Sentences with phrase «dubious distinction»

For those of you practicing outside your area of expertise, I believe the rules allow submitting your own clients for this admittedly dubious distinction.

Among other things, the data shows that the five states hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis hold some other dubious distinctions as well.

«It appears that Wendy Shalit» 97, whose article in Reader's Digest condemning the bathroom situation garnered Williams dubious distinction in the national spotlight, will finally be avenged.»

There is no doubt that the Bushies will go down in history as the administration with the least environmentally - friendly record (among other dubious distinctions).

This year, the show had the somewhat dubious distinction of featuring The Most Expensive Gala Dog Dress Ever Made.

Arkham Horror: The Card Game isn't the least accessible we've looked at here on Meeple Like us — that dubious distinction still belongs to Blood Bowl — but it's not far off of it.

Both entries have the more dubious distinction of not being the most popular choice in their respective series, with neither PB nor MGS being the typical go - to fan favorite entry.

That handily beats the HTC One M9's 9.4 mm and the Nexus 6P's 7.3 mm, but won't earn a trophy for this rather dubious distinction.

Nailon's dubious distinction as the NBA's best bargain is certain to end when his contract expires.

The country attained that dubious distinction in part by making antibiotic drugs easily available.

He has the dubious distinction of being the only starting quarterback in Super Bowl history to fail to complete a single pass in the big game.

And just like anyone who shoulders a dubious distinction, I guess there is a certain pride in it.

Stewart Brand, creator of the now - defunct Whole Earth Catalog (best described as a hippie version of a Hammacher Schlemmer or Sharper Image publication), appears to have the dubious distinction of first uttering the statement, «Information wants to be free.»

A Westchester Magazine feature focused on why the leafy, desirable county holds this dubious distinction.

Fans had issues with it too, and the second installment in the trilogy, 2002's» Attack of the Clones,» won the dubious distinction of being the least commercially successful film in the «Star Wars» canon.

Knitters, weavers and other fabric - makers have the dubious distinction of having Canada's worst jobs.

And with this weekend being the official end of the summer movie season, the film has the dubious distinction of being the lowest opening weekend sequel of the summer.

While the Dogs can boast about having the best - performing Dow component among their group, they also hold the dubious distinction of counting the three - worst performing issues among their fold.

The island has further extended its lead in this dubious distinction since then:

A bank gives them the dubious distinction of being real estate bubbles.

The French property market now has the dubious distinction of being the most overvalued in Europe and the third most overvalued market in the world, behind only Hong Kong and Australia [4], which have property bubbles of their own.

On the heels of multiple warnings from the Bank of Canada that Canadians have taken on too much household debt for comfort (we hold the dubious distinction of having the worst consumer debt to financial -LSB-...]

-- A former Take - Two executive carries the dubious distinction of being the first chief executive to be convicted of backdating stock options.

If the plans proceed, Canada would have the dubious distinction of being the only G7 country to have eliminated home delivery of mail.

We maintain the dubious distinction of having the highest property taxes in the country.

Tenneplas, which sits about a 90 - minute drive south of Nashville in a town that has the dubious distinction of being the original home of the Ku Klux Klan, ships plastic parts to Mexico as well as assembly plants in Mississippi, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana.

It is not an exaggeration to say there is no way the writer would say something like, «Such - and - such college has the dubious distinction of being the MOST religious campus etc. etc.» The author is fueling the notion that somehow being less religious is somehow a bad thing when each day and throughout history it has been shown time and again being more religious is more of a liability.

The worst record in NFL history, a dubious distinction that will permanently stain everyone involved.

JEM, you appear to lack understanding of not only fiscal policy, banking regulations, and economic theory, but you have the dubious distinction of being a white - collar criminal apologist.

Kingman, who went 8 - 20 for the 1980 Athletics, relished his dubious distinction.

Blair and his two playing partners, Blayne Barber and Tyrone Van Aswegen, had the dubious distinction of putting all three tee shots into the water at 17.

Based on the current odds, it seems like Cleveland will earn that dubious distinction.

, but could this year be the turn of West Ham to earn this dubious distinction.

And they work hard to sustain that dubious distinction.

A major fire is a dubious distinction.

«Lactation holds the dubious distinction of being the only bodily function for which modern medicine has virtually no training or knowledge,» she astutely observes.

They are the three dark horsemen in the race for the United States Senate from New York, kicking up cloudlets of dust as they canter toward the Republican primary election on Tuesday and a dubious distinction that Rudolph W. Giuliani, George E. Pataki, Theodore Roosevelt IV, Mortimer B. Zuckerman and Dan Senor considered pursuing but rejected: the strong likelihood of losing big in November to the Democratic incumbent, Kirsten E. Gillibrand.

Dr. Bawumia delivering the lecture Thursday said «the Ghana cedi has recently obtained the dubious distinction of being one of the worst performing currencies» adding «The cedi has depreciated from some GH cents 1.2 to the dollar in 2009 to GH cents 3.95 to the dollar currently.»

And while I suspect that Marx and Engels might have something to say about that, neither they nor any of the other contenders can boast the dubious distinction of being immortalised unfavourably in both literature, in Marlowe's The Jew of Malta, and in language, with that far - from - complimentary adjective.

These dubious distinctions — where they list party schools, «green» campuses or most accessible professors — typically mean little and rarely provide any insight into a school.

«The Bronx bears the dubious distinction of being the unhealthiest county in New York State and we must change that.

He also discusses a dubious distinction Buffalo holds among large cities.

Morgan Stanley expects the British budget shortfall to earn the dubious distinction as Europe's largest in 2013 - 14, surpassing even the deficit in troubled Greece.»

For the third straight year, the LIRR's busiest branch earned the dubious distinction of being the railroad's biggest money - waster in the Tri-State Transportation Campaign's annual Laggy Awards.

Awolowo's dubious distinction is unparalled

Mr. LaValle blames the figures on having to move offices, but we don't buy it; being top spender is a dubious distinction.