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But other attacks against Warren fell flat — like Sen.
CNN, John Berman was trying to get -- that fell flat.
Like most episodes, some of this one's sketches fell flat.
They wanted to inject something that quite frankly fell flat.
In comparison, similar moments in the prequel trilogy fell flat.
The Sierra Club declared that the Wednesday sale fell flat.
The drama "Red Sea Diving Resort" fell flat with critics.
Bernie Sanders fell flat, failing to rise to the occasion.
The Monville's vaunted tech capabilities fell flat during my stay.
For family members, his attempt at an apology fell flat.
Yet, Otello's wrenching soliloquy in Act III fell flat here.
Both times he tried it, both times it fell flat.
"Polar" is a thriller that fell flat for most critics.
His Detroit teams twice fell flat in the World Series.
And all but a couple of planned comedy bits fell flat.
The idea fell flat and there has been no follow-up.
Some of those punches seemed to land, while others fell flat.
Before a nationally televised audience, Clinton fell flat on his face.
It appeared as if the new look and message fell flat.
For the nonpartisan National Small Business Association, the comments fell flat.
Whatever the filmmakers had hoped to achieve here, it fell flat.
Spot gold fell flat $1,278.03 an ounce at 1:37 p.m.
Lawmakers say it fell flat for the most avoidable of reasons.
No one remembers the details — just that the effort fell flat.
But when his one-liners fell flat, Mr. Minhaj was prepared.
But once he started his presidential campaign, he just fell flat.
And without their presence, any and all pre-show buzz fell flat.
But the idea fell flat on Tuesday after centrists such as Sens.
They attempted to build on their "political" ideas, but this fell flat.
He took five days to issue a weak apology, which fell flat.
That comment fell flat with the crowd, which numbered around 50 people.
The defense also fell flat with some current and former Twitter employees.
For many moderate Republicans in Arizona, Trump's efforts on Wednesday fell flat.
But it does mean this shutdown gambit fell flat for the Democrats.
Users have been abandoning its app after a recent redesign fell flat.
Sometimes his attempts to spark national conversations about important issues fell flat.
Bidding wars at film festivals escalated; films projected as Oscar favorites fell flat.
But every cover after, featuring subjects as white as Taylor Swift, fell flat.
The effort fell flat when Trump sealed his victory with 304 electoral votes.
Oh, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters fell flat at the box office.
Jeb, holding the keys to the Eastern Establishment, fell flat and Trump soared.
When Mr. Palmer became the face of a dry cleaner, it fell flat.
But his attempt at cleanup fell flat to some in the West Wing.
Their first attempt in the late 22019's, Medicare Plus Choice, fell flat.
His tech ideas fell flat with his Venture for America mentors and colleagues.
Chirowa's first attempts at recreating the blend with locally sourced spices fell flat.
The team's attempt at the macaron's shell fell flat in the oven — literally.
It worked in the primary, but it fell flat in the general election.
His words, and any comfort I might have taken from them, fell flat.
His defense -- that Democrats needed to "bring everybody into the fold" -- fell flat.
Now, analysts have begun to lose faith after their recommendations for 2018 fell flat.
Crackdown 2 essentially copied that approach a few years later and it fell flat.
His only attempt — a run for school board trustee, back in 2014 — fell flat.
Some landed, some fell flat and some (Trump's) bombed so hard they drew boos.
The attempt fell flat and the accounts appeared to change strategy by early 2016.
If this was a ploy to deflect embarrassment over Mr Joyce, it fell flat.
Portnoy's statement, which did not include an apology, said Spags' article mostly fell flat.
So isn't really a surprise that the "Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2016" fell flat.
And although the show was rife with dramatics, it fell flat with most viewers.
Yet again, the tactics that had worked for O'Rourke in Texas fell flat nationally.
But efforts to make a dent, with phones like Nokia's N-gage, fell flat.
Most often, when a dish fell flat, the answer lay in adjusting the salt.
With Tex-Mex cuisine still unfamiliar to many Chinese consumers, the restaurants fell flat.
Ultimately the Diet Coke ad fell flat, and the company offered a mea culpa.
Despite big Broadway and Billboard names, "Cats" musical numbers fell flat for some critics.
The dollar index fell flat immediately after the announcement, down 0.1 percent on the day.
His initial strategy to sweep the South with heavy support for evangelical voters fell flat.
Stirring as that achievement was, the festivities held to commemorate it this week fell flat.
Some items, like the mozzarella sticks and bao buns, simply fell flat, in my opinion.
But the Hail Mary pass into the end zone fell flat as time ran out.
The crass jokes fell flat and were out of character for the usually funny men.
Even Amazon's attempt to quell concerns about its employees using the SNAP program fell flat.
Dash's appearance as "new Academy director of diversity outreach" fell flat, to say the least.
Many of the initial attempts to spin this disastrous day on the Hill fell flat.
But it ultimately fell flat with voters on Election Day, The Hill's Naomi Jagoda reports.
The company tried offering a subscription service for handbags and accessories, but it fell flat.
All his insults to Rachel's face fell flat in comparison to that vicious, understated disregard.
The claim fell flat in Lebanon, where speculation swirled that he was being held hostage.
However, they fell flat in the big game, mustering just three points against the Patriots.
He fell flat on his back and raised his glove hand aloft, holding that ball.
They experimented with simplifying the Chic-recipe, toying with instrumental solos that often fell flat.
Strong in the first half, they fell flat after intermission, repeating the pattern from Cleveland.
But the plot lines fell flat, in part because the Swedes did not play along.
But this by and large fell flat, doing nothing to contradict the criticisms against Biden.
At one point, a supposedly self-deprecating joke about his Las Vegas debacle fell flat.
But calls for stricter gun controls, including tighter background checks for buying weapons, fell flat.
The e-commerce giant Alibaba created a virtual shopping mall in November, which fell flat.
It is also why the president's effort to tar him as "Sleazy Adam Schiff" fell flat.
"organic" sticker on milk Futurists have long loved algorithms, but in 2017 that hype fell flat.
But mostly it fell flat, the silver penny in the background gleaming a bit too brightly.
The "Roar" singer was soundly roasted for her skits and jokes, some of which fell flat.
That's when he fell flat on his face while attempting to slide across the finish line.
Some fell flat, like Jonah Hill taking on the role of the bear from The Revenant.
Pure Flix's faith-based war drama "Indivisible" fell flat, earning just $1.5 million in 830 theaters.
Pepsi's message is ultimately a lot like its product: Without a cap, it simply fell flat.
However, faced with a departing co-founder and fierce competition from Groupon, the business fell flat.
But those technocratic arguments fell flat against Mr. Han's grand commitment to stand with the people.
The hard-fought deal comes after months of talks and previous agreements that ultimately fell flat.
Meanwhile, Castro's attacks on Biden fell flat, and came across to many as mean and bitter.
For instance, the mayor's plan to raise taxes on the city's elite fell flat in the Capitol.
I fell flat on my butt, and spilled hot coffee all over my sleeve in the process.
But by the end of the film, their relationship fell flat, a victim of two dueling ambitions.
The highly anticipated debut fell flat after the ride-sharing company dropped 7.6% to $41.57 on Friday.
These hunts are pretty fun missions, but the weight they're meant to carry fell flat for me.
Mayor Bill de Blasio's 2020 presidential announcement fell flat with New Yorkers — including President Trump on Thursday.
While that was a classic, the women's showpiece fell flat as Williams coughed up 25 unforced errors.
Knightley's turn as a model-turned-bounty hunter in the biopic "Domino" (2005) fell flat for critics.
Over the years, policymakers have advanced many reforms aimed at boosting student achievement, but many fell flat.
