Sentences with phrase «though tightrope walking»

Though tightrope walking was not considered a competitive sport (a la Olympics - worthy), it was nonetheless respected as a special skill.

Not exact matches

These days I feel as though I'm walking on a tightrope, with a crowd of ravenous faux robotic nerds on one side and a gaggle of sentimental antiquarians on the other.

Though, he is most well known for becoming the first person to walk across a 1,800 - foot tightrope, stretched across Niagara Falls.

Though the story of Philippe Petit's daring tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers was already told (and told well) in James Marsh's 2008 documentary Man On Wire, the feat is getting a big, flashy update this year, courtesy of Robert Zemeckis» The Wwalk between the World Trade Center towers was already told (and told well) in James Marsh's 2008 documentary Man On Wire, the feat is getting a big, flashy update this year, courtesy of Robert Zemeckis» The WalkWalk.

What that film couldn't do was recreate the thrill of the actual walk along the tightrope, though I hardly noticed the lack, so caught up was I in the intrigue.

The Countryman, though, manages to walk the tightrope and bring that Mini character into a lucrative new segment.

Seats walk a tightrope between comfort and supportive bolstering — at least for someone my size, though I didn't hear any seating position complaints from my fellow reviewers.

Though you'll lock up your money with the card, it will ensure that you don't get in over your head — and you'll start building your financial skills so that you won't make missteps when you start walking on the credit tightrope without a similar financial net.

Though these sculptures evoke the body through an elemental vocabulary, they also reveal the tremendous physical challenge of creation — most clearly evidenced when the work walks the tightrope between figurative complexity and palpable mastery.