Sentences with phrase «of a loose cannon in»

The land biosphere is kind of a loose cannon in the carbon cycle, hard to predict what it will do.

Not exact matches

In a research note released Tuesday, Cowen and Company analyst Faye Landes wrote that investors will be «relieved» that Wilson, «who is considered something of a loose cannon» will no longer be acting as Lulu's chairman.

Don't know why we didn't use the OG situation to try and get David Luiz — yes I know he can be a loose cannon, but he's out of favour, and would be looking for a move for the World Cup, and he'd be better in defence than 17m...

I don't know about you but for me the sensible approach I would take is to ensure that when injuries occur you have players of an adequate calibre who could come in do a decent enough job... With the greatest of respect to our players, when I look at players like Arteta, Rosicky, Flamini and Iwobi, I see two people past their prime another a loose cannon and the latter still learning the game.

With Lucas more than capable of playing on the wing, he should offer a sense of speed, power and precision, rather than the loose cannon we have seen in most of Walcott's style of play in recent seasons.

Monreal and mersacker, with ox and Gibbs as wing backs, Chelsea week link is Luiz a loose cannon and victor Moses a striker in a wing back, get at them we have a chance and play Theo Walcott instead of giroud

Over the weekend in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, typical of the loose cannon, he launched an unprovoked and unwarranted attack on the person of Charlotte Osei, the Chairperson of Electoral Commission (EC).

It does not mean that we are not going to find a few loose cannons here and there — in different parts of the country.

It's a loose cannon that could, in theory, interfere with other, more important parts of the program.

Dawkins is the first to admit that, in the community of scientists who fight against creationism, he may be «a bit of a loose cannon.»

It turns out that one of these friends is a crazed, boastful loose cannon, and that Christian Slater is not exactly miscast in this role.

A cringe - inducing, self - consciously kooky indie comedy that's best enjoyed for its taste of Rip Torn, who, judging by his recent alleged bank break - in, comes to loose - cannon stuff naturally.

Hollywood - studio movies advocating socialism are something of a rarity, but Beatty's positioning of Jay Bulworth as an amiable loose - cannon visionary - at times, the character recalls the Peter Finch «mad as hell» anchorman in Network - tempers the message somewhat.

Playing the mirror image of his breakthrough role as the soulful ex-con in Body Heat, Rourke is tightly wound as the violence - prone Michael Bosworth, who escapes custody during his high - profile trial with the aid of his attorney (Kelly Lynch), who's head over heels in love and in over her head with him, his brother (Elias Koteas), who's loyal to a fault, and his brother's partner (David Morse), a loose cannon who's more of a liability than an asset.

What is ironic is that Wilson, the architect of the operation, was not only a liberal Democrat, but a loose cannon who didn't let the fact that he was married get in he way of his boozing and womanizing.

Stuck in a car on 2,200 mile road trip with one obnoxious person is more than enough, so while Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) laments his misfortune of having to hitch a ride from Atlanta to Los Angeles with the trouble - causing, id - driven wannabe actor Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis), we have to put up with Ethan and the occasionally violent (in a rage to the point of blackout even), manic - depressive loose cannon that is Peter.

A grizzled, by - the - book FBI agent is forced to partner with a loose cannon NYPD detective in order to solve the case of a nefarious trafficker.

Hot - head police captains, torturous and talky bad guys, drug busts, loose cannon cops, some domestic drama, and car chases represent the bases you'd have to touch in order to make a decent rehash, but outside of a couple of scenes of Paul regurgitating famous film lines from cop flicks of the 80s (which isn't exactly true, as he mysteriously quotes from movies of other genres and eras as well), there isn't much to Cop Out one could call a loving spoof.

«Sando» stars award - winning Aussie actress Sacha Horler as Victoria «Sando» Sandringham, a charismatic loose cannon CEO and public face of a popular discount furniture store chain, as she tries to reconnect with her estranged family in order to win back her beloved company, Sando's Warehouse.

Yes, Will Smith isn't exactly your typical Asimov protagonist, but this is a flick that intends to have heavy doses of action, necessitating a persona that you'd have to believe is a bit of a loose cannon, and strong enough to engage in some very physical confrontations, and Smith definitely fits that mold.

Dodging street skirmishes, lead singer Larry (Algee Smith) finds himself at the Algiers Motel — first partying, then sweating out the night — with an impulsive cop - baiting provocateur (Jason Mitchell, a live wire), two scared white women from Ohio, a wary black security guard (John Boyega in a performance of Denzel - like dignity) and, terrifyingly, a loose cannon from Detroit's police force (Will Poulter, burning with rage).

Keaton leads the way, and he is matched by Zach Galifianakis, in an atypically serious role as the actor's producer and long - suffering best friend; Edward Norton, as an actor who joins the troupe at the last minute and proves to be a loose cannon, on and offstage; Naomi Watts, as his loyal leading lady; and, in the juiciest part of her career to date, Emma Stone, as Keaton's daughter, who's just out of rehab and working for her father.

It was pretty tough to dislodge William Poole, but if anyone could win the coveted «FOMC Loose Cannon» award in a single day, it would be Richard Fisher, after suggesting that the FOMC was «clearly in the eighth inning of a tightening cycle, we've been doing 25 basis points per inning, it's been very transparent, and very well projected by the Federal Open Market Committee under the leadership of Chairman Greenspan,» and, «We're in the eighth inning.

In the Kojima vs Konami feud I side with Kojima»cause Konami treatment toward its workers was extremely unethical plus they didn't let the game to be completed, but there might be more to the story than we know, Kojima was no saint either, he burned through a lot of money missing deadline after deadline and acting like a loose cannon, the gamble on this game was pretty high, alas a slow development was to be expected»cause the team was managing all the ports of the game while using their own engine.

These feel out of place and seemingly attempt to replicate Saints Row's unique brand of madness far too much, but they do feature the utterly brilliant Spider - Tank missions, which let you loose in a giant mechanical spider that can climb buildings and is armed with a powerful cannon.

Advanced Warfare executes the formula competently while adding a handful of bells and whistles like mechs, laser cannons, and double jumps; but Sledgehammer Games seems reluctant to really cut loose and push the setting to its fullest potential, making Advanced Warfare a solid but ultimately unexciting entry in the series.

If you redirect your rollercoaster carriages to crash in to members of an unsuspecting public — let me rephrase that: when you redirect your carriages — then those unfortunates will now fly all over the place, flung into the air like confetti loosed from a massive confetti cannon, or something.

In fact, extending an offer without speaking with prior employers is like having a loose cannon on the deck of your ship!