However that argument falls flat on its face in Europe.
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But their effort to address this criticism just falls flat.
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"A valiant idea that ultimately falls flat," wrote the NME.
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If the beer commercial falls flat, then nothing else matters.
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But it falls flat for them because they're real people.
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But that GOP charge of hypocrisy falls flat in both cases.
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Regular tap water falls flat because it's missing a key ingredient.
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T-Paw's comeback bid falls flat Don't call it a comeback.
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"But she's untested —and if she falls flat, it's solely on Kemp."
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Tim Kinsella: I guess, mostly, it just kind of falls flat to me.
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If their purchase falls flat on its face, they're left holding the bag.
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But in other cases, music in incapable hands simply falls flat, literally and figuratively.
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But if the hearing falls flat, it could completely stymie the drive for impeachment.
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If Michel falls flat in this game, then it might be time to worry.
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The transmission falls flat at low speeds, a common problem with dual-clutch units.
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But there are plenty of times where the game falls flat in this regard.
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The book falls flat as a conspiracy thriller because its revelations are so pathetic.
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The details of that transcript will be crucial, but Trump's preemptive defense falls flat.
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A white girl with a streak of blue hair falls flat on her back.
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On their specific environmental and transportation policy priorities, the former officials said Trump falls flat.
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Lee's tease only shows the backs of the singers, but the visual gag falls flat.
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Even when the execution falls flat, the idea behind Four Weddings is a grand one.
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So the central drama—it has to be Miles, public image be damned—falls flat.
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"It is sometimes successful, and sometimes it falls flat on its face," Ms. Abraham said.
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But in this episode her lead falls flat, and she crumbles with fury and exhaustion.
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But the performance falls flat until the Nasty Bits start a more roughshod original number.
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It inevitably falls flat, though, because that system has so obviously worked to her benefit.
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They just start running and we get to see who gets better and who falls flat.
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Via text, Sidibe makes an election joke — but it falls flat with her uninformed texting companion.
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As a music producer, your song just falls flat if you don't understand that kunt feeling.
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The song falls flat, however, because it is another instance of a man talking for women.
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Too often though, the pitch to the enterprise falls flat or a promising pilot gets sidelined.
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When it comes to slaking a modern thirst, sometimes a 12-ounce beverage just falls flat.
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"I hate you," mumbles Lando, "I know," replies Han, in a line which again falls flat.
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The third person then falls flat and, as you can imagine, the result is pretty painful.
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But this argument falls flat when one actually considers the margins of some of these votes.
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The decorative alchemy that should transform these objects into a stronger form of messaging falls flat.
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In "Richard Youngsta," Dre tries to do what he does best — and falls flat on his face.
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She's upbeat and charming, but doesn't stoop to soothing my ego when a stupid joke falls flat.
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In doing so, you'll identify the words, phrases and approaches that work well — and what falls flat.
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Yeah I think that that part of it just falls flat for me and it's so frustrating.
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But here in Riga, a capital of the free Russian media in exile, that complacency falls flat.
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When it's just being used for stylistic purposes, it has to look perfect or it falls flat.
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So the controversy over using the Palatine falls flat "when it comes to his mentality," he added.
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Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless falls flat here considering its competitors with better battery life are much cheaper.
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Sometimes, we take a big hair risk and it falls flat; other times, it's a game-changing transformation.
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The experience excels when it emulates the movie — but largely falls flat when it puts you in control.
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But in free markets fizzing with ideas and arguments from around the world, China's patriotic sloganeering falls flat.
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" While she continues to "bust [her] ass" Brown explained that each week she feels as if she "falls flat.
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But if Ms Tsai's plan to revitalise the Taiwanese economy falls flat, it will soon start to ring hollow.
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"The argument that falls flat for them is that there needs be current or existing futures contracts," he said.
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A year later, his promise falls flat: ME continues to be significantly underfunded; ME patients continue to be abandoned.
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Perhaps so, but its implementation falls flat in the face of the intertwined nature of the region's security politics.
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The series' generic nirvana can feel distancing and bloodless, and some of the special-effects-based comedy falls flat.
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One central character that falls flat is David Harding, a British officer played by Tony Award winner Richard McCabe.
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There are few cliches which get quite the same usage, but the description falls flat more often than not.