Late in the debate, a jab at Rubio and Cruz as "two backbench senators" also fell flat.
A member of the DC franchise, this series fell flat because of its confusing premise, per critics.
But at least their on screen chemistry together would add a little pizazz where Kimmel fell flat.
And then I fell — flat — since I didn't know any other way to get off the board.
But his efforts mostly fell flat as the white majority on the board outvoted or ignored him.
But as the results began coming in on Super Tuesday, the theory of the case fell flat.
Democrats are having second thoughts about Mike Bloomberg after he fell flat in his debate stage debut.
NEBRASKA TROUNCED With a possible trip to the Big Ten championship game at stake, Nebraska fell flat.
Lawmakers have also introduced various AUMFs in recent years, but they fell flat over the same arguments.
I tried to bring that kind of excitement to my other students, but the conversations fell flat.
There was a film roll photo-sharing thing that we did called Bolt that fell flat, miserably.
The accounts all seem to have learned, and shifted their strategies when certain tactics fell flat, Warren observed.
In the last couple of years, Sony has produced solid phones which mostly fell flat on the market.
Marketo, which specializes in helping companies promote themselves, apologized Thursday after one of its own promotions fell flat.
And even though everything fell flat, the judges fell for it, and it easily toppled the previous record.
It was so unexpectedly not-terrible that a second season was ordered...and fell flat this past weekend.
Lawmakers have also introduced various AUMFs in recent years, but they also fell flat over the same arguments.
Her wariness and evasions drained their sympathy; her strained attempts to win people back too often fell flat.
The expertly crafted and simpler items blew me away, but some of the more creative doughnuts fell flat.
Pemex further raised brows among market makers in January when an investor presentation in New York fell flat.
In moments, Mike Huckabee on why today&aposs Supreme Court decision on same-sex wedding cakes fell flat.
To me, Brothers mostly fell flat, and it was because the gameplay concepts steamrolled over any other possibilities.
Restating it is playing to Mr. Trump's base, even if it fell flat for the Al Smith audience.
But when the contest arrived in down South, her attempts to make inroads into the community fell flat.
Angel was captivating but seemed slightly nervous—some of her jokes were delivered awkwardly, and some fell flat.
When Sisi appeared on television, he was defensive, and this time his references to the maternal fell flat.
The pitchers fell flat in April and never really recovered; only Rodriguez has had a healthy, successful season.
Their efforts fell flat, and Trump did not lift the hold at that time, despite the mounting pressure.
Their idea of a political platform — lower taxes for millionaires, privatization, this kind of thing — it fell flat.
While Trump promised a "major briefing on the opioid crisis" in his morning tweets, the announcement fell flat.
She clearly understood the kind of showmanship that was required for the occasion, but her attempts often fell flat.
Despite her just saying that all of her hits "are just embedded" in her mind, Gomez unfortunately fell flat.
The virtual characters tripped, stumbled, and fell flat on their faces repeatedly until they finally got the movements right.
In fact, I really tried hard to work in a Clueless reference into this episode but it fell flat.
It should have made me feel something, but against the backdrop of the entire episode, the moment fell flat.
An attempt to use the windfall from the commodity boom to modernise the state and its economy fell flat.
While Stockdale's goal was to highlight, like Perot, that he was not some career politician, the line fell flat.
The White House has ignored Ms Stefanik's missive and a proposal to cut taxes for clean energy fell flat.
It immediately fell flat last weekend, with its opening domestic take coming in at a series-low $37.1 million.
" A White House official told CNN on Thursday that Sadler meant the comment as joke, "but it fell flat.
Before the vote, the Israeli government lobbied the Obama administration to kill the resolution, but its efforts fell flat.
Most recently, Starbucks' limited-time holiday drink offers fell flat, as did March's launch of the Crystal Ball Frappuccino.
Despite Sony getting two bankable stars in Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth, the "Men in Black" revival fell flat.
So when Trump changed course on Sunday and heaped praise on the intelligence apparatus, it fell flat for some.
The program sought to tie Mr. Hertzberg to a distinguished tradition of vocal music, but the effort fell flat.
But Cersei's other act of vengeance—a poisoned kiss for Tyene in front of her mother Ellaria—fell flat.
In late July, the long, angry Republican crusade to repeal the Affordable Care Act fell flat on its face.
Before the vote, the Israeli government lobbied the Obama administration to kill the resolution, but the efforts fell flat.
Apple's Performa series was meant to reach new heights, but it kept stumbling and fell flat on its face.
Howard Jacobson published a satirical political allegory about a vain, vulgar prince that fell flat with critics and readers.
Face Tape and a Whistle-Like Gadget —Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it was a joke that fell flat.
But the Cavaliers had to shuffle new personnel in and out of the lineup — experiments that often fell flat.
The Eagles (3-1) rolled in unbeaten and ranked for the first time in 10 years, but fell flat.
When I tried to talk to them using the urban vernacular that I was used to, it fell flat.
Many of her jokes fell flat (Klobuchar and Bloomberg should give seminars on how not to tell a joke).
The president's proposal to cut legal immigration by half over the next 10 years fell flat on Capitol Hill.
His associates had acquired the Hardee's chain, a move that initially fell flat, until Mr. Puzder revived the brand.
But the idea fell flat with GOP lawmakers, revealing a continuing disconnect between the White House and Capitol Hill.
At one point during the performance, as Mendes was running through the crowd, he fell flat on his face.
The bad: Co-host Andy Samberg's opening speech, "roasting" stars with aggressive niceness, fell flat, write our TV critics.
Barford, a former Shelby aide, recalled receiving letters from Shelton's Sound Money Project that fell flat among the GOP staff.
Though his hordes of fans may say otherwise, the usually charming Benedict Cumberbatch largely fell flat as an SNL host.
But efforts to replicate that on Facebook fell flat as not enough PC gamers were on the platform, they said.
In 2008, a public call he made for the formation of a "Righteous Opposition Front" to represent Shiites fell flat.
Plot lines that may have been developed further given more time fell flat for many longtime viewers of the show.
Remember how The Good Wife frequently fell flat when it produced topical episodes based on "ripped from the headlines" events?
But it certainly set the tone for the rest of the night, which fell flat and rarely picked itself up.
Ball jokes aside, De Laurentiis soldiered on with Kidman churning out A-plus balls, while an adorable DeGeneres fell flat.
Chief Executive Doug McMillon has made internet sales a priority after earlier efforts to kick-start growth fell flat. Jet.
His foray into Iowa fell flat, even with the extensive Branstad connections and two campaign stops with the governor himself.
Meitu, the company behind more than a dozen beautification apps, raised $903 million but its hotly anticipated listing fell flat.
Some of them were great, some of them were kinda bland; some of them were hugely popular, some fell flat.
If it was meant to provide a roadmap of the future of tax policy, it fell flat on its face.
But their efforts to force a vote (to say nothing of legislative action) in the GOP-controlled chamber fell flat.
" John Dakmak, Strampel's attorney, reportedly said it "speaks volumes" that jurors "saw through a lot of allegations that fell flat.
" This fell flat, because — well, as a friend put it quite simply this morning — this attack was "far too specific.
Even Mr. Kalanick gave a tearful apology — around the same time his team's listening session with female engineers fell flat.
The Rams defense did their part, forcing four turnovers against the Texans, whose offense again fell flat without Deshaun Watson.
In one example, Favreau explains a joke about a regulation involving "spilled milk" that fell flat in Obama's 2012 address.
Walmart's chief executive, Doug McMillon, has made internet sales a priority after earlier efforts to kick-start growth fell flat.
Ms. Everett starred as the mother in a children's theater production of "Hansel and Gretel," and casting calls fell flat.
