"This will be tantamount to an economic suicide leap," Njamnshi said.
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But ... that could be tantamount to admitting presidential involvement in apparently improper discussions.
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To edit out the guns in Schindler would be tantamount to Holocaust denial.
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The move, though non-binding, would be tantamount to annexation if carried out.
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To follow his logic, planting a Bradford pear would be tantamount to avicide.
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" King went on to say allowing people to stay would be "tantamount to amnesty.
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Consecutive mandatory sentences could be tantamount to a life in prison, Ms. Droban said.
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However, anything substantially greater than that sentence may be tantamount to a death sentence.
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It will be tantamount to stating that people of color are too loud, demanding, complicated.
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There's this talk of "false flags" and "rudimentary design" that can be tantamount to taunting.
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He thinks hiring will be tantamount to support the next phase of growth for Peek.
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Only admitting that would be tantamount to admitting that prohibition is both cynical and pointless.
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Doing otherwise "would be tantamount to admitting to the inferiority of its own regime," he said.
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As such, conceding defeat there would be tantamount to accepting a major loss of national political status.
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This would be tantamount to admitting that Mr. Redstone and National Amusements can also remove the board.
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One source told Buzzfeed "the offer would be tantamount to the government accepting in full Labour's demands".
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Not reassuring the Europeans would be tantamount to pulling the rug out from under the NATO alliance.
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Some Chinese activists also protested, arguing a censored search would be tantamount to complicity with Chinese censorship.
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This would reassure Congress that authorizations for flexible implementation of protections will not be tantamount to repeal.
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INGRAHAM: But you are saying the pardoning of Dinesh D&aposSouza could be tantamount to obstruction of justice?
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Ford's attorney, Deborah Katz, has said that her client considers Kavanaugh's actions to be tantamount to attempted rape.
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Abandoning it would be tantamount to shooting yourself not just in the foot, but a more vital organ.
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Ironically, in this case caring meant not naming my disease because that would be tantamount to giving up.
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Republicans have repeatedly warned that electing Clinton as president would be tantamount to a third term for Obama.
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In other words, in the retail business, lagging behind the pack can be tantamount to a death sentence.
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Many Islamist rebels in Aleppo follow Salafist Muslim ideas that hold shrines and tombs to be tantamount to idolatry.
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That would be tantamount to launching an oil war against OPEC and Russia, in addition to the trade war.
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Apple contends that such measures would be tantamount to a backdoor that could be used to unlock any iPhone.
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It would be tantamount to the elected branches of government doing something, and daring the judicial branch to stop them.
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If that is the best remedy the DOJ can come up with, that would be tantamount to blocking the merger.
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Upon hearing the news, one of his friends remarked that becoming a missionary would be tantamount to throwing one's life away.
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We will have no good reason to deny them human rights; to do otherwise would be tantamount to discrimination and slavery.
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It appears to be tantamount to an export subsidy to Chinese firms, with a side order of backhanders for local elites.
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Critics argued the administration's planned Central America aid cutoff would be tantamount to cutting off its nose to spite its face.
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"If Xi becomes 'lingxiu' at the congress, it would be tantamount to being party chairman," another source with leadership ties said.
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In humans, this would be tantamount to sucking in your ribcage to the point of collapse, and then releasing it again.
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The prime minister has said failure to pass a "realistic" budget would be tantamount to a "suicide operation" against the economy.
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As is often the case in New York, which is heavily Democratic, the primary could be tantamount to the entire election.
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It would be tantamount to renouncing his vision of himself as a powerful leader who wants to Make Russia Great Again.
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Such restrictions, Russian officials have said, would be tantamount to an outright ban, and Russia would consider boycotting the 2018 Olympics.
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If, as Trump claims, a Clinton presidency would be tantamount to a third Obama term in office, then bring it on.
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Accepting foreign supplies during the current political crisis would be tantamount to accepting foreign political intervention, from Maduro's point of view.
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The website said one source had told it that "the offer would be tantamount to the government accepting in full Labour's demands".
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Though inclusion on the list would not automatically lead to sanctions, many feared that it would be tantamount to a scarlet letter.
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But in the meantime the paper proposes an interim temporary customs union that will be tantamount to staying in the current one.
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Relinquishing his demand for special status there would be tantamount to Mr Erdogan admitting his designs of a sultanate had been dented.
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However, Brussels has ruled out a separate deal just for aviation on the grounds that it would be tantamount to cherry-picking.
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A Trump victory in November, Mr. Rapp said, would be tantamount to Richard M. Nixon continuing in the White House despite Watergate.
