Sentences with phrase «more of a slap»

Anything that promotes peace is more of a slap in OBL's face than any of the imaginative ways so many of us would have chosen to dispose of him.

Regrettably it was to ask for money and to me it was more of a slap in the face.

«Lots of things they can be doing, but right now it looks like more of a slap the letter on the door and see what happens,» said Poston.

But, to me, even more of a slap in the face when it comes to the Big 5 and their ilk is the insistence on trying to lock their e-books with DRM.

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We don't want to make the amateur mistake of getting caught in an echo chamber, such as: Just because you watched one horror title, slapping in front of you nothing but more horror titles.»

«People are slapping buzzwords on résumés and looking to get 50 or 100 percent more, and they're getting it,» said Scott Gnau, president of Teradata Data Lab.

While plenty of good buys abound on this retail holiday, some aren't as good as they seem, with items costing more than they did just a few weeks ago or stores listing products at the full retail price, but slapping the label «Black Friday deal» onto the flyer to entice shoppers.

You can avoid the slaps on the wrist if you had at least as much income tax withheld this year as last (unless you make more than $ 150,000, in which case you have to hold back at least 110 percent of the prior year's withholding).

Indeed, thanks to the Military Personnel Exchange Program, the U.S. Air Force has the opportunity to swap service members with an allied nation military: for this reason, whilst «Pinna», from an AMX A-11A Ghibli experience with the 132 ° Gruppo (Squadron), flies with the 74th FS, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joe «Slap» Goldsworthy, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot with more than 2,700 flight hours of experience, is assigned to the 132 ° Gruppo and flies the Ghibli (even in combat).

And they're slapping misleading health - centric phrases like «whole wheat,» «gluten - free,» and «low - fat» on foods that are full of as much (and many times, much more) sugary treats like ice cream and cookies.

«Instead of senior executives being forced out or even criminally sanctioned, the firm receives a fine that amounts to little more than a slap on the wrist.»

This open - ended investigation is a more moderate course of action against China than simply slapping tariffs on it, but if it does eventually escalate, the US could find itself reshaping global trade in a big way.

In addition to higher fees, the CRTC said it found that some newer carriers were being slapped with «more restrictive terms and conditions» to secure roaming agreements that allow them to provide service to customers in parts of Canada where they do not have wireless towers.

This is a better way to describe the NEW Bondi 5 — Hoka has build a brand new model and slapped the Bondi name on it to sell more shoes while alienating all of it's loyal and dedicated fans.

When I first graduated from college and got a job I bought a car (Honda accord) which I shouldn't have for around 20k I was making 35k since I was young and dumb and didn't have a lot of credit I got slapped with a ridiculous apr around 12 % so my payment was about $ 350 I really that I had negative equity so I tried to get out of it by buying a another car that was worth more but cost the same with a lower interest rate to try to get rid of my negative equity.

It's unclear how oil flowing in a new pipeline, Keystone XL, could get slapped with more onerous treatment than the millions of barrels that already get shipped to the United States on existing lines, such as the initial Keystone conduit and several operated by Enbridge Inc..

The mother of Brittany Maynard, who ended her life early after being given a terminal diagnosis, has said Vatican criticism of her decision was «more than a slap in the face».

Fewer rescuers than non-rescuers reported being slapped, spanked, kicked, and beaten or having their hair pulled by parents; 3) Many more non-rescuers than rescuers perceived punishment as gratuitous — a cathartic release of aggressiveness by parents; and 4) Rescuers most frequently used the word explained to describe parental approaches to correction and discipline.

Rather than seeing sin eradication as a series of don'ts and self - inflicted hand slaps, our time and energy is better spent, and more effective, when we focus on what we can do.

More about Christianity later, but for the moment let me say that I abominate this view as a voluntary death of the spirit; a slap at the Creator, if there is one.

In like fashion, perhaps Hemingway's presumed slap at the rhetoric of Faulkner's acceptance speech when he himself came to win the prize later on ought to be taken for what it's worth too — but no more.

Last month she gave only a soft slap on the wrist to Trump's reckless act: but with her international reputation in the balance, she must publicly show that on climate change she has far more in common with the rest of the world than with Donald Trump and join other leaders in defending and advancing the Paris Agreement.»

