Sentences with phrase «from opening act»

From the opening act — a get familiar with the edge of your seat intro pitting Kirk (Chris Pine), McCoy (Karl Urban), Uhura (Zoe Saldana) Sulu (Jon Cho) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) in a desperate mission to prevent a volcano from erupting — Abrams promises one of the more exhilarating times you'll spend in a theater this summer.

The moviegoer presumes that Chiles wants Kelly's career, that she will overtake the aging veteran and ascend from opening act to headliner, a modern day Eve (the understudy, played by Anne Baxter, in «All About Eve»), but as it turns out, the moviegoer would presume wrong.

Not exact matches

Affirmative action opened the door to higher education for the pan-Asian community in the aftermath of the Chinese Exclusion Act — which was in force from 1882 to 1943 — and Japanese American internment during World War II, at a time when systemic racism barred our grandparents and parents from accessing a better life for themselves.

He is renowned for his ability to «command a room and work a crowd,» not surprising coming from a one - time member of a hip hop band that opened for acts like the Wu - Tang Clan and Naughty by Nature.

The top Republican in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, said he was open to suggestions from experts on how to prevent terrorism suspects from acquiring firearms and called the Orlando shooting a «calculated act of terror.»

Day trading refers to the act of opening and closing stock positions within a trading day, with the hopes of making quick profits from small intraday price movements.

We know that China is still on holiday and so hasn't had a chance to act but the fade in Asian hours from opening highs in nearly everything «risk» is somewhat frustrating.

The president's decision to reconsider one of his first acts in office — withdrawing from the 12 - nation Trans - Pacific Partnership — opens up another potential line of attack for some Democrats ahead of critical midterm elections in November.

This lack of transparency could actually also be grounds for yet more legal action against Trump, in fact, since it looks very likely that it's a violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to not hold these advisory meetings from business leaders open to the public, though the administration denies any of its actions have contravened this order.

Entrepreneurs and business leaders from across the country and representing every major sector of the economy released an open letter calling on Congress to immediately pass the bipartisan Dream Act or legislation that provides Dreamers raised in our country the permanent solution they deserve.

[483] In 2010, he signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act, which brought an end to «don't ask, don't tell» policy in the U.S. armed forces that banned open service from LGB people; the law went into effect the following year.

Rick and 12 other farmers arrested received a pardon from Prime Minister Stephen Harper on August 1, 2012, when the federal government's Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act came into effect, which allowed producers to opt out of the Canadian Wheat Board and sell wheat on the open market.

Which is to say that the path which the individual life must take is one of growth from nothingness to being, by attempting first to understand that one's life situation is ambiguous; second, by opening oneself up to the creative God - power within oneself and waiting for its revelation, however gradually it may come; and third, by acting upon its discovery.

What is here said of the eschatological meals open to all is then generalized to an interpretation of Jesus» conduct as a whole: «This conduct is neither that of a prophet nor that of a sage, but rather the conduct of a man who dares to act in God's stead, by (as must always be added) calling near to him sinners who apart from him would have to flee from God.»

This readiness is an inner preparation, a willingness to remain open and to respond from the depths of one's being, but it is not a preparation of the act itself.

Even if we deny that Jesus worked for transformation in the explicit sense of deriving the dialectic of individual and society from social structures, or beginning the process of transformation with changes in property and social relationships, it can not be overlooked that in an indirect sense, the manner in which Jesus thought and acted de facto broke open and transformed the social structures of the world in which he lived.7

Far from being an act of rebellion or an open attempt outwardly to overthrow abused power, it was a quiet, constrained, symbolic act that ironically caught the person of highest power in the midst of a most ordinary human activity.

In view of the central importance of this doctrine it matters less whether it is readily accepted by our contemporaries, provided that its message is not interpreted in a narrow, selfishly individualistic sense, but that the gracious divine act which opens man to God is from the beginning understood also as creating authentic community among men.

By using restriction enzymes, it is possible to open up a plasmid (a self - replicating circular piece of DNA) and then match it up with a piece of DNA from any source that has been acted upon by the same enzyme.

From a literary standpoint, the opening act serves an important purpose: it warns the reader to watch out of Xerxes and his court!

The Green family, famed owners of Hobby Lobby who made headlines a few years ago for protesting the Affordable Care Act's birth control legislation, have a reason for acquiring ancient artifacts: They're behind the Museum of the Bible, a new, massive nonprofit museum opening in Washington D.C. later this year full of interactive exhibits, historical Bible - themed items, text and ancient items from Bible times.

In particular, its claim that every act of sexual intercourse needs to be open to the transmission of life must be affirmed, lest we engage in the morally and socially catastrophic separation of «sexuality» from marriage and reproduction.

My understanding, in Whiteheadian terms, is that the initial aim, derived from God, opens up to us the possibility of acting freely and also directs us toward an optimum action.

As the hitherto protected agricultural sector of the South is, in compliance with the requirements of the GATT Final Act, opened up to imports (mainly from the North) and as land laws are revised to facilitate corporate farming, there will inevitably be large - scale displacement of such communities.

Conjugal acts must be open to the transmission of human life; marriage and the family must be defended «from every possiblemisrepresentation of their true nature» (i.e.civil partnerships)...».

