Sentences with phrase «underhand at»

Riggs claims he had contemplated serving underhand at some point in the match but changed his mind because he didn't want to «embarrass» Court.

Comparing rates of severe morbidity is typically used as a marker instead, it isn't something uncommon or underhanded at all.

Not exact matches

The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater in England) had demanded a bigger cut of a business deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.

And you will miss the boat — another so underhanded ploy at fear.

7 The story of Jacob's vision of the ladder at Bethel and the accompanying detailed repetition of the divine promise and blessing follow immediately upon the accounts of Jacob's underhanded acquisition of his brother's birthright (25), his subsequent bald treachery in securing the first - born's blessing (ch.

And shall not memory be able to remind him of that time when he sneaked away by underhanded means, in order to avoid a decision; of that time when he gave the matter another turn, in order to please men; of that time that he deserted his post, in order to let the storm pass over; of that time he knuckled under, in order to secure an easing off of his painful position; of that time he sought refuge and association with others — perhaps, as it is called, in order to work all the more effectively for the Good's victory, that is, in order to make his own position a little less difficult than as though at the midnight hour, somewhat terror - stricken, one stood all alone «with heavily loaded weapons at his dangerous post.»

Also, generally when statements are made like this in politics, it's an underhanded shot at minority communities with higher percentages of single parent households, or else a message with religious undertones (ie divorce is bad).

Gross Motor Skills for Toddlers at 18 Months: Walk alone Walk downstairs holding rail, one step at a time Run in a hurried walk Walk into a large ball to kick Throw underhand in sitting Pull toy behind while walking Stand on one leg with help At 24 months (2 years), most toddlers can complete the following gross motor skills:.at 18 Months: Walk alone Walk downstairs holding rail, one step at a time Run in a hurried walk Walk into a large ball to kick Throw underhand in sitting Pull toy behind while walking Stand on one leg with help At 24 months (2 years), most toddlers can complete the following gross motor skills:.at a time Run in a hurried walk Walk into a large ball to kick Throw underhand in sitting Pull toy behind while walking Stand on one leg with help At 24 months (2 years), most toddlers can complete the following gross motor skills:.At 24 months (2 years), most toddlers can complete the following gross motor skills:...

«These unscrupulous speculators and their underhanded tactics have manipulated the marketplace and often leave New Yorkers and visitors alike with little choice but to buy tickets on the secondary market at an exorbitant mark - up,» Cuomo said.

The researchers found that at both high speeds and longer distances, the overarm throw beats the underhand throw in accuracy.

If the ball comes down at the basket from a steeper angle, the way it does if tossed up in the high arc characteristic of an underhand throw, the margin reappears.

Extend your arm directly to your side at a 45/60 degree angle and grab the attachment with an underhand grip.

Now sit underneath the bar and grip it with your hands (you can switch it up between underhand and overhand grip at each workout to target different muscles).

It's a smooth movement, pulling the bell straight up and flipping your grip around the handle from an overhand grip to underhand (it will be cradled in the crook of your thumb and index finger at the end).

This type of underhanded propaganda delivery system could be construed as evidence that we are living in an age of reverse - engineered misinformation, or at least message - loaded rhetoric.

At times, she is as scheming and underhanded as social studies teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), whose dislike for Flick culminates in him using unsuspecting jock Paul Metzler (Chris Klein) as a pawn in his vicious campaign to take her down.

Harding becomes convinced that defeating rival Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Games (held only two years later because of the International Olympic Committee's decision to place the Summer and Winter Games on separate four - year cycles in alternating even - numbered years) will require underhanded methods.

The CEO of the company had the foresight to sell most of his shares in the company, knowing that it was in trouble, while some underhanded things were going on to make it look like they were turning a profit to the public at large.

Plotting to scuttle a film's Rotten Tomatoes audience score sight unseen seems, at best, underhanded.

Set at the tail end of the 1980s, it's a what - if piece of can - do entrepreneurial spirit mixed with Wall Street greed crossed with intelligently underhanded sleight of hand.

Quinonez called the district's action «a cynical, underhanded attempt to avoid the clear defects» and that the action is further evidence of «the desperate, unplanned, «ready - fire - aim» give - away -[schools]- at - any - cost approach of the school board and the district.»

There must be at least one inquisitive reporter out there with the nose for a good story, and more importantly, with the balls to investigate and expose the current underhand practices of Goodreads.

Higgins» author page has been restored to reflect that he is not associated with these underhanded files (calling them books at this point would be painful), and the speed with which that repair took place is something for which even critics can be grateful to the digital era.

Criser's post went on to suggest that there is actually something underhanded going on that actually robs the author and publisher, in that the vendors may actually be buying digital editions of books one time and then taking it upon themselves to have those books printed at print - on - demand services, although that suspicion has not been confirmed.

Buying the extra «Amazon Kindle Powerfast for Accelerated Charging» is a necessity and at $ 19.99 a pop, it was quite underhanded of Amazon to not include one with the new Kindle Fire HD.

I do not think it is bad or underhanded or sneaky or anything negative at all.

Contributed by Sharon Butler / This weekend, as hundreds of thousands of mad pink - hatters gathered around the world to protest the underhanded, misogynistic, and essentially anti-citizen agenda of the Koch - fueled, Putin - assisted Republicans, a very small segment of humanity who supports the chaotic mafia - style GOP government gathered at Mar - a-Lago to celebrate the completion of Trump's first, and hopefully last, full year as president.

There should be no surprise at the underhanded tactics of the BBC.

Yes, there was nothing at all to investigate, and no, Willie had done nothing improper, nothing wrong, nothing underhanded in the slightest... but they investigated nonetheless, and the investigation itself was very damaging.

Inhofe then underhand tossed the snowball in the direction of Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who was presiding over the Senate at the time.

-- I'm just up to my back teeth with such underhand sophistical jumping at putative weaknesses, which only betray a weakness and emptiness of those who indulge in them.

Let me further add that often vitriolic debate at conferences is the venue for a multidisciplinary endeavour; it's common to demand credentials and infer vested interests as was asked of Bryan but it's underhand even though it is common practice amongst AGW debaters.

At the same time, there's something unseemly and underhanded about a law firm secretly editing a competitor's profile to make the firm look bad.

This is not as bad as the first - instance judge's suggestion that D acted in bad faith (2010 QCCS 1550 at para. 52) but it does suggest that there was something underhanded about action D's attempt to avail herself of her statutory rights.

I'm halfway to commending Prod1gyX for getting there at all, underhanded means or not.

Not for the first time, it is not clear whether the company's apology is prompted by a genuine recognition at having done something seen as questionable by many, or if the apology comes merely as a result of having been found to be acting in something of an underhand way.

But there's a great trick to answering them, and it's not at all underhanded or black hat.