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If it falls flat on its face, this could well be the first and last we see of Carnage.
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Other users said the test falls flat because people can still see how many likes their own post gets.
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While I appreciate Ries's effort to explain the administration's decision, her case falls flat on a host of levels.
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For a reality show that breathes internet drama like the rest of the world breathes air, this one falls flat.
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Remy's experimental pop music has always had a depth that mainstream pop tries to achieve but sometimes falls flat doing.
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The joke falls flat, and not just because Kirk's pet pig steals the show in nearly every scene they share.
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But Future '38 doesn't develop its film-within-a-film conceit enough to do this, so the humor falls flat.
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I've tried just about every high heel shoe that comfort brands have developed but something about them always falls flat.
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Yet that argument falls flat in the cases of Mylan, Valeant and Turing, which historically have not invested in research.
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Go deeper: Bill de Blasio on the issues, in under 500 words Mayor Bill de Blasio's presidential announcement falls flat
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Indeed, where the series falls flat in plot, it shines aesthetically—the costume and set design create a gorgeous spectacle.
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Or trying to make bodies of work that are... I don't know, artistic on a level that's... it falls flat.
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" When that line of argument falls flat, he might add, "They're not very big, they don't take up much space.
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A final thing to remember: Higher youth turnout is a perennial pre-election prediction, but one that often falls flat.
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It falls flat for the same reason that Cruz's stab at "Morning in America" does: Even while aiming to recapture the
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It's a daunting task to dive in alongside such heavy hitters, yet Miracle Workers takes the plunge – and mostly falls flat.
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The plot of Legends and Letters falls flat and recycles old characters without thought for how they should make sense together.
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This format falls flat, as it is old and doesn't have the right cadence for a platform that favors drier wit.
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Yet mechanics mean little without a structure to help you explore and experiment with them, and it's where Flinthook falls flat.
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With this in mind, the image of Timberlake sitting in front of a sea of "Me Too" posters quickly falls flat.
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Even so, whether because of the number of participants involved or the need to cater to young performers, "Trip" falls flat.
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The entire package, beginning with the tone of Biden's message and his subdued style of speaking, falls flat with many younger people.
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Doctor Strange falls flat at the end with an unsubtle Infinity Stone reference, and post-credit teasers for future Marvel mash-ups.
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She does front flips and back flips and falls flat on the five-centimeter-wide strap, her torso parallel to the ground.
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Anderson also cites these polling results as proof that moral objections to abortion demand its legal prohibition—a logic that falls flat.
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Mr. Johnson's pledge to "get Brexit done" has struck a chord with many there but often falls flat north of the border.
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A wave of immigrants has also surged in the state, but unlike in many places, harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric often falls flat.
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That said, you might find that your style tends to get oilier, and falls flat more quickly, than hair that has more heft.
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The Motorola One, despite its smooth and stylish package, cuts the wrong corners and ultimately falls flat beside the even cheaper Nokia 7.1.
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While it's tricky if you and most of your friends have tiny apartments, one formula that rarely falls flat is the house party.
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Sometimes it works, like Carol's time in The Kingdom, but more often it falls flat, like last week's slow-burn visit from Negan.
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"I've fought for work place equality for 25 years," she says, after the group's attempt to catch her harassment on tape falls flat.
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Maybe we can chalk it up to a naïve, Obama-era sense of hope on Stone's part, but Gekko's personal growth falls flat.
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Though some of the humor falls flat in the physical version, the comedic timing comes across in Bell's oral performance of the book.
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But that argument falls flat, he said, pointing out that automakers Ford, Volkswagen, BMW and Honda already agreed voluntarily to hit California's standards.
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The human skull and photograph of Saddam Hussein are intriguing, but ultimately your dick pic falls flat due to the lackluster angle and framing.
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But there are some places where it just falls flat, and I'm sorry (not sorry) to say that it mostly falls down to performance.
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But I appreciate the aim of Mary Magdalene, and the ways it reimagines a familiar story with modern implications, even when it falls flat.
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That said, you'd have to be delusional to buy in because while the idea behind bendy devices is super exciting, the FlexPai falls flat.
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Eh. As with Dark Souls III, it pulls on nostalgia strings that I'll leave for players to discover themselves, but overall it falls flat.
