Sentences with phrase «crossing the line of»

It reminds Paul Krugman of the aftermath of the First World War, when the victors sought to punish the vanquished, and were unmoved as it became evident their demands for reparations had crossed the line of economic reason.

... Today, many companies... favor Wall Street analysts and institutional investors in... ways that often skirt or cross the line of unfairness.»

I often disagree with Gawker's news judgment, and it has routinely published items over the years that crossed the line of good taste.

I'm usually pretty good at remaining calm but you managed to cross the line of what I can take in stride.

Another example of crossing the line of church and state.

The presentation for this gives nothing to understand why she might cross the line of risque over to the perverse, so she is the only target for the outrage, not Thicke, whose work most of us have never heard outside of a very strange commercial that gives little indication of who the singer is.

It's also pride to pre-judge a whole race of people based on a bunch of assumptions — and most practicing Jews reading your comment might also think your crossed a line of fairness.

Some on this thread have crossed the line of human decency and have made very personal attacks on my friends.

People want to help, they have great intentions — yet they sometimes cross the line of «too far» and end up miles past «helpful.»

Yes, you have a point that some «religious ceremonies» really push the envelope on credulity and at some point can cross a line of civility.

Many evangelicals needed to be intentionally invited to cross the lines of spiritual and societal segregation.

«We made a mistake... What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and became Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become self feeders.

Yes... this is the severist most ignorant form of human brotherhood... but Bill Nye, is taking the first step towards his goal, and the goal of many athiest activist... take the rights away from God believers... because... a hundred reasons... children will be hurt, holds back our country yada yada... be careful who you get suckered in by as you travel these few years we are given on this earth... allow your brother to be your brother... allow him to chose for his life and family... never cross the line of «knowing better.»

I think NP has a vision of oppression that is reified into some invisible hand that hammers down on the folks who might cross the line of various convention.

The cramped and cruel methods used in the modern food industry, for example, may cross the line of morally acceptable treatment of animals....

Mr Gilgoff has crossed all lines of decency with this article.

«Once I crossed the line of scrimmage I could see I was in.»

The effect of Pitt regularly involving these guys is creating a ton of confusion for the DEs and LBs that have to add «and he may also receive a hand off or catch a pass» when they're trying to diagnose the intentions of Canada's players in the precious seconds before the ball crosses the line of scrimmage into space.

But to call a penalty, Etling's entire body would've had to cross the line of scrimmage at the time he released the ball.

He gets rid of the ball right before he crosses the line of scrimmage.

Even then he wouldn't be a coward, just that his tactics would cross a line of morality.

I think you crossed the line of civility.

We all know that you're not allowed to pass the ball forward after crossing the line of scrimmage.

Yes she fed him and never crossed the line of permanent physical damage, but yeah, she was definitely a nasty piece of work.

Harper is another classic name that is crossing the lines of gender for babies today.

Unless something otherwise equally shiny crosses my line of sight in the next few, will be seeking out a way to sign up for more..

Furthermore, it's not unknown for her to cross the line of tact and taste and even truth, as her «posh boy» remarks about David Cameron and George Osborne indicated (though it should be remembered that he didn't come up with the phrase, which was put to her by Giles Dilnot of the Daily and Sunday Politics - and which she then repeated).

«John attended the rally this morning,» a Liu campaign spokesman said, «but did not cross the line of breaking the law.»

Maffei, D - Syracuse, said Katko, a Republican from Camillus, had crossed the line of «common decency» by talking about Maffei's family.

So a number of observational projects have taken a different tack, trying to identify small KBOs by monitoring background stars for sudden dips in brightness that might result from a distant object crossing the line of sight between the star and Earth.

In January 2010 a team of scientists had set up two crossing lines of seismographs across Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica.

As these accelerated electrons stream outward, they produce beams of radiation that we receive every time the beam crosses our line of sight, like a lighthouse.

There are probably many more pulsars out there that can not be detected because their beams do not happen to cross our line of sight.

In my private practice I frequently see individuals who have asked too much of their bodies, slept too little, worked too much, stressed too much, had too much alcohol, or simply crossed the line of what their individual body can handle in a day.

Save every toxic email, and make note of occasions when the Dark Triad person says or does something that crosses the line of what is professional.

However, if it crosses the line of being overly active for too long and leading to back / hip / pelvic pain, then it's certainly not okay!

I definitely wanted to make sure I didn't cross that line of becoming a caricature, while still trying something completely outside my norm.

They are modern people who appreciate their time, want to expand horizons and cross the line of magic «if».

They can cross the line of being sincere and sensitive to simply being manipulative and exploitative for awards.

Fleischer manages to keep it fresh with inventive camera angles and dispatching methods only once in a while crossing the line of «Jesus Christ, that was sick».

The other is the invisible (but not to us or him) alter ago he has created in his mind, Francois Dillinger (also played by Cera), the suave and amoral badass who isn't afraid to cross the line of decency to get what he wants, in order to do some of the dirty work he must in order to get and keep that object of his desire before she commits to the hunky and most - likely - to - succeed, poetry writing stud she's been seeing.

The World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic was presented to Kinyarwanda, directed and written by Alrick Brown, which tells the story of Rwandans who crossed the lines of hatred during the 1994 genocide, turning mosques into places of refuge for Muslims and Christians, Hutus and Tutsis.

The Oscar nominee plays Officer Dave Brown, a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop who isn't opposed to crossing the lines of decemcy if it means maintaining his reputation and «hero» worship.

In both films, the idealist crosses the line of decency in order to live up to the ideals set forth only in his own mind and becomes a champion.

by Walter Chaw A courageously unpleasant role for «L.A. Law» heartthrob Blair Underwood, Tim «Venus Flytrap» Reid's derivative Asunder is only otherwise brave for its remorseless abuse of otherwise innocent pregnant women — crossing a seldom - crossed line of taboo in American film unless it's to punish a heroine (see: High Crimes, Crossroads, and so on) for having the child of a bad man.

It's as if the filmmakers were making a screwball 90s period piece, with characterizations and design choices alike coming dangerously close to crossing the line of farce.

Rather than providing a free - spirited farce, it offends with a paucity of cleverness and an overload of gross - out material that clearly crosses lines of good taste.

A student's inclination to cross the line of legality under the guise of self - expression can also be abetted by imprudent teachers.

By taking a risk, students can cross the lines of division in a safe, supported environment, meet new people and help build an inclusive and welcoming school community.

You might also need to report these incidents to the police or other authorities if they cross the line of hate speech or physical threats.