Sentences with phrase «fig leaves for»

Instead of offering fossil fuel companies fig leaves for our climate crisis, Governor Brown should be holding them accountable for destroying our planet.»

It is, of course, the judo - like practice of using terms that are appealing to an audience as fig leaves for practices that the same audience would find repugnant — turning one's own language against one's interests, you might say.

Theresa May is a fig leaf for the Tories pretending to be moderate and ruling for working people when they are for the rich!

These «special factors» are a fig leaf for the economy's fundamental shakiness.

Mr Cable said the government had finally acknowledged a «problem of inequality» in the tax system but attacked the «fig leaf for redistributive policy» presented by Mr Darling today.

«It has all the hallmarks of a behind the scenes coalition deal designed as a fig leaf for Mr Clegg to cling to at a difficult Spring Conference this weekend.

How will we know whether the evaluation is sufficiently tough, or whether it becomes a fig leaf for backing away from more painful measures?

In its publicity, the gallery offered a fig leaf for the fact that it was staging a show of premodern art.

Conceived and financed by Walmart heiress Alice Walton, the project has inspired such hyperbole as «a museum that will demand attention on a global scale» and «a fig leaf for corporate greed and raw exploitation.»

Fig leaf for bad faith is an excellent summation of what is going on with this kind of science.

Just as Conservapedia offers its readers comforting information reinforcing predetermined views, the NIPCC gives self - styled climate «skeptics» a fig leaf for their rejection of standard science.

My favourite example being quantum physics as the fig leaf for all sorts of silly supernatural ideas, such as telepathy, ghosts, healing and homoeopathy.

The focus on Hudson seems to belong to the «BBC red herring» school of damage limitation — attempted fig leaf for those caught with their pants down and the media spotlight firmly trained on their vitals, courtesy of a vast tranche of by - now verified emails and code in the public domain.

For three years, Abbott has dominated the public climate debate with a relentless negative campaign on Labor's carbon tax, a fig leaf for his long - term climate denialism that «the science isn't settled», is «highly contentious» and «not yet proven», that «it's cooling» and «it hasn't warmed since 1998» and there's «no correlation between carbon dioxide and temperature».

As, however, the extent of Government cuts becomes apparent, the same activists are worried that their involvement is being used as a fig leaf for gutting essential services.

Renewables should be used to reduce our fossil fuel consumption, not to provide a green fig leaf for new fossil capacity.

Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending.

Not exact matches

Those provisions, she said, outweighed the «tiny fig leaf» of additional money the bill provides for biomedical research and combating abuse of addictive opioid drugs.

Nationally, the American Hotel and Lodging Association has opposed the panic button measure, calling it a «fig leaf» for other regulations unions want to push, like higher minimum wages and caps on workloads.

Nationally, the American Hotel and Lodging Association has opposed the panic button measure, calling it a «fig leaf» for other regulations unions want to push, like higher minimum wages and caps on workloads, according to documents acquired by HuffPost.

Still, it was an unexpected fig leaf from a man who last year traded barbs with Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney over his calls for better bank regulation in order to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis.

This fig leaf of humanitarian concern for debtors enables the government to provide public credit that ends up in the hands of the super-rich who own and manage the financial and property sector.

The clothing they had made for themselves (fig leafs) was not a sufficient covering as far as God was concerned.

Here is the way I see it.The first thing God did for mankind, after they sinned but before He ejected them from Paradise, was to get rid of their fig leaf underwear and make them some new clothing.

When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)

In the beginning the naked body witnessed to love, to purity and to the sheer goodness of creation and God's plan for humanity so the appearance of the fig leaf marks a great disaster.

Sometimes paintings and statues had the genitals of their subjects covered by a representation of an actual fig leaf or similar object, either as part of the work or added afterwards for perceived modesty.

One of the sellers at the farmers market over the weekend had hardly any figs left and they were a bit passed their best, so he gave me a load for free.

