Sentences with phrase «even closer call»

Bell had an even closer call on February 14, 1875, when the race to patent the talking telegraph came down to the wire.

Its not even a close call, you can see it a mile away, the whole thing has gone from a classy Disney romp to a shoddy weekday cartoon... in the visuals department.

My take is that high - cost indexing is an oxymoron, and 2.29 percent isn't even a close call.

(* ok, there are some advantages of being a Rockefeller in terms of personal power and prestige that might outweigh the lack of modern medicine, hygiene, and so forth... but the fact that it is even a close call is pretty amazing).

But I don't think Frenkel's blog was even a close call.

I mean when I — when I decided to do it, it wasn't really even a close call in my mind.

Not exact matches

Uber also faces a challenge we talked about earlier: Since they're aiming to disrupt an established industry, a very regulated industry, one with close ties to municipalities, other companies can not only come back at them, they can call in regulations to make it even harder for Uber.

Meanwhile, close to an election, an ad that mentions a candidate by name, even without a specific call to action, can constitute a regulated communication requiring a disclaimer.

Some firefighters worked days on the front line, refusing to take breaks, while sheriff's dispatchers continued taking calls even as the fire came close to taking out their building.

And Shkreli seemed to be at pains to suggest he wasn't taking the trial seriously: dropping in on reporters during the trial (he called the prosecutors «junior varsity»), taking to social media during the evenings, declining to wear a tie in court, and ostentatiously reading a book during closing arguments.

In the end, the «goofy goo» GE chemists offhandedly called «nutty putty» and «bouncing putty» wasn't even close to strong enough to replace rubber.

A coalition of adverse forces seemed allied against Foster's determination and high hopes: (1) there was potential for a strike, should Foster balk at union demands; (2) 1983 might have proved not even close to the bottom of the recession for heavy machinery; (3) who knew what EPA standards the former owner had let slide, that the new one might be called on to correct?

The agreement calls for the agent to be compensated even in sales closed by the seller, but that fee is not stipulated, meaning it theoretically could amount to as little as a penny.

If you don't make the call and instead let the account go fallow, the issuer can take the initiative to close the account — without even letting you know.

Even if your accounts have since been closed, they count towards the so - called «5/24 rule».

Spamming people with undesired mail and calls is unlawful and not even close to a great practice in almost every business.

Call it clean meat, cultured meat, or even lab - grown meat — the questions remain the same: What's it going to take to get this revolutionary product on grocery store shelves, and how close are we right now?

Even on holidays when many stores close, we will be there answering your business calls with a smile.

Well, pay close attention here; even Webster defines a thing called iniquities - sins of the father.

And if a heavily laden soul calls [another] to [carry some of] its load, nothing of it will be carried, even if he should be a close relative.

The point is we all own one so called «Sin» or another, that we do nt even come close to addressing.

Traditionally recited in the evening at the close of vespers, it prods us to reflect upon how we have responded, this very day, to God's call.

But on closer examination, I find that even this so - called belief in the past is really reducible to belief in the future, for past events are important to me insofar as they affect my life as lived here and now.

There are nine, possibly ten, of these letters to the churches (Ephesians being of disputed authorship); ant three others, I ant II Timothy and Titus, called the Pastoral Epistles, may have been written by Paul but more likely were the work of some unknown Christian toward the close of the first century or even later.

You want us all dead and burning forever... how is calling you a «bigot» even close to that?

Funny, I hear this argument often (actually calling it an argument is invalid because it's not even close.)

after much thinking the calts called the Denisova the Elves (the children o Danu) and the Neanderthal the Fomorii (children of Danu) we were hums (the children of MIll) in their mythological text making the pretanic religion older and with a biblical story of the creation making them closer to the true religion,... what the mahabharata is an older text what the book of Tets has an even older creation

We looking outside world for answer, who can close the eyes and detach themselves from the world and simply merge in the goodness and love in heart and feel the best what we have, never worry or argue the different name of God or argue who is superior or inferior, the people who argues never even know himself or herself and started defying anything which cant be define, We can answer the very question of God and super power, it is not complicated, close the eyes, breath deeply and start detaching yourself from outside world and stop controlling your body, your thoughts, your so called worldly knowledge, ego and just feel the power and light within, you sure will get answer, it wont be Christ, Krishna, Allah, Those names wont matter, You will merge into supreme strength, and peace, we will have answer then, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANSWER LOOKING INSIDE OUT, WHEN ANSWER IS WITHIN,

«A prayer meeting had been called for at close of evening service.

