Sentences with phrase «seen as a sham»

Well, if you have no idea all, it's basically this — cryptocurrencies are seen as a sham and another economic bubble ready to explode.

Not exact matches

First, as long as voting is not free and fair, the opposition can not compete on a level playing field with the incumbent government, and therefore, sees itself obligated to boycott a sham election that can not contribute to political change.

An attorney who served as outside counsel to the Town of Oyster Bay testified Thursday that he vehemently urged its officials against what he saw as a «sham» and «bogus» proposal to guarantee a loan for restaurateur Harendra Singh.

as for cuomo, he reportedly did just about everything he could to keep dinapoli from reelection — the implications of his sham investigation (will any of those crusty dems see the inside of a cell or at least something more than lashes with a wet noodle?)

From the descriptive view on the data it seems that compared to sham, verum acupuncture tended to be associated with more activation in the basal ganglia, brain stem, cerebellum, and insula and more deactivation was seen in the so - called «default mode network» and limbic brain areas, such as the amygdala and the hippocampus.

Nevertheless, we could see that brain regions such as SII, insula, cingulate gyrus, amygdala / hippocampal formation and prefrontal cortices might be important when differentiating the acupuncture specific effect from sham acupuncture.

Due to the deficient identity authentication system, fraudulent behaviors such as coaxing people to spend money on wine and meals and even swindling money through sham marriages were seen on some dating sites including jiayuan.com, baihe.com and zhenai.com.

As we'll see, others of similar SHAM stature hail from far less convincing backgrounds; they proclaim themselves «relationship therapists» or «dating coaches,» made - up specialties that require no particular licensing yet sound credible, thus duping unsuspecting patrons by the millions.

Although this caveat is welcome, it should be remembered that, as seen above, the onus on an individual to show a «sham» may be a high one.

I wouldn't go so far as to call them a scam, but let's just say such deceptive business tactics are seen elsewhere, and this sham of an insurance company has mastered the art.