Sentences with phrase «lived up to that billing by»

These reclining captain's chairs with extendable footrests are designed to emulate first - class airplane seats and live up to their billing by providing enormous amounts of legroom and plush cushioning.

Not exact matches

I happen to have met Bill Nye, in person, and in my opinion he's a conceited stuck up arrogant jacka $ $ who's managed to convince himself that because he had a «science» fair gig on a local comedy tv show in Seattle (Almost Live) that then got picked up by the Disney corporation that he now has qualifications that greatly exceed his actual faculties.

As reported by ESPN, Blanc confirmed that he would be willing to play youngsters if the big - name players didn't live up to their billing and their responsibilities.

Bayern have been made the favourites by bookmakers to win the tournament, although will need to improve on this showing when they host Shakhtar at the Allianz Arena in two weeks time if they are to live up to that billing.

Hampered by thumb, shoulder and arm injuries, record - setting collegian never lived up to billing; cut by Cleveland in June» 04, he's out of football.

And judging by his progression over the last year or so, a # 45,000 - a-week contract could end up being a steal in a couple years if he lives up to his billing.

To the best of my memory, and I'm pretty sure I'm right about this, I have talked to Bill Hayes three times in my life, and each time on the telephone, and each time about some minor matter brought up by hiTo the best of my memory, and I'm pretty sure I'm right about this, I have talked to Bill Hayes three times in my life, and each time on the telephone, and each time about some minor matter brought up by hito Bill Hayes three times in my life, and each time on the telephone, and each time about some minor matter brought up by him.

The world's newest most expensive player — a footballer with the attributes and abilities to live up to his billing as the archetypal modern midfield all - rounder — was muffled by his manager's tactics in almost the complete reverse of Guardiola's impact upon De Bruyne.

The conclusion that I am left with is one of an underwhelming history of transfer business by the club and one which requires a huge improvement if it is live up to the billing of either the fifteenth or eighteenth biggest club in world football (depending on whether you believe Forbes or Deloitte).

Liverpool were held to a 0 - 0 draw at Anfield by Manchester United and The Hard Tackle discusses some key talking points from a game that certainly didn't live up to it's billing.

Her bill would create protections which are inclusive, applying to all torture survivors; preventive, rather than waiting for harm to occur; and effective, by introducing new measures to ensure the Home Office lives up to its promises.

People are already suffering under David Cameron's cost of living crisis and now, thanks to his failure to stand up to the big energy companies, consumers will be hit by ever high bills, with SSE increasing prices by nearly 10 %.

The bill notes one organ donor can help save the lives of up to eight people on the donation waiting list and can improve the lives of up to 50 people by restoring eyesight, treating burn patients and helping patients avoid disabilities by replacing malfunctioning, diseased or damaged organs and tissue.

Another bill, sponsored by Council Member Corey Johnson, would require EDC to report on its efforts to recover funds from any third party that received financial assistance but failed to live up to an economic development agreement.

The new Westmonster website launched by Ukip donor Arron Banks has started life by lapping up comments made by top Brexiteer Liam Fox and giving top billing to Nigel Farage.

It always promised to be a combative party conference, but Labour's political roadshow more than lived up to its billing on Tuesday when Damian McBride's publisher was caught by TV news cameras in an «unseemly» on - air scuffle with a protestor on Brighton seafront.

Based on analysis of the region's charcoal - enriched sediment — which may have been intentionally or incidentally fertilized by human occupants — University of Wisconsin geographer emeritus Bill Denevan estimates that up to 9 million people may have lived in the 15th - century Amazon.

In «real life,» we're often held accountable by pure economic necessity (i.e., if we don't show up for our nine - to - five, we'll become homeless) or an observant partner, roommate, or cable company («I'm sorry, but why don't you have your share of this month's electric bill?»).

The new bill, known as the Marijuana Justice Act, not only seeks to decriminalize marijuana, but it also hopes to impose penalties upon states that disproportionately target certain communities for drug related offenses and set up a fund designed to help improve the quality of life in areas most hard hit by the war on drugs.

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Sookie is a telepathic hottie who feels increasingly isolated by her ability to hear the crude and dispiriting internal shit everyone around her thinks, until a brooding, good - looking lone vampire named Bill (Stephen Moyer) walks into her place of work, at which point she knows her life is going to perk up.

