Sentences with phrase «gone off the road as»

Driving to a meeting yesterday, listening to BBC via my local NPR station, I almost went off the road as I heard Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia come on the air and express his doubts about whether anything in the Constitution would prohibit torture of a suspect who may pose a threat to public safety.

The Ohio Department of Transportation was busy calling in drivers to handle the snow at 5 a.m. this morning, in an effort to get the highways clear, but despite these efforts nearly a dozen cars had gone off the road as a result of the snowy conditions by 9 a.m. Interstate 71 and Interstate 275 were both closed as a result of vehicle crashes caused by the snow.

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Even if you don't succeed or hit the goal, you will be better off trying as you are certainly going to learn something new that you can apply down the road.

As he does, he flips you off, then cuts you off, and goes speeding down the road.

He would drive off in the old car up the dirt road exactly as usual and when he returned the car would be new, and the old was gone, utterly dissolved back into the mineral world from which it was conjured, dismissed without a blessing, a kiss, a testament, or any ceremony of farewell.

i long with you david... and i myself stumble in my own awkward efforts toward freedom, and as you said, we know the fact is that it is scary to move into freedom... because it is unknown... but i see so many on this newfound road to freedom get trapped in the liminal space of wish - fullfillment community (which actually rather looks like affinity rather than the hard - won community that comes from communitas)... i'm sure this is going to come off the wrong way, but i'm going to say it anyway: many of the comments seem to be «all about me», and truly that is what religion is... but not freedom, not the mission of Jesus where you die to yourself by taking up your cross daily... not being centered on the «other» rather than yourself...

It's certainly all to play for at Carrow Road on Saturday as Ipswich and Norwich meet to determine who goes to Wembley to take on Middlesbrough in the Championship play - off final.

The other National League Division Series gets underway on Friday with Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers going off as -135 road favorites over Max Scherzer and the Nationals at +125.

So they have gone off the boil a bit and certainly main striker Alvaro Morata, who came on as a sub at Carrow Road, isn't looking all that close to scoring anytime soon.

The police said alcohol wasn't involved, so that leaves texting as the primary likely reason that an otherwise awake and alert driver went off the road into two mailboxes and a tree before rolling the car back into the road.

One was ridiculous as we dropped someone off at the Moon Palace (AWESOME RESORT), the road is winding and quite long, the problem was to turn around we had to go back to an overpass just before the airport and make a U turn!!!

Amy starts off her book pointing out why the old techniques such as time outs and counting 1 -2-3 don't work (in fact, they can make things worse for you and your child down the road), then dives into basic Adlerian theory, helping us understand how when our children misbehave there is something deeper going on we can address to solve the entire problem.

Here it goes - Footage of the devastation caused by Irene: roads and bridges being washed away, houses pushed off foundations, cars flushed down streets, flooded farm land, dead animals in the farm fields, old and young crying as they enter their mud clogged homes GO TO The brave Republicans standing behind their hypocrite leader Cantor, followed by their callous video clips speaking about how we can't afford to help unless we cut, cut, cut.

G: What I was going to do before I got off on the road of this crazy life: going back and analyzing all the data we'd collected of the relationship between the mother and the child, the personality of the mother and the child's development, just analyzing the data and looking at what we already know about how the mother behaves and how the child grows up, how the child behaves as an adult.

If every American home (especially those in urban areas) went whitetop, it would have the same impact as taking 300 million cars off the road, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Because a lot of times these oils and fats may start off as a good source and down the road, as they go through their growth or their processing they become actually more damaging than good for the body.

I love the outdoors, often go hiking, ride dirt bikes, love to go off - roading, love all kinds of arts, as I... read more

This movie starts off with a prison bus going down a empty stretch of road and on the other side the only car insight driven by one Dr Douglas Madsen as these two come closer and closer together something happens that sends the Dr's car to collide with the prison bus freeing four prisoners who decide to take the good Dr hostage and retreat to a remote cabin in the woods that just happens to be home of a family that is more dangerous then the prisoners now with no way out the prisoners and the hostage must fight to stay alive against the people in the cabin.

New characters have been announced as DLC later down the road and I'm sure more are on the way, this is the way videogames are made and marketed nowadays and I'm not going to deduct points for this as the omission of these items doesn't diminish the quality of the game, later they will merely add to it and keep the game fresh long after the «new» has worn off.

Chow Yun - fat, at this time the biggest star in the colony, hot off the smashing success of A Better Tomorrow, plays the middle brother while pop star Jacky Cheung, himself on the road to a successful film career (he'd win the Supporting Actor Hong Kong Film Award this year for his work in Wong Kar - wai's debut feature As Tears Go By), plays the youngest.

Director Greg Mottola displays a good sense of balancing action and comedy during a chase through and around an abandoned warehouse, as Jeff becomes a frantic heap in the backseat, Karen worries about not having a seatbelt and tries to calm an argument between her sons over the phone, Natalie shows off her shooting skills, and Tim responds to it all like a frustrated father on a road trip that has gone on for too long.

