Sentences with phrase «phobos at close quarters»

For it then becomes apparent that this accumulation of features, bewildering at close quarters, does in fact outline a face: the face of Mankind gradually acquiring the knowledge of its birth, its history, its natural environment, its external powers and the secrets of its soul.

That he could beat anyone on the dribble at close quarters?

As this book written at close quarters reveals, Blair never allowed private doubt to undermine public certainty.

And, having seen «TND» at close quarters, former Army officer Mercer now reckons he might have got to the bottom of how leading journalists operate.

Soft left MPs, who wanted to give Corbyn a chance and worked with him at close quarters daily, are now uniform in their despair at his leadership.

The questioning of his energy levels and commitment seems pretty unfair to someone who has seen Mr Duncan working at close quarters.

Instead, the limbs were well - adapted for vicious slashing at close quarters, he argued.

And as I have studied [Cecil] for years, and know it individually and have taken great joy watching it at close quarters, I was saddened at the thought of its death.

Vampire bats are nothing if not sneaky, and at close quarters, lying low is probably more unobtrusive than a nosedive.

At 4.2 metres long and weighing 495 kilograms, she is the most massive invertebrate ever to be studied at close quarters, the museum claims.

The seating of the Commons was arranged so that politicians would be facing each other at close quarters, much like today.

Those forelimbs were well - adapted for vicious slashing at close quarters, he says.

The spacecraft pioneered the detection of aurorae at mid latitudes, provided estimates on the rate at which Mars» atmosphere escapes into space, and studied the Martian moon Phobos at close quarters.

The bittersweet irony is that while Tarantino's stock routinely commands the kind of budget that allows him to take his pick of the industry's best technicians, staging the bulk of the action at close quarters in a single interior setting means he ends up restricting most of the really good stuff to the periphery.

At close quarters, as in your first encounter with a Scorcher, your best bet is to hit it as hard as you can with the Tearblaster to strip away its defences and maybe its shoulder fire sacs, then hit it with Heavy attacks to stun it so you can go in for a critical or lob fire arrows into its Blaze canisters — make sure you get away before the explosion!

(Confession: I've never been to the African savanna, let alone meet a wild beast face to face at close quarters.)

He invited me down to the showroom for a chat, and threw in a visit to the service centre at North Acton to view the Murciélago at close quarters.

A team - BHP reader encountered a test mule of the Hyundai AH2 (New Hyundai Santro) at close quarters.

Badgers and cats are very different animals and look different - saying they can not be told apart is nonsensical as even people unfamiliar with American mustelids would be able to tell that an animal wasn't a cat when at close quarters.

Kira had never spent much time at close quarters with me and my brother.

Also visit Ranthambore wildlife sanctuary for observing the endangered Asiatic loins at the close quarters in their own vicinity.

The property's owners, Lizzie and Shayne, also tend to sick and orphaned animals, so you are likely to see kangaroos and koalas at close quarters as the couple nurse them back to health.

The sunset cruise provides a wonderful photographic opportunity especially of the famous Kariba sunsets, and the hide enables you to observe the animals at close quarters and offers superb bird watching.

Once you've completed the Inca Trail and are taking in the city at close quarters, you'll appreciate this astonishing accomplishment more than most.

The best way to explore and enjoy Fraser Island is at close quarters on its walking tracks.

Destroy enemies at close quarters to build your multiplier, and see their bullets rendered harmless.

The imprecise cover system is more of a favourable addition to the mix, plus, any shot at close quarters will make enemy heads explode; just make sure that they're not close enough to knock you over!

Little things don't shake the tranquil demeanour of Dusk Form Lycanroc, but it has a well of intense fighting spirit hidden within, and as a result, it relishes combat at close quarters.

Quitclaim Shotgun III — The Legendary New Monarchy high impact shotgun looks to be a beast at close quarters with Assault Mag, Field Prep, and Flared Magwell.

«I also hang the largest pictures so that they must be first and encountered at close quarters,» he would clarify, «so that the first experience is to be within the picture.»

I also hang the largest pictures so that they must be first encountered at close quarters, so that the first experience is to be within the picture.

Pioneered by Clyfford Still (1904 - 80), Barnett Newman (1905 - 70) and Mark Rothko (1903 - 70), this abstract art was characterised by large fields of flat, solid colour, which enveloped the spectator when seen at close quarters.

The renovated apartment is an enticing context to develop new improvisations together and to open up conversations at close quarters through the force of compression.

Not exact matches

The S&P 500 closed at a record Friday, helped by gains in technology stocks on the last trading day of the quarter.

The acquisition, expected to close in the first quarter of 2016, values Broadcom at $ 54.50 per share in cash — well higher than Broadcom's $ 47.06 per share closing price on Tuesday, but below Wednesday's media - fueled closing price of $ 57.16.

Its stock closed at more than $ 57 a share, and it announced second - quarter revenue of $ 3.9 billion, up from $ 3.4 billion a year earlier.

The second method is to have the equipment purchased and installed at the beginning of the business year or quarter closest to the time when you'll actually need the equipment, allowing time for training and working out bugs before the equipment is placed into full production.

Heidi Burkhart, president of Dane Professional Consulting Group: «At 21, I got into commercial real estate brokerage in NYC... My first three years I was hustling, working 24/7, and surviving on peanuts... Fourth quarter of my third year, I finally started closing deals.

It was a volatile close to the third quarter for the stock market, as evidenced by the fact that the Dow fluctuated by at least 100 points in either direction for five days in a row last week.

Koonin also says that despite the close quarters, being on a plane is no more or less dangerous than punching in at the office.

Since you need to be moving at light speed to gain first - mover advantage, it often means a lot of late nights in close quarters alongside your fellow team members.

Fitbit's stock hit an all - time low of $ 4.67 after the fourth quarter report, though it has since bounced back a bit to close at $ 5.31 on Monday.

NEW YORK --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The board of directors of Pfizer Inc. today declared a 34 - cent second - quarter 2018 dividend on the company's common stock, payable June 1, 2018, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 11, 2018.

In closing, as we enter the fourth quarter, we'll continue to push forward the turnaround efforts at Gap and Banana and work to maintain the solid year - to - date performance at Old Navy.

TORONTO, August 30, 2016 - Soaring housing prices in Vancouver and Toronto continued to squeeze housing affordability at the national level in the second quarter, even though affordability was close to historical norms in most other Canadian markets, according to the Housing Trends and Affordability Report issued today by RBC Economics Research.

Looking at the last four quarters, the economy is growing close to 3 %, which is near its Post-WWII average of 3.2 %.

Management said Apple Music subscriptions are up 70 % without specifying a figure, but Apple Music chief Jimmy Iovine told Billboard at the end of September (around the same time that this fiscal quarter closed) that the service now has 30 million paid subscribers.

(As an aside, that fiscal spend boost is probably not coming until Q2 2016 at the absolute earliest — though this is still within the BoC's 6 - 8 quarter projection horizon for getting inflation sustainably back on target / setting policy to close the output gap.)

At Denny's, which had same - restaurant sales increase by 1 percent in its latest quarter and opened 13 new restaurants while closing five, the executive team has placed a focus on value to push the brand forward.

If the Bank doesn't see the output gap closing in eight quarters (by mid-2017), at which point it would assume that inflation is neatly around 2 %, then that's tantamount to admitting that the current degree of monetary stimulus is not sufficient to accomplish its mandate.