Sentences with phrase «year gimmickry»
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Aided by some budgetary gimmickry, the governor through this year has, at least technically, stuck to the 2 percent line — but has also spent any resulting excess cash before it could accumulate into much of a true surplus.
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«For the second year in a row, the administration has resorted to gimmickry to get under the tax cap.»
A docudrama mapping the trials of real - life teacher Francois Begaudeau over the course of one year in a rough Paris high school, work shopped and performed by actual students, any concerns of gimmickry or over-earnestness dissipate as the film's searing insight and joyful wit carry the viewer through an all - too - brief 130 minutes.
It's been a long four years coming, but the i8 Roadster brings open - top cruising to the i8's bag of tricks, which otherwise includes making a three - cylinder turbocharged 1.5 - liter engine sound great (perhaps the greatest sorcery of all), and yet at the same time delivering an all - electric mode that brooks no gimmickry, great handling, and surprising driver engagement given the 28 mpg combined rating and 76 mpge rating when in electric - only mode — a level of efficiency typically reserved for numb, coddling commute - boxes.
And the new year offers high - powered sports cars that run the gamut from retro wind - in - the - face sporting machines to the latest in high - tech gimmickry.
Gone was the gimmickry of five years ago and up on the wall was visually exciting art!
About 20 years ago, I cofounded the SPEC benchmarking group, formed by a group of computer vendors to improve the usefulness and honesty of benchmarks, as there was a lot of gimmickry.