Sentences with phrase «of hand stands»

The studio offered not only one, but two sundrenched terraces where we drank wine, ate late night takeaway - kebabs, listened to music and did yoga (well, maybe not me personally, but my friend Linnéa pulled off a couple of hand stands).

Not exact matches

Such a person no doubt loses something in the way of geniality and light - heartedness; on the other hand, he is largely independent of the opinions, habits and judgments of his fellow and avoids the temptation to take his stand on such insecure foundations.»

When standing, uncross your arms and keep your hands off your hips and out of your pockets.

Richard Plepler, the perma - tanned chief executive of HBO, was on hand to announce that his network would be launching a stand - alone online service, known as HBO Now, and that it would be available exclusively on Apple TVs, iPhones and iPads for three months, starting in April.

According to Harvard professor Amy Cuddy, two minutes of power posing — standing tall, holding your arms out or towards the sky, or standing like Superman with your hands on your hips — will dramatically increase your level of confidence.

He once stepped on and continued to stand on the toes of my right foot as he handed me a report I had written, while asking, «Do you think this is kind of weak?»

On the other hand, if we're lucky, the ideas and values they stand for — excellent execution, commitment and pride, and true craftsmanship — will never go out of style, regardless of how many cute little gizmos we can 3D print in our garages.

He bursts into sight in a cloud of energy, dressed in silk pantaloons and tight white stockings, comes to a stop in the middle of the stage with his hands on his hips and his feet apart, and stands with his legs radiating power and purpose.

Sales of Villanueva gear soared Monday after the offensive lineman was spotted standing with his hand over his heart during the national anthem before the Steelers played the Chicago Bears on Sunday.

I have had the opportunity to witness, first hand, the challenging conditions of many communities across the globe, first hand, and have stood among those who were suffering and in great need.

Republicans are faced with a choice — be on the right side of history and stand with the American people who support a free and open internet, or hold hands with the special interests who want to control the internet for their own profit.»

He stood at over six feet tall, with a scraggly beard and circles under his eyes; Newell, on the other hand, was clean - shaven and came across as the more buttoned - down of the two.

Of course Facebook wasn't marching in with gun in hand, seeking to subjugate all who stood before it — it was only partnering with local mobile operators to give people free access to certain online services.

I'm sort of wishing I was doing that just now as Park and I stand, net in hand, on the black lava beach of Hana Bay watching the incoming tide toss up some heavy - looking waves.

When entrepreneur and former media mogul Arianna Huffington sticks her hand in a bucket of ice water, there's only so much she can stand before the cold - burning sensation starts to overwhelm.

The two countries even did a joint rehearsal of their two leaders meeting, shaking hands, and walking around the grounds of the Demilitarized Zone using stand - ins to make sure every second was calibrated as best as possible for the world's cameras.

The memo stipulates that the federal government would not stand in the way of states that legalize marijuana so long as officials acted to keep it from migrating to places where it remained outlawed, and out of the hands of criminal gangs and children.

When Joan Babcock of GlobalArt Ltd. wanted to stand out, she put all of her art examples and services on a DVD, added some great packaging and handed out the DVD with a business card at trade shows, sales meetings and any chance she could get to show off her talents.

It all suggests that the dramatic day and a half of legal proceedings are but a prelude to even more courtroom theatrics and combat in what has become a sordid, long - standing matter (for the full saga, read the Disturbing Decline of Sumner Redstone) that reflects poorly on countless participants, not least the boards of CBS and Viacom, which took no action to remove Redstone as their executive chairman until Herzer's case forced their hand.

In support of the idea, Braccini and her colleagues» looked at handedness in chimpanzees, and found that when the apes stand on all fours, they displayed no real hand preferences.

Standing in front of the Centerville crowd with your idea, you might refrain from calling on those you know want to criticize when they raise their hands, hoping to limit the commentary to friends of the proposal.

Standing in the way of all this, however, is the B.C. premier's outstretched hand.

And the expense associated with the president - elect standing on the steps of the Capitol and putting his hand on a Bible comes from taxpayers, not donors; it's managed by a separate congressional planning committee.

