Sentences with phrase «chilly reception»

When he moved to New York two years later, Rauschenberg received an equally chilly reception from the hard - drinking abstract expressionists who hung out at the Cedar Tavern in the East Village.

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In retrospect, the film's chilly reception in North America might not be much of a mystery, as Hooper appeared to be telling his fans that there's more to life than guy's stuff, and that eventually a man must put away evasive self - absorptions — an assertion that beats as the heart underneath Lifeforce's amusing horror - movie antics.

But the really chilly reception is found on the European stage, where German chancellor Angela Merkel has just outright rejected Sarkozy's desire to deal with budgetary woes in Greece as an internal EU matter.

He has only made one film since: Silent Hill, which received a much more chilly reception than did Brotherhood.

It was, in short, a chilly reception for the most powerful person in Canadian business today.

While there are numerous factors contributing to the drop in sales, the most recent reason is the chilly reception consumers have given Windows 8.

Flying Start Among the many surprises in a lively first round of matches in France were the defending champions» struggles, a fallen hero's redemption and a chilly reception from the host nation

De Blasio got a chilly reception at the black - tie event — minimal applause and one discernible boo.

Regardless of the presentation, the Asteroid Redirect Mission met a chilly reception in the House of Representatives, where the Committee on Science, Space and Technology passed an authorization bill that would halt work on the project.

«We found that, apart from slight biases at the extreme ends of the political spectrum, people in Oklahoma — a state where the concept of «global warming» traditionally gets quite a chilly reception — readily perceived feedback from the climate system.»

What do a chilly reception, a cold - blooded murder, and an icy stare have in common?

The idea met with a chilly reception, but it was revived in 1968 by cryptozoologist Bernard Heuvelmans in his book In the Wake of the Sea - serpents.

Despite the fact that she's the offspring of the local rabbi, Ronit receives a chilly reception from everyone she comes into contact with — even her childhood friend Dovid (the excellent Alessandro Nivola), who's been mentored over the years as the late patriarch's spiritual successor.

After a chilly reception of the oddly cast film, the franchise was dead in the water again.

The Snowman isn't even in wide release yet and it's already been met with a chilly reception.

However, his attempts to imitate Christmas end up with a ghoulish touch, so his celebration plans are meet with a chilly reception.

The proposal, which received a chilly reception at a hearing before the House subcommittee on elementary and secondary education, would reduce the federal subsidy to schools by 6 cents for every meal served to children from middle - income families.

The budget is likely to get a chilly reception from the public education world, much of which opposes spending cuts and private school vouchers.

Ford officials must be absolutely stunned at the chilly reception the new Ford Contour and its sibling, the Mercury Mystique, have received since arriving in showrooms last fall.

Because of the chilly reception this year for its redesigned 2012 Civic, which was universally panned for its cheap, hard - plastic instrument panel and center console, Honda is moving more quickly than planned on some mid-cycle changes.

Interesting concept but it will be met with a chilly reception.

I am not referring to the weather; the frost I am talking about would come from the chilly reception Obama might feel from at least two justices of the Supreme Court.