its in that that there is unity.You find within any christian modern church law can be mixed with Grace that is not peculiar to any domination maybe it is more extreme in some.Where there are believers there are works of the flesh such as pride and self reliance.I was thinking today the word says if we believe in our hearts and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord then you shall be saved.Its not a hard doctrine to believe thats in its basic form.The seventh day have tacked on to that belief adherence to the sabbath that is sadly how denominations spring up.In the anglican church we still recite the apostles creed how many church still do that today as a basis for there faith in Jesus Christ.Your statement that some are saved is just as true to those who go to modern christian churchs who say they are christian but walk according to the flesh..

In the immediate aftermath of the «war to end all wars,» Wilsonian idealism was displaced by the «normalcy» of Warren G. Harding and the rise of a strong isolationist current in American politics» a tide of public opinion so formidable that even as strong and crafty a president as Franklin Delano Roosevelt was compelled to tack carefully across it, even as he prepared the United States for its inevitable entry into World War IIn the immediate aftermath of the «war to end all wars,» Wilsonian idealism was displaced by the «normalcy» of Warren G. Harding and the rise of a strong isolationist current in American politics» a tide of public opinion so formidable that even as strong and crafty a president as Franklin Delano Roosevelt was compelled to tack carefully across it, even as he prepared the United States for its inevitable entry into World War Iin American politics» a tide of public opinion so formidable that even as strong and crafty a president as Franklin Delano Roosevelt was compelled to tack carefully across it, even as he prepared the United States for its inevitable entry into World War II.

That's why people tack labels onto Historical fig - ures, like calling Washington a «Born Again Christian» as Limbaugh does, in order to misrepresent those peoples views as supporting what the people of today think.

Apologies are made, hidden in the face - saving rhetoric of diplomacy, and then the reply comes, possibly as a gloat, but carrying within it the willingness to let the other begin a new tack.

When such issues are treated only in the opening and closing sections of a course, students tend to look on them as addenda «tacked on» to the main body of subject matter.

Judaism shows the same divisions, with Orthodox Jews huddled in self «created ghettos and rejecting much (though not all) of the modern world, while Reform and secular Jews follow the same tack as liberal Protestantism, embracing secularity.

And it's not as if that message is tacked onto the movie in an arbitrary way; it's really placed at the core of the story, and it bleeds through every scene, almost to the point of overkill.

But if you want to get down to the brass tacks of it, as a Christian one does already have the answer to this, in general at least.

It is a shame that The Once and Future King has again been reprinted minus White's intended final volume, The Book of Merlyn, first published posthumously in 1977, which should at least be tacked on as an appendix.

Perfect, the term, is elusive and, frankly, doesn't exist in nature, unless one takes the tack of the old est guru Werner Erhard of the 70s and 80s who felt that perfection is «as it is» (and I paraphrase); in other words, a perfect hummus can sit right beside another... made entirely differently (in this case, say, without peeling chickpeas for 9 minutes).

It would not surprise me that their official version of this biscuit was more like hard - tack, as they did have to use it for rations in a war - zone closer to Hell than almost any other, and supply lines which mostly were inoperable.

In December 2016, in a case where (as with the detergent) Bella Vista could've walked away with a relatively meaningless fine and a slap on the wrist, the Fresh Food People changed tack, staring down Sims over unconscionable conduct chargeIn December 2016, in a case where (as with the detergent) Bella Vista could've walked away with a relatively meaningless fine and a slap on the wrist, the Fresh Food People changed tack, staring down Sims over unconscionable conduct chargein a case where (as with the detergent) Bella Vista could've walked away with a relatively meaningless fine and a slap on the wrist, the Fresh Food People changed tack, staring down Sims over unconscionable conduct charges.

if you can eat wheat, you can make hard tack without even making a recipe, just mix the ingredients til you have a heavy dough, roll out and place on a cookie sheet and score just as she did in the recipe above, bake on low (about 250 til hard, no soft ness but not to brown or burned.

So much has changed since that fateful day, including the chances of Papelbon getting dealt: it turns out that the vesting option tacked on to the end of the deal is a problem for Milwaukee, and maybe everyone else in the league as well.

That killer tacked he did to Coster to stop him advancing on Cech, can be better deployed in our Ucl home game against Barca as a 2nd DMF to pair Coquelin against the Argentinian hit man, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez to curtail their exuberance exceses towards Cech.

The goal from Hummels was the 70th home goal for the Bundesliga giants in all competitions this season — tacking on to their mark as the highest - scoring team in any top - five European league.

In Halasian argot, people of all ages really do hail from all walks of life; America, a football hotbed, is that part of God's green earth which stretches from coast to coast; one's heart goes out to the less fortunate; athletics formulate character, as they have produced the stars of yesteryear, and have also given us the stars of today (the Bears themselves are coming of age under Finks, who is as sharp as a tack).

the likes of neista David Silva our own ozil they don't defend but rather tack back to slot in the defensive line for the real defenders to do their job.have u all take note that ozil don't normally jump for headers in the heart of the midfield.so all I'm saying is if Chamberlain do nt want to defend yo make that position his then he should trying playing in the attacking position as he did excel there when he was played against Bayern last year or he is out from arsenal.

«Not because last time we wrestled Chuck put me through hundreds of drawing pins [known in America as thumb tacks], but because Chuck represents the new talent coming in to ROH.

Body By Solomos regained the lead in 3rd as they went up 5 - 3 and then tacked on another couple in the 4th.

I hope this full group is back in tack next year as I think they got a lot better as time went on and next year that learning curve would be less steep..

As fans we want better but I think our poor showing comes from using arteta as a sole def mid his tacking isn't good enough for that but his possession and passing stats mean he could still be a useful squad player.i would also keep flamini with that in mind whilst going out for a dm to starAs fans we want better but I think our poor showing comes from using arteta as a sole def mid his tacking isn't good enough for that but his possession and passing stats mean he could still be a useful squad player.i would also keep flamini with that in mind whilst going out for a dm to staras a sole def mid his tacking isn't good enough for that but his possession and passing stats mean he could still be a useful squad player.i would also keep flamini with that in mind whilst going out for a dm to start.

Two morningsbefore the Santa Anita Derby, Dan popped a tape into a VCR in his tack room andnarrated as his dad and uncle performed their magic on an old TV show.

They could work as art pieces by themselves with nothing tacked up to them, especially to show off the kind of intricate, pretty or vintage fabrics that we all have in our collection but don't know what to do with... Thanks for the inspiration Vicky and Jennifer!

In fact, I loved it so much that I tacked on the «forever,» as I've continued to replace it every time it wears out.

The former defence secretary, now viewed as a standard - bearer for right - wing Tories within the parliamentary party, will use a speech to business leaders in Birmingham to make the case for a change of tack, the Guardian reports.

Some people have suggested Cuomo is tacking left as he seeks a third term and wants to flaunt his liberal credentials should he run for president in 2020.

Stabilisation of the national policy was, in turn, regarded as the main pre-requisite for tacking the challenges of extremism and insurgency.

David Cameron looks set to face a fight with senior Liberal Democrats as he tacked further right in response to England's riots.

BY ANDY HUMM New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, up for re-election next year and among those mentioned as a possible Democratic nominee for president in 2020 despite his protestations to the contrary, opened 2017 by tacking left on some issues.

But Cuomo took what one insider described as a «different tack» with Grasso and Langone in his role as then — attorney general in 2007.

And, as he changed tack halfway through: «He knows he's in a total mess on his sentencing policy.