Sentences with phrase «to pass muster»

The Jobs Act didn't pass muster with Congress, so Barack Obama has issued some proposals without legislation.

It should come as no surprise, then, that the handiwork of small town carpenter Dean Proffitt (Kurt Russell) does not pass muster with Ms. Stayton.

That doesn't pass muster in comparison to the latest plug - in hybrids and EVs on showroom floors and in competitors» pipelines.

Doc has said cogently that alarmism does not pass muster as science.

Since the Department of Labor finalized its fiduciary rule (now in limbo) last year, annuity sales have fallen dramatically as brokerage firms and advisors anticipate that the products may not pass muster under a tighter regulatory standard.

Several other documentaries serve primarily as fluff — ranging from an unimpressive recap of the Apes franchise to a simplified breakdown of real - world great apes that wouldn't pass muster on even Wikipedia.

If you're merely demonstrating that this is a case in point then provide statistics as to the pervasiveness of the problem, otherwise «see what happened to a friend of mine» doesn't even pass muster for a high school paper.

Resort to offensive analogies that might just about pass muster at a north London middle - class stand - up comedy gig are not a substitute for serious debate on matters as weighty as the future direction of the Labour Party.

Even that may be giving it too much credit — this curriculum wouldn't even pass muster in most churches I know.»

This barely passes muster when compared against some of the faster charging batteries we've tested.

For one Canadian organic provider, earning and maintaining the status has meant investments in manpower, equipment and procedures as well as regularly passing the muster of a number of regulatory bodies.

The characters are all very vividly drawn but the plotting is so goofy it would barely pass muster in an off - colour episode of Scooby Doo.

Many recruiters only read the cover letters after the resume passes muster.

This is one of the better reform proposals, but will never pass muster with Cuomo, Silver, and Skelos because it takes the issue out of their control and gives it to the voters.

Sometimes dogs don't pass muster because of a health condition that develops, such as hip dysplasia - but most often it has nothing to do with training and everything to do with development.

I don't like to go to new restaurants with friends or guests if I've never been there before; a dinner at the bar is a good way to see if someplace passes muster before making a commitment to a big - deal evening.

This whole discussion might be moot anyway, because in order to build a casino in New York City — or anywhere in the state on non-Indian land — the constitutional amendment expanding gambling would have to be passed for a second time by the Legislature and also pass muster with the voters in a public referendum.

If you have quality HDMI cables, they'll likely pass muster for the new HDMI 2.1 standard, as might some of your gear.

The proposed cuts must still pass muster with Congress, which provides about 60 % of the institution's $ 750 million budget, and with the Smithsonian's governing board, which is expected to review them next month.

The board voted 8 - 1 July 9 to approve the requirement, which could be could be phased in for the state's nearly 490,000 8th graders as early as the 2009 - 10 school year if the plan passes muster under federal accountability standards.

Accordingly, more and more, respect tends to go toward those who earn the attention of readers, not those who pass muster with the gatekeepers.

The lucky astronomer who passes muster gets to spend a few hours or a few nights pointing the telescope at the designated objects, collecting data for the next year of desk work back home.

Wryly, he had mentioned that the book had passed muster probably because of its scholarly technical nature.

At the Digital Book World conference, held in New York last week, one could hardly pass muster by holding up a stack of pages bound together.

There may be a dating site out there for you — although your career achievements need to pass muster first.

«For it to pass muster from a tax standpoint, it needs to be charged an interest rate that is reasonable or it's possible that the IRS would interpret that as a gift,» she says.

That isn't to say it's terrible as it will certainly pass muster for many consumers, and worst case scenario you can always plug in headphones or connect it to a speaker for better audio.

Couldn't the worst products pass muster just through vitamin / mineral fortification, back in the old days?

For the third consecutive year, the City of Syracuse passed muster on the state comptroller's fiscal stress test.

The result is some ok training some that just about passes muster and quite a lot, which is just really bad.

The joint request follows a week in which a federal bill that would ban gun sales to those on the terror watch list failed to pass muster yet again in the Republican - controlled Senate.

Certainly a play which passes muster under the First Amendment is not made illegal because it is performed in a beer garden.

Nevada Supreme Court rules that state's private school scholarship program passes muster under the state constitutional provisions regarding the establishment of common schools and the use of public funds for sectarian purposes, but violates the state constitutional provisions regarding diverting public funds earmarked for public education to the program

In fact the entire cabin doesn't really pass muster against the Audi.

If the initial glance passes muster, the HR representative may pass along your resume, with several others, to the hiring executive.

Everything else passed muster, and she declared we could take her there anytime.

But does this fashionable nursing cover pass muster when it comes to practicality?

A case by case analysis of whether a particular award passes muster through national enforcement proceedings, or a Treaty - by - Treaty analysis of whether a particular dispute settlement or applicable law clause is compatible with EU law, is bound to be time consuming and labor - intensive, and will inevitably be unpredictable and lead to legal uncertainty.

Ok, in reality, gorgeous as it is, I think the 1950s coat above wouldn't quite pass muster on a freezing cold, wildly winding -30 C January morning at the bus stop, but if I was in the market for a more swingy (instead of fitted) winter coat in a timeless hue, that would fit the bill rather nicely.

It probably always did, aside from the occasional departure — but its conception of what passes muster has clearly narrowed.

Such an item might very well pass muster when using most of today's assessment - alignment procedures.

If your content passes muster, partnering with VHX for distribution means being able to sell your content directly from your own site, with the VHX team providing direct assistance with SEO optimization, design, marketing and more.

If the people, who are supposed to be vetting the science and determining if the science passes muster, are blinded by their organism from the endorphins released when they hear the cause is man induced global warming, than peer review becomes nothing more than a 5th grade click of friends sitting around a lunch room table complaining about everyone who isn't as great as they are.

The company also believed that approach passed muster with the DEA; McKesson briefed the agency on its program at its inception, and again during a compliance inspection in 2008.

Should it somehow pass muster with the Senate (which, in the bill's current form, I can not imagine), it might end up doing what Republicans seem to fear most: enshrining a citizen right to basic health care.

«Perhaps other countries needed to be added to an executive order going forward — but in order to do this in a way that was expeditious, in a way that would pass muster quickly, we used the 7 countries» already identified by Congress, he said.

Many legal and regulatory requirements here appropriately apply to investors both Canadian and foreign — for example, that a proposed merger or acquisition pass muster with competition authorities or, in banking, that an investor be of «good character.»