Sentences with phrase «star break at»

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John spent his life breaking barriers, from defending our freedom as a decorated Marine Corps fighter pilot in World War II and Korea, to setting a transcontinental speed record, to becoming, at age 77, the oldest human to touch the stars.

«After achieving its historic opening weekend at the global box office, Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues to thrill audiences and break records in Imax theatres worldwide,» said Greg Foster, CEO of Imax Entertainment.

All this sets up The Force Awakens — the seventh chapter in the Star Wars franchise that takes place 30 years after The Return of the Jedi — to break the record for the highest grossing opening weekend at the box office.

Ethiopian distance star Dibaba owns five world records after breaking the 26 - year - old indoor - mile record by four seconds in February 2016 at the IAAF World Indoor Tour.

Given that it is a Star Wars film, Solo is almost guaranteed to do well at the box office — even the much maligned prequel films broke records.

«The company, at some point, will reach a crisis where it's really going to be a make or break for the business, and if they handle it well, it becomes a star,» Meeks said.

Instead of hitting that nice gym at your next four - star hotel stay, which you can do at home, take a moment, walk outside, breathe the local air, and just people watch while you take a break between those Skype meetings.

This spring the auction house broke the world record for the most expensive diamond ever sold at auction with the $ 71.2 million sale of the «Pink Star» diamond.

The S&P 500 is trading higher this morning after breaking out above major four - star resistance at 2679.75 and it now has its sights set on our major three - star resistance level above here.

This week news broke that the ticket giant had entered into an arrangement with the Jays that gives the team a cut of every ticket resold on the site.According to a joint investigation by the CBC and Toronto Star, an estimated 44.7 % of all Rogers Centre seats are posted on StubHub for resale at an average markup of 205 %.

Plus, she is a very big star right now and this movie will need some star power if it's going to break even at the international box office.

And while this was undoubtedly Han Solo's film (God bless Harrison Ford, limping around on a broken leg) the new characters felt at home straight away: Daisy Ridley as Rey was an absolute star (the scenes between her and Leia ensured the film passed The Bechdel Test) and Oscar Isaac's Poe stole each of the few scenes he was in (even if his character was just Han Solo in a jumpsuit).

You should probably have someone in the back of the rotation who is a threat to break out and at least be a No. 2 or a No. 3 starter, if not an All - Star.

3) BUT... If they're still playing well at the All - Star Break.....

Since returning from a long spell on the sidelines after breaking his leg at the 2014 World Cup during Mexico's defeat to the Netherlands, Moreno has gone on to star in La Liga, making 20 appearances in all competitions this campaign.

Whether you are looking at teams or pitchers, the correlation for results before and after the All - Star break seem minimal.

Again, we used our BetLabs software and looked at the top five pitchers at the All - Star break and see how they performed for the rest of the season.

Nwakali has finally signed a five - year contract with the Gunners on turning 18 recently, and his old boss at the All - Star's, Amajiriaku, told the Breaking Times in Nigeria: «Arsenal have informed us that Kelechi has been handed the number 25 jersey.

They were joined by Gianluigi Buffon, Leonardo Bonucci, Dani Alves and Neymar to break up the monopoly on the XI that the two Spanish giants seems to enjoy, but nevertheless it remains a star - studded line - up full of world - class quality with no Premier League representation at all.

We used our BetLabs software to look at the best performing teams at the All - Star break and see how they performed through the rest of the season.

Things were not plain sailing from there however, with a number of long - term injuries having stunted his progression, with many believing he would be the next big star to break through at Arsenal.

In 1969, the year he had 37 home runs at the All - Star break, I took a picture of him in Oakland, shooting down the first base line through a thousand - millimeter lens.

At 36 - 14 coming out of the All - Star break, they are entrenched as the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference, a full four games ahead of the nearest competitor, the New York Knicks.

If they struggle again like before and after the All - Star break, then their record could be 45 - 37 or 43 - 39 at worst and could potentially miss the playoffs.

