Sentences with phrase «of amusement for»

Venezuela's president's plan to launch a national cryptocurrency to boost the countries struggling economy quickly became a source of amusement for the Bitcoin community as it is unlikely that this venture can succeed in a mismanaged country like Venezuela.

I just pointed it out as an additional source of amusement for how pathetically weak the argument kadaka made was.

• Make sure you provide plenty of water, an ice cube will not only help your dog keep cool but can be a source of amusement for you; just put one on a wooden floor in front of your dog and enjoy the fun • Baby pools are a great way to help your dog cool off

Are there individual moments of amusement for those of us older than eight?

Communication is also a sort of amusement for all lonely people with a lot of secret waves and tends and a lot of pleasant surprises.

I get a nice quote up toward the front about how videos too often turn out to be little more than a source of amusement for political junkies, but Rawls looks past the generalities to examine some specific examples that have swept the internet and yet yielded little in the way of political results.

This has become an endless source of amusement for the media.

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Its vibe feels like a carbon copy of Main Street at Walt Disney World, and there's a good reason for that: The town was created by the iconic amusement park.

Whether implying a 19th century abolitionist was alive or ignoring a handshake from the German Chancellor, Trump provided plenty of fodder for ridicule from his online critics and amusement from his supporters.

Having started her day with a solitary predawn yoga session, Antonetti is in high gear, rattling off a long list of amusements she intends to bring in for a fair in the parking lot behind the building.

For amusement, he suggested that each of his friends attempt to write a ghost story.

Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

This reminds me of an anecdote I recently heard related by an executive at Disney, about the customer - service orientation of the Disney employees responsible for picking up trash and emptying trash bins at the company's amusement parks and resorts.

And that's not to mention the free food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Facebook's Disneyland-esque campus, the free housing, the free shuttles to - and - from said housing, and all of the activities (a weekend in Yosemite, a day renting out Great America amusement park, theatre performances, Alcatraz tours, scavenger hunts, and more).

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on hand in Shanghai in September for the signing of a deal between Winnipeg - based Empire Industries and Chinese partner Altair (Shanghai) Space Technology to develop a $ 600 - million amusement park on the theme of space travel.

On shelf after shelf in the Indigo bookstore downstairs, they're peddling the same story, that of a dystopian future where teens are forced to fight to the death for the amusement of adults.

A listing of all companies by SIC codes reveals, for example, how many businesses are engaged in hunting, trapping, and game propagation (295, and all but one employs fewer than 500 people); coin - operated amusement devices (4,513, and all but 28 are small companies); and hundreds of other subindustries and sub-subindustries.

In the decades after the stock transfer, National Amusements served as Redstone's holding company for his bold acquisitions of Viacom, Paramount Pictures and CBS, in which he retains 80 % controlling interest.

Negotiations between Moonves and National Amusements Inc (NAI), through which the Redstones own an 80 percent stake of CBS (cbs) and Viacom (viab), have not started in earnest, and the exact terms that he will be asking for are not clear, the people said.

At issue: the IRS's claim that Redstone owed $ 737,625 in unpaid gift taxes, dating back to his 1972 transfer of stock in National Amusements, his family's private holding company, into trusts for his two children.

It's a crowded game, with Redstone's daughter Shari in for a position that gives her great control over his trust and holdings in National Amusements, which owns 80 percent of Viacom and CBS.

Several former Bloomberg employees say colleagues would look up chat transcripts of famous customers, like Alan Greenspan, for amusement on slow workdays.

