Sentences with phrase «from opposite»

The doves rose from the opposite rooftop in a sudden gray and scattery cloud, and as the floor lurched under me and two panes of glass shattered at my feet, I ran screaming for my father.

Family Paint lets two people draw, paint, sketch and daub simultaneously from opposite sides of the large multi-touch screen.

In Boxers — the first volume in a two - book set, concluding with Saints (2013)-- about the Boxer Rebellion at the end of the nineteenth century in China, he looses twin voices in harmony and dissonance from opposite sides of the bloody conflict.

And, are you keenly aware of those things in your book that will elicit a negative reaction from the opposite sex?

While their manufacturers hail from opposite sides of the globe (Kia from South Korea and Chrysler from the United States), both vehicles are similar in design and mechanics.

Interesting is that, at the same time the Active Lane Keeping Assist system detects if the contiguous lane, the one towards the car heads to, is occupied or not (including the lane for the cars coming from the opposite direction).

The High Beam Assist will recognise another car coming from the opposite direction and automatically switch to low beam.

It was surprising, however, that one came from the opposite corner of the world.

The screeching sound seems to originate from the opposite side of the belt, so I'm not sure if it's that or something else.

I have not tested whether it blocks air from the opposite direction.

The 2014 Mazda 6 comes onto the court from the opposite direction of the Accord, as it proudly proclaims its compact - car heritage with the agile way it drives even as it delivers a useful dimension of full - size comfort.

Even in the generic silver our test car was covered in, I was able to spot the Soul from the opposite end of the parking structure.

Things look very different if we start from the opposite assumption: Teachers want to do their best for children and are willing to work as hard as it takes, but they may not know how to improve or what's wrong with the way they've always taught.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan and civil rights groups were tugging from the opposite side, demanding the law retain its yearly testing regime and do more to ensure states and schools focus on educating low - income students.

At the event itself, pupils spent time in small groups discussing and assessing collections of poems completed by pupils from the opposite school, eventually selecting a winner for the final round.

Committees will now have until March 22 to pass legislation that was sent to them from the opposite chamber.

Tuesday is the deadline for committees to clear legislation that was sent from the opposite chamber or those bills will be dead for this session.

There is also a subjective part as to how we perceive that work we were seeing from the centers: There were schools located in certain places of Spain that were ahead, and light years away, from the opposite side, there were other schools; there is a great difference, a great distance between them.

me of whom — specifically, Klein and Mulgrew — were more accustomed to meeting each other from opposite sides of the table.

I tried to attack this question myself from the opposite direction in an article for Education Next by examining the few successful education «exits» (see «For Education Entrepreneurs, Innovation Yields High Returns,» features, Spring 2014).

Rosemary Salomone, professor of law at St. John's University and author of the 2003 book Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking Single - Sex Schooling, agrees: «Many students in single - sex classes report feeling more comfortable raising their hands and expressing uncertainty regarding a lesson or topic without fear of embarrassment or teasing from the opposite sex.»

Launching her research from questions like these, Bempechat approaches the persistent problem of underachievement from the opposite perspective of most researchers.

Duey is a former professional rapper, but Alex Kajitani (known as the Rappin» Mathematician) approached rapping from the opposite direction: The eighth - grade algebra teacher started doing it as a survival technique.

Team up two guys from opposite sides of the tracks, maybe throw in a likable juvenile, and put them in ridiculous and absurd situations filled with hilarious dialogue.

Official Premise: From the Academy Award - Winning producer of Shrek comes a hilarious animated adventure about two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks who travel back in time in order to keep their species off the Thanksgiving menu.

Directed by Nick Hamm, the film tell the true story of two men from opposite sides of the political spectrum who formed an unlikely partnership and went on to change the course of history.

We sense something terrible will happen, and it does happen, but we are surprised because we suddenly find the movie rapidly accelerating on an unexpected course — and it never stops until it reaches to its finale literally approaching toward it from the opposite side.

Directed by award - winning filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk (The Island President), Audrie & Daisy charts the parallel stories of two teenage girls from opposite sides of the country, both sexually assaulted by boys they considered to be their friends.

Three women turn our central party into a sextet, including two half - sisters (Lorenza Izzo and Andrea Osvárt) from opposite parts of the world with a strained relationship.

Red Sparrow is a spy thriller about agents from opposite sides who fall for each other.

Can these two cops from opposite worlds learn to get along?

The film starts on a blind date between Jim and Lauren who are both uncertain of each other, as they are both deserted and detached from the opposite sex.

Congressman Steven Collins (Ben Affleck) and Washington Globe reporter Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe) are long - time friends and former college roommates, but they face off from opposite sides of the news when Collins» pretty female research assistant is seemingly accidently killed on the morning of a Congressional hearing into defense contracts.

Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks team up to travel back in time and change the course of history - to undo the tradition of eating turkey on Thanksgiving.

Coming from opposite sides of the monster spectrum, they're hardly fast friends but are lumped together by circumstances.

The film follows two men from opposite sides of the political spectrum who came together to change the course of history in Northern Ireland.

Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler star in this holiday film about two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks.

«Turkeys is an irreverent, hilarious, adventurous buddy comedy where two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history — and get turkey off the menu for good.»

It doesn't much matter with these two well - read adversaries from opposite sides of the tracks.

Two turkeys (Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson) from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history - and get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu for good.

Spanning six decades, the romantic story focuses on two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) who fall in love during one summer but are tragically forced apart.

Along the way he offers advice from the opposite end of the spectrum.

Directed by Zaza Urushadze, «Tangerines» centers on an older Estonian man who cares for two wounded soldiers from opposite sides of the 1990s - era war in Georgia.

Against this bustling, vibrant backdrop, writer - director Anthony Minghella conceives a muddled and somewhat ponderous affair between people from opposite sides of the social divide.

by Bill Chambers If Some Kind of Wonderful is just an inverted Pretty in Pink, then Reality Bites is Some Kind of Wonderful inverted back again, with a proud young woman positioned at the apex of a love triangle and flanked by suitors from opposite poles of class who share a sincere affection for their mutual inamorata.

When the first real conversation from the opposite sex occurs, the tone of the film changes to something more intelligent.

Timothy Olyphant and Paul Dano steal the film from opposite sides of the arena, Olyphant with his frightening / suave porn king Kelly and Dano — striking just the right balance of nerd and stud in waiting — with his declining virgin Klitz.

Felicity Jones is one 2011's greatest finds as this love story from Drake Doremus and along with co-star Anton Yelchin finds a sense of originality and beauty behind two people from opposite sides of the world that seem destined to be together... or are they?

Loving is a handsomely crafted drama about two mild - mannered, yet courageous souls from opposite sides of the racial divide in late 1950s Virginia, who followed their hearts in strict defiance of the Racial Integrity Act, which criminalized interracial marriages in the state.

In Let's Be Cops, two friends discover a new (and highly illegal) way to get attention from the opposite sex.