Sentences with phrase «as unsavory»

As Vinocur of «Realty Trust Review» points out, many people still unfairly regard all real estate executives as unsavory based on what transpired back then.

We will keep you posted as this unsavory story unfolds.

It's a hopeful film, but at the same time, heartbreaking, as the branding of convicted addicts as unsavory people makes it difficult for them to ever go straight.

Although their acts and the lives they choose to lead can be seen as unsavory, and even downright despicable, our insiders look does allow us to feel something for the people that may do bad things for their own vices, and in the end, come to an understanding as to the appeal.

As unsavory as the setting probably sounds, Finding Bliss is otherwise fairly - conventional and convincing, given how earnestly leads Leelee Sobieski and Matthew Davis throw themselves into their lead roles.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Ms. Huffington about the sleep crisis and a world where you can sleep your way to the top and you won't be looked at as an unsavory character, where you're encouraged by management to snooze at work, and where sleeping longer will earn you a cash reward from your employer.

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Quite apart from the merits of the allegations, the Democrats are anxious to be seen as tougher on harassment to sharpen their profile in next week's special election in Alabama, where Republican candidate Roy Moore still leads opinion polls despite facing multiple unsavory allegations of his own.

The airline industry as a whole has developed a very unsavory reputation.

Ironically, Ackman's 3 - year - long «for profit species of holy war,» as Parloff dubs the investor's extended Herbalife siege, has forced the company to shake off many of its most unsavory operations, like its dogged lead generation businesses.

The notice declared by the FSA, notwithstanding a progression of impediments and government dangers, made Asia an unsavory place for a trade as essential to business sectors as Binance.

It had unsavory associations with anti-immigration and even eugenic enthusiasms, and betrayed a distinct distaste for common people whom, as Lincoln observed, God must love since he made so many of them.

She was denounced for meeting with unsavory politicians and businessmen, in order to assist the poor, but ironically, it is Hitchens who used the film to promote Jean - Bertrand Aristide, a notorious ex-priest whose record as Haiti's President was symbolized by corruption and abuse.

One bishop, in his self - serving statement of resignation after an unsavory incident with a teenage boy was revealed, went so far as to suggest that his problem was that he was a particularly caring and intelligent person who was attuned to the latest thinking about matters sexual.

As a U.S. policymaker, Lancaster probably felt some pressure to keep quiet about her country's aid to unsavory African regimes, whose brutality lives on in the violence and disorder of states like Liberia, Somalia, Sudan and Congo - Kinshasa.

It's not far off to say that The Young Pope is essentially House of Cards set in Vatican City, as its main focus seems to be shedding a light on unsavory machinations that most people, let alone Catholics, are aware of.

He would certainly accept any repentant criminal as a member of the Church, and Corinth had an unsavory collection of them, but he held leaders to a higher standard.

There was Pretzel Crisps» unsavory use of pro-anorexia maxims like «you can never be too thin» and «tastes as good as skinny feels» in 2010.

In this century Knights have been involved in such unsavory activities as helping Nazis escape justice at the end of World War II and participating in a secret Mafia - connected terrorist lodge in Italy called P - 2.

So far, Romney has some very unsavory racists, bigots, and uneducated voters as you've just proven.

The other view was that although nuclear weapons are bad, the Soviets have them, and if we don't have them we might be subject to nuclear blackmail; unsavory as they are, the weapons help us ensure the survival of our way of life.

It is as if old - style games were wasteful, uneducational and vaguely unsavory.

But college officials often dismiss the incidents as isolated and blame unsavory outside characters for corrupting their youth.

However, those stories often focused on unsavory acts that these once - innocent children either had committed or were committing as adults.

BPI contends that ABC falsely and repeatedly characterized the product as an unsafe and unsavory «pink slime» in an effort «to incite and inflame consumers» against it.

The noise about lean finely textured beef (LFTB), commonly known as «pink slime,» is bringing attention to some of the more unsavory aspects of the U.S. political system — public relations spin, the revolving door, and other aspects of power politics.

Making homemade juice is not recommended for infants as you are unable to pasteurize the juice and thus it's possible that some bacteria or other unsavory items may get into the juice.

The eight years of Preet Bharara's tenure as U.S. attorney changed Albany, ousting lawmakers convicted of corruption and peeling back the unsavory workings of state government.

