Sentences with phrase «critics pounced»

Critics pounced on Dan Colen at Gagosian and the old porno paintings of Jeff Koons, because it is now entirely safe to do so.

Critics pounced.

Critics pounced on the term and said it was evidence that Dr. Mann and other scientists had manipulated temperature data to support their conclusions.

When the truth became clear, critics pounced.

When Equifax revealed in September that it had been the victim of an attack that exposed the names, addresses and social security numbers of nearly half the US population, critics pounced on the fact that its head of security had a music degree.

Critics pounced, slamming the meeting as, among other things, little more than PR puffery.

Not exact matches

But with critics and climate change deniers ready to pounce at a moment's notice, it is clear that the NDP government needs to do a better job clearly communicating why their much - lauded Climate Leadership Plan is important.

Ignoring some of their more substantive points, McCormick pounces on this, accusing his critics of being «guilty of a serious theological blunder.»

Cynics and critics will be quick to pounce on Tevez's exit, using it to suit their own agendas, but the move was never the right one in the first place.

Another below - par performance last night leaves critics ready to gleefully pounce.

Critics of Gov. Andrew Cuomo — including his Republican gubernatorial opponents and a GOP - aligned super PAC — pounce on the news Tuesday of the guilty verdict in the corruption case of his close former aide.

But Cuomo's critics are eager to pounce: Former GOP nominee Rob Astorino in New York City later today will hold a press conference calling on both Cuomo and Christie to resign over the claim.

Critics of Mr. de Blasio will pounce on the fact that the poll shows 47 percent of voters believe he does not deserve re-election, as opposed to only 41 percent that do.

Critics of charter schools pounced on the data, claiming charter s were getting preferential treatment.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Mayor Lovely Warren announced Friday she is refunding $ 21,000 donated to her but critics who say that went above the legal limit, including Democratic challengers Rachel Barnhart and James Sheppard, were quick to pounce.

GM critics, however, have pounced on the fiasco to cast doubt on the report's conclusions.

Critics have pounced on the study, which they say has serious statistical and other problems.

The Village: Presumably because they were expecting another Sixth Sense, critics and audiences alike pounced on M. Night Shyamalan's The Village.

It has been the whipping boy of critics and outraged gamers since day one, and with every sales figure update or release schedule revision, many are keen to pounce on the handheld and declare it «dead».

Data provided by the New York State Department of Education and the Rochester School District Wednesday indicate that some discrepancies critics have pounced on were due to one agency reporting a four - year graduation rate as of June and the other reporting it as of August, as well as an increase in the passing bar for state tests.

Critics have pounced on some of the language, which has been used by corporate reformers to support their agenda of emphasizing standardized tests as a way to hold educators, students and schools accountable, as well as expanding school choice through charters.

Critics have pounced:

Whatever you think of the claims about coal exports and coal - related jobs (several critics of Mr. McCain pounced on that statement), it does seem quite a stark turnabout for the candidate.

Jacobs» denial prompted Walter Olson at PointofLaw.com to write that he «knew from the very first reports that there was something very «off» about the story as it was being retailed,» and Mark Obbie at LawBeat to believe that «partisan critics» had pounced on the judge «without thinking skeptically enough about what might actually have been said.»