Sentences with phrase «of being dead on arrival»

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I pissed away my first profit of $ 77,000 and it was dead on arrival.

Tim O'Reilly isn't buying the hype: He calls the era of the I - word «dead on arrival.»

Dubbed «Ryancare» or «Trumpcare» (over the objection of White House staff), the Republican health care bill is under attack from left and right, with even conservative leaders calling it «Obamacare Lite», «bad policy», a «warmed - over substitute,» and «dead on arrival.»

But has the environment changed sufficiently that T - Mobile's acquisition of Sprint will not be dead on arrival in Washington?

The little boy tried to get out of the way, but he was too late; he was dead on arrival at University Hospital.

Our God is in the business of bringing dead things back to life, so if we want in on God's business, we better prepare to follow God to all the rock - bottom, scorched - earth, dead - on - arrival corners of this world — including those in our own hearts — because that's where God works, that's where God gardens.

If the idea of dignity needs that kind of marketing or selling, then as a politically useful concept it is dead on arrival.

Nothing works in that joke of a country... communism failed, and so did socialism... while democracy was dead on arrival.

Thirteen of the 31 stillbirths were born in hospital after transfer of the mother during labour, but at least 10 fetuses were dead on arrival in hospital.

The Democratic chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators said Thursday legislation to support Republican County Executive Rob Astorino's planned lawsuit to stop or delay the closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant is dead on arrival.

Barbara Bartoletti with the League of Women Voters, who attended the speech, agreed that Cuomo will have to make an extra effort to get the proposals through the Senate and Assembly, but she said the constitutional amendments are likely «dead on arrival in the Legislature.»

Legislation aimed at repealing mayoral control of the city's school system was dead on arrival in the Republican - led state Senate.

NEW YORK — Embattled City Comptroller John Liu threatened Wednesday to kill the «Taxi of Tomorrow,» warning the plan was «dead on arrival» unless all new cabs were made wheelchair accessible.

«I just think that's been declared dead on arrival,» Cuomo told reporters on Tuesday, following an unrelated press conference in the Rochester suburb of Henrietta.

Cuomo and WFP officials are trying to work it out, even as much of the liberal agenda — especially campaign finance reform — appears to be dead on arrival now that Republicans are fully in control of the state Senate.

The Senate has linked extension of mayoral control to the expansion and strengthening of charter schools, an idea that's been declared dead on arrival in the state Assembly.

The two, a police officer with the Nkawkaw District, and a driver of GCB, were pronounced dead on arrival at the Atibie Government Hospital.

My call on what will be just a handful of revisions is that it's likely the changes will be dead on arrival.

Otherwise, Senate Republicans are pointing to legislative term limits — a nonstarter in the Assembly — as evidence of action, and the Democrats who dominate the lower chamber point to a suite of bills, including some restrictions on outside income, that were approved with full knowledge that they were dead on arrival in the State Senate.

The Consensus Commission proposal to create one large metropolitan government is dead on arrival, according to county lawmakers, but some of the 49 other proposals in the Consensus report could have legs.

«We know what is going on in the global economy: this budget is predicated on an oil benchmark of $ 38 per barrel and I can now say that with oil being $ 28 today, this budget is dead on arrival.

He disagreed with senators on the issue of padding of the 2018 Appropriation Bill, saying there was no such thing as padding in the budget, as the proposals were documents which could be seen as dead on arrival.

According to them, the case was already dead on arrival, following the detection of technical flaws and other discrepancies, which did not reflect the true character of the Speaker as «a humane and compassionate leader».

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, who attended the speech, agrees that Cuomo will have to make an extra effort to get the proposals through the Senate and Assembly, but she says the constitutional amendments are likely «dead on arrival in the legislature.»

While congressional Republicans have said much of President Donald Trump's proposed budget are «dead on arrival» on Capitol Hill, Wisconsin's congressional delegation should keep a fork handy to spear his proposed passenger rail cuts.

Marafa, who is also the spokesperson of the Senate Unity Forum, while speaking with Punch described the proposed amendments as «dead on arrival.»

A lawsuit seeking to halt the shutdown of a long controversial nuclear power plant located at Indian Point in Buchanan is dead on arrival after staunch opposition from Westchester County's Democratic lawmakers.

It was gathered that the assistant superintendent of corps was shot dead at his residence in Ugbor on arrival from work on Monday evening.

