Sentences with phrase «barbs about»

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Democratic Commissioner Mignon Clyburn traded barbs about the hold - up on the item earlier this year, and Pai took another swipe in his statement.

2 extra points for barbs about my motivations revealed by my spelling error (than, instead of the intended «then»).

Two of the pundits with the biggest social media followings — Rick Hess and Andy Rotherham — traded barbs about whether critiquing states» ESSA plans provides any value now that they've been submitted.

Schaffer and Bellone traded barbs about the issue of public corruption following Bellone's State of the County address in March and the conviction of former Suffolk Police Chief of Department James Burke.

A «kinder and gentler» Carl Paladino was on «Good Day NY» this morning and talked of how he feels his campaign has accomplished its goal of «aggravating» his opponent, Andrew Cuomo, by employing personal barbs about things like his «prowess.»

Nor is it a chance to crowbar as many totally unrelated barbs about unions into every answer, as the prime minister seems to think.

Thompson's war was between working and stay - at - home moms, and I certainly witnessed this struggle within my own family - my mom stayed at home, my aunt was a successful professional, and there was a constant stream of subtle barbs about who'd made the superior choice.

When the players came in around 8 p.m., they indirectly exchanged barbs about the controversy, setting the stage for a tense finish on Sunday morning.

Moreover, it may be that the barbs about McAdoo's shooting and passing have outlived their validity.

The United States and China enjoy a generally friendly relationship, with strong economic ties, albeit with frequent barbs about trade, jobs, currencies, human rights, Tibet, the South China Sea and North Korea.

You can throw your barb about the course being gimmicky or untraditional.

It's tempting to attribute the leaden weight of cliché in Possession to some kind of wicked LaBute barb about the zombie - march of most modern romances, but I fear that the film is deadly serious in its Harlequin intentions.

Not exact matches

He knew all about interests and power, was a master of clever ripostes, well - placed barbs, and the tricks of outwitting opponents.

Clearly, our text about the coming of a glorious new covenant contains one of Jeremiah's not - so - hidden barbs.

How we react to their unfair and unloving (but predictable) barbs will say more about us than anything else they can pontificate to each other about.

This was painfully the case on Saturday, with ITV managing to lower standards yet further (an impressive feat, considering) with their constant barbs, snide jabs and frankly disrespectful comments about Wenger (and, oddly, Arteta, who they seemed to think was the ghost of Denilson past).

The only downside that I can see is that you are sure to elicit a few stares and barbs as you continue to breastfeed your toddler but considering the numerous proven benefits, is it even worth worrying about what others think?

«I think that's what New Yorkers care about... That's what we should be talking about not who has some kind of marginally more or arguably less progressive record dating back to some political barbing back and forth.»

That strikes me as a barb particularly directed at the lone Senator in the field, Eric Schneiderman, who so far hasn't said anything about Espada's predicament.

After trading barbs with Mayor Bill de Blasio about conditions at NYCHA in recent weeks, Cuomo challenged de Blasio, the City Council and the state Legislature to guide him on how to remedy conditions at NYCHA within two weeks — or said he would take action on his own.

London mayor Sadiq Khan, who has also exchanged barbs with the Republican in recent weeks, has invited Trump to come to the capital so he can «educate» the presidential hopeful about Islam.

There's also a nice line about Cameron laughing approvingly at Lord Oakeshott's barb that George Osborne was a «work experience chancellor».

He took his trademark barbs at Consensus, calling its supporters «apologists» and offering some glib comments about «Syradaga» and «Ononcuse.»

The new owner of the Niagara Falls Reporter and the paper's now - former movie reviewer traded verbal barbs over the owner's desire not to publish reviews about movies «where women are alpha and men are beta.»

De Blasio usually swatted away the barbs and returned to his carefully crafted talking points about his equity agenda and the reasons that Quinn, the early frontrunner, should not be mayor.

Gordon Brown probably has some barbs lined up for use if he gets the chance, but Labour will be still be nervous about Lord Mandelson's (yes, we really do have to call him that now) presence on the Corfu island and Oleg Deripaska's yacht.

Beneath the shouts of protesters and the political barbs that have marked the debate over New York's $ 152.3 billion budget is a nerdy economic dispute about the effects of raising taxes on the rich.

Its diminutive fruits (about one - third of an inch wide) are covered in barbs.

Dismantling your ego from the off can set a good first impression, yet too many barbs will make you seem less confident than you are or, if you're really like that, signal your accomplishments aren't even worth talking about.

There are self - conscious barbs at social media and literary phoneys which will no doubt make the movie age about as well as 1995 Sandra Bullock vehicle, The Net.

Pomeroy's grizzled jabs at Peck, and Peck's perky return barbs, were great and a whole sub-plot where they make their on - location reporter Ernie (Matt Malloy) ride the fastest roller coaster ever and skydive had me in tears (Malloy deserves all the credit for it; even though all he really does is scream, there's just something about his reaction I found great).

Instead you throw out barbs and opinions about a person you have never met or had an in person conversation with as if you are some kind of authority on Karran Harper Royal.

Laymen often joke about the array of quotations and footnotes found in academic research papers, and their barbs are not always unwarranted.

But the idea that ethereum may be performing below the expectations of this new audience was the frequent butt of Buterin's barbs, with slides featuring titles like «What sucks about ethereum?»