Sentences with phrase «of a cautionary tale»
She's not a superhero, exactly — more of a cautionary tale for summer associates.
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«Dexter» has become something of a cautionary tale in the annals of TV history in that it was a show that peaked so high and fell so low.
Unfortunately, they didn't execute their primary function — namely playing music — very well, serving as a sort of cautionary tale about biting off more than you can chew.
This is more of a cautionary tale of the downside of power and ego.
In short, the long history of cautionary tales about the implications of a radically longer life has now given way to a newly envisioned, upbeat old age.
It is Hamlet's emphasis on what has been called the «incomprehensibility of man» that makes the play something of a cautionary tale for the modern pastor.
And even though the Tigers did win the division, here's the important part of the cautionary tale: The 2014 Tigers forgot to pack a bullpen.
She is also known for her intricate garment sculptures, and her acclaimed wedding dress «A Mixture of Frailties» made from hundreds of rubber gloves — a kind of cautionary tale about domestic reality — will be on display at this debut solo show.
Energy Future is just another one to add to the list of cautionary tales.
Here is where some will start to talk of the nature of cautionary tales.
The police still haven't grasped that central tenant of the cautionary tales we tell children: if you cry wolf too many times the public might just go and decide you can't be trusted.
Meyer's books are subliterary, but their personal transparency, their sludgy mix of cautionary tale and wish fulfillment are touching.
Whatever the case, «Every Secret Thing» is a misfire on multiple levels, only slightly redeemed by yet another good performance from a Fanning and some strong supporting work on the fringe of this cautionary tale.
That's the meat, more fetid than fresh, that Nicolas Winding Refn tears his teeth into with The Neon Demon, which gives a deep - red (and Deep Red) paint job to the most moribund of cautionary tales: the rise and fall of a bright - eyed ingenue.
The White Georgette Blouse is something of a cautionary tale whilst the diary of an Aid Worker is global in its perspective
The men who had invested in them were the subjects of cautionary tales, derision, and a fair measure of public loathing.
The history of investing is full of cautionary tales regarding the use of leverage to enhance returns, and how it is your best friend until it becomes your worst enemy.
There is no shortage of cautionary tales on owning this breed and we wanted to make sure we were making an informed decision.
While the development of the original Destiny has become somewhat of a cautionary tale about -LSB-...]
While the focus of this cautionary tale is how Jeff Holmstead has obstructed effective methods of reducing mercury pollution from coal plants, unlimited mercury pollution is only one dangerous privilege that Holmstead has defended for his coal clients.
In this MoFo blog, there are plenty of cautionary tales, but also advice on how to ethically handle social media as an individual or business owner.
The way in which partisanship has come to shape our justice system is evolving in the shadow of a cautionary tale to our south.
It is a project with many precedents in American history, quite a few of them cautionary tales about what happens when a powerful corporation takes control of civic life.
Poke through enough dank crawlspaces and dusty attics, and you gain an encyclopedic store of cautionary tales about ill - conceived DIY plans, bad workmanship and deferred maintenance.
It's the closest thing I've seen to a straight - up morality play in a video game, a sort of cautionary tale of greed, lust, hatred, and whatever other deadly sins you can dream up, told through the mechanics of a classic side - scrolling adventure.
But that maneuver also comes with a history of cautionary tales, most notably that of Facebook (fb).
Though the film's narrative never fully develops and fails to explore the deepest parts of this cautionary tale, the full commitment from the directing style and its performers transform a seemingly A-typical story to something new and dynamic.
Perhaps the fate of Patti Cake $, which Fox Searchlight Pictures bought out of the festival last year for $ 9.5 million and made $ 1.5 at the box office, served as a kind of cautionary tale.
As I noted in the comments on Mick's site, you don't have to choose sides to see his post as a series of cautionary tales.
Here are a couple of cautionary tales that are fictionalized composites of the kinds of stories I come across all the time in my practice.
So now that EA has revived the Jam moniker and gameplay, we have a lot of attempts to compare it to, and a lot of cautionary tales.
The 49ers, well, they're something of a cautionary tale to this point, right?
Year 3 follows Emmit, the Parking Lot King of Minnesota, who sees himself as an American success story, whereas his slightly younger brother Ray is more of a cautionary tale.
But for folks here in this quirky swath of tech - start - ups, shopping malls and renovated artist studios, the citywide plan has proven to be less of a solution and more of cautionary tale, a lesson in how hard it can be to take a community schools dream and turn it into a workable reality, even when almost everyone likes the idea.
If you're thinking of boating with your dog, pack your emergency kit and consider some of these cautionary tales from local boaters before shoving off.
And although we've been talking about the explosive growth and high risk, high reward nature of the cryptocurrency, here's something of a cautionary tale.
The Alaska Settlement is something of a cautionary tale, including the importance of appropriate Indigenous representatives and negotiators, the absolute need to consult fully, the dangers of inappropriate governance structures that, in this case, clearly did not provide a «cultural fit», and the inappropriateness of large scale surrender or extinguishment of Aboriginal rights and native title.