Sentences with phrase «last few acts»

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Especially after losing legends such as David Bowie and Tom Petty over the last few years, I'm treasuring the chance to catch my favorite acts in concert while I can.

Like Twitter and dozens of other companies that have gone public in the last couple of years, GrubHub took advantage of a provision in the JOBS Act of 2012, which lets small companies valued at $ 1 billion or less to file for an initial public offering in private, and just a few weeks before it intends to debut.

«Next year's Commission should consider acting quickly to reverse any damaging policies put into place over the last eight years and in the last few weeks of this Administration,» O'Rielly said in a speech last month.

«The Japan virtual currency act has likely had a major impact, as there has been a lot of buzz in Japanese media over the ruling over the last few months,» Aurélien Menant, founder and CEO of Gatecoin, told CNBC by email.

Gawker founder Nick Denton has offered a few clues about his next act following the shuttering of the website and his departure from the company last summer.

That is a tough balancing act for a country that relies on foreign capital to finance its current account deficit - which has doubled to $ 55 billion over the last few years, according to Citigroup - but where the government says three in five children are stunted from malnutrition.

No disciple is present; only a few sympathetic women look on from a distance; the last acts of piety are performed by a respectable Jew who probably never knew Jesus.

It's also one of the few Marvel movies to save its best tricks for last, with a third act featuring a bad guy who is beat by brains instead of just getting beat into submission.

In the last few years, EDM has gone from a side - stage act to a fixture of the Lollapalooza.

With the sole exception of a single allusion to Jesus» last supper with his companions, nothing which could in the ordinary sense be called an act of Jesus or an incident in his career is so much as referred to, and in only a few highly dubious passages are his words quoted.

If Agamemnon himself and not Calchas had had to draw the knife against Iphigenia, then he would have only demeaned himself by wanting at the last moment to say a few words, for the significance of his act was notorious, the juridical procedure of piety, of compassion, of emotion, of tears was completed, and moreover his life had no relation to spirit.

These clubs are not new, of course, but they have grown in popularity over the last few years, and for some post-baby boomers, they might be acting as substitutes for the Bible studies and Sunday Schools they grew up with.

Last month White, the former boss of Coca - Cola Amatil's Australian beverages business, was appointed inaugural chief executive of Stone Advisory, a representative body set up IGA retailers a few years ago to act as a single voice for retailers.

This recipe is one that I have been working on for a good few months now — it was inspired by Mary, The Paleo Chef's — Phat Fudge recipe (which you can find here) that Mary created to give her clients; «long lasting sustained energy, memory, focus, combat inflammation and act as a natural thermogenic «in replacement for those weird little gel packs that are laden with all kinds of sugars and weird unpronounceable chemicals and ingredients (#nothanks) which I guess is why I called fudge.

He may now act in the last few days, he may not.

While the player is a class act, it remains to be seen whether he has overcome the injury concerns that have affected the last few years of his career.

Called the mannequin challenge, it's taken the internet by storm over the last few weeks, with a ton of sports stars and celebrities from across the world getting in on the act.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

Arsenal game play would suit this type of player, He would also act a a target man for us and feed the ball to our players, He as done very well with villa over last few seasons and villa have struggled as we all know, With a much better class of players around him he really could be a real star, Also he is a Arsenal fan!!!!!!

They have struggled to attack down the middle in the last few game and having 3 at the back afford Morrow and VdW / Auro much more freedom to attack down the wings and Bradley freedom to not act like a CB and focus on starting the attack.

I wanted to update readers on two school food - related bills pending in the House of Representatives: «No Hungry Kids Act» In the last few weeks, many - many!

As I wrote here last week, and as I've been telling you for the last few months, many of the important school food reforms of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act are currently at risk of being rolled back.

Over the last few years, Pennsylvania legislators have placed a focus on the health care that scholastic athletes are receiving with the signing of the Youth Sport Safety Act in November of 2011 and the signing of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Law in May 2012.

The discussions over the resolution's language have been extraordinarily fluid over the last few days, with discussions centering around how far to go on the Dream Act, as well as public financing.

Also while commending the efforts of authorities in curbing civil unrests, he wrote, «I've already seen some wonderful acts of human kindness over the last few days.

In the last few years there has been a spate of academic research revealing that abortion for non-medical reasons is generally not provided in Scotland after 18 - 20 weeks, despite the stipulation of a 24 week upper time limit in the 1967 Abortion Act.

Ever since the Supreme Court decided last month that an expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act should be optional, quite a few Republican governors have been vowing to take a pass.

