Sentences with phrase «as stacking the deck»

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The demand for futuristic, innovative brands is as high as the deck seemingly stacked against you when you attempt to upset the status quo.

As entrepreneurs we can often feel like the deck is stacked against us when it comes to the digital world.

But what I liked best about the book is how it engages with what I see as one of the most important and difficult social - policy questions of our time: How do we unstack the deck and, at the same time, get people to take ownership over improving their own lives and communities even when they reasonably believe that the deck is stacked against them?

They often criticize immigration policies and a «globalist» agenda as examples of how the deck is stacked in favor of outsiders instead of «real Americans.»

As creationists often do when trying to attack evolution, they stack the deck by raising a bunch of questions evolution makes no attempt to answer.

It seems to me that Ford as well as his colleagues hands human freedom a stacked deck, more stacked than experience indicates.

As usual the deck wasn't stacked in Vegas» favor.

It's extremely hard to stick in the NBA as a microwave - type scorer, and the deck may be stacked against him in that regard.

Physically, the deck is stacked against him as he lacks ideal length for his position and struggles to keep up with quicker and stronger wings.

I see this as the same thing — let's stack the deck in favor of breastfeeding.

The ad was announced in an email that doubles as a fundraising pitch signed by Pataki, who says: «Now is the time for us to take the initiative and present a proactive agenda that addresses, head on, Americans» perception that the deck is stacked in favor of the rich and powerful.»

Democrats, along with several civil rights groups, attacked the now - adopted district lines as unfairly stacking the deck against Democrats in downstate communities and said they split apart a predominately black and Latino area on Long Island to dilute its mostly Democratic voters into several Republican districts.

Now if it's going to be a debate as opposed to a discussion, where people are earnestly inquiring after the truth, then maybe you shy away from that because the deck is stacked against you.

«The probability of all those things happening out of a convergence of natural variability in the climate system — it strikes me as a lower probability than recognizing that we stacked the deck in favor of [these conditions.]»

But there was a shift before 9,000 years ago and the deck became stacked, as sunlight levels were high because of Earth's orbit and CO2 increased.

And so, just trying to, just figure out, just, if you have any recommendations on like how we can stack the deck in my favor and my son's favor just as we navigate just the health care system and just how to live a long and healthy life as we fight this elevated cholesterol levels that has not faired too well for my uncles, and great uncles and just look into, just trying to figure out how to just live a long, healthy life, and avoid those nasty Statin drugs.

This way you can easily stack the deck in your favor by halting or reversing the decline in cognitive function that leads to such memory lapses as forgetting common words or the inability to recall the names of familiar faces.

Doing a lot of exercise, a nutrient dense Vegan diet as well as consuming the right number of calories together should stack the deck against excess weight, as well as weight regain.

On some machines such as the pec deck, for example, it is better to spot by lifting the weight stack itself (watch your hands!).

As I talk about in my online dating guide, I'm all about the numbers of dates I can get so I want to stack the deck where my odds are the best.

It's not a message that audiences will extract as a prickly needle from the haystack of situational (read random) comic set - pieces that the filmmakers play like trump cards from the bottom of a stacked deck, but it does anchor film's narrative boat.

Allen stacks the deck by both casting Gil's fiancé Inez (Rachel McAdams) as his materialistic - harpy opposite, and by giving her a transparent perfect match in pseudo-intellectual blowhard Paul (Michael Sheen).

Both principal actors have a strong enough sense of their characters, even as they're pulled into increasingly harrowing places, to make the film a more successful one than Loach's last few, but it's still schematic and predictable, and it aggressively stacks the deck against Blake and Kattie in a way that makes it more effective as social activism, and less so as drama.

Low - budget horror fans will find little to complain about in the straightforward first half - hour, which stacks up an entertaining series of episodic mishaps — an overpowered Pec Deck machine pushes a guy's ribs out through his torso; ceramic tiles fly off the walls of a fully - occupied women's locker room as steam blasts out of the shower heads; and, in the quickest and most brutal tableau, an unfortunate patron gets a Friday the 13th - style arrow through the back of the neck.

The film stacked the deck for success by modeling itself on a number of recent hits as it borrowed from J. J. Abrams» Star Trek, in that it was a reset of the franchise, and from The Avengers (and Fast & Furious), in that it is a team - up movie that brings together cast members from previous films.

