Sentences with phrase «brandished at»
ISLAMOPHOBIC comment on a placard brandished at an anti-live exports rally in Adelaide has been condemned as «divisive» by the Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AACCI).
https://www.theland.com.au/ Not exact matches
Former footballer Stan Collymore and political spin doctor Alistair Campbell have expressed disgust at supermarket giant Asda advertising a fancy dress outfit featuring someone covered in blood and brandishing a machete as a «mental patient fancy dress costume».
(12) When Glass's bill, having made it through the House Banking Committee, was attacked by Bryanite Democrats at the party caucus, Glass stunned and silenced them by brandishing Bryan's letter calling for his supporters «to stand by the president and assist him in securing the passage of this bill at the earliest possible moment» (13).
To show Jewish culpability in the riots, the paper even ran a picture — laughable even at the time — of a Chasidic man brandishing an open umbrella before a police officer in riot gear.
You brandished your naked bow, sated were the arrows at your command....
And the deacons standing this side and on that and brandishing [fans] are a symbol of the angels at the head and at the feet thereof.
The New York - listed Constellation Brands, with 20 per cent of Accolade, will have a seat at the table and is still brandishing bruises from paying top dollar in a $ 1.9 billion takeover of Accolade's predecessor entity BRL Hardy in 2003.
Arriving last week at our house for a laid - back deck burger fest complete with homemade ice cream, she walked in brandishing a bouquet of sumptuous late summer herbs and two bright - as - sunshine summer (yellow) squash.
The official wasn't having any of it though as he brandished the yellow card at the England international which in turn queued the reaction on Twitter.
Sullivan ranged far and wide and, brandishing the GI Bill, even induced some soldiers at various posts to abandon service for their country to play for Scooba.
The «Library» fans might start savagely clicking their biro pens, shake their heads in unison or even brandish their red library cards at Wenger while whispering «its time to go old chap»
The Bianconeri exploded, surrounding the Englishman, who responded by brandishing a straight red card at Buffon, likely ending his Champions League career in the worst way possible.
Almost the worst part about the sending off was the yellow card brandished to Calum Chambers for coming on the pitch too early when he replaced Mesut Ozil to fill in at right back.
This is his 7th Premier League game of the season during which time he has brandished 1 red and 24 yellow cards whilst at the same time missing Aguero's elbow assault on Winston Reid at the Etihad.
However, the referee was in no doubt the next time Ronaldo was involved in an altercation and brandished a straight red card at the Portuguese for kicking out at Cordoba defender Edimar.
So I do hope that Ferguson brandishing last week's clash with Liverpool as the» biggest game of the season» was a ploy, as it's about time United took this fixture as seriously as their neighbours, who are the ones making all the noise right now as they sit pretty at the summit of the Barclay's Premier League.
I realize that the folks at the Childbirth Connection are desperately hoping that is the case, because then they could brandish it against those who point out that C - sections save literally tens of thousands of lives each and every year.
Heralding the launch of a Tokyo - inspired «scramble crossing» scheme, which allows pedestrians to cross West End interchanges diagonally as well as laterally, Boris brandishes a large, fluffy drumstick at the crowd — universally acknowledged to be a sign of extreme manliness.
His self - conscious strut from No 11 to his ministerial car this morning, brandishing the famous red briefcase, looked like a teenager trying to act cool in black tie at the end - of - year ball.
Representatives of infamous Financial Engineer Alfred Agbesi Woyome who is currently dragged before the Supreme Court to explain why he has still not paid the GHc51.2 million he illegally took from the government of Ghana have pitched camp at the precincts of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) brandishing some documents demanding that the Trust forks out a whopping $ 6billion representing its 24 % shares in the phantom Green Township which has metamorphosed into a Special Economic Zone project (SEZ).
«What makes these weapons so dangerous is the ease in which they can be concealed and brandished,» Vance said at a press conference.
This included allegedly menacing nightclub patrons with a gun, brandishing a butter knife at a House colleague, reportedly having sex with a woman in the bathroom of a bar in Brooklyn and threatening a NY1 reporter that he would hurl him from the Capitol building rotunda — a comment to which he appended the curious addendum: «I'll break you in half.
Making the call at a news conference in Osogbo, the state Chairman of APC, Prince Gboyega Famodun, said the video clip was fabricated by some unscrupulous individuals to discredit the election, adding that the video clip, which was brandished by the spokesperson of Jonathan Campaign Organization, Mr Femi Fani - Kayode, had nothing to do with the last August election in Osun State as the ballot papers shown in the video were different from the actual ballot papers used for Osun governorship election.