I suppose I could choose the great movies that have made me laugh the most — the first that come to mind, such as: a Keaton («Sherlock, Jr.» or «Steamboat Bill, Jr.»), a Fields («It's A Gift» or «The Bank Dick»), a Marx Bros. («Animal Crackers» or «Duck Soup»), a Sturges («The Lady Eve» or «Miracle of Morgan's Creek»), and, let's say, a classic comedy (preferably starring Cary Grant or Barbara Stanwyck or Jean Arthur, and written and / or directed by Ernst Lubitsch or Howard Hawks or Billy Wilder or Mitchell Leisen, like «Trouble in Paradise» or «Heaven Can Wait» (1943) or «Bringing Up Baby» or «His Girl Friday» or «The Major and the Minor» or «Some Like It Hot» or «Easy Living» or «Ball of Fire»...).

Mahershala Ali — ««The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Parts 1 and 2),» «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Anthony Anderson — «The Departed,» «Hustle & Flow» Adam Beach — «The Departed,» «Hustle & Flow» Kate Beckinsale --- «Love & Friendship,» «The Aviator» Chadwick Boseman --- «Captain America: Civil War,» «Get on Up» John Boyega — «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» «Attack the Block» Betty Buckley --- «Wyatt Earp,» «Carrie» Rose Byrne — «X-Men: First Class,» «Bridesmaids» Julie Carmen — «The Milagro Beanfield War,» «Gloria» Enrique Castillo — «Déjà Vu,» «Bound by Honor» Morris Chestnut — «G.I. Jane,» «Boyz N the Hood» Cliff Curtis — «Live Free or Die Hard,» «Training Day» Idris Elba — «Beasts of No Nation,» «Pacific Rim America Ferrera — «Cesar Chavez,» «End of Watch» Vivica A. Fox — «Kill Bill,» «Independence Day» Andrew Garfield — «99 Homes,» «The Amazing Spider - Man» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha,» «To Rome with Love» Jesse D. Goins — «The Ugly Truth,» «Patriot Games» Bruce Greenwood — «Flight,» «Star Trek» Carla Gugino — «Watchmen,» «Night at the Museum» Luis Guzmán — «Punch - Drunk Love,» «Carlito's Way» Dennis Haysbert — «Dear White People,» «Wreck - It Ralph» Tom Hiddleston — «Crimson Peak,» «Marvel's The Avengers» James Hong — «Safe,» «Mulan» Oscar Isaac — «Ex Machina,» «A Most Violent Year» O'Shea «Ice Cube» Jackson * — «Ride Along,» «Friday» Dakota Johnson — «Black Mass,» «Fifty Shades of Grey» Cherry Jones — «Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,» «Signs» Michael B. Jordan — «Creed,» «Fruitvale Station» Daniel Dae Kim — «The Divergent Series: Insurgent,» «Crash» Regina King — «Ray,» «Jerry Maguire Brie Larson — «Room,» «Trainwreck» Byung - Hun Lee — «Terminator Genisys,» «G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra» Nia Long — «Keanu,» «Boyz N the Hood» Sal Lopez — «The Astronaut Farmer,» «Full Metal Jacket» Ignacio López Tarso — «Under the Volcano,» «Nazarin» Patti LuPone — «Parker,» «Driving Miss Daisy» Peter Mackenzie — «Trumbo,» «42» Rachel McAdams — «Spotlight,» «Midnight in Paris» Eva Mendes — «The Place beyond the Pines,» «Hitch» Tatsuya Nakadai — «Ran,» «Kagemusha» Adepero Oduye — «The Big Short,» «12 Years a Slave» Marisa Paredes — «The Skin I Live In,» «All about My Mother» Nate Parker — «Beyond the Lights,» «Red Tails» Harold Perrineau — «Zero Dark Thirty,» «28 Weeks Later» Jorge Perugorría — «Che,» «Strawberry and Chocolate» Silvia Pinal — «Vintage Model,» «The Exterminating Angel» Freida Pinto — «Immortals,» «Slumdog Millionaire» Michelle Rodriguez — «Avatar,» «Girlfight» Anika Noni Rose — «For Colored Girls,» «Dreamgirls» Cecilia Roth — «Lucia Lucia,» «All About My Mother» Mark Rylance — «Bridge of Spies,» «The Other Boleyn Girl» Pepe Serna — «The Black Dahlia,» «The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez» Martin Starr — «I'll See You in My Dreams,» «Adventureland» Elizabeth Sung — «Memoirs of a Geisha,» «The Joy Luck Club» Sharmila Tagore — «Dhadkan,» «The World of Apu» Tessa Thompson — «Creed,» «Dear White People» Lorraine Toussaint — «Selma,» «Middle of Nowhere» Glynn Turman — «Super 8,» «Men of Honor» Gabrielle Union — «Top Five,» «Bad Boys II» Jacob Vargas — «The 33,» «Jarhead» Alicia Vikander — «The Danish Girl,» «Ex Machina» Emma Watson — «The Bling Ring,» «The Perks of Being a Wallflower» Damon Wayans, Jr. — «Big Hero 6,» «Let's Be Cops» Marlon Wayans — «The Heat,» «Requiem for a Dream» Rita Wilson — «It's Complicated,» «Runaway Bride» Daphne Zuniga — «Staying Together,» «Spaceballs»

