Sentences with phrase «grandstands for»

The harbour's bays, parks and headlands are also natural grandstands for some of Australia's biggest events.

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.

Of course, you might say Buffett's promotion of index funds is just the ultimate in grandstanding for his own abilities as an active investor.

Maybe a five - row penalty in the grandstand for the next race he attends?

Swaying the court of public opinion, and grandstanding for any advantage prior to trial, is a hallmark of any good lawyerly «competitor».

There is a station of tablets set up on the back of the grandstand for people to fill out the «patron survey.»

Everything would be grandstanding for the public.

«What Pete King is doing is grandstanding for the media.

«We have made an offer to New York state, to become the grandstand for the State Fair, and there's different iterations that are possible in that scenario, whether we would book concerts for the state, whether we would turn the facility over to the state and let the state book it's grandstand concerts in that facility.»

«Governor Cuomo needs to stop grandstanding for 2016.

His interesting approach to the score emphasises the rural upbringing of the horse's owners, contrasting this with orchestral grandstanding for the racing scenes.

The Heaven's Door Yurt Café, in Crystal Bowl, will be transformed into a lively grandstand for an outstanding view of all of the action.

He negotiated the Limited Test Ban Treaty with the Soviets which he was unable to sign because Francis Gary Powers was shot down and the Soviets grandstanded for several months before getting to the banning of atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons.

But despite not being a hurricane expert himself, Trenberth has been grandstanding for a decade to push a climate of fear.

All they did was grandstand for the press.

It is a truly scientific argument for them to undertake with peers, not rhetorically grandstanding for a non-scientific audience which is what it has been so far.

Keeping the reviews anonymous means that the reviewers neither need to pull punches if the paper is bad (but the author is famous) nor grandstand for the public audience that will eventually see the review.

Local elections are coming up next month in Turkey, and so far we've seen politicians» opponents accuse them of grandstanding for votes by storming out of a debate in Davos and speaking Kurdish in Parliament.

All their cries about «unfair, unfair» are only grandstanding for publicity.

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They asked questions that felt like gotchas but weren't, like Senator Dick Durbin's grandstanding demand for the name of the hotel Zuckerberg was staying in.

He has attacked former FBI Director James Comey for releasing memos he claims are classified, and briefly blocked a Democratic memo from the House Intelligence Committee over its inclusion of classified information, yet he grandstands against redactions insisted upon by his own Justice Department.)

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and political theater («Fasting for a Better Budget»), name calling and grandstanding («Bully!

Many expressed admiration for his bold, even prophetic, stance, while others charged him with grandstanding, pointing out that nobody was suggesting that IDs should be checked at Mass or soup kitchens.

Such people are worse than «grandstand critics,» for not only are they criticizing a game in which they are not themselves involved, but they have seldom taken the trouble to acquaint themselves with the rules!

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For all my grandstanding up there about McGwire, at least «he cheated» is an ethos, and it's not without its logic!

After bogeying the 13th hole to go one over par for the tournament, White hit an approach into the rough at the par - 4 14th and flew his next shot over the grandstands and nearly onto the 15th tee.

He will retain his home in London and there will always be a seat for him in the grandstand at Arsenal which he will use as much as possible.

Obviously, aside from the huge social and financial commitment needed to set up the infrastructure, re-profile roads, re-lay Tarmac, fit miles of Armco, build grandstands, pay for race - hosting fees and gain approval and sign - off from the FIA, we don't see any barriers to our vision.

Admin I don't grandstand or fish for likes but some of the thumbs down I received since open an account over a month ago, I beg to question their reason or motives behind it..

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

The auto - borne horseplayer in the grandstand area is separated from a dollar more of his treasure when equipping himself for an afternoon of adventure.

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.

The book has been viewed by some as a chance to inspire a renaissance in a sport that was once among the most popular in America, but no book or movie is going to bring back the crowds that filled the tracks back when the grandstand aprons were seas of fedoras in Movietone black - and - white and racing was the one game in town suited for adults only.

That's what was so Shakespearian about the crowds in the grandstand Friday nights: They were shouting with spittle at the corners of their mouths for a game they had dismissed as coarse and brutal until their sons bought in.

In that case a patient approach might be best, with plenty of passing and possession to wear the visiting players out and set them up for a grandstand finish.

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.

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.

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.

When he tapped in his final putt for par on the 18th hole, having blown a major championship bid as badly as anyone in recent history, Goosen drew loud applause and cheers, and the fans in several sections in the upper grandstands rose to their feet, clapping.

Father and son both got their wish and Cash was prominently featured in the post-race festivities, which included Bowyer asking for a beer while in the middle of a national television interview, then strolling into the grandstands where he celebrated with fans by chugging more beer.

Lewis Hamilton spent some of the session signing caps for fans in the grandstands, and later took to Twitter, where he echoed the thoughts of other drivers.

Max also had a ton of support in the Austrian GP as whole grandstands were covered in orange, and said that he expects to have good support for the British GP as well.

For this 1956 SI Classic, America's greatest living poet sat in the grandstand and mused about an all - American affair, baseball's All - Star Game

May You always be the Divine Center of our team, and when our summons comes for eternal retirement to the heavenly grandstand, may we find You ready to give us the everlasting bonus of a permanent seat in Your coliseum.

The style is being set in Coventry, which has a new $ 280,000 grandstand and a $ 300 - a-year «vice-presidents» club» with deluxe facilities for its members.

Jimmy Jones, trainer for Mrs. Gene Markey, undisturbed by grandstand booing after Tim Tarn was awarded Flamingo Stakes (see page 12): «As long as Mrs. Markey don't boo me, let»em holler.»

Given Jones's intention, the grandstand was in his way, and he could have asked for relief.