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Life of hardship Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims live a life of hardship and oppression that a recent report found to be tantamount to genocide.
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They should have immunity from our federal immigration laws, ostensibly because separating them from their children would be tantamount to a hate crime.
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Compromise on that issue would be tantamount to a capitulation to the wrong-headed opposition, or even a betrayal of America's very principles.
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Erasing it, they said, would be tantamount to wiping away part of history, which, they said, should be remembered, despicable as it was.
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Its leak would be tantamount to someone leaking the finale of Game of Thrones to Amazon customers who pre-ordered the new season.
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Kim, meanwhile, may be worried that revealing the locations of nuclear facilities would be tantamount to "providing Washington with a target list," Fitch continued.
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The Iraqi government claimed the PKK, Turkey's Kurdish insurgents, had arrived in Kirkuk, and said that would be tantamount to war, per the AP.
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They also suggest that a presidentially appointed Commission chair would be tantamount to an "election czar," with vast power to persecute the president's opponents.
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Regardless, she said, leaving the rigs up would be tantamount to rewarding polluters with the windfall of not having to pay to remove them.
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But accepting the reduced monetary transfer from Israel, he said, would be tantamount to acknowledging that the payments support terrorism, a premise he rejects.
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"This operation would be tantamount to pursuing full-scale war on the Korean Peninsula, and risk conflict elsewhere in the region," the report concludes.
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As to transferring federal public lands to Western states, that would be tantamount to U.S. taxpayers handing over $6900 trillion worth of land and assets.
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"Anything over 10 to 15 years is a significant period of incarceration, which could, given his age, be tantamount to a death sentence," he said.
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"Defying an E.C.J. ruling would be tantamount to Poland's legal Polexit, which could lead to Poland's rulings not being recognized in the E.U.," he said.
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It's what makes Taborn's musician friends highly protective of him, as if to speak about anything other than his music would be tantamount to betrayal.
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Given the president's view about the unfair mindset of Mueller's team, submitting to a voluntary interview would be tantamount to walking into the lion's den.
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While some observers argued that Trump's approach could be tantamount to a debt default, Schiff told CNBC the GOP nominee was fundamentally correct in his observation.
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The group stated that the introduction of autonomous technology would be tantamount to a "third revolution in warfare," following the development of gunpowder and nuclear weapons.
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That go-it-alone attitude has raised alarms at the Pentagon and among American Navy experts, who said such a blockade would be tantamount to war.
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"For women who have been victims of domestic violence, a gun in the home can be tantamount to a death sentence," said Brady President Dan Gross.
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How it could backfire However, analysts don't believe that China would actually dump Treasuries in part because it would be tantamount to shooting itself in the foot.
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Reviewing these would be tantamount to reviewing one of those pop out pairs of 3D glasses that come inside a Blu-Ray case for some tentpole flick.
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To many on the British side, this would be tantamount to keeping Britain in the EU. Upgrade your inbox and get our Daily Dispatch and Editor's Picks.
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Let's start by dealing with the inevitable argument that cancelling the daily briefing will be tantamount to censorship or at least reduced access to our elected leaders.
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At the same time, others worried that it would be tantamount to handing him a narrative that he could play to his advantage in the upcoming campaign.
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Hariri said last week Lebanon was a long way from bankruptcy but failure to pass a "realistic" budget would be tantamount to a "suicide operation" against the economy.
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American submarines went on to devastate Japan's civilian merchant fleet during World War II, in a campaign that was later acknowledged to be tantamount to a war crime.
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The duo, who create handmade artwork for weddings and other events, contended that creating invitations for gay or lesbian couples would be tantamount to endorsing same-sex marriage.
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"In current circumstances handing (the woman) over to Polish law enforcement authorities would be tantamount to handing her over to wild cannibals," Maciej Burda told private broadcaster TVN24.
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A blockade would be tantamount to an act of war, and the declaration was understandably met with deep apprehension by China and sparked fears of an armed conflict.
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To testify under oath, given Trump's countless on-record and oftentimes conflicting statements through Twitter and other media outlets, may be tantamount to walking into a perjury trap.
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With some calls in France, notably by presidential election front runner Francois Fillon, to lift sanctions on Russia, Ayrault said it would be tantamount to giving in to Moscow.
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To arrange a sausage sandwich outside of its time-honoured order would be tantamount to high treason, as the folks from the Melbourne Flames Rowing Club just found out.
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The development was a political boost for Democrats because it allowed them to argue that a GOP refusal to allow witness testimony would be tantamount to suppressing the truth.
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A weak-enough version would basically be tantamount to the state's existing carbon target of 80 percent reductions by 2050 — it would just require "offsetting" the other 20 percent.
