Sentences with phrase «muddy the waters as»

Charges and investigation muddy waters as government recommends reforms to technology - trade rules

All they have to do is muddy the waters as much as possible.

The ruling muddies the water as to triggering events and the parties have been ordered to complete more discovery to determine when the essential manifestation occurred in this instance.

We have always only tracked the residential space and feel that mixing in commercial brokers with residential firms muddies the waters as they're very different sectors.

Not exact matches

As The Wirecutter notes, «Details on the high end are clear but not piercing, the mids are even with no muddy, blurred sound, and for $ 70, the Swimbuds Sport headphones sound better than some of the merely water - resistant headphones that cost upwards of $ 40 more.»

Just when it looked like Dara Khosrowshahi's tenure as CEO of Uber was coming into focus, the genial executive has muddied the water by buying, of all things, a bike - sharing startup called Jump.

Mobile SEO Guidelines from Google If you have felt like Google's guidelines for mobile SEO are as clear as muddy water, you aren't alone.

Careful when you begin to look for dirt as you will find it until you discover that when you simply muddy waters it is you who ends up loosing out on the alternative which looks for good.

This weekend we will be sharing a really special moment with one of our friends from The Mission as he is baptized in the muddy waters of the Tennessee River.

I kind of think I knew that, but I think it muddies the waters (anyway) and places things in question which ought not be re-thought, such as the existence of God.

As such, I think that trying to justify Medicaid or the like under «pro-life» positions simply muddies the waters.

Three devout Christians made statements last week that point to the challenge for evangelicals as we step into the muddy waters of another electoral season.

Walking out of the darkened theater, I left with the belief that whatever else may muddy the waters of modern worship, this group of Aussies really are fulfilling a divine appointment as hope dealers in a dark and grim world.

Taken in isolation they only serve to muddy the waters.6 Even in Process and Reality the transformation of God into an actual entity is not wholly complete, and to that extent there is some truth in the assertion that «what little influence Whitehead's God has on the actual world... he has as a principle, not as a being or person, and insofar as God is a personal being, he is without any effect on the actual world.

«The great heart of compassion» (mahakaruna - cittam) is the inmost essence of the Divine in Mahayana Buddhism, (D. T. Suzuki, Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism (London, 1907), p. 292 and passim) and this heart is open to all men; just as the light of the moon is reflected in all kinds of water, the muddiest puddle as in the crystal - clear mountain lake and the endless ocean, so this divine heart of love reveals itself in all levels of mankind.

The need to be entangled with the world's politics happens here in the States ---- and a pastor that reminds everyone that it is their duty to vote «conservatively, as the Bible teaches», or that happens to leave Left - leaning pamphlets on their desk top... each muddies the clean water of the Gospel that is for all mankind.

The capsicum waters quickly get muddy as more and more people try their hand at crossing.

After the defeat at Anfield it is hard for Arsenal fans to even consider us as tile challengers but maybe it also muddied the waters further by suggesting the Liverpool could be up for the title and Chelsea the top four.

The Frenchman seems to be getting his excuses in early this time, as a Daily Express report shows, by talking about how hard it is to sign good playes in January, due to lfewer top class players being available, clubs being less willing to sell and the competition from rival clubs muddying the waters.

Horses kick up sprays of water behind them, not muddy clods, and the riders come back from a race as clean as if they had just taken a shower.

My point of contention with the football outsiders article was their use of a rested defense as a gauge to winning but then muddying the waters with meta data analysis that in my mind results in smothering / soothing any waves.

I really hope they can sort this out as quickly as possible and navigate the ship out of muddy waters.

Is the criteria they are using that which was listed yesterday in the support email, have they taken into account the extra info sent out yesterday as clarification, which appears to muddy the water?

The likes of McCrory and Associate Professor Gavin Davis, another member of the AFL working group who shares the increasingly flawed logic inherent in the former's position are emerging as little more than water - muddying mouthpieces.

For an explanation as to why Cuomo would risk muddying the waters of his own campaign, you should look no further state former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, who has emerged as an outspoken champion of Rangel — and chief critic of Democrats like Rep. Mike Arcuri who have turned their backs on him.

As it is, the deluge of research into the question of Scottish autonomy seems mostly to have muddied the water instead of clearing it (where its effect has been felt at all), leaving the public debate to retreat slowly to expressions of «gut instinct» over reasoned reflection.

These, however, as judges involved in the present case have suggested, are muddy waters on to which they will not venture.

