Sentences with phrase «is dead on arrival as»

pushes back on the notion that President Trump's budget proposal is dead on arrival as the bill makes its way to Capitol Hill.

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If the idea of dignity needs that kind of marketing or selling, then as a politically useful concept it is dead on arrival.

Cuomo and WFP officials are trying to work it out, even as much of the liberal agenda — especially campaign finance reform — appears to be dead on arrival now that Republicans are fully in control of the state Senate.

The proposal has been called «DOA» — dead on arrival — by a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Northport) and attacked by Republican county lawmakers as «Bellone's water tax.»

Otherwise, Senate Republicans are pointing to legislative term limits — a nonstarter in the Assembly — as evidence of action, and the Democrats who dominate the lower chamber point to a suite of bills, including some restrictions on outside income, that were approved with full knowledge that they were dead on arrival in the State Senate.

Lending his voice on the need for its withdrawal was a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator representing Abia south, Eyinnaya Abaribe, as he said the budget was dead on arrival.

He disagreed with senators on the issue of padding of the 2018 Appropriation Bill, saying there was no such thing as padding in the budget, as the proposals were documents which could be seen as dead on arrival.

According to them, the case was already dead on arrival, following the detection of technical flaws and other discrepancies, which did not reflect the true character of the Speaker as «a humane and compassionate leader».

Marafa, who is also the spokesperson of the Senate Unity Forum, while speaking with Punch described the proposed amendments as «dead on arrival.»

Let's set the stage by noting that, as a significant competitor to anthropogenic greenhouse forcing of recent climate change, the direct radiative forcing by solar irradiance variations is dead on arrival.

Flat as can be, and dead on arrival.

Surprisingly dull and unfunny for the talent involved, «Life After Beth» is a dead - on - arrival comedy that's just as much in need of some brains as its title character.

Given that Apatow's audiences tend to run on the immature side, it's a safe bet to assume that many of the references will be lost on a sizable portion of the potential ticket buyers, who will probably think the filmmakers are just geniuses at being weird, such as a silly acid trip where Dewey meets The Beatles, including an animated sequence a la Yellow Submarine, that is dead on arrival.

Unfortunately, Red Dead Redemption's arrival on PC isn't half as triumphant as most fans had hoped in the past.

Cressida Bonas as Sasha was very easy on the eyes, but when it came to her performance, she was pretty much dead on arrival.

WHY: «Life After Beth» is a terrible movie, a dead - on - arrival zombie comedy that's just as much in need of some brains as its title character.

Reporters nonetheless have pronounced the budget «dead on arrival,» as Congress is reluctant to increase spending at a time when the country is running a large fiscal deficit.

Finally there is the Ultimate eReader campaign and I beg a pardon Michael but it has none of these things going for it and the specs as they read on the campaign https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-ultimate-e-reader#/ are dead on arrival.

Far from being «dead on arrival» as the late Apple boss Steve Jobs once declared, the 7 - inch tablet market is thriving.

While Apple encroached on the 7» tablet territory that the late Steve Jobs once declared that tablets in the «tweens» (meaning the 7» category) are basically DOA — Dead On Arrival, one raised eyebrows and questions as to whether Steve would have approved of such a move or noon the 7» tablet territory that the late Steve Jobs once declared that tablets in the «tweens» (meaning the 7» category) are basically DOA — Dead On Arrival, one raised eyebrows and questions as to whether Steve would have approved of such a move or noOn Arrival, one raised eyebrows and questions as to whether Steve would have approved of such a move or not.

The game was originally designed as a multiplayer only game, which could explain why the story premise is so odd, but unfortunately the online community for the game is dead on arrival.

The three most famous of all Weegee's images were shot for PM and are featured in our show with their original captions: «Coney Island... Temperature 89... They Came Early, Stayed Late,» «The Critic,» and «Their First Murder» (with the accompanying «Here He is as He Was Left in the Gutter... He Got a DOA Tied to His Arm, That Means Dead on Arrival»).

And guaranties that the cited above G8 deal is dead on arrival... Not that the deal will change anything, except for UK government which has been fantastic on Carbon reductions, The Senator and acolytes would have trouble explaining the disappearing Arctic Ocean ice, not that someone is capable of «Hoaxing» vanishing multi year ice, and even further, failing to match their statements with Polar ice disappearing in tandem with world wide temperatures being flat, not rising for ten years now, as they like to claim, how to explain the disappearing ice then??? Those trying to explain a long term cycle, beware!

Trumpcare is dead on arrival, as they put it.

Pakula, who directed films such as All The President's Men and Presumed Innocent, was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital.

No matter how great the apps and hardware, without having a unique pre-installed software experience, a device is as good as dead on arrival.

In essence, the change makes devices like the Miraxess - made Mirabook dead on arrival as they won't be able to perform as advertised once they hit the market as far as Samsung's Android flagships are concerned.

Unfortunately, Red Dead Redemption's arrival on PC isn't half as triumphant as most fans had hoped in the past.