Calling me a troll coming from you is hilarious, since I do not even come close to that definition.

the average ancient believed that the body was a container of the thoughts which made you... call a soul if you wish, i have studied all i can of all ancient cultures i can find... the most ancient egpytians had the closest thing you could argue is a soul but even they don't call it nor treat it like those of the followers of jesus.

My granny makes the most amazing blondies, or golden brownies as she calls them, and I've been trying for ages to make a healthy version that even come close to hers.

My brother even coaxed me to get out of line, inch closer to the counter and try to memorize the chart before my turn was called.

Even if Auburn or a team like Missouri wins big over Alabama and Ohio State has close calls against arch rival Michigan and two weeks from now's Big Ten Championship Game against Michigan State, BCS experts like CBS» Jerry Palm and ESPN's Brad Edwards believe Ohio State's stature with the computers and standing with the humans alike, even including some of the more cynical around the country, should be more than enough for the BuckeEven if Auburn or a team like Missouri wins big over Alabama and Ohio State has close calls against arch rival Michigan and two weeks from now's Big Ten Championship Game against Michigan State, BCS experts like CBS» Jerry Palm and ESPN's Brad Edwards believe Ohio State's stature with the computers and standing with the humans alike, even including some of the more cynical around the country, should be more than enough for the Buckeeven including some of the more cynical around the country, should be more than enough for the Buckeyes.

Harvey has already forced the Astros to play on the road for a significant amount of time due to the conditions in Houston, so this has hit close to home for baseball from the business side even before you consider the fans, supporters, and employees that call Houston home.

The Gunners have always got through those play - off games even though it was sometimes a close call, but for the first time in two decades the Gunners will not be involved with the elite of Europe and Arsene Wenger has admitted that this is not good, in a report by The Mirror, but he also played it down a little bit by claiming that the English Premier League and the title race is now more important and more of interest to fans than the UCL and maybe the fact that Arsenal have not looked remotely like winning it since we lost to Barcelona in the final makes that true.

Clarin even go so far as to say that a name for the baby boy has already been decided, and he will be called Benjamin — which is the same name that his close friend Sergio Aguero named his son with ex-wife Giannina Maradona — the daughter of Argentina legend Diego Maradona.

Now, the system calls for much lighter penalties for signing teams, and even then, the teams have to be over the tax threshold, which means free agents are much closer to free than ever.

I ride a quad every year out deer hunting and I've had a few close calls even though I tend to play it very safe.

even Wengers secret confessions gets leaked out from his so called close friends, god dam it.

One of the few Chelsea players to look as good this season as he did last, Marcos Alonso gets the nod for us at left - back, even if it's a close call between him and fellow Spaniard Jordi Alba.

He really hasn't shown much on the field outside of one phenomenal catch he hasn't even come close to reproducing and his own coach is calling him out in the media.

After another borderline call for ball, Fien completely loses his feel and throws two pitches that aren't even remotely close.

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.

Even though he didn't win, Lehman got a boost in confidence from the close call.

Even the woman that was calling it for Minnesota admitted that the angle wasn't good and it was very close.

Indiana smashed all opposition with more - than - expected fierceness and would have done even better had Tom Stock been awarded a judgment over Ensign Charles Bittick (who, at 23, is in his swimming dotage) in a very close 200 - yard backstroke event and if Indiana's medley swimmer Ted Stickles had not been suffering from what swimmers call tennis elbow, which curtailed his training.

Even our so called «Golden Generation» couldnt come close to pulling it off.

Inexplicably, head coach Frank Solich called a fake punt, and Grant Venham did not get even remotely close.

If Taylor was to put in anything close to a MOTM performance against Newcastle, Premier League sides might come calling with even more urgency.