Sentences with phrase «as swan»

With Android 5.0 Lollipop, Google has finally shaken its ugly duckling reputation and emerged as a swan.

Freed from a community of body watchers, I spawn avatars, descending at will here and there, Vishnu appearing as Krishna, Zeus as a swan....

One of the latest entries into the Twitter chat arena is KMers, organized by Robert Swanwick, affectionately known to everyone as Swan.

As my swan song in the Obama Administration, I led the development of the President's Memorandum on Climate Change and National Security.

Michael C. McMillen: Train of Thought As his swan song project, Oakland Museum of California curator Philip Linhares entertainingly surveyed his Southern Californian friend Michael McMillen's prolific invention.

Further, in an age when cameras are incessantly used, this exhibition — which has been organized by Roxana Marcoci of the Modern; Matthew S. Witkovsky of the Art Institute of Chicago, where it was first seen; and Mark Godfrey of the Tate Modern, in London — can also read as a swan song for old - time photography in all its fastidious gorgeousness and endless minutiae, as art, craft, science and commerce.

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Whether or not this stands as the swan song of the demo disc is something that remains to be seen.

During development, Awakening was prepared as the swan song of a franchise with declining sales, but pulling out all the stops not only saved the series but also made this game one of the best RPGs ever made.

This is expected to be one of the first big games for Nintendo's new console, the Switch, as well as a swan song for the Wii U.

Serving as the swan - song to the classic - era of the franchise, Code: Veronica holds up very well to this day.

Major productions such as Swan Lake and Cosi Fan Tutte are usually staged in the main theatre, but you can also see contemporary works and rehearsals on the New Stage next door.

The phrase «as white as a swan» made perfect sense, until a black swan was discovered in 1697.

Many are claiming that it's a 2018 Corvette ZR1 that will be offered as a swan song to the C7 program in advance of a mid-engine C8 Corvette that will launch in 2019.

But before the all - new GT - R takes center stage, Nissan will bring out a hardcore NISMO version of the R35 as a swan song.

Conceived as the swan - song exclusive offering to the 964 - based Turbo 3.6, Porsche built a mere 93 Turbo S models worldwide, 76 of which were built with the Flatnose configuration, meaning only 17 cars were built with the Flatnose Delete Package.

Along with the Japanese - market Evo Final Edition, a special U.S. - market Final Edition version of the 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution will have a limited run of 1,600 examples as a swan song for the rally - bred performance car.

And everyone involved with the movie has sold it as a swan song — the closing chapter of a trilogy, and one...

Lucasfilm has wisely decided against using the uncanny valley CGI necromancy they did on Peter Cushing in Rogue One for Fisher, so it'll be a send - off for the character as well as a swan song for the beloved actress.

As far as swan songs go, Two Tribes did a great job.

INHALE as you swing your hands up above your head and then EXHALE as you Swan Dive towards the ground to touch your toes or shins.

As Swan admits: «The baby boys in our study were not freaks.

The group, known as SWAN, is joining the #bFair2DirectCare advocacy campaign, which is backing an expedited funding plan in the budget for direct care workers» pay.

Forty weeks may feel like forever when you're trudging through pregnancy, but with these pregnancy hacks you'll make it through as graceful as a swan.

It looks like his league contributions will be practically non-existent between now and his seemingly inevitable departure in January, so the League Cup is the best he's going to get as far as a swan song in red and white is concerned.

In terms of the Gestalt I have proposed here, I can describe that as the swan song of the Niebuhrian generation.

Aquinas sat a moment, mind withdrawn From his mouth's taste of buttered loaves, the song Without, the wish for more wood in the fire To clear the frost from stone or to admire The cool swift brilliance of all he said As a swan plumes its white and well - turned head.

The problem with the last time was the government had some very highly publicized failures such as Swan Hills, Novatel (which by the way is still operating) and that Magnesium processing plant by High River.