For a candidate who rests his entire candidacy on his ability to confront Trump, his answer on impeachment fell flat.
Biden continues to poll well nationally, and direct efforts by his rivals in previous debates to dislodge him fell flat.
And even when the movies tried to be serious — there was "Swordfish" and "Strange Days" — it still always fell flat.
Plot lines that may have been developed further given more time fell flat for many long-time viewers of the show.
The development would be BoKlok's first in the United Kingdom since a previous project fell flat during the global financial crisis.
HTC's efforts to become a software player failed to gain traction, while HTC's quirky action camera, called Re, also fell flat.
According to London, when her daughter was only 3 years old, she fell flat on her face in their family driveway.
Her "Dude gotta go" line about Trump fell flat, as if the audience had sort of been there and done that.
But even the decision by France to loan the more than 900-year-old tapestry fell flat in Britain's eurosceptic media.
I emailed Dickey to ask whether his post was written in earnest or if it was a joke that fell flat.
New releases "Crawl" and "Stuber" fell flat, as "Toy Story 4" snuck in to earn the second place finish this weekend.
For one, Johnson's performance, running through talking points in the face of several emotional appeals from audience members, occasionally fell flat.
Hypolito, 30, who fell flat on his face during the London 2012 Games, savored his 15.533 score as long-awaited redemption.
Fact-finding in war occurred before the age of smartphones, of course, but in Somalia, old-school methods fell flat, too.
Facebook's dating feature largely fell flat, but an integration with its Messenger video feature could breathe new life into that venture.
If Mr. Howie, who runs a relationship and dating podcast called "The Great Love Debate," was joking, the joke fell flat.
Her attempts to assume the moral high ground fell flat compared with the rest of her debate performance in these areas.
We selected films from each of the past 10 years that audiences and studios had high expectations for that fell flat.
She noted that when her organization tried to persuade parents to enroll their girls, abstract appeals to gender equity fell flat.
His proposal fell flat, largely because the notion of gambling on human life rubbed religious-minded French parliamentarians the wrong way.
"They want you to tell a story where you fell flat on your face and how you worked through that."5.
Many critics felt the movie didn't have a clear direction and fell flat in both the teen-romance and action genres.
Did you run into any other movies that felt the need to give too much away — and fell flat as a result?
Woods fell flat in his PGA Tour return at the 2017 Farmers Insurance Open where he missed the cut by four shots.
Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's performance of "Side to Side," the most elaborately staged and whimsically choreographed of the night, fell flat.
There were high hopes for a merger with GM but that fell flat, as did possible merger talks with Toyota and Ford.
But when the dust settled, Blankenship fell flat, prompting the downtrodden candidate to openly ponder whether attacking McConnell had hurt his chances.
Yet the field pieces that attempted a complex narrative fell flat; the ones that succeeded featured simple, man-on-the-street interviews.
Critics really liked shows like "You" and "Stranger Things" but felt certain movies like "Bird Box" and "The Open House" fell flat.
A pamphlet with a picture of Mr. Trump that read, "We have to beat the racists," fell flat with young black audiences.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar told an audience to clap for her when one of her lines fell flat during a CNN town hall.
But his entry into the race last week fell flat, with particular blowback from African-Americans over his policing policies as mayor.
What was due to be the year's biggest IPO fell flat on Friday after AB InBev pulled the deal, citing "market conditions".
Media stocks were among the top performers in early deals, though fell flat along with other sectors by the close of play.
San Francisco (1-12) led, 17-143, at halftime, but fell flat after that and lost a franchise-worst 12th straight game.
A May 2018 Vogue interview by Wintour meant to defend Chapman fell flat with many in the fashion community, the sources said.
In 2011, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner tried to secretly negotiate a "fiscal cliff" deal that ultimately fell flat.
But the idea fell flat with lawmakers in both parties who reasoned it would not benefit those most affected by the coronavirus.
Mr. Usovsky's focus was on marginal political players in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, and his efforts mostly fell flat.
Officials and diplomats dealing with Brexit in Brussels said earlier in the day that the proposals, as reported by media, fell flat.
Employment across the goods-producing sectors fell flat last year under pressure from rising tariffs and fading growth in Europe and Asia.
The Cleveland Cavaliers got set for an emotional meeting with the Golden State Warriors on Monday and fell flat on their faces.
The Trump administration floated pairing money for the president's proposed border wall with protections for the immigrants, but the idea fell flat.
Then it made a big bet that fell flat on a single-serve machine to make cold drinks, and JAB stepped in.
San Francisco (1-27) led, 21-20, at halftime but fell flat after that and lost a franchise-worst 212th straight game.
This year, the Grammys attempted to stray away from becoming a hashtag by diversifying their nominees, but the end result fell flat.
In Minnesota, a bill that would toughen punishment of some sex offenders — particularly those convicted of child pornography crimes — fell flat last spring.
His attempt to charm viewers by speaking Spanish fell flat and he was a repeat offender of failing to actually answer the question.
Brandon Barford, a former Senate Banking Committee aide, recalled receiving letters from Shelton's Sound Money Project that fell flat among the GOP staff.
Its Grilled Chicken Sandwich launch fell flat, but price hikes on its nuggets and the reintroduction of its spicy chicken nuggets helped sales.
"Since the ACA passed, we've seen 15.5 million jobs created in the economy, so those job-killer predictions certainly fell flat," he said.
But Hillary Clinton's happy talk about the economy during the election fell flat because there just wasn't enough economic growth to justify it.
The GOP's drive to repeal the ACA in 2017 fell flat, and Democrats effectively blocked another try by gaining control of the House.
But hopes for reform fell flat during the tenure of Hassan Rouhani, who enriched Tehran's terrorists and executed opponents at an alarming rate.
But however finely honed the ensemble's physical comedy, some of the spoken introductions linking this loose collection of animal-theme music fell flat.
RHP Felix Hernandez had a rare chance to make a big start in September on Friday night, and the veteran starter fell flat.
The attacks fell flat with college-educated voters, researchers found, but appealed to white voters without a college education, older women and Independents.
His previous knock on Rubio for not showing up to votes fell flat a few months ago, but it feels more relevant now.
I was embarrassed when my attempts at rekindling the magic — things like sleeping naked or trying to schedule date night sex — fell flat.
Former State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert, formerly of Fox News, withdrew her nomination for UN ambassador when her actual vetting process fell flat.
"It kind of fell flat," said Professor Michael Amlung, a professor of psychiatry at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario who studies marijuana use.
The combative testimony of the President's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski fell flat, and was widely seen as an embarrassment for House Democrats.
Debbie Stabenow, had tried to negotiate the aid into the energy package, but those efforts fell flat as Thursday morning's cloture vote neared.
Meanwhile, Trump's own attempts to portray Cruz as an alien—by calling attention to his Canadian birth and loans from Goldman Sachs—fell flat.
Being apolitical, or jumping on a cause without any real contribution, doesn't guarantee pop victory and why many top billed pop acts fell flat.
Throughout the episode, he does his best with the material, but the whole show fell flat, with only one or two skits standing out.
The committee's plans fell flat after it failed to get a single presidential candidate to commit to speaking at its forum on income inequality.
Ultimately, the episode represented the first foray by Trump's inner circle into foreign policy deal-making, though one that fell flat on its face.
That tracks—building a pair of consumer smart glasses is tough, as Google itself learned when the original Glass fell flat on its face.
"The Snowman" fell flat with audiences, who gave it a D CinesmaScore while critics panned the movie with a 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ann Coulter isn't funny, as she proved during Monday night's at Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe when all of her jokes fell flat.
OK, now it was time to test the waters (see what I did there?) and find out if the flavors sparkled or fell flat.
