Sentences with phrase «more lumps of coal»

Not exact matches

But the more pressing question is: will gays get lumps of coal from Santa?
With more money for development of novel designs and public financial support for construction — perhaps as part of a clean energy portfolio standard that lumps in all low - carbon energy sources, not just renewables or a carbon tax — nuclear could be one of the pillars of a three - pronged approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions: using less energy to do more (or energy efficiency), low - carbon power, and electric cars (as long as they are charged with electricity from clean sources, not coal burning).
bellows Cohen before shooting up everything in sight — a reminder that some movies have no more worth than that proverbial lump of coal.
The revelation of the person responsible for Jessica's disappearance isn't so much a twist as an inevitable, easily foreseeable turn; a fairly humdrum climax fails to compensate for the disappointing lack of surprise — rendering this Gift more akin to a lump of coal, albeit one with an uncommonly inviting sheen.
OTTAWA — Veterans across Canada are praying that the Trudeau government will deliver more than a lump of coal when it rolls out its long - awaited plan for providing pensions to injured ex-soldiers.
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.
As far as what «Mother Nature» has placed under the tree for us, I fear it will be many more «lumps of coal» than «promises of global cooling.»
More than two - thirds of the energy in a lump of coal is lost before it ever gets to your laptop thousands of miles away.
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.
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