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In his review, Kabak says that the lawsuit's EIS argument—which, he says, is its best one—largely falls flat for a few reasons.
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All of those are fine materials for a show, but the episode falls flat without a strong point of view to make it stand out.
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For Your RootsIf you're trying to turn up the volume once your hair falls flat, use this to bump up some of your smaller sections.
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Jenner has done some good work in raising money for trans charities, but this attempt at direct education falls flat, and that failure has consequences.
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Coming back to the place he considers the taproot of the Starbucks experience does bring risks, especially if the company falls flat with Italian customers.
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Why is it that your hair looks so good after a haircut but when you do the exact same thing at home, it falls flat?
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"I call it 'dress life' — that's my fashion goal," she says, laughing as she smoothes out her cardigan so it falls flat over her jeans.
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The term "energy dominance" falls flat in two regards, said Jonathan Elkind, former assistant secretary for international affairs at the Department of Energy under Obama.
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It is in our blood to feel joy every single time an actress falls flat on her face and tweet angrily every time an E!
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However, this particular message of the film falls flat for the sheer fact that the entire film is a knock-off of an original film.
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But that argument falls flat for many in the region, who see a military force built to fight Israel turning its guns on fellow Muslims.
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You&aposd be hard-pressed to find an artist, no matter how talented, who hasn&apost recorded a song or two that just falls flat.
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If a scene falls flat or an episode feels long, it's easy to assume it will work when revisited within the context of the final reveal.
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Refinery29 sat down with Bradford to hear about her best and worst experiences asking for a raise — and to learn what works, and what falls flat.
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The only character who falls flat is Lisa's two-faced friend Janis — an unlikable fly in Lisa's soup, depositing just enough bacteria to do intestinal damage.
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The best-timed joke of the whole evening comes when Raymonda's husband, Jean de Brienne (Boris Mudko), runs, midexit, straight into a wing and falls flat.
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And the White House's attempt at explaining why Kelly did nothing -- and, in fact, pushed Porter further and further into the Trump inner circle -- falls flat.
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Sonically, VIEWS aims high and often falls flat, as 20-track albums will do, but at least Drake remains the virtually unclassifiable artist he always has been.
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And here is where the yearly celebrity-costume apology tour always falls flat: How much time does it actually take to think, Oh, this might be racist?
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He goes running full throttle after the ball, almost lets himself enjoy it — and then he falls flat on his back, just like he knew he would.
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However, there's still a good amount of ambiguity over what each iPad is capable of, where it truly excels, and where it falls flat on its face.
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It falls flat as a horror movie but the cast is good enough, and the sci-fi concepts are interesting enough, to keep it from crashing completely.
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It's an experience; it's something that you're engaging in, but when you put it in an alternate form of media like a movie, it just falls flat.
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But Heath's comment got me thinking about what to do when a likely well-intentioned compliment falls flat, leaving me speechless, or maybe even a little insulted.
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You can use Google Assistant that lives in your phone via the QC35II headphones, which seemed like an interesting feature at first — but the experience falls flat.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D).
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The narrative patness of the final scenes falls flat precisely because in a house where grief is a maze, you can never exit as easily as you've entered.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.).
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"This is clearly hate speech ... PewDiePie's effort to defend it as an attempt to be funny falls flat," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement in 2017.
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Tiny skewers—French white asparagus, bluefin toro, wagyu beef—charred over Japanese charcoal arrive tableside on miniature grills, but, given that they're already cooked, the spectacle falls flat.
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But the concept often falls flat, as readers see through awkward advertorials and as the logos of eager corporate sponsors overtake pop-culture events like South by Southwest.
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The YouTube generation has learned to tune out ads — when they don't skip them altogether — so anything that carries the whiff of a traditional commercial often falls flat.
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But, despite being one of the most fascinating and progressive fields, tech still falls flat when it comes to inclusion of women and minorities — with staggeringly low diversity statistics.
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Some of the comedy falls flat, but this film has A LOT going on – ultimately beneficial because it mostly distracts from stuff that doesn't land quite as well. pic.twitter.
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Fox Searchlight released the movie's first trailer, with Stone catching our attention in the first 15 seconds as she literally falls flat on her face into a royal rivalry.
