Sentences with phrase «first big drive»

There are some predictable moments, such as Dan's date with an ugly duckling who has turned into a beautiful swan, his daughter's first big drive, and a few other examples, but Dan in Real Life always seems to know just the right ways to overcome inherent story clichés with surprising grace and affability.

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Many experts say that driving jobs will be among the first and biggest casualties, thanks to the growing capabilities of autonomous vehicles.

Daimler went big, bold and driverless last night, debuting America's first street - legal self - driving commercial freightliner on the Hoover Dam.

Millennials had been driving the nation's overall homeownership rate, showing the biggest gains throughout 2017, but they dropped back in the first quarter of this year.

So is a guy who today competes at nearly the highest level of his sport... yet when he first drove on a big track, he had to hold his leg down to keep himself from lifting off the gas pedal.

Years ago, when you bought your first PC or first notebook, you could probably tell me the size of the processor, how much memory you had, how big the hard drive was, how much it weighed.

In the next 12 months, self - driving cars will take big strides: California will draft the first set of consumer rules for autonomous driving, and GM plans to launch hands - free driving capabilities called «Super Cruise.»

In results - driven moves, the world's biggest advertising group WPP (WPP.L) surged up 9 percent after reporting forecast - beating sales in its first results without founder Martin Sorrell.

Recode first reported that Urmson was starting his own self - driving company and that he was recruiting big names from many players, including Tesla and Uber.

The biggest sign that it was his night came at the end of the first quarter, when he drove the floor in under five seconds to drill a 24 - foot three - pointer with Darius Morris in his face.

He also ran for a big first down on Ohio State's final clock - killing drive.

There are a trio of big plays that Harrison dished out on the Ravens» last drive of the first half.

It took fewer than 10 minutes of driving to pull off our first «Big Ben, Parliament» experience.

And out of nowhere, New Mexico State gained 316 yards (9.6 per play) in its first four drives against Louisiana - Lafayette, scoring touchdowns on all four drives and building a big lead; the Aggies gained just 134 yards (3.0) and scored seven points after that, eventually succumbing, 49 - 35.

Saint Francis scored the first points of the second half on a drive by Blackmon before Saint Mary's went on their big run to take control.

On the first play of the Lions» next drive, Groleau made his biggest single play of the night, intercepting an overthrown ball by Tolentino to give California the ball on Liberty's 32 - yard line.

By 2009, Bettman was fed up with the Big Red Machine, because any team that wins all the time sucks the drama out of the sport, which is what drives so many to watch in the first place.

Looking at First Down Rate (% of drives resulting in at least one first down or TD) and Available Yards Rate (yards gained by the offense / total yards available based on starting field position) is in line with our move toward bigger - picture stats, but they tell essentially the same story we've set up above: the Hoke offenses got worse and worse with very little fluctuation in even the most specific sFirst Down Rate (% of drives resulting in at least one first down or TD) and Available Yards Rate (yards gained by the offense / total yards available based on starting field position) is in line with our move toward bigger - picture stats, but they tell essentially the same story we've set up above: the Hoke offenses got worse and worse with very little fluctuation in even the most specific sfirst down or TD) and Available Yards Rate (yards gained by the offense / total yards available based on starting field position) is in line with our move toward bigger - picture stats, but they tell essentially the same story we've set up above: the Hoke offenses got worse and worse with very little fluctuation in even the most specific stats.

The biggest play of New England's lone drive in overtime turned a difficult second - and - 13 into a first down, putting the Patriots in field goal range and on the edge of the red zone.

The 21 - year - old's biggest strength is his superb first touch, instantly manipulating the ball to deceive defenders, before using his speed to drive past them.

Agencies that can raise the funds are spending more money for food, building shelves in their pantries, moving to bigger buildings, taking on summer food drives for the first time - and praying.

ALBANY — Mayor Bloomberg's drive to end «last in / first out» protections for underachieving city teachers got a big boost in the state Senate last night with the introduction of a measure to end the union - backed practice, The Post has learned.

In the process, I'll get to see a big slice of the country — the trip starts in the Armenian capital, but we'll drive a few hours south on the first day.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's «Fix NYC» panel is expected to release its congestion pricing recommendations today, which would make the Big Apple the country's first «pay - to - drive» city.

Of the big speakers, former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson delivered the kind of speech that I could imagine Ken Clarke or Michael Heseltine giving, using wit and knockabout humour to drive home his serious message: McCain is a man of honour who will always put the country first; Obama lacks experience and stands for higher taxes and big government.

The mayor also said that while it is not his first choice, the proposal from Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to charge motorists new tolls for driving into the city's densest areas represents a big improvement over earlier so - called congestion pricing plans.

A first step in the fightback is being taken by Greg Barker, the climate change minister, who writes in a Guardian article that the government will help drive down energy costs by prising open the energy market to challenge the «big six» suppliers.

