Sentences with phrase «scorched earth approach»

But instead, they took a scorched earth approach.

[21:55] And I've never been a big fan of a scorched earth approach in negotiations with the government or in litigation, or even in a friendly transaction, trying to negotiate for gain on every point.

Of course, innovation is about change but it doesn't have to entail a scorched earth approach... [more]

Of course, innovation is about change but it doesn't have to entail a scorched earth approach or have an exclusive focus on technology.

Amazon's scorched earth approach in which it refuses to agree to anything, notwithstanding the fact that Lush had won, was a calculated attempt to exhaust the mental and financial resources of that company.

THE CLIFF NOTES First, the scorched earth approach: Joe Konrath's take here and here (though with an appeal for balance from Michael Sullivan).

Del Toro had earlier said he was surprised by Konami's «scorched earth approach.

Carl P. Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor, has seemed to relish taking a scorched earth approach to his campaign.

They have clearly decided to follow the Washington model and abandon their professional responsibility as elected officials for the hyper - partisan tactics of Trump's scorched earth approach.

We can try pruning away the patriarchal elements of American evangelicalism or we could try a scorched earth approach, she says, but the most effective thing we can do is participate in the life - giving and subversive act of planting new trees:

Not exact matches

But what may be a popular scorched - earth, federal - provincial approach in Alberta risks becoming a bridge - burning one for Scheer's federal Conservatives.

This strategy failed miserably: in part, because the Speech contained absolutely nothing that would indicate he had a visionary strategy for the country; in part, because the Speech was anything but Conservative; and in part, but more importantly, because he decided, for some unknown reason, to take a scorched - earth approach to «eliminating» three senators.

A «scorched earth» approach to dealing with people holding opposing views, including Cuomo's fellow Dems, isn't going to work in the long run.

Lhota's aides compared the campaign to a «scorched earth» approach, and the candidate himself seemed more than ready to move on.

Other people exhibit the flip side of the «scorched earth» approach, equally short - sighted and ill - advised, which is often expressed by a shrug of the shoulders and the declaration, «It's everywhere, what difference does it make?»

In Firestorm, journalist Edward Struzik visits scorched earth from Alaska to Maine, and introduces the scientists, firefighters, and resource managers making the case for a radically different approach to managing wildfire in the 21st century.

His approach is more surgical, less scorched earth.

«Budget» was a foreign term, and law firms rationalized their «scorched - earth» approach by conflating it with «practice excellence.»