Sentences with phrase «rather notorious»

I hope and trust that this will help bring to light the ignorant campaign of harassment and denial from a particularly vocal group centered around a rather notorious blog.

The Hardware of the Aura H20 is sound, but Kobo is rather notorious for having buggy firmware and the software side of things not matching up to the build quality of said hardware.

There is no mention about an app store, but Onyx has been rather notorious for running an unauthorized version of the Google Play Store in markets that have a storied track record for engaging in piracy.

Millwall fans have earned a rather notorious reputation, and if you're going to chose any fixture on the schedule to highlight anti-racism, it might as well be this one.

Arsenal are rather notorious at failing to win under the watchful eye of Mr Dean and in fact for many fans it has become a persistent frustration to see his name down on the official's list.

Not exact matches

Because the Deep Web is best known as the home of Silk Road, a notorious online service similar to eBay — if that website trafficked in handguns, ecstasy pills and thugs, rather than vintage timepieces and Alf dolls.

(IBM is the most notorious example here, often spending $ 10 billion a year on its own stock rather than on R&D or other market - building investment.)

He may have no eyebrows, but I would believe that was due to excessive plucking he did himself in preparation for the notorious drag balls the Vatican is world renowned for, rather than the results of some botched medical experiment, intended or not.

maybe wenger should have bought so and so over so and so, maybe he could of used this formation rather than that formation but overall I don't think we couldn't of done much better unless we gave in the «sugar daddy» way of things with the shady usmanov a Russian oligarch notorious for involvement in dubious politics and business.

Stupidly rigid 70th minute subs, rather than as the game warrants; ludicrous playing of players in wrong positions, for which he is notorious; catastrophic ingnorance of the vital need for attack / defence BALANCE, with never two fullbacks up at same time; inability to motivate players to fight, inability to keep them fit, stupid loyalty to long term hospital cases like Diaby and much more besides, too long to list on here.

Oh, and the Orange book is a rather good read, full of articles written by such notorious Tories as Chris Huhne and Lynne Featherstone.

Mr. Donovan, rather than expending the severely limited resources of the State on partisan, politically motivated litigation against the law of the land which, however flawed, did address some notorious abuses by the insurance industry, why don't you tell us what your priority is with respect to corruption and misuse of public funbds and resources by politicians right here in New York State?

They also note that Aedes mosquitoes also spread dengue and chikungunya, two other notorious tropical diseases, so the model effectively measures risks of all three diseases rather than any one of them alone.

Finally, a rather fringe theory proposes that a certain type of ketone can itself be euphoric as it's chemically related to GHB, the notorious date - rape drug.

No matter your caloric approach, both building strength and muscle as well as losing weight from fat (rather than from muscle) requires consuming adequate levels of protein, of which women are notorious for not getting enough.

The eventual showdown between the police and the now - notorious Tsarnaev siblings is visceral and exciting, to be sure, but Berg diminishes the impact of this stretch by following it with an astonishingly anti-climactic finale (which is capped off with interminable interview footage with real - life participants in the attack)- with the end result a passable endeavor that probably would've fared better had it been helmed by almost anyone else (ie the movie is decent in spite of Berg's involvement rather than because of it).

And when the producers decided they didn't want to work once again with Bourne Identity director Doug Liman — a man notorious for causing chaos behind the camera rather than in front of it — screenwriter Tony Gilroy recommended Greengrass, and he got the job.

Despite its attempts to construct itself as a crime drama and psychological thriller, rather than exploit a pontificating agenda to appeal a more balanced audience, Captive remains an unsatisfactory account of a notorious real - life event that made headlines around the world, owing to the phenomenal spiritual awakening of a cold - blooded murderer and rapist.

Part of a notorious clan of outlaws led by his criminal father (Brendan Gleeson), Chad struggles to instill good values in his children, as the elder Cutler praises bad behaviour over good and lets brawn rather than brains rule the day.

