Sentences with phrase «brandishing of»

Some conceive of patent trolling as a «tax on innovation» through the brandishing of invalid patents.

This already difficult scenario was exacerbated by the use of a domestic terrorism conviction, made in absentia, to obtain an Interpol Red Notice and Worldwide Freezing Order against Mr Boreh and the brandishing of the underlying judgment to the media, financial institutions and international security organisations, including US Homeland Security.

Digitally generated battle sequences can be thrilling in small doses, but too much brandishing of broadswords gets old fast.

She wondered if embodiment could help explain tragic misperceptions such as the 1999 shooting of Amadou Diallo, who was killed by New York police officers who perceived Diallo's motioning to open his wallet as the brandishing of a gun.

Mr Miliband also described The Daily Mail's brandishing of his father as «the man who hated Britain» as «hateful».

Bayer Lerkusen have apologised to Bundesliga champions Bayer Munich over the brandishing of a banner mocking officials Karl - Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeness.

Not exact matches

A few swipes into the popular dating app Bumble, and the diversity of interests is obvious: Users post photos of themselves swinging from trapezes, playing French horns, posing with freshly caught fish and, occasionally, brandishing a handgun or aiming a semiautomatic rifle.

The facility where the investigators had assembled that morning, brandishing an Administrative Inspection Warrant, was a distribution center operated by one of America's largest public companies, the giant drug wholesaler McKesson (mck), which ranks No. 5 on this year's Fortune 500.

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.

(You could try brandishing your Order of Canada pin.)

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.

Does Trans Mountain brandish the NEB ruling and Burnaby pull this Court's ruling out of its pocket when they confront one another on Burnaby Mountain?

(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.

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.

And when I was sorely tempted to have sex before marriage, it was not fear of being brandished unclean that stopped me, it was the sure knowledge that this one act could bring my children into a family that was not ready to be a family.

How could you challenge such scientists brandishing the Thalidomide skeletons as the evolutionary proof of a regular skeleton?

On «Death of Me,» he brandishes furious rhymes like a weapon, on «Never Land» he's quietly introspective, which might be a result of the absurd standards he sets for himself.

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?

This can take the form of rushing «heroically» toward death, fleeing from it or brandishing it.

It would be none of my business, I would have absolutely no right to speak up except that he repeatedly brandishes the Bible and calls himself a Christian.

He was wearing a full suit of medieval armor and brandishing a sword.

He didn't decide to brandish his power, but to spend most of his time with the powerless and disenfranchised.

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.

My mother would make mini sausages and a large pot of chili, leaving them to simmer on the stove until the smell drove us to the kitchen brandishing bowls and spoons.

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.

I didn't comment on the «Mourinho vs Wenger» title of this article, I responded to how some fans think they get to brandish others as «fake» because they share different views on our relative success the last 10 years.

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.

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?

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.

After that first weekend of the season it seemed clear how the season was going to pan out: Chelsea would sweep to victory under the keen oversight of the reinstated Mourinho, the two Manchester clubs would bash it out for second and third, and Arsenal would struggle to make even the Europa League with Liverpool and Tottenham both brandishing a number of notable new signings.

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.

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 Juventus.

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.

So while Ken imagines DC parents calling up their district, my own fantasy takes place on Capitol Hill, where throngs of parents brandishing lunch trays would finally start holding their elected officials accountable on this critical issue.

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.

Conservatives brandished him in support of hard - nosed anticommunism.

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.

Finally, national identity, the most symbolic aspect of sovereignty proudly brandished by right - wing populists, has largely been impacted by these supranational evolutions as well as by the cultural diversification of European societies.

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).

«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.»