Sentences with phrase «at worst illegal»

In the publishing world, sharing was at worst illegal and at best not a wise business practice.

In the publishing world, sharing was at worst illegal and at best not a wise business practice,» said Molly Raphael in «EBooks» Getting There... But Not There Yet.»

The idea swiftly drew a letter from the presidents and chairs of the 11 largest foundations to the CUNY trustees, insinuating that the measure was at best a threat to the foundations» ability to raise money and at worst illegal, and asking them to make their opposition known.

«His actions are at best despicable and at worst illegal.

In a PRIVATE club with membership and a charter you may conduct yourself as you see fit, but in a place of public accomadation run by an organization that takes public monies and pays no taxes that action would be considered at best unethical and at worst illegal.

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Tesovic's inspiration was simple: The lyrics websites he sought out were at best inaccurate, and, at worst, illegal, so he created a database of his own.

Early in the history of cryptocurrency, the focus tended to be more on the bad (or, at least, illegal) uses than the good ones.

you know only cover what they get at the local herbals shop, because my faith is pretty anti synthetics in medicine, i mean its like so your broke you leg and want some Heroin derivative for it nope here is an opium salve close as your going to get, oh that's illegal and no insurance covers it, to bad, will power.

Steven your correct mustafi was back pedaling eyes on ball aguero had feet planted with no attempt or even looking at the ball he intentionally interfered with that space and it gets called all year its a clear foul if he trys for a header or makes an attempt for the ball then it is legal bit that was illegal you cant plant your feet make no attempt to play or battle fpr ball and just put your shoulder into back of a backpedaling defender but honestly the officiating across the whole league this year has been an embarrassment to professional officials of all sports its been bad game after game they need a real looking after and more training in off season

The clipping call that negated what would have been the game winner in the final minute was, at best, an illegal block that happened far behind Ismailâ $ ™ s return and, at worst, non-existent.

Anyway, my point is this: If we acknowledge that McGwire is a borderline Hall of Fame candidate, better than some Hall of Famers but worse than many others, should we simply ignore the fact that his illegal drug use, at a time when most of his peers were probably not using drugs, might well have given him a statistical boost, without which we wouldn't even be having this conversation?

Almost once a game, an NFL player absorbs an illegal blow to the head or neck that could put his career — or worse — at risk.

At worst, they are illegal.

The illegal slaughter of African elephants for ivory is now worse than it was at its peak in the 1980s.

And then go ask some politician who doesn't know or care anything about environment to name the modern world's worst political trouble spots, where state government has already collapsed or is at risk of collapsing or where there have been civil wars or dispatches of American troops or exoduses of millions of desperate illegal immigrants or terrorists.

He could have been an illegal worker with the resistance, or he could have just been in the wrong place at a bad time, or he could be not dead after all and instead having high tea in England with his oldest son, but in any case it's none of my business.

At worst, it a breeding ground for bullies, one that keeps escalating to the point of illegal activity.

Maybe, but if one really has, I would have to believe their suggestion would be unprofessional at best and illegal at worst.

Most of these are illegal scams at worst and a waste of time at best.

The blockade ultimately ended after just two months, both because it was completely illegal and on account of bad PR — a movie director named John Langan sued the police department when he was mistakenly stopped at the border.

Illegal logging driven by international trade is not a «curse» of tropical countries, but rather the result of an inadequate international market structure — lack of transparency, immense unchecked volumes, and multi-continent supply chains — that more often than not reward the bad guys or, at least, allows their crimes to persist unsanctioned.

For decades, the lush Amazon rainforest in Brazil has served as the backdrop to escalating tensions between an indigenous population which calls the region home, and illegal loggers dead - set on exploiting its natural wealth — though the worst of the resulting atrocities may be at hand.

While such poaching is technically illegal, authorities in China have long been lackadaisical at best and willfully negligent at worst in tackling the widespread practice.

From liberating illegal fish and defying European quota regulations to the serious unintended consequences of hunting and fishing regulations, we've seen plenty of arguments that ill - thought out legislation can be worse than no regulation at all.

At the heart of this kind of thinking, of course, is the sexist, classist belief that «prostitution is bad» (even though it's not universally illegal in the US).

Early in the history of cryptocurrency, the focus tended to be more on the bad (or, at least, illegal) uses than the good ones.

He further commented that it was «bad public policy» if the NSA really collected the phone records of 320 million people to zoom in on 300 people who may be at risk, and possibly illegal.

If indeed it is illegal to insider trade in crypto (it's illegal to wash trade — IE: drive up the prices by buying and selling at your own ridiculous prices to basically create a market where you can make tons of cash), this is really bad, but also very weird.

To extrapolate that to mean that such assets are «illegal» is silly at best, and grossly irresponsible at worst.»