Sentences with phrase «lump of coal at»
In an attempt to polish coal's tarnished image, the industry has launched a series of ads and other PR efforts (to the tune of «Jingle Bells»): Frosty the coal man is a jolly happy soul He's abundant here in America and he helps our economy roll Frosty the coal man's getting cleaner every day He's affordable and adorable and helps workers keep their pay Beyond caroling coal available online (isn't a lump of coal at Christmas traditionally a bad thing?)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/ Not exact matches
It is for our good and can only come through kind affliction that is meant to chip away at the lump of coal to reveal the diamond... and unfortunately it does hurt, but God is indeed righteous yet his ways are mysterious.
A St. Nicholas Celebration of song and storytelling at Bartow - Pell Mansion Museum will describe the arrival of Dutch sinterklass, who brought candy and fruits to good children, and lumps of coal to bad children of colonial New Amsterdam.
Or at the very least the accountants at Exxon Mobil must have put more than a lump of coal in the stocking hanging over Tierney's fossil fuel - burning fireplace.
When I imagine carbon, the first image that comes to mind is one of a big, black rock akin to the lump of coal you hope not to find at the bottom of your Christmas stocking.
If he's really lucky and we're feeling generous when he comes knocking at our door begging for help, we might even be kind enough to toss the odd lump of coal or two in the direction of a shivering, starving old man with a tattered tartan tie round his neck.
Many now recognize the ads by ACCCE, with the bright orange power cord plugged into a lump of coal, but the Center tells the story of its origins at least five years ago as the industry grappled with the growing drumbeat for policy action on global warming.
Virtually every case at the Supreme Court of Canada through the 90's were unsuccessful, based on the «lump of coal» trade - off.
And although a chance for banter and merriment with your employees is always a good idea, sometimes, what they do at your yearly soiree could leave them with a lump of coal in their inbox the next morning.
With the conference at Santa Clara, public participation in finding prior art and learning about the patent process on AskPatents, and continued legislative scrutiny of our patent system via the SHIELD Act, perhaps critics of software patents and troll proliferation will receive more than a lump of coal this holiday season.
His time at @WePublicHealth coincided with Federal LNP Government Ministers passing around a lump of coal in Parliament, extreme weather conditions including bushfires in NSW and flooding in WA, and with the annual #healthpolicyvalentines Twitter thread.