Sentences with phrase «from precipice»

NAR and other interest groups, representing virtually every sector in the real estate industry, have been among those actively urging HUD to step back from the precipice.

Fortunately, Rush talked me down from the precipice and convince me to give it a try.

For those of us more comfortable a few steps back from the precipice, it is undeniable that libraries are facing challenges.

All completely wrong, and in my view, the bigger they get the more we will see the return of balanced policies from the precipice of the right neoliberalism which many of us are whinging about.

This paper is part of the climb down from the precipice they are hanging from.

With a shift of one apostrophe — an almost unmentionably minor mistake — we move from the precipice of the wild to a land of «no iron» slacks.

The game was dragged from the precipice of cancellation several times and ultimately persevered to become an underground hit.

Last year's Assassin's Creed Syndicate managed to bring the series back from the precipice, delivering a decent experience in a new historical setting.

Can they find their way back from the precipice and into the love of God and each other, or are they destined to keep their word and deny their heart?

Another time it nearly rolled off a very tall cliff to its certain demise but instead plowed through a pile of stacked coal near the edge and slowed down just enough for Dad, running in cowboy boots, to catch up, throw himself through the passenger's door, and jam on the brake mere feet from the precipice.

Principal Pete Hall narrates the school's progress from the precipice of state takeover (for failing to make adequate yearly progress three years running) to an energized school whose test scores went up and stayed high.

She knows how to take a tumble or how to dangle from a precipice without losing he dignity.

I'm a 3 year old male stepping back from the precipice of metabolic syndrome.

It rolls down a grassy hill, arriving feet from a precipice, on the brink of a wide blue abyss.

The party is one step away from the precipice, and you think the important issue is all - women shortlists?

It is not about political patronage at the moment; we are talking about saving the country from the precipice and the only thing that can happen is bring the right persons on board.»

«Leaders like you must come together and take a firm position on how to save our nation from the precipice,» he said.

A key part of Alan Pardew's comeback from the precipice.

But after a pacy early scene in which courier Lara leads a wild bike chase through East London, the action reverts to the tried - and - true as the narrative focuses once again on tomb raiding, ruthless mercenaries, mad races through the jungle, much hanging from precipices, secret chambers being penetrated and dormant curses being unleashed after two thousand years.

Not exact matches

«It just felt like we'd reached this precipice where nothing was going to happen from here.

Black Panther is already the biggest movie of 2018, and now the latest superhero blockbuster from Marvel and Walt Disney is on the precipice of cracking $ 1 billion in worldwide box - office revenue.

«Maybe this is a sign that we have reached a moment, like 2000, where investors wake - up abruptly from their liquidity - induced slumber and realise they have inadvertently sleep - walked to the edge of an investment precipice.»

A more reasonable review of the evidence suggests that the scenario that conservatives revile — that the nation's economy was on the precipice and the Federal Reserve came to its rescue — is probably not too far from the truth.

Nevertheless, Malthus» recognition that the «preventive checks of moral restraint» implied the possibility of stationing a society at some distance from the Malthusian precipice is relevant to any consideration of the circumstances in which escape from the constraints of an organic economy might occur.

Since Congress has, so far, not acted we are now on the precipice of a much more uncertain and chaotic situation in which Puerto Rico will attempt to selectively cancel debts and bondholders will seek to use the federal courts to block the Puerto Rican government from operating until it pays up.

Cornered on a precipice above the now - burning forest of thorns, the prince has his shield knocked from his hand by the dragon's fiery breath.

Of course, it's like going from the summit to the precipice that is one foot below the summit, but whatevs, media...

Ask him now, though, at the precipice of his NFL career, and he'll say he's only selectively listening to the voices on social media telling him he's too short, or that his offense at the University of Oklahoma won't translate, or that his best NFL comparison is a certain first - round burnout from his part of the country.

