Sentences with phrase «crescendoed last»

And the voice that said seven was too young to sit formal tests crescendoed last year, when new, much tougher Sats were introduced to assess the new, much tougher primary curriculum.

After McIlroy's two majors last summer solidified his status as the game's top talent, the rivalry narrative started to crescendo this last month when Spieth joined the battle with that record - setting Masters win.

A dramatic year for Bingham McCutchen reached a crescendo last week, with the transfer of the bulk of the partnership to Morgan Lewis & Bockius providing the catalyst for the dissolution of the Boston stalwart, which had 1,000 lawyers on its books just over a year ago.

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The data leak was part of a broader string of attacks on Democrats that hit a crescendo ahead of the party's Democratic National Convention last month.

The hope of the Christian rose to a crescendo during the bright days at the turn of the last century when it looked as if the ramparts of evil were beginning to be battered down.

As time crescendos into hellish oblivion, I pray the Lord doesn't tarry too long; and gathers to Himself every last person He intended to — before the foundation of the world.

Talking on last Friday's Today program, the blogger was quick to remove herself from purported «clean eating» and, cunningly, from the crescendo of feedback encompassing the pattern.

The last two clips during the big crescendo feature Urban Meyer's Buckeyes charging the field and Les Miles clapping.

The last fifteen minutes were played out against a crescendo of noise generated by the home fans around the ground.

The Argentine international, not seen in a Spurs shirt since a League Cup tie at Liverpool on October 25 last year, took another step on his road to recovery following hip problems with a good shift in a Premier League 2 London derby at Hotspur Way that saw both sides have spells in the ascendency before reaching a crescendo with two dramatic goals in stoppage time.

The ever - present discontented murmuring about Sampson's leadership seemed to crescendo toward the end of the last session, and several other Democrats, including Mike Gianaris, who masterminded this last campaign, now say a leader will be determined by the conference in some future process.

But during high - water events, which occurred 11 times last year reaching a crescendo of 6 feet at the max, control centers will direct compressed air into the gates, causing them to rise.

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It's a have - your - cake - and - eat - it - too horror movie, where the sights and sounds crescendo to the very last beat.

It's like a two - hour - and - forty - minute version of the last half of Inception, keeping multiple plates spinning and reaching strong crescendos by cross-cutting action sequences between timelines.

Phoenix's exploits; his attempts to get Sean Combs to produce his album, his relationships with his PAs / friends and his half - arsed publicity for his last film - Two Lovers — crescendos to a point where it is all pretty hilarious.

«Now we're in the home stretch,» the mayor said, «and we have built a movement over these last months, and now this movement, it's time for it to crescendo.

The Electronic Reader market seemed to be bustling for the last 6 months, with the crescendo happening at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas earlier in the year.

Together at last, they realize the bond between them has miraculously risen to a crescendo, melodiously marrying them like strong symphonic chords.

Last year, she was celebrated by the the Gordon Parks Foundation and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the momentum hit a crescendo when she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in September 2013.

An inspiring event began late last week and rose to a crescendo on Saturday: the law student - driven Research - a-thon for Refugees.