Sentences with phrase «for underhanded»

Knowing that an entire organization could be held responsible for the underhanded activities of even a few bad apples makes companies less tolerant of fraud, she says.

Before this vulnerability was fixed, it would have been possible for underhanded operators of «legal-news.com» to make purchases using the PACER / ECF account of any of their visitors who happened to also be logged into PACER / ECF.

Should, of course read — Sir Henry Norris, who got a lifetime ban from the FA for his underhanded dealings.

Paid link schemes, paid blog posts, and others schemes have been severely penalized for underhanded tactics.

If he was fishing for an underhand backbencher comment which sets off MPs in helpless laughter, it worked.

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For years, I have watched and listened to all manner of business people that I work with or come across complain about China's underhand restrictions and rules that favour its own domestic champions in just about any industry — from traditional smokestack industries, to chemicals, machine tools, autos, technology, services, financial services — you name it.

A few other stories relate a crucial 10 seconds in the Teck - Hughes acquisition, the accidental foray into Saskatchewan oil, the Toronto establishment snubbing Afton because of its VSE listing, an underhanded ultimatum from the British Columbia government, getting out of the oyster business and winning an unheard - of 130 % financing for Hemlo.

The apparel start - up Everlane, for instance, is betting that it can capitalize on consumer backlash to retailers» ever more vaguely underhanded tactics.

(For more on the subprime market, read Subprime Lending: Helping Hand Or Underhanded?

When Mort is late getting home from work and doesn't call, Molly exaggerates the offense, looking for the ways it was truly heinous and underhanded and irresponsible and despicable.

And shall not memory be able to remind him of that time when he sneaked away by underhanded means, in order to avoid a decision; of that time when he gave the matter another turn, in order to please men; of that time that he deserted his post, in order to let the storm pass over; of that time he knuckled under, in order to secure an easing off of his painful position; of that time he sought refuge and association with others — perhaps, as it is called, in order to work all the more effectively for the Good's victory, that is, in order to make his own position a little less difficult than as though at the midnight hour, somewhat terror - stricken, one stood all alone «with heavily loaded weapons at his dangerous post.»

It is an underhanded attempt to get politicians to obey your special interest group, and an attempt to make your special interest group predominant, if only for a day.

Our ordinary historical documentation comes almost entirely from a class of scribes, generally those concerned with fiscal matters, for whom the official praises of hired annalists are as suspect as the underhanded slanders of apocryphal memorialists.

I believe a large percent of America can see this and votes for the guy's who do not pull such underhanded tactics in an attempt to win, which is why the Republicans were so stunned when they got destroyed in the last election.

It was the hardest thing in the world for me to throw a softball underhand from 20 feet away in that specific moment.

We've had a couple of instances recently where it appears the fourth official is feeding information to the primary one, and while that has been done in an underhand way, I'm all for making it the norm.

Gross Motor Skills for Toddlers at 18 Months: Walk alone Walk downstairs holding rail, one step at a time Run in a hurried walk Walk into a large ball to kick Throw underhand in sitting Pull toy behind while walking Stand on one leg with help At 24 months (2 years), most toddlers can complete the following gross motor skills:...

Let us all live the lives we are destined for and do that without judgment or underhanded comments.

During the election, the Liberal Democrats accused Labour of underhand tactics for distributing this leaflet.

Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a sharp rebuke to the White House on Friday for what he called an «underhanded» and «inappropriate» attack on U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a disagreement between New York elected officials and the Obama administration over proposed federal budget cuts to local anti-terrorism funding.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed the White House for its «underhanded» and «inappropriate» attack on U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a disagreement between New York elected officials and the Obama administration over proposed federal budget cuts to local anti-terrorism funding.

It will be very difficult to abrogate or renegotiate the Ameri power deal until allegations of underhand dealing between the previous government and the Ameri group is established, the African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), has indicated.

«To go ahead and systematically and intentionally empty out facilities under the guise of a policy shift, and then use that as a reason for closing those very same facilities is deceptive and underhanded,» Donohue said.

Using spin and underhand tactics against decent people whose prime motivation is to serve has for too long undermined the confidence of the public in our politics.