Now that homebirth is on the precipice of being banned given that independent midwives are likely going to be denied indemnity insurance from next year, the suggestion that all women who homebirth are crazy radicals or that homebirth represents the majority of birthing women in Australia (only about 2 %) is ridiculous.

Stepping back from the email precipice for a minute (that Cap Ad study has been stirring up some BIG waves in the online advocacy world), ealier this year the Bivings Report conducted a study of how campaigns for U.S. Senate were using the internet that's worth checking out.

We have stepped back from the financial precipice.

Mr. Ritter In The 1st District The candidates vying for the state House of Representatives in Hartford's 1st District agree that Hartford is dangling on the edge of a fiscal precipice, but the two friendly rivals divide in some ways on the best way to get back from the brink.

The courage to dance on an edge or a precipice from which we are not quite certain we will return.

Smrz handled the train sequence — which singlehandedly saves the movie, and not just because it's the moment at which Howie Long's annoying meathead sidekick gets kicked off the train from a high precipice.

From its familiar yet nicely edited introductory credits, to its sweaty palmed electro enhanced climax, Max Joseph's BPM booming coming - of - age drama We Are Your Friends sometimes surprises by tapping into an energetic vein of youth on a precipice.

Despite having spent two decades as an actor, Michael Shannon is on the precipice of moving to the former category from the latter, in the latest step in his progression from television bit player to film star.

This section, in which Cindy goes from devastated (The tears do come a bit quickly) to scheming for guardianship of Leo with the help of a lawyer (Margo Martindale), is the film's most fragile, teetering on the precipice of falling into the trap of unnecessary conflict.

Whenever some nigger who'd «done lost they motherfucking mind» needed to be talked down from a tree or freeway overpass precipice, the call would go out.

Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith # 1: Precipice This intriguing sci - fi book takes place in the world of the Star Wars trilogy — and judging from the book's description on Amazon.com, it's just as complicated.

One of its highlights is «Jumping Rock,» an enormous, craggy boulder that punctuates the bay's western edge where daredevils leap from the cliff - like precipice into the sea during the calm summer season.

Whether it's searching for red - shouldered hawks at the precipice of a trail, painting broad strokes of the setting sun from an overlook, or meditating on a rocky outcrop discovered by following a lesser - known trail, the experiences we embrace on trails are limitless.

The small, uninhabited islands of Wolf and Darwin are the eroded crests of extinct volcanoes that rise from depths of more than 3,000 feet to become towering rocky precipices that soar 500 to 800 feet above the sea.

The commanding vista from Glacier Point, a 7,214 - foot / 2,199 - meter granite precipice that dramatically reaches out over Yosemite Valley, takes in the park's most famous landmarks — Half Dome, Clouds Rest, Liberty Cap, Vernal and Nevada Falls, and the surrounding High Sierra.

Experience the awe of the spectacular views from your suite's private viewing deck or feel as though you're floating on air with a dip in your personal plunge pool on the very edge of the breathtaking precipice.

It offers great scenery beneath the glaciated precipices of the Southern ice fields before summiting from the higher Barafu Camp.

That's Cosmic Star Heroine, a science - fantasy RPG from the two - man team at Zeboyd Games, the same folks that brought us Cthulu Saves the World and episodes three and four of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain - Slick Precipice of Darkness.

Replacing the class system from the previous game, Precipice of Darkness 4 has a new trainer system where you can attach a human trainer like Gabe or Moira to a monster to give them new abilities and affect their stat growth.

We were both big Penny Arcade fans and the terms they offered were very favorable to us — we'd get most of the revenue from the games, a great deal of flexibility in design, as well as assistance from Penny Arcade with marketing & producing the games — so we eagerly agreed to make Penny Arcade's On the Rain - Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 & 4.

I have to say I'm a bit disappointed with this teaser trailer, it seems rushed and with lower visual quality than what I'm used from you guys (especially after Precipice 4).

This takes the place of the Interrupt function that we had in our previous 2 games (Penny Arcade's On the Rain - Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 & 4) in that it lets you prevent the enemy from taking action.