Sentences with phrase «walking a fine line trying»

Derek Thompson — The Atlantic: As a business columnist and editor for The Atlantic, Thompson walks a fine line trying to make complex stories accessible for a large audience.

But the finer performances go to supporting players like Jon Bernthal (World Trade Center, «The Walking Dead») as an ex-con trying to clean up his life after many mistakes, and Barry Pepper (True Grit, Casino Jack) as an undercover DEA agent walking a fine line trying to keep Matthews alive while the U.S. Attorney wants to reel in even bigger players in the drug cartel, regardless of the collateral damage their actions may cause.

Not exact matches

Companies walk a fine line when they try to establish protective measures.

I have always tried to walk that fine line of peacekeeper, but I no longer know which way is up.

I understand that you are trying to walk a very fine line and while I may disagree with where you place that line, it is not my intent to be disrespectful of you.

Toss in the fact that, at the end of the day, parents and families truly do have a right to decide how to eat and what to eat and what to feed their children, and it can be a fine line to walk to try to promote and educate about what is «best».

Parents walk a fine line when trying to find something risky, but not so risky that the name will sound bizarre in a few years.

Again, Donovan is walking a fine line of trying to separate Paladino and his words, making it clear that he disagrees with his ticket mate's sentiments, but also avoiding the topic of the impact it might have on his candidacy.

Cuomo is walking a fine line, trying to embrace the Democratic Party as he simultaneously tries to distance himself from the dysfunction with which it's intimately connected.

«So I think they are trying to walk a very fine line.

Cuomo has been walking a very fine line since he launched his campaign back in late May, insisting both that he's going to clean up Albany AND that he won't do the way former Gov. Eliot «Steamroller» Spitzer tried to do.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday he disagreed with a report that challenges the «broken windows» approach to fighting crime, highlighting the fine line he has tried to walk between his popular police commissioner and a political base that elected him to reform the New York Police Department.

The study highlights the fine line colleges and universities walk between maintaining academic quality and reputation and trying to keep down costs.

Overall it sounds like they're trying to walk that fine line between playing up the catch - phrases people want to hear (and that will sell the magazine), and being true to the spirit of yoga.

Trying to align two disparate eating philosophies will force you to walk a fine line — particularly in a world of readily - available animal products and high - carb foods.

«But they've got this tea party base that's really fired up about this issue, so they're trying to find a way to walk this fine line by giving voice to the tea party concerns without backing away from higher standards.»

Although this is a disappointing development, the Post article explores the fine line that it believes some governors are trying to walk:

Amazon has tried to begotiate in good faith with a greedy publishers who with their army of high - priced, shifty Wall Street lawyers continue to walk the fine line between legal and illegal.

It seems publishers are walking a fine line in pushing online comic sales while trying not to disenfranchise brick - and - mortar retailers.

We walk a fine line, and try never to pay so much that we are enriching breeders.

As an undercover cop he walks a fine line between his duty and trying to maintain his cover, forced to do terrible things to stay in the game.

Most games try to walk a fine line between originality and inspired elements, but for some, it's a badge of honor to be compared to (and often accused of ripping off) older titles.

I'm trying to walk a fine line between clarity and pithiness.

More on Briffa — perhaps a decent chap, perhaps just trying to walk that fine line (maybe he just got swamped by the system):

You may be trying to walk the fine line of being self - promotional and being tasteful, but I am guessing you are not being self - promotional enough.

The state has tried to walk the fine line by allowing medical assistants to perform the full range of office support functions and routine clinical duties.

I try to walk the fine line of having enough stuff to make a space feel cozy to me, without having too much.