Sentences with phrase «obvious attempt by»

«Hinton's hiring has people's jaws dropping because this is seen as an obvious attempt by Mercury to gain even more influence with the Cuomo administration, just what the governor said he'd stop,» a business lobbyist told The Post.

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It follows from this that the most obvious way in which a modern central bank can attempt to regulate an economy's total money stock is by adjusting the available quantity of bank reserves and circulating currency.

God has clearly chosen to work in ways not immediately obvious to us, and we can only assume that He has done so in order that He might be glorified while the vestiges of racism and exclusion, the failed attempts at revitalization, and the nihilism induced by violence might be put to shame.

It's one of the greatest ironies of modern science how the attempt to push an obvious proof of God to the attic was done by a priest, in the name of his commitment to science, and then miscredited.

's continued mention of science (not mentioned by his addressee) and his botched attempt to define nearly everyone as a «socie», it's quite obvious this idiot has a severe mental hang - up.

They could care less about the majority as made blatantly obvious by their attempt to take over health care..

While Curran's attempt at diversity is obvious (one essay is by a lesbian, several are by nonwhite writers, and at least one is written by a thrice - married «encore bride»), and while the authors subscribe to a range of opinions on what constitutes a meaningful wedding, the essays tend to merge into one witty, young - hip - and - urban and mostly forgettable voice.

The responder may begin with a phrase such as «Let's see if I understand how it looks to you...» and then he paraphrases what he thinks the other is expressing, (d) Switch roles and try to state each other's position and feelings on one issue on which you have obvious differences of viewpoint, (e) Practice nonverbal communication by attempting to get messages through to each other with the use of touch, facial expressions, body movements, gestures, eye communication.

Among many other more obvious things, apartheid is also an attempt to restore the legal and social bondage of the darker - skinned that had been self - righteously diminished by the long arm of Victorian conscience, eager to «improve» natives.

With that in mind, I will attempt to address some of the myths propagated by those enduring Wenger loyalists who can't seem to see what has become blatantly obvious to most outside observers.

Trying to overcook the broth by attempting too many cute passes when the obvious and killer pass was on.

Sarah notes the obvious tie - in to previous attempts to tar left - wing blogs by portraying individual and distasteful reader comments as representative of the site as a whole.

But as the prime minister made an obvious attempt to talk in Trump's language and to talk up the special relationship, the White House inadvertently undermined her case - by misspelling her name three times.

The Graham - Cassidy bill is an obvious attempt to contain the political damage done by July's failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and it should be rejected along with planned cuts to services provided by hospitals for low - income and uninsured patients.»

The broad strategy is now obvious: Democrats will attempt to portray Bernardo as the face of the legislature majority, forcing her running mates to defend her record (as defined by the minority), the one Donaldson recently «warned» them about.

Twilight Time's Blu - ray includes a «making of» featurette, interesting for its attempts at authenticity by providing similarities between actor Sharif and Guevara from newsreel footage, but somewhat hides the obvious mismatch between Palance and the real Castro.

However, despite going to great lengths to depict the hardships experienced by the community, there remains a sense of distance and disconnectedness that sits in contrast with the obvious attempts to elicit an emotional reaction.

Being teenage boys, they're far too intrigued by the boobs on display to fret over the obvious occult ritual taking place, but when Anna is subsequently murdered, they decide to attempt some amateur late - night sleuthing, with predictably unpleasant results.

That Bad Company panders to the drool - cup and bib crowd is further supported by Jason Richman and Michael Browning's unforgivable screenplay and its propensity for narrating the very obvious while attempting to capitalize on zeitgeist for a quick «Hello St. Louis!»

The overly familiar nature of Getchell's screenplay is certainly the most obvious source of the film's downfall, as the been - there - done - that character - study vibe is compounded by Lutter's seriously annoying performance and an ongoing emphasis on thoroughly tedious episodes (eg Alice attempts to find a job, Alice attempts to find a man, etc, etc).

Some attempt was made to interconnect the multiple story lines and I do appreciate the struggle to show intimacy in the mess of Los Angeles... just too many obvious skits and stereotypes to make this anything more than a half - hearted effort by all involved.

However, connoisseurs of graphic design and poetic metaphors may find themselves mesmerized by movie's amazing art direction and the script's obvious attempts to draw parallels between the heroine's real and imaginary worlds.

Although it's an obvious attempt to fill a void left by Harry Potter in the young adult fantasy genre, Tim Burton's latest Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children doesn't have the originality many start - up franchises do.

