Sentences with word «nabobs»

Perhaps journalists had become, too much so, «nattering nabobs of negativism.»

But that backward - looking strategy will only give substance to inevitable Democratic charges that Republicans are negative nabobs of Know Nothing.

Oh crikey, he's going on about Indian Nabobs, and ruthless industrialists... And in the 20th century it was the trade union leaders «tamed by Lady Thatcher», Sir Peter continues.

European publishing nabobs like Jorge Vilas (Spain), Norberto Beltraffio (Italy), Matthias Schoenborn (Germany), and the biggest overspender of them all, Danny van Gennep from Utrecht, had been playing this way for years, and were on the hook to Cora for literal millions.

Nabobs who have been born to ride the economy like a fake mechanical bull.

I like to think that the negative nabobs got me going, but actually, the devil made me do it.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney spent the closing portion of her 70 - minute State of the County address spewing fire at the «naysayers,» the «negative nabobs» and the community curmudgeons who so often make things hard for «yes people» like her.

media ads., concocted in the fertile brains of the well - paid «nattering nabobs of negativism».

«You don't want to become a nattering nabob of negativity.»

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Square's Jack Dorsey, Path's Dave Morin, Flipboard's Mike McCue, Nest's Tony Fadell and Pinterest's Ben Silbermann are the new dukes of customer delight, the nabobs of net promoter scores.

Today, the nattering nabobs of bitcoin negativity are smugly pointing to mounting evidence that Bitcoin is just one big bubble on its...

What I hear from the nattering nabobs and the self - absorbed blathering sycophants is religious dogma.

The tone was a stark contrast with last year's fiery denunciation of «naysayers» and «negative nabobs.»

The first was, of course, «Cutthroat Island,» a movie so phenomenally unsuccessful it sunk Carolco Pictures and likely had the nabobs at New Line nervous about the $ 65 million they gave them for this.

Yet the tools the government has tried to use to achieve these goals — NCLB and Common Core, for example — have been damaged by the powerful microphone the media has given to those Vice-President Spiro Agnew once called the «nattering nabobs of negativism.»

Hard to credit that fifty years ago some nabob thought it a grand idea, a harbinger of progress.

Aside from periodic rebalancing, you should largely stick with that mix whatever the nattering nabobs of the investment world may be rattling on about.

The nattering nabobs of negativism warn us to be careful when using social media like Facebook or Twitter, lest we unwittingly disclose client confidences, improperly solicit new clients, or misrepresent -LSB-...]

The nattering nabobs of negativism warn us to be careful when using social media like Facebook or Twitter, lest we unwittingly disclose client confidences, improperly solicit new clients, or misrepresent facts or law.

nabob: a very rich man, especially one who made his fortune in India.

«To use the Spiro Agnew phrase, I won't miss the negative nabobs — the naysayers, the doomsayers,» he says.

To wit: Simonsen says ``... I won't miss the negative nabobs — the naysayers, the doomsayers.».

There is one problem; he apparently does not know what a «nabob» is, but nevertheless accepts Agnew's interpretation without accessing a dictionary to corroborate.

You come across like Hillary Cllnton and her «basket of deplorables» comment with your «nabob - naysayers - doomsayers» put - down of a substantial percentage of CREA's enforced membership.