Sentences with phrase «first of maverick»

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The trip meant Barea had to miss the first day of Mavericks training camp.

But Oregonians, enhancing their reputations as Western mavericks, have apparently ignored the advice of outsiders and made their state the first jurisdiction in the world to legalize doctor - assisted suicide.

Zola's first brand ambassador is Luca Padua, the youngest person to ever surf Mavericks, the legendary big wave located off the coast of Half Moon Bay, Calif..

... One key to the stellar play of Hornets center Vlade Divac (12.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game through Sunday): He gave up his habit of 10 to 15 cigarettes a day... After being traded twice in three days last month — from the Mavericks to the Nets to the Lakers — swingman George McCloud made only nine field goals in his first nine games with L.A. Twice this season with Dallas he made nine field goals in one game... «The pick - and - roll has been killing us,» says Kings guard Mitch Richmond.

However, we saw numerous glimpses of how dominant he could be, with perhaps his most notable performance being a 29 - point effort in Game 4 of the first round to sweep away the defending champion Dallas Mavericks.

It was the first time the Mavericks have ever been swept in a best - of - seven playoff series, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Mayo signed with the Mavericks this past offseason after spending the first four years of his career with the Grizzlies.

As the first round of the 2015 NBA Playoffs continues, the Houston Rockets are in the driver's seat up 2 - 0 on the Dallas Mavericks.

THE END OF IT ALL: The newest WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT feature includes my essay on the end of the first round, plus Paul Flannery on the Nets, Conrad Kaczmarek on the Raptors, Dane Carbaugh on the Mavericks and morOF IT ALL: The newest WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT feature includes my essay on the end of the first round, plus Paul Flannery on the Nets, Conrad Kaczmarek on the Raptors, Dane Carbaugh on the Mavericks and morof the first round, plus Paul Flannery on the Nets, Conrad Kaczmarek on the Raptors, Dane Carbaugh on the Mavericks and more.

In her first year at university she was a recipient of a TASS award and she continues to play a good balancing act with her studies, being a part of the England Performance programme and of course Hertfordshire Mavericks.

The Lakers and Mavericks would face each other in the first round of the playoffs if the season ended today as the No. 3 vs. No. 6 match - up, but the Clippers are just one game behind the Lakers in the standings, and if there's one lower - seeded team the Lakers would want to face less than the Mavericks, it's probably the Grizzlies (the current No. 5 seed).

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was one of the first to become widely known for writing online, but others in the business world are following, including the head of Sun Microsystems and about 10 % of his staff.

Both are living up to their reputations as freethinking mavericks by being among the first supporters of John McDonnell.

Two maverick scientists have unveiled their plan to produce the first cloned human baby by the end of 2002.

Being J. Craig Venter's genome Closing in on more affordable genome sequencing, maverick scientist J. Craig Venter has led the first sequencing of both halves of a human's genome — that of J. Craig Venter — a venture funded in part by... that's right: the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md..

Tonegawa, now MIT's Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience, first carved out his maverick identity back in the 1980s.

He's recognized as one of the first faces of GoPro, in 2006 was Billabong XXL Performer of the Year, and in 2008 placed third in the world - renowned Mavericks Invitational.

No matter how much of an independent maverick I want to see myself as, I will be the first to admit I am only as good as the people around me.

And the first half of of the film goes to great lengths to stay away from such movie stereotypes as maverick cops kicking down doors, waving their firearms and shooting at anything that moves.

Mega Man Maverick Hunter X also includes an animated movie that provides real insight into the Mega Man X universe and even gives gamers a sneak peek at events that took place before the plot line of the first game.

Mega Man Maverick Hunter X is a remake of first Mega Man X installment, which was brilliant.

Mega Man Maverick Hunter X is a remake of the original Mega Man X title that first appeared on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

For starters, Kim Cattrall was honored as the first recipient of the festival's Maverick Award.

As it stands, closing film «Damsels in Distress» — despite the significant intrigue factor of being American maverick Whit Stillman's first film in 13 years, and starring rising indie princess Greta Gerwig — is unlikely to prove sufficient to lure them, though it's a tasty reward for the rest of us.

The Wind and the Lion (1972), the sophomore feature of the film school - trained screenwriter turned director, takes on a romantic tale of rebellion and response, honorable ancient codes and modern military might, and the first stirrings of the United States of America, the modern, maverick young country in a political culture dominated by the history - seeped empires of old Europe, as a world power.

The fest is also set to fete director Monte Hellman (1966's «The Shooting,» 1971's «Two - Lane Blacktop») for his innovative and diverse filmography with their first presentation of the L.M. Kit Carson Maverick Filmmaker Award.

