Sentences with phrase «money pit in»

She was honest and looked out for us so that we didn't buy a home that would be a money pit in the future.

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«Fast Money» trader Dan Nathan takes a look at the implied move for Costco in the options pit ahead of earnings.

Doctoroff, company chairman Peter Grauer, and Pearlstine all opposed the idea, viewing the magazine, headed for a $ 62 million loss in 2009, as a money pit.

In any case, that prospect, in addition to the money - pit nature of the middle - aged rental sliding toward old age, prompted us to sell a few months lateIn any case, that prospect, in addition to the money - pit nature of the middle - aged rental sliding toward old age, prompted us to sell a few months latein addition to the money - pit nature of the middle - aged rental sliding toward old age, prompted us to sell a few months later.

Home inspections aren't required, but they go a long way in making buyers feel secure that they are not purchasing a property that will turn into a major money pit.

Funny... we put your deity into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, pit it on out money in 1956... and our country started going to hell in the 1960's.

You can pit like that over a pound of cherries in no time (and no money).

Featuring the world's top pit - masters vying for $ 50,000 in prize money, the event represents the single most prestigious concentrated assemblage of past, present and future barbecue masters ever.

A Bottomless pit of oil money with no limits on salaries or xfer fees gets you the best players and manager in the world.

Our club is in serious decline, our transfer window activity compared to the other big clubs is pathetic, clearly profit driven for greedy Kroenke, wenger is a subservient puppet and gazidis is just another yes man, none of the current board have any interest or backbone for the club they represent, as long as the silly fans keep the money coming all the management are happy, to keep their respective snouts in the trough (money pit) and laugh all the way to the bank.

Giroud # 1 for France and sees the new boy come in for big money and knows he'll likely push him pit of the club and take his France place.

I don't see them having an unlimited pit of money and Arsenal is only the second richest football club in the world, according to this study:

Now this, I think, is where many of the club's detractors, and of course Wenger's too, simply overlook a simple and obvious fact — the majority of the top clubs, and some of those in the second tier, from whom we want to buy relevant top players, are owned by incredibly rich men, known as oligarchs for a good reason, or bottomless money pits, known as state - owned clubs, and we all know who they are, simply do not need the money, however much is offered.

With the bigger clubs flooding the market in search of anything that moves or anyone with a pulse, the continental clubs think we are all a bottomless pit of money.

Keely Flynn is a Chicago playwright, freelance writer, and blogger residing in a fixer - upper that would make The Money Pit blush.

«Spending extra money on things like pre-washed and pre-cut lettuce, for example, is a huge money pit,» says Stacy, «buying whole foods and preparing it yourself will not only cut back on costs but it will ensure you are not eating extra preservatives or additives in packaged foods.»

So $ 118 million in downstate taxes, meant to fund transit exclusively, disappeared into the Albany money pit.

In the 2014 race in the 4th Congressional District in Nassau County — Long Island's second biggest money pit — candidates ate $ 1.3 million in loans they made to their campaigns and owed nearly $ 129,000 in unpaid campaign costIn the 2014 race in the 4th Congressional District in Nassau County — Long Island's second biggest money pit — candidates ate $ 1.3 million in loans they made to their campaigns and owed nearly $ 129,000 in unpaid campaign costin the 4th Congressional District in Nassau County — Long Island's second biggest money pit — candidates ate $ 1.3 million in loans they made to their campaigns and owed nearly $ 129,000 in unpaid campaign costin Nassau County — Long Island's second biggest money pit — candidates ate $ 1.3 million in loans they made to their campaigns and owed nearly $ 129,000 in unpaid campaign costin loans they made to their campaigns and owed nearly $ 129,000 in unpaid campaign costin unpaid campaign costs.

The contest pits Moya against Hiram Monserrate, who is trying to make a comeback after he was expelled from the state Senate for slashing his girlfriend's face with glass, and did jail time for stealing city money in a separate fraud case.

Asked about problems with Albany schools, McLaughlin pointed out that while public schools and charter schools are often pitted against one another, they're all public schools in the sense that they all run on public money.

The Park District race pitted a high school senior against one of the city's most influential businessmen, and ultimately Harig gave Paladino a somewhat unexpected run for his money in what many consider «Carl Country.»

Party leaders, even when their candidates are beaten at convention, do not like primaries that pit brother against sister (in the political sense), cost money better spent on electing candidates.

Today, even former service chiefs are being made to account for fighting the money that was meant for insurgency but diverted and kept in pit latrines.

Or better, how much money I have wasted in sitting in my own stank.So, I have tried deodorant rocks, coconut oil, Primal Pit, Tom's brand, Burt's Bees, and alas going without << worst decision of them all.

This stuff works, I tested it by seeing how long it would take to be able to smell my pits... a good day and a half... I am impressed just don't get why the in - store products can't do this with all their research and big money behind them.

One of my favorite stores in the WORLD and a huge money pit for me!

