Sentences with word «scathing»

As detailed in the linked article from the Washington Post, a series of scathing reports on the failure of the Library of Congress (LC) to adjust to the modern information landscape, let alone to play a leading role in its development, have been issued.

Although it remains unclear who the post is directed at, it comes on the heels of scathing attacks launched on the former boss of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), by fire brand New Patriotic Party's legislator, Kennedy Agyapong.

New York Times rips Tesla S in scathing review — car winds up on back of tow truck with dead batteries.

Contents: In scathing criticism of Pakistan, Trump administration cuts $ 255 million in aid; US - Pakistan relations at a crossroad; Ohhhhhhhh noooooo!

Bowing to the influence of the powerful charter industry PR machine, the editorial boards of the Washington Post, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal issued scathing critiques of the NAACP, saying the organization «should do its homework,» that it's «misguided,» and that it's guilty of «leaving black children behind,» respectively.

While George Osborne is even more scathing about Boris and his motivations than the PM.

The report includes scathing criticism of what the commission says is a corrupt culture in Albany, and recommends numerous reforms.

The sci - fi fantasy / romance The Shape of Water came in with seven nominations, Jordan Peele's scathing indictment on racism in America, Get Out, earned six and both BPM (Beats Per Minute) and Lady Bird earned five, rounding out the Film of the Year nominees.

The lawyer cum politician is known to be ascerbic in her public discussion especially on radio and televison, vehemently defending her party (New Patriotic Party) and also launching scathing attacks on her political opponents.

People can also write scathing reviews about your business that turns people away from your business.

In scathing letters, Park District and school officials argued back and forth about how to deal with flooding.

Ex-midfielder also slams Fellaini in scathing assessment of Man United Real Madrid to get bargain as they prepare to trigger David de Gea's # 30m Man United release clause Louis van Gaal claims his style is working at Man United — proof Red Devils need Jose Mourinho ASAP

It is sorta the plankton of the eVerse — the simplest life form that feeds the mindless that in turn feed the suckers and bottom - dwellers who in turn feed the commercial fiction writers who feed the how - to - write - commercial - fiction writers who feed the I'm - too - sexy literati who feed themselves (as they cannibalize the top echelon with scathing reviews).

WINNER OF THE GOLDSBORO LAST LAUGH AWARD The latest hilarious and scathing satire from Ruth Dudley Edwards»... the Turner Prize... is named after an innovative painter of genius and is awarded annually to whatever bluffer has caught the eye of the knaves and fools who dominate the contemp... More info»

In notes appended to DOH's response, the Comptroller's office — which has issued several scathing audits on the Cuomo administration's spending on promotional programs for tourism, the Start - Up NY program and more — says that «it is somewhat ironic that officials question the use of promotional activities to generate program interest and revenues given the State's extensive use of media to promote a range of perceptions and initiatives.»

Trump bragged in March that his Twitter account was the reason that no team had signed the quarterback, but his most scathing comments came in September when he attacked all players opting to protest during the national anthem.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, the Democrat - turned - Republican who tried (unsuccessfully) to challenge then - AG Andrew Cuomo in the 2010 gubernatorial race, just issued a rather scathing statement in response to the Mandate Relief Redesign Report, calling it «78 pages of nothing.»

The New York Times recently published a pair of scathing articles about the state of arbitration in the United States.

To give you an example, I recently heard a story about a candidate who had a marketing director role offer withdrawn when the employer read scathing postings she had made after receiving poor service from an organisation.

The story has triggered an avalanche of comment, including cheers from our earnest Secretary of Education and scathing responses from the likes of Diane Ravitch and Alexander Russo.

In The Hindu, Meenakshi Mukherjee calls the novel «the most scathing critique of British colonialism I have ever come across in fiction.»

Top political commentators have delivered scathing verdicts on Boris Johnson's performance on The...