Luxury fashion house LVMH reported first-quarter revenue growth of 4 percent year-on-year, but revenues in its key fashion division fell flat.
But the more targeted approach fell flat in Rio, where Australia's traditionally strong swimming, cycling and rowing teams managed only four titles between them.
That explanation fell flat in Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, where hundreds of people have since taken to the streets to demand justice.
Rotten Tomatoes: 33%In "The Man in the Iron Mask," DiCaprio took on the role of two leads — even so, the film fell flat.
Twitter today reported its fourth-quarter earnings — one of the most important quarters of the company's history — and basically fell flat on its face.
Her scene in Act II with Lucia's brother fell flat though, mostly because of the stolid singing of the baritone Massimo Cavalletti as Enrico.
But creations like the McDLT, a burger split into two Styrofoam compartments to separate the lettuce and tomato from the beef, eventually fell flat.
Earlier attempts by leaders in the House to complete a detailed inquiry without waiting out the courts on the issue of witnesses fell flat.
Other times, attempts to channel the spirit of Mr. Hayes fell flat, such as when Norman Mailer, then 71, took on the Madonna phenomenon.
In today's mind-numbingly polarized climate, which in many ways was engineered by Stone himself, Jackson's appeals to America's most basic virtues fell flat.
Many of Ms. Le Pen's advisers say that her economic appeals ultimately fell flat and that she was too late in pushing identity issues.
The candidate tried his best to defend the NDAs during Wednesday's debate, saying that the agreements were signed consensually, but the attempts fell flat.
Tomorrowland: Brad Bird's Tomorrowland looked like a potential franchise-starter until it actually hit theaters, at which point it promptly fell flat on its face.
A report said he went on an expletive-laced tirade -- which ended with a "F*** you all" when some of his final jokes fell flat.
Where the Fitbit Ionic fell flat on its face from a design perspective, the Versa attempts to rectify with a more staid and unassuming look.
Sales fell flat for Toys 'R' Us during the 2016 holiday season, and it's safe to say that Amazon played a big role in this.
Ben Higgins, Jason Mesnick, Caroline Lunny, Bekah Martinez, and Seinne Fleming all materialized throughout the episode in stilte "live" segments that nearly all fell flat.
David Axelrod, a former Obama senior adviser and CNN contributor, said jokes Clinton about the issue on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel earlier this week fell flat.
The slump has been even worse at the more upscale Banana Republic, whose attempt to go high-fashion fell flat with its working woman customer.
After ruling the 1990s, Ryan took a step back from the spotlight after her pivot to grittier roles fell flat a decade or so ago.
The results give us some idea of which commercials resonated the most with the Super Bowl's more than 100 million viewers, and which fell flat.
In another sign of the returning risk appetite, the yen fell flat at 107 per dollar and Southern European government debt outperformed better-rated peers.
However, because I lack the cultural understanding of British slang/norms, Giggs' lyrics just fell flat for me... I'm not saying he's a "bad" artist.
But the message fell flat, and Giuliani, Volker testified, emerged as "a problem" for diplomats seeking to root out corruption and strengthen ties with Kiev.
But for many Venezuelans struggling to eat three meals a day amid what is thought to be the world's steepest inflation, the exercises fell flat.
Russian-American lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin said the Russian lawyer leading the meeting, Natalia Veselnitskaya, was "disappointed" and "embarrassed" and felt like her efforts fell flat.
Indiana had a chance to move up further and extend a winning streak to four games but fell flat in a 210-23 on Sunday.
Ultimately, though, his performance fell flat; he did not stumble, but he didn't get the breakout moment he needed to re-energize his presidential campaign.
And its message also fell flat in Warsaw, the capital, in a sign that it may not have broadened its support among more moderate voters.
His unilateral "America First" message fell flat in Vietnam, where other nations moved forward on a Pacific trade deal that won't include the United States.
This space opera had a casting coup — Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence as the beautiful couple Jim and Aurora — but fell flat, critically and commercially.
Bella Hadid put on her Good Samaritan hat to help out a female photographer who fell flat on her face in front of the supermodel.
The win spells probable doom for Cruz, whose campaign, staked on a strategy of winning over evangelical voters, fell flat in its first real test.
As big-name celebrities and companies like Google continue to ramp up relief efforts to help the beleaguered land, one company's attempts to help fell flat.
Elsewhere, equity market neutral strategies that try to exploit price differences on stocks in the same sectors fell flat, gaining just 1.6 percent, according to HFR.
These problems were made evident when the DOJ's lawsuit against AT&T fell flat on its face during both the initial trial and the government's appeal.
Winnipeg fell flat in Tuesday's lackluster 4-33 home setback against San Jose, leading forward Blake Wheeler to vent his frustration to reporters following Wednesday's practice.
For the first segment of the debate, Trump had the ability to turn the income-inequality argument against Secretary Clinton, but fell flat on his face.
Just a few months back, she took to social media to share her girlfriend's gift of a bath bomb — which immediately fell flat in the water.
Several last-minute attempts — ranging from an alternative GOP proposal to killing the resolution of disapproval in exchange for future checks on emergency powers — fell flat.
But that endorsement fell flat earlier this month, when Bannon and Trump fell out over Bannon remarks quoted in Michael Wolff's book about the White House.
Rotten Tomatoes: 55%The fast-paced espionage thriller starred Russell Crowe and DiCaprio, but most audience members and critics seemed to feel that it fell flat.
"A lot of mainstream porn is actually feminist, so trying to create this sub-genre of 'feminist porn' kind of fell flat eventually," she tells me.
Carly Rae Jepsen and Alessia Cara are two very good current examples of the strong push for a mega pop star from Canada that fell flat.
As the shutdown drags on, lawmakers are scrambling to find a compromise after two proposals to reopen the government fell flat in the Republican-controlled Senate.
A Nick Offerman bit about yard signs, one that might have killed on a night when Colbert's audience was more into the election's results, fell flat.
Despite US officials claiming it would be harmful for Iraq to follow through on such a move and hold the vote, ultimately the argument fell flat.
The excuse a Silicon Valley company gave for firing one of its engineers fell flat with the public because people understand what goes around, comes around.
BlackBerry's efforts included releasing new units like the Leap and Android-powered PRIV, all of which fell flat as smartphone users flocked to iPhones and Galaxy devices.
Only the red snapper in a thin potato crust fell flat with fish that was mushy and bland, and a crust that was not at all crusty.
Links to the video and GIF appear to be now deleted, but NBC reported the posts "largely fell flat, with most users expressing skepticism" of its veracity.
But too many of the speeches fell flat, or failed to live up to the quality or the urgency achieved by so many Democratic speakers in 2012.
Meanwhile, Exodus: Gods and Kings (protested partly for its whitewashed casting) fell flat with critics and audiences, as did a remake of Ben-Hur two years later.
What remains to be seen is whether the group can have an actual impact on Mr. Trump; similar lines of attack fell flat during the Republican primary.
Given the highly personalized nature of the service, I had high expectations for my Prose shampoo and conditioner, but they actually fell flat the first time around.
Time wanes and pours into another world where greed and bigotry lost horribly and fell flat on its face, in which justice prevailed and ruled over all.
On day three Haramafuji fell flat on his face while attempting to push out the far inferior wrestler, Soukokurai—himself 133-2 in the tournament so far.
The "newly discovered facts" fell flat ... because none of it had anything to do with the price of beans, or in this case granting a restraining order.
On the other hand, Biden is doing significantly better than a number of past national front-runners who fell flat on their faces in Iowa and nationally.