While mayoral control is locked in intense political jockeying and electoral reforms are mostly dead on arrival due to opposition from the Republican - controlled state Senate, the de Blasio administration is somewhat optimistic about getting at least some of what it wants on the other three items: design - build, M / WBE contracting, and speed cameras.

Even if the treaty was being offered in good faith, Krepon says, «it would be dead on arrival» in Congress and would stand no chance of being ratified.

Let's set the stage by noting that, as a significant competitor to anthropogenic greenhouse forcing of recent climate change, the direct radiative forcing by solar irradiance variations is dead on arrival.

Up to this point the Day of the Dead was just a background theme but on arrival in the land of remembered its a full on mardi gras of colourfully epic proportions.

Surprisingly dull and unfunny for the talent involved, «Life After Beth» is a dead - on - arrival comedy that's just as much in need of some brains as its title character.

Given that Apatow's audiences tend to run on the immature side, it's a safe bet to assume that many of the references will be lost on a sizable portion of the potential ticket buyers, who will probably think the filmmakers are just geniuses at being weird, such as a silly acid trip where Dewey meets The Beatles, including an animated sequence a la Yellow Submarine, that is dead on arrival.

The original Point Break (not the dead on arrival remake last year) was a cultural milestone of action films: Keanu Reeves playing Federal Agent Johnny Utah who was tasked with infiltrating a tight - knit unit of bank - robbing surfers that wore President masks when taking down a score.

The Emoji Movie was dead on arrival in theaters in 2017, and remains among the more perplexing and hated movies of the year, despite the star power of Stewart and comedic actors T.J. Miller, James Corden, Maya Rudolph, Jennifer Coolidge and Steven Wright.

SPOILERS The producers behind The Walking Dead spent all summer promising that the arrival of the villain Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) would be a reset for the show, which is tacitly admitting that something had gone wrong and they needed a big new character to drive the show back on track.

WHY: «Life After Beth» is a terrible movie, a dead - on - arrival zombie comedy that's just as much in need of some brains as its title character.

His most mainstream production, 1998's infamous shot - for - shot remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, was dead on arrival.

WASHINGTON President Bush's $ 32.3 - billion education budget for fiscal year 1993 has gotten a comparatively positive reception on Capitol Hill and in the education community, where a decade of Republican budgets have routinely been declared «dead on arrival.»

Interesting analysis in The Hayride on the Louisiana House Committee assignments — «Nancy Landry is Education Committee Chairwoman so Edwards's agenda of weakening charters and school choice will be dead on arrival.»

GOP leadership was quick to call the budget blueprint «dead on arrival» when the administration unveiled it last month, and chairman of the appropriations subcommittee, Sen. Roy Blunt, R - Mo., followed suit at the start of the hearing.

The steering in our front - drive model was dead on arrival: flimsy, slow turn - in, no semblance of an actual connection with the front wheels.

Steve Jobs famously blasted the idea of a 7 - inch tablet, claiming small tablets would be «dead on arrival» but that hasn't stopped the rumor mill from churning with speculation that Apple will release a mini version of its popular tablet device.

Finally there is the Ultimate eReader campaign and I beg a pardon Michael but it has none of these things going for it and the specs as they read on the campaign https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-ultimate-e-reader#/ are dead on arrival.

These are among the reasons we think the current crop of 7 - inch tablets are going to be DOA — dead on arrival.

You may return any new computer purchased from Amazon.com that is «dead on arrival,» arrives in damaged condition, or is still in unopened boxes, for a full refund within 30 days of purchase.

While Apple encroached on the 7» tablet territory that the late Steve Jobs once declared that tablets in the «tweens» (meaning the 7» category) are basically DOA — Dead On Arrival, one raised eyebrows and questions as to whether Steve would have approved of such a move or noon the 7» tablet territory that the late Steve Jobs once declared that tablets in the «tweens» (meaning the 7» category) are basically DOA — Dead On Arrival, one raised eyebrows and questions as to whether Steve would have approved of such a move or noOn Arrival, one raised eyebrows and questions as to whether Steve would have approved of such a move or not.

Many popular pet probiotics are dead - on - arrival when they reach store shelves, while we guarantee that 50 % of our probiotics will be alive after 18 months without refrigeration.

The euthanasia rate is calculated by dividing the number of cats euthanized by total live intake, less owner requested euthanasia, and dead on arrival, in accordance with Maddie's Fund / Asilomar reporting requirements (Maddie's Fund, 2011).