Sentences with phrase «light on the stakes»

But it was an unsavoury affair that shone a light on the stakes in trading for young stars.

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Posted earlier as an opinion piece for CBC. See original post here (this post slightly modified from original) By Louis - Philippe Rochon Follow him on Twitter @Lprochon Much was at stake earlier this week when finance ministers from G20 countries met in Istanbul to discuss Greece and the state of the world economy in light of recent -LSB-...]

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss of Winklevoss Capital shed light on bitcoin, the mysterious digital dollar that's increasingly grabbing attention as it continues to gain acceptance from online services and merchants, as well as their stake in the currency, on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning.

why not switch all the lights off and in the money they save they could buy food for the poor in kolkota, or alternatively they could light it up burning donohue at the stake on top of it.

On this early Sunday afternoon, along a narrow path of dirt over which Man o» War and Secretariat had once swept in flight to historic victories in the Preakness Stakes, a dainty chestnut filly named So Sly stood frozen in her final autumn light, nervously balancing herself on three legOn this early Sunday afternoon, along a narrow path of dirt over which Man o» War and Secretariat had once swept in flight to historic victories in the Preakness Stakes, a dainty chestnut filly named So Sly stood frozen in her final autumn light, nervously balancing herself on three legon three legs.

So when the lights burn harsh on the XL Center, with huge money and huge stakes, will some legislators lose their courage under fire in their own district?

With her genuine smile, earthy beauty, and striking green eyes, Melina Kanakaredes staked her claim on daytime television in The Guiding Light before expanding her talents to numerous other popular series and, eventually, the silver screen.Born and raised in Akron, OH, the second - generation Greek - American was the third daughter of an insurance salesman and homemaker who began her career as an actress in a community theater production of Tom Sawyer at the age of eight.

A lot in the way this film was shot, with this speed and the high stakes and the technicalities and the dependency on each other and the, also the effects, you know the props and things, the cameras, the lighting and the removing of tables and putting them back, you know all those things sort of created this high level intensity and pressure that felt sort of emblematic sort of how it feels on the stage.»

Blending rigorous naturalism with the precise construction of a thriller, this Cannes award — winning drama from Cristian Mungiu sheds light on the high stakes and ethical complexities of life in contemporary Romania.

Like his work on Interstellar, Hoytema's photography for Nolan's Dunkirk renders epic - scale sets and a high stakes story with gentler beauty, using colour to find emotion in the frame, rather than Pfister's harsh, vacuous lighting.

What it gets right on paper is immediately apparent: Casting hot - ticket stars against type as crestfallen romantics struggling to cope with mental illness provides two attractive but ostensibly vacuous mainstream celebrities (Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence) the enviable opportunity to prove their worth with conspicuously «revelatory» performances; meanwhile, the fundamental seriousness of their characters» respective arcs, with Cooper hoping to control the outbursts caused by his bipolar disorder and Lawrence attempting to overcome her grief over her husband's recent death, raise the emotional stakes considerably, elevating largely light material from rote comedy to overtly «adult» drama.

Macrogenetic research on digital learning can contribute to the further development of effective math education software, shed light on children's math learning, and also largely eliminate the need for high - stakes testing and traditional achievement tests.

It is unlikely that empirical evidence will shed much light on the matter of when in a teacher's career high - stakes decisions (e.g., licensure or tenure) should be made.

Make sure you are continuing to put a positive light on high - stakes testing.

In light of the nonschool factors that impact student achievement, the Connecticut State Department of Education needs to take a step back and reflect on what their focus on high - stakes testing is doing to our students and what they are doing to our teachers and schools.

Mainly, it would be helpful to see more studies, like mine, that shed light on what is gained and what might be lost when high - stakes testing is added to the choice mix.

The 2016 Nissan TITAN XD, which made its world debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, is set to shake up the highly competitive full - size pickup segment when it goes on sale in the United States and Canada beginning in late 2015 - with a bold all - new design that stakes out a unique position in the segment between traditional heavy - duty and light - duty entries.

«Poison Bay is a journey of self - discovery in the same mould as Deliverance (without the duelling banjos) and Lord of the Flies (without the kids) and, on a lighter note, City Slickers (without the laughs), but up there with them in the memorability stakes.

Here, as players fan out to stake claim and begin building their empire in what sounds like the ultimate MMORTS, the first ones on the scene can find and sell information to worm hole locations for light speed travel to far off untamed systems.

I think a good way to do that is to try to find ways of seeing things and working from outside the art world that one can then, sometimes, transpose into the art world and see if it casts a new light on what is at stake.

At stake is India's ability to bring electricity to 400 million rural residents — a third of the population — as well as keep the lights on at corporate office towers and provide enough fuel for 1.5 million new vehicles added to the roads each month.

The National Grid says it has the tools it needs to keep the lights on and ministers» reputations are staked on the «non-negotiable» imperative of securing electricity supplies.

The National Grid says it has the tools it needs to keep the lights on and ministers» reputations are staked on the ``

An aggressive defense to charges of this nature is absolutely necessary in light of what's at stake and the increased scrutiny placed on such allegations by prosecutors and the media.

... In light of the fundamental constitutional rights at stake, before a judge finds that a defendant has forfeited his right to counsel and imposes the extreme sanction of denying an indigent defendant the assistance of counsel at trial or otherwise, she must first conduct a hearing at which the defendant has a full and fair opportunity to offer evidence as to the totality of the circumstances that may bear on the question of whether the sanction of forfeiture is both warranted and appropriate.

In answering to your «Hey Siri» vocal commands, Apple's assistant can perform many of the same table - stakes tasks as Amazon's Alexa on Echos or the Google Assistant on Google Home speakers — from setting timers and reminders to informing you of the weather and traffic, turning on smart lights or solving math.

Bitseed co-founder John Light recently published a post on the Let's Talk Bitcoin blog about what's at stake in the Bitcoin block size debate.

Though frustrating for current users, the upshot is that these attacks are shedding light on potential flaws in current LN software implementations, enabling developers to invent solutions now, when the LN is used primarily by tech - savvy users and there is little money at stake.

Purpose / Focus: The purpose of this study was to investigate what happens when low - performing urban schools bring high - stakes accountability pressures to parent programs, to shed light on possible new directions in family engagement.

- detail of other glass cabinets - stove & ss items above - pot filler, cool handles - great old barn piece - french basket w / bread boards - light directly on small house painting - kitchen lights - white upholstered chairs in brkfst room, w / side detail - garden stakes in the kitchen - crisp white kitchen - & of course, LOVE the «dumb» waiter, that's sooo «smart»!

To re-create this look, affix smaller lanterns in various shades of orange to bamboo stakes using light - color string; put the stakes in planters on either side of the door.