Sentences with phrase «line of fire of»

Putting oneself in the line of fire of the harpoon to defend the right to life of another species is, I believe, one of the first new cultural concepts to appear in human culture, which for more than 2000 years has been predicated on the belief that all animals were created for the benefit of and use by humans.

We found we'd be shooting at one bunch of bots and see them shooting at us, only to dodge right into the line of fire of another droid that was firing at the same time from a different direction.

This is a bit of a mixed bag — typically they'd just stand still and shoot, not worrying about taking damage from the enemy or being in the line of fire of an incoming attack.

Rwandan refugees are caught in the line of fire of national and international politics.

If it is heavy, a bang on the head could be the result of hands flailing around wildly with a heavy piece of silver in one of them - not to mention someone being hit when caught in the line of fire of a flying rattle.

No doubt some appear under the misconception that this pew will shake as it does in places calculated to lie more directly in the line of fire of the saving...

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The line of questioning came under fire, in part, due to the fact that Stephanopoulos is a former campaign advisor and White House Communications Director under Bill Clinton.

The marchers, holding a forest of banners, filled a street a short distance from the parliament complex and advanced noisily until they were stopped by a barricade and lines of police, holding batons, shields and guns capable of firing gas canisters.

A few years after his first foray into illicit home brewing, Hindy's wife grew fed up with him working in the line of fire, so he came home and took a job with Newsday.

With its traditional insulin treatments in the firing line due to U.S. price pressure, Novo Nordisk is pinning hopes for growth on new obesity drugs and a once - weekly injection and tablet version of its semaglutide drug.

In the army, this means being the first one to storm into the line of fire.

The critics of Google's (goog) effort to promote workforce diversity now include one of its own former recruiters, who claims in a lawsuit he was fired because he didn't toe the line on rejecting white and Asian male job candidates.

Sprint, for its part, said that some of the fired customers have called their customer service line more than 300 times in one year.

Not Keystone, the north - south route that's caught in the mess of U.S. politics, but Energy East, a cross-country line that would end at a new $ 300 - million Irving terminal in Saint John, N.B. Energy East has predictably come under fire from environmentalists.

Adani Group, controlled by the billionaire Gautam Adani, said it will now plan to finance the vast Carmichael coal project on its own, but the company faces an uphill struggle as both governments and major banks adopt a harder line towards new coal projects, citing the impact of coal - fired power on climate change.

But all Americans, whether you may lose your coverage or not, should closely study the mechanics of the plan: It puts consumers on the firing line precisely where Obamacare removed those uncertainties.

It therefore puts insurers, like UnitedHealth Group, which owns a PBM through its Optum health - services business but not a vast store base, directly in its line of fire.

No one's predicting the downfall of the iPad — there's a fine line between bold and stupid — but Amazon's Kindle Fire will singe away tablet market share from almighty Apple, to say nothing of Samsung and Motorola.

Last month, Amazon also released a new line of Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire tablets, and announced that it still had $ 83 million worth of unsold inventory from its new Fire smartphone.

To bring cloud computing and the Internet of Things into full fruition demands a cybersecurity sea change — matching fire power with fire power against the bad guys — something along the lines Ellison proposes, and the sooner the better.

This week, the Canada - born, Japanese - owned e-book retailer, e-book and tablet manufacturer unveiled its newest line - up of tech toys, including a 10 - inch HD tablet — the company's largest to date — to compete with the full - sized likes of the iPad, Nexus 10, Nook HD and Kindle Fire.

After the Fox News anchor pressed Sekulow over whether Trump would fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein or Mueller, Sekulow attempted to end the line of questioning.

«If we feel he crosses a line, we'll fire back,» said Ed Rollins, chief strategist of Great America PAC, the political arm of the group airing the Comey ad.

Most CEOs find themselves in the line of fire at least occasionally.

Since 2011, U.S. automakers have been firing on all cylinders, boasting record sales and healthier bottom lines, but in terms of reputation, they still have a long way to go.

Along the same lines, 34 % of poll takers told Pew that employers firing accused men before finding out all the facts is a major issue (39 % called it a minor problem).

PALO ALTO — Tesla fired hundreds of workers this week, including engineers, managers and factory workers, even as the company struggles to expand its manufacturing and product line.

The U.S. Fire Administration reports 80 fatalities in the line of duty in 2015.

And the strategies they set to compete have now placed Google squarely in the line of fire against the world's largest social - media company.

Shulkin's removal was just one in a long line of hirings and firings in the administration.

