Sentences with phrase «in throwaway»

Nothing grows faster than the new, which results in a throwaway culture.

In effect, Pachauri was defending a proposition based on, effectively, a cocktail - party quality speculation reported in a telephone interview in a throwaway, non-peer-reviewed article in a popular magazine.

When everything we buy comes in throwaway packaging that's designed to be used only once, never to biodegrade, and is so cheap that there is no incentive to keep it longer, is it any wonder that our towns and properties are strewn with garbage?

The admission that warming will come is implicit in the book, but he said it explicitly in a throwaway remark in a physics dept. colloquium I attended at the University of Maryland, College Park, 24 Nov. 2000.

Clement Greenberg, in a throwaway remark, said that one day it will have to be explained how anti-Stalinism became art - for - art's sake.

The ending of Iron Man 3 where Stark all but hangs up the armour and destroys his robotic army is entirely ignored for the sake of the plot, meanwhile Cap and Falcon's decision to hunt down Bucky Barnes at the end of Captain America: Winter Soldier is also hastily glossed over in a throwaway line which does nothing but make the ending of Winter Soldier feel pointless.

Irate that columnist George Will had questioned the benefits of early childhood education in a throwaway line in paragraph 15 of an op - ed, Heckman wrote, «Those benefits, quoted by President Obama this year, come from my evidence - based analysis of more than 30 years of data from the Perry Preschool program... It is as good a trial for effectiveness as those we currently rely on to evaluate prescription and over-the-counter drugs.»

Selma Blair is wasted in a throwaway role as a porn star attracted to Al; Rosario Dawson is similarly squandered as Imogen's flaky friend Lana.

It is mildly interesting to hear how Lemmons came to be involved in the film (Jackson, after working with Lemmons on Eve's Bayou, owned the rights to the novel and requested the director), but the same information is provided in a throwaway production - notes feature.

However, «White House Down» does benefit from some great chemistry between Tatum and Foxx, and the supporting cast is excellent, even if many of the actors are wasted in throwaway roles.

Ramírez (Hands of Stone, Joy) continues in these throwaway roles, when nearly everyone enthusiastically following his careers knows he is better than the parts he's given / accepts.

Not that much could have elevated the silly script by Richard D'Ovidio (Thir13en Ghosts, Exit Wounds) to great heights, but it certainly shouldn't have played as a straight - to - video release at the hands of a seasoned director and an Oscar - caliber star like Halle Berry, who seems hell - bent on eroding her star appeal in throwaway roles.

Aaron, then they should have just accepted that the story was only about Erik and Xavier, instead of sprinkling in throwaway prop characters that distract instead of add.

Nevertheless, the film's three stars — Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson — still turn in some decent performances despite the lack of any real laughs in the script, and although the terrific supporting cast (which includes the likes of Kevin Pollack, Brian Dennehy, Rashida Jones and Rosamund Pike) is mostly wasted in throwaway roles, it makes «The Big Year» a lot more enjoyable than it has any right to be.

The other is a lesson in the modern workings of the throwaway economy, that the shoes his company is producing, as in expensive, but made to last a lifetime, have no future and barely a present in a throwaway.

And the whole is often more rewarding in its throwaway moments than in any of the more elaborate set pieces.

Sadly, Winter's Tale is missing many things, not just a helpful clarification of tone in its moniker; the only beliefs likely to be confirmed during its over-long 118 minutes is that in throwaway romantic fantasy fodder.

Whitney Cummings in a throwaway role.

All of the characters are fairly one - dimensional, and despite a supporting cast that includes Peter Mullan, David Morrissey and Ruth Sheen, they're absolutely wasted in throwaway roles.

Lupita Nyong» o plays Gwen, another flight attendant, and is pretty much wasted in a throwaway role.

In a throwaway line, which you might miss if you sip your soda too loudly, it's revealed Hawkeye and Ant - Man gave themselves up to the United Nations offscreen, basically entering forced retirement and / or house arrest.

Unfortunately, the rest of Cooper's top - notch cast (save for Joel Edgerton) is wasted in throwaway roles, which is not unlike the film itself, because for every outstanding setpiece, there are several scenes of tedious filler that grind the movie to a halt.

