| 单词 | off the hook |
| 例句 | “I need help with my essay,” I say, to get her off the hook. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I’m glad when she lets me off the hook by raising her hand. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, Toby had a special talent for getting people off the hook by making the teacher laugh. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days, an operator came on the line automatically whenever a phone came off the hook. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This time Daddy left it off the hook. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They hope it will get them off the hook, or at least allow them to plead guilty to a lesser charge, should a critic ever try to prove them wrong. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He threw back his head, but in doing so jerked the kettle off the hook, and when he turned, he was wearing it over his head like a black pumpkin. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She looked so genuinely sorry I just wanted to let her off the hook. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Sammy Wertzberger received two death threats before eight o’clock in the morning and before his parents took the phone off the hook. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “But if he were a true gentleman, he’d just vanish and let me off the hook and then I could go visit my sister.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But she didn’t feel this let Reggie off the hook, because his action didn’t have theoretical consequences but actual ones. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Sweat drips off the hook of his nose. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Officer X was off the hook, which meant that maybe he wouldn’t hate me more than he already did. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, he’s off the hook in case anybody ever starts trying to track down whoever else was in on that killing.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Larson tried to build a case for himself, tried to find a way to let himself off the hook for losing control. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z "My God, put a camera in front of that girl, and she'll shine like a diamond! Between the single men and the job opportunities, her phone is going to be ringing right off the hook!" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Anderson grinned and leaned over from the other side of Dad to tell me, “You’re off the hook, Brady. You won’t have to testify.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The phone makes that beeping noise once it’s off the hook for too long and I can hear it from the sliding door, where I’m standing, watching Dad pick up winter debris. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I yank an envirosuit off the hook and scramble to dress him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I pulled the phone off the hook and slammed it against the change part as hard as I could. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I understood what Noodles was saying, but I wasn't letting him off the hook. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z But she also knew better than to disrespect her elders, so she pulled on her boots before taking Aunt Rose’s coat and her own off the hook and making her way back to the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And still others, unable to tolerate the continual ringing going on in their houses, often left their phones off the hook for hours, occasionally days, which was an open invitation to get murdered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So I decide to let him off the hook. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, the phone was off the hook. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The police said to my father, “Well, you’re not off the hook, you still have to send one.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z We said we dialed the number by accident, and the police let us off the hook with a warning. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “We went to the shelter,” I explained, letting Mr. Ray off the hook. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He took the bag of seeds back off the hook and set them in front me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He was only interested in the results of the sale, knowing that his previous nineteen thousand, nine hundred fifty boxes had been sold and he was off the hook. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I snag the flashlight off the hook and swing the door open. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z His eyes flit across mine, begging me to let him off the hook. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I guess he got the hint, but instead of letting me off the hook, he started turning the cards over himself. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Except the office, where the telephone was off the hook, and the wires cut, same as in the kitchen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get back to Miss Leefolt’s, the phone rings off the hook the rest a the morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The old Paine Underwood would have eagerly picked up the phone and ranted, but the new Paine Underwood took Donna Underwood’s advice and let it ring off the hook. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I told your mom that the whole thing is my fault. You’re off the hook.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I remember I put out some set hooks late one Saturday, thinking if I caught a fish, it wouldn’t be a sin to take him off the hook next morning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Well, she’s right about that one,” Grandma said, letting Genie off the hook. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I shrugged, still not ready to let him off the hook, and grabbed a second slice of pizza. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He paused for a moment, perhaps imagining the life of a young New York woman whose phone rings off the hook. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z No way was Señora Mendez going to let me off the hook just because I rescued someone. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She would see it was off the hook. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Does that mean I’m off the hook with cleaning the bathroom?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z If not, it was a sure sign that one of the children had left the phone off the hook and who knew when Tono or Fela would discover it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She took her jacket off the hook and poked it above the suitcase, so that she had a free hand for the knob. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I was trying to think of a quick change of subject, to let him off the hook, but then he shifted in his chair and squinted across the room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At least I was off the hook for the rest of the day. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z As he got out of bed, Dewey promised his wife, “This time I’ll leave it off the hook.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Why should I be let off the hook and not her? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “You’ve seen the news,” I said, letting her off the hook. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z That’s the only thing that got me off the hook for now. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z My dad glanced at my mom and for one delirious second I thought I was off the hook, that somehow I’d exonerated myself, and that we could all just go back to business as usual. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to be lei off the hook.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Steven and Emilia could suggest something, and Matt would be off the hook. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ask for two or ten or three hundred melons, and the number lets you off the hook by replacing the article altogether. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “I understand,” I say and I smile, let her know she off the hook. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The coroner’s verdict on a death in police custody would often read, “Death due to multiple causes,” or some vague explanation that let the police off the hook. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull it off the hook and flip it on. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z His mother said, “The phone started ringing at six this morning. Your dad made me take it off the hook.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to call them for more news of what happened to them, but before I could pick up the receiver, the phone began to ring off the hook. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve been calling. We couldn’t get through. The phone, it’s off the hook or something.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it wasn’t cold, it seemed as if the kid ought to be covered, so the old man took his winter work jacket off the hook and laid that over him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And, because the shooting was unpremeditated, they were all off the hook, so long as they kept their mouths shut. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, I railed her about it, but then the fool started boo-hooing so I let her off the hook just so she’d shut up, told her it was her Christmas present. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z For the past week her phone had been ringing off the hook. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His father had given in, taken the receiver off the hook, and that was defeat enough. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He blushes and smiles, and I’m off the hook for now. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now get that little saucepan off the hook and tip them in,” he told her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, I was being very mean, and I never let anyone off the hook when I felt this way. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Probably off the hook or something,” she said, locking up the front door. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z With only five minutes left in class, it’s probable she’s forgotten the assignment she gave you, which means you’re off the hook. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “My turn,” Josh said to get me off the hook. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z At least if he gave it to the state cops he was off the hook. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I don’t want him to let me off the hook. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I hope that gets me off the hook. Tips, links and suggestions: What are you reading this week? 2013-07-02T16:56:39Z Demonstrators said the $25-billion foreclosure settlement let banks off the hook too easily. Settlement doesn't end all mortgage problems 2012-02-10T01:44:00Z His cellphone and land line were ringing off the hook. The gay man who got a surprise call from the pope: ‘I would like to give you a hug’ 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t take it off the hook, either. Dear Colleagues, Will You Please Mask Up? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The one not meeting an obligation at the moment is your ex — so, in fact, your letting him partway off the hook in his girlfriend’s time of need is an act of generosity, not greed. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A mother who’s sad for one daughter refuses to be happy for another 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z When your comrades are committing murders in a war zone, the documentary argued — letting Winfield off the hook too easily — not going along with them means risking getting killed yourself. ‘The Kill Team’ Review: Bullying on the Battlefield 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z It is a dark message, and seems almost to let us off the hook by steering us away from politics and social life and into the solipsistic darkness of our own mortality. Review | Artist Barbara Kruger is still right about everything. Let’s listen up. 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z So let’s go ahead and let your son off the hook for the bulk of the difficulty here. A 9-year-old pushes boundaries with his baseball coach — aka dad 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z In short, in retrospect, my treating it lightly took him off the hook, and harmed no one. Carolyn Hax: Readers dish on charitable giving, paternity leave and social situations The kindly purpose is to let Sandy and Bro off the hook they perceive themselves to be on. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Build the wall? But we’re family! 