The part the Dems are particularly interested in comes at the tail end of the report, highlighting a lawsuit brought against Grimm back in the summer of 2000 by a former NYPD officer who claimed Grimm brandished a gun and misused his FBI authority after getting into an argument with another man over a woman (Grimm's date, the man's estanged wife).
The Lady in the Harbor does not brandish her fist at the world; she raises a light.»
Campaigners are worried that employers could intimidate staff or even brandish their prejudices, safe in the knowledge the conversation could not be referred to at tribunal.
While clerks stamped the many pages of his ballot, Spitzer turned at one point to the press, brandishing a thick bound stack of petitions.
The railway workers and other civil servants were marching down the Boulevard Montparnasse, near Baglin's home, brandishing bright red flares that filled the air with chlorine - scented smoke; off the boulevard, platoons of shield - toting, armor - wearing riot police stood nervously at the ready.
At about 6:45 p.m., two young men, one brandishing a.38 revolver, entered the restaurant and demanded the patrons» money.
Researchers at the University of British Columbia showed subjects one of two different slide shows — either a depiction of people brandishing guns or images of individuals who were obviously ailing.
The well known yet downplayed brand Hunter Boots has been spotted all around this late spring, worn by VIPs at the best summer celebrations and brandishing occasions, including the sprinkled out Ryder Cup, they have demonstrated their solidness and configuration quality in the course of recent years.
Basques protest in support of catalan independence as crisis in spain grows: tory whip chris pincher dressed in his bathrobe «tried to untuck the man details the time he got drunk and wrote to denmark to one woman gave a subtle hint to her dates that she's not to be messed with by brandishing an axe in her profile photo, while another will at least attract people with a keen interest in angling by lying alongside a giant fish.
When his 27A won the Australian Film Award for Best Fiction Film in 1974, producer Haydn Keenan brandished the trophy at the august assembly and...
Bloodless stretches set at Michael's house overlooking the Pacific Ocean, where Laura is menaced obliquely by David, brandishing a screwdriver, play like a Hitchcock homage by way of De Palma, but without the virtuosity and / or perviness required to justify the exercise.
The script is at times eloquent, always hilarious and though it brandishes its John Hughes references a little too heavily at times, it does evoke his intuitive, respectful love of teenagers.
Craig Gillespie's rollicking retelling of infamous figure skater Tonya Harding's rise and fall might take several dramatic liberties (peep the new trailer for a bloody - faced Margot Robbie mugging for the camera in one shot while brandishing a shotgun in pursuit of Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, in another), but, at its core, I, Tonya is a film rooted in the rich, real - life story of a deeply troubled athlete fighting for her place in the world.
The tidal wave of action in the film's final act is rightly ridiculous at times (is anything more ridiculous than an ape riding a horse, brandishing machine guns in both hands?)
The briefest of brief glimpses at this one, but shots of Eric brandishing table legs as weapons and weeping in the arms of a fellow inmate are very promising.
That sense of doom, at moments, helps you avoid the fact that «Miss Meadows» seems to have no agenda beyond depicting a mannered young woman brandishing a gun and teaching proper manners.
Local control — although it is still brandished when expedient — is today more myth than reality, at least when it comes to matters involving teachers.
Readers of the city's dailies were treated to a host of stories about out - of - control students caught brandishing weapons, a teacher and a student being taken away on stretchers after a fight at a school in the Bronx, and students at several schools assaulting school safety officers.
The federal class action against the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and several U.S. Border Patrol agents claims that the agents have harassed students and a school secretary and brandished a pistol at a football coach from Bowie High School.
Last week, people protesting the removal of Confederate flags in New Orleans brandished guns, and at least one assault rifle, within range of a local school known for diversity.
Arne Duncan and Rhee brandished the D.C. scores as «proof» that get - tough policies aimed at teachers work;
On - lookers regularly brandished smartphones and snapped away at our orange luxo - cruiser like they'd just seen Abraham Lincoln blasting down I - 80 in a Mazda Miata, top down.
Torches and pitchforks have been brandished by the automotive press to hunt out the witches over at Porsche AG that rubber - stamped this abomination's approval.
a vendor shouts at them, furiously brandishing a long stick above their heads.
The next step is to take into consideration any knowledge of his known background, before adoption, If your dog is a traditionally reserved breed, and has suffered any physical abuse or isolation, he's not going to love unknown children or adults running up to him, grabbing for him or brandishing sticks at him.
Imagine the danger that comes with someone brandishing an assassin at your pair of Dukes.
At the bottom of this descent, a few strides outside of my crackling torch - lit sphere, awaited a huge turtle - like monster, clad in silver armour and brandishing a huge mace.