Sentences with phrase «as the poster child»

Based on the traditional business model, print books are seen as the poster child for publishers to keep up with the demand.

«I was a model student, used as a poster child for the university,» she said.

I started as the poster child for «craft fair don'ts» and grew into a successful handmade business owner selling full time through craft fairs, online and wholesale accounts.

By doing so, he emerged as the poster child for the notion that active managers are unable to outperform passive indexes over the long run.

Wild Wild West comes off as the poster child for a mediocre film, a great concept not fully realized.

From its early days as a street legal rally car to its current role as the poster child of the American boy racer, the Subaru WRX has undergone what is undoubtedly the most significant overhaul in its 23 - year history.

Cole's siblings could easily serve as the poster children for white trash, given that his teenage sister, Kathleen (Emily VanCamp) is knocked - up and clueless, while his big brother, Terry (Tom Guiry) is a ne'er - do - well with a drug habit and a rap sheet.

Polar bears, as we know, have a special status as the poster children of the manmade global warming «it's all our fault and the planet is doomed due to our selfishness, greed and refusal to amend our carbon - guzzling lifestyles» movement.

«It is now widely seen as the poster child for the problems that arise when enforcers adopt these temporary fixes to limit the anticompetitive effects of deeply problematic vertical mergers.»

From its early days as a street - legal rally car to its current role as the poster child of the American boy racer, the Subaru WRX has undergone the most significant overhaul in its 23 - year history.

We might look at Bernie Madoff as a poster child for the current di...

Southern has no interest in acting as the poster child for Obama's new climate change regulations.

Nest Labs further bolstered its stature as the poster child for the Internet of Things with Nest Protect, a $ 99 web - connected smoke and carbon monoxide detector launched in November 2013.

I also asked Chesky to weigh in on the recent tumult at Uber, a company often lumped into the same bucket as Airbnb as the poster children of the «sharing economy» and which has been dealing with extensive fallout from accusations of an aggressive and sexist culture and a leaked video showing CEO Travis Kalanick berating an Uber driver.

In China trademark circles, Viagra / Pfizer is known as the poster child for foreign companies that failed to register Chinese - language trademarks.

You are not doing your religion any favors by coming here as the poster child of the stereotypical fundy.

Some of New York's decay is purely physical — with the decrepit Tappan Zee Bridge as the poster child.

From the case's very outset nearly a year ago, Bharara's office had painted Silver as a poster child for Albany politicians out to make a buck at the expense of constituents.

We have so many special districts in Erie County that Governor Cuomo specifically noted our community as the poster child of government proliferation in his State of the State and Budget addresses recently and how we must reduce the number of these districts.

While the state has held the North Country up as the poster child for the need for broadband infrastructure, funding for a series of initiatives — including a $ 500 million program announced by the state last January in Lake Placid — remains tangled in red tape.

This is unusual because stickleback fish have long been held as the poster children for natural selection, Boughman added.

Using the Pacific nation of Kiribati as a poster child for the ravages of rising seas is not only misleading, it may also be harmful

Rather than suggesting FEMA as a poster child for failed government, let's consider everything the EPA has done well in predicting and addressing climate risks, including most of the impacts that FEMA is now addressing.

Were Anna Muylaert a man, she would be hailed in Brazil as the poster child for a new national cinema.

But Reading's real credentials as a poster child for the anti-NCLB movement derived from its fiscal problems.

Its school system had long been regarded as a failure; for years it served as Exhibit A for congressmen and U.S. Department of Education bureaucrats who pointed to their hometown as the poster child for underperforming schools.

Here's how bad our Taurus was: My next car was a Chevy Cavalier (widely regarded as the poster child for crappy cars), and it's been a huge step up in ownership experience.

Most people who've owned lots of dogs probably don't view small ones as the poster children for temperament: they have «tude, and lots of it.

Not only did the games get worse with each release, but Square Enix's desperation to force Lightning as their poster child was clear.

The first is EVE: Valkyrie, a blistering dogfighting sim that arguably stands as the poster child for this virtual reality renaissance; the second, meanwhile, is known simply as Gunjack.

Horizon has been hyped by Sony as the poster child for PS4 Pro's true potential, and we're pleased to see it proves to be just that.

When I think about this, the octopus always comes to mind as the poster child for underappreciated brilliance.

The recently - leaked draft of a report branded by the International Energy Agency and written by its Coal Industry Advisory Board cited Reliance's coal - fired Sasan project as a poster child for coal - fired generation.

The dodo's brain was not impressively small, certainly not small enough to carry the everlasting burden as poster child for dummies.

Brad Johnson, campaign manager for Forecast the Facts, a group that advocates for global - warming awareness, responded to the move in a statement: «Since the U.S. military has recognized climate change as a key national security threat, it's fitting that USAA has pulled their support for an organization that uses Osama bin Laden as the poster child for belief in global warming.»

And secondly, it what of the role of the polar bear as a poster child for climate change?

But in recent years, the country has struggled to achieve further reductions in line with its own climate targets, tarnishing its image as poster child of international decarbonisation efforts.

From independent life as the poster child of the emerging smart home market, then acquisition by Google, then being spun off as separate company within Alphabet, and most recently being absorbed back into Google's hardware division, the organization has found itself perpetually pulled around in a whirlwind of strategic confusion.

Both are running the latest version of their respective platforms, with Sony offering Android 8 Oreo and Apple using the iPhone X as the poster child for it's latest software update.

Only one nit, I don't think of Bill Gates as the poster child.

Somalia, Rwanda, and Haiti serve as poster children for such arguments.

In keeping with its status as the poster child for new media, however, BuzzFeed has decided to do something a little different with its first media editor.

Star Wars Galaxies could almost be seen as the poster child for MMOs that died too young.

We might look at Bernie Madoff as a poster child for the current distress, but back during the Great Depression.