Sentences with phrase «by unsavory»

In the consumer rights realm there are far too many people who have their legitimate rights trampled on by unsavory characters chasing the almighty dollar.

I had gotten out of the draft by unsavory means and I was listed with the FBI.

However, many scams are conducted by unsavory individuals calling to tell you that your utilities are about to be turned off (they're not), or you're the winner of some great contest requiring a credit card (you aren't) if you'll just provide your credit card information.

Through the blundering and unreliable economic system resulting in the World's economic recession these past years — caused by the unsavory role played by the banks — it has also become blatantly obvious that this way of planning one's life is definitely not going to work for the young generation.

But Mo is forced to use his unique talent when Meggie is kidnapped by some unsavory characters that escaped from a book.

Synopsis: The highly skilled Federale Machete is hired by some unsavory types to assassinate a senator.

Also, online dating is so secure, you don't have to worry about your private information being compromised by unsavory folks because you only tell people what you want them to know; however, we don't recommend disclosing any identifying information on your profile, like the company where you work, popular landmarks near you, or shops and cafes that you frequent.

If a process is meant to improve the integrity of the electoral process, judgments that shoot it down can not advance the cause of our development; it means we have chosen a path of regression to the era where elections are decided by unsavory self - help in bloating the voter register with strange names on the part of politicians.

And yeah, Bitcoin is used by unsavory characters.

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If a soldier were to do this, he faced disciplinary action by his commanding officer which could include imprisonment, an especially unsavory prospect in the Victorian era.

By collecting and analyzing the data consistently, they're an excellent resource to help protect advertisers and publishers — generally the person or company that owns the website — from the negative repercussions of unsavory traffic.

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.

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.

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.

He knows Saul by reputation, and that reputation is not only unsavory but frightening.

That's why we have to constantly watch them for unsavory effects brought about by these extreme temperature changes.

The Association of Ghanaian citizens in South Africa say they have accepted the apology rendered by the Ghana's High Commissioner to that country, George Ayisi Boateng, following his unsavory and divisive comment in Accra.

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.

Bialy fills his book with direct quotes, allowing a number of the unsavory characters in this story to hoist themselves by their own inelegant petards.

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.

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Even in healthy individuals, prolonged high levels of insulin caused by consuming free sugars and highly processed starches, has been shown to increase inflammation in the body.2 And inflammation in the body can also trigger depression.3 By reducing or eliminating free sugars in your diet, you'll be able to reduce inflammation throughout your body's cells and tissues, 4 and ward off unsavory diseaseby consuming free sugars and highly processed starches, has been shown to increase inflammation in the body.2 And inflammation in the body can also trigger depression.3 By reducing or eliminating free sugars in your diet, you'll be able to reduce inflammation throughout your body's cells and tissues, 4 and ward off unsavory diseaseBy reducing or eliminating free sugars in your diet, you'll be able to reduce inflammation throughout your body's cells and tissues, 4 and ward off unsavory diseases.

Also used BabyGanics (available at Target), which were by far the softest, but stopped using them when I found out some of their other products have unsavory chemicals in them.

By sheer numbers alone, chances are that you could run into an unsavory char...

By sheer numbers alone, chances are that you could run into an unsavory character along your dating journey.

When dating apps open the floodgates to all sorts of unsavory individuals, adult singles looking for a long - term relationship often feel discouraged by flaky dates and inappropriate messages.

But they're also novel efforts to curb unsavory online behavior by preventing it rather than moderating it after the fact.

Indeed, such criticisms seem to lose sight of the unsavory flipside — do they really want a popular medium devoid of context, removed from history, and untroubled by moral questions?

Olivia is not ruled by justice or a desire to do good, but simply to do what her clients pay her for, which is to «fix» whatever problems they have, and these are often unsavory to say the least, mostly illegal, but worse, immoral.

And so with revenge in his back pocket and a lead on the perpetrators, a retaliatory Paul Kersey («The Grim Reaper» per the local media) is born and streetwise criminals will have to get used to experiencing his unsavory wrath by way of assault weapons, surgical instruments and blunt objects.

