Sentences with phrase «in race week»

Ask me how it is after qualifying on Friday afternoon in race week!»

Tomba gazed at the gold medal Polig was wearing but superstitiously refrained from touching it, because, he explained, that might cause sfiga — literally, «disfigurement» — in his races this week.

Not exact matches

The Republican frontrunner in the race to fill House Speaker Paul Ryan's seat in Wisconsin's 1st District raised more than $ 250,000 during the first week of his campaign.

The mounting claims led to the resignation this week of network co-president Bill Shine, who is accused in several cases of ignoring complaints of race and sex bias.

Of course it helps that several weeks ago, Kyle won the XFINITY race at Dover in a ParkerStore sponsored car.

The increase in the fee will allow HD + to expand and enhance the customer experience, as evidenced by the agreement with RTL, announced this week, for HD + to broadcast live Formula OneTM Grand Prix races in UHD.

In a debate hosted by City AM last week, Khan and Goldsmith clashed over the issue of race, amid allegations by the latter that Khan had given «platforms, oxygen and even cover» to religious extremists.

U.S. officials this week deemed a potential merger of the rival chipmakers a national security risk and a threat to the country's standing in the race to 5G.

Analysts said last week's reversal of a ban on greyhound racing in New South Wales state may have been another motivating factor behind the talks.

It's another busy week in the run up to the first presidential caucus for the 2016 election, as two more candidates joined the race.

Democratic candidate Roy Cooper has claimed victory in this race, but as of Friday morning Republican Pat McCrory had not conceded and the result had not been officially recognized; with a 5,000 vote margin out of 4.7 million votes cast, the Associated Press reported it could be late next week before the winner is officially known.

The Harvard law professor, who is locked in a tight race against Republican Scott Brown, has lost ground in recent weeks as she struggles to shake off stories about whether she used her unconfirmed Native American heritage to bolster her academic career.

Rick Perry, former governor of Texas who also ran in the 2012 presidential race and who suggested last week he would make his own bid, also made it official Thursday.

In the past week, a series of moves by the campaign, coupled with some striking numbers about his place in the race, point to the fact that Gingrich is entering a new phase in his presidential quest: the death marcIn the past week, a series of moves by the campaign, coupled with some striking numbers about his place in the race, point to the fact that Gingrich is entering a new phase in his presidential quest: the death marcin the race, point to the fact that Gingrich is entering a new phase in his presidential quest: the death marcin his presidential quest: the death march.

ESPN announced a deal this week that will bring competitive drone racing to the network starting in August in hopes of tapping into the sport's small but growing following.

As Britons headed to the polls on Thursday, it's worth highlighting how the general election could influence the course of that country's exit, or «Brexit,» from the European Union — particularly as the race appears to have tightened in recent weeks.

Already this week, the governor of a state that could play a pivotal role in this fall's Senate race devoted a speech to trade with Canada and Mexico.

All week in Rio, Phelps has been talking about his last races as a competitive swimmer, and getting a little nostalgic about hanging up his goggles and cap.

The report, a redacted version of which was released publicly last week, alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin directed a cyber campaign aimed at helping Trump beat his rival Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House.

Despite Cruz's vice presidential announcement last week, Donald Trump holds a strong lead in the presidential race as voters head to the polls Tuesday in Indiana.

Grillo's surge in the final weeks of the campaign threw the race open, with hundreds of thousands turning up at his rallies to hear him lay into targets ranging from corrupt politicians and bankers to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Now, two weeks before Iowa caucuses, Rubio is looking to eat into Cruz's lead, recognizing there may only be room for one senator in the race if the nominating fight is prolonged.

But the presidential race had tightened in the past week, as Trump closed in on Clinton's narrow polling lead.

During an interview with CNN, Merrill, who voted for Moore, outlined some of the voter fraud claims his office has had to deal with in the weeks that followed Jones's surprise victory and Moore's refusal to concede the race.

«We want to tell this complete story as it pertains to O.J. Simpson, race, and celebrity in America,» Connor Schell, executive producer of ESPN Films, told reporters on a conference call earlier this week.

