Sentences with phrase «on a slippery slope as»

In a research note early Thursday, Sherlund wrote that Microsoft «fundamentals are still on a slippery slope as tablets erode PCs.»

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Accelerating expansion usually means marketing, and when your brand has been built on decades of authentic bona fides, as Canada Goose's has, traditional marketing can be a slippery slope.

The freeing up of the Super Bowl ads is what the industry fears will be the first step on a slippery slope to elimination of simsub altogether, coming as it does at a time when the whole economic ecosystem of Canadian broadcasting and Canadian content is under stress and under review.

Especially Mnuchin and Wilbur Ross, as Peter said, they are on a slippery slope and they are playing in a very dangerous arena here and this isn't good for equities.

As soon as you adopt a philosophy of the ends justifies the means, you are on a slippery slopAs soon as you adopt a philosophy of the ends justifies the means, you are on a slippery slopas you adopt a philosophy of the ends justifies the means, you are on a slippery slope.

I'm not a big fan of slippery slope arguments, and this is borderline, but in what the justice said it boils down to «Will the person who leaves on personal views of religion, also have their points and objections dismissed as not being noteworthy» because they chose to leave during the opening prayer.

Big deal we finished 6th several under O'Nearly but that is as far we ever were going to get & coz he could not get more dosh for more of the same he walked, leaving the club on the slippery slope to bankrupcy.

If you've ever looked up «play sand» on the internet and followed any of the links down the various rabbit holes, then you know that it's a very slippery slope toward deciding to never let your child anywhere near a sandbox ever again with a dose of potentially prohibiting them from the beach as well.

It is a slippery slope to go any deeper into this, as I am not sure 100 % on the philosophy of nature vs. nurture.

Then we can ride down the slippery slope and ban hockey and football because they certainly destroy bodies and inflict life - long injuries on nearly all participants as well.

As the day wore on, the slopes became steeper and more slippery.

This policy shift was announced in February and as we commented, is a slippery slope to allocating research money by government fiat rather than negotiation on the basis of scientific excellence.

From the time vaudeville star Mae Murray arrived in Hollywood in 1916, Leonard gradually became her principal director, he abandoned his own career as a movie actor by 1918, but did make unbilled cameo appearances in later films.Murray's headstrong behavior and open contempt of the studio bosses at Famous Players - Lasky (i.e., Paramount) kept both of them on a slippery slope in this period, but her great popularity with audiences likewise kept the Murray / Leonard team employed.

I see your joining this group as an indication that the slippery slope might be an inevitable one given government education policy, funding for the state system and the UKs changing position on the world stage.

As I hit the gas on the next incline, X-Mode modulated the throttle and shift points to provide maximum traction up the slippery slope.

Daimler asserted that disabling traction control may be necessary in conditions such as starting from rest on sloped ground, driving on slippery roads, and using snow chains.

It's a slippery slope, once you start on it, once you've ignored that knock in the engine for long enough and it starts to miss occasionally as you careen down some hill dazedly gripping the wheel.

It's important to really understand the word «bestseller,» because as we've seen with the recent Amazon crackdown of using terms like «bestseller» on your book cover (read more on this here), it can be a slippery slope.

The controversy here lies on a slope that needs no snow or ice to be slippery: We're talking about estimates and interpretations that some might see as polarizing, others welcome as unifying.

It's a slippery slope that can lead to a dog developing uncontrollable behavior such as barking, growling and thrashing when on leash, behind a fence or peering out a window.

there's a few other breeds that also need the breed club and reputable breeders to really step it up as their breeds are on the slippery exploitation slope (the breed clubs may be stepping up, but they just haven't gotten a handle on it yet) the reputable breeders don't just breed because they have the right nor do they sell to just anyone that feels they have a right to have such and such a dog.

As education in the US Public Schools has more and more become UN GREEN indoctrination, the santicmony of our 20 - something academic generation is on a slippery slope (not caused by melting ice caps) to the destruction of our nation.

The slope on that middle ground seems much more slippery for courts, which demand what they regard as principled reasons for any distinction, than it is for legislatures, which may refuse to budge for no reason other than that the votes aren't there to do more or because of simple fiat.

Concerning, prosecution argument (iii), Bingham f lags up his concerns that the criminal courts have sadly slid down the slippery slope to the point where, as here, witnesses can give anonymous evidence, with the assistance of excessively draconian «protective measures», which cumulatively consign the defendant's right to a fair trial, to the legal dustbin, «by a series of small steps, largely unobjectionable on their own facts, the courts have arrived at a position which is irreconcilable with long - standing principle.»

Because once you start living together, as noted last week, you might find yourself on a slippery slope to a marriage that does not have much of a fighting chance.

2) The partner who is viewing pornography labels him or herself as a «sex addict» and starts to think they're on a slippery slope and will never overcome the addiction or be fully satisfied by their spouse.