Sentences with phrase «backhanded way of»

Note Bauserman's rather clever backhanded way of touting sole father - custody as perhaps equal to joint custody which in turn is — according to Bauserman's meta - analysis and notwithstanding all those problems divorced children ostensibly have — equivalent to an intact family.

It was a backhanded way of working, perhaps, but it was the only way I could figure out how to make something in the round.

But this rush job done on what became the Every Student Succeeds Act, now going to the presidents» desk to be signed, is a blatantly sleazy, backhanded way of avoiding any exposure of the truth.

Is that a backhanded way of calling President Obama a passionate socialist that nobody is making a bid deal of.

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While it probably wouldn't change Sessions» mind on the issue, the CBO found that in an oddly backhanded way, requiring women to register for the draft would actually save the government tens of millions of dollars in the years ahead.

«You obviously hate to say that, because there are other ways that you'd rather get your work, but it was a backhanded blessing to the construction industry,» says Keith Plowman, who runs a landscaping company and is vice-president of the Fort McMurray Construction Association.

I will begin with a backhanded compliment, thanking you for making it easy for bloggers like me to issue one - way rants against the people we don't like while maintaining the appearance of a conversation.

Time and time again, people who think of themselves as loyal above all else wind up feeling betrayed, and / or behaving in ways that seem strangely backhanded themselves.

His likely opponent, Bob Cohen, was quick to welcome him into the race in a backhanded sort of way, attacking him for his past votes on property tax issues.

Woke up this morning and felt and urge to play tennis, haven't played for ages but managed in some sort of way, though I have to work on my backhand, it's slightly out of control.....

But in a backhanded way, this considered, half - fictional approach perfectly serves an artist who has always been in the process of making and remaking his own mercurial image.

Three days after shoegate, festival director Thierry Fremaux apologized in a backhanded way, after a frantic news cycle full of contradictory information.

It's often deployed as a backhanded compliment, a way of stating that the movie isn't necessarily good but its mere existence is enough for a built - in audience who are content just to see their favorite characters on the silver screen; think the middling Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice or the aggressively underwhelming X-Men: Apocalypse.

But they did offer two obscure backhanded references — that «some private schools offer rigorous academics» and that «Catholic schools are among some of the most well - regarded and long - established private schools that take Florida's scholarships» — by way of presumably acknowledging that they steered clear of any school they thought might be high - performing.»

Roger: You reinforced my point (in a backhanded way) about the hopelessness of getting the World's population to commit to sweeping changes in time to be able to actually effect desired change.

superiority - driven backhanded talk - down sign - off line; it is way overused to the point of being automatically phony to the ears of those who have heard it far too often from far too many insincere types.