Sentences with phrase «shell game for»

The securities industry has been playing this superior investment performance shell game for decades.

It plays the whole absurd shell game for laughs, even as it acknowledges that the last and bitterest laugh is on the rest of us.

States have been playing a shell game for years where they reduce their responsibilities by shoving them onto local goverments.

Not exact matches

Last summer Electronic Arts shelled out upwards of $ 1.3 billion for PopCap Games, which had its game apps downloaded more than 150 million times worldwide, thanks to mobile hits like Plants vs. Zombies.

Do yourself a favor and keep the Joy - Con detached, or shell out $ 70 for a Pro controller (a genuinely traditional - style game pad, along the lines of the PlayStation 4 controller).

In his view, it makes sense for the company to shell out for Minecraft, a game that is popular with a diverse range of age groups and enjoys widespread «parental approval.»

ESPN along with Time Warner's (TWX) TNT will shell out nearly $ 2.7 billion annually for nine years beginning next year for the rights to National Basketball Association games.

This is the classic creationist shell game: Attack evolution for what it does not do (claim to explain the origins of things).

You are applying human characteristics to a divine being, that doesn't work.God is more complex than that, you are running a shell game and calling it reason, you are, in this instance and for the cited reason, wrong.God is not a man, his ways are so far above mans ways, they can not be comprehended.You can not reduce God, and cite that as proof.

We're not gonna fall for that old shell game, that old bait and switch.

These salted, in shell sunflower seeds aren't just for baseball games.

Think about it... peanut butter + jelly is probably the only sandwich you wanted for lunch as a kid, Reese's are your favorite candy, and you can finish two bags of shelled peanuts at any baseball game.

I personally love stuffed shells but has never been a favorite with my crew — but this recipe sounds like a game changer for them!!!

He and his representatives played an impressive shell game to maximize his exposure and earnings, and while I don't blame him for it, it's stupid to insist he came out the other side completely pure.

On a different note, did anybody shell out 500 + bucks for last night's game between the Laval Rocket and Manitoba Moose?

Too often Liverpool have in recent years shelled out big money for players who have ended up with a frankly embarrassing goals to games ratio and while you don't expect central midfielders to bang 20 a season, it's nice to see them contribute the odd strike here and there.

First off — after a trip to the beach how about dying your sea shells beautiful pastel colours you could then use them in other crafts over the summer or even in counters for garden games.

Robert Freier, spokesman for the Oyster Bay Democrats, said Saladino's fee hike proposal, coming after a $ 1.3 million tax cut passed just before the November election, was «a shell game he played when he was running for election claiming a tax cut, and now he's raising fees after the fact to create a surplus.»

Taking money meant for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, such as solar panels for schools and modernizing inefficient buildings, and putting it into the EPF for clean water protection, farmland preservation and recycling programs is a shell game.

And, if I had limited my proposal [in my last response] to just direct land - use regulation, I would agree with Tim that this would not be meaningful with respect to preventing international «shell games» of the sort he describes for palm oil.

Would much rather be playing this game then shelling out $ 60 bucks for another worthless BF or CoD installment.

While many stores are reportedly sold out — forcing fans to shell out higher prices on the secondary market if they can not wait to get the new console — the original retail price of the basic unit (white, 8 GB memory) is $ 300, while a deluxe set (black, 32 GB, includes GamePad charging cradle and NintendoLand game) retails for $ 350.

The games were criticized for being glossy candy shells geared too much towards the casual fan leaving more dedicated fans with a hollow experience.

According to recent information, the games should cost the same as PSP titles ($ 40), but will you shell out the $ 250 for the WiFi - only version or $ 300 for the 3G model?

Also Paper Bowser is already confirmed for this game, considering there is a castle in the top right corner of the map screenshot with pillars with spiked shells on them.

Those who shell out the monthly $ 19.99 fee for PS Now now have access to six Resident Evil games, including the classic Resident Evil 4 and the franchise's most recent mainline entry, Resident Evil 6.

By adding choice, through characters and Crew Skills, and trimming the level length, what's left is a focused experience that leaves you feeling like a heroic participant rather then a fatigued shell struggling to find purpose, wishing your time with the game was over rather then looking for more.

