Sentences with word «gamesmanship»

We'd like to congratulate Chile defender Gonzalo Jara on pulling off one of the greatest pieces of gamesmanship of all time.

King, who calls himself «politically homeless,» says that while both parties talk about faith and invoke Scripture, he and other young evangelicals he knows sense an undercurrent of political gamesmanship in all the religious talk.

We need leadership, not political gamesmanship in order to pass the budget.»

In the end, Passion might not be much more than a glib, embittered bit of gamesmanship by somebody who's pretty much been on the sidelines since the mid -»90s, but there's something sort of sweet about seeing its maker continuing to play by his own rules.

This is now likely to be just another little bit of gamesmanship on Wenger's part (as we ALL know for a fact that Coquelin would not be playing against Spurs in the Capitol One Cup even if he was fully fit).

«What I learned traveling the state as a member of the task force charged with drafting new legislative districts was that the original intent of the process was misrepresented; citizens and participants were misled as to its openness and transparency; and it was fundamentally fraught with gamesmanship,» the senator wrote.

A new deleted scene from the upcoming Captain America: Civil War home release shows off an intense moment of political gamesmanship between King T'Challa, the Black Panther and Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is either the most reckless politician on the planet or he is engaging in gamesmanship at a level few in financial markets can comprehend.

Most of it has been eliminated in medal play where there is no time for gamesmanship.

I say disturbing because there is plenty that happens in the movie's second half that should not be divulged, except to say it aspires to — and often reaches — the psychological gamesmanship of Alfred Hitchcock's «Rebecca.»

Meanwhile the Obama administration's effort to essentially eviscerate No Child's accountability requirements will do nothing to stop such gamesmanship.

You'll also save your client money by avoiding gamesmanship and comeuppance while encouraging compromise and settlement.

It's not about gamesmanship.

Not only would this reform have kept rates low in 2013, it also would have removed the political gamesmanship from affecting student loan interest rates.

The 18 - year - old was then given a taste of his own medicine, hauled down in a breathless heap after the Bayern winger showed a bit of his own gamesmanship to out - muscle his marker.

With lifelong terms for the justices, the Supreme Court is rightly designed by our founders to not be as easily affected by political gamesmanship as Congress or the Executive Branch tend to be, however, as we saw with its handling of Citizens United, this current court with its 5 - 4 conservative majority is not afraid to take radical action.

His entire work can feel like gamesmanship of a high order, with others writing the rules.

Sophie Monks Kaufman talks to Claire Denis about romantic gamesmanship ahead of her wonderful Let the Sunshine In.

But, parties can not use the basically free public service offered by this court as a playing field for tactical gamesmanship,» he added.

The result, careful analysis of tax returns showed, was not an increase in investment or hiring, but pure gamesmanship.

The rebounding and all - around gamesmanship of the sometimes pouty power forward Charles Oakley?

That is disgusting gamesmanship and is why I totally advocate video referees for checking major decisions like this.

Case management, which is standard practice and conducted by the arbitral tribunal that will eventually hear the merits of the case, leads to much efficiency and less gamesmanship by lawyers.

His presidential flirtation had ended very badly, with the governor claiming that budget gamesmanship by state senate Republicans was the reason he'd left a plane idling on the runway instead of flying to New Hampshire to file primary petitions.

Yet to support their plans for emissions taxation Western governments, including ours, are still propagating scientifically juvenile greenhouse propaganda underpinned only by circumstantial evidence and GCM computer gamesmanship.»

Yet Desplechin's wildly discursive style calls so much attention to itself that even his heroes are overwhelmed by the aesthetic gamesmanship, left to flounder as the director skips from Leda And The Swan to breakdancing to a Hong Kong - style action sequence at a convenience store.

He devised the story — about a Niagara Falls couple (Ryan Reynolds and Mireille Enos) whose young daughter is abducted and held prisoner for eight years by a foppish psychopath (Kevin Durand)-- and his screenplay, co-written with TV - movie vet David Fraser, employs his usual structural gamesmanship, leaping to and fro in time and withholding crucial details.

When it comes to comedies about corporate gamesmanship and career assassination, The Promotion doesn't blaze any trails.

«At least in the academic community, it was well know that 100 % proficiency wasn't going to happen without gamesmanship, and the amount of improvement that was needed in some states was not plausible,» says USC's Polikoff.

Its just a shame that the Patriots have tipped the playing field so far that the only way to compete with them is through underhanded Belichickian - style gamesmanship.

Judge Waxse agreed and thinks gamesmanship needs to be thrown out the window.

And this is just another hard test of his leadership, not to mention his Albany gamesmanship.

This is more than a little high - tech gamesmanship that you have to play to survive in this business for one more year.

Gamesmanship lies at the heart of Stack's approach to management.

Such patent sales can easily turn into anti-competitive gamesmanship.

«But I think a soft hand by the CSA will enable gamesmanship.

In the future, conservatives should try to appeal to both groups by focusing on the economic priorities of those groups rather than ethnic gamesmanship.

Two years ago, Major League Baseball made a point to schedule every game on the final day of the regular season at the same time to limit gamesmanship and add excitement to any remaining playoff races.

It's just smart gamesmanship.

The offense is allowed to do whatever they want to convince the defense they're allowed to snap the ball — this is considered gamesmanship, and when a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers becomes great at drawing the opponent offsides, we laud them.

Everyone of their players is drilled to the nth degree as when to foul, what types of fouls in what areas of the pitch, taking gamesmanship to the very brink of what is acceptable.

Why would I want to watch a game where gamesmanship and cheating are encouraged.

There have been no further statements, threats, or punishments from the league, despite quite obvious gamesmanship among the worst teams.

I think I considered that and thought there were gamesmanship issues with allowing an Unexcused Player becoming a DH (I don't remember just now why...) Assuming the rule could be modified to «safely» allow it — I would be good with that.

A clever bit of contract gamesmanship.

While Woods, no doubt, takes careful note of Garcia's post-tourney boasting that «I want to play Tiger» in the following month's Ryder Cup, an observer might chalk this session up to nettlesome gamesmanship by Sergio and Tiger's thin skin.

Lackey steps off twice, and the announcers talk about how it's probably gamesmanship by the veteran.