Chief rival Rick Santorum vowing to stay in the race at least a few more weeks.

As a companion to this first episode, we thought it fitting to focus this week's article on the evolving commercial lunar landscape, and explore the ways in which today's space race is distinctly different from that of the iconic Apollo era.

The race for the Fed job has shifted between Yellen, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama to a one - year term in 2014, Powell and Taylor in recent weeks.

I caught the highlights of the Daytona 500 last week on SportsCenter and the analysts said the drivers make somewhere between 5 - 8 pit stops over the course of the 200 laps in the 500 - mile race.

Before his appointed as Minister of Aboriginal Relations last week, West Yellowhead PC MLA Robin Campbell was seen by some political insiders as a front - runner in this race.

The only women running for the leadership of the PC Party dropped out of the race last week, citing sexist attacks and a lack of space for centrist ideas in the party.

It sets distressing signals about race and protest, the same week as police moved in again on a peaceful Indigenous - led standoff against a North Dakota pipeline — and as Donald Trump rhetoric riles up believers in Second Amendment «remedies» when an election doesn't go their way.

God could have made the world instantly, but chose to make it in 6 days to set up the calender week and the sabbath rest pattern for the human race.

[Editor's Note: In honor of Black History Month, we're doing a five - part series this week examining race and the Church.

That the race is more to the bottom than the top was perhaps illustrated a few weeks ago when a garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing dozens of workers.

We can not know when or whether one thoroughbred colt will win all three of the toughest three - year - old races, in only five weeks, finishing with the brutal mile - and - a-half at Belmont Park.

Or rather, everyone who follows racing is on the same team — at least for a few weeks in the late spring, when the three races are run that make up the Triple Crown.

Two scholars from the University of California, Kotkin reports, «found that for every 10 percent drop in population density, the likelihood of someone's talking to his neighbor once a week went up 10 percent, regardless of race, income, education, marital status, or age.»

Believe it or not, this week marks one month since the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, an event which sparked protests across the country and ignited some important conversations about race in America.

I have read a lot about how a keto diet could be beneficial for endurance athletes like me who race long - distance triathlons (Olympic and Half - Ironman distances), and I have already experienced this during my training sessions over this past couple of weeks, as I started doing some fasting and training in a fasted state: my energy levels are just never - ending, I can bike or run for hours, and there is no «hitting the wall» feeling anymore!

I am part of a triathlon training team at my YMCA and am really working hard to get in 6 days a week of running, biking and swimming so that I will be able to actually finish the race in one piece!!

In much the same way as marathon runners prepare for the big race with a series of smaller runs, those intending to take part in the week - long meat free extravaganza are being encouraged to try a Meat Free Monday beforehanIn much the same way as marathon runners prepare for the big race with a series of smaller runs, those intending to take part in the week - long meat free extravaganza are being encouraged to try a Meat Free Monday beforehanin the week - long meat free extravaganza are being encouraged to try a Meat Free Monday beforehand.

Mr Clarke, who became Treasury's sixth chief executive in four years after arriving from the United Kingdom just seven weeks ago, is in a race against time as United States - based KKR seeks to capitalise on shareholder discontent with the Treasury board and a string of operational disasters to swoop on Australia's most famous wine brands.

In fact there is a ride / race thing next week he's wanted to do.

I'm racing a half marathon in 2 weeks and want to be lean, mean, and strong for it, so I've been opting for healthier sweets like fruit or these s» mores parfaits.

NSW - based Bega Cheese, which owns 18.7 per cent of WCB, conceded defeat in the takeover race this week, as the bidding war pushed the takeover price from $ 320 million to $ 533 million and out of its reach.

Last week was better and I have high hopes that this week will be more like the first, especially since I tend to eat very healthy right before a race as I want my body in top notch condition.

I then met up with a friend for spray painting in preparation for next week's race (um, I'm obsessed with spray painting now so send everything my way.

In the past few weeks, however, Lucile was making noises like a girl who might race again.

Last week the Soviet unveiled a brand - new racing car, the Kharkov Six, in an arrestingly streamlined version designed for straightaway speed trials.