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z “Our phone is ringing off the hook with 911 calls from studios to do conversions.” Conversion of Movies to 3-D Draws Mixed Reactions 2010-04-02T22:40:00Z If yours does that, and your friend calls, embarrassed by her lapse, just take her off the hook. Social Q?s: Answers to Social Questions 2010-04-22T20:43:00Z Looking back on “Chappelle’s Show” and “Boondocks,” it’s clear that there was more than one way to let Kelly off the hook, and comedy was one of them. How ‘Chappelle’s Show’ and ‘The Boondocks’ Kept Us Laughing at R. Kelly 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z For while we have seen many comics skewer themselves in ways that slyly let themselves off the hook, Mr. Michael goes further than most to make himself unlikable and his arguments ring hollow. This May Be the Most Polarizing Comedy Special of the Year 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Sorry, but being a first daughter, or a general, doesn’t let anyone off the hook here. Perspective | NBC’s questioning of Ivanka Trump was more than appropriate. It should be just the start. 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Thomas clearly has affection for Alice — she takes her seriously — but she does not let her off the hook either, and eventually circles back to what put her on that table. Review: In ‘Dust,’ the Measure of a Life After Suicide 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z I don’t want to let Mayer’s male colleagues off the hook. Marissa Mayer’s new job 2012-07-17T23:13:00Z While Fonda isn’t opposed to alleged perpetrators returning to the world, she’s doesn’t recommend letting people easily off the hook. Jane Fonda: Accused #MeToo perpetrators should only return once they’ve “done the work” to... 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z You’re hoping for our own — because if common sense and mercy prevail, at least in this instance we are off the hook. Theater as Moral Meditation in ‘Catonsville Nine’ and ‘The Courtroom’ 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Which is not to say that the movie lets Ted Kennedy off the hook. Review: ‘Chappaquiddick’ Revisits a Grim ’60s Kennedy Scandal 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Congress is about to let airlines off the hook on this issue. More on bait-and-switch airfares My phone started ringing off the hook, and I still get calls when it airs in reruns. What’s Larry David really like? Ask his Maryland fraternity brothers. 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z You sound very forgiving for a guy famous for not letting people off the hook on film sets. Talk: James Cameron Is Ready for the Apocalypse 2012-04-05T02:53:01Z "People now think that if they hand you a bottle of wine, they're off the hook," said Judith Martin, a k a Miss Manners. On the Runway Blog: More Than Setting a Table: Rules From Experts 2012-11-28T23:57:45Z The magical winter wonderland proposal aside, still isn’t off the hook for its devolution into convolution this season. Downton Abbey Watch: Life is a Game 2012-02-20T13:45:28Z While I understand feeling defensive, please let yourself off the hook. Carolyn Hax: Feeling besieged by questions about plans for having children 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z “She let me off the hook pretty easily,” he said. One T.S.A. Line Worth the Wait 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z This poses a problem: how to get Kilgrave to slip up, and give Jones the evidence she needs to get Hope off the hook for murdering her parents? ‘Jessica Jones’ Episode 9: Locked Room Mystery 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z If the playwright doesn’t let us off the hook of history, it is because he understands that only through an honest historical reckoning can a richer humanity be found. Resilience and dignity are the rich, bluesy music of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Not that Stone lets the current US president off the hook. Oliver Stone: how America went wrong 2013-04-15T17:07:33Z Devine doesn’t let anyone off the hook; the book can also be used as an alternative guide to the true history of certain city buildings, landmarks and statues. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z This is a portrait that “takes the photographer seriously without letting him and his self-mythologizing off the hook.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Ramsay, filming in lurid reds and unblinking close-ups, lets no one off the hook here; this is truly a domestic horror story, with no easy answers and nobody blameless. 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' is unsettling and sticks with you 2012-03-01T23:08:29Z That’s not his only problem because he’s not off the hook for the Meat Cute melee. 'iZombie' recap: Blaine's World 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z The number of things to see and do in Gubbio can be daunting, but let yourself off the hook, as we did, and spend a few hours walking aimlessly. Overnighter: Frescoes and Festivals in an Umbrian Town 2012-10-28T05:00:23Z “The Big C” is unlikely to let Cathy magically off the hook. Television Review: Laura Linney in Showtime?s Cancer Comedy 2010-08-15T22:05:00Z The problem with birthright is that it lets the rest of us off the hook. From “Star Wars” to our wars: What the Force has in common with “Thank you for your service” 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z So if Cromwell is being rehabilitated before our eyes, he isn’t exactly being let off the hook, and his moral compass isn’t becoming any easier to define. 'Wolf Hall' Recap: Cromwell Shows Us His Two Sides 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z But Ensler isn’t letting her father — or any abuser — off the hook. Review | Eve Ensler waited decades for an apology from her abusive father. She finally wrote one herself. 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z “If I let myself off the hook this time, it would be easier for me to take plastic next time.” You’re Addicted to Plastic. Can You Go Cold Turkey? 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z It’s in this duality and unwillingness to let audiences off the hook that “Skinfolk: An American Show” plants its seeds of hope. Review: In ‘Skinfolk,’ the Joys of Blackness Burst From the Earth 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z “For too many years, when the Oscar nominations are revealed, my office phone rings off the hook with the media asking my opinion about the lack of African Americans,” he wrote. ‘Let’s do the right thing!’ How Spike Lee became Hollywood’s political conscience 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Such stars were no more let off the hook in Greed’s first cut than Persson or Ortega. The muzzling of Michael Winterbottom: how Sony censored Greed 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The movie’s piddling, perfunctory ending — its only major weakness — lets Jenny off the hook after another lapse. ‘Happy Christmas’ Stars Anna Kendrick 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Now that he has it, Mr. Harris doesn’t intend to let anyone off the hook. A Playwright Who Won’t Let Anyone Off the Hook 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z His agent Amanda Urban’s phone started “ringing off the hook. Publishers from all the over the world are calling saying ‘We got to get hold of it,’ ” his editor recalls. Bret Easton Ellis, the political outrage machine who has never voted for president 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z McDonagh lets the moment linger, which outwardly lets him off the hook. ‘The Forgiven’ Review: When the Haves Dispose of a Have-Not 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Which is to be expected, but even the utter lack of surprise around Engelhardt’s revelation doesn’t let us off the hook for a conversation about what happened and why it’s still important 40 years later. What I talk about when I talk about Woody Allen 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Otherwise, “when users are scapegoated, Silicon Valley is left off the hook.” It’s Time to Unfriend the Internet 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z “I’d put together a whole load of ideas, flew down from Vancouver… Eight o’clock the next morning, my phone was ringing off the hook—‘You’ve got the job. Meet the Unusual Director of the Fifty Shades of Grey Movie 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Like the survivors of the Parkland High School shooting, Thunberg resists being a walking symbol or letting people off the hook. ‘I Am Greta’ Review: Birth of a Climate Warrior 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z But Eaves rarely lets herself off the hook: she is searingly, often unflatteringly honest. Memoirs of an Insatiable Traveler 2011-06-03T17:37:30Z Which is not, crucially, the same as Kutcher wanting his friend to get off the hook. Are some stars and celebrity cases simply too famous to ensure that justice will be served? 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Shouldn’t I let one new dad neophyte off the hook for his enthusiasm? Motherlode Blog: When Did Childbirth Become Everyone's Business? 2011-11-16T20:31:01Z I had imagined you’d be relieved the show would be winding down and you’re soon to be off the hook, but it seems likelier now that your feelings are at best mixed. Game of Thrones Creators: ‘We Know What Happens in Each Scene’ of Season 8 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z On Twitter and elsewhere, he’s been outspoken about defending Cosby’s victims and about not letting Cosby off the hook, legally or culturally. Judd Apatow Stands Up 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Lee knows the past too well to ever let the present off the hook. Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z But this is very far from an attempt to let MPs off the hook. MPs duck out of The Duck House 2013-12-11T10:59:23Z But that kind of thinking lets us all off the hook. Robert F. Kennedy and Mr. Rogers: Two icons of masculine empathy sorely missed today 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Within a half hour of their ad going live, their phone was ringing off the hook. The couple that escorts together, stays together?: Inside the marriage of an adult-services power couple 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z "That sort of got us off the hook," said the soft-spoken jazz man. Bill Frisell to play 'Speedy' West at Portland Jazz Festival 2012-02-16T21:38:03Z In addition, Road Scholar is “not responsible for any injury, loss, or damage to person or property” — in other words, the fine print lets the organization off the hook. My things were stolen — why won’t Road Scholar reimburse me? 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Thomas pretty much lets O’Connor off the hook for her shabbiest moment on the court — her decisive role in the 5-to-4 travesty that was Bush v. An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z “It is not about letting yourself off the hook, it’s about self-acceptance.” 'You will have an emotional reboot': the ultimate guide to stress at every age 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Letting Pa off the hook and blaming the government was unmistakably the preferable option. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z And in this way circumvented a phone that was off the hook, and so forth. My Thanksgiving panic 2012-11-22T00:30:00Z The last time he did this, he never apologized for it, and I let him off the hook. Perspective | Ask Amy: Husband and wife disagree over work-life balance 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Here’s why : Airlines have written ticket contracts — in the industry they’re called contracts of carriage — that let them off the hook for anything beyond circumstances that they directly control. How to get an airline to compensate you — even when it doesn’t have to 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s yet another way to let yourself off the hook. Perspective | Ask Amy: Irish dancing leads to an uncomfortable jig 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z And when her accounts are challenged in the press, and charges of collaborating with and profiting from the horrors of the German past are lodged, none of us is let off the hook. In 'I Am My Own Wife,' a character to remember 2012-02-10T00:46:04Z They have the added benefit of letting the non-denial denier off the hook if and when more facts emerge that confirm the original report. Ask the Trump White House for comment and you might get a non-denial denial 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Any of these changes might be made out of respect, but they also let us in the audience off the hook. Wagner’s ‘Lohengrin’ Uses the Word ‘Führer.’ Keep It There. 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z With "The Pale King," the reader is off the hook, and free to take each part of this funny, shrewd, suspenseful, piercing, smart, terrifying and profound book as it comes. 2011's best -- so far! 2011-07-04T15:01:00Z The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Golden Compass and countless other stories that might seem blasphemous to the true believer get off the hook because they don’t exist in our conception of reality. Black magic surgeon: Doctor Strange brings the occult back to the big screen 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Using a mash-up of strategies and styles, the N.R.O. illuminates pervasive violence against Native Americans, but then, instead of letting perpetrators off the hook, urges us to do something with our guilt. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z If one says the filmmaker is cruel and misanthropic, it kind of lets one off the hook, and there’s something facile about that. Todd Solondz, patron saint of pessimism 2010-07-23T19:01:00Z Nowhere on this album does she let herself off the hook. Allison and Katie Crutchfield, Twins, Go Separate Ways 2012-08-30T13:34:19Z "It was a choice to help Jacoba and it was also a visual choice that allowed for Cline not to be let off the hook." "Our Father" filmmaker's ode to "Handmaid's Tale" as an IVF "horror story" of consent 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z He seems to imply that this task is left to the reader, but that leaves too much to us, and lets the author of this stimulating book off the hook too easily. How the Dead Hand of Imperialism Continues to Influence World Politics 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Nor is he, as many of us see it, off the hook. Reggae star Buju Banton’s long walk to freedom 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z That would let both food companies and politicians off the hook. The big fight 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z We let each other off the hook: You don’t have to grow up because I’m not going to grow up either. “There’s a weird sexual energy”: What’s with the woman and her gay male friend in “#Adulting” and “Notions”? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z “The phone started ringing off the hook. Talk about God’s grace.” Putting His Mark on the World 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z But she warned it also suited the state as it lets politicians off the hook in terms of direct subsidies, knowing that the unemployment insurance system would support creatives. European arts cuts: France threatens to pull plug on creatives' special benefits 2012-07-30T15:15:58Z Then let yourself off the hook, unless and until you receive hard information that puts you back on it. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A sibling withdraws, rolling up the welcome mat for family 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Most were the result of simple travel misunderstandings — people who wanted refunds on nonrefundable airline tickets or to be let off the hook for damage to their rental cars. Perspective | Want to improve your ‘travel literacy’? Here’s how. 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The only reason they got off the hook was because of their status and their position, and they were granted immunity as government officials. "Faith is weaponized": Jill Duggar Dillard on how she felt controlled by her family 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z He wasn’t there to let anyone off the hook, but he didn’t try to alienate his audience, either. Chris Rock’s Oscars 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Still, when Obama was about to talk about the Middle East more generally, Stewart let him off the hook and took a commercial break. Barack Obama on The Daily Show: two old masters look to their legacies 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z But Trump’s practice doesn’t let media outlets off the hook, said veteran reporter and editor Glenn Greenwald, who wrote a scathing critique of CNN’s handling of Davis-Cohen story on his website, the Intercept . CNN said a source declined to comment. Except he actually did. Is that a problem? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z So, frame this in your mind as letting them all off the hook as you kindly redirect conversations to whatever else you’d rather discuss. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A mother is lost in the shadow of her toddler 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z It lets men off the hook for not doing their fair share of the household cleaning. Men do see the mess — they just aren’t judged for it the way women are 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Financially and politically powerful fishing nations target countries with weaker governance and may even be integral to creating that weakness by implementing policies that constrain small-scale fishers and let industrial fleets off the hook. Illuminating dark seas: Why fisheries management must be more transparent 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z I don’t know who sent those chicks, but they was off the hook!” a sideways-hatted young man said, striding into breakfast at the Karibe Hotel. The Would-Be Prince of Port-au-Prince 2011-07-17T04:45:24Z But that doesn't get this brilliant series off the hook as it starts its much-awaited sixth season. Don Draper: Stuck in place as 'Mad Men' drifts? 2013-04-08T03:03:08Z Later, I found that I’d left the phone off the hook upstairs, but at the time, it was like being in a horror movie. Breathing 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z We elevate people to the status of heroes in order to let ourselves off the hook: "I'm just a mere mortal – I could never even dream of doing something like that." The John Lennon Letters, edited by Hunter Davies - review 2012-10-10T12:16:01Z Justin Bieber is basically off the hook for engaging in what looked like an illegal drag race through Miami this past winter. Justin Bieber Won't Go To Jail on That Miami DUI Charge 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z There was a conscious decision to never let the audience off the hook. 'I had to pull over and take half a Xanax': the toll of documenting US gun violence 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z He published an account of the visit, in The Nation, in which he managed to humanize Pound without letting him off the hook for his hatefulness. Our Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2019 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z And in this one unfortunately they don’t let us off the hook in that way. The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln on Surviving Negan’s Carnage 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z “Portlandia” always backs away, letting us off the hook with a visual gag or a chanted catchphrase. ArtsBeat Blog: Channel Surfing: 'Portlandia' 2012-01-06T18:38:15Z Mind you, Adora doesn’t get off the hook merely for being a tool of Flynn’s oeuvre or a product of her environment. The “Sharp Objects” finale and the dangers of white women’s tears 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z I was going to text my husband and let him off the hook, tell him to turn around and go home. Destined to Marry the Cute Bartender 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Yes, they will accuse others to keep themselves off the hook: We see that very publicly in the age of social media, which enables group swarmings. Margaret Atwood on What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in the Age of Trump 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Chances are it won’t get you off the hook, but you will get points for being, well, creative. Shia LaBeouf redeemed? Lying and cheating can stimulate creativity 2014-02-22T18:00:00Z Without letting Silicon Valley giants off the hook, James Ball argues that the fix is not so simple. The Problem Is in the Internet’s Bones 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z We are in the habit of regarding tragedy as more meaningful than comedy because comedy lets us off the hook with a laugh, if not always a happy ending. Comedy should have the last laugh in television 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z The show is mercifully cancelled, and Murray is off the hook—which leaves him and Shaffer with nothing left to do on Christmas Eve but retire to the bar. Bill Murray’s Little Christmas Miracle 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z “I showed up because it was another show, but everybody was just crazy, off the hook,” he said. Texas Punk Rock, Straight From the Pit 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Abetted by an industry that funded scientific research linking fat with coronary disease, sugar, the real culprit according to Mr Taubes, was allowed to slip off the hook. Why sugar is bad for you 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The recital took place exactly two weeks before Thanksgiving but the phones at Johnson’s workplace were already ringing off the hook. Thank you for calling the Butterball hotline: now let's talk turkey 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z I'm not very good at piecing things together off the hook – I need to think about them sometimes. Cosmo Jarvis: 'My generation is the worst' 2011-08-11T21:30:01Z “An expression of evil” lets everyone off the hook, as if it were something metaphysical, preordained, or inscrutably Nietzschean. Newtown is my hometown 2012-12-19T17:29:00Z Even those offended by the content at issue point out that removing it can let companies off the hook for having created it in the first place. What Actually Happens When a TV Episode Gets Pulled? 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z My son thinks the experience is a treat and I'm off the hook for preparing another proper meal, setting the table, and tidying up. Picnic dinners are the one thing I’m keeping from last year 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z She refers to letter writers as “sweet pea” and “honey bun,” but never lets them off the hook. Cheryl Strayed: “Tackle love” 2012-07-08T01:00:00Z But no one is let off the hook either. Movie Review | 'Toe to Toe': On a High School Lacrosse Team, Opposites Attract and Attack 2010-02-26T00:00:00Z Most arguments for legalization presume that tons of women would choose sex work if it were safe and legal, but that’s convenient wishful thinking for johns who want to let themselves off the hook. Dear Johns: Actually, You Should Be Ashamed to Buy Sex 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Just as whites were central to the effort to abolish slavery and the civil rights advances of the 1960s, men aren’t off the hook now. The Women’s March on Washington is misnamed — we should have called it The People’s March instead 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z “We weren’t trying to get people off the hook. We’re just making sure that biases, especially racial biases toward African Americans, weren’t used against them in a court of law.” California Bill Could Restrict the Use of Rap Lyrics in Court 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z But even if Louis C.K.’s argument is questionable from a copyright perspective, that doesn’t mean fans are completely off the hook. Louis C.K. Is Trying to Outlaw Leaks. Can He Do That? 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z He just added some elements that’s a little off the hook, to make something else happen.” A New Start And a Gumbo Of Old Sounds 2011-01-14T20:17:09Z Her real answer is hidden in her explanation about why she spent big money and called in favors to get Rachel off the hook. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 9: ‘This Is All We Need’ 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z That Mr. Schamus ended up directing it, Mr. Lee said, was a relief: “It got me off the hook.” James Schamus, a Hollywood Honcho, Takes on Directing 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z “Tonight,” promised Clive Davis, “is going to be off the hook.” Grammys 2015: Surprisingly rowdy vibe envelops Clive Davis gala 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z A truly radical show wouldn’t let us off the hook so easily. Review | Museums wants 2 show u memez now. They shud be careful. 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z They’re easy, but they let everybody off the hook in a certain way. Cornering the Market on Nanny Novels 2010-07-13T22:34:00Z But no one is let off the hook. ‘Parade’ Review: The Trial and Tragedy of Leo Frank 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z She does not, however, let the Afghan or American governments off the hook. Books of The Times: ‘The Wrong Enemy,’ by Carlotta Gall 2014-04-09T20:24:47Z “I’ll let my very good friend off the hook,'” he said, glancing indulgently at Selldorf and admitting that her take on the landmark controversy was “true—regrettably.” Architecture's King of Tradition 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The “outlying forces that cause their pain,” Park wrote, “are remote enough to allow everyone, including the reader, off the hook.” A Memoir of Filipino American Family Life in the Wake of Colonialism 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z It reminded her of how his phone was always ringing off the hook during the years he lived in their home. Art Buchwald’s archives are bound for the Library of Congress. He would have been thrilled. 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The French Interior Ministry told me that fines must be issued within a year of the infraction, so you’re almost off the hook. Help! A French Car Rental Company Charged Me Fees for Speeding Tickets I Never Received! 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Letting guests off the hook for gifts gets a bit tricky. Date, time and . . . dog? Invitation do’s and dont’s to consider. 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z And not to let the Democrats off the hook, you also see the DNC become ineffective and watery and — how I jokingly refer to them — become the Washington Generals. Q&A: Adam McKay on the lessons of the 2000 recount 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z As the author has written elsewhere, “To hold Wagner in some way responsible for Hitler trivializes a hugely complicated historical situation; in a sense, it takes the rest of Western civilization off the hook.” From George Eliot to Neo-Nazi Skinheads: The Chaotic Cult of Richard Wagner 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z If she doesn’t let women off the hook, it’s because she knows that sexism isn’t exclusively a guy thing; like stupidity, it is a people thing. Review: ‘Trainwreck’ Delivers the Full Amy Schumer Experience 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z But I don’t want to let the Academy and its members off the hook. Oscars So White? Or Oscars So Dumb? Discuss. 