Sentences with phrase «in desperate race»

Unfortunate homeowners become unwitting victims in a desperate race between Realtors ® to see who can get the «listing first.»

But maybe I'm completely wrong, developed markets may simply be in a desperate race to the bottom, so their currencies may actually remain quite well aligned... Against each other, I mean!

Once more, he finds himself in a desperate race — this time with the Barbary Pirates, a powerful band of Muslim outlaws from North Africa.

They begin retracing their steps in a desperate race against the clock so they can find Doug and get him home in time for his wedding.

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But — and this is a huge qualifier — if that message of justification by God's undeserved love is preached apart from an unmasking of the actual power relations which have aggravated these feelings to the level of a social neurosis; if people are released from the rat race of upward mobility only privatistically, with no critique of the economic and social ideology that stimulates such desperate cravings; if people are liberated from a bad sense of themselves without any sense of mission to change the conditions that waste human beings in such a way, then justification by faith becomes a mystification of the actual power relations, and the Christian gospel is indeed the opiate of the masses.

(4) the Groundhog Day effect — the inability to prepare for the inevitable slump that usually comes during or following the heavy holiday schedule in December / January... whether it's injuries or Wenger's disdain for the January transfer window, which makes sense in light of his disdain for spending, his philosophy for handling this situation has failed miserably... my question, once again, is how many times can one person try the same failed strategy before making some sort of fundamental changes... just think to yourself about our recent January dealings, especially in those years where we were still in the race but in desperate need of reinforcements, then try not to throw up a little in your mouth

This approach seems logical but is the reason we slow down in November and pick up in May when we desperate to remain in the race.

Jenson Button was desperate to secure the 2009 world championship with a race to spare in 2009, but with teammate and title rival Rubens Barrichello (yes, he did once get sorta close to actually winning one!)

Having fallen short in the Premier League title race again and in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, Pochettino and his players will be desperate to take that final step and be a real force.

High strategy won a big one for the Cleveland Browns over the St. Louis Cardinals, but the New York Giants had to rally to maintain pro football's desperate race in the East

We may have games in hand over the teams above us right now, but with a gap of five points between us and Liverpool in fourth we will have a desperate need to beat West Brom in the early game next Saturday or find ourselves dropping further away in the title race.

Arsenal are on one of their worst runs of form for many years, with 5 defeats out of their last 8 games, and the only wins have come against low - ranking teams in Lincoln, Sutton and Hull, so Arsene Wenger will be desperate to start picking up points again to try and keep pace in the race for the Top Four.

Having fallen short in the Premier League title race, League Cup and Champions League, the Portuguese tactician will be desperate to end the campaign on a high note with a trophy and a second - place finish in the league.

The Canaries were desperate to earn their second victory over United this season in their race to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

Manchester City hosted Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday in what was a clash between two sides who are desperate to grab a place in the top four this season after failing to keep up with Chelsea in the title race.

All the English giants are quite desperate to add more quality to their current squads and it seems that Liverpool do not want to lag behind in the race.

«Desperate to steal this Senate race, Jones and his race - hustling allies are trying to start a race war and it's only going to get worse in the final weekend, with millions of dollars in street money to turn out the vote,» it adds.

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«Rob is desperate because he's not doing as well as he thought he would do in this race.»

Party officials and seasoned operatives who spoke to POLITICO in recent days have used words like «crisis» and «desperate» to describe the state of affairs, as the two potential gubernatorial candidates deemed the strongest have opted out and potential candidates for down - ballot races are non-existent.

«It's the desperate career politician who, you know, who just doesn't want to see an independent Democrat like me in this race, and is trying to attack me with no grounds whatsoever,» he said.

NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH — In a desperate move to stop surging congressional challenger Zack Space, Bob Ney dropped out of and pushed into the congressional race his handpicked candidate, who is also one of Bob Taft's favorites.