After "Les Danaïdes," he composed "Les Horaces" (21987), which fell flat, and "Tarare" (2297), his collaboration with the great liberal showman Beaumarchais, which was a substantial hit.
A last-ditch effort Wednesday evening to split the two provisions ultimately fell flat — lawmakers voted against the straight repeal and didn't take up the moratorium provision.
And by placing the ad during a robust debate between Democratic candidates for President, the effort to cast AOC as the face of the party fell flat.
"We were focused on channel diversity and profitability from 2015 onwards, but our burn was too high and our early efforts to diversify fell flat," Williams tells Axios.
Marina Abramović's character, too, fell flat, and I remain in awe at how one could make even the most interesting of people seem uninteresting simply through lackluster narration.
It was only when I stepped on the ice that I realised just how tricky this was going to be, and I immediately fell flat on by derriere.
Mr. Cameron's rebuttal, which said this would harm the economy, fell flat when it was pointed out that Australia is enjoying its 25th consecutive year of economic growth.
Saccone fell flat in that district under the old boundaries, losing the heavily Republican seat and prompting Republicans to denounce him as a poor candidate who couldn't fundraise.
Another New York City mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, made a series of strange posts that mostly fell flat on Twitter on Tuesday night during the Democratic presidential debate.
Hiring in those sectors surged in 2018 but fell flat last year amid the rising toll of Trump's tariffs and the retaliation they drew from China and Europe.
And yet, oddly, the accusations brought to New York fell flat, by the accounts of those present, despite their having originated from such a seasoned master of kompromat.
The problem: After meetings with our boss, she often tells me that a story I told was too long-winded or that a joke I cracked fell flat.
He held a one-stroke lead going into the 2018 final round here, but fell flat and shot 73 to finish six strokes behind the champion, Gary Woodland.
It was clear that O'Rourke came armed with stories about average people, but the stories frequently fell flat and felt unconnected to the rest of what he was saying.
Curt Schilling says it's OBVIOUS Donald Trump was NOT calling for his supporters to assassinate Hillary Clinton Tuesday ... saying the whole thing was a joke that simply fell flat.
But even his delivery seemed a little glib, too, so there's no telling whether or not we just received a major bomb or just a joke that fell flat.
In contrast, Trump's attempts to attack Clinton — calling her a "nasty woman," for one — fell flat and seemed more befitting of a schoolyard bully than a candidate for president.
The 2016 team won 93 games and the A.L. East title in David Ortiz's farewell season, but lost in October when the starters fell flat in the division series.
Performers like Mr. Thompson and Leslie Jones enlivened the evening, but several bits, like a running gag featuring Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen as inept Emmy experts, fell flat.
It had potential — I enjoy books where you're just waiting for the inevitable trainwreck when the main character's crazy schemes catch up with her — but the ending fell flat.
Far-right American internet users tried to influence the French election on Ms. Le Pen's behalf, but our review of millions of Twitter messages suggests the effort fell flat.
Beyoncé stunned with the night's most talked-about performance, A Tribe Called Quest delivered the show's clearest political statement and James Corden's singalong in a cardboard car fell flat.
Neither is true, and both fell flat: Sanders co-sponsored a largely symbolic resolution calling for democratic change in Libya, and he never called for Iranian troops in Syria.
Does it surprise you, or is it not all that surprising, that with this district and this electorate, the tax bill fell flat whereas health care was more resonant?
"Prince of Persia," for example, fell flat with critics yet pulled in $336 million worldwide—more than earning back its $200 million budget, according to data from Box Office Mojo.
Since 1990, only three women have hosted the ceremony: Ellen Degeneres and Whoopi Goldberg each did it twice, while Anne Hathaway's one co-hosting stint with James Franco fell flat.
However, he still did not end up getting the role (she said he "fell flat"), but she later cast him in an independent film, so there's no bad blood there.
Palin was characteristically crazy, rambling about gift baskets for illegal immigrants and the crimes of #Benghazi—but the lines that once ignited Republican crowds fell flat among Wisconsin's party activists.
Sacco's joke fell flat (clearly), but it was meant as a commentary on privilege for an audience of people she thought she knew, whom she thought would read her generously.
But that effort fell flat last October, when the Obama administration made clear it wouldn't seek passage of the legislation, after companies successfully argued that it would compromise data security.
After the rocky launch, Perdue's attempts to justify the changes to Congress fell flat, as Republicans from Newhouse to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lobbied the administration to back down.
But the parallels between the US and Europe are imperfect, and right-wing candidates like Austria's Norbert Hofer and Geert Wilders in The Netherlands both fell flat in their races.
In the end, though, the details fell flat, and I remain unable to grasp what people, both in life and in this novel, experienced as they sat before Marina Abromović.
New releases like Fox's comedy "Stuber" and Paramount's horror "Crawl" were no match for the Marvel superhero, as they fell flat with $8 million and $11.5 million opening weekends, respectively.
Despite a steep 53 percent decline, the weekend haul of "Glass" was enough to top box office charts as newcomers "The Kid Who Would Be King" and "Serenity" fell flat.
Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) says Congress must act because President Obama didn't provide lawmakers with a strategy for ISIS and his plan for closing the prison at Gitmo fell flat.
Brazil started its effort to lure outside capital two decades ago, but it fell flat after initially enticing more than 100 companies, said Decio Oddone, head of Brazil's oil regulator.
But as in 2008, when her attacks on the broadly liked Barack Obama fell flat, going negative on Sanders has only served to alienate liberals that Clinton ultimately needs to convince.
Late last year, the comedian was booed offstage at a juvenile diabetes event in Denver over an anti-Trump routine that fell flat with the crowd, The New York Post reported.
The new look fell flat with consumers as the trendy keto diet went mainstream, hurting the company's recruiting efforts during the early part of the first quarter, the critical diet season.
And on stage, when asked what she considers feminism to be, and if she considered herself a feminist, McCullough stumbled, eventually side-stepping, and finishing with an answer that fell flat.
But the first result of the Rio Olympics is already in, and here's what happened: The International Olympic Committee, after blowing a chance to be strong, fell flat on its face.
The jokes that fell flat Chris Rock generally got a lot of laughs -- even if some of them were uncomfortable -- but a couple of gags just didn't work for the audience.
The chain's "eat fresh" motto fell flat as franchisees told Business Insider in late 2017 that they were stuck serving "mushy and rotten vegetables," while competitors rolled out locally grown ingredients.
According to a detailed account in the Disney-owned ESPN the Magazine, Mr. Iger's legendary charm fell flat with the league owners, who opted for a rival bid on Jan. 12.
Though there were high-profile campaigns to unionize digital media companies (including VICE Media) and raise the minimum wage to $15, some major organizing efforts in the manufacturing sector fell flat.
Bailey's attempt to combine his designer job with that of CEO between 2014 and 2017 - an unusual dual role in fashion - fell flat and he relinquished his CEO position in July.
The unofficial offer, which covers commitments made while a member of the club, roughly doubles Britain's initial $7003 billion pledge, made in September, which fell flat with the European Union leadership.
Mr. Carter's so-called "malaise" speech is famously remembered as a lay sermon that fell flat, but it was a crafted performance meant to address, overtly and covertly, three political questions.
But the entrance poll suggests those attacks fell flat: Sanders won about a third of the vote in organized-labor households, the same percentage he captured among those in nonunion households.
Sometimes she captured crowds with a rousing speech; at other times, she circled back to stock phrases that fell flat with audiences, echoing many other candidates in the crowded Democratic field.
British Prime Minister Theresa May was again under pressure on Friday over her Brexit deal, after her pleas to EU leaders for more assurances over their tentative divorce deal fell flat.
The Echo Society came to life after its members, all friends in LA, attended a 2013 orchestral performance that fell flat due to what they felt was a lack of local heart.