Last Monday at 6 pm, Cruddas and most of the other remaining 231 Labour MPs (26 fewer than a week before) crammed into committee room 14 in the House of Commons to hear Harriet Harman, the acting leader, attempt to lift the depleted, demoralised parliamentary party off the floor.

In separate interviews given over the last few weeks, Representatives Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, and Barney Frank — who was heckled with anti-gay slurs during the health care reform rallies — have both signaled that the time is now right to move forward with the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (HR 3017), saying that, having counted the votes, they believe that there is enough support from both Republican and Democratic legislators to pass the House version of the bill.

«And the manner in which he has acted over the last few days has demonstrated immense dignity, grace and a profound sense of his public duty.»

«This has been an aberration the last few years to have people elected as Democrats, they were sent to Albany as Democrats by their voters, to them acting as Republicans,» she said earlier this month.

Instead, Mark - Viverito cut a deal with Bratton last month whereby she would continue to prevent a vote on the Right to Know Act, and the NYPD would incorporate a few elements of the bill into its training and Patrol Guide.

«The venom and the acts that we have witnessed the last few days is not acceptable,» he said on Tuesday, adding later that the owner of Gourmet Butcher «has stated repeatedly that individuals have entered his store and used hate terminology.»

«I'm very disappointed with the way he's acted the last few days.

We applaud Governor Cuomo for acting on the evidence that has accumulated over the last few months that indicate that Secure Communities is not fulfilling its stated mission as well as evidence that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have misled elected officials in New York and throughout the country.

Citi Sports editor Gary Al - Smith who is in Brazil reports the two have been thrown out for various acts of insubordination in the last few days.

Last year a study by the National Academy of Sciences reported that in the last three decades the Steller sea lion population dropped from several hundred thousand to about 30,000 — so few that they are now listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Last year a study by the National Academy of Sciences reported that in the last three decades the Steller sea lion population dropped from several hundred thousand to about 30,000 — so few that they are now listed as threatened under the Endangered Species last three decades the Steller sea lion population dropped from several hundred thousand to about 30,000 — so few that they are now listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

In a story few noticed at the time, last month Greenwire obtained a copy of a PowerPoint presentation that seems to suggest that the EPA will be naming CO2 as a danger to human health under the Clean Air Act, and it will happen on Thursday.

«The quality of science in Poland has suffered from two main, mutually related problems: catastrophical level of funding over the last few decades and brain drain of young, talented scientists seeking careers in North America and Western Europe,» says Adam Szewczyk, the Nencki Institute's acting director.

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The chief problem with any post-apocalyptic film is that last act - mostly because all the interesting parts tend to stem from the events leading up to the destruction of civilization, humanity's efforts to cope with the few vestiges of once plentiful technology, and the small dramas and action sequences which reduce a group of irritable survivors to a select and more compelling few.

Luck is suffused with brilliant acting and amazing scenes, but in a few unfortunate ways, it remains impenetrable almost until its last hour.

Robin Williams is an amazing actor and although he may no longer be with us, he has a few finished movies left that will give fans their last chance to witness his amazing acting abilities.

We already a know it's affected the Oscars a few ways: Tradition holds that acting winners from the previous year return to present the same award to the other gender, but last year's Best Actor winner Casey Affleck («Manchester By The Sea») will not return.

Eli Roth's work as a director of features, at least his last few, feels like some ruthless act of mainstream trolling:...

The progressively muddled storyline - coupled with the inclusion of a few decidedly underwhelming action sequences - slowly but surely transforms The Last Airbender into a lamentably tedious experience, and there's little doubt that the interminable build - up to the final confrontation results in as hopelessly anti-climactic an atmosphere as one can easily recall (with a noble sacrifice made by a periphery figure standing as the only reasonably compelling interlude within the movie's otherwise disastrous third act).

Registering a low wattage throughout, «Touchy Feely» begins to vibrantly surge in its last act, becoming dream - like, and in one musical sequence with co-star and singer / songwriter Tomo Nakayama (who supplies a few songs in the film's soundtrack) ascends to something extraordinarily moving and affecting.

Daniel Day - Lewis dropped a bombshell on fans of his work worldwide when he announced that he would be retiring from acting, just a few months before the release of his purported last role, in Paul Thomas - Anderson's upcoming «Phantom Thread.»

Kevin Wade's script has a lot of obvious material, but it saves the most important revelation — one the film shockingly gets away with not revealing in the first act — until the last few moments.