Sentences with phrase «underhand work»

It's probability statements are shoddy work but not the shabby underhand work of deception that Turnbull describes.

Thanks to the underhanded work of industry front groups like the Center for Science in the «Public Interest», in the 1980s Americans had partially hydrogenated oils foisted on them as health foods.

Despite the best efforts of Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy's administration, the underhanded work of a number of school superintendents and the on - going lies being spewed by the corporate education reform industry to mislead and harass parents, Connecticut's Common Core SBAC Opt Out Movement made important progress this past week.

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«It's not an environment when people are trying to underhand you, or do better work than you,» she says.

For years, I have watched and listened to all manner of business people that I work with or come across complain about China's underhand restrictions and rules that favour its own domestic champions in just about any industry — from traditional smokestack industries, to chemicals, machine tools, autos, technology, services, financial services — you name it.

When Mort is late getting home from work and doesn't call, Molly exaggerates the offense, looking for the ways it was truly heinous and underhanded and irresponsible and despicable.

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.»

If he was fishing for an underhand backbencher comment which sets off MPs in helpless laughter, it worked.

«Instead of investing in underhand practices which infringe basic human rights, these employers should be working with the unions to give our members some security of employment.»

«I think the White House would have been better served to simply say that they appreciated his concern and that they would work with us to fix the problem, rather than a personal attack, which came across to me as absolutely underhanded and inappropriate,» de Blasio said.

However, the biceps brachii are also get worked hard, though less directly, during brachialis exercises (e.g. preacher curl, concentration curl), brachioradialis exercises (e.g. hammer curl, reverse curl) and back exercises (e.g. chin up, underhand row).

As my bending progresses, I will continue to work all three styles of bending: double overhand, double underhand, and reverse style.

It also gets worked indirectly via isometric contraction in exercises involving a supinated grip (e.g. barbell curls, underhand rows, chin ups).

The adjusters working for Progressive Insurance usually have explicit instructions to downplay claims and use underhanded tactics to compel you accept a low - ball offer.

«So he was pretending to work for one party but actually paid underhand by someone else,» said Dehaye.