Tube8 provides a huge selection of the best Money Pit Stop: I'm an ex-policeman with # 80k to invest in retirement, where should I put it - and do I pay off my # 30k mortgage?

What The Money Pit and Funny Farm were striving for is here in all of its glory.

Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House builds heavily on it's predecessors (Jack Benny's «George Washington Slept Here» for one, and W.C. Fields movies in general, for another), while at the same time, inspiring future «do - it - yourselfers - gone - wrong» movies («The Money Pit» for one and «Are We Done Yet?»

In fact, the finished script by David Giler (Undisputed, The Money Pit) and Walter Hill (48 Hrs., The Getaway), the team who produced Alien and co-wrote Aliens, was constantly revised with the help of screenwriter Larry Ferguson (Highlander, Rollerball), with directions in the plot changing on a constant basis during the shoot, mostly prompted by studio meddlinIn fact, the finished script by David Giler (Undisputed, The Money Pit) and Walter Hill (48 Hrs., The Getaway), the team who produced Alien and co-wrote Aliens, was constantly revised with the help of screenwriter Larry Ferguson (Highlander, Rollerball), with directions in the plot changing on a constant basis during the shoot, mostly prompted by studio meddlinin the plot changing on a constant basis during the shoot, mostly prompted by studio meddling.

Though Armored Core 3's main single - player mode revolves around a mission - based structure, there's also an arena mode where you can pit your AC against a number of increasingly difficult computer - controlled foes in one - on - one battles for prize money.

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The generation gap has never been wider than it is in Pieter Van Hees» deliriously absurd satire, pitting old generation money against Millennial apathy — and the occasional naked anarchist — following Belgium's economic collapse.

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In the years before he became an A-list superstar, Tom Hanks cranked out one high - concept comedy after another — from 1984's Bachelor Party to 1986's The Money Pit to 1985's The Man with One Red Shoe.

There is dialogue that advances a scene and there is dialogue that fills a page count, and David Giler's screenplay for The Money Pit toils almost exclusively in the latter.

Yet for some reason, a similar rumour never leaked out about The Money Pit despite the ever - diminishing pedigree of actor - turned - director Richard Benjamin, the man responsible for My Stepmother Is An Alien, Milk Money, and The Shrink Is In, to name a few.

This does not hold true of The Money Pit's soundtrack, which is presented in 5.1 DTS and Dolby Digital options of little differentiation.

Could the same guy have possibly helmed both The Money Pit's ingenious Rube Goldberg set - pieces — each a pre-CGI marvel of precision timing that doesn't just ape the stunts of the silent greats (Keaton, Lloyd, Chaplin), but belongs in their class — and its pedestrian, overlit (by Gordon Willis, of all people) scenes of banter?

Howard directed his all - time worst movie The Da Vinci Code in 2006 (even though it did what it was supposed to do — make a truckload of money), but he made up for the errors of his ways two years later with the riveting, brilliantly made Frost / Nixon, which pitted Frank Langella against Michael Sheen to mesmerizing effect.

Since returning from teaching at Harvard University to start a charter school in his hometown, Lawrence P. Hernandez has become well - known for two things: coaxing top - flight test scores from his mostly low - income and Latino students, and fighting like a pit bull for the money to do it.

Gresham was referring to the federal Education Department's signature program, which pit states against one another to compete for millions in grant money — initially $ 4.35 billion from the 2009 stimulus initiative.

It's not so impractical that you can't live with it every day - in fact I think it would work well in that role - and the fuel bills don't render it a money pit over time.

In a few weeks, Toyota will hold their annual Long Beach Grand Prix Toyota Pro / Celebrity Event which pits celebrities and pro drivers in a race to help raise money for children's hospitalIn a few weeks, Toyota will hold their annual Long Beach Grand Prix Toyota Pro / Celebrity Event which pits celebrities and pro drivers in a race to help raise money for children's hospitalin a race to help raise money for children's hospitals.

In the tradition of Sherlock Holmes, this newest mystery in the Charles Lenox series pits the young detective against a maniacal murderer who would give Professor Moriarty a run for his moneIn the tradition of Sherlock Holmes, this newest mystery in the Charles Lenox series pits the young detective against a maniacal murderer who would give Professor Moriarty a run for his monein the Charles Lenox series pits the young detective against a maniacal murderer who would give Professor Moriarty a run for his money.

It is Look before You Leap: The Smart Author's Guide to Avoiding the Money Pit and Achieving Financial Success in Publishing.

Look before You Leap: The Smart Author's Guide to Avoiding the Money Pit and Achieving Financial Success in Publishing

1 they don't know better; 2 they've been bamboozled; 3 they don't think / know there is another option; or 4 they think that this is a way to start out with minimal moneys, not knowing that they, in turn, become a money pit for the company they sign up with.

Few of us expect to get rich from the produce we grow in our gardens, but this relaxing hobby can easily snowball into a money pit if we don't watch expenses.

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