Sentences with phrase «money grab by»

The ramp toll amounts to nothing more than a money grab by a small group of uncaring people.

Agency fees are a bald - faced money grab by the unions, but labor leaders dress it up by claiming non-union teachers must pay for the collective bargaining «services» the union provides on their behalf, whether those services are wanted or not.

In this piece, first published in the CT Mirror, educator and education advocate James Mulholland examines this latest money grab by the charter schools.

Erie County Legislator Joe Lorgio released a statement that called the move a money grab by the NFTA.

«To me it seems like nothing more than a money grab by the NFTA, which has a reputation for being very administerially bloated,» Lorigo told WBFO Friday morning.

Democratic Senator Charles Schumer says it's «a cheap money grab by the European Commission.»

Not exact matches

But as it and other digital «cryptocurrencies» have evolved, along with the public ledger system that makes up the blockchain, much of the bitcoin economy has been increasingly overtaken by big money — or by entrepreneurial prospectors who want to grab a piece of the bubblicious ICO phenomenon.

She grabs just half the endorsement money of Sharapova, with sponsors like Nike, Wilson, Gatorade, Beats By Dre, Mission Athletecare and Sheets energy strips.

«You shouldn't wave money at us, stand on chairs and lunge all the way over the bar top to try and grab us, and you definitely shouldn't be screaming «HEY» followed by your drink order.»

But Cindy took him down by grabbing some money off nearly every category and protecting the lead she built during Double Jeopardy.

Consequently, there is more investor money up for grabs by financial institutions.

He doesn't know if it was a money grab or merely an effort by the CBSA to flex its administrative muscles against a powerful U.S. multinational.

It also followed some recent wild tweets by Musk about building a cyborg dragon, how his eyebrows can grab things and an April 1 post in which he wrote, «Despite intense efforts to raise money, including a last - ditch mass sale of Easter Eggs, we are sad to report that Tesla has gone completely and totally bankrupt.

As for the Naked Pastor blog, I think money grabbing and ego - power - trips by pastors are the least of everybody's concerns about the institution of church.

As he was about to deposit it, the money bag was grabbed by a man who then shot the victim through the heart at close range with a sawed - off shotgun.

The man who grabbed the money and pulled the trigger was shortly thereafter arrested — and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment by this very judge in this very courtroom.

I was appalled by the process — I felt as if I were in some money - grabbing religious TV show.

By comparison to these clueless money grabbing waste of space FOSSILS, the players deadwood, Gibbs, Campbell, Debuchy and that ilk are positively worldbeaters.

His form was patchy at best and when The Ox was moved back there for a few games he showed up far better than Bellerin had been doing.He seems to have been a bit more consistent lately but if we are offered the type of fee being touted by Juve and Madrid etc then grab the money quickly - he ain't that good.

@BUDD mate you need to stick your head out from WENGER»S nose and smell the coffee, from a fellow ARSENAL fan to another, we should look forward to better things, WENGER has the money they brag about it, 2 months ago the players to improve the team were up to grabs and what he does NOTHING....1 goal (a beauty by the way) in 4 games, darn you need to wake up brother and stop following blindly.

But Cindy took him down by grabbing some money off nearly every category and protecting the lead she built during Double Jeopardy.

With the influx of public money (as opposed to sharp action) producing an inflated line, we're happy to grab the extra two points of value created by the lopsided betting.

Another point I was making is that with a decent CEO then a club can make profit AND spend, example being UTD who was bought by a money grabbing yank, they now make a profit and compete for the EPL title (well at least showing real contention this season).

Grab lunch instead of dinner — Save money by enjoying the lunch menu instead.

It's ill - advised to be too unified, because it entrenches the image of all MPs united by the virtue of being money - grabbing fiends.

This bias — pro-EU, anti-business, captured by the money - grabbing voluntary sector — matters because the BBC represents around 60 per cent of Britain's total news output.

By not having a public process, they appear as money - grabbing politicians,» he told The Post.

The New York State United Teachers union denounced the plan as a power grab by Cuomo to funnel state taxpayer money to political supporters of the governor.

Scientific disciplines are political constructions by which scientists publish, get cited, educate their students, and grab some grant money.

Coming to our site it manages to grab the attention of the users by impressive features, not like other dating sites which have an intention to seek only money from the membership.

When she refuses to indulge him, Irving grabs center stage by offering $ 1,000 — money in hand — to anyone who can show that Nazis killed Jews by gassing them at Auschwitz.

The Golden Age of Seventies moviemaking is so far behind us that film companies have the urge to distinguish routine money - grabs from pictures of quality by establishing sub-divisions.

This movie is based on the first of four books in a series written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, and from the trailers would look like just another «Twilight «cash grab for teens to hoard money towards.

3D has been much bemoaned recently and while it remains to be primarily a money - grabbing scheme by studios and cinemas, it does work in Bay's favour in this film.

It follows a jaded reality TV host (Josh Duhamel) whose latest project is a desperate ratings grab by his producer (Famke Janssen), depicting actual suicides for shock value and ostensibly to raise money for victims» families.

Every month, there will be at least one Crossover Costume up for grabs, which can only be obtained by playing Extra Battle mode with Fight Money.

However, the company, led by Malin Akerman's brilliantly fierce corporate head Claire Wyden, and her slimey, dim - witted, but equally money - grabbing brother Brett (Jake Lacy), have their own plans, to lure the beasts to the same location, all to secure the DNA from each of them to guarantee their billions in investment.

The problem with Metal Gear Survive is not that the game is not a stealth game, it's that it is a bad game, a stinker of a game, and a blatant money - grab by its publisher, Konami.

But Gamer does have that advantage of being a film about just this sort of money - grabbing commercial excess, which makes the ludicrous and unnecessary third dimension offered by this set at least coherent with the world that it's selling.

From a pure value - for - money standpoint it's unmatched, and players who want to go toe - to - toe with a menagerie of ferocious beasts would be well - served by grabbing a copy and finding a wiki to help with the obtuse parts.

The iconic bully takes lunch money, grabbing pint - sized kids by their ankles, turning them upside down, and shaking out their change.

That rankles supporters of traditional public schools such as Gonzalez Petkovich, who say too many charters are fly - by - night companies that are only in it to grab taxpayer money and don't offer a well - rounded education.

Governor Snyder's secret «Skunk Works» group was an unintended peek into the money grab voucher advocates and others are attempting by privatizing the public schools.

You borrowed money for your education and now you're no longer in school so it's time to grab your debt by the horns and start paying it off.

The freebies you get vary by supplier — the water efficiency site Save Water Save Money collates all the best ones up for grabs.

Purina Beyond cat food is the best choice for cat owners, Which by utilizing Amazon UK deals can be grabbed at a discounted rate for those who are looking for an affordable food for their felines without spending a lot of money.

Despite a recent poll that showed 75 % of Canadians believe that the new baggage fees are a «money grab» by airlines, Air Canada and WestJet are sticking to their guns.

Grab a great value for money holiday in the Canaries by booking your next holiday at the Occidental Jandia Playa.

A 19 - year - old girl was grabbed by two women on Edinburgh's Princes Street before being robbed and threatened to have her throat cut if she did not take them to an ATM and withdraw money.

Unravel is made a by a small team that genuinely care about videogames, proving that not all games are made by faceless groups of money - grabbing robots sitting atop massive corporations that churn out generic triple A titles.