Sentences with phrase «like stacking the deck»

Sure, Erica would have a nice, handsome boyfriend, but giving her the sweetest, handsomest younger man in the world does seem like stacking the deck.

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As entrepreneurs we can often feel like the deck is stacked against us when it comes to the digital world.

But what I liked best about the book is how it engages with what I see as one of the most important and difficult social - policy questions of our time: How do we unstack the deck and, at the same time, get people to take ownership over improving their own lives and communities even when they reasonably believe that the deck is stacked against them?

At the same time, a political discourse that is overly focused on the external causes of misfortune can make people feel like the deck is stacked against them, so why even try?

It would be much easier if he didn't have to play this game with himself... I mean... he knows the outcome before the game even understand he does nt even tell us the damn rules... what kind of a god plays by rules that only he knows and doesn't even tell us... probably because he already knows the outcome... its like playing cards with a stacked deck and he; s the dealer laughing at us all because he has all the aces... I hate gods who do that.

He acts like he wants the easiest path and the deck stacked in his favor.

I'd like to encourage food bloggers, public health advocates, lunch reformers, etc to enlist parents to make good choices (without guilt) but to also recognize that the deck is stacked against parents.

McDermott says professional politicians use the board of elections to stack the deck to keep average people like him out of office.

«The Koch Brothers and billionaires like them are behind Elise Stefanik because they know she will stack the deck in favor of the special interests and the ultra-wealthy at the expense of hardworking New York families and seniors.»

Graphite, the form of carbon found in pencil lead, is essentially made from sheets of graphene stacked together like a deck of cards.

A piece of graphite is simply a stack of graphene layers loosely stuck to each other, like a deck of cards.

Graphite is essentially made from sheets of graphene stacked together like a deck of cards, and sliding it in the right way can separate the layers.

If you're an introvert looking for love, you may feel like the deck is stacked against you.

And so, just trying to, just figure out, just, if you have any recommendations on like how we can stack the deck in my favor and my son's favor just as we navigate just the health care system and just how to live a long and healthy life as we fight this elevated cholesterol levels that has not faired too well for my uncles, and great uncles and just look into, just trying to figure out how to just live a long, healthy life, and avoid those nasty Statin drugs.

Because children with autism are perhaps the most sensitive and need the most nutrition, the principles that apply to them, apply to virtually everyone who wants to become healthy and heal including: healthy people like pregnant women and children, preconception women wanting to «stack the deck» in their favor, and children with developmental delays and digestive disorders.

You have to be able to stay healthy, avoid the disabled list, maintain your skills, get lots of at bats... There are so many things that have to go right in order to make this kind of thing happen, it is like the deck is stacked against you.

It's not a message that audiences will extract as a prickly needle from the haystack of situational (read random) comic set - pieces that the filmmakers play like trump cards from the bottom of a stacked deck, but it does anchor film's narrative boat.

Folks like Rep. Diaz complain that districts don't pick the corporate charter chain option enough, so HB 5105 stacks the deck by forcing districts to select this option and eliminating the district managed option entirely.

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A YouTube widget offers a «stack widget,» sort of like a deck of playing cards.

Ultimately, if the founder is making his / her business available for investment to the public - they «hold the deck» so to speak - and as such it is easy to «stack the deck» if they want to - but by making an ethical initial offering fundraising / equity distribution model - in combination with transparent bookkeeping (and routine insight day to day operations) I feel like the founder can make a compelling case and use that to hopefully smash the initial offering.

It may feel like the deck is stacked against you, but it is possible to improve your financial situation!

We all want the holiday season to be the happiest, most carefree time of the year, but sometimes we feel like the deck is stacked against us.

It may look very much like this accessibility teardown is stacking the deck (hehe) because it assesses the system according to its own most favourable game modes.

In the late 1800s, the fish were so abundant in the Hudson River that they were stacked like logs on sloop decks and the smoked flesh gained the nickname Albany beef.

Whether they stack the deck on funding, or give a pass on paper reviews, or gloss over their friends» failings, or use public, ad hominem attacks on people that have a different view... to people like Gleick these things are acceptable, even noble, because they are trying to save the world.

Many congrats to all for getting the paper published — it is clear the decks are still stacked against sceptic papers, but I hope papers like this and the events of climategate will make sure editors are increasingly objective about publication.

The visceral hatred for elites and professionals addressing a legal community that looks quite wealthy, and looks like it is stacking the deck in its favor.

Managing money can be hard when it seems like the deck is stacked against you.

You may feel like the hot weather, the kids being home from school, and vacation travel are stacking the deck against you for business productivity, but a little advance planning can go a long way.

There is nothing like fresh herbs and this stacked pot version seems like a great way to save space for a deck garden.