Instead of venturing out beyond this kind of familiar comic material, the script (by Jeff and Craig Cox, John Altschuler, and David Krinsky) brings in the strange Van Waldenberg brother and sister duo (Will Arnett and Amy Poehler), whose predictable final note isn't bothered to be set up throughout (apparently in a failed attempt to shock, since it's obvious from the beginning).

Bringing in a G&T program starting in the 3rd grade by using a screening method proven to discriminate against minority applicants is an obvious attempt to attract an affluent demographic to the traditionally low - performing school.

In an obvious attempt to duck accountability for test refusals, she threw the Governor and NYSUT under the bus by attributing opt out to parents and kids having «got caught in the labor dispute between the governor and the teacher's union.»

This consideration is an obvious attempt to squeeze a few more mpg out of its lineup without depleting horsepower, which will allow the boutique automaker to achieve the fuel economy numbers required by the ongoing CAFE standards.

Whether those prices will be met or rejected by consumers remains undecided, and it remains the obvious basis on which other interested parties can attempt to compete.

Recession, besides having obvious drawbacks, does have one great advantage for poor credit borrowers - low Federal Reserve rates set by government in attempt to revive the economy.

Worse yet, if you time it so that you make your surge in credit card purchases right before you file for bankruptcy, it'll most definitely be dismissed by the court, since it'll be obvious that you deliberately tried to add on more debt in an attempt to get it erased.

The most obvious symptom of flea bite hypersensitivity and FAD is severe itching of the skin, which your pet attempts to cope with by scratching and biting.

(Carol Fiore's [18] attempt to unravel this mystery is plagued by methodological missteps and obvious bias; William George's [19] comments are often interpreted as suggesting that cats return only half of what they catch, though this is incorrect.)

Despite the very obvious and widely acknowledged aspects that define the game's Titans as mecha, it seems that this is another attempt by a game studio to re-brand mecha as something else and new (though with Hawken, Adhesive to their credit did change their tune).

At the weekend, Christopher Booker at the Daily Telegraph made another attempt (see previous) to downplay the obvious decreases in Arctic sea ice by (mis --RRB- quoting a statement from Arctic oceanographer Ken Drinkwater and colleagues: More»

To anyone who was observing the TCs as they were organizing (or attempting to organize), it was fairly obvious that the development was being hindered by strong westerly winds aloft — this is reasonably attributable to the substantial incipient El Nino conditions that were in place last fall.

REMOVING THE LINEAR EFFECTS OF ENSO AND VOLCANIC AEROSOLS HELP TO SHOW THE TIMING OF THE WARMING Many papers and blog posts that attempt to prove the existence of anthropogenic global warming remove the obvious linear effects of El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events and of stratospheric aerosols discharged by explosive volcanic eruptions.

Earlier this year, you, Senator Markey, were rebuked by the President of the Cato Institute for «an obvious attempt to chill research into and funding of public policy projects you don't like... You abuse your authority when you attempt to intimidate people who don't share your political beliefs»...

For instance, despite the obvious failures of climate models shown clearly in diagrams produced by Roy Spencer (shown on this page already), scientists continue to spin about them today, attempting to claim the models are accurate.

Auctions based on marginal costs wont allow for recovery of investment, which is why states and RTO / ISOs have attempted to address the obvious shortfalls of the auction system by adopting workarounds, to feed money to baseload power plants, e.g., special features such as maintenance fees, or, as in New York State, the establishment of zero - emission credits.

Debated yes... by people clutching at straws in an attempt to avoid the obvious.

It is fraud - like, with the root cause being attempts by bureaucrat - scientists to meet the political and propaganda agendas of government elites - agendas that have been blatantly obvious over recent years.

The court also rejected various amended claims proposed by Apple, which were an attempt to distinguish the patent from what was shown in the video, because it found them to be, at best, obvious over the Steve Jobs video, which Google's lawyers from the Quinn Emanuel firm submitted to the court in April 2013.

Obvious lies may are vied by recruiters and hiring managers as an attempt to compensate for lack of 100 percent qualifications for the specified job post.

Many prospective clients also indicate early on that they have had their resumes reviewed by The Ladders, and been dismayed at the obvious attempt to scare them into engaging their resume writing service through grossly exaggerated criticisms and prediction of dire job search results.

By ignoring the obvious, we condone an ongoing security breach, compromise the statistics of who is using RealtorLink, and perhaps negate the privacy obligations you are attempting so hard to introduce.