Sentences with phrase «hailing distance of»

China still holds the dubious distinction of redefining «kicking someone when they're down» for its policy of charging a condemned prisoner's family for the bullet to kill him, but when a defendant has to pay, as he does in some states, for the cost of the prosecutor who calls on a jury to give him the death sentence, we're within hailing distance of Chinese policy.

Simon F's taken heart in hand, foot in mouth, tongue in cheek, etc. and allowed me to shift from occasional to core contributor, on threat of dire consequences if I stray too far from «hailing distance of research / IT / legal - information».

Kustow was always a cardinal, never a pope — except for the period from 1967 to 1970 when he successfully ran the Institute of Contemporary Arts, which moved into its magnificent new home on the Mall, within hailing distance of Buckingham Palace.

Our comparison begins with a broad selection of compact sedans, which we define as five - passenger, four - door vehicles priced within hailing distance of $ 20,000.

Director Len Wiseman is good on action, and Patrick Tatopoulus's dystopic production design is within hailing distance of «Blade Runner,» his chief influence.

None of these monsters — and I've cited only a fraction of the full repertory — ever comes within hailing distance of a recognizable human; this caricaturing gives John Turturro an enjoyable turn as a vain Mexican bowler (who has practically nothing to do with the plot), but it shortchanges Steve Buscemi, who plays another bowling buddy of the Dude's, a relatively important character we're supposed to care about but mainly don't.

He's trailed by Ricky Barnes, who is at 7 - under, and a six - man pack at 6 - under, including K.J. Choi and Steve Stricker, who has won this tournament three straight times and finds himself within hailing distance of a four - peat after 18 holes.

They now have 500,000 more members than the United Church of Christ and are within hailing distance of faltering Episcopalians and Presbyterians.

This process is no longer even within hailing distance of the Enlightenment quest for both universalism and individualism in one rationally coherent world, and for a nonprovincial theology and morality.

For better or worse, the elaborate investigation of, for instance, the connections between St. Paul's teaching on justification and the criminal justice system will be totally inaccessible» and, if accessible, implausible» to anyone within hailing distance of policy discussions about crime and punishment.

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For now on all TV evangelists must be within striking distance of a cobra while preaching hail and brimstone.

Following the command of the family's heraldic motto, an aging Oregon rancher named John Day has overcome middle - age erosion to set speed records on mountains, bag big game in Alaska and come within hailing distance, or at least so he hopes, of a place on a U.S. Olympic ski team

In the distance, I see the magic rainbow — and the beauty of it doesn't make me feel better — it's the realization that I can't see the rainbow all the time that makes me feel better, because it's raining — the hard hail storm pellets of motherhood.

No doubt a giant container ship causes a lot of pollution, but because it can carry such a vast amount of load it's still often hailed one of the most efficient means of transportation in terms of distance × mass per tonne of CO ₂ produced.

The rain and hail subsided once we reached the top of the canyon, but we could still hear the thunder off in the distance.