If you do change a few things make sure you keep that creamy / crunchy / sweet / spicy / salty balance intact - like subbing another fruit for the orange, but not leaving it out entirely, or switching figs for dates.

Ingredients Extra virgin olive oil, for cooking2 red onions, roughly chopped2 teaspoons chopped lemon thyme2 teaspoons chopped rosemary4 large ripe figs, halved4 large Barossa or other corn - fed chicken marylands (thigh and drumstick joints), thighs and drumsticks separatedSea salt1 cinnamon stick 1/2 cup (125 ml) Golden Chicken Stock (page 132 of book) 1/2 cup (125 ml) verjuice (page 141 of book) 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar (page 141 of book) Zest of 1 lemon, removed in thin strips with a vegetable peeler, leaving the bitter pith2 tablespoons honeyChopped flat - leaf parsley (optional) Grilled Semolina (optional - page 139 of book), to serve Method.

If you're interested in making the fig, goat, cheese and rosemary scones, the recipes is the same, only you leave out the sugar, add 1 cup of crumbled goat cheese, substitute chopped fresh or dried figs for the blueberries, omit the lemon zest, and add 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary.

Well, that is to say, we can only reach so high into our two huge fig trees and leave the rest for our feathered friends — it's like a feeding frenzy when the trees are «abuzz» or chirping with the many flocks OH, and let's not forget the thousands of bees.

John Major has stripped away every fig leaf, exposed every lie and revealed the truth about the unmitigated disaster that the government's Brexit deal would be for our country.

It remains to be seen if Judge Charles Ramos's decision to grab a bite of Grasso's Cheddar will actually rustle any fig leafs on the engorged schlong of corporate capitalism, but it offers more shining validation for one tin - star - wearing maverick we all know and love.

If DC hadn't offered / bounced the bare minimum fig leaf of electoral reform out of his MPs, that would have counted for nothing.

However the VAT measure sparked deep unease among Liberal Democrats as Labour accused them of acting as «fig leaves» for a budget that would still hit the most vulnerable hardest.

They use national debt as a fig - leaf for shrink - the - state fundaments.

These megabats leave the roost about an hour after sunset and will often fly up to forty miles at night to forage for figs, mangoes, bananas, and other ripe fruit.

Italian docs strip for money Maybe U.K. physicists should take a page (but not a fig leaf) from staffers at the Pascale Foundation, a cancer research institute in Naples, who shed their clothing for a new calendar designed to raise money for their research.

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For each serving, place 1/2 cup of each melon in the center of the plate; place about 1/3 ounce prosciutto on top of the melon, followed by a few basil leaves, 4 fig quarters, and a few arugula leaves.

Fig leaves, interestingly, have been studied for their antidiabetic properties - they can actually reduce the amount of insulin needed by a person with diabetes who takes... [Read more...]

Fig leaves, interestingly, have been studied for their antidiabetic properties - they can actually reduce the amount of insulin needed by a person with diabetes who takes injections.

You can leave the skin on making it a bajillion times more manageable than butternut.BONUS impressed moment: when I spread almond butter on a piece of bacon and wrapped fig halves in it for a snack... I was just impressed with my creative ingenuity that led to the BEST BITE EVER.Keep it wicked healthy xoxo -LSB-...]

But just as my excitement for fig season overtakes my sanity so does the looming pang of sadness that follows a few weeks later, as all the fresh figs disappear, and what's only left is the distant memory of what once was.

This is very important because fig leaves decrease the demand for insulin hence diabetics may need less insulin injections.

But we went to the store this past weekend to pick up curtains for the same space and there it was: the perfect faux fiddle leaf fig tree at the perfect height, dimensions just right for our living room.

Will and I also made a trip to Pottery Barn and picked up these sheer curtains (I ordered the cheap ones I linked to in last week's post and they were dreadful in person), this faux fiddle leaf fig (obsessed), and a candle for this lantern that we received as a wedding gift and that my mom suggested bringing into our living room.

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