Sentences with phrase «common downfall»

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«This is one of the positive impacts of the downfall of Silver and Skelos,» said Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York.

The common explanation is that the Egyptian people, rich and poor alike, turned to God after everything else failed: the mess of the government's socialist experiment in the 1960s; the downfall of Gamal Abdel Nasser's Arab nationalism; the military debacle of the 1967 war with Israel; poverty; inept government — the list goes on.

But one of the downfalls of the Common Core is that it assumes that every student comes at it with the same level of education and measurable skill sets.

Professional tax preparation is a common choice, but not one without downfalls.

In many cases the mentality of the members can be the first downfall of any LLP; however, by thinking of the business» needs first, there are a number of common mistakes which can be avoided.

In fact, this strategy is so common that viruses are often called «Trojans,» after the Greek «gift» that brought the downfall of Troy.