The drama in the 2017 edition was tied up in three things, all non-serious: Whether a team would break the 200 - point barrier (nope), whether Russell Westbrook or Anthony Davis would break Wilt Chamberlain's ancient All - Star scoring record (it was Davis), and whether Westbrook and Kevin Durant would fight at midcourt despite being on the same team (nope).

Below is a re-post of a prediction I made using advance stats at the all - star break (please note that I am normally the blogs optimist, so it was odd for me to be so negative).

At Lakeland (A +), they have Burrows, Dowdy, and Funkhouser with records that make you think they could move to AA Erie by the All Star break.

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It must have been a huge relief for Arsene Wenger as well as for the Arsenal and England international star Theo Walcott when he broke his pre-season duck against the Norwegian side Viking FK on Friday, as the manager is going to be without his main centre forward Olivier Giroud for at least the first game of the season.

«Well we understand the urgency, especially at this point in the season, after the All - Star Break,» said Celtics captain Paul Pierce, who had a game - high 30 points in Tuesday's 97 - 92 overtime win against Houston.

At the All - Star break New York stood 25 - 44, mired in fifth place in the NL East.

As reported by Metro, the German international star Mesut Ozil went on social media after the pasting by Liverpool at Anfield in which he played like a man who could not give a monkeys if the Gunners won or lost, to suggest that he was trul; y sorry for the way the game went and that he and his club colleagues would do what ever they could to help Arsenal bounce back after the international break.

Now Arsene Wenger and the players must make sure that this is a blip and not the way our fortunes will pan out, because before the next break we have EPL games against Everton away, Swansea at home and Man City away as well as the Carabao Cup game and the Europa League double header with Red Star Belgrade.

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The Cubs were swept by the Cardinals at home back in late June, sparking a 6 - 15 skid heading into the All - Star break.

The NHL is at its All - Star break, so it's also a good time to take a mid-season review of hockey's performance.

This team went 7 - 0 ATS to start the season and entered the All - Star break with a 32 - 17 ATS record before eventually defeating the Lakers in the NBA Finals.

Missed opportunities and the loss of a few stars have lowered expectations, but the Vols won't need too many breaks to make another run at nine wins.

Both teams entered the season with sky - high expectations, but their seasons were effectively over at the All - Star break.

At the time of publication, the Hornets have the third - best record since the All - Star break (16 - 5), trailing only the Golden State Warriors (20 - 3) and the San Antonio Spurs (18 - 4).

Lillard, who has improved his at - rim percentage greatly since the All - Star break, shot 4 - of - 6 from under eight feet and 4 - of - 8 on three - pointers.

Having said that, I would love to see the France international star Dimitri Payet playing for Arsenal and so when the news broke recently, as reported by Metro, that Payet has made it clear to his bosses at West Ham that he wants to leave despite signing a new long term contract in the summer, I was hoping that Wenger would be keen to take advantage.

There some reports about Arsenal in the football press this week talking about Alexis Sanchez and how Arsene Wenger was keen to give the Chile international star a winter break like he used to have at his former clubs Udinese and Barcelona, because with his recent international commitments it has been over three years since the striker had a proper summer break.

And the more and more I look at the Twins, the more I think about Santana and Santiago being quality pitchers with one of the best pitching prospects in baseball behind them, with Sano breaking out and Kepler continuing to progress, with Buxton still having the world's greatest building blocks for continued baseball success, with players like Dozier, who can be a star, and players Grossman and Escobar, who have each contributed something over the last couple seasons.

However, the on loan Roma star took to Twitter to break his silence and hit back at the claims that they are a couple by delivering a pretty harsh reply.

Here's a look at all how all 30 teams have performed since the NBA All Star break nearly one month ago.

The announcement came Tuesday that pop star Demi Lovato will sing the national anthem before Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight at T - Mobile Arena on Saturday night, but news that Imelda May would sing the Irish national anthem didn't break until less than 24 hours before the fight.

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And my very fastest 40 clocked time was 4.39... I played starting OLB at 1st but got moved inside when our star ILB got his leg broken...

All three teams were expected to hover around the.500 mark, but they're all cellar dwellers at the All - Star break.