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Yet as dynamic as the production is, "Lulu" falls flat as a piece of musical storytelling without Mr. Jacques's dry voice and razor-sharp wit to hold it together.
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Physician and ambulance groups contend they need to bill commercial insurance more to make up for shortfalls in Medicare and Medicaid, but that cost-shifting theory often falls flat.
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It's obviously meant to be a joke, but it falls flat – Macaw doesn't need this sort of false promotion, and it's wrong because it could confuse less savvy users.
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Manohla Dargis writes that it's a pleasure to watch Mr. Hamm nurse a drink — but that the film, written by Tony Gilroy of the "Bourne" series, mostly falls flat.
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But this argument falls flat in the case of vitamin A deficiency because the problem is prevalent in places the Green Revolution never reached — like tiny villages in Africa.
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Sneak peek: Trump's planned cuts to foreign aid falls flat in Congress: President Trump's proposed cuts to foreign aid are hitting a wall of resistance on Capitol Hill, with Sen.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), an appropriator.
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Satire can be done well at the movies; The Hunt is so pleased with its offensiveness that, like the worst self-proclaimed provocateurs, it just falls flat on its face.
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In the hands of lesser chefs, these shenanigans would come off as pure gimmickry, and there are times during a meal at the Cube when all the playfulness falls flat.
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Storytelling shows—if you're unfamiliar—are a lot like stand up comedy shows except if someone tells a joke and if falls flat they just pretend they were being interesting.
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The story's central conceit, where Wade is pulled into a goofy and unrealistic reality show, falls flat, especially when it tries to paint a random TV executive as a cartoonish villain.
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Despite the latest episode's dramatic staging of the Battle of Borodino, the result of the series' cursory approach to war is that in the drawing rooms of Moscow, feeling falls flat.
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"Sidewalk, Los Angeles, 1978" is both a perceptual riddle and a lesson: The skinny shadow of a vertical signpost falls flat against the pavement and then turns abruptly up the wall.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (Ill.), the subpanel's top Democrat.
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These movies are the equivalent of a cheap, plastic menorah at a holiday party full of lush garlands and Christmas trees — a well-intentioned attempt at inclusion that ultimately falls flat.
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That consideration falls flat when Hollywood keeps pumping out movies that showcase white dudes in savior roles (see: The Legend of Tarzan, coming to a screen near you later this summer).
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Sabrina's choice of whether to live her life as a witch or as a mortal is the central conflict of the first season, and that particular conflict falls flat from the beginning.
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Whether or not the women's faces were truly ones of discomfort, the rest of us are clearly ready to live in a world where polite discourse about accused sexual predators falls flat.
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Of course, gender nonconforming people are people with a multitude of personal styles, but dressing one gender up in the signifiers of the other falls flat, and feels like an opportunity missed.
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Occasionally this effort falls flat, as it did when they published an appeal that included a photo of them posed, movie-poster style, in a way that made them seem almost robotic.
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And while it has a lot of great ideas, particularly around the concept of second screen gaming, the new Star Fox ultimately falls flat thanks to an over reliance on motion controls.
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I know this is probably the 18th time since 2010 that fashion has tried to make the fanny pack happen — and, let's be honest: most of the time, the trend falls flat.
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They also become part of what Mr. Liu calls a "community of practice" — fellow seminarians trying out new things in their hometowns, sharing lessons learned about what works and what falls flat.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) said Monday on CNN.
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But it's a joke that falls flat because we're expected to also find humor in the fact that the officers aren't seeing an adult white man singing this, but instead a black child.
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Swift, normally a force to be reckoned with in the business and music world, falls flat on her face while running on a treadmill in a new ad promoting Apple's music streaming service.
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The biggest problem with Daybreak is that for every solid joke or hilarious visual gag, there's an attempt at irreverent topicality that falls flat, or an homage that feels lazy rather than clever.
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While hip-hop culture becomes a fashionable marketing tool for Canadian entertainment industries, the return on investment for the community producing it, especially in Toronto, falls flat, time and time and time again.
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It falls flat and, combined with other half-hearted nods towards the musical numbers in the original, makes you wonder why Disney didn't just cut the songs from this live-action adaptation altogether.
