Sentences with phrase «dubious honor»

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Unfortunately, Sandler (+200) isn't listed as the favorite to win Worst Actor — that dubious honor belongs to Johnny Depp (+150) for his performance in Mortdecai.

If I had it would have topped the list at $ 182,211 in per capita GDP, which seems like a somewhat dubious honor for a city where the chief industry is a federal government funded by taxpayers around the country (and bond investors around the world).

San Francisco might be known for the Golden Gate Bridge and New York is famous for the Empire State Building, but other cities are the crown capitals of somewhat more dubious honors.

China is now the world's worst GHG emitter, having just wrested that dubious honor from the US.

That dubious honor goes to Edward Stettinius Jr., who filled the role for just seven months under Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.

In 2014, Discovery's board awarded him $ 156,077,912, giving Zaslav the dubious honor of being No. 1 on the study's list of the 100 most overpaid CEOs in the S&P 500 that year.

On July 14, 2007, Pascal Payet earned the dubious honor of escaping from prison via helicopter for the second time.

Since it hit its high on November 13, it's about 40 % off, giving it the dubious honor of dropping the most out of any stock tracked in this recent market move to the downside.

It's not a «dubious honor» to be called a non-religious school, it is a cause for celebration.

When Desmond Tutu, former Anglican archbishop and Nobel laureate, was appointed chairman of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission by President Nelson Mandela, there was probably nobody who envied him the dubious honor.

Although that would be a kick, and even more of a kick to decline the dubious honor and refuse to cooperate with the writing of the cover story.

The political parties, and / or individuals, being voted for in the upcoming General Election, and any other political election, are vying for the dubious honor of being one of those governments that are slated for destruction by the now - appointed King.

Eat, Pray, Love put this spot on the map; despite that dubious honor, though, the joint is still among the best in the city.

Fennel and celery share more than just the dubious honor of being incredibly underrated vegetables.

While our analysis concluded that the Raiders were the worst team in football, the future prices would indicate that the Jaguars hold that dubious honor.

Interestingly, McCoy actually entered the season as the favorite to be the first head coach fired — a dubious honor which eventually went to former Rams head coach Jeff Fisher.

The dubious honor of being the first coach fired last season belongs to Oakland's Dennis Allen, who closed with the second shortest odds at +450.

While Arizona State is being vastly overvalued by AP Top 25 voters, it's their mortal rival Arizona that owns the dubious honor of being the most overrated team.

A dubious honor, Altidore has presented the most consistent goal threat in this motley collection with a shot every 38 minutes and a shot on target once every 100.

The second round — for officials of school parents associations only — is the one that determines who gets the dubious honor of serving on the largely powerless board.

Like it or not, the combination of natural and artificial influences that birthed Easter Island's unique aquatic terroir have given it the dubious honor of serving as a bellwether for the future.

The spike in Zika antibodies confirmed what both the patient and the clinic workers suspected: He had the dubious honor of being the first American tourist with a documented case of Zika.

That dubious honor will go to gunshot wounds.

Even by Antarctic standards, it is a brutal place, with the dubious honor of holding the record for the lowest measured temperature anywhere on the planet, a mind -(if not body --RRB- numbing — 129 degrees Fahrenheit -LRB--- 89 degrees Celsius).

For a hefty proportion of the nation's postdocs, however, along with countless other workers across the country, last year that dubious honor was split between November and December.

That dubious honor belongs to the narwhal, reports a team of international researchers in a paper in the journal Ecological Applications.

That message would not be heard by residents of Pierce County in North Dakota or Spink County in South Dakota said Mark Kelley, the Battelle project manager who had the «dubious honor» of leading the effort for only half a year, at a presentation yesterday at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.

I am reminded of it because I get to speak of it a lot: I have the dubious honor of talking to women about being diligent, knowing their family history, and so on.

I can't imagine anyone wanting that dubious honor: it's so much more satisfying to win because you knew you were the best.

That dubious honor belongs to his idol, the vaguely Philip Roth - like Ike Zimmerman (Jonathan Pryce, giving what might be the finest performance of his career).

Indie developer Robert Yang, whose games often include sexual themes, nudity, and social commentary about the gay community, has earned the dubious honor of becoming one of Twitch's most - banned developers.

Total Recall — definitely in the running for the dubious honor of being The Best Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie.

And Campion will keep the dubious honor for another year.

See both and decide for yourself which deserves the dubious honor.

Of the 55 districts in Maricopa County, Ariz., Isaac School District No. 5 in Phoenix had the dubious honor of taxing its property owners at the highest rate.

The CTS V - Sport sure makes a good argument for that dubious honor.

The dubious honor of highest combined sales tax in the country currently goes to the town of Arab, Alabama, where its citizens pay 13.5 % sales tax; the state sales tax is only 4 %, so online purchases make sense in that area.

Lancaster has the dubious honor of the most outdoor cameras to monitor its citizens, on a per capita basis.

But the city is also located on the southern edge of America's «tornado alley,» and has the dubious honor of being in a central Texas area known as «flash flood alley.»

Just last week, Detroit earned the dubious honor of becoming the largest city in the United States to file for bankruptcy — for $ 18.5 billion.

That number outside of a context may mean nothing — but it was actually the second highest rate in the country that year (losing out on the dubious honor to Florida).

While there are over a hundred types of cancers in dogs that can occur, there are several types that can compete for the dubious honor of most common types of cancers.

Our pet cats have the dubious honor of surpassing dogs in the incidence of intestinal parasites and positive heartworm tests.

My 40 - pound Spanish Water Dog has the dubious honor of being the first of her breed ever to be positively diagnosed with EPI.

However it was the Xbox 360 who had the dubious honor of last place this week, barely into four figures at 1,076 units sold.

Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, and PC Reviewed On: Xbox 360 Developer: Spark Unlimited Publisher: Capcom Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes PEGI: 16 + Although it never managed to capture as much popularity as something like the Gears of War games, the Lost Planet franchise has the dubious honor of spanning -LSB-...]