Sentences with word «expedient»

In Richard Donner's Lethal Weapon, he upped the conventional post-48 Hours buddy - buddy cop pic by the simple expedient of making the lead (Mel Gibson) a crazed unpredictable nihilist.

What's noteworthy about this exchange isn't that an artist is looking out for number one or choreographing the most expedient way of insuring career longevity — artists have been engaged in such maneuvers since day one.

If you would, you'd realize that this was just a nice way of saying «we found this guy out and are removing him,» in a politically expedient manner.

Half the displacement, half the cylinder count, and still significantly more expedient in a straight line: we'd call that a win - win.

Are you telling me that a Silver or Bruno didn't operate the same, only in more politically expedient ways?

«For example, the minister has removed the need for the MIB's detailed and arcane procedures by the simple expedient of making it obligatory to join the MIB as a party in any action.

We are talking about fundamental rights, not expedient means to a political end.

When the Conservatives got rid of Britain's coal mining industry in the 1990s, partly under the excuse of global warming, it became expedient for British Greens to be opposed to burning coal (unlike Germany where their Greens are not as yet opposed to coal because Germany still has a big coal - mining insustry) and they have been ever since.

I think to be as expedient as we possibly can to bring public water to Wainscott has to be goal number one.

Everyone is looking for the fast cash and the most politically expedient solution rather than investing for the long - term or actually fixing the problem.

Putting a bit of separation from the bushland is the most expedient means of improving your odds of survival.

Which makes expedient, silent morphing of papers easier but simultaneously makes the employment of a hash function to assure integrity easier.

We need to grow consumer confidence in independent authors by treating authorship as something meaningful rather than economically expedient.

Stokoe's lawyers will provide expedient legal advice in relation to these matters, including advice on legal aid eligibility.

The easy and politically expedient route would be to find an excuse to abandon my support now.

Given the less - than - guaranteed results of debt settlement on improving one's credit score, consumers might be better off considering options including a professional credit repair service, which can help work directly with creditors to remove incorrect or outdated items in a more expedient fashion.

Caveat: Given the enormous difficulty some readers / commenters have had lately in focusing on the point of the post, I'm constrained to make a few things clear: First, clearly the most expedient thing for the shopper to do was be compliant, do as he was told and then walk away.

Very expedient political decision making in front of the 2014 mid-term elections, I must say.

complete your applications, arrange for your free medical exam, and make all necessary follow - up calls to ensure expedient delivery.

We pride ourselves on expedient service for routine maintenance work like oil changes, tire rotations, fan cleaning, and headlight adjustment.

We can best do this by urging them to seek fair, just and expedient resolutions of their problems.

Healthy Paws honored everything their plan says it covers and they did it in a very expedient manner.

This clarification has become expedient at a time pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA),» wants the steering committee recently inaugurated by the Electoral Commission ahead of the November polls be dissolved on the basis that it's biased in favour of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and that the EC boss, Mrs. Charlotte Osei, is appointed by the NDC government.

My core belief system does not involve saying and doing whatever seems expedient at the moment to get elected.

If not, it seems like the plaintiff is being denied rights due to rules that are, in general, arbitrary even if expedient.

He therefore urged the Executive and Legislature to remember that judicial independence is not only expedient but also necessary to the country's existence.

For example, we complete your applications, arrange for your free medical exam, and make all necessary follow - up calls to ensure expedient delivery.

Minimized customer complaints by offering expedient, as well as positive, resolutions to client issues.

Feynman may have chosen the politically expedient path at the expense of arriving at the truth.

Indeed, in what sense is Jacobs» two - faced morality «moral» anyway — why isn't it just expedient?

But to do this procedure correctly would only cost more money... so we don't necessarily do what is right for the animal, we do what's expedient so we can continue to make a buck!

Despite how harsh these limitations might sound, states pass laws to set filing deadlines because expedient action tends to preserve reliable case evidence.

According to «Patrons of Ghanaian Kenkey,» «The need for this festival has become expedient because, Kenkey (in English) but called Kormi, Kokoe, Dorkono, whichever you choose to call it based on one's ethnic / tribal background in Ghana, is a staple dish similar to sourdough dumpling from the Ga, Akan and Ewe inhabited regions of West Africa.

New York State's constitution requires that «The governor shall communicate by message to the legislature at every session the condition of the state, and recommend such matters to it as he or she shall judge expedient.»

Therefore, we prefer you contact us for a more accurate and expedient method in relaying current interest rates to our prospective clients.

From the start, Anderson's group - curated effort — he named a six - person curatorial body amid a firestorm of staff defections — played more as necessary expedient than motivated innovation.

With previous experience in startup ticketing, Lukasiewicz highlighted that Bitcoin is the dominant virtual currency and through his new leveraged forex trading platform, Coinsetter, hopes to facilitate expedient money transfer.

[i] Where they saw expedient policy solutions, many others saw executive overreach — but individual views on the appropriate balance of power are changing quickly with the impending transition to a Trump administration.

The separation heightens the exclusivity — but it's also expedient for liquor licensing, meaning VIP is an adults - only zone.

So technical debt is sort of like when you make short - term, expedient decisions in the technology that sort cost you later.