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However, this idea falls flat on its face, as there are clearly no requirements for profile pictures on Lyft, and they're not nearly filtered with the same strictness as they are for drivers.
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When the ending arrives, however, it does so with jarring implausibility while the story sometimes falls flat, underlining the challenge of satirizing a president whose daily outrages have made him immune to parody.
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But it falls flat thanks to its offensive resolution (spoilers, obviously): instead of living out her dream, Aurora decides to raise space chickens with the toxic man who fell in love with her picture.
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As the Democrats' impeachment spectacle falls flat, President Trump has positioned himself to respond by attacking them on what is perhaps their weakest ground, unveiling their true priorities for all American voters to see.
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In a love story whose attempt to be an interstellar "Titanic" eventually falls flat, Ms. Lawrence's character, Aurora, is an ambitious journalist aboard the Avalon, a commercial spacecraft making a historic 120-year voyage.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) said in a statement in November.
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You have striven to present a positive and uplifting message, which most people approve of in theory, but which falls flat in an environment where the middle class is losing ground and abandoning hope.
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It's an immensely convenient integration that'll give DJs access to SoundCloud's unique library of music, but it also falls flat for one major reason: there's no offline support, making it a nonstarter for live performances.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee.
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If the special counsel's testimony falls flat or doesn't change minds, it could deflate the momentum for impeachment that's swelled to nearly 80 House Democrats backing an inquiry just before a lengthy, month-long congressional recess.
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Every good goth song is a high-wire act; too dumb or too smart or too arch or too precious and it falls flat and is just minor chord emo or, worse, an Amanda Palmer poem.
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A skit in which Rachel Bloom portrays a loopy pseudoscience conspiracist falls flat, as do most of the show's purely comedic segments, because within the show's structure they often feel superimposed, unfocused, and frankly mean-spirited.
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And although the 4K camera falls flat in terms of image quality, Insta360 will be releasing a 73K Leica-branded attachment in a few months that they are hoping will satisfy the more professional among us.
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Not every exploration pays off, especially on the human side, like a subplot about "synthies" — teenagers who "identify" as robots — which falls flat even if you don't read it as a facile analogy for transgender issues.
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This confusion matters, because people use these comments to gauge the influence of the alt-right, and a parody that falls flat isn't the same as someone using "it's a joke" to say something they really believe.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) said while heading to vote partway into the interview.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), a member of the Intelligence panel, said on CNN.
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But lawmakers also acknowledge there's a very real possibility Congress falls flat on its face despite securing a breakthrough agreement in August that increased federal spending by $320 billion over two years and raised the debt ceiling.
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A few attempts to strike up conversation with our neighbors falls flat, met with cold, perplexed expressions, as if they couldn't fathom why I was talking to them, or, more pressingly, why I was not similarly crewed up.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), to add $380 million to funding for election security grants.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) the latest to do so on Thursday night (The Hill).
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, told The Hill.
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So when the HBO comedy attempts to tackle some of the tech industry's most outlandish and perplexing happenings, the joke either lands as spot-on satire or falls flat in the face of how ludicrous the real thing is.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the financial services and general government subcommittee.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), who has not endorsed the impeachment route, told CNN on Thursday.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) said on CNN, referencing a Russia hearing canceled by the panel's chairman, Rep.
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It's common for said issues to undercut an effective joke, one that hit the mark in both script and voiceover, but falls flat because the game can't swap between scenes fast enough, leaving long pauses in-between snappy character banter.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) told CBS News when asked about his concerns about threats to November's midterms.
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Often, high-pressure booking tactics require payment well in advance, and that leaves vacationers with little recourse if their trip falls flat (there's only a 60-day limit on disputing a credit card purchase, according to the Federal Trade Commission).
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) to provide those resources, and Senate Republicans rejected a similar amendment last week.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) told CBS News when asked about his concerns about threats to November's midterms.
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If the objective was to persuade us that Ms. Stone and Mr. Gosling had a chemistry neither will ever find with anyone else, their dancing together falls flat because it doesn't seem to be anything special, nor does it signify anything bigger.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) streaked down the ice and helped pull off a quick assist that lead to a goal.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), David PriceDavid Eugene PriceRepublican lawmakers on why they haven't read Mueller report: 'Tedious' and 'what's the point?