Though CVTs were once notorious for being a bit iffy, though, Subaru's system works rather well, with its smooth and fairly seamless operation being qualities we wouldn't associate with CVTs not so long ago — and, if you really need to feel like you're in control, models with the wheel - mounted gearshifting paddles allow you to simulate changing gear.

A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution.

In America the Authors Guild, an organisation notorious for representing the interests of publishers rather than writers, and whose members are almost entirely traditionally published, recently announced: «the majority of authors would be living below the Federal Poverty Level if they relied solely on income from their writing.»

Given also gold's notorious volatility, it probably makes sense to use special inflation protected securities, rather than gold, as an inflation hedge.

Our findings are consistent with those of Holderness and Sheehan (1985), who document significant price increases for firms targeted by «notorious» corporate raiders of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and also with those of Bethel, Liebeskind, and Opler (1998), who show similar results for firms targeted by individuals, rather than corporate or institutional large shareholders.

Formerly notorious as a «jungle market» Thung Kwiang's cleaned up its act and concentrates on local produce and One Tambon One Product items rather than endangered wildlife.

Millennials are notorious for doing their research and selecting the best deals on rooms rather than making their decisions based on hotel brand.

The service is good and the notorious «ladies of the night» are the exception rather than the rule.

How this translates to the final game and notorious areas like Blight Town remains to be seen, but we hope to have the answers on this one sooner rather than later.

It just seems strange that the emphasis is still on quantity rather than quality, particularly given the notorious perfectionism of Gran Turismo producer Kazunori Yamauchi.

That game, or rather series, is Dark Souls, notorious for unforgiving gameplay that takes effort and mastery, as well as learning about different weapons, timings, and what enemies can do.

It felt slightly random to end an exhibition with over 140 pieces from various periods with a single work from a given series, but it was somehow another brave move by the curators to finish the narrative at the actual beginning rather than the notorious one.

The latter refer to notorious Cape Flats gangs that populate the book, but their inclusion hints at a commercial, rather than conceptual, cohesion at work.

Notorious for being a «slippery» interviewee (he's been known to take answers from other artist interviews as an evasion tactic), Spector confronts Cattelan directly, revealing an artist who presents himself more as an unwitting jester rather than an artist.

In Howe's case, the inaugural trope is a simple goof on the notorious figure / ground dichotomy: each canvas presents a «portrait» of a young woman, usually nude, as often black as white, done in a rather dashing, painterly style reminiscent of the Ashcan School, against a ground that cites Abstract Expressionism or its immediate derivatives.

Needless to say, it's rather alarming that even trace amounts of methylmercury — which is notorious for turning up in groundwater near industrial operations — can have such a substantial impact on wildlife.

As a result, delegates experienced blue skies over the Chinese capital, rather than the city's notorious smog.

At its Web site, the Heartland Institute is directing readers to a quiz in which they can guess whether various quotations are from Mr. Kaczynski's notorious Unabomber manifesto or rather from Al Gore's book «Earth in the Balance.»

Well, it certainly appears startlingly at odds with a rather more notorious northern hemisphere temperature graphic, doesn't it?

... the API's notorious PR campaign is designed, in the words of its own strategy documents, to «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact.»

This part of Europe is also notorious for rather laid back speed limits and traffic laws, which allows for more excitement while drivers are on the road.

So if you have ever considered sinking money into an initial coin offering — a complicated, barely regulated, and booming new form of financial vehicle where startups offer investors stakes in «new» cryptocurrencies rather than traditional stock — it might be a good idea to listen to what one of finance's most notorious criminals - turned - authors has to say.

Monster Hunter is notorious for its steep learning curve and while the introduction of proper camera control and targeting have made things easier, the game is still rather difficult to dive into as a newbie.

It was a bit off - putting when the vet told me to keep Snoopy in isolation from the other chooks until his wound healed because they might smell the blood and eat him... notorious cannibals, chooks... Anyway, that was a rather long - winded (and disturbing) explanation for why I am driving two hours out of Sydney today, to buy a replacement Snoopy.