He was falsely accused, arrested, slapped, spit on, had His beard pulled out of His face, sent to court where though no guilt was found was sentenced to be beaten to within an inch of HIs life, struck with rods, whipped with a weapon that had sharp bones and different pieces tore large chuncks of flesh off, drug back to court wearing a robe which when the blood dried to it became its own bit of torture, the first beating not good enough so sentenced to die, had a crown of thorns pressed down into his skull causing much more blood loss, beaten some more, forced to carry an extremely heavy wood beam as he marched toward His death, whipped and beaten along the way, had huge nails driven through His hands and feet, and had a shoulder separated.

So slap some more green chili on your cheeseburger, but if somebody hands you a plate of mice marinated in toxic chemicals, don't throw «em on the barbie.

Because I wanted to make it a little more sinful and take it over the edge, I decided to slap on Bourbon to the beginning of the title.

Turn slap onto a cutting board, peel off paper and dust with more of the powder mixture.

Flip the burgers, drizzle a bit more oil if needed, and immediately slap a slice of vegan cheese on top of each patty.

Therefore, this label can be slapped on any coffee, including coffee grown in the sun, or from farms with only a few shade trees This might be done out of either ignorance or a desire to capture the market (see more on this here), because these coffees usually carry a price premium.

What drives me a bit mad about Chubb is he's a lot more refined than Landry in terms of having all the tools in his toolbox, employing hand slaps, rips, swims, various punches and jabs, etc..

I am not sure how much more of this mutual back slapping I can take between the two managers.

With Fernando Alonso losing yet another Honda engine in FP1 in Barcelona he's now already used all four of some of the elements of his power unit, and using any more could mean he get slapped with a grid penalty at the next race.

He obviously knew that this would happen, just as it did in the case of Cesc Fabregas, but the Gunners have much more bargaining power this time around and can slap a 100 million price tag on Bellerin to keep the Catalans at bay if they so wish.

Hardworking players like mertasacker and giroud are more often than not bear the brunt of the criticism while the English core are given just a mere slap on the wrist with the usual adage about «young and having time on their side to improve».

We better be in mid-season shape and form come 12 august coz this season is going to be one of the toughest in decades.Last season we suffered a bit in some games and that trend may continue until someone this season steps up and gives the player who is not giving his 200 % a slap on his back side and tells him to work his socks up a lot more.

The Frenchman had a lot more reason than Gabriel to react as he was grabbed round the throat, had both of Costa's hands pushing his face, was slapped and then pushed to the ground.

A former rookie of the year and MVP, Ichiro has been a shell of his former self this season posting just a.261 batting average, however the Yankees hope a change of scenery — and more importantly, the chance to finally play for a contender — will help the slap - happy lefty regain his old form.

It's not that she's perfect or that I'm perfect or anything, it's more that in my daily life, few adults are capable of flipping my «I really want to fucking hit you right now» switch, so the chance of my child or anyone else's doing something that causes me to haul off and slap them across the face or tushie is basically zero.

The layout works well because there is a very obvious «baby / toddler» splashpad area, a giant treehouse water fort with tons of sprinklers and spray stations, Slap Tail Pond (huge wave pool), a family raft ride and so much more.

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My husband often recounts the distant, style attributed to Litvish coolness where a father takes leave of his son with no more than a handshake and disciplines with a slap.

Gone are the days of slapping on some powder, blush, and lip gloss and walking out the door; this mama needs a little more work than that lately.

Older children will use more thought as to the placement of their colours, but toddlers will just be happy to slap their paint all over that plate!

The only form I've seen researchers defend is «conditional spanking,» which consists of no more than two light slaps to the buttocks, administered without anger and immediately after a child has misbehaved.

«Mayor de Blasio's endorsement of Keith Ellison for Chairman of the Democratic National Committee is a slap in the face to the more than one million Jews who live in New York City.

Where once spanking, dirty talk, and hair - pulling pushed the limits of casual sexual encounters, choking, face - slapping and spitting are becoming more and more part and parcel of hooking up.

Cuomo budget spokesman Morris Peters said the state will also make sure traffic - court judges are made aware of accused speeders» driving histories in the hopes that repeat offenders receive more than just a slap on the wrist.

This president endures with little joy the small talk and back - slapping of retail politics, rarely spends more than a few minutes on a rope line, refuses to coddle even his biggest donors.

Lucas vowed to slap a new income tax rate of 50 per cent for those earning more than # 100,000 and axe the upper limit for National Insurance contributions.

What sticks in the craw more than anything else was the smiling faces on the front bench and then the back slapping of Gorgeous George, led by Danny Alexander and Nick Clegg.

All of which tends to support the notion there is more to this than just yet another slap in the face from Tory MPs sick of Cameron.