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In a cross sector act of cooperation, signatories from 35 representative bodies in the UK food and drink supply chain have signed an open letter calling on the government to make an early agreement on future trade with the Republic of Ireland as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

This game contained, in brute list form: a remarkable opening goal from David Beckham (that has been almost completely forgotten by history, which says a lot about what was to follow); a spawny equaliser; Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira; a (correctly) disallowed Nicolas Anelka goal that was (wonderfully) celebrated for fully a minute and a half; Jaap Stam and Tony Adams; a (deserved) red card that involved the referee actively pursuing Keane, the better to take (onanistic) pleasure in the act of dismissal; extra-time; Arsenal pressure; a (hopelessly abject) foul from Phil Neville to concede a penalty; a surprisingly tepid missed penalty from Dennis Bergkamp; Peter Schmeichel saving; Peter Schmeichel barking; an unusually sleepy pass from Vieira; and then, that run, that finish, that goal, that winner, that completely stupid slalom through a stupified defence.

And when the act opens next year, the incomparable Karli just might take over center stage from Jean - Claude Killy

The double act of quarterback Tony Romo and running back DeMarco Murray has been devastating for the Cowboys so far this season, as the franchise has recovered impressively from their opening day defeat to the San Francisco 49ers.

In a Sky Sports report our centre back and acting captain has given his thoughts on why Arsenal went from the run of games without defeat since the opening day loss to Liverpool to the disappointment of back to back defeats and the Frenchman suggested that he and his teammates had simply become a bit too comfortable.

Bartley turned home a near - post corner from Hernandez to open the scoring after 36 minutes, before United's on - loan Spaniard got in on the act to double the advantage with a cool finish shortly after the restart.

According to Devine's civil suit, park district officials routinely violated laws that normally govern and shape public bodies, ranging from the open meeting acts to provisions of the election code.

These act as a perfect remedy to keeping kids out of closets, from opening basement, garage or patio doors and from being able to open other doors that lead to rooms in the house.

Recent guidance has prohibited the police from arresting under Section 5 of the Act when they are the individual being insulted, but campaigners say the vague wording of the law makes it open to abuse by other groups.

Maybe, the Ashanti regional minister needs to be reminded that Ghana is a nation governed by laws and not on whims of self conceited government appointees who take instructions from political simpletons; may he be reminded once again that, through this act of indiscretion, he is effectively opening the government up for huge legal liabilities that may culminate in the payment of huge government debt.

In recent days Governor Andrew Cuomo has publicly engaged two of the massive transportation agencies he controls on hot button topics, demanding in an open letter that the MTA act to address a recent spike in sexual assaults reported as occurring on the New York City subway system and demanding answers from the Port Authority on a report that NYPD officials ensnared in a corruption investigation arranged for a special escort, with a lane closure, through the Lincoln Tunnel.

«This truth in spending law is the hammer to smash open that piggy bank and act as a magnifying glass to create total transparency to see where the money comes from as allocated in the state budget and how it's being spent.»

Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerDem lawmaker spars with own party over prison reform A country as wealthy as the United States should make affordable housing a right Democrats urge colleagues to oppose prison reform bill MORE (D - N.J.) criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers target Chinese tech giants Dems move to save top cyber post Trump gets a new CIA chief Ryan delays election security briefing Twitter CEO meets lawmakers MORE as complicit with President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE for saying she did not hear him say the United States should not accept immigrants from «shithole countries.»

From the opening speakers for the event, including Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, to the main act itself, the crowd often broke into chants, that sometimes just included yelling «Trump, Trump» over and over again.

The Harrison Act did not recognize addiction as a treatable condition and therefore the therapeutic use of cocaine, heroin or morphine to such individuals was outlawed — leading the Journal of American Medicine to remark,» [the addict] is denied the medical care he urgently needs, open, above - board sources from which he formerly obtained his drug supply are closed to him, and he is driven to the underworld where he can get his drug, but of course, surreptitiously and in violation of the law.»

The Act consists of eight bills that will downgrade most noise violations, spitting, littering, possession of an open container of alcohol, public urination and after - dusk loitering and other prohibited activities in public parks from arrest - worthy crimes to offenses penalized with a ticket and prosecuted in civil court.

ALBANY, NY — New York State Office for the Aging acting director Greg Olsen reminds older New Yorkers that the Medicare open enrollment period runs from October 15 through December 7, 2016.

This has been preceded by a flurry of media headlines, subjecting him to an open - air political trial and a trial in the court of NPP public opinion supported with earlier pressure from some leading Members of New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Government, to commence prosecution of former NDC Government appointees including Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni for alleged acts of corruption for over a year now.»

The event opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, before it was turned over to a series of speakers who hit on every topic from Trump, former President Obama, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Rep. Chris Collins, the New York Safe Act and the New York State Thruway.

This group is open to all MPs and Peers, and aims to act as a rallying point in Parliament for those of us from all sides of the debate who nevertheless believe a fresh democratic mandate is required.

Just days after receiving our demand to repeal the SAFE Act from Senator Kathy Marchione, and what amounted to a small patriot army, the governor, exhibiting a lack of respect, wisdom and discretion, cut a closed - door, back - room deal with Senator Dean Skelos, who then opened NY's Senate floor for a vote on a bill that would divide Republican Senators upstate from downstate and create a separate, unequal class of citizens: the law enforcement officer class.

And under the House's version of the Affordable Health Care Act, passed in May along party lines, Medicaid would shift from an open - ended entitlement program to a program in which states receive a fixed amount of federal funds for each beneficiary.

«What a Wonderful World» by Louis Armstrong was BIB's opening act on the launch of the show and that earned him standing ovation from a top brass audience including then Minister for Tourism, Nana Akomea, and some other dignitaries.

The fear that Trump will fire Mueller from leading the probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia has caused fear among Democrats for months, but gained new traction on Friday when Rep. Jackie SpeierKaren (Jackie) Lorraine Jacqueline SpeierOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Navy to stop announcing names of officials fired for misconduct: report MORE (D - Calif.)