Sentences with phrase «downfall of»

It gives me an excuse to invest in a few new dresses a year because once you've been photographed in one at a party you can never wear it in front of an overlapping crowd again (alas, this is also the downfall of party photography).

Only downfall of the palette is the contour shades, which are a little too warm - toned for my fair skin.

One downfall of new construction home buying, is that you don't really get much excitement when it comes to landscaping.

So then I tried it with setting spray and omg it was really «bam» in your face and very pretty but the downfall of it was it made me look bruised!

The one downfall of this product is that after a while, it makes your lips very dry, but that is whats expected from a matte lip color.

That's a big downfall of mine for sure.

The only downfall of this product is the packaging — while I love the sleep glass container, the pump is a nightmare and you end up wasting product each time.

Cakey foundation is the downfall of people who wear makeup and can be the undoing of a perfectly painted face.

The only downfall of these pants is no butt pockets, thats unfortunate, but it has three front pockets which compensates.

@The Flatulent Ones — I think this issue will be the downfall of RS.

The downfall of much that is attempted isn't a fate of failure.

The main downfall of this diet for me is that it is sometimes difficult to consume enough calories, especially going grain - free like I have been for the most part.

This is the biggest downfall of every Shoulder Press station I've tried.

The one downfall of Julian's bread is it's limited availability.

The downfall of the economy has got everyone penny pinching and cutting corners to make ends meet.

If they couldn't, it would drive them nuts and most likely force them to go off their diet too much and too often until it eventually ends up being the downfall of their proper diet.

Since the downfall of sugar, people have been trying to find healthy alternatives to sweeten foods and drinks.

The gas station and its smorgasbord of cigarettes is the downfall of many a smoker.

Over several months, I witnessed the immense suffering and downfall of this woman, who for most of my life, had represented a vibrant figure of strength and resilience.

How humans outpaced their relatives remains a mystery, but fossil evidence has left some clues about the scenarios that may have led to the downfall of Neanderthals.

Bad science explains the downfall of its ideas.

«The downfall of that, of course, is as fast as we are moving, it can take a little bit of time to get that approval to happen,» Caitlin Checkett, Romney's digital integration director, said in the study.

Soil abuse and degradation, excessive deforestation and over-grazing all occurred frequently in the past, sometimes playing a major role in the downfall of civilisations.

What's more, the new tree indicates that these mammals very quickly diversified into the modern groups, close to the downfall of the dinosaurs, Wible and colleagues report in the 21 June issue of Nature.

But that isn't a downfall of reserves, Viña said.

He feared that since lower - class individuals seemed to have the highest birth rates, the spread of their collectively inferior genes would lead to the downfall of civilization if left unchecked.

When the government of India rewarded health workers for meeting sterilization quotas in 1976, the zeal of some of them for wielding scalpels regardless of their patients» wishes contributed to the downfall of Indira Gandhi's government in 1977.

Techniques like that may lead to novel therapies while avoiding the primary downfall of stem cell therapies: the development of tumors.

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.

Less volcanism led to a «nickel famine,» which led to the downfall of methanogens, which led to the rise of cyanobacteria, which led to the boom in oxygen, which led to us.

His death is the first step in the downfall of Israel, ending with the destruction of Solomon's Temple on the Mount in Jerusalem.

There is no delight in the downfall of a duly elected representative, but Mr. Scarborough chose personal gain over the public trust,» U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian said.

Finally, the party noted that as much as the party is not against the aspiration of anybody to any position within the party, members must endeavour to avoid the undemocratic acts that led to the downfall of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by ensuring that we follow strictly the tenets of democracy and the constitution of our party in pursuance of our aspirations.

The downfall of Silver was primarily driven by a complaint from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara that focused on his paid work for two law firms.

Many China politics experts and some party insiders attribute the downfall of Sun Zhengcai to his reputation as a possible leader whose rise and allegiances lay in his ties to senior party figures other than Mr. Xi.

Good - government groups, lawmakers and the governor alike have said the downfall of both men must bring about steps to improve the public's trust in state government.

And yet it was also Jim Murphy that has been conspiring with Douglas Alexander and other Westminster - based Blairites to ensure the downfall of Johann Lamont.

«He admitted that life in Iraq, where sectarian killings continue on a weekly basis, was not what he had hoped it would be following the downfall of Saddam Hussein.

Speaking to Citi News in response to the protests, Mr. Mohammed said the allegations are being championed by individuals who want to see the downfall of the present leadership.

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

Three months later, after necessary bureaucratic rigamarole and the downfall of a Senate leader after federal corruption charges, the job posting for the executive - director position of the new Assembly Office of Ethics & Compliance is now on Monster.

A newly announced Republican - Conservative candidate for New York attorney general is asking «who else knew» about the allegations that led to the downfall of Democrat Eric Schneiderman.

The downfall of these industries was caused by conservative trade policies and the conservative fallacy of unrestricted free trade.

The long and tortuous downfall of former Rep. Anthony Weiner has ended with his sentencing to 21 months behind bars for exchanging sexually explicit tests with a teenage girl.

Elsewhere, the Brexit referendum, the downfall of David Cameron, the ascendancy of Theresa May and the ongoing tribulations of Jeremy Corbyn have kept the UK cartoonerati on their collective toes.

Criminal charges against a sitting district attorney are rare, but Spota and his office have been under scrutiny for years, and the indictment was the latest turn in a federal investigation that has transfixed Long Island and led to the downfall of the county police chief, James Burke.

Former Governor David Paterson joined Errol Louis to weigh in on the downfall of Eric Schneiderman and the guilty verdict in the Sheldon Silver trial.

(Arrested and convicted with Jasmin and Desmaret was developer Moses «Mark» Stern of Monsey, who also was a key FBI informant leading to the downfall of the others).

The corruption trial of a powerful politician Newsday takes a look back at what led to the downfall of former Sen. Dean Skelos and his son Adam after their conviction on Dec. 11, 2015.

In Part 2 of their discussion, Josh Robin analyzes the downfall of Eric Schneiderman and the process for replacing him, with Risa Heller, Basil Smikle, Grace Rauh, and Zack Fink.