Sentences with phrase «ultimate irony»
"Ultimate irony" refers to a situation where something happens in a way that is unexpectedly opposite or contradictory to what was expected, often leading to a humorous or dramatic effect. Full definition
And that is the ultimate irony of this story.
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«The ultimate irony of the investment business is that there is no question that an obstetrician can deliver babies better than the husband or wife.
The ultimate irony is that the companies that did spend heavily on share repurchases when capital was super-abundant may not have enough firepower to purchase shares when another bear market ensues.
It is perhaps the ultimate irony and hypocrisy of this nation that many of our founders fled religious persecution only to inflict the same on succeeding generations.
The ultimate irony could be that the «last socialists» to remain in Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R. might be Christians.
The ultimate irony is that since they make no comment they are accused of alledgedly supporting the wealthy.
He will never change and the ultimate irony is that what would be regarded as admirable attitudes in most areas of life have actually worked against the interests of the fans in recent years and probably the club itself in the longer term.
It is perhaps the ultimate irony that advocates of attachment parenting who reject vaccination because of fear of autism have ignored the possibility that it is attachment parenting itself that causes autism.
The ultimate irony is that Gisele is busily criticizing women who don't breastfeed as if breastfeeding is a matter of life and death.
The ultimate irony of this endorsement is that Chuck found another excuse to hold yet another Sunday press conference that did not announce the creation of a single new job.»
The ultimate irony of this situation is that Cllr Abbas is here accused of the very things of which he accused Lutfur Rahman.
The ultimate irony is, were there such control over the ethics commission, as implied by this report, the administration would have received favorable rulings within a very short turnaround.
The ultimate irony, however, is that Cuomo may have made a grave miscalculation.
It is the ultimate irony that Atos sponsor the Paralympics - no doubt this guy will be doing somersaults and soaring into the air in no time, if he could only change his thinking and develop a «can do» attitude.
Isn't the ultimate irony that this Party of political geeks, special advisers and Westminster Village bubblers - Ed Balls, the brothers Miliband, Andy Burnham, James Purnell, Liam Byrne, Yvette Cooper... all actually have the temerity to claim to be on the side of [Labour speak coming up here] «hard working families».
«The ultimate irony here is that Mr. Amper claims that this law that we are passing is going to hurt the environment [but] it is doing the exact opposite,» Mr. Levy said.
In the answer lies the ultimate irony.
In the current climate, that seems like the ultimate irony: a pharmaceutical company teaching its postdocs the skills they need to work in academia.
It was the ultimate irony — to become a biologist because you love animals, then spend a career torturing and killing them.»
The ultimate irony is that DU could poison the very land that NATO is trying to protect, says Rokke.
V: No, and that's the ultimate irony.
After all, notes primatologist John Robinson of the Wildlife Conservation Society, «it would be the ultimate irony to lose a species this unique so soon after we have discovered it.»
«That's the ultimate irony,» Moyzis says.
And Van Raamsdonk, drawing on work by like - minded physicists going back more than a decade, argued for the ultimate irony — that, despite Einstein's objections, entanglement might be the basis of geometry, and thus of Einstein's geometric theory of gravity.
It's the ultimate irony when somebody is considered stronger because he can bench press more than others, even though his back and legs are weak and underdeveloped.
As a public health advocate who has devoted her career to preventing cancer, it feels like the ultimate irony for Dr. Toni Yancey to receive a diagnosis of lung cancer.
An inspired flight of fancy, an oddly poignant examination of the creative process, a rumination on adaptation (orchids to their environment, books to the screen and misfits like Charlie to life) and, in its ultimate irony, a story in which our hero learns a life - altering lesson.
Maybe that's the ultimate irony of the title.
The ultimate irony comes when you realize that by Brooks's frustration in not finding comedy in a land without comedians is only further compounded by the fact that he didn't really bring along enough choice comedy of his own.
The ultimate irony was that this young man, sitting in a psychiatric facility awaiting a trial for armed robbery, was given a single A.
An ultimate irony may well be in the making.
And in the ultimate irony, we seem ready to do so just when educators and students badly need feedback on where they are on our new and much higher standards and just when those in many states are about to get that feedback on what promises to be higher quality assessments than ever before.
If Mr. Fowler, often regarded as the final arbiter of modern English, is correct, then I am pretty sure I have captured the ultimate irony — or at least the automotive version of it — when I opine that the mainstream automaker most likely to carry on the ages - old tradition of powering its luxury sedans with a naturally aspirated V8 is going to be... Hyundai.
Yet, for all that outrage Fowler considered so necessary to proffer an effective double entendre, the ultimate irony is that this classic engine layout is in surprisingly capable hands.
The ultimate irony is that with computers at their service, cryptographers have won the battle against cryptanalysts, and people like you, who don't depend on computers that much, can still be useful.
Isn't that the ultimate irony?
Andrew Katzman recognizes that his story — debt collector ends up paying a bill — is one of life's ultimate ironies.
[The ultimate irony in business & government is that people quickly learn (insane) confidence is the best way to get ahead, while ignoring it can also lead to the most spectacular of downfalls!].
The ultimate irony is that the companies that did spend heavily on share repurchases when capital was super-abundant may not have enough firepower to purchase shares when another bear market ensues.
In what is another of the ultimate ironies of nonprofit charitable credit counseling, it appears that at least two trade associations feel nonprofit credit counselors should not have to participate in any national registration of debt relief...
Continuous use of parasite control products can actually kill your dog but the ultimate irony is that symptoms of poisoning usually are misdiagnosed as a flea allergy!
It may be the ultimate irony that in a story about Jasper Johns's Regrets series making their debut straight from the studio to MoMA, the octogenarian artist is unwilling to open up about any of his past connections.
Every time you stopped to appreciate the ultimate irony of Gustav Klimt's Death and Life (1908 - 16) or profound social commentary of Banksy's Rage Flower Thrower (2003), according to formalism doctrine you are missing the point.