"Grease" is not known for its sparkling repartee, and the dialogue in "Grease: Live" -- some of it delivered by cast members who are better singers or dancers than actors -- often fell flat.
As in recent elections in Portugal and Spain, the emphasis on economic competence fell flat with voters, says Dan O'Brien of the Institute of International and European Affairs, a Dublin think-tank.
But efforts to drive a wedge between the EU institutions and the IMF, and isolate IMF Europe director Paul Thomsen, a veteran of six years of acrimonious negotiations with Athens, fell flat.
While Microsoft's event felt like it embodied the resurgence of the company under the leadership of Satya Nadella, Google I/O — and especially its various, somewhat scattershot keynotes — fell flat this year.
She has used a number of campaign slogans, messages and hashtags, including "I'm with her," which fell flat with some Democrats, who argued it did not pinpoint a rationale for her election.
On Sunday, director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney told Fox News it was a "badly considered joke that she said fell flat," criticizing the leaker of the comment.
At the theatre, he made a joke to the cashier at the concession stand about Red Vines, which fell flat in a way that embarrassed everyone involved, but Margot most of all.
New beverage concoctions in its Frappucino line fell flat with consumers and shoppers largely ignored the in-store merchandise Starbucks tried them while waiting in line to order their non-fat lattes.
But the efforts fell flat: "The Last Jedi" was no match for a holdover local comedy, "The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes," which took in an estimated $86.7 million.
Democrats were able to move forward on the resolution — which ran into some initial hurdles within the caucus — after they largely agreed that White House attempt to justify the attack fell flat.
But after Tagged's newer apps fell flat, it's now decided to sell for $250 million in cash to MeetMe, a fellow social discovery network formerly known as myYearbook that went public in 2014.
When the editing argument fell flat, because O'Keefe is situated on the right side of the political spectrum, the narrative changed again:  He's not a real journalist and therefore shouldn't be taken seriously.
New beverage concoctions in its Frappucino line fell flat with consumers and shoppers largely ignoring the in-store merchandise Starbucks tried to sell them while they were queued up to buy their coffees.
It was a surprising move, given the party's historic support for deregulation  The Trump administration has not specified what a modern Glass-Steagall should include, and the idea fell flat among Republican lawmakers.
Ballez was born in 2011, after Pyle and friends saw a dance that literally fell flat—the performers were mostly seen listless on the floor, challenging traditional perceptions of what dance can be.
It's like the track world went back into its shell again, like, 'Oh gosh, look at what happened, someone tried to do something different, something out of the box,' and it fell flat.
But the party's message of economic redistribution fell flat among the C2s, significantly more of whom remained in the Conservative column, preferring the Brexit and anti-immigration priorities of Prime Minister Theresa May.
While Tsitsipas, in Federer's words, was "as hard as nails", the Swiss great converted only one of the 12 break points as his hopes of a seventh title at the season-ender fell flat.
On Sunday, director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney told Fox News it was a "badly considered joke that she said fell flat," and he bemoaned whoever leaked the internal conversation.
" Uzra Zeya, a former acting assistant secretary and principal deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, said that "Pompeo's claims of reinvigorated American leadership in the region fell flat.
That's why four years after Sean Parker's chat roulette website Airtime fell flat, he's reviving it as a mobile chat room where friends can share photos, music, and videos that they all experience simultaneously.
That fell flat; it was too evocative of advertisements for medication that show patients relaxing on the beach, as though their everyday life would suddenly be replaced by an eternal vacation in San Diego.
The auction is the eighth group of fields put on the block since an inaugural Mexico tender in July 2015, which fell flat as crude prices were in the midst of a protracted slide.
But for all of that sly and sneaky marketing, McDonald's is now dealing with the fallout from a very tone-deaf ad that was meant to be sentimental, but fell flat, if not downright offensive.
He shows up at the resort the women are staying in, plants himself on the couch, starts crying, and describes how his relationship with Danielle L., which he was once so "optimistic" about, fell flat.
Those statements fell flat the following day as the president doubled down on his initial statements, blaming anti-white supremacist protesters for the violence and accusing what he dubbed an "alt-left" for the turmoil.
Efforts to draft her for a White House run last year fell flat, but she maintained her strong standing on the left, with many eagerly watching to see who she whether she would endorse Sanders.
The AirPods are an engineering marvel, and while some of the functionality of the Pixel Buds was interesting — mainly their ability to interface with the Pixel 2 for language translation — they fell flat on design.
Critics rating: 9%The live adaptation of "The Cat In the Hat" didn't capture the joy of Dr. Seuss' book and the humor fell flat, making this film an unimpressive portrayal of Dr. Seuss story.
And the joke fell flat, incensing viewers who are on gluten-free diets not because they hope to hop on a "trend," they say, but because they're genuinely ailing from food allergies or celiac disease.
But when called before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to answer questions about a scandal at his bank involving 2 million fake accounts that thousands of employees set up in customers' names, Stumpf's answers fell flat.
Whether it was nerves, a joke that fell flat or a little bit of both, the retired admiral is best remembered these days for addressing the audience during his opening statement with an unusual question.
In the Patriots' three biggest tests — Week 9 at Baltimore, Week 14 against Kansas City and Week 17 against Miami (with a first-round bye on the line) — they fell flat and lost each time.
At the studio in Atlanta, a Vaynerchuk bit on Joe Rogan and paywalled podcasting fell flat, while his pronouncements of "That was fresh!" after listening to a new Lil Keed song may have dated him.
We&aposve gathered up a list of the 2019 shows that people were most excited for and then let down by, along with other series heavily promoted by networks and streaming services that fell flat.
The beloved director, producer and actor was at LAX when he raised a topic he and millions of other Americans find intriguing: why The New York Times bombshell on Trump's alleged tax evasion totally fell flat.
Should Tuesday's vote fail, it would be an unalloyed embarrassment for a party that finally gained control of the White House, Senate, and House in January but still fell flat on its promise to uproot Obamacare.
A number of them fell flat during big points in the second set tiebreak and again at the close of the fourth set, and the Serb might cringe if he subjected himself to a video review.
But whether the line was a premeditated attempt to frame himself as a silver-haired reincarnation of the 40th president or plain old unoriginality, it still fell flat, prompting only very tepid laughter from the crowd.
Instead, it woke up to a handful of political April Fools' Day jokes that fell flat — with many saying the truth of the 13 presidential contest is stranger than any fiction a politician could cook up.
The global beer conglomerate decided now was the time to swallow the roughly 70% it does not already own of Craft Brew Alliance, which also owns Kona and other brands, after its share price fell flat.
An overwrought pregame show hosted by the actor and comedian Kevin Hart fell flat — and reviews of the singer Fergie's rendition of the national anthem were even worse — so the occasion was by no means perfect.
But they had the AI lab back at MIT, so there were all these promises, all this stuff is gonna be amazing, we're gonna solve all these things in a few years, and it fell flat.
European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde's call on governments to act more decisively fell flat as Germany and the Netherlands came out forcibly against a push by Italy, Spain, Portugal and France to issue joint bonds.
Series like Star Wars Battlefront, Titanfall, and Call of Duty have at various times eschewed a single-player campaign entirely, while Bethesda's attempt to turn Fallout into a connected multiplayer world with Fallout 76 largely fell flat.
" However, a rep for Fergie says the stunt was simply a well-intentioned, albeit ill-timed, joke, telling PEOPLE: "It was a gag that everyone at the table came up with that fell flat due to timing.
However, a prime-time address delivered from the Oval Office earlier this month fell flat, a memory that could deter the President from selecting the audience-less venue for an annual tradition he actually likes to observe.