Personally, Zemeckis hasn't been nominated by the Academy since he won Best Picture and Best Director in 1994 for «Forrest Gump,» but if «The Walk» lives up to the billing of the aforementioned «Gravity» or «Life of Pi,» he and the film could be major players in both races.

The wide shots were performed by stunt artist Bill Strother (who inspired the film with his real - life building climbs), with the close - ups featuring director - star Harold Lloyd, who had only a mattress to break his fall.

By contrast, Magic Johnson's 32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business lives up to its billing, even if its cute title conveniently trades on the number he wore when he was with the Los Angeles Lakers.

THE BLU - RAY DISC by Bill Chambers Rebounding a bit from their disappointing Blu - ray presentation of Thunderball, MGM brings Live and Let Die to the format in a reasonably - filmlike 1.85:1, 1080p transfer that seems to butt up against a qualitative ceiling.

A bill requiring that Oklahoma's science textbooks acknowledge «that human life was created by one God of the Universe» is expected to be taken up by a conference committee representing both chambers of the legislature in the coming weeks.

But lawmakers like Representative George Miller, D - Cal., say the changes envisioned by the 1994 reauthorization didn't live up to their billing because «its implementation was fudged by the administration.»

The controversial National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)-- created by the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute and funded (in part) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as «part of a coalition for «a better orchestrated agenda» for accountability, choice, and using test scores to drive the evaluation of teachers» (see here; see also other instances of controversy here and here)-- recently issued yet another report about state's teacher evaluation systems titled: «Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises.»

VSCC Lakeland — Trial Tom Threfall reports / Business and pleasure — Meet a happy Danish enthusiast who makes a living out of his hobby / Keeping the flag flying In the early 30s — John Black gave Standard a new image — and saved the company / Lost in the Wash — Michael Ware tells of Malcolm Campbell's ill - starred plans for a rival to Brooklands / Sit - up - and - beg - sort - out The pre-war and early post war Ford Eights were similar but... Bill Ballard sorts them out / A sports car by accident — M.W - W on the legendary Prince Henry Vauxhall / The Freehollow Flyer — Chris Edwards concludes his story of the Gordon England Austin 7 found in an American barn / «For ordinary usage and for racing» — Keith Clare found a 1913 Singer Ten with a chequered history in New Zealand / The Geelong Sprints — Australia's answer to the Brighton Speed trials / Rallying to Ballarat — Peter May reports on the VCC of Ausralia's Melbourne to Ballarat Rally / Body language — The final part of Mike Worthington - Williams» magnum opus on body styles.

CHELSEA, MICH. — After being hyped to death by the world's automotive writers since its 1989 debut as a concept car, will the production version of the Dodge Viper live up to its billing?

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Everything from Comcast (120.00 to now 163.00), utility bills will be going up by at least 40 % when rate caps come off, food prices shot up 32 % and I haven't got a raise or cost of living for over a year.

Avoid late payments by setting up auto bill pay — Life happens, and when it does, it's easy to forget a credit card payment.

Although they are hailed by some as the only humane training devices effective on every dog, they do not live up to this advance billing.

In a stealth genre that's been abandoned by its heroes on current - gen platforms, Deus Ex: Human Revolution remains true to its roots and provides the sequel that we'd all hoped for but feared would never live up to the billing.

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Judging by the first two months of bills, the Chiswick Eco Lodge is living up to its name.

Well... without any teeth.The bill was introduced by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senator Kristen Gillibrand (D - NY), and points to the largest facts of e-waste - all of which we bemoan often on TreeHugger - that gadgets will continue to take over our lives, that they continue to pile up in drawers, recycling centers, and e-waste dumps in developing nations, and that not enough people know how to - or do - recycle their gadgets at end of life.

