Sentences with phrase «shambles of»

A closer look revealed many gigabytes of unnecessary files that I did not realize were being stored, making a shambles of our disk space planning.

The tree - ring circus made a shambles of the paleo proxy field.

Error analysis in the CMIP comparisons is a pathetic shambles of subjectivity.

Instead of seeing large collaborations of meticulous, careful, critical scientists, we instead see a small team of incompetent cowboys, abusing almost every aspect of the framework of science to build a fortress around their «old boys» club», to prevent real scientists from seeing the shambles of their «research».

Tracey Emin Artforum International; September 1, 2013; Kastner, Jeffrey; 700 + words... synopsis of the strangely conflicted position occupied by Tracey Emin these days need look no further than the artist's biography... induction, when a dangerously pissed Emin made a shambles of a Turner Prize roundtable involving a roomful of British art - world panjandrums...

After the shambles of the big crash a few weeks ago, its nice to see the downtime only lasted 2 hours instead of the seemingly 2 days last time.

The night manager is a former U.S. Marine who kicked a heroin habit of his own back in the sixties, after coming home from the shambles of the Cuban war.

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), comments on the shambles of key stage 2 SATs results.

«We are appalled by the shambles of today's key stage 2 SATs (KS2) results which just compounds the total chaos the Government has made of this year's SATs.

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said: «We are appalled by the shambles of today's Key Stage 2 Sats results which just compounds the total chaos the government has made of this year's Sats.

The only thing that helps pupils cope with the shambles of English spelling is lots of writing practice.

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers commented on the SAT's release that: «we are appalled by the shambles of today's Key Stage 2 SATs results, which just compounds the total chaos the Government has made of this year's SATs.

After an absinthe - soaked montage (and a priceless blow - off of one of the Harry Potter kids), Aaron gets Aldous to the plane and they barely make it to New York, just in time to create a shambles of the Today set.

Believing that the crash had nothing to do with his consumption, Whitaker frantically navigates the shambles of his personal life to avoid dealing with his own problems.

Love Ranch by Mark Dujsik — June 30, 2010 — Love Ranch is a shambles of trashy story arcs, made partially digestible by the dichotomy of its lead performances but unable to fully cope with its sleazy pedigree.

Brendan Gleeson, with that noble shambles of a face and the heft of a boxer gone to seed, has the key role as Ken, one of two killers for hire.

Leave it to James Franco to find inspiration for a smart screen comedy from the shambles of perhaps the worst movie ever made.

Schaffner came from TV, and while he has few of the obnoxious visual affectations of the TV - trained director, he tends to restrict the most significant actions and relationships in his films to spatial arenas that could be served very adequately by the tube rather than the Panavision screen: the real convention hustle in The Best Man takes place in hotel rooms, hallways, and basements; the tensest moments in his strange and (to me) very sympathetic medieval mini-epic The War Lord are confined to a small soundstage clearing or that besieged tower; the battle scenes in Patton are hardly clumsy, but the real show is George C. Scott; and Nicholas and Alexandra comes alive only after the royal family has been penned up under the watchful eyes of Ian Holm and then Alan Webb, far from the splendor of St. Petersburg or the shambles of the Great War.

Five deleted scenes (13:55) show us more of the shambles of grown - up Donny's life (getting fired from his hot tub salesman job, calling old talk show hosts) and a better look at the Ian Ziering / Alan Thicke 1980s movie of the week, in addition to extending two surviving scenes.

This zesty, defiantly awkward shambles of a film might be called a domestic drama, as it plucks its penniless main character from her beer - soaked California stage and sends her to the Midwest to deal with her wealthy ex-husband (Kevin Kline, playing off Streep as tenderly as in Sophie's Choice) and their suicidal adult daughter (Mamie Gummer, Streep's real - life progeny), a victim of Ricki's long - ago abandonment.

This zesty, defiantly awkward shambles of a film might be tagged a domestic drama, as it plucks near - penniless Ricki from her beer - soaked California stage and flings her to the Midwest.

A shambles of dud writing and dramatic inconsequence which left me determined to double my consumption of fossil fuels.

They saw it as a triumph after the shambles of last year's failed talks in Copenhagen.

Overly restrictive licensing and smotheringly broad patent interpretations could make a shambles of synthetic biology.

AFTER the chaos of the explosions came the shambles of the amateur manhunt.

After the shambles of the dome, Labour ministers, in particular, should have known better than to get involved.

For Cuomo, the victory tonight amid the shambles of the Democratic Party will likely be turned into validation of his governing philosophy: Left on social issues, a moderate - to - conservative approach on budgeting.

Most Remainers expected more basic competency from the government, even after the shambles of the last year, but it has not been on offer.

The serious problems, the continuing shambles of his office management, the lack of clear political direction, the myth of the «false choice» prospectus; these are still within his grasp, and as such, still within his gift to solve.

It is a shambles of an organization with no enforcement and nobody's afraid of it,» Nojay said.

«The penny may well have dropped with Nick Clegg that the government of which he is a senior member was wrong to attack spending, but his words offer nothing to the 20,000 people thrown onto the dole queue in the past three weeks alone, they won't revive our pock - marked high streets and they offer nothing for the millions more for whom life under this shambles of a government is bleak.

It wouldn't be guaranteed to work, but it would have stood far more chance than this morning's shambles of a doorstep.

He began saying how proud he was that 560,000 people had signed up to vote in the leadership contest — although he did not mention entryism or the shambles of the registered - supporters provision.

The Scottish Conservatives have bailed out the Westminster party and their discredited shambles of May, Philip Hammond, Lynton Crosby and Nick Timothy.

It could just convenient, but Wednesday's 1 - 0 success at home to Wolves could be the catalyst for a brighter February, putting a shambles of a January well and truly behind them.

David Moyes is at least confident of having captain Phil Neville available for selection, even if he has lost some of his confidence in his team following the shambles of a performance against the Baggies a week ago.

Those with long memories may remember the shambles of a team that went down at the end of the 2003 - 4 season.

But, the shambles of all this should stop, really.

Last weekend, United faced West Bromwich Albion, winning 5 - 3 meaning the young red devils had scored 15 goals, conceding five in their last three matches, which is some good form, especially considering the shambles of last season.

A shambles of a police effort.

Basically you are saying let us make the best of a bungled job and now, thanks to the shambles of how transfers and contract renewals are mis handled, we have no other option.

To take our minds off the troubles and shambles of these past weeks at Arsenal I would love to remember how football was played at the ARSENAL before hand..

Martinez did well and his attitude was good as he's not been playing with this shambles of a team for long.

The good news for Arsenal fans is that Wenger knows that he and his team need to restore some pride after the shambles of the first two games and so he is calling for a huge performance from Arsenal and it sounds as though he is planning to field as strong a side as possible.

What a total shambles of a club...

It's not the board or owner who put this shambles of a team together it's not the board or owner who plays players out of position or decides tactics or in Wenger's case a lack of them!

Don't forget that both those teams HAVE to recruit shedloads of players to make up for the shambles of last season.

man utd had a shambles of a season but still finished only 5 points behind us, what does that say about us?i'm not panicking i've seen this b4, it been the same for the last 7 years, we all know Wenger an the board won't buy the players we need to win the big trophies.

Maybe my minds not straight after this shambles of a day but im feeling that Welbeck is crucial this season.

Wonder what the mood will be like if after this shambles of a transfer window we drop points against Stoke next weekend?