Since time immemorial, those who find it unsavory are invariably dismissed as naïve.»

As Afghanistan's election season marches on, Charles Tilly's unsavory portrait of statesmen as «coercive and self - seeking entrepreneurs» seems eerily resonanAs Afghanistan's election season marches on, Charles Tilly's unsavory portrait of statesmen as «coercive and self - seeking entrepreneurs» seems eerily resonanas «coercive and self - seeking entrepreneurs» seems eerily resonant.

Harris - Tigg said as recently as yesterday the African - American women on the board received an unsavory email from Paladino.

As with all social media, it's important to think before you post so you don't run into any unsavory moments that could end up in the press.

In each of his State of the State speeches Cuomo has used the capitol building as a metaphor for something that was once glorious and can be restored; he has said he wants to re-establish New York «the progressive capital of the nation»; he has touted the number of on - time budgets he and the legislature have delivered (this year he'll say four in a row and counting); he has demanded more teacher accountability but explained new changes he's seeking; and, he has stressed a need for ethics rules overhaul and campaign finance reform while mentioning unsavory headlines.

Numerous flu conspiracy Web sites — spreading virally almost as quickly as the flu itself — now link to Burgermeister's Web pages, but critics say these venues are spinning an old saw: the notion of scientist as evil genius, a soulless automaton pursuing money, power, or unsavory schemes.

While U.S. wine buyers traditionally have viewed wine in a box as cheap and unsavory, several American and European wineries are working to turn that view around by putting out award - winning vintages by the box.

Other ads were sponsored by groups supporting a particular candidate, including such unsavory fraternities as pickpockets, late - night drinkers and petty thieves.

Openly discussing the unsavory aspects of this condition is really important as many patients feel they can't talk to their friends / family.

Taken together, all types of environmental crime — from smuggling elephant tusks to China to illegal dumping of toxic waste — generates as much as $ 213 billion for unsavory characters around the world.

They contain such unsavories as propylene glycol (found in anti-freeze), DEA and parabens — all of which are carcinogenic.

As Trans Fats have gotten such a bad rap lately, scientists have cooked up an even more unsavory fat made by replacing part of the fat molecule with stearic acid.

The grimy feeling of my college years, which I once prized as a badge of honor, now felt unsavory enough to churn my (spinach - filled) stomach.

It should come as no surprise that a sponge is going to harbor some pretty unsavory characters, so be sure that you're properly cleansing your Beauty Blenders once a week at the very least, and trash them before six months of use.

It isn't long before he sees a threat that not even he can survive and so he sends out an emergency beacon that will certainly attract the unsavory kind otherwise known as mercenaries.

Afterward, we managed to catch the very noirish «Safe in Hell» (1931, William Wellman), starring Dorothy Mackaill as a streetwise blonde who holds her own among a slew of unsavory men while she's hiding out in the Caribbean.

People seem to love Grant the most, but my favorite part of Paddington 2 is Brendan Gleeson as the stout, grumpy chef Knuckles McGinty, who dishes out unsavory soup every day.

When Deadpool 2 co-star, TJ Miller, also dealt with some unsavory allegations about his personal life, there was some pressure to remove him from the film, as well.

It isn't satisfying so much as challenging, and while it certainly won't be to everyone's liking, as it does deal with such unsavory subjects as infidelity and pedophilia, it really isn't about those things as much as it is about the innocence, freedom, and impulsive acts we all seem to lose as the days of our youth becomes more distant in our memories.

However, the man's more unsavory aspects were shoved under the rug in favor of a narrative that casts him as a victim of others who caused strife with the natives they encountered.

(Hong Kong film critic Stephen Teo has noted that the film's original title, A Fei Zhengxhuan, alludes to the Chinese title of Rebel Without a Cause:» «A Fei» is local Cantonese slang for unsavory youths and the full title may be interpreted as the life story of one.»)

Then there is the unsavory looking supporting cast, all seemingly as morally bankrupt and perverted as him.

Nashville and Nashville converge as Connie White stands in for Tammy Wynette, Lady Pearl (Barbara Baxley) for Minnie Pearl, the Misty Mountain Boys for the Misty Mountain Boys; some singers named Barnett lend themselves to the film even though a fictitious character named Barnett (Allen Garfield) ranks as one of the most unsavory we encounter.