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z My phone is ringing off the hook right now. A Word With Spike Lee: ‘They Want to Rewind the Clock’ 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z There’s no gay card that gets you off the hook. Moonlight's Tarell Alvin McCraney: 'I never had a coming out moment' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Also, let yourself a wee bit off the hook, because being among the top 10 researchers in any field doesn’t automatically bestow on anyone the ability to explain this field to children. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mockers of children’s names, thy name is Arrogance 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Beam, a columnist for the Boston Globe, treats both men with affection but never lets either off the hook for their pomposity. When Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson went from friends to enemies: 'The Feud' 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Parks isn’t about to let us off the hook, any more than five-fingered fate is going to relinquish its hold on Hester. Review: ‘In the Blood’ and the Singular Talent of Suzan-Lori Parks 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z “Let yourself off the hook. Give yourself permission to just experience without the added pressure to change or perform.” Falling short on your 2021 resolutions? Remember: Pandemic. 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z His relatively quiet life in Sweden was interrupted in October, when the announcement of Mr. Dylan’s Nobel Prize had his phone ringing off the hook. Settled in Sweden, the Man Who First Booked Dylan 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Nor is Ms. George letting urban playgoers off the hook by setting the story in the emerald-lawn suburbs. Review: In ‘Hurricane Diane,’ the Perfect Storm Hits Suburbia 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z I ask McDonagh if this is another dig at Hollywood, a statement he had planned from the start, or if he just stuck it in to let himself off the hook. Seven Psychopaths: 'You can't kill dogs in Hollywood' 2012-12-01T00:01:00Z I know that some believe that by focusing on what women can do to change themselves – pressing them to lean in – it seems like I am letting our institutions off the hook. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg 2013-03-13T11:18:53Z Here’s a look at why they may be off the hook: A look at why brothers in alleged hoax appear off the hook 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The beauty here is that you are off the hook regarding your son. Perspective | Ask Amy: Son’s whirlwind womanizing has father worried 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Also, satellite broadcaster Dish Network tells the FCC it should block Comcast's proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable, and Nielsen lets a Univision radio station off the hook even though it tried to manipulate ratings. HBO leads Emmy nominations. Dish wants FCC to block Comcast deal. 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z They quickly let Elizabeth off the hook, which she greeted with a bleep-worthy expletive. Dancing with the Stars Watch: Latin Night Means Salsa, No Chips 2013-09-24T03:36:32Z Don't let him off the hook … Culture minister Ed Vaizey claims there is no crisis in the arts. We all need to make the case for theatre 2013-03-14T13:33:00Z I’m not willing to let myself off the hook. Mike Daisey: A Political Monologuist’s Summer of Trump 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Bonanos, the city editor of New York magazine and the author of “Instant: The Story of Polaroid,” takes the photographer seriously without letting him and his self-mythologizing off the hook. A Portrait of Weegee That Captures the Man and the Myth in Full 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z And they don’t let us off the hook by dwelling on the past. Parenting While Black: Titus Kaphar’s Starkly Powerful Works 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z About 100 Occupy L.A. activists assembled to deride the deal, calling the government a "sell-out" that lets banks "off the hook." Settlement doesn't end all mortgage problems 2012-02-10T01:44:00Z But if the spectacles were stomped in the ordinary course of childish horseplay, as is more likely, I’d let them off the hook and grimly eat the cost of the new glasses myself. Social Q?s: Host Without the Most 2012-01-12T21:21:53Z Men, on the other hand, are more appreciated for caregiving, and are more easily let off the hook when they decide it’s too much. The men who give up on their spouses when they have cancer 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z And the fact that men get let off the hook, you know what I mean, is bullsh*t. Gabrielle Union on why women can stop chasing after balance: It's "fictitious BS that doesn't exist" 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z I didn't give him a childhood because I didn't want to let him off the hook. Emma Donoghue: 'To say Room is based on the Josef Fritzl case is too strong' 2010-08-13T06:00:00Z We mean well, but many of us let ourselves off the hook when it is inconvenient to do otherwise. Woody Allen is just the beginning: Why we can’t hide from the truth anymore 2014-02-11T00:00:00Z It's German art cinema, so it leans toward a quiet, observant honesty that refuses to let anyone off the hook for bad behavior and ignores cheap sentiment in favor of some highly unpleasant honesty. Like 'Blue Valentine'? Scarecrow Video suggests other breakup movies 2011-01-06T22:55:55Z Am I letting my son off the hook? Perspective | Ask Amy: Father-son driving lesson takes wrong turn 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Bond points to an episodic quality in his subtitle, "scenes of money and death", though that acknowledgment doesn't let him off the hook: his picture of Shakespeare's England has local vivacity but not much dynamism. Women Beware Women; Bingo 2010-05-01T23:11:00Z She froze you out so she could let herself off the hook. I Lost a Boyfriend. Then I Lost a Friend. Now I’m Angry. 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z “Blaming people for the phobia, or whatever — you know, it just lets the institutions off the hook.” Deep cleans and disinfecting mists might not keep us from getting the virus, but they sure make us feel better 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z I hope that his wife is able to let him off the hook, so he has the freedom to describe the challenges in his own life. Perspective | Ask Amy: Spouse’s solo wanders leave others to wonder 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z But you don’t let the left or Democrats off the hook either. Mike Daisey: A Political Monologuist’s Summer of Trump 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z “Offering me a glass of wine, he decided to let me off the hook,” Mr. Gelb said. Ronald A. Wilford, Manager of Classical Stars, Is Given a Starry Sendoff 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z They will also be fearing that with Greece off the hook for a while, sceptical markets will be looking for a new outlet for their default fears. Myths explain Greece 2012-06-25T15:15:00Z But apologizing in advance shouldn’t get him off the hook. Beyond Nature vs. Nurture, What Makes Us Ourselves? 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z In addition to letting everyone off the hook, I wanted to demonstrate to our children that this is the true meaning of the holidays. Ask Amy: Bride worries about cutting friend from wedding 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Both men did "voice concern" about the collateral damage to local arts of their being let off the hook. As they bow to London's arts mafiosi, the Tories still handcuff the provinces 2010-10-21T19:02:00Z Insurers might be let off the hook, for example, only if they support allowing every American, including those with preexisting conditions, to choose Medicare, or something very much like Medicare. Our great healthcare denial 2012-06-17T12:00:00Z Surely, there’s a racial element that lets white men off the hook more easily than black men—and Affleck has the additional force field of a famous name and a famous brother. The Thorny Ethics of the Oscars 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Of course, the Bagger was not about to let Mr. von Sydow off the hook without asking about one of his most famous scenes, playing chess with Death in Bergman’s “Seventh Seal.” Carpetbagger: Max von Sydow on Not Speaking (and That Chess Game) 2012-01-09T15:00:34Z Sad Auntie: I think you should offer these young men a gentle lesson — and let yourself off the hook! Perspective | Ask Amy: Yard-yacht sails into the neighborhood 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z They let a travel company off the hook, often without any meaningful obligation to the customer. What to do when airlines say flight problems are ‘beyond our control’ 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z It was a choice to help Jacoba and it was also a visual choice that allowed for Cline not to be let off the hook. "Our Father" filmmaker's ode to "Handmaid's Tale" as an IVF "horror story" of consent 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Netanyahu proposed laws that, if passed, would weaken Israel’s Supreme Court and potentially let him off the hook regarding the multiple indictments against him. Eurovision’s Sanitized Vision of Israel 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z The overwhelming energy was: We’re off the hook, and it’s time to party. New York’s Brief Hot Restaurant Summer: Bread Binges and Dance Parties 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Is it too weird to send the rest of the thank-you notes now, or should we let ourselves off the hook at this point? My Brother Hasn’t Buried Our Mother’s Ashes Yet, and I’m Mad 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Perhaps thanks to Mr. Sperber, each of my children passed through adolescence and young adulthood without serious sexual mishap - no pregnancies, no S.T.D.'s - so I figured I was off the hook in the sex-talk department. Motherlode Blog: When Sex Is a Family Business 2012-11-11T14:40:16Z But setting clear limits addresses the important matter of letting yourself off the hook. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Carless sister drives her to distraction 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z But he’s not letting himself off the hook. Music Review: Neil Young and Crazy Horse at Barclays Center 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z “So now my phone rings off the hook weekly for folks wanting to be on the team.” FBI's 'art cops': In hot pursuit of Renoirs, Rembrandts and ruby... 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z I thought they just decided to make this public declaration, somehow thinking that would get them off the hook somehow. "I've done my share of bombing": Marc Maron talks about navigating failure, grief and embarrassment 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z “But if you end your comments with ‘Bless her heart,’ you’re off the hook.” Dixie Carter, TV Actress, Dies at 70 2010-04-11T20:41:00Z He was flattering us, though — feeding us a line and letting us off the hook of our own hypocrisy. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z What I fear is that these public faces of autism will allow society, and more importantly, policymakers, mentally off the hook. Jerry Seinfeld’s not helping: Celebrities with autism distract from reality and research 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Bartlett isn’t about to let Sandra and Kenneth off the hook for their self-centeredness, in what is a deeply judgmental play. Review: In ‘Love, Love, Love,’ All You Need Is Selfishness. 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Both of you are to blame for letting him get away with everything, for letting him off the hook for everything. Parenthood – box set review 2013-01-24T16:40:01Z We need to stop letting cops off the hook. Justice for Botham Jean: Don’t let Amber Guyger hide behind “I feared for my life” 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The body counts can be "completely ludicrous", and these bogeymen "let us off the hook, when in reality a killer like Fred West is next door," argued Billingham. The truth about crime fiction 2013-01-26T09:00:51Z This guy is being patently disrespectful to his wife, and you totally let him off the hook. Perspective | Ask Amy: Impoverished parents now ask for more 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z One gets the sense that he is let off the hook, perhaps because Huntt’s relationship with her mother takes up so much space. ‘Beba’ Review: Learning From Ancestors 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z He joked: “The worst piece of legislation ever – so good news, Fugitive Slave Act, you’re finally off the hook!” John Oliver on healthcare repeal chaos: 'Good luck fixing that, Republicans' 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z She doesn’t, and that’s the fun of Ms. Rebeck’s revenge fantasy, which lets no one off the hook for their bad behavior. Review: ‘What We’re Up Against,’ a Sexism Story More Timely Than Ever 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z One thing “Concussion” absolutely does not do is let the NFL or the sport of football off the hook. The NFL doomed itself: “Concussion” filmmaker Peter Landesman on brain injuries, football and the “ethically challenged” New York Times 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Eventually, Risen was let off the hook, too. Perspective | Shocked by Trump aggression against reporters and sources? The blueprint was drawn by Obama. 