As questioning went on, this claim became flimsier and flimsier. Sen.
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But a bee fence, though flimsier still, does the job.
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A caveat — these are just theories, some flimsier than others.
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These tabs are sturdy, so they shouldn't rip like flimsier versions.
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Back then, most companies were flimsier operations with unproven business models.
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Showbiz stories, built on dreams and funny-money, are flimsier still.
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The included cable is a bit flimsier and doesn't have a remote.
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But Hollywood's opposition to the measures may be flimsier than it seems.
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Some of the cases turned out to be flimsier than tissue paper.
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Its democracy — younger and flimsier than America's — survived a deeply corrupting presidency.
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You can force open the flimsier, hollow-core variety from either side.
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It axed that feature so that the screen could be thinner (and flimsier).
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Biden had vestigial good will, which we regarded as a less flashy and flimsier commodity.
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Compare that to other flimsier e-scooters where I'm always bracing myself for a potential accident.
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There are real barriers to creating a product like Facezam, but they're flimsier than they seem.
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What's worse, glaring problems with the way the quests are scripted make them feel even flimsier.
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She has a way of sending up the flimsier aspects of modern life without seeming glib.
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The replacement straws, which are often made of bamboo or other flimsier materials, can pose some challenges.
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To be clear: most luggage in this price range is made of a flimsier ABS-polycarbonate blend.
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People living in older or flimsier homes, however, will probably be better off heading for an evacuation shelter.
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Trump-sceptics worry that his hunger to strike a deal could lead him to accept far flimsier terms.
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This isn't the first time Pai's preference for flimsier broadband standards has been an issue at the agency.
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Suddenly, Irving's future is in doubt, and the once heralded supporting cast looks a little flimsier than expected.
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A former Chinese manager at the American company calls its promotion of a line of cheaper, flimsier dolls "arrogant".
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For example, provisions that would have subjected employers to damages and punitive damages for violations were made even flimsier.
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In the more serious Masada scenes, stereotypes persist and the characters, though tougher and less ridiculous, feel even flimsier.
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I like that they're flimsier and more easily packable than leftover containers, but sturdier than the average plastic bag.
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That case, even flimsier than the "Blurred Lines" one, has dragged on since 2014 and will continue in 2020.
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Now that narrative is flimsier than ever, as Trump blasted Putin for complicity in the reported gassing of children.
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"Taking that a step further into autos seems to me to be on even flimsier logical grounds," Trudeau said.
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If it didn't work against a Democrat, it's an even flimsier strategy against a fellow Republican, in a Republican primary.
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The stone buildings of Santo Domingo's colonial center survived its fierce winds, but the city's outskirts and flimsier dwellings didn't.
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That ends up being the most subtle thing about this movie, a feature-length adaptation of one of King's flimsier novellas.
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The equipment to vacuum-pack meat costs a few hundred thousand dollars, and its flimsier nature requires different methods of stacking.
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The sets, more detailed and realistic in evoking period Vienna, are often superior than the Royal's; the costumes' fabric look flimsier.
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The speeder bike comes with a Forest Trooper, but the entire thing looked and felt flimsier than the others, in my opinion.
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Trump's defense becomes even flimsier when you consider how others reacted to the purported Sondland-Trump call when they learned about it.
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In hot real estate markets like Washington, D.C., and Boston, what you get seems to shrink and grow flimsier by the month.
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Veins are flimsier than arteries because the blood that they carry from the body back to the heart is under much less pressure.
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It's the "too good to be true" business model of having a laptop that's thinner and lighter than Apple's MacBooks, but also flimsier.
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No. Superman isn't too happy with Batman – he's forgotten about the Martha connection, apparently – but then something even flimsier brings him to heel.
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Like the GorillaPod, stay away from clones; the stabilization isn't as good, the phone mounts are flimsier, and the battery life usually sucks.
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Margin debt petering out as stocks hit new highs suggest a flimsier rally and fewer investors willing to take on more risk, says Suttmeier.
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At the same time, carriers have been among the slowest to adopt two-factor, with most preferring easily bypassed PINs or even flimsier security questions.