If you're looking to improve your Street Fighter game and get rid of that rubbish analogue stick without shelling out over a hundred bones for a stick, this is definitely the solution.

This big gap is why it'll roar, it won't be from mobile introducing fans, because it'll take super hardcore fans to shell out nearly $ 400 for the new system / game when they didn't have to pay a penny for the mobile app.

As for the article, I would prefer buying a new game, especially if it's been improved graphically and offers more gameplay over shelling out money for DLC any day.

For everyone trying to compare switch ports to ps4 ports that's also not a good comparison because at least those systems come out with cutting edge new games every year that are in high demand - battlefield, Monster hunter world, while nintendo comes out with old nintendo games and ports from last generation playstation and xbox hardware so how can you diss the better systems and then rejoice when you get a game like dark souls which is from those consoles but is a shell compared to how they look and play on the better consoles??

Those of you that shelled out for the Wii's Internet Channel before Nintendo made it free can now download one NES game on Virtual Console — as long as its worth 500 points.

There's nothing unique about what we actually see within the chase (save for a neat shell game involving a pursuing helicopter, a tunnel, and a pair of cars that look similar to the pursued vehicle).

Or maybe the mainstream is simply not ready for romance and video games in the same colorful candy shell.

Combat mirrors the arcade games as you jump on the heads of enemies and use classic shells to dispense your foes for example.

While many younger gamers have probably gotten a lot out of Disney Infinity's Toy Box mode, there may be a few families looking to upgrade to Wii U without shelling out money for a new Disney Infinity playset just before Disney Infinity 2.0 arrives so Nintendo and Activision will offer the original Disney Infinity game as a free download on Nintendo Wii U.

Hypothetical situation: you and your friends really want to experience the colorful 2d glory of Rayman Legends, but you spent all your hard - earned cash on an Xbox One and four controllers, and can't shell out for the game.

The comments come from current Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors...: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging to something special... your class... Encourages differences and similarities to recognised and valued... Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion... The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming... Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group... Encourages participants to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game... Helped to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students to gel... Switches the students brains on from the moment go... Helps to break down various barriers... Gives a big boost to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...

Because more than 90 percent of school revenues come from state and local sources, lawmakers worried that districts would play a shell game with new Title I funds — transferring a dollar of local resources to rich schools from poor ones for every new federal dollar earmarked for poor schools that arrived.

It's an interesting shell game, one that we've seen play out recently in the «teacher bailout» pushed for by President Obama; the Wall Street Journal reported that the $ 10 billion subsidy to states to keep them from laying off teachers led to at least $ 100 million in additional dues for the National Education Association.

I think the lure of learning about an approach to recruiting and developing teachers that has been successful in recruiting and developing starting NFL quarterbacks and multi-million-dollar year financial advisers (the good ones, who actually add value instead of merely run a shell game should be enough incentive for any educator who has take the time to read the posts here.

The use of tax credits to reimburse donations for private school tuition is a shell game.

There is a little shell game in that CE V - 6 base price, because Toyota is charging a whopping $ 1,005 extra for the air - conditioning everyone gets.

We have to admit that while the F131 easily muscled through everything we threw at it, even serious gamers can get by without having to shell out $ 5,781 for it.

Until recently it was easy for the traditional publishing industry to puff its condescending chest out and hide behind pretense and bluster, but the staunch gatekeeping the industry practiced was always a shell game.

The saddest part of it all, for me as a Christian, is that they make a connection with Christian publishing in the middle of this shell game.

As we can see from the images, the Windows Phone 8 smartphone features gorgeous unibody design and exchangeable shells for personality and innovative wireless charging solution, and the 4.3 - inch capacitive touchscreen OLED WVGA ClearBlack display allows you to comfortably enjoy your favorite apps, games, videos and more.

If I do like to read, then I may go for getting more books instead of one game that will be obsolete in four months or require me to shell out more money for updates or a whole new version.

It also means a lot more paperwork for more business (which is a measurable drag on the economy) and is prone to arbitrage as people game the system (putting VAT liabilities into shell companies that conveniently go bankrupt).

And of course, the $ 30 million dollars a year is part of a shell - game that is played so that trustees of fund organizations see perhaps a $ 5 million dollar compensation number for the manager, with other amounts categorized as «ownership interest in the firm» or «long - term compensation pool» etc., etc..