Sentences with phrase «by the tail if»

There was plenty of good steering feel and response, and a tendency to swing this cat by the tail if you got a bit over-enthusiastic.

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These open and mostly free platforms looked like salvation to marketers in those dark days, even if it was already clear that dealing with them would be «like having an angry tiger by the tail,» as candidate Obama presciently put it at the time.

But every organization should be driven by a love for what it does - and if your fancy, schmancy corporate mantras don't reflect the passion of that love, then you might as well be chasing your tail.

Who cared if I said «um» when I had a tiger by the tail?

But some other critics have in a sense taken the other side of this trade, contending that if anything the formula underestimates the potential liability of long - dated options by failing to adequately account for so - called tail risk — the prospect that the markets will collapse under the weight of, say, a giant housing bubble.

If the Fed really wants to influence the choice, it has to introduce tail risk to cash hoarders, and this is inconsistent with a price level target placed by an credible Fed.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

When I was a little boy, if some one had offered me a bag of thousands of marbles, including giant cats eyes, aggies and more I would have thought I had the world by the tail.

Men who did not feel as if they had the world by its tail or that they had all the answers.

The ground squirrel will inform the hawk that it is aware of the hawk by verbalizing loudly and if a snake was near by the ground squirrel will not make a sound but will puff - up it's tail with blood so the snake can see the heat.

Debone if necessary by first gently massaging the fillet down the middle from head to tail, feeling for protruding pin bones.

If you are dealing with a modest crustacean who won't let you take a peek, you may be able to tell by the width of the tail.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

If you order up a size you have a built in nursing cover by simply using the tail of your wrap.

If the Republican Candidate had won — Mr. Sessions and the GOP would have said that her victory was a vindication of the Ryan plan to «reform» spending Instead, the GOP — who have a «tiger by the tail» are in full spin control It is to laugh!

«If you hold a tiger by the tail, you have a difficult choice to make: Do you let it go, or not?»

«If you hold a tiger by the tail, you have a difficult choice to make: Do you let go?»

Thus, tail shock (the unconditioned stimulus) produces greater facilitation of the monosynaptic EPSP from a siphon sensory neuron to a siphon motor neuron if the shock is preceded by spike activity in the sensory neuron than if the shock and spike activity occur in a specifically unpaired pattern or if the shock occurs alone.

Any kid knows that if you grab a lizard by its tail, it can snap off the tip and run away.

«Prion proteins with a trimmed version of the flexible tail can, however, no longer damage the brain cells, even if their switch has been recognized by antibodies,» explains Adriano Aguzzi.

If they are being generated by charm mesons in the atmosphere, the particles should be clustered around 100 TeV, and the numbers should tail off as the energy reaches 1 PeV.

«If you have an electron here and another there and they're localized in different places, the only way they'll interact will be by their exponentially decaying tails.

The other, more controversial idea, is that the snakes developed a callus on their tail from shaking it against the rough ground, and if the propensity to develop a callus was affected by genetic variability, it would be selected for until the structure underwent «genetic assimilation», and the rattle would form without the need for irritating the skin.

Now this comes from a, this piece of it comes from a 2003 paper by a planetary scientist named Jack Wisdom at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and what he discovered is that you can move, as you [were describing] through curved space by moving, [let's] say, your arms and legs, or if you're an alien as it is described in the article, a tripod alien — just for the simplicity of demonstrating how the movements are with, sort of, heavy feet and a ball at the end of the tail that helped to move the [weight] around, just to make it kind of simple to look through — you can move through curved spacetime without pushing against anything, and this is the key here.

And if an event can be defined by four numbers, then a series of events can be defined by a series of such numbers, trailing one another like elephants marching trunk to tail.

If traditional bits of 0 or 1 can be represented by a coin that lands either heads or tails, a qubit would be a spinning coin with definite probabilities for landing either heads or tails.

And if you look at the problem, if you look at the nation's report card, big gains at 7, tail off by 12, gone at 17; when they have to start thinking mathematically to do geometry and algebra, the gains go.

Each juror will choose whether or not to vote in favor of your conviction by flipping a coin: If it lands on heads, then it's off with yours; if the coin lands on tails, then you are spareIf it lands on heads, then it's off with yours; if the coin lands on tails, then you are spareif the coin lands on tails, then you are spared.