Featuring deliciously unsavory dialogue, in an acid, brilliantly structured script by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, and noirish neon cityscapes from Oscar - winning cinematographer James Wong Howe, this cynical masterpiece is accompanied on the Channel by a 1986 documentary about Mackendrick, a 1973 documentary about Howe, and a video interview with film critic and historian Neal Gabler.

by Walter Chaw Completed about a year after John Boorman's infinitely superior The General, Thaddeus O'Sullivan's Ordinary Decent Criminal is a sporadic «fictionalizing» of the life of Irish crime boss Martin Cahill that dresses up Cahill's exploits with slick visuals while attempting the unsavory task of doing exactly what The General was accused of doing: making urban terrorism and torture whimsical caper fare.

In this fashion, The Butterfly Effect loses its entertainment value by constantly filling the screen with unsavory imagery, lifeless characterizations, and subject matter that uses its shock value to titillate above all else.

His car is full of all sorts of colorful personalities (played by Daisy Ridley, Leslie Odom Jr., Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Michelle Pfeiffer and Willem Dafoe among others), but one specific unsavory type, a shady art dealer who sells fakes to his clients (Johnny Depp), is convinced someone is out to get him.

Harris is destined by his looks (think of Aki Kaurismäki's late weasel - faced star Matti Pellonpää, only more unsavory) to play conniving, brutish characters, and it's a calling he embraces with gusto.

is based on a rather unsavory series of trading cards released by Topps in the 1950s, and it takes its cues from the same sources as this summer's Independence Day — old alien invasion flicks, disaster movies, and big - budget special effects extravaganzas.

America's most beloved and ill - considered romantic comedy gets a remake, one that will attempt to sidestep all of the 1987 film's more unsavory aspects — abduction, psychological abuse, slavery — by simply flipping the genders.

He's a deeply unsavory character, and Kingsley plays him as more animal than human, a creature driven by brutish instinct, incapable of compassion or even participating in small talk.

The stuntman extraordinaire is again joined by Chris Tucker (who plays LAPD Detective James Carter), and the two head for Paris to make chop suey out of an unsavory mob family.

It's one of Joe Eszterhas's (Basic Instinct, Showgirls) early works, sort of a precursor to the increasingly steamier crime thrillers he would make throughout the 1990s, complete with sadomasochistic stabbings while tied up in bed, as well as one of his main themes surrounding a normally good and law - abiding person being seduced by the allure of someone accused of heinous and unsavory acts.

The only place for anyone trapped within this stretch to go to is a seedy, isolated motel run by an almost equally unsavory manager (Hawkes, Hard Ball).

A kind of secret handshake show for true television aficionados, the series stars Donal Logue and Michael Raymond - James as two anything but by the book private eyes who get in way over their heads while investigating a slew of unsavory miscreants in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California.

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

Anyone who has been paying attention to automotive news knows Ford has been sued over mileage claims and some unsavory allegations have been bandied about in the free - for - all Internet by those who perhaps feel they've been deliberately misled about the Fusion Hybrid's EPA - rated 47/47/47.

This instills Katniss with a self - awareness typical of the best reality stars, but with a crucial difference: Collins eschews the unsavory narcissism that drives reality television's stars such infectious acting out by making participation in the games mandatory.

Rendall makes the argument that boxing is based on the disposability of its only commodity (the fighters) and the invincibility of its most unsavory element (the promoters) by exploring the career of Colin McMillan, then the world featherweight champion.

Unsavory citizens begin dying one by one, victims of an assassin.

Adams's life story encapsulates the history of the founding era, for she defined herself in relation to the people she loved or hated (she was never neutral): her mother, whom she considered terribly overprotective; Benjamin Franklin, who schemed to clip her husband's wings; her sisters, whose dependence upon Abigail's charity strained the family bond; James Lovell, her husband's bawdy congressional colleague, who peppered her with innuendo about John's «rigid patriotism»; her financially naïve husband (Abigail earned money in ways the president considered unsavory, took risks that he wished to avoid — and made him a rich man); Phoebe Abdee, her father's former slave, who lived free in an Adams property but defied Abigail's prohibition against sheltering others even more desperate than herself; and her son John Quincy, who worried her with his tendency to «study out of spight» but who fueled her pride by following his father into public service, rising to the presidency after her death.

But instead her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician.