Sentences with phrase «turn of a dime»

It's officially Fall here on the ranch, and on the turn of a dime.

Then, switching things up on the turn of a dime, forcing you to sit through a full blown, live - action movie.

«It is a fundamental misinterpretation or misunderstanding of the complexity of what we're dealing with to even imagine that an agreement in Paris would in and of itself, at the turn of a dime, miraculously solve climate change,» she said in February.

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Valleywag points out that this whole situation is really weird: «So, our elected officials, in their effort to find a scapegoat for crimes against sex workers like the murder of Julissa Brisman, have taken a site that never made a dime from the hookups it helped set up, and turned it into a full - time, for - profit sex money machine.»

What kind of energy was required to turn on a dime and create a new approach to your product, or to let go of all the investment and attachment you had to your product's success and starting planning your next big thing?

Steve King, a partner at Emergent Research, says small businesses are natural innovators because of their size, ability to turn on a dime, and owners» proximity to customers.

And while I'm grateful believers and unbelievers can agree that the taking of innocent human life is wrong, without a basis for this knowledge, this is a position can turn on a dime.

is it the fact that people who are so feared of the mentally ill that they they think where like animals who can turn on a dime.

Presumably most of us have watched enough baseball to know that a team's fortunes can turn on a dime and injuries are the biggest wild card for all the teams.

The Vista by Uppababy is a great option because of its lightweight frame and easy maneuvering that allows you to turn on a dime.

Withdrawing our affection as a form of discipline teaches a child that our love and support turns on a dime, evaporating because of his momentary misbehavior.

Turning on a dime The next revolutionary BOB innovation - the swiveling front wheel - was introduced in 2005 and became the trademark feature of the new Revolution stroller.

And though a preschooler is much more capable of rational thought than a toddler, she's still ruled by her emotions and can turn on a dime from a happy - go - lucky kid to a flailing, wailing wild thing.

It turns on a dime, is light weight for loading in and out of the pickup and comfy for my baby!

It has incredible manouevering capabilities, can just about turn on a dime, and all the features, such as the adjustable handle, the two sizes of wheels, make it so versatile for all situations.

Parents rave about the durability of this stroller; the smooth ride on the 6 1/2 - inch wheels and dime - turn maneuverability make this stroller a pleasure to take on long walks.

It glides along and turns on a dime because of sealed ball bearings in the wheels.

Because of the wide wheel base and the light aluminum frame, a one - fingered push is all you need to turn this high quality product on a dime.

- Tons of storage - Turns on a dime - Swivel wheel for tough terrain - Virtually indestructible - Great seat cushioning

Turning a dinosaur on a dime isn't easy, but people have done it before, and recently — for a great example, see the David Brooks Times column from last week about the transformation of the U.S. Army over the past half - decade.

«This is definitely «Breaking Bad» by potentially turning a bunch of Jesse Pinkmans into Walter Whites — all on the taxpayer's dime.»

You can't turn an ocean liner on a dime, and in their view, it will take a complete about - face in society's profligate use of fossil fuels to avert a catastrophe.

The climate change and melting [of glaciers and polar ice] issue is obviously something that's apparently under way and can not be turned on a dime.

Remarkably, many of these massive structures — three football fields long and 14 stories high — can deftly turn on a dime, spin 360 degrees, even mosey sideways.

Hummingbirds are the fighter pilots of the avian world, diving and weaving at speeds of up to 55 kilometers per hour — then turning on a dime to hover midair, wings frantically beating, as they refuel on nectar.

As I do my work as a mother in my community, I have seen the health of so many mothers and children turn around on a dime, just by implementing «sacred foods.»

They are a little longer than the length of a dime, but are thick which may turn people off as many people have trouble swallowing tablets.

We are very active, making the most out of every minute, and we are prepared to turn on a dime if things aren't what we want them to be.

The movie can turn on a dime, from the opening thrills of the Kobayashi Maru test to the alien weirdness of brain parasites.

Which is not uncommon for Hollywood films of the era, which often turned on a dime to placate the production code.

Yes, he is good to his mother (Octavia Spencer) and his daughter, but he has an edge to him, and at one point, in the midst of begging to get his old job back, he turns on a dime and threatens his former boss.

It's a neo-Western not unlike something Sergio Leone might have turned in, with wide empty spaces juxtaposed with sad, smash close - ups, say of a crumpled peanut wrapper, or a dime.

This re-make of the Argentinian film, NINE QUEENS, has been re-imagined by writer / director Gregory Jacobs as a quirky daylight noir with a plot that spins on a dime as its twists and turns on its way to proving that it's... Read More»

And like all great performances, Dorval is able to turn on a dime with the material, like when she finds the moments of humor in Xavier Dolan's wonderful script and nails them.

Jenkins has a somewhat tougher time of it, since his character is prone to extreme shifts in mood that turn on a dime, but for what he's working with, Jenkins remains a sympathetic presence.

MONDELLO: Turning on a dime emotionally - a fact of adolescent life seen here through a specifically female gaze.

Pacino does a slick turn on a dime from his junkie from «The Panic In Needle Park» while showing the depth commonality of corrupt cops.

An acrimoniously aggressive scene that turns emotionally on a dime into profound sorrow, then regret and then enters sexy - sexy territory of desire, graduating to utmost disgust and resignation.

A tense confrontation in a pub bathroom between Gary and a hoodie - clad youth explodes suddenly into surrealist slapstick, and The World's End turns on a dime from a soused comedy of manners into a science - fiction spectacle that ambitiously splits the difference between John Wyndham and John Carpenter.

Screenwriter Gary Young makes the inexorable turn from slice - of - life despair to revenge thriller on a dime.

Anya Taylor - Joy («The Witch») is truly an incredible talent to watch, and James McAvoy definitely puts his all into his portrayal of a man with multiple personalities, turning on a dime into the various voices that inhabit his mind.

Meyer observes that it is in this six - month story of education reform leading up to the successful RttT finish — the equivalent of turning a battleship on a dime — that «we can see Steiner's brilliance — and understand the bittersweet feeling of many New York educators who have lost their leader before they got to the Promised Land.»

The announcement rattled me, since I was just finishing up a feature story for Ed Next on Steiner's brilliant leadership in taking the moribund Empire State to the RTTT winner's circle in nine short months — the equivalent of turning on a dime in the education reform world.

It's why charter schools can and do fire ineffective teachers, why they can turn on a dime when an instructional approach isn't working, why they can spend their money on the classroom instead of the bureaucracy, and why they can put the needs of students first, every day, all day.

But a culture of failure doesn't turn around on a Green Dot dime.

It's fast, it's super mobile, have a superb overlook of the trafic and can turn on a dime.

The Smart ForTwo Electric Drive is the funky, rear - drive electric coupe of choice if turning on a dime and parking in any gap is your thing.

There's no other car on the market that combines the cargo space of a hatchback, the fuel economy that is nearly 40 mpg highway and handling that turns on a dime, all for a low price, like the 2017 Versa Note!

Tragedy and humor and spine - tingling action run side by side in this tale; Robinson pulls helpless laughter out of you with the high - jinks of his adrenaline - junkie young heroes, then turns the pace on a dime and has you mopping your eyes as the cruel odds of aerial battles against enemy Messerschmitts sends the irrepressible fliers you've come to love spiraling one by one to their deaths.

Perhaps the reduced discounts are a hint that they will begin to ease up a bit on their notoriously merciless methods — «your margin is my opportunity,» Bezos famously says — and allow the rest of the industry to breathe, if only so that they themselves can turn a dime.