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z A grounding doesn’t mean the airline is entirely off the hook, though. Perspective | Here’s what happens when your aircraft is grounded 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z He plucked it off the hook with a sigh. ‘I never know what to get my dad’: The 11th-hour angst of a Father’s Day at Home Depot 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Toobin goes on to lament that “Thomas pretty much lets O’Connor off the hook for her shabbiest moment on the court — her decisive role in the 5 to 4 travesty that was Bush v. Gore.” Letters to the Editor 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Not content with getting the merchant off the hook through legal sophistry, she further twists the knife to strip Shylock of his property, citizenship and even his religious identity. Shylock, revisited, in Theatricum's 'Merchant of Venice' 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Think about it: Does your making all the money, as you have at times over the past couple of years, get you off the hook for being kind, loving, thoughtful, attentive, considerate, interested, aware? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend keeps borrowing money, and she feels mostly alone 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Not that society is in any way let off the hook. Review: Who Committed the ‘Ohio State Murders’? Who Didn’t? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Before she could say no, I slipped the keys off the hook next to the oven. Home for the holidays with an eating disorder 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z But detractors argue that raising other poverty-related issues lets schools off the hook, and excuses low expectations and low achievement. Motherlode Blog: Should We 'Occupy' Education? 2011-12-13T20:19:29Z He must not be let off the hook. Plays and the percentages: what do the arts cuts figures really mean? 2010-10-27T16:32:00Z Do hurdles like those, then, let me off the hook? The one thing about being a food critic that fills me with shame 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights let the university off the hook. The fight against affirmative action at Harvard could threaten rich whites 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z He writes every single day, in one short, intense burst, sealed off from the world in headphones, phone off the hook. David Vann: 'I was filled with rage.' 2011-01-02T00:02:02Z Neither lets women off the hook for betraying other women — including, in “Anger,” Sofia’s mother, who is going through a traumatic divorce. Toxic Men Get All the Attention. But Not in These Plays. 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z “We don’t all look alike”, Jackson shouted, before refusing to let Rubin off the hook for four agonising minutes. Next question: rewatching the most awkward movie press tours 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z In the meantime, the rest of us are off the hook. Teachers aren’t the problem 2012-09-05T11:45:00Z A robust, more layered exhibition would not let urbane museumgoers off the hook this easily, and let us believe we aren’t part of Generation Wealth too. Lauren Greenfield Tries to Capture the Meaning of Money 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z My phone is not ringing off the hook from the studios.” Politics on Film, but This Time Leaning Right 2010-09-07T22:28:00Z We don’t get to let ourselves off the hook. Review | Rachel Held Evans died at 37, but a beautiful new book captures her brave outlook 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z And when her accounts are challenged in the press, and charges of collaborating with and profiting from the horrors of the German past are lodged, none of us is left off the hook. In 'I Am My Own Wife,' a character to remember 2012-02-09T22:08:03Z It's the day before the anniversary party and his phone is ringing off the hook with an infinite list of queries from curators and staff. The culture pioneers: Making a Tijuana art scene built to last - LA Times 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z “All ages shows were off the hook, ‘IRL’ meetups were considered totally weird and meeting someone online was unheard of, almost everyone had white belts and dyed black Vulcan cuts.” When the Internet was for strangers 2013-02-17T17:00:00Z But I’m going to let myself off the hook if I need to buy an expensive something or other to feel a little bit safer when it comes to caring for our newborn. Nobody puts baby in a cooler! Learning to parent with first-world problems 2014-03-09T00:00:00Z With New York City Opera developing a reputation for presenting new music — in 1949, it finally gave the premiere of Still’s “Troubled Island” — the Met may well have considered itself off the hook. A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z There’s going to be the factor of the phone ringing off the hook, and what you do is sort through what you love, and ask: Will this serve my audience? Poised for Releases: Two New Screens at Lincoln Center 2011-04-04T20:37:08Z She writes about a cat that liked to push a telephone off its hook just so it could hear a voice say the phone is off the hook. The Revival of the Great Lucia Berlin Continues Apace 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The problem with such appearances, even the contentious ones, is that they contribute to the image rehabilitation of a man who does not deserve to be let off the hook so easily. Hey, talk show gatekeepers: Let’s not enable Sean Spicer 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z But while he didn’t stint in serving up the usual critique, he simultaneously deconstructed this line of attack, refusing to let his audience off the hook in terms of their complicity in Trump’s ascendancy. Trump as theater: Mike Daisey's one-man show, 'The Trump Card,' delves into the Donald phenomenon 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z “We let him off the hook,” Ms. Samuels said. Plan B: a Front Porch Wedding 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z And then the phones began ringing off the hook.” “Spotlight” and Its Revelations 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z He said it also would get the county "off the hook" from potentially mounting repair costs for the older buildings. In reshaping LACMA, Michael Govan sets his sights on a new L.A. 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The series left its central investigation with Naz, our protagonist, off the hook due to a hung jury, perfectly split, six for acquittal and six for conviction. What 'The Night Of' and 'Making a Murderer' Say About Justice 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The two are eventually let off the hook and reunited. Did you lose Downton Abbey in the British fog? Catch up here 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Rosalind Gill: Confidence culture lets institutions, organizations and wider structures off the hook, because if women are responsible, then we don’t actually have to make any fundamental changes. Is Confidence the Secret to Success? Not Exactly. 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Not that the candidates, Trump in particular, are off the hook. Larry Wilmore is ready to talk politics, culture on new show 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z But it, too, lets air carriers off the hook for extraordinary circumstances. Perspective | Here’s what happens when your aircraft is grounded 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z "My phone started ringing off the hook," he says. For jewelers, entertainment award season is priceless advertising 2012-01-20T20:15:04Z Obsessing about the bad behavior of the “1 percent,” he argues, is a way for the rest of the elite to “let themselves off the hook” about their way of being in the world. ‘Excellent Sheep,’ William Deresiewicz’s Manifesto 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Heath assumed that when the tow truck showed up, she was off the hook. Perspective | Why rental cars (if you can get one) are worse than ever this summer 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z It seems like every time a famous man is accused of killing his girlfriend, there's someone ready to construct an elaborate scenario to get him off the hook. Sid and Nancy: an intriguing glimpse into a dysfunctional relationship 2013-03-06T17:50:00Z Suddenly, Bochco says, “our phones were ringing off the hook” with interview requests. The year rookie cop series Hill Street Blues hijacked the Emmys 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z If “The Good Place” is how we need to raise one another up, “BoJack” is often about the need not to let one another off the hook. ‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘The Good Place’ Took Us to Hell and Back 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z The accomplishment of this movie is that it allows you to sympathize with them, to acknowledge the reality of their predicament, without letting them off the hook or forgetting the damage they did. | 'Margin Call': ?Margin Call,? With Zachary Quinto - Review 2011-10-20T16:15:02Z And the morning after the show, Carr's phone was virtually silent instead of ringing off the hook with the customary kudos. Looking back at Oscar's biggest goof 2010-03-02T07:42:00Z Often in the Green Gallery years, Ms. Stein writes, he wasn’t even “sitting there”; he was napping in the back room, or out at a bar, having taken the gallery’s phones off the hook. When Dealers, Too, Were Romantics 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z His job was to speak some uncomfortable truths about Hollywood and also, by doing so, to let Hollywood off the hook. Let’s Talk About the Oscars: An Evening of Squirming 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Even so the problem remains that Clybourne Park, for all its intelligence and wit, ultimately lets the audience off the hook. There's nothing funny about putting racism on stage 2011-02-21T17:42:14Z Mr. Rock, in other words, wasn’t about to let anyone off the hook — including people who had called on him to quit the gig in protest. Review: With Chris Rock, the Oscars Find a Lucky Pairing of Host and Subject 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Let yourself off the hook just this once. With no time – or money – for a summer vacation, I’m trying a naycation instead 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z I heard a rumor that Doubleday had to lock Haley in a hotel room with the phone off the hook to get him to finish the manuscript. Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The boys each caught a small jack with their dads’ help . . . then gasped in amazement as they watched a three-foot barracuda with a menacing underbite dart in to chomp one fish right off the hook. Aboard a chartered catamaran in the British Virgin Islands: The more the merrier 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z But this isn’t a book that lets anyone off the hook. ‘The End of Bias’ Says There’s Hope for Meaningful Change 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Harrison’s kiosk gives off an air of casual mayhem, with a black rotary phone dangling in midair, forever off the hook, and an oversized photograph of a woman hiding her face behind a hoodie. Monolith Mania Comes to Chelsea 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Drugs get everyone - politicians, scientists, teachers and parents - off the hook. Motherlode Blog: Pills for the Struggling Student 2012-10-09T19:17:00Z The artist doesn’t let herself off the hook either. Jessie Homer French at Various Small Fires: In death, she finds life 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z However, it does look like she's going to spend season three simultaneously running the CIA and trying to get her boyfriend off the hook for quite a bad crime. Homeland: season two, final episode 2012-12-23T22:30:00Z “I thought I was off the hook,” said Liman, who self-funded the film to retain independence and keep it secret. Takeaways from Sundance’s secret Brett Kavanaugh documentary 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Netflix’s freedom as an entertainment company may allow them to circumnavigate real-world debate, but this shouldn’t let schools off the hook. 'It answered my weird questions': what do teens really think of Netflix's Sex Education? 