He has also served as Delaware counsel for directors and board committees for such corporations as ABB, Ltd., Adelphia Communications Corporation, Airgas, Inc., Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., AMF Holdings, Inc., Anheuser Busch Companies, Inc., Applied Materials, Inc., Ashworth, Inc., Bank of America Corporation, BarnesandNoble.com, Biosite, Inc., Cablevision Systems Corporation, Caterpillar, Inc., Citigroup, Inc., Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Coeur Mining, Inc., Computer Associates International, Inc., Cornerstone Therapeutics, Inc., Countrywide Financial Corporation, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Cysive, Inc., Danfoss A / S, Dreamworks Animation SKG, Duncan Energy Partners, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., EON Labs, Inc., Epicor Software Corporation, Erickson Air Crane Inc., Fairfield Communities, Inc., FEDEX Corporation, First Franklin Financial Corporation, Fox & Hound Restaurant Group, FTI Consulting Inc., G.P. Strategies Inc., Gemstar International Group Ltd., Genencor International, Inc., Golden Telecom, Inc., Goldman Sachs, Google Inc., Health Management Associates, Inc., Hewlett - Packard Company, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Houlihan's Restaurants, Inc., Huntsman Corporation, IGEN, Inc., ImClone Systems Incorporated, infoUSA, Inc., Insituform East, Inc., Intel Corporation, IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., iPass, Inc., Kenetech Corporation, Levi Strauss Associates, Inc., Liberty Media Corporation, Lifepoint Hospitals, Inc., Lorillard, Inc., Maytag Corporation, Micro General Corporation, Motorola, Inc., National Amusements, Inc. (majority stockholder of Viacom), National Steel Corporation, Net2Phone, News Corporation, NRG Energy, Inc., OEC Corporation, Online - City Search, Inc., PeopleSoft, Inc., Pharmacia Corporation, Phonefree.com, PLM International Inc., Printcafe Software, Inc., Pure Resources, Inc., Quest Software, Rent - A-Center, Inc., Rental Service Corporation, Republic Industries, Inc., Rockefeller Center Properties, Inc., Siliconix Incorporated, Simon Property Group Inc., Softbank Corp., Sotheby's, Space Imaging, Inc., Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc., Suntory Holdings Limited, Take Two Interactive Software, Inc., Teppco Partners, L.P., The Hertz Corporation, The Talbots, Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., The Vanguard Group, Inc., The Walt Disney Company, TicketMaster, Todd A-O Corporation, Triad Hospitals, Inc., Unico Corporation, UTStarcom, Inc., Utz Quality Foods, Inc., Venoco, Inc., Veterinary Centers of America, Inc., VMWare, Inc., Walmart Stores, Inc., Walter Industries, Inc., Wheeling - Pittsburgh Corporation, Whistlepig, LLC, Wynn Resorts, Ltd., Zynga, Inc..

Entertainment expenses: The act disallows a deduction for (1) an activity generally considered to be entertainment, amusement, or recreation; (2) membership dues for any club organized for business, pleasure, recreation, or other social purposes; or (3) a facility or portion thereof used in connection with any of the above items.

The conservative politician who can listen to members of the other political coalition like Reagan did, and who can learn to respond to the arguments of the other side (as opposed to just posturing for the amusement of their own side), won't just win over those who currently think of themselves as swing - voters.

For the amusement of readers (and the delight of anyone who likes to get a glimpse behind the curtain), I have compiled some of the also - ran titles: headings for pieces that were suggested at our titles meeting but nixed for being too punny, too punchy, or simply too muFor the amusement of readers (and the delight of anyone who likes to get a glimpse behind the curtain), I have compiled some of the also - ran titles: headings for pieces that were suggested at our titles meeting but nixed for being too punny, too punchy, or simply too mufor pieces that were suggested at our titles meeting but nixed for being too punny, too punchy, or simply too mufor being too punny, too punchy, or simply too much.

I know, I know, if you don't argue with us you won't get to watch us being tortured for your amusement when you become an angel in heaven, but do you have to be so full of it?

The most distinctive characteristic is that it is voluntary, spontaneous, a source of joy and amusement, an activity pursued exuberantly and fervently for its own sake.40

As we were taxiing around John Wayne Airport, the guy (who at the beginning of the flight told me he spent the summer working for Coca - Cola setting up air - conditioned tents at concerts and amusement parks), asked me what I was reading.