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" The scriptwriting also came in for criticism, with Nugent adding that: "The intended humour mostly falls flat (lame jokes like 'cat got your tongue' are neither funny nor logical), but there's something in the garish, glorious failure of it that can absolutely be enjoyed.
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Y.), Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (Ill.), David PriceDavid Eugene PriceRepublican lawmakers on why they haven't read Mueller report: 'Tedious' and 'what's the point?
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DANICA PATRICK FALLS FLAT IN OPENING MONOLOGUE AT ESPY AWARDS Prior to their romance, Patrick and Rodgers were both in long-term relationships that ended last year —Patrick with fellow NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for five years and Rodgers with actress Olivia Munn for three years.
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A cameo-filled skit that mocks rising global virus numbers (with a jeering swipe at antivaxxer Jenny McCarthy) falls flat, and Nye seems to still be finding his footing in the roundtable discussion, but these are the only bum moments in one of the show's best episodes.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) about a move to take away training materials meant to prevent LGBT discrimination in homeless shelters, CNN reported.
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The time between brawls (the first fight occurs 32 minutes into the film and ends with one punch) is filled with humor that falls flat, including literal toilet humor as a running gag (like Lee asking where he can kind find a bathroom in the middle of conversations).
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Another musical choice that kind of falls flat: in the office of music publisher Dick James, Elton randomly pitches a couple of his hits that wouldn't be written for years ("Daniel" and "I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues"), but James shoots him down one line in each time.
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The gubernatorial candidate, a Republican, "stood by his decision to deny a female reporter's request to accompany him on a campaign trip unless she brought along a male colleague..." (CNN) Hype falls flat at White House It was supposed to be a day of achievement and triumph at the White House.
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This argument, Mr Roberts wrote, "falls flat" and "reeks of afterthought", since it had not been made "in the nearly 30-year history of this litigation: not in the trial court, not in the state habeas court, and not even in the state's brief in opposition to Foster's petition for certiorari".
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), a gun reformer from Chicago and member of the Appropriations Committee, had requested hearings on background checks in 2202, only to be refused.
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Rep. Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) says he visited Cyprus this week as part of the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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"Every two years the Democrats find some sort of factoid to fixate on and convince themselves that this is the year where they make Texas competitive — and every two years it falls flat," said Chris Wilson, a pollster for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and Governor Greg Abbott, both Texas Republicans.
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You might try to say that we will do certain things and then no one believes you and therefore nothing happens at all and the whole policy falls flat ... These type of expectations plays can fall short and it is very concerning that you not lose credibility through a process like this.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) recently offered an approach designed to cut through the politics of race and chamber that have lingered about the different approaches to Conyers and Franken.
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Because if you want to sell advertising at scale, if you go to advertisers and you say we have this crazy new format, you gotta produce this crazy new thing and think about a completely differently than how you think about TV and print and all that stuff, it falls flat. Right.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), who chairs the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, told Alito and Kagan that most people "have no idea how Supreme Court proceedings work."ADVERTISEMENT
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (Ill.), said a major roadblock to bringing up election security is the five-minute time constraint each member has to ask questions and the multitude of other issues to address.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) pushed back, arguing that the Republican motion was hypocritical for GOP members to put forth because members of the party supported amendments that would have made cuts to the account.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, told The Hill this week that House leadership will ultimately need to make a call on the "overall" strategy moving forward.
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The Preds lost James Neal in the expansion draft and as a Cup favorite, it's great to see Nashville looking into offensive-minded replacements like Rick Nash, because any time you can snag a guy that hasn't cracked 40 points in three seasons and consistently falls flat in the playoffs, you have to look into that.
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A Black woman wouldn't be able to get away with Bradley's "fuck you" outbursts when her ideas are shut down because they aren't fluffy enough for morning TV. The need to control your anger even when it's ready to spill over at every microaggression is one Witherspoon can't understand, which is one of the reasons her character falls flat.
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Some of those would-be mini-movies are more successful than others — like one featuring Anna Faris as a drug-buying would-be samurai, which works beautifully, or a sequence in which Clarence tries to bluff some gangsters about his appendectomy scar, which falls flat when it suggests said gangsters have apparently never even heard of an appendix.