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z For Filin, the idea of letting his attackers off the hook is “kind of sick.” Nearly blind from an acid attack, the Bolshoi Ballet’s director still has an eye for beauty As a Catholic you’re programmed to feel guilty and easily let off the hook, but I don’t think you want to make deception your modus operandi. I love my girlfriend, but I want to have a threesome | Dear Mariella 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Britain's most distinguished literary quarterly has knocked off work early, picked up some wine on the way home and taken the phone off the hook. Masturbation: literature's last taboo 2010-04-21T08:36:00Z “Come on,” I said, refusing to let this guy off the hook. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z I’m not entirely letting you off the hook, though. My friends’ husbands keep hitting on me. How can I stop them? | Dear Mariella 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z When she stands him up for a date he pushes her into accepting, he refuses to let her off the hook. "Stranger Things 3" gives us a meaner Hopper, and we're not loving it 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Not that I can exactly let myself off the hook. Hollywood on the Brink 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Our problem with that is that it lets the rest of humankind off the hook. Writers built 'The Lego Movie,' block by block, on belief 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Some of that space-clearing can just be an emotional gesture, where you let yourself off the hook for not being on your A-game every waking minute. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Struggling with business as usual after ‘the scariest moment of my life’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Disappointed in Connecticut: You seem determined to believe that this bride deliberately disinvited you to her wedding, so you’re off the hook for sending a gift. Perspective | Ask Amy: Vaccinated family conducts wedding risk assessment 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z It’s a beautifully calibrated performance, equal parts syrupy charm and fierce ambition, which never lets its subject off the hook, yet which is also rooted in compassion and understanding. From ice queen to hothead: how Cate Blanchett negotiated stardom on her own terms 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z But when she’s faced with these accusations, Jones is prematurely let off the hook. ‘Jessica Jones’ Episode 6: The Truth Comes Out 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Since you don’t want anything from the other person, other than for them to be there for you, you let each other off the hook. “There’s a weird sexual energy”: What’s with the woman and her gay male friend in “#Adulting” and “Notions”? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z But now we must let her off the hook. Farewell Alice Munro, and thanks for everything 2013-07-05T06:00:04Z We let our son and his wife off the hook. Modern Love: Fury Cannot Touch Me: Modern Love 2011-09-29T22:02:02Z So perhaps Richard Burton is finally off the hook. My Mad Fat Diary: Rae Earl describes her childhood mental health issues 2013-01-21T08:00:02Z This is where you over-apologize or wax poetic about how terrible you feel, which forces them to console you and gets you off the hook. How to Say ‘No’ This Thanksgiving 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z “He was always ahead of the times, and spiritually off the hook,” he said. ‘The Big Beat’ Celebrates Fats Domino, Rock’s Reclusive Giant 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z After the hearing in November, when the main prosecutor agreed that there was insufficient evidence against Mr. Martinez, it seemed that he might soon be off the hook. Court Upholds Charges Against Ex-Louvre Chief in Art Trafficking Case 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s more like recognition and not letting society off the hook. Roy Cohn Got Her Grandparents Executed. She Made a Film About Him. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z OK, it's the weekend after next, so if you haven't registered yet, you're off the hook, though you can still go and watch. Grape fun: wine harvest festivals 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z It shows a man and a woman talking to each other in phone booths; between them is a red phone with its receiver dangling off the hook. Female Factor: Bringing a Woman's Touch to Chinese Art Scene 2011-01-20T12:30:05Z And he didn’t let the vice president off the hook. Oscars 2018: 15 things to know, from the awkward red carpet to the ‘Lady Bird’ snub 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The lift to preschool was meant as a small favor; please consider the significant favor of inclining yourself to let her off the hook. Unopened door not as bad as father-in-law feels 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z It participates in James’s loathing for himself and his class — “The people I know congratulate themselves if they cope with a sad feeling” — yet ultimately lets them off the hook. Review: In ‘The Perplexed,’ Moral Gridlock on Fifth Avenue 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z That ideology lets off the hook income inequality, racism, discrimination and unemployment. Gay marriage’s gay holdouts: The progressive who thinks this is the wrong fight 2013-03-27T16:33:00Z “Over the weekend, the president called the media the enemy of the American people. So you’re off the hook, unlimited breadsticks.” Jimmy Fallon Offers His Own ‘Alternative Facts’ 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z He wants to be let off the hook, but the show is invested, here and elsewhere, in inducing a certain amount of squirming in its mirrors. The Urgent, Giddily Imaginative Vision of “Random Acts of Flyness” 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z That change, she suggests, includes no longer letting chocolate producers off the hook for these unsavory practices. 5 things you should know before buying a chocolate bar 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Wow, you really let her off the hook. Ask Amy: Wife’s gray cools husband’s ardor 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z It’s totally credible to treat this as letting her off the hook vs. firing her for cause. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A couple is dogged by a boarding conundrum 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z It’s lovely of her to let us off the hook. Perspective | At news conferences, male athletes get to be athletes. Female athletes like Naomi Osaka get pestered. 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z “It’s a story that doesn’t let anyone off the hook,” the actor explains. Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman: 'Everybody’s minds are opening up' 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z But the genre tends to let the system itself off the hook. The Epidemic of Wrongful Convictions in America 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z But if this is a reflection of who we are, and if we think we’re being let off the hook for further discussion, we are definitely heading back toward tribalism. “Clybourne Park” makes us all look bad 2012-06-11T20:20:00Z Karen held her phone over her head trying to get service and eventually managed to reach the teacher and get her kid off the hook. The corner of Minnesota that’s there by mistake 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z I found if I’m doing those three things daily, then I need to let myself off the hook. Paradise found: Jason Segel and Charlie McDowell talk about “The Discovery” 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z At Best Thai II in coastal Maine, the phone has been ringing off the hook. Ukrainian drone struck Russian nuclear waste facility risking disaster, Moscow says 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z At Best Thai II in coastal Maine, the phone has been ringing off the hook. Bangladesh opposition protest turns violent amid calls for PM to resign 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z At Best Thai II in coastal Maine, the phone has been ringing off the hook. Ukraine holds peace formula talks in Malta, Russia absent 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z At Best Thai II in coastal Maine, the phone has been ringing off the hook. UN rights chief raises alarm on 'possibly catastrophic' Gaza ground operation 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z At Best Thai II in coastal Maine, the phone has been ringing off the hook. Taiwan presidential frontrunner joins huge crowds at east Asia's largest Pride march 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z At Best Thai II in coastal Maine, the phone has been ringing off the hook. At least 32 dead, 14 missing after ArcelorMittal mine fire in Kazakhstan 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z But to put the blame solely on the schedule would let a tournament that has been muddled from the outset off the hook. 'A mess from the start - now England's World Cup is over' 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Raya almost made matters worse when he passed the ball straight to Cole Palmer in front of goal shortly afterwards, but Chelsea let him off the hook. Sanchez blunders as Arsenal comeback rocks Chelsea 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z “The phone’s been ringing off the hook, people saying congratulations. Pretty crazy,” the store’s night worker, identified only as Duke, told KCAL-TV. $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot goes to lucky lottery player in California 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z They were in no mood to let their big-name visitors off the hook a second time. Wolves shock Man City to end perfect league start 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z The engine shop wasn’t off the hook, either: Hendrick wanted win No. 500 for them. Already the winningest team in NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports sets new goals after 300th win 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z "Mr Musk knows that he is not off the hook by leaving the code of practice, because now we have the Digital Services Act fully enforced," Ms Jourova said. Disinformation most active on X, formerly known as Twitter, EU says 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Jourova warned Musk that “he is not off the hook” just because his company dropped out of the code. Musk’s X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official says 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z That leaves seven Saturdays to be scheduled, and most teams will be off the hook for required appearances on the network nobody watches. Pac-12 power rankings: UW retains top spot as WSU continues climb 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z If yours comes back clean, then you will be off the hook for further testing. What Drugs Do Life Insurance Companies Test For? 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z It should be noted that an American who becomes a naturalized Filipino citizen is not automatically off the hook with regard to U.S. obligations, particularly taxes. How to Obtain Filipino and American Dual Citizenship 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z It turns out LaFleur was just being kind, trying to take his young quarterback off the hook following Sunday’s 25-24 loss to the Falcons. Love takes blame for crucial botched quarterback sneak in Packers’ 25-24 loss to Falcons 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Speakers addressing the crowd Saturday in Kuala Lumpur accused Anwar’s government of interfering with the case to let Zahid off the hook in return for political support. Hundreds protest against the Malaysian government after deputy premier’s graft charges were dropped 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z “After the game, it wasn’t like, ‘Oh man, we let them off the hook,’ ” Whitworth said. Richard Sherman on Rams-49ers rivalry: 'We won all the matchups' 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Hebebrand worries, however, that rushing to classify certain foods as addictive could let the sugar industry off the hook too easily. Food Can Be Literally Addictive, New Evidence Suggests 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z If Strasburg retires, the Nationals would be off the hook for the remaining contract, but teams and players typically come to a compromise in such situations. Strasburg retirement presser canceled 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z UBS, however, may be able to shrug off this pressure after it has declared it would not use the government's financial guarantees granted for the deal to happen, thus letting taxpayers off the hook. Explainer: After Credit Suisse takeover, UBS gives first glimpse of new group 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z But as I see it, that lets Pence — and other interpreters who use the same sort of misdirection when they're using the Bible for their own ends — off the hook too easily. Mike Pence and "The Book": A master class in disingenuous biblical interpretation 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z That doesn't mean central banks are off the hook. Take Five: Summer at Jackson Hole 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z "You might let Sandra Bullock off the hook about The Blind Side, but not me," Ola Ojewumi, a public speaker and author, wrote on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Blind Side family feud reignites a cultural debate 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z “It doesn’t mean they are off the hook,” said Randall Eliason, a former federal prosecutor who is a George Washington University law professor. Prosecutors may be aiming for quick Trump trial by not naming alleged conspirators, experts say 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z When GOP presidential hopeful Gov. Ron DeSantis fired a campaign staffer who posted a video with Nazi imagery in it, the media coverage fell into a predictable pattern: letting DeSantis off the hook. The simple reason why Ron DeSantis keeps finding his campaign embroiled in scandal 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Democrats say the agency has been letting wealthy tax cheats off the hook, cutting back on audits and letting hundreds of billions of dollars in owed taxes go uncollected. IRS skimps on audits of high-dollar partnerships 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Racial preferences “kind of let these schools off the hook for a while,” Mitchell L. Stevens, an education and sociology professor at Stanford University, said. Affirmative Action Ruling Shakes Universities Over More Than Race 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z As a friend texted me when I shared the Krugman piece, we shouldn't let women off the hook. Tax billionaires for their own good 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z However, Morrissey wasn’t about to totally let me off the hook. My high-tech bird feeder made me wonder: Do birds have a right to privacy? 