To those rookie mavericks out there looking to settle the galactic score for the first time against oppressive invaders, there's far tastier fare available on the Xbox Live Arcade and elsewhere, but if you're not short of a few bob and fancy a gaming challenge that could take you under an hour to get through (shorter in co-op and possibly even shorter on the easiest difficulty level) then you might be OK with this, but as a shoot «em up veteran of some 34 years standing, I'd be remiss in recommending this.

In addition to the Celebrity Tributes program, Will Ferrell (Anchorman; Daddy's Home 2) will be honored with the Caldwell Vineyards Maverick Tribute on Friday, November 10, and the first annual Rising Star Showcase at Materra Cunat Vineyards on Saturday, November 11 will honor a handful of young talent including Ana de Armas (War Dogs; Blade Runner 2049), Odeya Rush, (Lady Bird, Goosebumps), Austin Stowell (Battle of the Sexes, Bridge of Spies), Gregg Sulkin (Runaways, Faking It) and Alex Wolff (My Friend Dahmer; Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle).

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Josef von Sternberg is the great stylist of the thirties, a Hollywood maverick with a taste for visual exoticism and baroque flourishes (which prompted David Thomson to dub him «the first poet of underground cinema»), but step back into his silent work and you'll find a storyteller of unparalleled talent and one of the great directors of silent cinema.

The maverick director's hubris has grown exponentially since he locked a bunch of gangsters in a warehouse back in 1992 to see who might break first.

The supplements consist of a 28 - minute HBO First Look special, A Pictorial History of the Makin» of the Movie Maverick, that's done in the amiable fashion of the film itself.

It's always been a factor in the outsize teen road - fatality rate, but with the explosion in cell phones and iPods — talking, texting, tuning, and a plethora of distractions I could hardly imagine back when a friend gave me my first lesson in the subject by torching the rear seat of her Ford Maverick when the lit end of her cigarette blew off on the highway — things have gotten progressively worse.

[15] The Maverick LDO option (also offered on the Mercury Comet) was one of the first American compacts to be marketed as a lower - priced (and domestic) alternative to the more expensive European luxury / touring sedans from Mercedes - Benz, BMW, Audi, and other makes.

The first two results are a clone of 10 institutional managers selected by Mebane Faber and available with a membership in AlphaClone: Appaloosa Management, Baupost Group, Berkshire Hathaway, Blue Ridge Capital, Eminence Capital, Greenlight Capital, Lone Pine Capital, Maverick Capital, Private Capital Management, and Tiger Global Management.

Aside from the home security system and my firearms, my first line of defense are these family members and that lighter - colored, white - ish Alpha Male («Maverick») doesn't play!

BHRR's Maverick — PRE & Post-Op — September 26th, 2013 * first photo courtesy of L. Smith BHRR's Maverick — September Post-Op @ Kanata Animal Hospital

To what extent Maverick Cats influenced the first large - scale practitioners of neuter / return in the U.S. is difficult to say, since hundreds of individuals had already quietly sterilized thousands of cats in quiet private projects, some of them underway as of 1982 for as long as 25 years.

Sarah Gerhardt is a giant slayer, and will forever be known as the first woman to surf Mavericks, one of the biggest, scariest surf spots in the world.

Onslaught delivers four new Call of Duty multiplayer maps, the new «Maverick» dual - purpose Assault Rifle / Sniper Rifle, and the first installment in Extinction's four - part episodic narrative, «Episode 1: Nightfall.»

Automaton has been pioneering a revolutionary approach to MMO design and development that will be evident for the first time with the launch of Mavericks this year.

Covering all eight main Mega Man X games (plus the Maverick Hunter X remake of the original Super NES game for the Sony PlayStation Portable), the two Game Boy Mega Man Xtreme titles, and the Command Mission RPG, this edition of Official Complete Works follows a similar template as the first book.

That first stripe painting, considered at the time a maverick work, was approximately 12 by 8 inches, with straight yellow, pink and violet stripes, of uneven width, but alternating with regularity.

Today Frieze announces details of Frieze New York's first - ever themed section, celebrating the maverick spirit and enduring legacy of New York and Chicago art dealer Hudson (1950 - 2014) and his gallery Feature Inc..

Frieze New York's first - ever themed section will celebrating the maverick spirit and enduring legacy of New York and Chicago art dealer Hudson (1950 — 2014) and his gallery Feature Inc..

The National Gallery's latest exhibition celebrates the life of Paul Durand - Ruel, the maverick French art dealer who first championed the Impressionists.

As we first revealed in the March Orange Rag, having used NetDocuments since its launch four years ago, Dutch competition boutique Maverick Advocaten NV is moving to iManage Cloud, with UX and mobility at the heart of the decision.

In the first part of his tenure, Justice Stevens was something of a maverick, taking his own often quite distinctive path to resolving numerous legal issues.

He leveraged the first dot com boom into a Scrooge McDuck - like fortune, purchased and transformed the Dallas Mavericks, and has remained an outspoken prognosticator of tech trends.

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