It is also a way to visually show where the revenue and cost lines cross, i.e. where we start to make a profit on each user or customer (which ultimately is what gets investors excited to pour more fuel on the fire), and where the «search for business model» crosses over into «execution of the business model.»

If there's a bright spot for the province, however, it's that the ongoing disruption of Alberta oil sands production — estimated by the Conference Board of Canada to be about 1.2 million barrels a day, comprising nearly $ 1 billion in economic activity — has contributed to a rally in global oil prices that could give producers, and therefore the Alberta economy, a badly - needed lift once production is finally back on - line (assuming, of course, the fires are eventually extinguished and oil sands operations escape serious damage).

Campbell says most of the money he and business partner bar manager Matt Nettleton spent to revive the 1836 - era hotel isn't visible — four extra beer lines, a wood - fired oven and deck overlooking the Wannon River were the main additions.

To stay safely out of regulators» line of fire and to ensure the business is a success, mastering four broad areas - governance, infrastructure, compliance and budget - is critical.

Hansen's comments come as gold prices manage to hold near session highs, following an in - line reading in January's Consumer Price Index and rising geopolitical worries after President Donald Trump announced that he fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replacing him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

Energy storage will also release stored power during periods of high demand in the early mornings and evenings, when power prices are at their highest — another negative to the bottom line of gas - fired plant owners.

Similar to forest fires, some believe that when governments and / or central banks attempt to forestall or prevent the popping of a speculative bubble, this only creates fuel for a bigger problem down the line.

In March, the occupant of a top - of - the - line Tesla Model X with the system engaged died after the vehicle hit a highway barrier in Northern California, was hit by two other cars and caught fire.

May said he spoke directly with a student who told him that Feis «jumped between her and the shooter, to push her out through a door and out of the line of fire,» according to the Sun - Sentinel.

He and the rest of the British delegation, including the newly elected Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, stood firmly for taking a different line on the Gulf, insisting that a cease - fire call must recognize that Iraq was the initial aggressor and must demand Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait and adherence to UN resolutions.

Some have literally jumped into the line of incoming fire, saving soldiers lives.

The cause of Greater Miracle's fire is still unknown, while it's believed a tree falling on power lines caused the Glover Grover fire and a lightning strike caused the Fruitland fire.

Albeit, they didn't «need» to fire her, but I do not believe her religious lines were crossed, she was not celebrating the birth of Jesus, nor any other religious observances connected with that day.

satans aim was to stop the fulfillment of the seed that would crush satan underfoot.This hybrid between the angels and man created giants abominations in Gods eyes.They also were a threat to Gods people as can be seen by the giants in the land of caanan after the flood.If we agree on that then there is no way that Eve would have had intercourse with satan [false doctrine of the seed of satan -RCB- because the blood lines were still untainted by angelic beings or satan at the time of Noah maybe that is also why the genealogy of Christ is well presented with no surprises apart from Hagar and Ruth these two were gentiles that shows Gods mercy grace was always there to all nations he accepts people by faith not by race.Prior to the flood the mixing of the angels and man must have been widespread after the flood these beings were present but in limited numbers and God told his people to destroy them as they were abominations but they were a threat to Gods people.It would be interesting to hear what the rabbis had to say on this matter as i would think the stories would have been past down from generation to the next.Especially regarding the flood.God promised he would never flood the earth again but a time is coming when the earth will be judged not by flood but by fire Jesus is our ark and we are safe in him.brentnz

A relationship to God does not remove one from but often places one in the line of fire.

Bottom line: To reduce health insurance costs and to not be subject to Obama care regulations about supplying contraceptives, the Catholics should simply not hire those in need of contraceptives and fire those who demand such coverage.

At the Garcia's home in Montgomery County, Texas the fire line comes right up to a statue of the Virgin Mary.

Back in those days, most wedding photographers had yet to embrace the photojournalist style, so they just lined everybody up at the front of the church sanctuary like we were at a firing range, and took the picture.We didn't even think to pose inside a vintage frame or sit on a rusty pickup truck.

They had inculcated a deep sense of sin and a conscious need of personal salvation; they had overpassed national and racial lines and had made religious faith a matter of individual conviction; they had emphasized faith in immortality and the need of assurance concerning it; they had bound their devotees together in mystical societies of brethren fired with propagandist zeal; and they had accentuated the interior nature of religious experience in terms of an, indwelling Presence, through whom human life could be «deicized.»

There's no drawing a line here, Republicans ARE Christians, the double whammy of hell fire secular law that they bullied - in only to make way for their real agenda, God's law according to their God.