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"Attacks like this can be tantamount to terrorism," Grenoble prosecutor Jean-Yves Coquillat told reporters, adding that the method used was similar to other recent attacks by far-left groups.
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Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said last week Lebanon was far from bankruptcy but failure to pass a realistic budget would be tantamount to a suicide operation against the economy.
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She is forever controlled, helming her own hospitality empire, insofar as an empire can be tantamount to mediocre restaurants in West Hollywood (and the terrible, addictive reality show about them).
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Fed officials have indicated that it will change its policy of reinvesting proceeds from its holdings, a move they say would be tantamount to a series of interest rate hikes.
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Officials have indicated that the Fed will change its policy of reinvesting proceeds from its holdings, a move they say would be tantamount to a series of interest rate hikes.
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If Trump asserts that US policy is that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, it would be tantamount to saying that Washington now recognizes Israel's sovereignty over the entire city.
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Ronald P. Fischetti, a lawyer for the company, Harco Construction, said such a campaign would be tantamount to admitting wrongdoing and estimated it could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Industry lobbyists and analysts have warned that imposing tariffs on cars would be tantamount to a disaster, with large parts of the Midwest auto industry hurt by such a move.
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Reports indicated the board was met by some protestors outside, as opponents to the board have argued giving an outside panel say over island affairs can be tantamount to colonialism.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso on Thursday ruled out the chance of the central bank's buying foreign bonds, saying such a step would be tantamount to currency intervention.
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" The response said that in an emergency situation, when adding more cars to the roads would worsen the pollution, driving a personal vehicle would be tantamount to committing "a forbidden act.
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This would be tantamount to forcing female soldiers to share private quarters with men — a situation that would be unacceptable to the majority of military women even if misconduct never occurred.
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To come forward about his behavior would be tantamount to outing him, a transgression that our culture — and especially a vast majority of the news media — still treats as near inviolable.
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Bishop Anthimos of Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, has said the deal would be tantamount to "national suicide," and predicted that it would not secure the approval of the Holy Synod.
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You are free to dress as you like, sure, but never distant in your mind is the fact that how those clothes hug your body can be tantamount to a scarlet letter.
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The ships are so massive, each would be tantamount to the fourth-biggest hospital in the U.S. Cuomo on Wednesday warned that coronavirus cases threaten to overwhelm the state's hospital bed capacity.
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While it might not be tantamount to Dylan going electric or Nirvana getting into bed with Geffen, it initially seems like an odd move for people who've steadfastly self-released their own material.
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One problem is that Freed can't risk pushing the trilogy's S&M scenes any further without becoming seriously kinky, subversive or violent: To actually turn anyone on would be tantamount to a turn-off.
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The lawsuit, and others like it, has implications for the treatment of hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have found refuge in the United States, and for whom deportation can be tantamount to death.
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Even if you would like to become superintelligent, knowingly trading away one or more of your essential properties would be tantamount to suicide — that is, to your intentionally causing yourself to cease to exist.
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Borrowing or adapting may not always be tantamount to plagiarism, but several Trump advisers, who also insisted on anonymity, said that after the furor over Ms. Trump's remarks, the campaign cannot allow a similar blowup.
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If the administration suggested that the military aid would come if Ukraine's government investigated the younger Mr Biden—if you give us the dirt we give you the guns—that would be tantamount to extortion.
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However, she alleges, Mater Dei staffers would often minimize the degree to which Jojuan was struggling academically, and even went so far as to tell her that benching him would be tantamount to a forfeit.
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Culture is frequently cited by Greek and Italian officials as an implied reproach to uncouth northerners obsessed with rules: kicking either state out of the euro zone would be tantamount to Europe ripping out its heart.
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He added that "there is still a lot to play for," including the possibility that Britain might decide not to quit after all, or opt for a close association agreement that would be tantamount to staying.
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The president of South Africa is elected by Parliament, which is dominated by the A.N.C., so a withdrawal of support by the A.N.C. national executive committee would be tantamount to a demand that Mr. Zuma resign.
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Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said earlier this month that Lebanon was far from bankruptcy but failure to pass a "realistic" budget that brings down the deficit would be tantamount to a "suicide operation" against the economy.
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Having the G7 at Doral would be tantamount to "a free, giant international promotion" for Trump's business, said Jordan Libowitz, the communications director for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), in an interview with Vox.
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That alone is a tall order, but to push through a deal that ignores Middle East allies would be tantamount to Obama's vacillation on chemical weapons, when he pledged to retaliate if Syria deployed such weapons, then didn't.
