Sentences with phrase «as city slickers»

When my best friend and I set out on an afternoon fishing excursion, as city slickers, we aimed to embrace the full Ram lifestyle.

Not exact matches

I'd especially love to hear from my fellow rural Southerners... but Yankees and city slickers are welcome to chime in as well!

Secret: I may be a city slicker now, but I actually grew up as a country bumpkin.

Manchester City were caught napping on many an occasion, as the North Londoners enjoyed a slick start to their campaign, with a 3 - 0 plundering over the Etihad outfit.

As one who has reported fromnearly 30 states in the last six months, I can attest that the opportunity tovisit both city slickers and hill country hicks is the only way to begin tograsp the hopes and dreams of the world's most powerful country.

As Uber has aggressively pushed back at the mayor, running slick ads accusing Mr. de Blasio of killing jobs for poor minorities, City Hall has expanded their criticism, flaying Uber for their lax workplace protections and regulatory fights with cities across the world.

The scenario of hapless city slickers gamely trying to make a go of living in the country is an old classic, from Aesop's fable «The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse» and Shakespeare's As You Like It to Kaufman and Hart's 1940 play George Washington Slept Here and the»60s TV sitcom Green Acres.

Compared to city slickers, men from a rural region of Missouri not only have lower sperm concentrations, they have fewer strong swimmers as well.

For a more casual feel, roll up the hems; for more city - slick, leave «em as is.

This hilarious computer animated movie follows the city slicker's hapless adventures in the world below the streets of London, as he tries to return to his cushy, penthouse life.

The Oscar - winning actor, who would be celebrating his birthday today if he was still with us, is typically remembered as the star of popular westerns including Shane (1953) and City Slickers (1991).

When he meets her new man Whit (Azaria), a fit American city slicker, the demoralised Dennis decides to run in the same marathon as Hank to prove his worth.

I beat up a bit on Jack Palance in my first installment of this column, which addressed his Oscar win for 1991's City Slickers, but I have no quarrel with his iconic performance in Shane as psychopathic gunslinger Jack Wilson.

With slicked back hair, shadowy dealings, and 1981 New York City (statistically the city's most crime - ridden year) as the film's backdrop, one might expect J.C Chandor's A Most Violent Year to be bloodier than a Quentin Tarantino movie on cocaCity (statistically the city's most crime - ridden year) as the film's backdrop, one might expect J.C Chandor's A Most Violent Year to be bloodier than a Quentin Tarantino movie on cocacity's most crime - ridden year) as the film's backdrop, one might expect J.C Chandor's A Most Violent Year to be bloodier than a Quentin Tarantino movie on cocaine.

During his fourth decade in the movies, Jack Palance won Supporting Actor for his role as Curly in «City Slickers» (1991).

In addition, Tonto isn't so much a loyal sidekick as he is a grief - stricken comic - relief figure who is deeply skeptical of the abilities of the city - slicker Reid, whom he considers a «half - wit.»

It used to actually mean something to see the Oscar - nominated names of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel as the screenwriters of a comedy, writers of such modern - day classic comedies as A League of Their Own, Parenthood, City Slickers, Night Shift, and Splash, but most of those films were in their past, and they have turned in mostly mediocre material since 1992.

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Jack Palance co-stars as a nasty bad guy named — believe it or not — «Curly» (the same name as his character in City Slickers, for which he won an Oscar).

Technically and dramatically much weaker than most slick science - fiction films, Soylent Green is still more realistic on one terrifying point: the ecology will deteriorate, through misuse and overuse of plant and animal life as well as overpopulation, much sooner than human technology and architecture will advance to accommodate it and create the oppressive - but - neat world of domes, interplanetary travel and multi-leveled cities that characterize most movies of the s.f. genre.

A slick but surprisingly gritty look at the seedy underbelly of one of the most famous cities in the world, The Deuce took a dive into the emerging porn business as well as the mob, but succeeded largely on the strength of Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal's performances.

As a drama, there are interesting side stories, particularly Azaria's heartached city slicker and Meaney's suspicious husband.

As we headed towards Gundaroo the sealed roads made way for gravel roads, where it's clear Hyundai hasn't created just another city slicker.

As such, it's likely that the GLC coupe will appeal to city - slickers, empty - nesters, or families with older children who don't need to carry the accoutrements of babies and toddlers.

The petrol - powered Great Wall ute is better suited to city slickers and urban dwellers and the rugged diesel Mahindra is better suited as a farm hand.

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«Poison Bay is a journey of self - discovery in the same mould as Deliverance (without the duelling banjos) and Lord of the Flies (without the kids) and, on a lighter note, City Slickers (without the laughs), but up there with them in the memorability stakes.

As any born - and - bred Capetonian will tell you, one of the few things we envy of the city slickers in Joburg, is their ability to hop into a car and head off to the Kruger Park (at a moment's notice) for a quick respite from the daily grind of city living.

Now if you handed me Watch Dogs 2 with a true focus on manipulation and control over the city as you ran freeform around this slick environment with better narrative, a stronger focus and an enjoyable character.

You'll follow Escha first, with the city - slicker Logy tagging along in the first playthrough, but regardless of whether you choose to play as Logy for a New Game Plus later, your experience will only differ slightly.

As I read reports about the release of more than 11,000 tons of radiation - laced water into the sea from the damaged nuclear plant in Japan, I recalled reporting I did more than a decade ago on the many uses of silt barriers — essentially curtains suspended in water — to hold back everything from oil slicks to the bursts of polluted runoff flowing into coastal waters from city storm drains after heavy storms (the water can be pumped and treated once the system is not overloaded).

At which point, the somewhat pot - bellied, friendly - to - a-point, not - so - dumb - as - he - looks, Barney - Fife - gone - to - seed representative of local law - enforcement gets a sly grin on his face as he prepares to collect the scalp of another city - slicker.

The downstream products are the final output, which in the case of BEST would be their slick web interface where you can dial in a city and then get a fully interpolated and processed historical time series as an output.

In fact, if you drive one of those, you're likely what the true County resident would derisively describe as an import — a know - it - all city slicker moved to the bucolic shores of Prince Edward from Toronto or the 905, bringing along your urban sensibilities, baggage, gripes, niggles and attitudes.

Karl «City» Sylvester October 18, 2010 (9:55) Good Branding is not about Slick Packaging Melissa, great post on personal branding:) In total agreement with Jorgen, as he did offer so.

Of course, intermixed amongst the city - slickers are good ol' country kids from farms with horses who are well prepared to occupy those plastic saddles and who will excel on the mechanical beasts, because they enter the ride already possessing experience in that field on real horses, just as successful future professional Realtors enter the business armed with industry - related experience and education... prior to going to real estate school.