James McAvoy is excellent as the misanthropic antagonist, delivering one of the best performances of his career, but the rest of the cast (including Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan and Jim Broadbent) is wasted in throwaway roles.

Notable chiefly because their absences are explained in a throwaway line that gets thrown away by the character tasked to deliver it like it's a soiled diaper.

The plastic in the pics looks similar to the somewhat flimsy plastic used in those throwaway plasticware containers but instead it's some of the most durable plastic I've seen in reusuable storage containers!

American law professor Helen Alvaré had emphasized the foundational importance of the family for the health and flourishing of society; and Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana had reflected on Laudato Si and the «difficulty of recognizing the humanity of another person in a throwaway culture.»

In a throwaway, consumerist world, they accept, preserve, and continue tradition.

In a throwaway line intended to highlight his perpetually boyish good looks, his agent Rick Yorn refers to DiCaprio as a character actor in a leading man's body.

Not only would it help Rivers (number 1 in throwaways), if they could open holes for Gordon he could lead the league in 20 + yard gains.

She's got more than just pretty looks going for her but starring in throwaways like this and January's «That Awkward Moment» is not helping her cause to gain a foothold in the states.

Not exact matches

When we raised the matter with Barack afterward, he was surprised and frustrated that a debate in which he had generally performed well would be remembered for what he regarded as a throwaway line.

It's a bit of a throwaway statement; in today's technology industries, the norm is «coopetition» among «frenemies.»

It's a throwaway line, but Nietzsche was onto something when he said madness was the exception in individuals but the rule in crowds.»

But it's incredibly selfish to create problems for other people and other generations just to make our life easier in the present, and that's what our throwaway society is doing.

It looks like a throwaway at first glance, but if you take it in the context of the promises, it's estate planning with the coming centuries in mind.

The nearest any of these commentators came to working out why this may be a landmark appointment was John L Allen, with his throwaway comment that the appointment reflected «the priority of doctrinal concerns... in the pontificate of Benedict XVI.»

Two sad details in the Economist's fine obituary were a throwaway reference to «what had once been the Book District,» and a mention that the Strand had survived where fifty others had gone under.

It may just have been a throwaway line, a presumed witticism, to which he gave little thought; in which case he is convicted merely of intellectual sloppiness.

A throwaway line in an Oxford Outlook article about the worship of the Virgin Mary provoked a response from Vivien Dayrell - Browning, a 19 - year - old secretary at Blackwell's.

They trip off Secretary Clinton's tongue in casual, rote cadences, even down to the throwaway summation «you name it.»

Not only will you be saving money by not eating out, you'll be saving the world from the number of wasteful throwaway containers that end up in landfills.

broad statements about whom and where to beat or which players should score how many goals on average are just unnecessary statements which says nothing about the title, only throwaway opinion from the pundits who have no plans, every singlw title winner in the last 10 years will have drawn at home against teams they were expected to beat, nothing wrong there

While looking for the search term «Kyle Schwarber catch» in the SB Nation photo tool, hoping to find a picture of him in catcher's gear for a throwaway joke, these pictures came up:

He checked and found the first shot had hit just above the shoulder, his backup shot in the neck, my throwaway shot on the rump as the beast fled.

Then he added a throwaway line, something like «and there are free agents, if we get them signed in time, they can go.»

In the bottom of the fourth, Max goes over to the third base box and does a few cute, throwaway gags like falling asleep on the bag and playing hopscotch in the boIn the bottom of the fourth, Max goes over to the third base box and does a few cute, throwaway gags like falling asleep on the bag and playing hopscotch in the boin the box.

Although the Tigers sacked the 6» 5», 212 - pound Manning only once in raucous Jordan - Hare Stadium, they hurried him into one interception and 11 throwaways in a 27 - 21 Auburn victory.

Needless insult, it was supposed to be a joking throwaway remark, in terms of knowing facts, if u knew anything of me you would know I support aw more than most on here, if you cant share your opinion civilly nobody wants to hear it

UCF missed two field goals that could have put the game way, but with 24 seconds left, an attempted throwaway by Auburn's Jarrett Stidham landed in UCF freshman Antwan Collier's hands.

As Sampson said in the article, it was a «throwaway question.»