Sentences with phrase «brandished in»

But the way he brandished it in public reveals his savvy understanding of mythology and power.

When the Atlantic Navigator docked in Baltimore harbor earlier this month, the freighter carried the last remnants of some of the nuclear weapons that the Soviet Union had brandished in the cold war.

Conservatives brandished him in support of hard - nosed anticommunism.

Not exact matches

Time and again the German auto - industry — the largest in the country — has been able to brandish the threat of job losses if legislation contrary to its interests is passed.

Cohn, a former president of Goldman Sachs, indicated that his resignation would have satisfied those who'd marched in Charlottesville brandishing Confederate flags and swastikas.

While the town has maintained much of its rustic charm (electricity in the city's «hotel zone» remains limited), it has also begun to attract a new wave of nomad — models, photographers and Wall Street brokers who gather for bikini boot camps, expensive dinners and far niente — to the delight of foreign investors, who have brandished the area's boho vibe as a persuasive marketing spiel.

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».

Supermarket giant Asda has been forced to apologise after it advertised 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).

Parkland activists brandished orange tags with $ 1.05, the amount of money Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has accepted from the NRA divided by every student in Florida — the price of each student's life, activists said.

In other pictures, he is covering his face with a kerchief and brandishing long knives.

Brandishing the credibility that he has gained by venturing through the bush several times to meet with Kony in his hideout, Odama is a leading voice among Ugandans who oppose the ICC's indictments.

The whole racism thing is just smoke and mirrors and not necessarily out of hand (I mean, if we're allowed to brandish anti-semitism as weapon, it's only fair), there might be a bit of racism, direct or indirect, but I think it's pretty ridiculous for this woman to want to be buried there in the first place.

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.

It is another thing, however, to know — as the early Church did — that in entering that cell, God brandished the key to unlock its door and lead us out.

Besides, you're pretty good bandying about a flamethrower, so I figure my brandishing a Bic in your direction isn't going to be a big deal.

Has it made a difference or slowed the gunning down of young, unarmed black men who brandish mobile phones that officers mistook as firearms, resulting in six shots to the back?

Earlier, Sri Lanka's president made headlines in November when he brandished a Milo pack in a public rage against the brand.

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.

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).

While dogma, ideology and twisted rhetoric do battle in cyberspace and are brandished by those going into fields destroying crops, they are nowhere to be seen in the laboratories of the people developing the new technologies.

The Gunners boss has come under fire in recent seasons, and has been the subject of numerous protests by sections of fans, and we have even witnessed planes being flown over stadiums brandishing the #WengerOut banner.

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.

Anthony Taylor is another guy who loves brandishing cards especially in our direction although that's probably more to do with his run in with Wenger last year..

Wasn't it only yesterday that the commissioner of baseball had sat in a field - side box to witness a revision of the home run record, while fans (albeit not in neoprene wet suits and not brandishing plastic paddles) jockeyed for the specially marked prize baseball?

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»

I would say that a lot of people were surprised when the man in the middle brandished a red rather than a yellow to Pedro, but in a way that is because you do not often see it in this sort of «semi-competitive» match.

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.

Ayew lunged in studs up on Jonathan Hogg, catching the Terriers midfielder halfway up his shin, and referee Michael Oliver did not take long to brandish a straight red card.

In Madely's 13 games this season he has brandished 64 Yellow and 2 Red cards.

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.

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.

In order to strengthen his case that Roma indeed wanted to hold on to the midfielder, Baldissoni brandished a letter from Pjanic himself in which he expressly stated his desire to free himself of his contract with Roma and move to JuventuIn order to strengthen his case that Roma indeed wanted to hold on to the midfielder, Baldissoni brandished a letter from Pjanic himself in which he expressly stated his desire to free himself of his contract with Roma and move to Juventuin which he expressly stated his desire to free himself of his contract with Roma and move to Juventus.

Mane caught Ederson in the face with his boot as the City keeper attempted to head the ball away, and referee Jon Moss showed no hesitation in brandishing a red card.

He appears on Christmas in places like Austria, Bavaria, Croatia, Hungary and Piedmont, where he breaks into houses rattling chains and brandishing switches, then stuffs naughty children into a wicker basket to later eat, drown or escort to damnation.

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.

In 2010 Kellner brandished a «smoking gun» which, he claimed, proved that liquor manufacturer Diageo had improperly worked on behalf of liquor stores trying to preserve their franchise.

In Akinbade's words on that day before he sojourned to the Labour Party where he lost woefully recording only 8000 votes across 30 Local Governments and the Area Office in Modakeke, Fatai Akinbade II stated that he was no longer needed in PDP because you Omisore had captured everything in the Party and was still brandishing it to mock theIn Akinbade's words on that day before he sojourned to the Labour Party where he lost woefully recording only 8000 votes across 30 Local Governments and the Area Office in Modakeke, Fatai Akinbade II stated that he was no longer needed in PDP because you Omisore had captured everything in the Party and was still brandishing it to mock thein Modakeke, Fatai Akinbade II stated that he was no longer needed in PDP because you Omisore had captured everything in the Party and was still brandishing it to mock thein PDP because you Omisore had captured everything in the Party and was still brandishing it to mock thein the Party and was still brandishing it to mock them.

In an embarrassing gaffe, Department for Education permanent secretary Jonathan Slater was photographed inadvertently brandishing a classified memo on the steps of 10 Downing Street.

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).

He brandishes his «Meritocrat's manifesto», produced for the Social Market Foundation in 2014, mid-way through our interview.

«The suspicion of the Police on this is that the suspected forged letter was obtained to perpetuate deceit in furtherance of DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman's fraudulent intentions and this is another reason why the suspected forged letter of retirement being brandished by DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman is being investigated.»

The governor, who reiterated his support for the fight against corruption, however, dismissed the $ 2.1 billion arms deal as a scam, noting that «all they are just doing is to brandish figures to deceive Nigerians and demonized the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and those opposed to his dictatorship in the All Progressive Congress (APC).

«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.

In a news conference last week, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick showed a number of social media posts in Syracuse where youth under 18 are brandishing firearmIn a news conference last week, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick showed a number of social media posts in Syracuse where youth under 18 are brandishing firearmin Syracuse where youth under 18 are brandishing firearms.

For instance, in 1976, Conservative MP Michael Heseltine seized and brandished the Mace of the House during a heated debate.

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).