Sentences with phrase «curious decision by»

The more curious decision by Trivselhus is the choice of Apple HomePod and HomeKit over Amazon or Google offerings.

Not exact matches

 The Harper government's decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public equity share).

Despite being shot on location at a beautiful Italian villa and its lush surrounding grounds, the action feels confined and claustrophobic, a fact not helped by Peploe's curious and distracting decision to occasionally insert shots of an audience watching the goings - on.

Amazon may try and counter these claims by saying that the Kindle Fire HD is designed to be used in landscape aspect — and it clearly is — but it's nevertheless a curious design decision.

Unfortunately some curious design decisions dampen the whole affair and the game suffers as a result, relegating the most entertaining elements to making intermittent appearances bookended by moments of sheer frustration or, even worse, boredom.