The variation in fish response as a function of robot speed is unlikely to be related to sensory cues generated by the body movement only, since the fish do not behave differently if the robot is fixed and beats its tail at.

But the tail can only work if it is not acetylated by Gcn5p.

Sugar is like a two - sided coin: heads — if natural, it can be useful to the body, and tails — if altered by man, it can be harmful to the body.

If you're having trouble tolerating the Liver, and you know that you need the powerful nourishment that only nose - to - tail organs can provide, try the Beef Organs... start with just 1 capsule a day and increase by just 1 capsule every two to three days.

If using frozen, taw your tails by dropping them into cold water for at least 30 minutes.

This guide article will give you help tips, alerts, giveaways, tell - tail signs, alarms, things to look out for, and gudence on how to know, be sure or spot if you are being scammed, conned, tricked or duped into giving or sending money abroad or away on Internet dating sites by farudsters, con artists or unreal users using fake ID, bogus or stolen profiles or identities.

I think Shoot Out is the type of Western you'll like even if you're not a fan of Westerns.You got Clay Lomax getting out of prison & looking for revenge on the ex partner who shot him in the back after a robbery but gets a kid dumped on him.He drags her along while being tailed by 3 punks hired by Clay Lomax's ex partner who's now a rich rancher.I won't give anymore away but if you enjoy Westerns as much as I do then it's a movie you'll want to check out

If Andy is terrified that his secret is out, his coworkers are stunned by thoughts of all the tail he's been missing.

If Red Tails isn't quite the information - heavy lecture of a historical drama some may be expecting, the Tuskegee Airmen's genuine spirit of courage, dedication, and brotherhood is rather fittingly honored and embodied by what is rousing adventure picture.

@Gary, besides, if someone is tailing you too closely, you can always warn them by tapping the brake pedal.

If the driver did nothing, this yaw angle would increase and develop into the kind of scruffy tail - out photographic opportunity favoured by young road testers.

In this features - galore mile - eater, the driver is constantly tailed by a battalion of electronic helpers that know how and when to stay in the lane, keep the correct distance, decelerate in an emergency, pull at the steering wheel if need be, and park the car automatically.

If you need to change a burnt out rear turn signal or rear side marker light bulb in the tail light housings of a 3rd generation (2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018) Nissan Murano SUV, check out my DIY directions for the procedure (with the compatible replacement part number) by clicking on the text link or thumbnail image below.

The front grille add - on and head light covers make it look more powerful, the rear wing and rear skirt set with the ABT double tail pipe bezels make it look more sporty — especially so if augmented by ABT Sportsline sport - type wheels.

Other examples of excess wear and use include, but are not limited to: missing, inoperable or cracked headlights, tail lights, turn signals, rearview or outside mirrors; missing or inoperable seat belts or SRS - air bag; missing headrests or seats (including the 3rd row in an SUV); engine damage or inoperable vehicle; missing audio equipment; and any other damage that would cost $ 50 or more to repair, regardless if it is covered by insurance.

If you still need more Corvette time after the Bash you can join in the Museum in Motion road trip to the Biltmore estate by way of the Tail of the Dragon which leaves on the Sunday morning after the Bash.

Angular tail lights drop the amber signal (you won't need a converter for your own trailer plug), the tailgate's stamped «TUNDRA» is quite handsome if a nuisance to wax, the new trailer plug is lit by the plate lamps, and the bumpers are sectional at both ends to lower repair costs.

It's still very safe in this mode, and the system will quickly intervene if the surface is slippery, while allowing the car to adapt a reasonable degree of tail - out attitude, whether by power oversteer or weight transfer.

«This particular ship has seen action: plasma scarring across the wings and tail fins; a crumpled dent in the front end as if it was kicked by an Imperial walker.»

By putting them in a sort of Netflix for comics, even not very popular work can contribute a bit to a publishing company's long tail, if fans buy in.

If you haven't checked it out yet, Fairy Tail has been serialized since 2006 in Weekly Shonen Magazine and the anime is done by A-1 Pictures and Satelight studios, it is the story of a young celestial mage (sorceress) named Lucy Heartfilia, who runs away from home and travels to the land of Fiore to join the magical Fairy Tail Guild.

Well, imagine if you could change this by having a furry companion that happily waggles its tail when it greets you at the door every morning.