Sentences with phrase «as holdovers»

My spouse and I have mostly combined finances, and view all of our money as joint (even though there are a smattering of accounts between us with just one name on them as holdovers from before we were married).
They have come to be seen in secular society as holdovers from the past: conservative, patriarchal, out of touch with contemporary values and lifestyles - even an eccentricity, as appears innumerous film and television portrayals.
In the case of newborns, however, it's not their own hormones that are probably prompting the pimple problems, but Mom's — which are still circulating in baby's bloodstream as a holdover from pregnancy.
With an all - new Suburban on deck for 2015, the 2014 Suburban acts as a holdover model, losing the larger V8 and 9,000 - pound tow rating of the now - defunct 2500 model in the process.
But the required multiple playthroughs and drab level designs feel like the game was made with a small budget, marking the title as a holdover until Falcom was able to produce Ys Seven.

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Psalms such as Psalm 109, which ask God to destroy our enemies and their children, can appear only as embarrassing holdovers of «primitive» religious beliefs.
America's intermixing of religion and politics, she continued, could only be regarded as a historically neurotic phenomenon, a stubborn holdover from less enlightened times.
Where are they at this moment, the holdover moderates who have not yet been purged from their plush offices here but probably will be soon, who hang onto the security of Mammon and vow to speak out as soon as retirement age is reached?
Against the prudent, realistic, hard - boiled legalists in the Kennedy administration like Byron White and Burke Marshall, a federal official of conscience and egalitarian conviction like John Doar (an Eisenhower holdover) emerges from Branch's account as a lonely, embattled and courageous figure: a «man who talked like Gary Cooper» and acted like Gary Cooper in the streets of Jackson, Mississippi, where he calmed an angry mob following the murder of Medgar Evers.
The rolls came out high, light and fluffy and they will holdover just as the other reviewers mentioned for several days.Don't do a long slow rise in the refrigerator, it won't work out as well.
Captain Adam Schor is one of the few holdovers from their Team a year ago that finished as the # 1 overall seed.
As I said, this product is a holdover from our cloth diapering days.
The secretary of veterans affairs, David Shulkin, the only holdover from the Obama administration, for a year enjoyed rare bipartisan support in Washington as he reformed his department, but now officials in the Trump administration are trying to replace him.
So far, Latimer has kept a few holdovers in county government from Astorino's administration, most notable Ron Tocci, who continues to serve as veterans services director (he replaced Pinto who retired in 2015).
The appointments include four holdovers from the administration of former County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican who did not seek a third term as he fights federal corruption charges.
Jacobs, as you'll recall, was hand picked by outgoing Gov. David Paterson to replace former Chairwoman June O'Neill (an ex-Mario Cuomo aide and Spitzer administration holdover).
Unlike the Medicaid Relief Task Force, which held public hearings all over the state, the governor's hand - picked Mandate Relief group (under the leadership of Paterson administration holdover Larry Schwartz) hasn't met nearly as publicly or as often.
The Trump administration dropped a political bombshell late Friday as all 46 holdover United States attorneys were ordered to immediately resign — including New York's political - corruption - busting crusader, Preet Bharara.
The U.F.T. is referring to these 22 as «zombie» charters, since they are largely holdover slots from schools that closed.
Gov. Phil Murphy has named Marcus Hicks as acting commissioner for the Department of Corrections to replace Gary Lanigan, a holdover from the Christie administration who is retiring.
The two viruses come from the same family as several other mosquito - borne pathogens so the lab test may have detected the antibodies — possible holdovers from a yellow fever vaccination or earlier infections — and then falsely indicated he had those maladies instead of one of their viral cousins.
Is this sense of fairness a holdover from the days when we lived in close - knit hunter - gatherer groups, or did it evolve as society evolved?
When the main theme, character arcs, and plot points involve new characters, you might as well get rid of the holdovers and go all - in on Sherlock Gnomes.
The biggest of the non-major distributors, TWC saw its box office receipts grow by nearly 36 % last year compared to 2014 (thanks to hits like Paddington and 2014 holdover The Imitation Game), even as the overall quality of its films declined.
Noted CBS Films Sunday, reporting the film's grosses: «As has been the case all along the film is playing broadly in terms of geography and theater type but a major factor in its strong performance this weekend is the tiny drop (just 14 %) in the holdover theaters.
It's a fine idea, but also one that feels like a holdover from Legends» original incarnation as a Wii U exclusive.
Filling out the «old chum» role here that Danny Aiello played in... Hawk is John Goodman, bringing some welcome comedic skill as Dave, an ageing holdover from 70's Venice hippy / surfie culture on the verge of losing everything (including his mind) in a messy divorce.
The other key holdover from the first film, Chris D'Amico, aka Red Mist (Christopher Mintz - Plasse), nurses a grudge against Kick - Ass for killing his gangster father and plots revenge as he seeks to become a real - life super-villain.
