Sentences with phrase «shameless attempts»

And both are prime examples of self - imposed limitations bearing little fruit, films stunted by their shameless attempts to appeal to as wide a demographic as possible.

Even more disgraceful was Mayor Michael Bloomberg's shameless attempts to buy passage of this legislation with the implied promise of providing financial support to the re-election campaigns of Senators who support the bill.

This appears to be a shameless attempt by Gov Romney to reach the conservative religious right (CRR) and suck in a few more votes.

Tis the season to give stuff away in a shameless attempt to get more bloggy traffic.

And, it might just be a shameless attempt to pivot off of a pop - culture moment.

The killer's first (and worst) lead role was opposite a hammy Richard Harris in Orca, a shameless attempt by Dino De Laurentiis to ape the success of Jaws.

Secondly, this would be a shameless attempt to jump on an increasingly exhausting bandwagon via a game series whose systems don't seem particularly conducive to such a mode.

The cable network also said at TCA that Bobby Cannavale is joining the cop spoof «in a shameless attempt to grab some much - deserved awards attention.»

While you can knock Reverge, and say that their decision to endow their cast in such a way was only a shameless attempt to appeal to their audience, that would be doing a major disservice to the work as a whole.

Still, it's hard to recommend this to anyone that wants a meaningful story, as the narrative definitely takes a back seat to the gameplay and a shameless attempt to reach into players» wallets for loose change.

In stark contrast, his response to Sue Macgregor ten years later was an astonishing and shameless attempt to hoodwink the nation and evade blame with a trivialising revisionism that implied gross misconduct by the Charity Commission.

In his official statement, Soon wrote that he has «been the target of attacks in the press by various radical environmental and politically motivated groups» and that the «effort should be seen for what it is: a shameless attempt to silence my scientific research and writings, and to make an example out of me as a warning to any other researcher who may dare question in the slightest their fervently held orthodoxy of anthropogenic global warming.»

In a March 2 statement, Soon called the Greenpeace - initiated attacks on him «a shameless attempt to silence my scientific research and writings, and to make an example out of me as a warning to any other researcher who may dare question in the slightest their fervently held orthodoxy of anthropogenic global warming....

That's one reason why yesterday I launched my shameless attempt to get Mann, whose defamation suit against me is now in its fourth year, to amend his complaint to the DC Superior Court yet again and this time demand the death penalty - for having the impertinence to publish a book full of what other scientists say about him:

You're intentionally replying to the top comment in a shameless attempt to get more visibility for your flame bait.

(That was my last shameless attempt at getting free help up here!)

Not exact matches

On our post-Elite 8 episode of Wake Up, College Basketball, we attempt to answer the following questions with 100 percent accuracy and complete shameless bias:

I'm just starting to potty train my toddler, and even though I've been lucky enough to have parents share their potty training tips and have used (or attempted to use) some shameless potty training tactics, I'm still, at this point, left questioning my sanity on a day - to - day basis.

The FDA seems to have become utterly shameless in their lame attempt to even pretend to be protecting public health.

The paper slams the former Long Island congressman for being «shameless and shameful in exploiting passions» over the proposed Islamic center / mosque near Ground Zero and for using 9/11 images in TV ads (actually, the state Conservative Party launched the first one; Lazio's first attempt was merely a web ad, and his first TV buy is just $ 200,000).

The Remain campaign said the UKSA's verdict revealed their opponent's «shameless» attempts to deceive the public.

Anger at their blatant, unapologetic attempts to avoid paying tax in the UK soon boiled over after a shameless appearance before MPs.

Michael Portillo (His shameless appropriation of the SAS motto followed later by failed leadership attempts and crisis of image and journey of discovery that he was some kind of Liberal)

Anyone attempting to link his death with his diet is not only guilty of a shameless ad - hominem attack, but is telling an outright lie.

I Am Number Four - A transparent attempt for a Twilight franchise with aliens, this teen flick is shameless and stupid.

It is a waste of time on the PS Blog and it is dispicible how shameless MM is with their attempts at milking this old game.