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An elevator door unzips like a vinyl jumpsuit; the addition of a battery to a simple electrical rig illuminates the battery case rather than the light bulb and fixture to which it is attached; a soccer ball drops and bounces once, before shifting slightly to reveal itself as a 2D photograph that falls flat to the ground.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) said that Democrats on the committee were still in discussions with the FBI and the Justice Department over what information needed to be redacted from the report before it could be released.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) that would require Pruitt and EPA Deputy Administrator Andrew Wheeler to publicize their official trips, and the costs of them, within 10 days; and one to boost Office of the Inspector General funding by $12 million.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) pressed Mueller on the potential of a president being indicted after leaving office, noting that the statute of limitations for a federal crime like obstruction of justice would expire before the end of a second term for Trump.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, respectively, introduced the Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness (Mar-A-Lago) Act, a nod to Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) is pressing Nunes on whether he worked with the White House to produce the memo in the first place, while Schiff is arguing that the memo should be withdrawn from the White House because it was edited after the vote.
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Elsewhere in the Chicago area, Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE and Danny DavisDaniel (Danny) K. DavisRestore Pell Grant eligibility to people in prison Biden, Harris lead in 2020 endorsements Pelosi joins other Dem leaders in support of Chicago Symphony Orchestra strikers MORE also drew opponents who pulled more than a quarter of the vote.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said there were three questions that Lewandowski's attorney dismissed because "it wasn't pertinent" when the committee interviewed him for a second time on Thursday as part of its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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Rep. Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) on Monday criticized 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 for resorting to "juvenile name-calling" by attacking Rep.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) and Jaime Herrera BeutlerJaime Lynn Herrera BeutlerDems push to revive Congress' tech office Bill allowing Congress to hire Dreamers advances House fails to override Trump veto on border wall MORE (R-Wash.) secured $2 million in funding for the CDC's efforts in preventing maternal deaths through state-based Maternal Mortality Review Committees.
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Rep. Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) said he is disheartened that Republican lawmakers who pushed to protect special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerTrump calls for probe of Obama book deal Democrats express private disappointment with Mueller testimony Kellyanne Conway: 'I'd like to know' if Mueller read his own report MORE's probe into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign will be gone from the next Congress.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) and Joaquin CastroJoaquin CastroJuan Williams: Democrats finally hit Trump where it hurts Texas Democrats tap Joaquin Castro to deliver key address Assault weapons ban picks up steam in Congress MORE (D-Texas), who sit on the House Intelligence Committee, say Nix could face charges of lying to Congress based on new information about how Cambridge Analytica obtained data from 85033 million Americans.
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Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (D-Ill.) lashed out at President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE on Wednesday for failing to acknowledge that he acted wrongly in congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on his electoral win.
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Gerry ConnollyGerald (Gerry) Edward ConnollyHistory in the House: Congress weathers unprecedented week Democrat grills DHS chief over viral image of drowned migrant and child Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers struggle to understand Facebook's Libra project | EU hits Amazon with antitrust probe | New cybersecurity concerns over census | Robocall, election security bills head to House floor | Privacy questions over FaceApp MORE (Va.), Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (Ill.), and Dina TitusAlice (Dina) Costandina TitusHouse Democrats inch toward majority support for impeachment Here are the 95 Democrats who voted to support impeachment Key endorsements: A who's who in early states MORE (Nev.), who are all the top Democrats on key subcommittees.
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Earl BlumenauerEarl BlumenauerAirports already have plenty of infrastructure funding Climate protesters glue themselves to Capitol doors, confront lawmakers Here are the 95 Democrats who voted to support impeachment MORE (Ore.), Barbara LeeBarbara Jean LeeOvernight Health Care: Planned Parenthood to leave federal family planning program absent court action | Democrats demand Trump withdraw rule on transgender health | Cummings, Sanders investigate three drug companies for 'obstructing' probe Democrats demand Trump officials withdraw rule on transgender health House Democratic leadership member backs impeachment inquiry MORE (Calif.) and Mike QuigleyMichael (Mike) Bruce QuigleyLawmakers point to entitlements when asked about deficits Mueller Day falls flat Mueller on Trump's WikiLeaks embrace: 'Problematic is an understatement' MORE (Ill.), wrote Monday in a letter to President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE.
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