Hugh Jackman doesn't pull any punches as Real Steel opens at number one; George Clooney gets political in The Ides of March and holdover hits Dolphin Tale and Moneyball continue to do well.
USA Today Character actor Joseph Ruskin (Prizzi's Honor, The Magnificent Seven) has passed away The Wire as we move into the dumping ground of each film year (that'd be new January releases, not platformed holdovers) Joe Reid looks back at ten January releases that didn't suck Vanity Fair funny Proust questionnaire with T Bone Burnett whose latest movie music work I can't stop listening to.
Meanwhile, the pricey remake «Ben - Hur» barely made it into the top five as estimates have it edging out Disney holdover «Pete's Dragon,» which made $ 11.3 million.
Warner Bros.» comic - book movie «Suicide Squad» earned the top spot during its third weekend in theaters with an estimated $ 20.7 million as Sony's R - rated animated holdover «Sausage Party» came in at No. 2 with $ 15.3 million.
The setting is the small village of Eichwald, a bucolic commune that, presided over by such stern patriarchs as the landowning baron (Ulrich Tukur) and the pastor (Burghart Klaussner), is presented as a 19th - century holdover inexorably giving way to the darkening modernity of new times.
It seems to have potential as decent effects - heavy popcorn entertainment, and the film won't overlap too much with the other titles during the 2013 Winter Holiday frame (except for a little holdover from earlier in the month called The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)-- but, as always, we'll have to wait and see...
McCarthy, best known for writing and directing The Station Agent, The Visitor, and Win Win, specializes in accidental - family stories with grouchy character - actor leads and quirky hooks; what keeps his work from descending into treacle is his generous handling of the cast, a holdover from his own background as an actor.
Those six will appear with original holdovers Tara Reid and Ian Ziering for what's sure to be a film as crazy as the original.
After looking at the trailers for Truth or Dare and Slenderman, Kevin launches into reviews of Insidious: The Last Key and Netflix's Bright, as well as award season holdovers Loving Vincent and The Big Sick.
A Steven Soderbergh project scrapped at the eleventh hour of pre-production and inherited by a high - pedigree team composed of Capote director Bennett Miller and scribes Steven Zaillian (the lone holdover) and Aaron Sorkin, it's as much a reinvention of the discarded film — apparently pitched as a data - saturated docudrama — as it is an adaptation of Michael Lewis's best - selling non-fiction book of the same name.
«Despite «Starlet» s strong reviews in the NY Times, LA Times and other key outlets complimented with significant print and online advertising, this weekend the appeal of «Skyfall» and «Lincoln» for the arthouse attending demographic proved to be difficult to overcome, as most specialty holdovers experienced steep declines and suppressed openings of ours and other specialty releases,» Music Box said in a statement.
Holdover cast members from Prometheus include Noomi Rapace as Elizabeth and Guy Pearce as corporate villain Peter Weyland, though Scott has been circumspect as to the size of their contributions.
The turbocharged I - 6 is one of the holdovers from the previous 3 - series range, but remains as sweet sounding and powerful as ever.
It also makes things difficult if you've pulled up to a curb on a two - way street and need to load something into the cargo area; the hatch swings the wrong way for that — a holdover from the Lexus» origins as a Japanese - market, right - hand - drive vehicle.
If there's any holdover from Turbos past, the engines» initial response isn't as razor sharp as some normally aspirated rivals; there is some telltale lag in the delivery down low, more so in the standard Turbo, noticeable more on - track than road.
Maybe it's a holdover from the print book setup as August said.
The idea that there is no need to change one's stock allocation in response to big price swings is a holdover from an earlier era, an era when the evidence that the Efficient Market Theory is wrong was nowhere near as compelling as it is today.
But yes, I think that this general idea is probably one reason that socialization and fear periods have evolved the way that they have — they are a holdover from a social structure that made sense for their wild ancestors, with a closed social group and not much reason to be open to new things after reaching adulthood, even though these traits may no longer be adaptive in their current role as pets.
It's a fine idea, but also one that feels like a holdover from Legends» original incarnation as a Wii U exclusive.
by Chris Horner, E&E Legal Senior Legal Fellow As Appearing in USA Today Another week of the Trump presidency, another bout of fevered reporting on claims promoted by the career (and holdover) federal employee «resistance.»
After debuting almost eighteen months ago, the electric - assist vehicles have been rejected by their drivers («pullers» in Indian parlance, a holdover from when rickshaws didn't have a bicycle attached to the front) as having too much added weight and the batteries being too slow to charge, taking nearly a full day once depleted, Indian Express reports.An unnamed official of the Delhi Municipal Corporation said,
Sellers should be weary and concerned with agreeing to a holdover period as defined in a typical listing agreement to offer to sell a property.
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