Sentences with phrase «into albatross»

«When the stock market collapsed in late 2008, the damage already promised by the plan's failure was greatly magnified, and transformed the entire project into an albatross,» the petition alleges.

Take a seat on our wooden deck, sun downer in hand, and enjoy watching surfers carve into the Albatross surf spot's waves, or watch the whales and dolphins having fun playing in the waves.

Take a seat on our wooden deck, sun downer in hand, and enjoy watching surfers carve into the Albatross surf spot's waves, or watch the whales an...

Not many people go to the Galapagos Islands for a show, but that is exactly what they may get if they run into an albatross pair along the craggy cliffs of Española (Hood) Island.

Take a seat on our deck, sundowner in hand, and enjoy watching surfers carve into the Albatross surf spot's waves, or fishermen patiently waiting for the big one to bite.

Yet in the past year or two, Bush's firm support for the Common Core standards has threatened to transform education from an asset into an albatross.

Exum could end up being the next Alec Burks in a lot of ways (injuries, skillset, contract), which has turned into an albatross.

They could get headlines for being open for business — possibly winning the attention of other, smaller suitors — without actually having to go through with the kinds of ludicrous tax giveaways that could turn Amazon's HQ2 into an albatross.

But if the economy doesn't take off or if we hit some other snag, it won't be hard for Democrats to make this thing into an albatross.

Stockholders will grumble, but they'd absolutely scream if their cash cows didn't just slow the milk but turned into albatrosses.

Not exact matches

While plenty of hurdles face new battery tech, the emergence of a viable and significantly better battery in the next five years could turn Tesla's $ 5 billion facility for mass producing lithium - ion batteries into a giga - albatross.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Should we really be surprised that in one year in Indianapolis, he's turned himself from someone considered a contract albatross into one of the league's best two - way guards, an all - star, and the leader of a damn good team?

What about the albatrosses Labour carried into the election?

Beyond the personal relationship, his alleged crimes transfigure one of Cuomo's signature initiatives, the «Buffalo Billion,» into the marquee albatross of his second term.

The vessel was steaming at more than 20 kilometres per hour into a strong headwind, yet without flapping its wings a lone albatross swooping elegantly just above the waves was easily keeping pace.

A new study from The Condor: Ornithological Applications provides the first direct estimates of the population size and annual survival of young birds in Oahu's Laysan Albatross population, giving important new insights into the demographics of these «prebreeders.»

Palmer's study also suggests that the floppy pterosaur had a hard time navigating strong winds, unlike albatrosses that plunge into storms and surf strong breezes.

Unfortunately, the albatross for this production comes from the botched ending, which may give some closure to the tale but feels extremely abrupt and unsatisfying for all of the investment that we have put into the story up until that point.

For what it's worth, James Spader does nice work playing against type as an intellectual nebbish, and Russell incorporates what could've been an albatross — the death of his character's young son — into his every delayed gesture without seeming merely thrown by the film's premise, whose machinations are so befuddling as to deter one from inspecting Stargate for political and allegorical angles.

Someone could discover cheap fusion and make the oil sands into a valueless albatross overnight.

Usually a Shy or White - capped Albatross as it is also known, it comes sweeping in barely above wave height on fixed wings, two metres from wingtip to wingtip, half circles the boat in idle curiosity and then disappears into the blue beyond.

Walk along the cliffs looking for waved albatrosses, Galapagos hawks, Hood mockingbirds and the red - colored race of marine iguana en route to Española's blowhole, where waves spout 90 feet into the air.

Albatross Room is fitted with 2 single beds which can be converted into a king size bed on request.

The boss of this world is Roy Koopa, who captured The Sky world, and turned the king into a condor (or Albatross in the remake), stealing his wand as well.

Annie Kelly recalled this, «We were there in breeding season and in their desire to capture the moment I saw fellow passengers practically climbing into nests to photograph baby albatrosses as their mother shrieked with alarm overhead.