Other gems include an Apple 1 computer (complete with wooden casing), an original Google server, and the first disk drive, IBM's 1956 Ramac: Bigger than a refrigerator, it boasts just enough memory to store a single MP3.

The first option, called the big - bang or mitochondria - early theory, predicts that a primitive archaeon engulfed a bacterium, an event that drove the development of eukaryotes.

He showed for the first time that the driving force behind the Big Rip — if it happens — could be the universe's cosmic viscosity.

But scientists disagree on what drove primates to evolve big brains in the first place.

From that point on, our hormones rule our every decade, giving us our first period (and PMS), the highs and lows of pregnancy, and the big M. And this chemical influence is actually a good thing: So - called sex hormones, like estrogen, progesterone and testosterone, help keep our sex drive up, our risk of heart disease down and our baby - making ability primed.

Moenchengladbach / Germany, June 27, 2017 — Dazzling blue lights, high - speed emergency drives and exciting investigative work: Last August publisher astragon Entertainment and Portuguese developer Big Moon Interactive first announced a new police simulation game, which will let players experience the exciting day - to - day policework of

I'm easy - going laid - back and Simple Man very understanding caring loving I love to please my woman I have a good sex drive I love to put a big smile on my woman's face the woman comes first I stand by her side I have a good sense of humor and fun singing

He's driving me to work and it's really early but we don't care because we're both 30 - year - old men who have our first big gigs and we're sittin» on top of the world and we're beyond invigorated!

As an actor, he was the doctor driven mad by ether and grief in the first season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY, the tortured heir apparent to the prophet on BIG LOVE, and the Hooli CEO who goes the reverse engineering route on SILICON VALLEY.

In this mode, you play as a stunt driver fresh out of driving school, looking for your first big break.

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Like the first movie, the narrative slows it down considerably with a flat and uninteresting case that drives the bland plot and eventually leads to a big action finale that feels like something you'd see in Bad Boys II.

But the one full - blown production number, «Zara Dil Ko Thaam Lo» («Hold on to Your Heart»), arises where it makes story sense (and nicely mirrors the touchstone «Main Hoon Don» number in the first film), and Akhtar and West make it count in a big way, going all - out with the spectacle, marrying the memorable music with Viabhav Merchant's creative choreography and a stunning, silhouette - driven visual design.

The spinning metal saucers are dead ringers for the invading forces of movies past, and their first appearance on the big screen in combination with Danny Elfman's thundering, theremin - driven score is absolutely jaw - dropping.

Kyra Sedgwick landed notice for Lifetime's Story of a Girl while Jean - Marc Vallee nabbed his first nomination for the female - driven sensation, Big Little Lies.

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Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers are the authors of more than 40 books and professional articles for educators, including, most recently, Teaching Students to Drive Their Brains: Metacognitive Strategies, Activities, and Lesson Ideas (ASCD, 2016), Smarter Teacher Leadership: Neuroscience and the Power of Purposeful Collaboration (Teachers College Press, 2016), Positively Smarter: Science and Strategies for Increasing Happiness, Achievement, and Well - Being (Wiley Blackwell, 2015), Five Big Ideas for Effective Teaching: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education Research to Classroom Practice (Teachers College Press, 2013) and Flourishing in the First Five Years: Connecting Implications from Mind, Brain, and Education Research to the Development of Young Children (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2013).

Will the Dodge Challenger be the first of the Big Three Detroit musclecars to add an all - wheel - drive option?

The M2's first big outing was to Canada, where yours truly piled on more than 600 miles of mostly highway driving.

One of the most extraordinary and beautiful cars ever to reach production, the world's first hypercar (hitting close to 220mph while the McLaren F1 was still climbing off the drawing board) was vilified at its birth in 1992, by those who'd put down a deposit on its original # 361,000 price (which would rise to over # 400,000 by launch), for not having the 500bhp V12 engine, four - wheel drive and scissor doors promised in the concept and, at nearly 7ft wide, being too big for British roads.

But the biggest news may be the diesel X3 xDrive28d, which is the first time we've seen a diesel X3 in the U.S.. There's also a new rear - wheel - drive version of the four - cylinder gasoline X3, called the sDrive28i.

Here he explains why / Driven from Behind — Tatra Type 77 — Air cooled, sleeve valve car engines — Part Three / Driven from Behind Part Three — Karl Ludvigsen recalls Roy Fedden's prewar interest in the Tatra Type / Gwynne to Gwyn — After almost 80 years a 1923 Gwynne Eight Brooklands model has returned to Britain from Australia.By Dennis Harrison / Hooray for Hershey — Michael Worthington - Williams reports on his annual pilgrimage to Hershey the world's biggest autojumble / Great War Ghost — Brian Heath samples a 1914 Rolls - Royce Silver Ghost whose first owner was the Admiralty / Trimming — Workshop / enthusiasm for air cooled sleeve valve car engines.

Daimler Trucks North America recently unveiled a Freightliner big rig that's the first truck approved to drive autonomously in the United States.