Sentences with phrase «of kicking down»

The result is an almost SUV - like feeling of kicking down rather than forward to depress the pedals, which makes actuating all three rather unsatisfying.

Not exact matches

The industry shot back, accusing the Obama Administration of kicking it while it is down.

Most important, unless otherwise agreed, basic business interruption kicks in only after a physical loss of property shuts you down.

Besides advising the parent that the kids need to talk quieter, sit down, or not kick the seat in front of them, there's really nothing we can do.»

Even if thousands of baristas are not going to be joining hands with customers to kick down racial barriers, the company has nonetheless started a dialogue about race.

If you are willing to pick up the phone, send emails, network and kick down doors you can get in front of the right people.

In a similar fashion, the 36th (Ulster) Division went «over the top» on the first day of the great Somme offensive, July 1, 1916, led by a football kicked out by a lead battalion, only to be mowed down, counting among the 57,000 British troops who fell dead or wounded that terrible day.

«While we all have our prejudices and bigotries, we have to learn that it's an issue that we have to control, that it's part of my responsibility as an entrepreneur to try to solve it, not just to kick the problem down the road.»

And in March, Vancouver - based Hootsuite, one of only two Canadian companies to have been valued at $ 1 billion, was kicked out of the «unicorn club» when Fidelity Investments, which led its 2014 $ 60 - million funding round, wrote down its investment by 18 %.

Curiosity touched down on the night of Aug. 5, 2012, kicking off a mission to determine if Mars has ever been capable of supporting microbial life.

More important, the cliff is an obvious effort at correcting the biggest flaw in public budgeting — the tendency of politicians to ignore the broader, long - term implications of what they do by continually kicking problems down the road.

The opposition parties in Perth and Canberra are kicking the can down the road on debt, despite the parlous state of their respective budgetary positions.

He criticized states for kicking the can down the road, living beyond their means year after year in a «never - ending sense of crisis» that results in «stop - and - go funding of vital programs,» such as those for infrastructure, education, pensions and city and county services.

If you kick that can down the road, it can have bad consequences for the overall success of the adoption.»

Live conference coverage kicks - off at 1:00 p.m. ET on Monday with a live stream of Ford CEO Mark Field's opening session, and continues at 8:45 a.m. ET on Tuesday, when Yahoo Finance Editor in Chief Andy Serwer sits down with Ford executive chairman Bill Ford for the closing session.

The U.K.'s «Help to Buy» program offers up to 20 percent in down payment assistance in the form of a home equity loan whose interest rate doesn't kick in for five years.

I think that if you read the tea leaves here, the president has kicked this argument up and away from the jobs argument and put it down on the carbon side of the discussion, and that is probably ultimately favourable to environmentalists.

In other words, if your iPhone is beginning to run out of battery capacity, these slowdowns might kick in to keep it running for longer or prevent it from shutting down unexpectedly.

The riskiest part of the risk curve is getting its face kicked in this morning, after President elect Trump said he'd bring down drug prices.

If QE2.5 materializes, the odds of a repeat of the April - July 2010 sudden 17 % stock market drop will be reduced, but the odds of a larger collapse this fall increase (kick the can a little bit down the road).

Teachers in Arizona and Colorado turned their state Capitols into a sea of red Thursday as they kicked off widespread walkouts that shut down public schools in a bid for better pay and education funding, building on educator revolt that emerged elsewhere in the U.S. but whose political prospects were not clear.

Most biotechs would have shuttered a clinical program that showed absolutely no efficacy whatsoever in a late - stage trial, but Novavax has instead doubled down on RSV by going forth with its phase 3 trial of the RSV F vaccine for infants via maternal immunization, and begun planning for another trial in older adults that's reportedly on track to kick off in 2018.

It is a concept that AFFECTED GOVERNMENT POLICY, and caused various regulations on businesses, wages, and banks to be removed and restrictions to be loosened so that the top tiers of the US economy could really gain more and kick the trickle - down effect into overdrive.