The team found that while underhand throws are best for reaching a target close by and above the shoulder, overhand throws are more accurate for targets below the shoulder — like a wastepaper basket — and are more forgiving to errors over long distances.

When it happens that you have two pushdown exercises in one workout, make sure that one of them has an overhand or a parallel grip for the lateral heads, and the other has an underhand grip for the medial heads.

These are done with an underhand grip with one hand and an overhand grip with the other — pull your head to one side of the bar for the first rep and then to the other side for the second one.

For a complete back development, it's advisable to use all types of hand positions — overhand, underhand, neutral and even mixed.

Place the barbell on the front of the shoulders and cross the arms over the bar to hold it in place or use an underhand grip, just watch out for the wrists.

If you don't have the flexibility for this, you can grab with a standard overhand or underhand grip.

Thanks to the underhanded work of industry front groups like the Center for Science in the «Public Interest», in the 1980s Americans had partially hydrogenated oils foisted on them as health foods.

Back - 15 minutes of chin - ups - I was using a regular underhand, close grip for these, coming all the way up and down to full extension.

You will use the exact same weight for the deadlifts but you may wish to change your grip to a mixed grip (one overhand, one underhand) so that you can hold onto the bar better.

To prepare for chin ups or pull ups, hang from a pull up bar, using the appropriate grip (underhand for chin ups, overhand for pull ups).

I get that start - ups have to start somewhere... but I really think it's underhand to use staff for «user experience quotes», and particularly bad to give them fake names!

At times, she is as scheming and underhanded as social studies teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), whose dislike for Flick culminates in him using unsuspecting jock Paul Metzler (Chris Klein) as a pawn in his vicious campaign to take her down.

So for all the scheming that goes on, beneath every underhanded plot is — gasp!

Wadjda naturally employs some underhand manipulation tactics in her bid for glory which in turn generates many of the film's standout comedy moments.

I'm not somebody who feels there is any subject too raw, sensitive, or serious for popular entertainment (I can honestly say that I feel A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child largely informed my attitude towards abortion), and Earthquake effectively places the Katrina conflict in an artistic context, stressing, in its underhanded way, the power of community in bringing the best out of people following a catastrophe.

Yet very quickly, Florida parents realized that this measure, which died in the State Senate on a 20 - 20 bipartisan tie vote, represented yet another underhanded ploy by corporate reformers, including Jeb Bush and Michelle Rhee, to hand public schools over to private, for - profit operators.

To understand the underhanded, heavy - handed and behind the scenes maneuvering that «education reformers» are engaged in, read Beware of Foundations Bearing Gifts and An Expensive «Gift» for Taxpayers Without Accountability.

While this does not completely eliminate the problem of e-book piracy, it does offer a wonderful opportunity for honest costumers to continue reading the books they love without resorting to underhanded tactics.

There must be at least one inquisitive reporter out there with the nose for a good story, and more importantly, with the balls to investigate and expose the current underhand practices of Goodreads.

Joining (and possibly foiling) the cast of characters is an underhanded reporter, Dominic Culpepper, and together the three are entangled in a plot for relationship revenge that involves secret documents that bring down an important figure.

These gangster bullies rely on anonymity for their multiple screen names, and their underhanded voting tactics.

Higgins» author page has been restored to reflect that he is not associated with these underhanded files (calling them books at this point would be painful), and the speed with which that repair took place is something for which even critics can be grateful to the digital era.

Buying the extra «Amazon Kindle Powerfast for Accelerated Charging» is a necessity and at $ 19.99 a pop, it was quite underhanded of Amazon to not include one with the new Kindle Fire HD.

The problem for many authors is that they do not like to ask for reviews as this somehow seems underhand, but it is not.

For any dogs but submissive ones in particular, it is best to pet them by approaching «underhand,» keeping your hand visible to them instead of somewhere over them where they lose sight of it.

Michiganders concerned about animal welfare converged on the state capitol for Humane Lobby Day in Lansing on Tuesday to lobby for better laws to protect pets and exotic animals and to oppose the legislature's underhanded attempt to stifle the voting rights of Michigan citizens on wildlife issues.