So here's a way for the Dreamers to be protected, President Trump to be responsive to public opinion and for the Department of Justice to devote its resources to better causes (like keeping AR - 15s out of the hands of crazy people)-- end the appeals and allow the court rulings to stand.

But Delrahim's selection stands in contrast with his boss in the Oval Office when it comes to one of the most prominent competition issues currently in the hands of government regulators: The AT&T - Time Warner merger.

On the other hand, frameworks that have a degree of flexibility, that can bend with the circumstances but retain their essential integrity, like an aircraft wing in turbulence, stand a reasonable chance of coming through.

Plenty of cool drinks and ice cream were in hand to ward off the heat in the stands!

On the other hand stands the political interest of promoting the idea that it is not really the land's site value that is rising, but construction costs.

Earlier that morning, Cook had stood in front of employees at Apple headquarters and held up the phone, which a staffer had hand - delivered from a store in Beijing to commemorate a notable occasion: Apple had sold its billionth iPhone.

The GOP leadership of the Florida House and Senate quickly stood with Scott in backing a broad package of legislative initiatives, including funding for increased school security and setting up a new process to take guns out of the hands of those deemed to pose a danger.

I will never forget watching him stand calmly by the trader's desk buying stocks hand over fist in the crash of «87.

I didn't come across a whole lot of excellent articles (maybe I was too busy enjoying my vacation), but this article with hands - on link building tips stood out for me.

The Speaker's hand might be strengthened in this regard by new standing orders and the agreement of the House.

Courtesy photo An All Hands and Hearts volunteer stands on the ruins of a house in St. Thomas; only the kitchen sink remains after last year's devastating hurricanes.

On the other hand, USAA doesn't necessarily stand out among its competitors in terms of cost.

Your cartoon reminds me of that scene in Cool Hand Luke where Luke, standing in the rain says, «Come on.

It's like the line in the Blindside song, ``... they look up without realizing they're standing in the palm of your hand...»

* Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, to use divination: * Psalm 109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

«reality» forgot to mention that it's us «johnny come lately» christians that are the only thing standing between jews and irradication at the hands of islam.

Imports / Exports are stand still, the banks have stopped taking any fixed assests and lands as bank guarantee towards taking loans to over come this situations where you can not find buyers paying good towards what you sell when you need financial liquidity... but these time you can not sell unless you will sell it at the lowest ever in the market...!?! Honestly tired of that now more than was tired before all that started but at least things were stable although many were deprived but managed to live by those upper hands / classes giving charity..

If we are right, then we lived our lives to their fullest in intellectual honesty, without the fear of some tyrant getting their hands on us after we die, and without having taken some stupid stand against the validity of sound science, or basic human rights.

With regard to another post regarding faith... I have seen my preemie child struggling for life... I have held the hand of an old person as they slipped from life to death... I have stood vigil in the room of a man of faith as over 40 friends and family crammed into a room sharing pain and suffering as he slipped away suffering from cancer at a young age.

Bob sees me standing in line with my hands full of Coors.

At its period of fullest development the book to some extent usurped the place of the more primitive but generally more accessible methods of production of the past; on the other hand, it was a stand - in for future methods which make it possible for everyone to become a producer.

By the laying on of hands starting with the Apostles up to the present, the Catholic Priest stands in for Jesus, Personna Christi.

18 The priest shall then have the woman stand before the Lord and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and place the grain offering of memorial [k] in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest is to be the water of bitterness that brings a curse.

I can almost visualize the conclusion of each week in the Membership classes, where the Pastor (or Elder) teaching the class get everybody to stand and say the pledge out loud, and then collects copies of everyone's pledge to be stored in the person's «Membership File» so that if they ever get out of hand, the pastor can pull their file and say, «See?

By the laying on of hands starting with the Apostles up to this present day, the Catholic Priest stands in for Jesus, Personna Christi.

On the other hand, «property rights» enters into the institutional experience of Parliament only in respect to its meaning for people who stood to gain or lose voting rights and control of boroughs and counties.

The theology and philosophy of Edward Holloway stands alone as a contemporary synthesis which on the one hand rejects any dialectical tension at the heart of being and at the same time upholds the real distinction between matter and spirit.