I get a kick out of the Atheist talking about how religious people try and ram their faith down throats... and then you see clowns like hippypoet and the prayer is not healthy kook... guess they are hypocrits just like everybody elese.

The only thing that has been kicked out of schools is the Christians right to force their religion down every one's throats

Of course all you've done here is kick the can down the road by explaining one unexplainable thing with a different, equally unexplainable thing.

The young man struggled and kicked, but still the teacher held him down until at last he drew him coughing and gasping out of the water.

Yes, we have run frantically back and forth between the gods of the «up and out» and the «down and in,» like Hagar searching desperately for water among the hills of Mecca, even as the infant Ishmael's kicking heels opened the clear - flowing spring of Zamzam in the sands of the valley.

Maybe I'm too cynical, but the best sense I can make of the administrations decisions requires me to presuppose the predominance of (1) dreamy human rights internationalism, and (2) cynical efforts to keep the Middle East out of domestic politics by doing whatever it takes to kick the various cans down the road.

How refreshing, here comes a pope reminding us to care for the poor, and the rightwing nut «Christian» party of guns, denying healthcare, kicking down the poor, and environmental destruction is lashing out.

For the last six weeks it has felt like life has punched me in the gut, knocked the wind out of me and then kicked me when I was down.

We had heard so many stories of our gay friends being kicked out of their churches, being asked to step down, or just being ignored so they feel they have no choice but to leave.

Well when we see an article where one of their mothers kicked or burned the cross down then we will know.

And will not be as grateful for some random fan knocking down my doctor and performing his own brand of kick ass surgery on me.

Any one of those is possible, but smart money is on a continuing resolution, which would kick the can down the road a little and delay a shutdown... for now.

I was escorted to my car by two large men and drove to the next church down the road where I found a support ministry for people who had been kicked out of the first church.

The bridge slips away from recklessness again as it describes God climbing mountains and kicking down walls in hot pursuit of God's children.

I guess you could call it recklessness if we're talking about the literal collateral damage of God kicking down walls, but all of this sounds more like relentlessness.

Why indeed do «Christians» so freely engage in back - stabbing, kicking their own when they're down and behaving like someone murdered a child when all they did was question some cherished religious doctrine or political belief (perhaps the ultimate heresy) of the group.

So next time something goes widely out of your control or you feel like you're making no progress, stop and focus on a solution to that single issue rather than letting one issue create a never ending spiral of negativity, because that will only kick you down further, which isn't what you need.

Yes I have to kick the spice down because I'm a wimp, but one of the best flavors for chicken in my opinion Michele @ paleorunningmomma recently posted... WIAW — Sick Day Comfort Food

The kick of sriracha in the dressing is cooled down nicely by the Riesling.

This one has a bit of chipotle chili powder to add smoky spice, but feel free to tone it down or kick it up with your favorite chili seasonings.

Like the onion soup, you'll want to make this ahead of time so you're not faced with the prep - work when you and your friends just want to kick back and chow down after a long night.

or you're feeling like a badass driving down the road, Kenny Loggins «Danger Zone» would kick in for the world to hear and take notice of your awesomeness?

As soon as we arrived on the hill where I spent 18 years of my life rolling Matchboxes down the pavement, playing kickball that left all neighbors angry at us kicking balls at their cars and organizing neighborhood kids bingo games I saw what was left of the house.

This white chicken chili is packed full of lots of flavor, and has a bit of a kick — but not too much (if you don't like spice though you can leave the cayenne pepper out, or cut the amount down.)

I kicked off the new year feeling uninspired and was soon run down by a cold, random injury, rough parenting phase, and string of bad sleeps.

A beat up ’67 Chevy truck filled with freshly picked carrots, onions, and garlic kicks up a cloud of dust as it heads away from the farm and down to the cookhouse.

The sweetness of the peas and butternut squash naturally tone down the spicy kick of the curry.