Sentences with phrase «stacking the deck at»

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In Clinton's campaign video, she said, «Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times but the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top.

But what I liked best about the book is how it engages with what I see as one of the most important and difficult social - policy questions of our time: How do we unstack the deck and, at the same time, get people to take ownership over improving their own lives and communities even when they reasonably believe that the deck is stacked against them?

At the same time, a political discourse that is overly focused on the external causes of misfortune can make people feel like the deck is stacked against them, so why even try?

It would be much easier if he didn't have to play this game with himself... I mean... he knows the outcome before the game even understand he does nt even tell us the damn rules... what kind of a god plays by rules that only he knows and doesn't even tell us... probably because he already knows the outcome... its like playing cards with a stacked deck and he; s the dealer laughing at us all because he has all the aces... I hate gods who do that.

I'm a gambling man, and the FACT that the mathematical probability of us having this conversation at this point in time is pretty much impossible, unless, wait for it... wait for it... it's not an accident (stacked deck).

While it may take a few races for Montoya to get re-acclimated to open - wheel racing, Penske has stacked the deck in his efforts to both return to Victory Lane at Indianapolis and pick up the team's first championship since 2006 (Sam Hornish Jr..)

Triple H managed to stack the deck and win the world title at the Royal Rumble in January — his first championship in about seven years.

The Golden Eagles stacked the deck in the non-conference schedule to earn an at - large bid to the Big Dance.

Despite the fact that the deck appears stacked against him at the moment, the Long Island Republican is optimistic about his chances next year.

«The Koch Brothers and billionaires like them are behind Elise Stefanik because they know she will stack the deck in favor of the special interests and the ultra-wealthy at the expense of hardworking New York families and seniors.»

«If the deck is stacked, and you have people appointed to represent certain views, it could just mean they end up blabbing at each other and nothing happens,» Wagner says.

You have to be able to stay healthy, avoid the disabled list, maintain your skills, get lots of at bats... There are so many things that have to go right in order to make this kind of thing happen, it is like the deck is stacked against you.

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Looking at the cast for The Disaster Artist, we also see a stacked deck.

Relentlessly reductive, Haneke stacks the deck by stripping the genre of its redemptive qualities and transgressive power and then chastizes the audience for its presence at such an untoward spectacle.

At the lowest point of their relationship, when Violet and Tom go their separate ways and find solace in the arms of cartoonish new partners — a flamboyant Welsh psych professor (a gregarious Rhys Ifans) and a Zumba - obsessed California bimbo (Dakota Johnson, daughter of Don and Melanie Griffiths), respectively — the deck is so clearly stacked against these unions that pit boss Apatow should have demanded a rewrite.

One of the first Hollywood films to take a serious look at child - custody issues, the movie stacks the deck in favor of Dustin Hoffman's harried single dad, painting runaway mom Meryl Streep as something of a feminist caricature.

The full report documents how school finance policy choices at the federal, state, and district levels systematically stack the deck against students who need the most support...

The full report documents how school finance policy choices at the federal, state, and district levels systematically stack the deck against students who need the most support from their schools.

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Either way, unless you're stacking the deck with friends, family or fans (none of which are recommended if you plan on having them review on Amazon, given their stringent rules about reviewer bias and affiliation), you may end up with at least a few unfavorable reviews.

Or, at least, find out how a stacked deck of stocks performs against an index.

Amid fears of overheated markets, our Best Deals in Real Estate can stack the deck in your favour, telling you which cities and neighbourhoods are the safest bets, and which communities are poised to keep appreciating, or at least weather a downturn better than the rest.

Nice game, but suppose if you were dealt a weak deck you had the option to look at the opponent's deck, and stack yours to meet the challenge.

There's four of these horrible things, and at the start of the game you split the player deck into four roughly even piles and add one Evil Stirs card to each before shuffling them and then stacking them together to create a sort of even distribution that stops you from running into more than two in quick succession.

You were always at a disadvantage as a Seal, and it made victory that much sweeter because the deck was stacked against you.

Speaking to VG247 at an event in Australia, creative director Lars Gustavsson accepted that the studio should be «slapped» for the way it stacked the deck against new players.

To begin by mentioning this fact might seem to be stacking the deck if a concern with the medium's various historical demises did not figure so markedly in the British artist's work — but it does, to the extent that he titled his second solo show at Andrea Rosen Gallery «Dead Painter.»

In some regions, there is evidence that the hottest temperatures may increase at a faster rate than the average, further stacking the deck in favor of extreme heat.

Dual Wi - Fi antenna prongs on the receiver unit's rear hint at a stacked deck of wireless options.

By making connections during networking events, during your course of business at work, and spontaneously, you stack the deck in your favour during your next job search.

Mediating problems won't always be so easy for kids, but practicing now helps stack the deck in their favor, explained Joan Duffell, executive director of Committee for Children, a Seattle - based nonprofit that developed the Second Step, one of the programs used at Cossitt and dozens of other Chicago - area schools.

I have to question what his relationship with Ms. Aitken is all about as it is very clear to me that she is «stacking the deck» in his favour at every opportunity.