The Author Team — Halsburys Laws of Canada has lived up to its advance billing and is providing a fresh treatment of all of the legal subjects that one can expect to find in an encyclopedia written by a roster of authors and editors that includes so many notable scholars and academics, authors of legal treatises and monographs, practicing members of the Bar and professional legal researchers and writers.

Guaranteed Whole Life Insurance from Banner Life Insurance Company, offers an easy and affordable way to protect your family from the burden of final expenses like funeral costs, medical bills or other outstanding debts by paying up to $ 15,000 at a difficult time.

Another method is to add up the total bills, such as credit cards, mortgages, car payments, loans and funeral costs, while also estimating and anticipating future bills (the need for a new car, tuition for your children, inflation etc.) If the goal is to simply replace an income, as might be the case when both spouses are professionals, the estimate should be based on the annual income multiplied by the number of years of income that you want the life insurance to cover.

From commuting to metropolitan Billings bordered by Rimrocks to agate hunting at scenic Custer, Montana lives up to its nickname: «Big Sky Country.»

This can also make your life easier by reducing the amount of bills, paperwork and payments you have to keep up with.

Living up to its phablet billing, the Honor 4X features a 5.5 - inch 720P display and houses Huawei's powerful 64 - bit Hisilicon Kirin 620 octa - core processor, backed up by 2 GB RAM.

The Chasm Group, LLC and Chasm Institute, LLC (San Bruno, CA) 1997 — 2008 Business Operations Manager • Managed all daily operational tasks for leading multi-million dollar high - tech market strategy consultancy, while providing executive administration to C - level executives and venture capital partners • Developed and managed the firm's annual budget, proposing and implementing expense cuts, producing monthly reports and financial statements, and coordinating with CPA firm for accurate and timely filings • Oversaw all client relationship management efforts while cultivating new business efforts from concept to implementation, providing high - quality service in sales efforts while utilizing new lead tracking system • Negotiated and managed all contracts, stock grants, and financing arrangements, working closely with outside counsel to draft legal documents and resolve LLC - and proprietary - related issues • Led three office space build - outs and two office relocations, managing all aspects of each process under aggressive timeline and budget expectations • Reduced firm telecom expenses by 22 % by streamlining IT objectives, including migration to VOIP phone system, software / hardware purchases, domain renewals, and outsourced technical support • Directed all phases of staff recruitment while creating and implementing all HR policies and programs, including comprehensive employee benefits plans • Supervised multiple administrative staff members, conducted performance appraisals and wage / salary surveys in comparison to incentive program guidelines, and maintained HR files in accordance with legal mandates • Produced all out - going client invoices in an accurate and timely fashion to increase, cash flow and reduce aging receivables, providing consistent attention to overhead costs and vendor arrangements • Administered all company insurance policies, including E&O, general liability, bonds, partner life and disability, conducting annual benefits reviews and employee / company insurance audits • Obtained necessary certificates for consulting contracts while processing federal, state, and local business reporting requirements to maintain licenses and incorporation status • Directed all marketing efforts and oversaw logistical aspects of national educational workshop series, utilizing sponsorship arrangements to offset production costs • Transformed «brochure» website into a dynamic tool to better illustrate company opportunities through relevant case studies, as well as maintaining all other promotional media, including press kits and video Association of California School Administrators (Burlingame, CA) 1993 — 1997 Issues and Planning Committee Coordinator • Executed all phases of event planning and implementation for a membership - driven organization including 23 state committees, 5 task forces, 6 strategic planning conferences, and a conference of 1,500 attendees • Focused on facility evaluations, bid requests, site visits, contract negotiations, and all pre - and post-conference planning processes • Produced statistical and financial reports, including budget projections and cost monitoring for developmental training efforts • Oversaw all participant - level responsibilities, including inquiries, eligibility, registration, correspondence, and billing statements • Managed all legal professional standards calls for Northern California regions, including the processing of attorney authorizations, the preparation of legal assistance letters, and liens on cause of action • Served as second point of contact for computer inquiries and troubleshooting efforts as well as provided back - up executive administrative support for Executive Director, Committee Chairs, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Held responsibility for software installation and hardware configuration while performing weekly AS / 400 backup and report generation

In the 18 months that followed the largest call - up of the Texas Army National Guard since World War II, Terri Romere and her husband, Bill, collected and shipped thousands of phone cards, toiletries, and other items donated by Round Rock families, schools, and places of worship to make life easier for military personnel in the combat zone.