Sentences with phrase «gamesmanship on»

Or is this just gamesmanship on Gabelli's part?

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).

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One way or another, all the experts advise that you leave behind simple - minded dickering based on gamesmanship and emotion and attain a new mindset, an almost Zen - like state of rationality.

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.

The deal could still fail, mostly as a result of gamesmanship between Chinese and American politicians, but today's share prices offer a significant discount even if that happens and NXP must carry on as a separate business.

Even assuming that Chelsea's three strikers are out of action though, it does not mean that the Gunners will have an easy task on Sunday as it will make Mourinho even more negative than usual and that means a massive blue bus and plenty of gamesmanship is heading to north London.

He joked about how being able to wear Jordan cleats on the field is even part of his gamesmanship — opposing batters are always trying to sneak a look at his shoes, so he'll make sure to pull the pants up and make a show of tying them, so his opponents are thinking about the kicks and not the next pitch that's coming.

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

Both officials were egged on to dismiss Mills by the home support, tired of what they viewed as gamesmanship by Forest's players.

The British political class this morning looks horribly inadequate, particularly on its right flank - the gamesmanship of successive Conservative leaders has driven Britain to the brink.

By attacking Corbyn on student debt, the Tories have not only improved their tactics but also shown that they are prepared to resort to gamesmanship and play the man, not the ball.

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.

The gamesmanship continues in Abel's modest apartment, where the close attention paid to his earlier activities lends his attempts to hide that coded message an instinctive audience sympathy, even though he's spying on the good old U.S.A.. By observing a spy at the ground level (the camera swoops low around Abel's pursuers» feet, as if it's combing the apartment itself), Spielberg establishes the humanity so crucial to the rest of the film.

Their scenes, and Johnson's scenes with J. Edgar Hoover (Dylan Baker) focus on the political gamesmanship required to bring about change.

Even Unsane's most ridiculous moments coast on the sheer energy of director Steven Soderbergh's aesthetic gamesmanship.

While Ofsted is now planning unannounced inspections in order to get around this gamesmanship, one wonders if Her Majesty's government would be better off simply relying on value - added analysis of student data.

«Whether its opening 100 schools total or 100 additional schools, we will not rest until we are able to provide a high - quality education not only to our current student population, but to the tens of the thousands of children on our waiting lists who have been banished to low - performing district schools due to nothing more than political gamesmanship,» he said.

Only last year, after reports about the cheating of kids from Washington Examiner editorialist Barbara Hollingsworth and others, did state officials finally put the kibosh on the gamesmanship.

«The students who rely on these loans are being used for political gamesmanship,» Sen. Cochran said, «It is important that we find a reasonable solution to this situation.»

The sole reason I am still targetting you though is not for the reasons «mike» put in his sadly departed comment, but because by putting on multiple personas such as Stirling English you are unhelpful to my cause (of finding out what sceptics really think) because in the back of my mind I will always be wondering whether (to use a bit of «mike» - style psychological gamesmanship) you really are just a bored and perhaps lonely man, or whether there is more to your method.

I hold special scorn for those who want to tear away funding for programs that mostly benefit the disadvantaged, because this is pure gamesmanship — if politicians were serious about balancing the budget, they'd either tackle defense and entitlement programs, or do something that would be much, much better for the economy than slashing government spending: raise taxes on the wealthy.

The principle is that the only reliable way for a law firm to build a lasting positive presence on the web is through the steady and timely production of relevant content: no amount of SEO gamesmanship will outperform good content that builds links with other websites.

Delays, gamesmanship, get - out - of - jail - free cards to recidivists, queue jumping by illegal immigrants, and the increasing complexity and impact that laws are having on our lives.