One of the first Hollywood films to take a serious look at child - custody issues, the movie stacks the deck in favor of Dustin Hoffman's harried single dad, painting runaway mom Meryl Streep as something of a feminist caricature.

But, as the NY Times points out, the studio has stacked the deck with vocal and critically acclaimed talent, as Efron's a «High School Musical» alum and Zendaya has her own musical career.

Such incisive moments, though, are subordinate to the filmmakers» penchant toward deck - stacking caricature, most noxiously the character of Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate), a villainous PTA president who's so invested in her high position that she, as part of the election platform she articulates when a fed - up Amy eventually challenges her presidency, seriously advocates for a 365 - day school year, citing Genghis Khan as a model.

As is the case with his best - selling Easy Rawlins series, Mosley's Minton / Jones novels are set in»50s Los Angeles, where the deck is routinely stacked against the black...

Another Google staple, YouTube, is easily accessible via Honeycomb's deck - of - cards widgets, allowing users to flip through videos as if they were stacks of cards.

Ultimately, if the founder is making his / her business available for investment to the public - they «hold the deck» so to speak - and as such it is easy to «stack the deck» if they want to - but by making an ethical initial offering fundraising / equity distribution model - in combination with transparent bookkeeping (and routine insight day to day operations) I feel like the founder can make a compelling case and use that to hopefully smash the initial offering.

Yeah, value investing improves long - term returns, but adding catalysts as a focus will improve your returns in the short - term on average, by stacking the deck in your favour.

I'm certainly not advocating diving straight into stocks, sectors & markets you know nothing about, but clinging rigidly to your comfort zone may be just as / if not more dangerous for your health — being the best sailor on a ship ain't much use if it's sinking fast in the middle of the Atlantic... Stocks change, valuations change, markets change, economies change — to avoid risk, and to seek opportunity, you need to change also... The more flexible & varied your investment approach — in terms of perspective & analysis — the more you'll stack the deck in your favour.

All have been there quite awhile and are competent but I think the deck is stacked against them as the time share business is in major trouble.

There are times when monies are low and there are ten times the dogs as we have foster homes and the deck just seems stacked against us.

«Real life» rooms, double deck and stacked runs all have gained in popularity and will be explored as facilities realize that every kennel doesn't need to be the same and there are some benefits to specialization and flexibility.

You were always at a disadvantage as a Seal, and it made victory that much sweeter because the deck was stacked against you.

My favorite fight scene in the episode was where you go to The Stacked Deck bar as Bruce meeting Selina and some British thugs come in to take her out.

Epstein argues that activists such as Bill McKibben not only refuse to acknowledge the immense benefits associated with fossil fuels, they also stack the deck.

If the deck were stacked against renewable (politics, press, popular opinion) such that utilities faced obstacles building such resources when justified — I'd write just as strongly form the other end.

As the convention has been established, moving the goalposts in this way is a clear foul, a transparent attempt to stack the deck post hoc.

Dyson, as a scientist is far beyond you and your pathetic attempts to stack the deck against real climate science, which pays no attention to false claims and hysterical global warming warnings.

Injured plaintiffs have the «deck stacked against them» as their claim is always defended by large multi - million / billion dollar insurance companies or corporations.

Given how heavily the legal deck is stacked in the tenant's favour, it is possible for those who know their legal rights as tenants to abuse the system and live rent - free for months on end.

Is the Deck Stacked Against the Consumer in Civil Litigation Today An interview with Jerome L. Ringler on the Business and Technology Report featuring «America's Best Lawyers» as presented on the Forbes Business Channel produced by Sky Radio Network (2005)

It may look as if they are because they deal with judicial review cases against the federal government, but these are cases in which the deck is always stacked against the individual.»

Meanwhile, with cozy relationships between judges and local lawyers stacking the deck against defendants, largely rural Madison County still serves as the nation's asbestos lawsuit capital.

Of course, since some Courts no longer view eBay as a neutral marketplace (in France for example), but rather as a partner to its sellers, there is a risk that, whether it is warranted or not, consumers start to feel that the deck is stacked against them...

as many see the financial deck stacked against them regardless.

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