I never really felt as though I was going to go careening off the side of the road to my death like in the previous games, which was super welcome.

He portrays Blake as a wiry old rooster, tired but too tough and shortsighted to stop his life from going off the road and into the ditch.

There is a very real chance that, if The Revenant ends up going on a Birdman-esque run as it comes off the win at the Golden Globes and a strong box office as it opened in more theaters, it will proceed to box out the far superior Fury Road at every turn.

If Land Rover can convince shoppers in a market rife with crossovers that it can produce a small, luxurious, and efficient Range Rover, with the capability to go off - road, the Evoque will be regarded as a turning point for the brand, and a success story for its new owner.

The 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque convertible goes on sale in mid-2016, and is claimed to have the same off - roading prowess as its hardtop sibling.

While the 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro isn't as wild an off - roader as, say, a Ford F - 150 Raptor, it should still hold its own when the going gets tough.

You're not going to take it off - road, you're not going to haul a lot of stuff in it and you're not going to get through snow any quicker than in the stunning rear - wheel - drive only Giulia QF sedan unless you put winters on it (which would work nearly as well on the sedan), so what's Alfa trying to prove with another over-tall performance car?

But if you have ever, as I did, imagined what the ride is actually like, know that it feels more akin to an off - road modified street truck, although with noticeably more capability than your average road - going F - 150.

Jeep has long cultivated its image as the go - to off - road vehicle.

For extra maneuverability off road, the 4Runner features Crawl Control (which maintains a set speed going up hills) and hill descent control (which maintains a set speed going down them), as well as a brake - based hill - start assist system.

Considering the state of sports car popularity these days, the Fiat 124 Spider Lusso may better define the car as a stylish roadster with capabilities that go undiscovered — much like the off - road capabilities of all those Jeep Wranglers everybody seems to buy these days.

The three - spoke steering wheel moves in your hands a great deal on the road as it reports everything the front wheels are absorbing, but the car is never thrown off line and with the lightest of grips you can edge it to where you want it to go, the front end faithfully obeying every input like a child that's been promised Ben & Jerry's if they finish their homework within the hour.

It's been tuned to go fast and even the softest of the three suspension settings will have you spitting your teeth out if you so much as look at a rutted dirt path, never mind an actual off - road trail.

I had expected the Bentley to stomp off up the road and it's certainly going for it when it can, lunging down the short straights with impressive determination as its 600bhp twin - turbo W12 gets its shoulder behind the Spur's considerable mass — almost 2.5 tons.

There's dedication in the available trim levels to satisfy road goers with the Limited as well as off - road fiends.

While the 500X will likely spend the majority of its time as a daily commuter, we're also going to see whether this crossover can handle some light off - roading and inclement weather.

There's certainly no doubting that Bentley is serious about this car possessing excellent off - road ability, even going as far as fitting extensive aluminium sump guards and sill protectors to this concept car.

NEW YORK, New York — East Coast Defender has quickly built a name for itself as the go - to outfit for well - heeled Land Rover Defender fans keen to acquire a modernized version of the iconic off - roader.

Like all of your better hypocrites, I nodded knowingly as the instructors told a coeducational room full of young folk with feeble beard stubble and excessive eye makeup how a car traveling 60 mph will go 88 feet in the second you've taken your eyes off the road.

but then the socialist mentality of lets sue everyone comes into place and that minor bump becomes a serious road traffic accident and up goes a camera, what this actually does is to undermine the places that real accidents occurred and cameras would be a benefit, ie we have ALL seen people slow for a camera then speed off as they passed it.

Things got a little hairier when senior editor Chris Nelson tricked me into driving the car through a rainstorm for a photo shoot, and I thought I was going to spin off of the road as those insane Trofeo R tires slithered and skated on the wet pavement.

Skoda even goes as far as publishing the Scout's ramp departure angles like those issued for serious off - roaders.

As expected the Africa Twin Adventure Sports is a more off - road focused version of the Honda Africa Twin, and comes with a robust set of features that make it easier to go globetrotting on the plucky adventure - tourer from Honda.

During the course of the day, I was able to sample both the six - speed automatic and the new manual transmission with as many ratios, and while the three - pedal array was more involving and occasionally more entertaining, the automatic is probably the way to go, if only because it brings with it Crawl Control, a seriously trick bit of electronics that aids in low - speed off - road maneuvers.

If you are in the market for an off - road vehicle that can brave the elements and go virtually anywhere that you have the fortitude to take it, as well as feel right at home being valet parked for a fancy dinner in the city, then the 4runner is the vehicle for you.

Going by the Jeep badge, the Compass has a lot to live up to as far off - road prowess is concerned.

With so little sidewall to flex when the tire hits a pothole or goes off - road, odds of a blowout are higher, as are the odds of breaking the rim.

Targeting drivers who would rarely go off - road, the concept vehicle still retained Land Rover's legendary capability but also housed an interior dubbed as «futuristic» by the press.

We went for a test drive (took the freeway route) and then he ensured my wife drove the vehicle as well (the off - road route - I was envious) and advised us of the features and conveniences the vehicle offer our family.