Do-Nothing Boards of Directors of mutual funds that summarily approve excessive investment advisory fees.
But it has impressed New Yorkers accustomed to politics-as-usual and to do-nothing mayors enmeshed in party machines.
At home, both parties dig in their heels, Congress in a do-nothing standstill.
In fact, Tikehau is the antidote to all that: the ultimate do-nothing island.
Harry Reid, the majority leader of the current do-nothing Senate, not long ago summed up his feelings about our nominee.
Democrats could dig in their heels, hoping to run against a "do-nothing Congress" -- but then Republicans would get credit for any legislative victories.
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The conservative impulse is to prefer do-nothing government to do-something-dumb government.
Horrified when the do-nothing crowd suggested I was taking sides, or losing my objectivity, I was forced to confront this charge, and examine our Golden Rule.
In particular, delaying doing anything has led to a continued do-nothing equilibrium for employers, whose hesitancy to hire in light of this uncertainty has kept unemployment growth tepid.
And, in crossing party lines, Mr Giuliani has sometimes slipped into New York's traditional do-nothing-Democrat mode: he has, for instance, made little effort to tame New York's municipal unions.
So until recently they hardly ever seriously considered or modeled the do-nothing scenario, which is a tripling (820 ppm) or quadrupling (1100 ppm) of preindustrial levels of carbon dioxide over the next hundred years or so.
When Republicans complain about him doing this, we invite them to end their misery, pass the American Jobs Act and prevent -- deprive the President of the capacity of running against Congress as a do-nothing Congress.
But I gave in to the resort's do-nothing siren song, spending the mornings snorkeling in the lagoon and the broiling afternoons in my over-water bungalow, watching candy-colored fish through my floor, moving to my deck as shade began to cross it, eventually descending the steps to bid the parrot fish good night.
"He was also very clear that we would do nothing -- nothing -- that was against the law or against our obligations internationally, " Rice said during an appearance at a Washington school.
It has nothing to do -- (laughter) -- no, no, this has nothing to do -- we have been absolutely clear about the fact that this operation used a tactic that originated in a field office that was flawed, that was wrong, and that had terrible consequences for the Terry family, and should not have been employed.
It's a mind-boggling array of billions of individual decisions--to buy, sell or do nothing--as well as the activities of countless numbers of entrepreneurs and businesses.
But, she adds, "just because you cannot do everything does not mean you should do nothing"--not exactly a prescription for when to go in and when to stay out.
Lovely details include bottles of organic white peach juice in the fridge, jars of homemade wild blueberry jam, and canvas beach chairs and umbrellas--everything you need to do absolutely nothing in full-barrelled comfort.
The Jamaican is in the midst of a two-year window which some athletes seem to reach in their careers where they can do nothing wrong - a purple patch.
Carroll made a fine double save to palm out Heskey's header and then tip away the striker's follow-up but could do nothing about Scharner's far-post effort.
"They have made their own government decisions - having nothing to do with the sanctions - that have had an impact on the economic conditions inside of the country, " she said.
The good stuff--dryish, refined, compulsively drinkable--has nothing to do with cold duck or cough-medicine-y, five bucks a pop, small "c" "champagne": Different grapes, different process, a whole different mind-set.
There are still question about doctors giving antibiotics to patients with viral infections like the common cold - antibiotics do nothing against viruses.
But the allure of spending 14 days on a cargo vessel-turned-cruise ship had nothing to do with the bare-boned interior of the Aranui 3.
Who are these dedicated, do-gooders who want nothing more in life than to save us from plunging over the cliff while solving our national debt problems and return prosperity to all Americans?
There was nothing I could do - maybe if I chopped off my leg or something - but there was nothing on me at all.
Exxon Enterprises was typical, investing in high-tech businesses that had nothing to do with oil exploration -- losing out in word processors and computerized speech recognition.
But in my view the long-term problem of entitlements has almost nothing to do with the short-term problems with the economy.
But authorities are also on the wrong side of long-term, demographic pressures that have nothing to do with tackling the deficit - because people are living longer, the total cost of looking after older people is increasing relentlessly.
But say that widgets in general are dangerous, and widget-makers can do nothing about it.
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