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z She recognizes his immaturity, selfishness and even his demons, and rarely lets him off the hook. Opinion: Why did seeing a strong Black woman on 'The Bear' make me cry? 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z It lets everyone that’s done anything wrong to her completely off the hook because she’s focused on moving through her life positively and with grace. Pamela Anderson finally tells her story, her way, in 'Pamela, a love story' 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The fact that to date there is no smoking-gun type of proof for any animal's sentience does not mean we're off the hook. Do Insects Feel Joy and Pain? 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Glatter wanted to ensure the series showed both sides of each person and didn’t want to let anyone off the hook. Murder? Self-defense? Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons walk a fine line in 'Love & Death' 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Lassoing the lamprey over his head to keep it from squirming off the hook, he ran to a hole he’d dug in the sand and released the fish on a pile of its relatives. The massive dam removal on the Klamath may save salmon but can’t solve the West’s water crisis 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z The phones of tax specialists all over California were ringing off the hook this week. IRS apologizes for telling taxpayers their debt was due in weeks rather than months 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z But let’s not allow voters off the hook. Column: California is targeted by Ron DeSantis' latest human sacrifice 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Mr Driscoll said he had received messages of support from trade unions, MPs and other mayors since the news broke on Friday afternoon, with his phone "buzzing off the hook". Labour: Jamie Driscoll blocked from North East mayoral list 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Personally, I think it's both appropriate and necessary to condemn war on Ukraine, and Washington's hypocrisy doesn't in any way let Russia off the hook. Aggression made easy: The wars we don’t (care to) see 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The difference was Vegas never let Oettinger off the hook the way the Kraken did by barely testing him in Games 2, 4 and 7 of their series. Why Kraken’s loss to Stars was missed chance to reach Stanley Cup Final 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z “My phone rings off the hook this time of year,” said Tim Arrowsmith, owner of Western Grazers, which is providing grazing services to West Sacramento. No kidding: California overtime law threatens use of grazing goats to prevent wildfires 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z “The whole discussion about social justice has shifted to affordable housing and homelessness, and Exide has been let off the hook.” After 40 years, Boyle Heights priest still irks politicians and fights for his flock 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z “Americans are sick and tired of their phones ringing off the hook with fraudulent robocalls,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of robocalls 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z By the same token, Russia's aggression shouldn't let the United States off the hook for the tremendous carnage we've created in this century. Aggression made easy: The wars we don’t (care to) see 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z But neither does Macfarlane let the showbiz press off the hook for mocking Smith and feeding her insecurities, rather than appreciating her. Review: The unreal lives of Anna Nicole Smith and NYC's socialite 'It Girls' 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z “Today we are sending a message that we will not forfeit public safety for prosecutors to let criminals off the hook.” Georgia enacts law letting panel punish, oust prosecutors 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z That argument lets off the hook the very school officials who hold the responsibility of making those learning spaces as safe as possible. Perspective | A moral low: Expecting teachers to see being shot as part of the job 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z It’ll take everyone off the hook if Carter goes before five. Four big questions for the Seahawks as the 2023 NFL draft approaches 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Drivers, do your job and take the time to deliver to someone’s door and not just an area that gets you off the hook and indicating online that the package was “delivered to the door.” Rant & Rave: No one appreciate your blinding headlights 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z That board currently has not formally recommended a gubernatorial pardon — which Abbott would need in order to get Perry off the hook for a murder conviction — largely because Perry hasn't even been sentenced yet. "No nudes until you are old enough": Racist murderer's grooming exposed, Abbott pledges pardon 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The screenwriters do not let Cole off the hook for the nonconsensual cuddle photo, and without spoiling too much, it puts the protagonists’ lives in jeopardy. 20 years after 'Love Actually,' a new rom-com blurs the line between sweet and 'stalkerish' 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z “It creates a dangerous loophole that lets original developers … off the hook,” they wrote. Analysis | AI experts urge E.U. to tighten the reins on tools like ChatGPT 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z “I think everybody understands that, as fortunate and thankful we are for the precipitation, that nobody’s off the hook, and that there needs to continue to be unity in trying to develop solutions.” U.S. presents proposals for major water cuts on Colorado River 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “The engagement in esports is still off the hook,” Ward said. Saudi Arabia is investing $38B to become a video game hub 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Due to the circumstances created by the shooting, he said he and his staff also have let themselves off the hook in terms of providing showcase Easter week services this year. Pastors: Palm Sunday a balm after Nashville school shooting 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z It is not well-served by a cynical and partisan federal act that, in one stroke, demeans educators and lets parents off the hook. Opinion | Effective education demands well-trained teachers and involved parents 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Now Clement is attempting to get Fox News off the hook in the Dominion case and a similar $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Smartmatic, another maker of voting machines. Opinion | Why the Dominion lawsuit against Fox News isn’t a slam dunk 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z I think she’s right, and that was a major reason for me to write the sequel set in France, because I didn’t want to let the French off the hook. Perspective | 4 acclaimed novelists talk about writing Vietnam 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z “We don’t want to let Congress off the hook,” she said on Tuesday. Powell and Yellen Suggest Need to Review Regulations After Bank Failures 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z It is also clearly with the memory of 2008 in mind that Biden is declaring that, this time, the executives of these institutions won’t be allowed to get off the hook. Opinion | How 2008 haunts the politics of the current banking crisis 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Now, he’s off the hook for the bank’s demise, with the federal government backstopping his customer’s deposits. Biden rushes to bail out Silicon Valley, continues to ignore East Palestine 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z “They let me off the hook for a bit,” she said of her Marvel bosses. Oscars 2023 live updates: Show highlights and winners 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z When its results came out in February, opposition parties said the company's profits were "outrageous" and that the government was letting energy firms "off the hook" on taxation. Former Shell boss Ben van Beurden's pay package jumps to £9.7m 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z She thought she’d already done the recovery thing, faced enough to get her off the hook for the rest of her life. Drew Barrymore is too much — and that's just right 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Ho’s proposed solution isn’t to let domestic abusers off the hook — it’s prosecuting them to the max. Opinion | Revised ruling on guns for domestic offenders just makes things worse 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Meyer didn’t let the city’s power structure, of which her family was a part, off the hook. Opinion | Agnes Meyer’s portrait of 1963 D.C. was unsparing. It still rings true. 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Other royal watchers were less willing to let Charles off the hook for his enthusiastic role in the day’s events. Tea and a Photo-Op Put King Charles in Cross Hairs 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z "Once one doctor is let off the hook in a criminal trial, it would be open season for other doctors who wanted to perform bad faith terminations," he said. Tennessee lobbyists oppose new lifesaving exceptions in abortion ban 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Newbold told The Times that Buffer’s attorney “is attempting to settle what’s called a diversion,” which “would let Buffer off the hook by paying restitution for the one recorded crime” at Southern California Comics. Actor Ray Buffer charged with petty theft after allegedly stealing comic books in San Diego 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z “In no way shape or form will Norfolk Southern get off the hook for the mess they created,” Regan said at the press conference. EPA takes charge of cleanup in toxic Ohio train derailment 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Mrs Batters said "the rural vote will be crucial in the next election" and she would not "let the opposition off the hook either". Clock ticking on UK food-security action, NFU warns 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z While anxiety over the invasion and mobilization came and went over the year, “people started feeling again that it indeed doesn’t affect everyone. ’We’re off the hook. Russia’s year of war: Purge of critics, surge of nationalism 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z “Since the bankruptcy courts let Exide off the hook, the Newsom administration has worked closely with the Legislature to fund and implement this massive cleanup,” said Anthony York. Lawmakers demand EPA action on troubled cleanup of lead-contaminated L.A.-area homes 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The phone at the last Blockbuster store in the world has been ringing off the hook since Super Bowl Sunday. The last Blockbuster sneaks in an ad at halftime — and wins the Super Bowl 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z “It’s a little easier for me with the club because the Ice House has a legendary history. My phone rings off the hook when people want to perform,” Toler said. The Ice House reopens in Pasadena with laughs, lofty goals and Lakers magic 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Barnes’s phone has since been ringing off the hook, his agent Oliver said, with speaking invitations from Hoover and nearby Birmingham. Ala. schools canceled a Black author’s visit. Families rallied around him. 