He carries on the business for which his talents qualify him, earning his livelihood, guarding his family and his interests, and abstaining from sin in matters of food and drink and evil amusements.

If the matter were not so serious, it would be a cause for amusement to see The Tablet attribute to this survey a definitiveness which it denies to the actual Teaching Office of the Catholic Church.

But Orrin Klapp had earlier observed that «mockery of heroes is not only a literary mode — an amusement for satirists and tired intellectuals — but has entered popular thought and is an important feature of American society» (p. 167).

Most of the gods and deities do not really love mankind, but toy with humanity for their own amusement.

I can't prove I didn't create the universe this morning for my own amusement, after which I lapsed into forgetfulness of my supernatural powers.

However, a host of modern gadgets, of which electric can openers and push - button automobile window lifts are typical, are not primarily functional but are toys for the amusement of people «who have everything,» and are symbols of the repudiation of labor.

Hopefully there's a few people in that number that only listen for the amusement of seeing what stupidity falls out his sinfully ugly mouth next, sort of like I do when I watch Fox News lol!

Even though Lewis stated that his stories were conceived as «holiday fiction» for the amusement of children (perhaps primarily for the amusement of the child in him), again we return to the question «Was there more to his stories than that?»

People think they are in it after they have in fact been pushed out of it, or before they have been allowed in: this provides great amusement for those who are really inside.

I can assure you that your assurances are worth nothing to me other than being a source of amusement while I giggle at your futile attempt at making me feel guilty for not believing as you do.

Some school chaplains or diocesan youth centres have tried hard to move towards better and more catechetical music for worship but the danger remains that this is of transient appeal and can become quickly outdated and a source of amusement unlike the perennial sacred music of the Church which was actually mandated by Vatican II.

The Crawfords desire for entertainment, their need for amusement, their impatience with old ways, and their eagerness always to be attempting some novelty infects the rest of the young people at Mansfield Park.

For example, income for l985 was $ 72.1 million, with $ 42 million of that coming from direct contributions and the rest earned from a new $ 30 million Victorian - style hotel, a motel, restaurant, and other activities associated with his Biblical - theme amusement park, the 2500 acre Heritage UFor example, income for l985 was $ 72.1 million, with $ 42 million of that coming from direct contributions and the rest earned from a new $ 30 million Victorian - style hotel, a motel, restaurant, and other activities associated with his Biblical - theme amusement park, the 2500 acre Heritage Ufor l985 was $ 72.1 million, with $ 42 million of that coming from direct contributions and the rest earned from a new $ 30 million Victorian - style hotel, a motel, restaurant, and other activities associated with his Biblical - theme amusement park, the 2500 acre Heritage USA.

Amid the strife of the Culture Wars and the heated partisan divides between Red and Blue states, one thing seems to bring together a great many Americans across both sides of the nation's secular / sacred divide: a deep, abiding sense of amusement and incredulity — if not outright contempt — for purveyors and supporters of the so - called «Prosperity Gospel».

you'll see all the evidence you need for that: an all - but naked woman, objectified for the amusement of millions of men.

I think I'm a horrible humanbeing for haveing such immense amusement out of this.

It is all too obvious that the author's only real interest lay in gathering together a vast assortment of grotesque historical curios and oddments and then exhibiting them in a single display case» whether for our amusement and edification or as a tribute to his own cleverness I can not say.

Amusements must go first, then conventional «society,» then business, then family duties, until at last seclusion, with a subdivision of the day into hours for stated religious acts, is the only thing that can be borne.

Such a vision of life has implications for questions of war and peace, infanticide and abortion, slavery and the rights of women, justice and privilege, orgyism and gladiatorial amusements.

So yes, I do hop down your little bunny trails just for the amusement of squashing them now that I've conceded to the fact that you have nothing of substance to offer anyway.

People who grow up civic are taught how to relate meaningfully to others, to put the good of the group first, to consume wisely and to use amusement sparingly, and to be concerned for rights of others, for their environment, and for the future of human kind.