This image is a great way to muddy the moral waters and in the process soothe the concerns of people who'd rather this incident not linger in the public mind, since if Martin is not a perfect angel, then his killing is somehow not as much of a problem, regardless of the circumstances.

The cry for help has been thunderous especially as some water bodies residents depended on have all been polluted by galamsey operators — small scale mining works who have muddied the waterbodies.

Either as a product of ignorance, total disregard for the laws of the land or greed, or all, Dr. Chris Ngige who, though qualified to contest the re-run, but has now accepted appointment as a minister under the Buhari administration, is watching as his party continues to muddy the waters.

Water shoes provide clear and substantial benefits, as they can transform an unpleasant hike through muddy terrain into a blast.

If it is smaller than 1 [percent], another might be right, but then just to add and as I often try and do, I muddy the water, we've also argued recently that, unfortunately, there are other mechanisms in the early universe that could also produce a gravitational wave signal that would mimic that due to inflation.

The connection between energy and water - and the precariousness of that link in the western United States - is exemplified in a gigantic plug of concrete stopping the muddy Colorado River above Las Vegas, otherwise known as Hoover Dam.

«As uncontrolled, so - called compassionate studies, fail to reach clear conclusions, they muddy the waters to the point that it becomes increasingly difficult to carry out the appropriate studies,» Lane cautioned.

The researchers were able to see signs of watery adaptation not seen in other dinosaurs: a small nostril located far back on the head, apparently to limit water intake; relatively long forelimbs; big flat feet suitable for paddling as well as walking on muddy ground; and very dense limb bones, which would have allowed Spinosaurus to submerge itself rather than float at the surface.

But later in that same sentence, the trust document muddies the waters; it is enough, it says, for the research to serve as «a basis for subsequent research directly connected with» the petroleum field.

The fossils form such a neatly graded series, getting less and less ape - like and more and more human as they get closer in time to the present, that the most earnest creationist can do little more than muddy the waters by inflating and distorting the existence of points of disagreement between specialists, or trying to revive long since discredited Homo sapiens specimens once claimed to have been from extremely ancient deposits.

The picture that emerged Monday of climate change's potential role in condemning California to drought was as murky as muddy water in a nearly parched lakebed.

Buscemi is an old hand at stringy curmudgeons, but Del is a subtler and more complex creation than most of them, and the actor seizes the chance to muddy the waters: the character is a genuinely well - meaning mentor to Charley, as well as, professionally speaking, a treacherous schlub.

While it's true that this does if not undercut then at least muddy the water with respect to the movie's metaphorical associations, it's interestingly handled within the framework of the film, and seems a commercial tip of the cap as much as anything, something that DVD interviews about its late production inclusion seem to support.

True story: the other day I was in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, down near the water and I looked around myself at the muddy yards of the warehouses and I suddenly had this vision of Jessica Chastain coming at me in that gorgeous white overcoat and Pfeiffer - wig that she wore in A Most Violent Year, waving her big gun, and instead of being scared I was elated — that is, as I'm sure most of you are aware, how we actresssexuals roll.

I lay prone in the muddy sludge of an African wetland, as enemy forces pace slowly just a hair's length above on planks spanning the ankle - high water.

There's a lot here to unpack, but as scenes, characters and plot turns emerge they only muddy the waters of the story more.

Mike Leigh's sprawling J.M.W. Turner biopic opens with a marvelous extended - take long shot: A windmill's silhouette churns its blades against the rays of the rising sun as two Flemish maids enter the frame carrying buckets of water on their shoulders, the camera tracking with them along the muddy banks of a canal before settling finally on a distant figure in top hat, Mr. Turner (Timothy Spall), fervidly sketching the scene in a portfolio.

I continue to see this rezoning as a way for the Department of Education to muddy the waters of services that it was — and wasn't — providing for all learners.

The waters get muddy by the fact the host author's world is being used as a basis for any new books in the series.

«As the waters in the publishing world get muddier and it gets tougher to rise above the noise, it's more critical than ever to build the right audience and platform to get noticed and get your work published.

Up on top the air smelled less like grease and sugar, more like just - baled hay and the muddy waters of the Yellowstone as it lazed its way around the fairgrounds.

There is always the option to have friends and family read your manuscript, but their preexisting relationship with you can muddy the waters, and we generally don't recommend them as your first choice.

Unfortunately, the waters surrounding any kind of claim such as these can be muddied, whether intentionally or not.