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z SB 5533 would effectively hand the job of reforming the law to the Criminal Justice Training Commission, letting legislative Democrats off the hook for fixing the mistake they made in 2021 with House Bill 1054. WA Democrats must fix police-pursuit mistake this session 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Voters shouldn’t be allowed off the hook because of their middlebrow views. Beyoncé, the all-time leading Grammy winner, should never attend another Grammy Awards 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Similarly, blaming systemic failures alone unfairly lets individuals off the hook, but that doesn’t mean the deeper issues should be off limits. Opinion | Congress can honor Tyre Nichols with bipartisan police reform 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z A prize-winning journalist, Berry lets no one off the hook — not man nor beast nor woman. 10 books to add to your reading list in February 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z If Garland hoped appointing special counsels would get him off the hook, it appears he guessed wrong. Biden's documents misstep helps Trump politically — and legally too 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z And the appendix's concluding paragraph lets law enforcement off the hook entirely: How the Capitol Police enabled the Jan. 6 attack: A story no one wants to touch 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z She used to think that forgiving someone who does wrong lets them off the hook. Moving lessons on forgiveness out of religious spaces and into schools 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z China’s reduced energy needs, combined with the unseasonably warm winter, mean that Europe “seems to be off the hook this winter,” Mr. Birol said in an interview. China’s Oil and Gas Use Fell in 2022 for First Time in Decades 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Will said its work sends the signal to anyone committing such acts today that they will never be off the hook. Race against the clock for Germany's top Nazi hunter 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Suddenly, Leff’s phone was ringing off the hook with calls from hospital executives seeking advice. The Hospital Makes a House Call 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “Politically and morally, Poland is off the hook because of the role it plays as a frontline state, delivering arms and accepting refugees,” he said. Ukraine War Accelerates Shift of Power in Europe to the East 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Sunday and got only about an hour of sleep because her phone was ringing off the hook with calls from friends and acquaintances who knew she was a regular at Star, she said. ‘No one dared to flee’ as the shooter carried out his rampage. 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z "Right now, my phone is ringing off the hook," said Ramirez. California’s storms are almost over. Its reckoning with flood insurance is about to begin 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z During the Shanghai lockdown, his phone lines “were ringing off the hook,” he said. Entrepreneurs Flee China’s Heavy Hand: ‘You Don’t Have to Stay There’ 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z "Making death too ready a solution disadvantages the most vulnerable people, and actually lets society off the hook," Dr Li said. Who can die? Canada wrestles with euthanasia for the mentally ill 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z That’s normally grounds for disciplinary action, but officials usually let him off the hook. A deaf wrestler and self-described ‘nerd’ finds his identity on the mat 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z But there are many forms of complicity, and one of the strengths of “No Bears” is that it refuses to let anyone, even its ostensible hero, off the hook. Review: ‘No Bears,’ the best movie of 2022, has arrived in theaters 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z We’ll use this if she’s left the phone off the hook or if we feel it’s necessary or helpful for her to see us. ‘Alexa, Why Do We Keep Buying You?’ 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Within an hour, the phone lines are ringing off the hook, busy with patients seeking help and advice. NHS: Inside a GP surgery as winter pressure mounts 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z If regulators repeatedly let corporate wrongdoers off the hook, nothing will stop them from repeatedly breaking the law in the knowledge that they’ll just be granted another waiver from the consequences. Column: Wells Fargo got slammed with a $3.7-billion penalty. So why doesn't it sound sorry? 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z "Talk to us about you guys' strategy going in here because I think last night a couple of three people might have been surprised that Katie Hobbs is off the hook," Bannon asked. Kari Lake bragged Katie Hobbs would be forced to testify — then her own lawyers pulled the subpoena 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Regulators shouldn’t let celebrities like Matt Damon and Steph Curry off the hook for hawking bad cryptocurrency businesses, says John Reed Stark. What Russia Got Wrong 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z There are friends who’ve experienced her readings and “gifts”; they are often the ones who let her off the hook. What we learned from 'Call Me Miss Cleo' documentary about the infamous ’90s TV psychic 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “This winter, it looks like we are off the hook,” Birol said, despite “some economic and social bruises.” Europe shifts focus to avoiding energy shortage next year 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z But development deals also take taxpayers off the hook for some risks and costs, Mr. Touchton said. A Long Road to Renewal for Former Military Bases 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z But Albee doesn’t let Yam off the hook, either. Commentary: The case of a mysterious Edward Albee play that has resurfaced in L.A. 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z “At the city, phones never stopped ringing off the hook. You know, potholes need to be fixed. The trees haven’t been trimmed. Light is out on Fairfax Avenue,” he said. Powerful and a little incognito: What it's like to become an L.A. County 'supe' 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z America's 21st century railroad robber barons were off the hook for sick days thanks to their bipartisan lock on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Biden’s Holiday Express delivers for 21st-century robber barons at rail workers’ expense 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z “To sanction plaintiffs’ counsel here is not to let Plaintiffs off the hook,” he added. Ariz. county ordered to certify election as GOP lawyers are sanctioned 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z But he also tried to get Trump off the hook, saying – falsely — that the former president had condemned Fuentes “four times.” Opinion | Kevin McCarthy is caught in Trump’s vicious cycle 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Carroll, though, didn’t let Walker totally off the hook, indicating that at times Walker maybe has to be content with taking a shorter — but surer — gain instead of aiming to break a big one. Analysis: What happened to Seahawks RB Kenneth Walker III’s strong start 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “This will always be part of my history, but this team, where we are right now as the Baltimore Ravens, we felt like we let one off the hook.” Justin Tucker’s leg couldn’t save Ravens this time 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z “To not have that, it lets them off the hook.” World Cup: U.S. gains confidence but not win in scoreless tie against England 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Appointing a special counsel carries risks, not least the possibility that the investigation could drag out or lose focus, potentially letting Mr. Trump off the hook. Opinion | The new Trump probe special counsel should move quickly 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z In 2020, Lyft and Uber pushed through a heavily contested measure, Prop 22, to reclassify workers as contractors, which gets companies off the hook for providing minimum wage, overtime, health care, and other benefits. How California’s initiative to fund electric vehicles went terribly wrong 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Opposition leaders have warned voters that Zahid, who led the push for early polls, is counting on his coalition’s win to get off the hook in his graft trial and take over as prime minister. Unfazed by scandals, Malaysia’s old party seeks win in polls 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z It claimed an “extraordinary circumstance” caused the delay — specifically, air traffic — which meant it was off the hook. Perspective | U.S. flights need more consumer protections. We should look to Europe. 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Harper was reliable again with two walks and a double but the Phillies let Houston ace Justin Verlander, who had been winless in six World Series decisions, and four relievers off the hook. Phillies’ bats go cold in crunch time in Game 5 loss 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z “We just let them off the hook,” Stone said. Golden Knights jump out to big lead, hold off Senators 5-4 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z While her stories humanize Phil and Velma by letting us see how they once suffered, she never lets them off the hook for their callous parenting. For one award-winning Black L.A. author, light skin was no refuge 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z That “like” is her trying to wriggle off the hook a little. Review | The same George Saunders wears a heavier cloak in ‘Liberation Day’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z In the most basic sense, any legal arguments seeking to get Mr. Trump off the hook would merely need to be weighty enough to produce two and a half months of litigation. Trump Could Harness Unresolved Legal Issues to Resist Jan. 6 Panel’s Subpoena 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z He said it was "not for the DUP to get the government off the hook" and insisted his party would welcome another assembly election. Stormont talks: 'Miracle' needed to restore executive by deadline, DUP says 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Durham’s team let the bureau off the hook for misconduct. Durham probe falls flat in the courtroom but still exposes the depth of FBI’s anti-Trump mania 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Last week the courts not only let taxpayers off the hook for cost overruns, but forced the contractors to pay the state $77 million in late penalties. Time to kill the Highway 99 tunnel tolls and save Seattle’s waterfront 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z I am not condemning him, but I do not want to let him off the hook. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Parents see alcoholic boyfriend as ‘burden’ for daughter 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Taxpayers are off the hook for cost overruns on the Highway 99 tunnel, after the Washington state Supreme Court turned down a hearing request Thursday from contractors on the project. WA Supreme Court hands WSDOT a $77M win in Highway 99 tunnel dispute 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z But bankruptcy doesn’t get Jones off the hook. $1B judgment against Alex Jones not the final word 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z For a moment Wales looked beaten, yet they wriggled off the hook for a second time. Wales' World Cup hopes ended by late Swiss winner 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z The U.S. military is the largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels, and they are largely let off the hook. Indigenous human rights lawyer Julian Aguon offers hope, lyricism in new book 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z "In 2020, my phone started going off the hook, with states either asking to retain me as an expert or to actually draw the lines," Bryan told ProPublica. Ron DeSantis blew up Black-held congressional districts — and may have broken Florida law 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z But the consequences of letting Donald Trump off the hook again are likely to be extreme. Now Trump is openly challenging the feds to indict him: Just say yes, DOJ 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Masters didn’t let him off the hook. Sen. Mark Kelly burned in debate, distancing himself from Democrats’ responsibility for border chaos 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z That’s the source of her genius, along with her unwillingness to take anything for granted, to let herself or anyone off the hook. In honoring Annie Ernaux, the literature Nobel Prize gets it exactly right 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z It is an important distinction that safe injection sites do not circumvent the authority of the criminal justice system by letting drug use “off the hook.” Understanding Morals Is Key to Accepting Safe Injection Sites 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Damon and Brady, on the other hand, may be off the hook because they’ve endorsed exchanges on which you can trade crypto, not individual investments. Keeping Up With the Crypto Influencers 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z |
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