Presented an opportunity to reverse their sinking fortunes and send a message to the rest of the N.F.C. East, the Giants fell flat, pancaking against the Eagles, the defending Super Bowl champions, in a prime-time letdown.
The release of their report, ordered by President Trump in March and published Thursday, is a first step on the long road to reforming Fannie and Freddie after a 2012 attempt by the Obama administration fell flat.
The company has looked to a range of efforts to make up for the lost ground, including a software push that fell flat, as well as virtual reality and a partnership with sporting goods maker Under Armour.
The President's remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast and State of the Union fell flat for millions of religious Americans who are suffering under his administration's policies, including those who are religious minorities, LGBTQ, poor and migrants.
He was unrelenting in his optimism and his push for love and healing, a message he stubbornly pushed throughout the primary even as it consistently fell flat with voters energized by a fervent dislike of President Trump.
The pair riffed on his difficulty judging crowd size and Melissa McCarthy's Emmy-winning send-up of Spicer, but the skit fell flat to many viewers who called the Emmys out on normalizing the ex-Trump mouthpiece.
While the charges leveled by the prosecutor played well to a public thirsty for justice, they fell flat in a court of law, where charges must be met with enough proof to sustain them beyond a reasonable doubt.
And while we don't need to get into the details here, suits from telecoms and trade associations aiming to prevent the rules from taking effect fell flat and everything, amazingly, went more or less as the FCC planned.
Paramount reduced its exposure to risk by co-financing Ben-Hur with MGM, but this weekend's results push Viacom's studio further into the loser category after earlier this year "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Zoolander" sequels fell flat.
Melania and Ivanka Trump acknowledged International Women's Day on Twitter, but their messages fell flat with many social media users who were quick to point out their close connection to the president and his troubling past with women.
Worst production decision: JC: I don't know how they could've done it beyond actually filming at some kind of race track (an impossibility given the constraints on the production), but the big race at Thunder Road fell flat.
The final few seasons of the show depicted significantly fewer incidents of sexual violence and graphic nudity, but when the show no longer dispensed these tactics to define and build their women characters, their story arcs fell flat.
The release of their report, ordered by President Trump in March and published Thursday, is a critical first step on the long road to reforming Fannie and Freddie after a 2012 attempt by the Obama administration fell flat.
The backstory: In November, Disney wrote down $229 million of its initial $400 million investment in Vice 3 years ago, shortly after reports suggested that the company was expected to lose $50 million as its revenue fell flat.
But after a choreographed drumbeat of new agreements to be signed at what aides said was the 35th Anglo-French summit, the overtures, including the loan of the 11th century Bayeux Tapestry, fell flat in Britain's eurosceptic media.
The Beach Boys even referred to the "T-Bird" in one of their hit songs "Fun, Fun, Fun"... ...But Ford's attempt to release an updated version in 2002 with retro styling fell flat, and the car was eventually discontinued.
Her request to establish a committee specifically focused on developing and advancing a Green New Deal mostly fell flat with Democratic leadership, which has instead empaneled a Select Committee on the Climate Crisis to be chaired by Florida Rep.
In Europe, an ambitious effort to build an early warning system fell flat during European Parliament elections in May, producing no alerts, despite Russian disinformation campaigns that officials said were designed to sway public opinion and depress voter turnout.
And Mr. Cuomo's plan to revitalize upstate New York's economy by creating a series of high-tech hubs fell flat, at least temporarily, when several of his advisers were indicted in September in a corruption inquiry involving those projects.
Sony's last attempt to reboot the legendary wall-crawler fell flat; both films in its "The Amazing Spider-Man" series failed to surpass the worldwide gross for any of the movies in the original "Spider-Man" trilogy that concluded in 2007.
In the 1970s it pioneered a then-novel type of mouse and graphical user interface-controlled computer called the Alto, but it fell flat when executives took over the project and tried to sell "Xerox Star" models priced at over $16,000.
ANKARA/BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany said on Friday it was reviewing applications for arms projects from Turkey, accusing its NATO ally of ramping up covert operations as an attempt by a Turkish minister to calm a deepening bilateral crisis fell flat.
Saturday Night Live was roundly criticized last week for pulling punches on the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal that has rocked Hollywood, allegedly cutting jokes regarding the producer during dress rehearsal because they "fell flat," according to the New York Times.
His second proposed distinction, that police protection operates in the shadows while a playground would be "publicly visible" and "the church gets points for telling people in the community that the state paid for this improvement to their church", fell flat.
But only a few years after BlackBerry's BB10 experiment fell flat, the KEYone, with its solid, relatively untouched version of Android, and with its trademark hard plastic keys, feels like an old friend you're glad decided to pay a visit.
It's about changing the very core of how one or the other operating system would operate, and it's something Microsoft fell flat on its face attempting with Windows 8, and something Google has struggled with in respect to Chrome and Android.
The Hurricanes fell flat in Wednesday's 4-1 loss at Calgary, dropping three points out of the final berth in the Eastern Conference, while the Jets' 43-3 loss to Dallas on Tuesday put them nine points back in the West.
A bill with a similar deal fell flat in the House, with lawmakers saying that a deal to reopen the government by trading wall funding for immigration benefits for so-called Dreamers doesn't stand a chance in the lower chamber.
After its attempt to sell shares in Budweiser Brewing Company APAC fell flat in July, AB InBev sold the unit's low-growth Australian division to Japan's Asahi, then relaunched the process last week with backing from Singapore state investment fund GIC.
With its frontseat singalongs, "Carpool Karaoke" has proved humanizing for untouchable stars like Justin Bieber and Mariah Carey (and further endeared fans to Adele and Michelle Obama), but forcing it live at the Grammys, sans a real vehicle, fell flat.
Aguilera has added pressure because her last two albums, 2010's Bionic and 2012's Lotus, both fell flat, leaving her without a successful or clearly defined solo musical identity, and sparked endless think pieces about why she failed to gain traction.
While his opening monologue, which was actually just a Broadway-caliber production of David Bowie's "Let's Dance," and the cold open sketch where he played Jared Kushner were home runs, others (we're looking at the return of Sully and Denise) fell flat.
Melania and Ivanka Trump acknowledged the start on Women's History Month on Twitter this week, but their messages fell flat with many social media users — who quickly pointed out their close connection to the president, and his eyebrow-raising personal history with women.
Reed said he believes that one big driver for evangelicals will be the specter of impeachment for Trump, comparing the potential blowback to what happened in the 1998 midterms when Republicans fell flat after backlash over the impeachment of former President Clinton.
On Thursday, Starbucks warned that 2018 global same-store sales growth would be at the low end of its forecast, after holiday merchandise and limited-time seasonal drinks fell flat with U.S. customers during what is traditionally a blockbuster year-end quarter.
But Girardi overcame his own mistakes in that game and came out on top, in part because Francona's ace, Corey Kluber, was ineffective for a second time in this series in Game 5 and in part because Cleveland's best hitters fell flat.
Although they were equal partners in running the company and were aligned in what Mr. Black refers to as their core values — "if you lead with kindness," he said, "you're not going to kick someone in the shins afterward" — they fell flat romantically.
At first his efforts to play stride piano — a style, popularized by pianists like James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, that requires a long reach with the left hand and a wide range of tempos — fell flat because his hands were too small.
In the general, Kemp and Republicans tried to frame her as a radical leftist, a caricature that mostly fell flat for the simple reason it was demonstrably false -- having served as state House minority leader, Abrams had a record to prove it.
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 44%With an engaging ensemble cast and Mindy Kaling leading the writers, Hulu's "Four Weddings and Funeral" seemed like a no-brainer, but most critics thought the new take on the Hugh Grant rom-com classic fell flat.
