Sentences with phrase «last stab at»

Gelbspan's 5/23 HuffPo article may have been one last stab at his long - held desire to be a major figure, with various friends and associates, offering a «solution to the climate crisis.»

I might take one last stab at Pikmin 3.

Clean Slate This latest approach shares virtually nothing with the company's last stab at an NSX successor.

(District of Columbia) With the curtain fast falling on the Obama White House, a broad coalition of school officials is taking one last stab at rolling back a proposed rule over supplanting federal education money.

He's going under with only his best friend Maceo (Charles S. Dutton) and sickly daughter China Doll (one of many black villainesses favoured on Tyra Banks's curiously self - hating «America's Next Top Model», Yaya DaCosta) to bear witness, leading him to make one last stab at saving the joint with an appearance by some phantom guitarist whom no one appears to know by face.

Even without the copious Shane references here, the movie suggests a a ride into the sunset, one last stab at a noble gesture before all that literal stabbing gets karmic.

The one guy he let get away was the Fizzle Bomber, the shooter in the opening scene, and he has one last stab at redemption.

Oslo, August 31st A 180 - degree turn from his 2006 semi — film - à - clef debut Reprise, Norwegian director Joachim Trier's sophomore feature follows a former drug addict (the excellent Anders Danielsen Lie) as he makes a tentative last stab at putting his life back together.

After the hearing, Collins explained that the plan, which is already required by a 2015 spending law, will be developed through a process quite different from NIH's last stab at strategic planning in the early 1990s.

Are clinicians that offer experimental menopause reversal and three - parent babies providing desperate patients with a last stab at parenthood, or offering false hope?

But no, he signed a new contract for one last stab at the Premier League, not that you'd think that after a lack of activity in the transfer window this summer.

I think Kroenke will keep Wenger around for as long as possible, and I think Wenger wants to have one last stab at rebuilding Arsenal next summer when there will be a lot of players leaving.

The signs on the outfield walls, the logos changing from those of pizzas to those of health - care plans by the inning, seem an intrusion, a last stab at modernization that could never work.

It needs to be: Google's last stab at a flagship phone, the first Pixel, peaked at 0.7 % market share in the U.S. Perhaps the charitable case is that there's... plenty of room to grow?

Not exact matches

President Donald Trump's tax blueprint will closely mirror his proposals on the campaign trail last year, leading some to dismiss the still - fluid plan as more of a public relations stunt than a stab at real policymaking.

Trump's blueprint will closely mirror his proposals on the campaign trail last year, leading some to dismiss the still - fluid plan as more of a public relations stunt than a stab at real policymaking.

My first introduction to this world on a personal level was at Virginia's Boys State program, when one of my closest friends ran for governor and was stabbed in the back by a last - minute, back - hallway deal that shifted support to another candidate in exchange for supporting someone else's election as Lieutenant Governor.

The student at University of California, Merced who last year stabbed four classmates now appears to have been inspired by ISIS.

Last year, I took my first stab at making it sugar free and it was just as good.

But last night, I took a stab at Sauteed Turkey Cutlets with Avocado Sauce from Aida Mollenkamp.

(You know, I actually salivated over the picture of your artichoke stuffed shells so much that without a Deb recipe on hand, I took a stab at it on my own last night, completely from the picture!)

I've had my dad's macaroni salad twice in the last ten days, and instead of sharing his version, which is the classic take on it - I was inspired to take a stab at my own version.

I decided to a take a stab at it last week, in part because I was working on this Slow Cooker Black Bean Chili with Kahlua, and I had to go a few rounds to get it just right.

He was a lynchpin during the 2005 - 2006 run to the Champions League final, where he also managed to stab in the last European goal at Highbury against Villarreal in the semi-finals.

Milton Township — A 26 - year - old Wheaton man was arrested last week after allegedly stabbing a Warrenville man in the ribs following a traffic dispute in a bank parking lot at 22 W 151 Butterfield Rd., near Glen Ellyn, police said.

The brutal stabbing of a Western New York police dog last November has spurred a call at the state Capitol to increase the penalties for seriously injuring and killing a police animal.

Last month, at the annual New York gala of Human Rights Campaign, which has endorsed Cuomo, she took a backhanded stab at the governor's record: «For all the pride that we take here in being such a blue state, New York has the single worst income inequality of any state in the country.»

NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña said that, in response to last week's fatal stabbing at a school in the Bronx, the Education Department would focus its training for teachers on how to defuse behavior crises and make sure that bullying was reported.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said today he's ordered his administration to install security cameras at 49 public - housing developments in the city by year's end, following last weekend's fatal stabbing of a 6 - year - old boy at the Boulevard Houses complex in Brooklyn.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered his administration to install security cameras at 49 public - housing developments in the city by year's end, following last weekend's fatal stabbing of a 6 - year - old boy at the Boulevard Houses complex in Brooklyn.

(NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered his administration to install security cameras at 49 public - housing developments in the city by year's end, following last weekend's fatal stabbing of a 6 - year - old boy at the Boulevard Houses complex in Brooklyn.)

Last night, 21 - year - old «Exeter Uni economist» and «lanky tuba player» Charlie Evans had a stab at setting up a rival hastag.

The issue of safety and bullying, specifically, came under scrutiny since a student was fatally stabbed in a classroom at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation last month.

After being met with overwhelming criticism following the Senate's first stab at mayoral control last week, Flanagan's new proposals may create a win - win situation for the Senate Republicans.

Danquah - Adu was stabbed last Tuesday by an unknown assailant (s) at his Shiashie residence in Accra.

«J'Ouvert is a celebration of Caribbean pride, culture and heritage,» it said before a reminder that last year «two people were killed during J'Ouvert» — a 21 - year - old man who was stabbed at Grand Army Plaza and 43 - year - old Carey Gabay, an attorney for the Cuomo administration who was shot in front of the Ebbets Field apartments on Bedford Avenue, a crime for which at least three gang members have been indicted.

Boris had a wobble over a terrible, failed leadership campaign that saw his best mate Michael Gove stab him in the back and run against him at the last moment, forcing him to dramatically pull out himself.

Last year, using the exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope as a guide, astronomers took a statistical stab at estimating the number of exoplanets that exist in our galaxy.

While no one can wave a magic wand and make someone return to their ex, we knew we could take a stab at it and came up with a strategy in our Irresistible Dating Coaching program for Steven to give it one last try.

Only in the last half - hour do the usual Emmerich absurdities pile up: I laughed outright at the character who, past 65 and diagnosed with a massive brain tumor that will kill him within months, can not be stopped by a ferocious beating, being stabbed in the neck with a sharp implement, then being crushed against a wall by an SUV moving at a minimum of 30 mph.

This may have been the last cinematic stab at capturing the essence of a faded literary phenomenon

With voting going on in force, it seems it is prime time for political controversy and headline - grabbing attempts at making a last - minute stab to get the attention of Academy members.

At this point, outside of knowing that X-Men: Dark Phoenix is going to be taking another stab at the beloved Dark Phoenix storyline from the comics, which was first attempted (very poorly) in X-Men: The Last Stand, details have been pretty scarcAt this point, outside of knowing that X-Men: Dark Phoenix is going to be taking another stab at the beloved Dark Phoenix storyline from the comics, which was first attempted (very poorly) in X-Men: The Last Stand, details have been pretty scarcat the beloved Dark Phoenix storyline from the comics, which was first attempted (very poorly) in X-Men: The Last Stand, details have been pretty scarce.

Debut director Jason Zada takes a stab at claustrophobic, surreal horror and there are some fog - choked trees and ominous ice caves that nearly chill the blood, but rest assured your last camping trip packed more thrills.

Only a few short hours before the red carpet turns a muddy purple under the heels of Sydney's sodden socialites (it has really rained this week), SCREEN - SPACE takes a last minute stab at who will take home an AACTA Award at tonight's Oz industry gala event, to be hosted by AACTA ambassador Cate Blanchett (pictured, below; at the 2014 event) and actress Deborah Mailman...

After the ink settles, Sheeran and Ronan grab one last beer, though at the bar the singer accidentally spills his drink on the same fellow he stabbed earlier with the dart.

Whether it was the CC100 Speedster Concept that was introduced at last year's Geneva Motor Show or Q's first stab at the Vanquish Volante, Aston's customization program has been a veritable hit factory.

Mitsubishi has already had a couple of stabs at a plug - in hybrid Outlander EV, with the PX - MiEV at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2009 and then again with the imaginatively named PX - MiEV II at last year's Tokyo Show.

Shane Boyd (pictured left), a 16 year - old from Manchester, England, stabbed his victim in the back at a house party last August.

When it was revealed at E3 last year, one of Final Fantasy XIV «s more discussed characteristics wasn't so much that it was another stab at the MMO market for the franchise, but more that it was lined up as a PS3 console exclusive.