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And those who still try to cross the central Mediterranean are attempting longer, more dangerous journeys in flimsier craft that they can hide more easily.
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And it is a reminder, as Hollywood plots have grown both flimsier and more complex, of the virtues of a simple, straightforward story told well.
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But American insurers routinely restrict the use of costly drugs—only their approach disproportionately affects those of very modest means, since they have flimsier insurance plans.
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But the "proof" that Paddock is a lefty is much flimsier than the "proof" that he's tied to ISIS—which is to say, it's pretty nonexistent.
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The administration has also been pushing the adoption of much cheaper and flimsier policies that compete with A.C.A. plans by issuing new rules on association plans.
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It's not satisfyingly explained why she decided to catch a cross-country flight because of some pesky nightmares, but horror stories have been predicated on far flimsier premises.
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It's not a stretch to think that putting our girls in tighter, frillier, flimsier clothes can imprint them with outdated notions about what they can and should do.
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Several industry sources say the second half of that backlog is flimsier than the first and that many buyers have more flexibility than planemakers would like to admit publicly.
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With the long-delayed arrival of a 140-pound Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino at UFC 198 next month, the restrictions around women in MMA's most recognizable promotion are flimsier than ever.
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"Leftover in China," the flimsier of the two, examines the phenomenon of sheng nu, or "leftover women" — highly educated, ambitious women who cannot find partners, or so the story goes.
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Frontex says this has allowed people smugglers to maximize their profits by using flimsier boats, providing tiny amounts of fuel or food, and sometimes removing the engines, resulting in more casualties.
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But the green projects into which many polluting firms pour money often lack robust certification or oversight, leaving their environmental credentials much flimsier than the glossy annual reports which describe them.
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The progressive-controlled media then took over, publicizing even flimsier allegations and salacious rumors that would make the National Enquirer blush, in order to further muddy the waters surrounding his nomination.
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The reduced but now better-known version of the ballet sanctioned by Balanchine in his final years ("I was bored with it," he told a colleague) is "Apollo"-lite: neater, flimsier, entirely less transporting.
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The whole thing is also still far flimsier (and prone to error if you mess up the wiring) than a regular power pack, which, in addition to being safer and more reliable, is also rechargeable.
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In that piece, the Times indicated that the NGO boats that have moved ever closer to the coast of Africa over the last three years may have actually encouraged flimsier boats, and riskier refugee voyages.
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READMENice and cheap for noise-canceling headphonesFeel a little flimsier than Sony's expensive noise-canceling headphonesSound just like like Sony's expensive noise-canceling headphonesUnfortunately do not cancel noise as well as Sony's expensive noise-canceling headphones
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While Thursday's decisions to cut off government funding and invite competition from flimsier, cheaper plans will jostle a vulnerable market, many of the major insurance companies say they will remain in the state marketplaces next year.
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Yes, HTC has a whole design philosophy underpinning the many angles of symmetry and the depth of reflections of its so-called Liquid Surface, but in the end it just makes the phone flimsier and more vulnerable.
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Plus, the heightened competition and pressure to deploy unprecedented levels of dry powder has also led to weaker lending standards and flimsier loan covenants, resulting in more "sloppy" deals that will need to be restructured, Mahoney said.
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While a big, absorbent roll of tissue may not be the most aesthetically pleasing accoutrement on your dinner table, it seems to be the main choice among younger consumers who see buying flimsier paper napkins as redundant.
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By ordering team trainers to maintain separate files about players' health — one for themselves and a flimsier one for the industry at large, as first reported by ESPN's Buster Olney — the Padres were clearly seeking a competitive advantage.
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The Holiday is a little flimsier than It's Complicated, but it sticks with me because of its two fantastic protagonists (played by Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet), two great houses, two romantic leads, and one very adorable old man.
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For months, I've been imploring headphone makers to get with the times — a majority of smartphones and laptops now charge via USB-C — but most of them kept updating their flagship models while keeping the flimsier and now outdated MicroUSB standard.
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The bag is a flimsier plastic, but the postcard — with one of United's coastal hubs — is a fun touch, and the eye mask, earplugs, chapstick, and toothbrush/toothpaste should help you get comfortable on the relatively quick coast-to-coast flight.