More favourable growing conditions this season should lead to a sharp increase in the number of red and white grapes crushed, while regions such as Swan and Manjimup should continue to see increasingly larger yields over the next five years.

A rare highlight of Rooney's season was almost ruined in dramatic circumstances as Swans goalkeeper Fabianski strode forward for a stoppage - time corner which he headed narrowly over the crossbar.

Clement's reign began with a fairly low - key FA Cup exit at Hull City last Saturday, but the stakes are high as the Swans return to Premier League action against the Gunners.

Michu and a wonderful Jonathan de Guzman free - kick completed the scoring in the second half as the Swans cruised to victory at a stunned Mestalla.

Kieron Evans shot narrowly wide of the far post as the Swans demonstrated their threat on the counter-attack before a break from the Blues carved out an opportunity for St Clair.

Murray's double and goals from Anthony Knockaert and Jurgen Locadia helped secure a 4 - 1 victory and a valuable three points for the hosts, as the Swans» 10 - game unbeaten run in all competitions came to an end.

A run of three games without victory looked set to end of Wednesday as the Swans took a 1 - 0 lead into the 88th minute at home to Tottenham Hotspur.

Based on the Irish tale of «The Fate of the Children of Lir,» SwanSong is the story of a jealous half - Tslyddi woman who curses her four Wolleni stepchildren to 900 years as swans.

Not exact matches

Swan Taxis has announced a 10 per cent discount for the next three months on bookings made through its flat fare app as it continues to battle for market share against Uber.

Premier Colin Barnett has described the federal government's mining tax as a flop, after Treasurer Wayne Swan revealed today the impost raised just $ 126 million in its first six months of operation.

A condo at 23 East 22nd Street was purchased for $ 4.5 million in 2014 by a shell company called Cricklewood One Madison L.L.C. that listed Ai Swan Loo as its authorized signer, public records show.

As they walked, the two of them — Ibex's director and chief data scientist — were on the phone with a client and in passing mentioned rare, so - called black - swan events.

The state government has talked up the benefits of its transport plan for the new Perth Stadium, with up to 23,000 patrons expected to take one of the two bridges crossing the Swan River as they exit the stadium after an event.

Perth - based Swan Gold Mining has completed a one - for - 10 share consolidation as part of a restructuring of the company that it proposes including a capital raising of up to $ 20 million and debt to equity conversion of more than $ 29 million.

The Atlantic Wire reported Thursday that two former interns at magazine publisher Condé Nast have hired the same attorneys as the «Black Swan» plaintiffs and have filed suit for back pay.

Noted physician and author David Agus was deep in thought as he listened to a live, solo performance of The Swan, at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego on Wednesday.

City of Swan spokesman Charlie Gregorini said that, while the Rothgard proposal sounded impressive, the State Government's plan was just as big or bigger in terms of employment and investment opportunities as the Rothgard proposal, and had been strongly supported by the community through public consultation.

PERTH»S new floating entertainment venue The Crystal Swan is serving as a prototype for ventures in Docklands in Melbourne and Darling Harbour.

Elizabeth May: Mr. Speaker, I can assure the hon. member for Dauphin — Swan River — Marquette that, as leader of the Green Party, I pay a lot of attention to measurable actions of the party that he represents.

As Nassim Taleb argues in The Black Swan, banks have a tendency of losing as much money as they make in the long run due to shady business practices and high - risk ventureAs Nassim Taleb argues in The Black Swan, banks have a tendency of losing as much money as they make in the long run due to shady business practices and high - risk ventureas much money as they make in the long run due to shady business practices and high - risk ventureas they make in the long run due to shady business practices and high - risk ventures.

Many would consider that a classic «black swan event» and the reaction would be «much more severe» than Brexit, which caused the S&P 500 Index to fall 5.3 percent in two days as benchmarks in Europe and elsewhere lost even more.»

While the black swan events can temporarily hurt your principle, as we saw even with things like 9 - 11, and LTCM, stock markets eventually recover their losses.