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"There is no excuse for concealing any part of this report along with its findings and evidence – it would be tantamount to a cover-up," said Dem Sen Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, a member of the Judiciary Committee.
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For one thing, it was difficult for them to argue that the "rule of law" conditions meant they were in danger of losing out, because that would be tantamount to admitting that they were indeed violating eu norms.
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"Surrendering al-Waer to the Assad regime will be tantamount to subjecting most of the civilians there to imprisonment, torture and death," said a statement from the Armed Revolutionary Groups in al-Waer, a collection of rebel groups.
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In an op-ed published in the Washington Post, Johnson wrote that decriminalizing border crossing would be "tantamount to a public declaration (repeated and amplified by smugglers in Central America) that our borders are effectively open to all."
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The Lebanese economy is saddled with one the heaviest public debt burdens in the world, and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said this week that failure to pass a "realistic" budget would be tantamount to a "suicide operation".
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There was also growing discontent that Osborne's fixation of achieving a budget surplus with more extensive cuts and tax rises could be tantamount to a pyrrhic victory for the U.K. economy in the long run, harming long-term investment.
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He said the funds rate could end up printing outside the 2% to 2.25% range where the Fed targets the benchmark, and there likely would be stresses in the international overnight markets that could be tantamount to another hike.
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If the court so rules, it will be tantamount to the Egyptian government shutting down not only the organizations named in the case, but all nonstate institutions that are independent of the security agencies and criticize violations of rights.
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The court also rejected Stutzman's argument that forcing her to create floral arrangements for a same-sex wedding would violate her free speech rights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and would be tantamount to endorsing same-sex marriage.
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I worried that not speaking up would be inaction that I would regret later in life, after his dangerous ideas had proliferated further, and that performing as planned would be tantamount to helping him build respectability and mainstreaming his ideas.
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But the administration's draft proposal argues that California cannot use this waiver to set standards on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles because that would be tantamount to regulating fuel economy, which states are forbidden from doing under a 1975 law.
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If the entire Mueller investigation is the equivalent of one, big unconstitutional search, as Trump appeared to claim on Monday, then pardoning individuals targeted by the probe, including himself, would be tantamount to righting a wrong and to protecting constitutional rights.
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"An agreement that would be tantamount to blanket returns of foreigners to a third country is not consistent with European law, is not consistent with international law," Vincent Cochetel, the director of the refugee agency's European bureau, told reporters in Geneva.
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This is, in part, because doing so would be tantamount to giving the state permission to destroy them, a thought so foreign to these defenders of the supposedly endangered religious right that the possibility has not even occurred to them.
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Kamal Kharrazi, the chairman of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said that if the Americans did not continue to waive the sanctions, "It will be tantamount to their walking out from the treaty," the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
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Frank Cannon, president of the conservative group American Principles Project, which has not endorsed a candidate, said that if Kasich emerges as the nominee at a contested convention it would be tantamount to a declaration of war against the party's base.
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When I asked why he won't just take off the armband to end the drama, he unspooled a story about how the character of Foxler was based on his deceased father and that changing it would be tantamount to disrespecting his memory.
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's on Monday said Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA's proposed bond swap was a "distressed exchange" that would be "tantamount to default" if completed, a blow to the cash-strapped firm's effort to seek a financial lifeline.
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Banning popular tech services would not only likely be technically futile, but any attempt to outlaw mainstream networks would be tantamount to political suicide — hence governments feeling the need to wage a hearts and minds PR war every time there's another terrorist outrage.
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In the interview with The Economist, Prince Mohammad agreed with the implication that an I.P.O. would be tantamount to a "Thatcher revolution" for Saudi Arabia, referring to the 1980s privatization of a number of Britain's government enterprises under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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It has made the case to American and Swiss authorities that penalising it would be tantamount to self-inflicted industrial sabotage: Congo is the source of two-thirds of the world's cobalt, an element which is crucial to modern electronics (see article).
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Because automakers already have the technology in place for their 2020 models, freezing those standards would be tantamount to ceasing to regulate fuel economy improvements altogether, said Ann E. Carlson, a professor of environmental law at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Yet, when oversight committees sought documents related to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act investigation of Trump associates, Democrats denounced the very thought that Republicans would question the judgment of the FBI that any such disclosures would be tantamount to jeopardizing national security.
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Opening their personal information up to interception or misuse would be tantamount to the SF-86 background check forms, fingerprints and personnel files that were lifted from OPM government servers and could leave key national security personnel vulnerable to foreign espionage or blackmail.
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The statements came the same day as credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's said that a proposed bond swap by PDVSA was a "distressed exchange" that would be "tantamount to default" if completed, a blow to the cash-strapped firm's effort to seek a financial lifeline.
