Sentences with phrase «is a dead end»

IBM famously reinvented its business model when it discovered that selling IT hardware was a dead end.

We don't want smart, ambitious economists to start thinking that taking a job at the Bank of Canada is a dead end.

Protectionism is a dead end.

The Philippines claims that direct negotiations with China proved to be a dead end — and the Philippines certainly can't convince China with military might.

I do think if you did this a couple of years back, you are probably still reaping some of the rewards but if you started trying to catch them using the same tactic it would be a dead end (not in all cases).

Another thing, by stating that abortion is an option because rasing a baby is a dead end for your future possible career, or you might drop out of HS, or you might not have enough $ to care for IT properly... all these excuses scream out: selfishness.

I've been down that road and it's a dead end.

'' I believe relying on scripture to refute or affirm homosexuality is a dead end street.

I have to confess, the immediate reaction I had was that this is why progressive evangelicalism and particularly mainline Protestantism (Campolo straddled both) can be dead ends, often failing to keep the next generation.

If, as I would argue, the above three ways of resolving struggles between faith and reason are dead ends, is there any other option?

There are times in most marriages when couples regress, or take a detour or a side road that turns out to be a dead end.

No doubt, many of us will find times in our lives where we are in a position we feel is a dead end.

It's a dead end — you either believe or you don't.

What was that way towards fellowship upon which Paul had struggled only to find that it was a dead end?

Corruption is a dead end street.

It's a dead end for mankind.

Hi Gabby, I have written to them and awaiting an answer.My guess it will be a dead end complaint that leads to no where.A food company will never admit liability unless there has been many complaints raised.

I guess they want to believe that Wenger still has his genuinity intact, but it seems like most of us Arsenal supporters now realise that this Arsenal is a dead end — that Wenger does not have a functional recipe for success, and Kroenke couldn't care less, as long as he gets his profit for free.

After he featured in the humiliating 4 - 0 defeat against MK Dons in the Capital One Cup, it was a dead end for Anderson's career at the top level.

He keeps saying «when I have money, when I have money, when I have money,» but his job is dead end and doesn't want more than 1 job because acting — auditions and such.

It is a dead end, get out as soon as possible and don't look back.

That's a dead end street.

I have scrounged bits and pieces of useful advice, but the majority was dead end information that was not pertinent.

Evarts Street is a dead end with an Ethiopian Church at the end of the street.

I soon realized «my customer «squestions» were actually discussions in other places and there was a dead end in the discussion.

An old but accurate joke is that parliamentary assistants are like stations on the London Underground - some have multiple connections, and some are dead ends.

It sounds eminently sensible, but the data from around the world suggests it is a dead end.

«Some people think it's a dead end,» said Steve Levy, the former Democratic Suffolk County executive.

Every path out of the current mire could easily prove to be a dead end.

(The other holes were dead ends.)

Cheap gas makes coal uneconomical «The agency disingenuously refers to its rule as path forward for coal, when in fact it's a dead end,» Segal said in an interview.

Our method was based on slow light, and I continued to work on it, but then I realized that it's not going to work in practice, so this was a dead end.

These shadowy figures — some of which are as large as the Milky Way but with just one - thousandth the number of stars — could be dead ends in galactic evolution.

If you're on a freewheeling ride like I am, there are no dead ends, because there's always something new to investigate.

«Many scientists have a preference to come back to Canada, but there's a dead end,» says Bellerive.

«Absolute frustration is the main message — public sector science is a dead end,» said Sarah Goodall of the IPMS.

«It shows for the first time that jellyfish tissue — once assumed to be a dead end for resources in the food web — can be recycled back into the ecosystem by the gobies.»

Hen points out that in researchers» search for ways to harness the power of quantum computing, some applications might be dead ends.

We can try a dozen new approaches, some of which will be dead ends, knowing that when one approach does work, we have the capacity to pour time and energy into it to see where it takes us.

How the standard approach to managing our eating challenges - fighting and attacking them - is a dead end strategy - and the secret to creating a successful program to break free from any food or body concern

Pretending you don't care is a dead end, too.

I tried some xxx personals but that proved to be a dead end.

COOK COUNTY RECORD - Apr 21 - A man who paid premiums to access A-list dating prospects on OKCupid, only to find out most were dead ends, is suing Match Group in a $ 5M class action complaint, accusing the company of setting him and other users up to get stiffed.

It's very difficult to figure out real compatibility when you first meet, which is why working with a Matchmaker that gets to know you and the individuals you are meeting can help you steer clear of relationships that are dead ends for you.

I don't want to say that being a sim - racer is a dead end, but it's hard to know where the Shift branch of Need for Speed can go from here.

Giving Alice powers was a dead end for the franchise so he copped out and got rid of them.

Forget the old adage that Los Angeles theater is a dead end; with Rogue Machine and Geffen Playhouse leading the charge, it's alive, and well, and transferring to NYC.

Betty appeared in just 2008's The Incredible Hulk, where her relationship with big - brain Bruce Banner (played there by Edward Norton) proved to be a dead end.

They make this choice, difficult as it is, because they know any other is a dead end.

Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden, said: «History will prove fossil fuel to be a dead end.