Big donors need to be convinced that state legislative races matter as much as the Presidency; congressional leaders, desperate to retake the House in 2018, need to recognize that long - term down - ballot success is crucial to unlocking future majorities.

After Sputnik's successful 1957 launch, the U.S. was desperate to get ahead of Russia in the space race.

The truly desperate, who need added incentive to stay sober, sometimes take disulfiram (Antabuse)-- a medication that, in combination with alcohol, almost immediately causes the worst hangover any drinker can remember: throbbing headache, nausea, vomiting, increased blood pressure and a racing heart beat.

Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true intent.

The race riots in 1967 Detroit caused looting, burning and desperate circumstances for all involved.

We are in desperate need of a big shake up in the races just on pure entertainment purposes.

Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.Hide

However, Boswell soon finds an underground racing ring that specialises in drifting, a skill Boswell is desperate to learn.

Desperate to deliver this bundle of trouble before the boss gets wise, Junior and his friend Tulip, the only human on Stork Mountain, race to make their first - ever baby drop — in a wild and revealing journey that could make more than one family whole and restore the storks» true mission in the world.

There's a desperate race to disable the boat's nuclear warhead (in part by a character who's inexplicably claustrophobic, no less) while characters whose names we barely know must make Important Decisions and obvious, foreshadowed shifts of fidelity unfold.

Now, as the fate of all mankind hangs in the balance, Rick O'Connell (Fraser) and his wife Evie (Rachel Weisz) embark on a daring, desperate race to save their son — and the world — from unspeakable evil.

I felt that in the book and the earlier drafts of the scripts — before we worked them out — there was an opportunity [to counterpoint] Harry's desperate race for the Horcrux with the Dark Lord's ever - encroaching ability to kill everyone in the school, so there is this race against time.

To those who aren't au fait with their racing history, Alfa Romeo partnering up with the Sauber Formula 1 team might seem like a desperate attempt at relevance for a brand trying to declare themselves as a real contender in a performance market.

This then, is no desperate attempt at relevance — it's a warm return to top tier motorsport for a brand with a name steeped in racing history.

But it's all I could think about after our car — a salvage - title C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 street car transformed into a race car in just a few desperate weeks — not only survived the Pikes Peak Hill Climb but finished just one...

This brave blend of satire, farce, and heart - wrenching realism charts an immigrant's journey in which a mixed - race Russian Jew, desperate for escape, decamps to America but finds an even more absurd reality than the one she left behind.

And in the middle are the Brothers and Sisters of Dragons, determined to use the strange power that binds them to the land in a last, desperate attempt to save the human race.

Even in the middle of this desperate race against time, Eel's personal troubles demand his attention too.

Desperate to deliver this bundle of trouble before the boss gets wise, Junior and his friend Tulip, the only human on Stork Mountain, race to make their first - ever baby drop — in a wild and revealing journey that could make more than one family whole and restore the storks» true mission in the world.

The 2012 Formula 1 season is just away to begin, and with Sky buying the rights to show the racing fans are in desperate need of some good news, something which Codemasters are only too happy to deliver as they've today announced that the next game in their F1 series, imaginatively titled F1 2012, will be releasing in September of this year for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.

Passionately interested in the trials and tribulations of everyday life, and the desperate struggle to survive in what she called the «rat race of New York», Neel interacted with people from all walks of life.

Wearing finished her studies at Goldsmiths» College in 1990, and hair first one - person exhibition at the London artist - run space City Racing in 1993 — titled «I'm Desperate» after a message held up by a young executive in her now famous series of photographs.

What started out as a poor alternative to the iPhone is quickly becoming a powerful adversary; Samsung is quickly matching or outpacing features on the iPhone, desperate to keep up in the race, to make sure that it can always be directly compared to Apple's flagship.

But it's all I could think about after our car — a salvage - title C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 street car transformed into a race car in just a few desperate weeks — not only survived the Pikes Peak Hill Climb but finished just one...