But Forbes notes that Valleywag, Gawker Media's tech gossip site, frequently wrote scathing pieces about Thiel, who made his first fortune running PayPal and then made a very lucrative bet on Facebook, where he sits on the social network's board of directors.

«Least of all persons to make scathing remark against the government is the P - square group which the local content policy of the Federal Government dusted - up from the valley of obscurity.

But Mr. Flavin could be equally generous with blame and was famous for scathing letters to friends, former friends and editors, written in a slightly ornate style.

The Bible, for example, has meant peace, comfort, illumination, moral power to multitudes, but because Whistler» the artist, was a bitter controversialist, writing and publishing scathing attacks on enemies and former friends, he came to the Bible with a jaundiced eye and found in it what he brought.

From scathing editorials to calls for legislation, much of the public seems angered by the apparent unfairness of the situation,» says a news release promoting Bigland's new book, Along for the Ride.

Now the characters of Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) and President Business (Will Ferrell) both could be perceived as scathing indictments of capitalism, but to judge either of those films as a Marxist condemnation of western society is a fool's errand.

Media outlets such as IndexUniverse and Forbes wrote scathing rebuttals, and a couple of weeks later the foundation released a revised version with most of the inflammatory claims watered down.

While Lipton and activist organizations — like Make the Road Action, a leading immigrants» rights group that endorsed Nixon on Friday — were careful to blame the crack - up on Cuomo, at least one labor leader offered a more scathing indictment of the WFP.

But the same year, Mr. Twombly's «Nine Discourses on Commodus,» an ambitious painting cycle he made after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, based on the life and death of the Roman emperor, received scathing reviews in a show at the Castelli gallery.

Jesus» most scathing denunciations went to men who did numerous good things, but whose deeds were expressions of their own pride or efforts to win the approval of God.

This one photographer wrote a particularly scathing review with a lot of incorrect information in it.

A few tweets and scathing blog posts won't enact systemic change like long - lasting development and relationships on the ground.

Advocates and lawmakers at the Capitol are reacting to Governor Cuomo's anti-corruption Moreland Commission report, which offers scathing criticism of what the commission says is a corrupt culture in Albany and recommends numerous reforms.

It happened a decade ago when Ai Weiwei emerged as a political tour de force in China by undermining his totalitarian regime with scathing rebukes via social media.

In a ruling issued earlier this month, but was made known yesterday, a Livingston County court judge allowed a lawsuit against the state's same - sex marriage law to continue, writing in scathing opinion that New York's notoriously narrow Open Meetings Law could be reviewed in the case.

Jim Introne, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's deputy secretary for health and director of health care redesign, responded to the Center for Justice & Democracy's call for an ethics investigation into four Medicaid Redesign Team members in the following scathing statement:

As Ken Livingstone sat down to chat about his new book with fellow left wingers in Hackney this week, the first thing to clear up was the small matter of a rather scathing review by The Times journalist Oliver Kamm.

Both letters are more invective than they are argument; their writers knew that there is a time when scathing condemnation is more effective than calm apologetic; and it is from the vivid and violent picture of the heretics that we must try to reconstruct what these heretics stood for.

ALBANY, NY (05/28/2013)(readMedia)-- Just weeks after scathing reports about the abysmal failure of the Close to Home juvenile «reform» program diverting youthful offenders from state juvenile justice facilities to inadequate New York City based programs, the Cuomo administration is doubling down on bad policy and moving to close two more centers.

Wael Shawky @ Serpentine Gallery A scathing look at the crusades using puppets, in these lengthy but rewarding films.

With Kevin Magnussen moving to Haas for the 2017 Formula 1 season, his former employer Renault has had some pretty scathing words to say about him...

He was also scathing about attempts to disassociate leading Conservatives like Mr Cameron and George Osborne, from images of their Bullingdon Club days in Oxford.

Gen Sir Richard Barrons, recently retired chief of joint forces command, gives scathing assessment of UK military