Sentences with phrase «grandstanding on»

However, no one wants to see pity or grandstanding on equality in the middle of their dumb racial comedy anyway, so by trying to go the noble route in the end, both elements tend to cancel each other out.

Quite a number of prominent Nigerians, not least among those who would want incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari to be kicked out by all means in 2019, have been grandstanding on the issue of youth participation in politics.

Instead of grandstanding on this issue, he should have the courage to speak up for the millions of Americans who have lost their health insurance or are facing massive increases in their premiums because he cast a deciding vote in favor of Obamacare.

That, at least to the acute, captures Obasanjo's latest media grandstanding on the present state of affairs.

It also manages to avoid Pilgeresque grandstanding on the subject matter, while making it clear where the sympathies of the writer lie.

jumped atop the Tesla that Branson was grandstanding on top of, and Branson sportingly not only dances a bit with her but swings her upside down in an adorable manner.

Maybe you feel the need to grandstand on cultural appropriation, politics, religion, or whatever the current offense du jour is?

Maggert gets relief from a grandstand on the 16th but gains no real advantage and makes bogey.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney pushed the ceremonial plunger to implode the 38 - year - old grandstand on Jan. 9, 2016.

Governor Pataki cut short a European vacation to grandstand on the issue, and appointed a former assistant U.S. attorney to evaluate damning allegations in a state ethics - commission report.

Sitting up in the grandstand on the main start / finish straight in Douglas, as the riders line up to be released at ten - second intervals, there's an atmosphere unlike any other sporting event.

The empty grandstands on either side of my peripheral vision blur into streaks, bookending the gray oblivion ahead of me.

Hundreds of our readers and their dogs turned up for our pets Picnic Party at the Grandstand on 29 March.

«Closing paragraph end:... One must question the motives of a scientist who grandstands on the eve of an important international conference that will give specialized attention to forests to cast doubt on the discussions.

One must question the motives of a scientist who grandstands on the eve of an important international conference that will give specialized attention to forests to cast doubt on the discussions

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If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.»

Craigcare has appointed local builder Jaxon to deliver its third aged care facility in Western Australia, located on Grandstand Road in Ascot.

Late on Tuesday night, a Republican congressman from New York, Chris Collins, echoed FanDuel's sentiment, accusing Schneiderman of grandstanding for his own self - promotion: «New York's Attorney General once again proved that he is singularly focused on grabbing newspaper headlines,» Collins said in a statement.

Dwayne, Kenney's grandstanding reached the height of silliness when he was talking about the boycott on BC wine.

You, however, run around declaring that YOUR understanding of faith is the ONLY correct one (even though the majority of the Christian faith do not even agree with you on inerrancy) and that those who challenge your offensive grandstanding are apostate and / or damning.

It is exceedingly rude and ill - mannered to get on another person's blog and grandstand by condemning them.

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Because IRL races are run on oval tracks, with grandstands in close proximity, kiting could be disastrous.

And the loud cheers cascading from Phoenix's grandstands as Hamlin's wrecked Toyota sat smoldering on the track made it obvious who fans were supporting.

Some 1,200 wooden chairs, complete with armrests and the ticket holders» names embossed on the backs, filled the bright green grandstand.

It's been a great addition to Formula 1 that the top three from qualifying now stop on the main straight to be interviewed in front of the main grandstand.

For one thing, the grandstand will face south, an innovation designed to put a little sunshine on the pallid faces of punters.

As was when he stopped his car on the front straightway on his celebratory victory lap, then got out and slapped the rear windshield while pointing at the grandstands.

As a fan of Ed's, she had been cutting lights (practicing starts) for years from the bleachers, punching down her thumb on the grandstand railing a split second before the green light flashed.

Unfortunately, the grandstand communicators on this day, Scouts Clyde King, Birdie Tebbetts and Karl Kuehl, did not seat themselves among the paying customers.

A large wooden plaque bearing his name is hung on a wall behind the Churchill Downs grandstand and, thus enshrined, the winner joins the immortals — Count Fleet, Citation, Secretariat, Seattle Slew.

We also had Lewis Hamilton heading across the circuit (technically during a session, but obviously, there were no cars on track) in FP2 to hand out signed caps to the few fans in the grandstand.

A few weeks before the match, as I hung on the outside fence near the 1/16 pole at Washington Park, suddenly there he stood, Swaps, all 1,000 gleaming pounds of him, with a face as finely chiseled as a cameo, gliding out of the grandstand shadows and into the afternoon sun.

Back in the 80s and 90s it would have a regular slot on BBC's Grandstand with none other than Murray Walker providing commentary.

Even if Ferrari didn't deliver on race day, and Saturday featured heavy rain, the fans still filled the grandstands at Monza and that was great to see.

The Wednesday Night Drag program takes place on 1,320 feet of smooth asphalt to the east, below the main grandstand, which on these nights is empty.

Thomas Grønvold was sat in the grandstand opposite the pits and captured a lot of the significant moments of the weekend on camera (don't worry, there's nothing graphic).

He's not afraid to clap back at critics on Twitter or in interviews, whether it's about the Confederate flag, or an opponent's grandstanding.

He said, «I have not come to Arsenal to sit on the bench or even in the grandstand.

When the checkered flag waved on Hinchcliffe, a loud cheer erupted from the grandstands.

Although it's a shame for him and the team to miss out having come so close, Fernando probably couldn't care less about missing out on a single point, so he just wandered into the grandstands to meet the fans and give away bits of his kit.

Following a disastrous weekend in Canada which ended with him visiting fans in the grandstands following yet another breakdown, Alonso said that his car was so slow on the straights that the speed difference between him and the other cars was dangerous.

While the incredible airborne accident looked ridiculously terrifying on television, the view from the grandstands between Turn 1 and Turn 2 was far scarier.

I'd look at Warden's boys laughing in the grandstand, and I'd see Teddy laughing it up on the lifeguard stand at Hoyt Pool, but then Teddy was standing next to me, grave and balding with his happy eyes, saying, «Let's go get»em.»

On the tiny grandstand court the overflow crowd stood three - and four - deep, climbing upon chairs, ladders and television platforms to catch a glimpse of Martina.

On race day the huge grandstands are absolutely packed, turning the whole circuit into more of a stadium than a race track.

In a sense the shocking breakdown of Go for Wand in the 1990 Breeders» Cup Distaff at Belmont, as she and Bayakoa went hammer and tongs 100 yards from the wire, poisoned the well even more deeply than Ruffian's demise, since Go for Wand went down deep in the stretch, in full view of everyone, and then tried to stand on a foot that flapped around grotesquely as she bounded in a panic in front of the horrified crowds that filled the grandstand.

Two hours after Ancient Title had finished third in the Marlboro, Stucki stood at the side of a wheelchair on the roof of the grandstand.

After Raikkonen's lap one exit, the TV cameras zoomed in on a little kid wearing Ferrari kit crying in the grandstands.

This was in order to make them more visible on the cars, to help the viewing experience for fans in the grandstands and at home in front of their TVs.