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So even if you&aposre able to save a few dollars on the initial purpose by buying something that&aposs a bit flimsier, you&aposll have to exercise your credit card again when you find your gear starting to rip after a few cycles.
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As it is, this show all too neatly cleaves Giacometti's career into two separate parts, interrupted and wholly transformed by World War II. He was stuck in Geneva during the fighting, where he crafted itsy-bitsy figures standing on relatively large boxes, and when he got back to Paris the figures grew taller, flimsier, more cadaverous.
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Later boxes were simpler flimsier cardboard in a cream tone with blue lettering and plastic paper windows. By that time, the hard plastic clear acrylic display boxes were apparently no longer offered.
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Hurdia was a predator, or possibly a scavenger. Its frontal appendages are flimsier than those of Anomalocaris, suggesting that it fed on less robust prey. It displayed a cosmopolitan distribution; it has been recovered from the Burgess shale as well as sites in the USA, China and Europe.
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The band name is usually translated into English as "Collapsing New Buildings". (English: "new buildings") is a general term referring to buildings constructed in Germany after 1945. These are often regarded as cheaper, flimsier, and less aesthetically attractive than , or pre-1945, especially pre-modernist buildings. Due to the extensive destruction throughout Germany during the Second World War, and the extensive rebuilding thereafter, constitute a very familiar element of German cities.
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Born into a Jewish family, although his "identification" as a Jew is "flimsier than most",Ian Katz "Did we do this?", The Guardian, 24 May 2001. he spent the first ten years of his life in South Africa. At that point, Katz and his family moved to London.Charlotte Edwardes "To Jeremy Paxman my ideas were ‘preposterous’, ‘infantile’ or ‘completely lamentable’: Ian Katz lifts the lid on Newsnight", London Evening Standard, 12 September 2014.
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Salt is narrated from the dual perspective of central characters Barlei and Petja, who function as representatives of Senaar and Als, respectively. Barlei is a senior military official—effectively a dictator—beholden to the well-defined hierarchy of the colony of Senaar. Petja, a wayfaring Alsist to begin with, hardens into a charismatic terrorist, resolved to resist a Senaar campaign that uses ever flimsier pretexts to continue destruction of the Als collective.
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Endurance: The CD jewel case has a tight and firm grip of the CD because of the tray's "teeth" or "lock". Because of this, even if the CD jewel case is turned upside-down, left, or right, the CD is held in place. Flimsier cases may cause the CD to become loose, or even fall out. Also, since the jewel case is made of plastic, it is sturdier compared to cardboard, paper, or foams.
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The Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DS and PlayStation 2 versions received "mixed" reviews, while the Wii and PC versions received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Variety gave the game a mixed review and stated: "To be fair, there isn't a word yet for "post-ultimate" destruction, but the lack of a subtitle is appropriate for this flimsier and less ambitious game that's unlikely to set off a rampage to videogame stores".
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General Sherman himself was with the troops. The gunboats got through Steele's Bayou and Black Bayou by the end of the second day, and there Sherman overtook them. He saw that the overgrowth would be a serious obstacle; while the armored gunboats could push aside the limbs in their path, the smokestacks and upper works of the flimsier transports would be severely battered. Nevertheless, Porter decided to push on, and Sherman returned to bring up the rest of his soldiers.
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Not unfunny, but a whole lot flimsier than what 'Community' is capable of so much of the time." Ology's Emily Cheever said "'Foosball And Nocturnal Vigilantism' was one of the best episodes of Community, nay television, I've ever seen... Community has the reputation that it's hard to get new viewers due to irreverence and self- referencial humor. It's hard to always appreciate the benefits of Community when you don't know what's going on. But this episode filled my living room with belly laughs from start to finish.
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In many species, the adult females lack wings and are therefore difficult to identify accurately. Case-bearer cases are usually much smaller, flimsier, and consist mainly of silk, while bagworm "bags" resemble caddisfly cases in their outward appearance - a mass of (mainly) plant detritus spun together with silk on the inside. Bagworm cases range in size from less than 1 cm to 15 cm among some tropical species. Each species makes a case particular to its species, making the case more useful to identify the species than the creature itself.
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