Soon after the Western Wall deal fell flat, the Israeli Knesset floated an enormously divisive bill, which would have granted full control over conversions to Judaism within Israel back to the ultra-Orthodox chief rabbinate (they lost that authority one year ago).
"Whether it is launching companies like Virgin Brides and Virgin Cola that fell flat on their face, making the wrong call on investments, or simply forgetting to return a call or send an email, I have made hundreds of mistakes," the Virgin Group founder writes.
The 24-year-old American had struggled to a five-bogey one-under-par 70 in the afternoon winds on Thursday but his plans to make a move in calmer conditions on Friday morning fell flat as his usually reliable putting game failed him.
Where the automation fell flat: The idea was for residents to apply for food stamps, Medicaid, and other benefits through call centers, the internet, and fax machines, but when residents started complaining about long wait times, lost documents, and improper rejections, the deal was off.
The comments come after a late-night meeting among House GOP groups on Tuesday fell flat, and lawmakers appear to be heading home at the end of the week for a recess without any tangible progress toward a deal to revive their healthcare bill.
The play looked botched early, a ball simply driven into a clutch of players in the goalmouth, but it hit a couple and fell flat right at Horan's feet: She pounced and roofed her shot, and it's 3-0 at the half-hour mark.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Opposition calls for mass protests against Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila fell flat on Monday when only a handful of people showed up, undermining efforts to oust him after his refusal to quit on expiry of his mandate last year.
A deal led by retail investor Sam Ben-Avraham to buy Barneys New York out of bankruptcy fell flat in court Thursday, making the brand licensing company, Authentic Brands, the likely winner in an auction for the luxury department store, people familiar with the situation told CNBC.
House conservatives made several attempts to overthrow BoehnerJohn Andrew BoehnerLobbyists race to cash in on cannabis boom Rising star Ratcliffe faces battle to become Trump's intel chief This little engine delivers results for DC children MORE before he retired from office in 2015, but all fell flat.
Read more: The top 10 qualities that US voters want most in a presidential candidate, according to a new INSIDER pollBut that message fell flat with a lot of voters who saw her as a perpetuation of the status quo and establishment politics associated with corruption.
The right-wing news site he went on to found in 2010, The Daily Caller, was a far cry indeed from a conservative New York Times: Its scoops largely fell flat, and, like most other ideologically driven web operations, it soon specialized in producing opinion and takes.
Diplomats said that Pence's message of reassurance fell flat on European officials who are concerned about contradictory messages from Washington regarding the future relationship between the US and the EU. And it adds to the list of subjects about which President Donald Trump and administration officials are confusing allies.
However complicated and perhaps uncapturable the meaning of camp in this context, there were a bunch of celebrities who fully committed to the theme and succeeded at conjuring the spirit of the aesthetic, even while others fell flat (or substituted long trains or architectural silhouettes for true camp).
Well I wrote about him last week and I said that the only debate that I ever wanted in nine years was on the Super Committee which was the Debt Cutting Committee which fell flat on its face but he wrote with great hope about how it might all work out.
A former aide did recall one joke that fell flat publicly: During a confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, Ms. Klobuchar asked Ms. Kagan whether she was on team Jacob or Edward, a reference to the "Twilight" series that was popular with teenage girls at the time.
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And he's made many of them: "Whether it is launching companies like Virgin Brides and Virgin Cola that fell flat on their face, making the wrong call on investments, or simply forgetting to return a call or send an email, I have made hundreds of mistakes," he writes in a post on his blog.
The lofty rhetoric, which harkened back to his less divisive predecessors, fell flat with anyone who's had a hard-working family member deported, faces the prospect of losing affording health care, or has watched the president appoint individuals with uncompromising anti-immigrant and xenophobic views to key policy positions that will impact our daily lives.
But the strategy fell flat, particularly in a state where the successful Republican Party playbook, which guided Mr. Christie and former governors Christine Todd Whitman and Thomas Kean to victory in an overwhelmingly Democratic state, has relied on winning over the large swath of New Jersey's independent voters with a message focused on pocketbook issues.
Lacy also described a time when she tested to see whether her ideas were being shot down just because of her gender: One day, Lacy conducted an experiment: After an idea she really believed in fell flat during a meeting, she asked a male colleague to present the same idea to the same group of people days later.
Despite reports of some French far-right groups embracing Pepe Le Pen, a New York Times analysis of social media activity concluded that American alt-right efforts to influence the French electorate with a deluge of memes and other viral content ultimately fell flat, largely due to "cultural gaps"—and the fact that memes often weren't translated into French.
Cruz, who followed speeches from rivals Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE and John Kasich, began by making a joke at Trump's expense that fell flat.
But on a night when the captain John Tavares played his 500th career game, and with a chance to put some real distance between themselves and the only team with a bona fide chance of knocking them out of a playoff spot, the Islanders fell flat in a dispiriting 4-1 loss to the surging Philadelphia Flyers.
Back in 33, Fisker's Karma plug-in luxury sedan fell flat on the market, bungled by quality issues and perhaps Elon Musk stealing the posh electric car show with the Model S. The Karma sort of lives on as the Karma Revero, but Fisker the man moved on to another project, and wanted nothing more than change — and also a challenge.
John HickenlooperJohn Wright HickenlooperPoll: Trump trails three Democrats by 10 points in Colorado The Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy MORE (D) have rolled out their own plans, and other candidates said they had proven capable of winning areas where Democrats fell flat in 2016.
Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth GillibrandCastro qualifies for next Democratic primary debates The Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries 2020 Democrats react to NYPD firing of officer in Garner case: 'Finally' MORE's attempt to make Thursday night's debate about women's issues and reproductive rights — it fell flat and no one else on stage was willing to throw her a lifeline.
The Stone has been wetting its feet there by presenting shows Friday and Saturday nights since June, and the few weekends I've been to the new space, it has appeared to foster the kind of open exchange that typified most nights on Avenue C. I've already heard startlingly successful group improvisations, and first-time bands of unlikely collaborators that gamely fell flat.
But after former special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerSpeier says impeachment inquiry shows 'very strong case of bribery' by Trump Gowdy: I '85033 percent' still believe public congressional hearings are 'a circus' Comey: Mueller 'didn't succeed in his mission because there was inadequate transparency' MORE's testimony in July initially fell flat for impeachment backers, Wednesday's hearing offered Democrats a platform to help build their impeachment case against Trump.
Schumer told reporters Wednesday that one of his top priorities will be to sharpen his party's economic message, which fell flat in several battleground states won last week by President-elect Donald 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.
No Democrats attended a lunch on Tuesday with 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 designed to reach an agreement to end the government shutdown and fund a border wall, as the president's attempt to force leaders back to the negotiating table fell flat.
Yet for Bill de BlasioBill de BlasioDe Blasio brushes off low poll numbers: 'The vast majority of Democratic voters are going to make their decision late' NYPD fires officer in Eric Garner case Senate Democrats push Trump to permanently shutter migrant detention facility MORE, his efforts to knock Donald 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 on climate change fell flat on the marble floor.
Raja KrishnamoorthiSubramanian (Raja) Raja KrishnamoorthiOvernight Health Care: Oversight chair plans to call drug executives to testify on costs | Biden airs anti-'Medicare for All' video | House panel claims Juul deliberately targeted kids House panel claims Juul deliberately targeted children, teens Dem lawmaker asks Mueller if Trump administration was vulnerable to blackmail MORE (D-Ill.), who opposed the budget bill, said the assurances from GOP leaders that the House will act on DACA fell flat with Democrats for the simple reason that Ryan has refused to promise action in the conclusive language McConnell has used.

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