Sentences with phrase «escape act»

He's thrown in a few of his patented Houdini escape acts for good measure.

The three points were absolutely vital as well, because our main rivals for the Champions League group PSG pulled off their own Houdini style escape act with an injury time winner in Basel.

Allardyce has made no secret of his desire to manage his country after missing out to Steve McClaren a decade ago and the incredible escape act he instigated at Sunderland last season seems to have finally convinced the FA that he is the right man to lead the country into World Cup 2018.

One may have to look at the upcoming Clasico to see whether the Great Escape Act actually helped or the gruesome experience of Yesternight has left a huge psychological scar on them.

Oh, and I got to REALLY work on breaking them in when one of our dogs, * cough * Tater * cough *, decided to do a little escape act after a cat and then I had to go sprinting around our neighborhood after her, whilst wearing these boots.

The retro Hollywood lounge is perfect for sipping swanky cocktails while watching everything from classic card tricks to daring escape acts.

Modleski concludes: «By working on a variety of fronts for the survival and empowerment of women, feminist criticism performs an escape act dedicated to freeing women from all male captivity narratives, whether these be found in literature, criticism, or theory.»

Sometimes making it through the holiday season with our health intact feels like an escape act of Houdini - like proportions.

Browning's escape act was one of many on the night, but it perfectly encapsulated Arkansas» miserable evening in Little Rock, which eventually ended in a devastating 34 - 31 overtime loss.

Nine of Denver's 12 regular season wins came in one - possession games — the last Super Bowl winner to survive that many close calls before the playoffs had even started was the 1986 Giants — and whether or not those escape acts are a testament to the defending champs» merit or a qualifier to it is in the eye of the beholder.