Sentences with phrase «draw lines in the sand between»

He said, «The President firing this kind of salvo was only drawing the line in the sand between the unitary and progressive forces who want Nigeria restructured so that it can make progress.

THQ recently placed itself in the spotlight of the industry by drawing a line in the sand between game developers and gamers purchasing used games.

Exclusive games on each were plentiful, helping to draw lines in the sand between the consoles, but I'm also counting versions of non-exclusive games that I feel are different enough from their siblings to warrant a mention.

In 2017, the urgency to draw a line in the sand between form and function seems less dire, but also more complicated.

What happens when it discovers that the world's most illustrious science bodies have themselves stopped drawing a line in the sand between activists and those who strive to pursue science in a genuinely neutral and unbiased fashion?

When we asked about Hyperion and other small reactor designs, Landrey was quick to draw a line in the sand between NuScale and a less traditional approach.

It's easy to regard the HD 6XX's sound signature as just another dynamic - driven headphone, bringing with it traits that often have audiophiles drawing lines in the sand between those who love a drop of pleasing warmth in their sonic coffee, and those who demand near - clinical dedication to the recording as it was originally rendered.

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Even before the negotiations to revise and modernize NAFTA begin on Aug. 16, a red line has been drawn in the sand between Canada and the United States: Chapter 19, on the «Review and Dispute Settlement in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Matters.»

My remark turned out to be a gauntlet thrown down between me and them, a line unwittingly drawn in the sand.

So you are torn between wanting to draw a line in the sand, sever all connection with your toxic mate and divorce, which means expense and dividing up the assets which for the vast majority of people means having to settle for a lower standard of accommodation, much lower.

Most people see a line drawn in the sand between breast and bottle.

Now I believe there is a delicate balance between authority and freedom, it's important for parents to figure out which lines they are going to draw in the sand, yet always remain flexible.

While the jury is still out whether you should apply your lip liner before or after your lipstick (we can argue both ways), the entire purpose of a natural lip pencil is to draw a line in the sand — a «do not cross» barrier between your lipstick and your skin.

Last fall, the NAACP called for a moratorium on the expansion of school choice in the United States, viewing the charter sector as a threat to our hallowed system of public education — as though it's ever been what it claims to be for Black students and families — and drawing an inexplicable line in the sand between two parts of itself.

Since you, and the «major writing organizations» have distilled it all down to ««if you haven't made» a certain amount of money, you aren't the «real deal» (cliché) you must «draw a line in the sand» (cliché) «between AN writer and a professional author» (poor grammar) and «we should qualify a distinction» (redundant).

Okay, so... if «author» doesn't carry any meaning or status, then why do you have such a bug up your butt about «drawing a line in the sand» to distinguish between «writers» and «authors»?

That compression of sound and time, both literal and esoteric, draws a fairly profound line in the sand between the world of large - scale game development, working with teams of dozens or hundreds, and the more intimate universe of sound design for smaller social and mobile titles.

Has an economic and ethical line been drawn in the sand between the art market, with its appetite for eye - candy, and alternative factions and modes of production, in whatever forms they may take?

I think it «s time to draw a line in the sand dude, between the sort of low - brow, unintellectual, cheap, rock star BULLSHIT peddled by the likes of mass media WHORE - mongers to the genuine god given gifts of visionaries, performers and those who have a message and a wish to change the world — whether there be recrimination, rewards, RESURRECTION, fire, persecution, loneliness - death in obscurity or a bullet in the back... There is a big difference between those who seek only to divulge their weak interests for self indulgence and those who seek only to communicate with HONESTY and TRUTH.