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Netanyahu's attorneys argue that the inclusion of laundry expenses would be tantamount to "peeping" into his private affairs, but Anat Revivo, who oversees compliance with the Freedom of Information law at the prime minister's office, maintains that the public has a right to know.
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Duterte and his allies were chided last week after lawmakers allied with Duterte supported giving the Philippines Commission on Human Rights an annual budget of just 1,000 pesos ($19.55), which critics at home and abroad said would be tantamount to destroying a constitutional body.
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Saksena stressed that in the current low volatility environment having a one day drop of more than four percent would be tantamount to the kind of shock experienced when the S&P 500 fell over 20 percent on the "Black Monday" crash of Oct.
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Washington state's Supreme Court last year rejected Stutzman's argument that forcing her to create floral arrangements for a same-sex wedding would violate her free speech rights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and would be tantamount to endorsing same-sex marriage.
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Mainly, it would be tantamount to admitting that the systems we're not allowed to know about — and the metrics we aren't allowed to see — might not be quite as valuable, or as worthy of trade secrecy, as Facebook needs us to think they are.
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Just as Biden did in Nevada — where he fashioned a second-place finish as a win — Sanders' team is also saying that his expected second-place finish will be tantamount to a victory after his thrashing by Hillary Clinton in the state in 2016.
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The deals are expected to come at around the same time and although one senior European loan banker said that could be tantamount to a "head-to-head celebratory death match", most bankers are confident there is enough capacity to soak up both deals.
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A sudden rent hike of $444 would be tantamount to an eviction notice for many renters: The median income for rent-stabilized tenants is about $3,20153 a month and rent already eats up 35 percent of that, according to the city's latest housing survey.
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But Democratic senators are floating the prospect that McConnell will move to cut off the vote-a-rama if he feels Democrats are putting up votes on amendments purely as a delay tactic — a maneuver that would effectively be tantamount to a legislative nuclear option.
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" His rival, the leader of the conservative New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Wednesday had accused Mr. Tsipras of forcing austerity measures on Greeks, and said voting to support the prime minister would be tantamount to approving the "shipwrecked state of the country over the past four years.
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States could change eligibility requirements to exclude more people, they could hollow out the benefits going to Medicaid recipients, or they could further depress reimbursement payments going to physicians and other health-care providers, an action that in some communities would be tantamount to denying patients care.
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Although neither the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act of 1998 nor related statutes explicitly give a whistle-blower the right to anonymity, some lawyers and experts have said exposing the identity of a whistle-blower could expose them to retribution or be tantamount to trying to intimidate a witness.
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"To compel the President at this stage will not only be tantamount to denying the hearing or his day in court, but it will also be understood to mean the Public Protector's powers are unassailable irrespective of the content of the decision, that cannot be correct," Pretoria High Court Judge Motsamai Makume said.
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Several other music acts also reportedly declined to join Maroon 5 for the performance, leading to the impression that doing so during the biggest football game of the year — for the largest television audience of the year — would be tantamount to endorsing the NFL's treatment of Kaepernick and other players who joined his protest.
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There are infinite logistical and financial obstacles still standing in the way of such a barrier actually being built, but if it did go up, that would be tantamount to a bullet in the head for jaguar restoration in the United States—and any hope of ever having jaguars in the US again for that matter.
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But that decision caused immediate outrage among some members of the symphony, and a number of them are refusing to play the fund-raiser, saying that allowing the orchestra to be conducted by Mr. Prager, who has suggested that same-sex marriage would lead to polygamy and incest, among other contentious statements, would be tantamount to endorsing and normalizing bigotry.
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Clegg wrote that breaking up Facebook would be tantamount to "dismantling one of America's biggest global players," which seems to be a clear appeal to paranoia about U.S.'s ongoing economic rivalry with China:In messaging, we're not even the leader in the top three markets — China, Japan and, by our estimate, the United States — where we compete with Apple's iMessage, WeChat, Line and Microsoft's Skype.
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Attorney Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday said it would be "tantamount to an unconstitutional coup" if it's confirmed that intelligence officials discussed invoking the 2628th Amendment to remove President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE from office.
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If the motion passed, Mr. Zuma and his entire cabinet, including deputy ministers, would have to step down, with Ms. Mbete becoming interim president, though he would remain president of the A.N.C. The party's chief whip in Parliament, Jackson Mthembu, said on Friday that voting against Mr. Zuma would be "tantamount to throwing a nuclear bomb" at South Africa, and that only a "bewitched" party would vote against its own president.
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