Sentences with phrase «offer as a gun»

One thing is clear, whether brands see this offer as a gun to the head or a helping hand, it's an offer they can't refuse.

Not exact matches

When Oracle announced it was gunning for the software firm with an unwelcome $ 5.1 - billion offer, observers were stunned at the audacity of the move, which came as PeopleSoft was in the midst of inking its own $ 1.8 billion deal to acquire smaller software firm J.D. Edwards & Co..

The outcry after the shooting has sparked public pressure on corporations who offer discounts to the NRA as well as asset managers who invest in gun manufacturers.

Over the next few months, when Musk was asked about it, he said that when he had time he might publish an open - source version of this Hyperloop plan for others to work on, and meanwhile he offered more opaque clues as to what his idea was («a cross between a Concorde and a rail gun and an air - hockey table... if they had a three - way and had a baby somehow»), which inspired lots of online speculation, much of it deeply skeptical.

In the race to advance data - driven electioneering strategies pioneered by successive Obama campaigns, Cruz has turned to Cambridge Analytica for its unparalleled offering of psychological data based on a treasure trove of Facebook «likes», allowing it to match individuals» traits with existing voter datasets, such as who owned a gun.

The Washington Post jumped on it, as if it were real news, offering a misleading headline to its story: «The NRA said guns will be banned during a Pence speech; Parkland students see hypocrisy.»

The NBA was able to begin offering 10 - day contracts on Monday and, as if on cue, Green busted out the big guns in the D - Fenders game that evening.

As you'll read about in the «Young Guns» piece (coming Wednesday), the 2020 class offers some respite.

Talking with the parents first also allows you to address any of your concerns, for instance, making sure there aren't any guns in the house and determining that the parents will use good judgment in offering age - appropriate activities to the kids, such as movies that aren't too terrifying.

In the race to advance data - driven electioneering strategies pioneered by successive Obama campaigns, Cruz has turned to Cambridge Analytica for its unparalleled offering of psychological data based on a treasure trove of Facebook «likes», allowing it to match individuals» traits with existing voter datasets, such as who owned a gun.

In his address, the President said that Malawi will do its part and that it is doing its part, by offering refuge to people fleeing violence elsewhere as well as send peacekeepers to places where there is need, and noted that it actively pursues the AU Agenda 2063 to «Silence the Guns» by 2020.

In countries where the police are armed, the police normally want to retain their guns, as it offers leverage when facing violent criminals.

ALBANY — Rob Astorino, the Republican Westchester County executive who is marching toward a run for governor, criticized the incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo for standing idly by as a gun manufacturer expanded into Alabama, and for offering college credit for state prison inmates.

[1] When the twelve - year - old is offered some L.S.D., with the invitation «It'll give you a wonderful high,» he may accept it eagerly, just as a baby might play with a stick of dynamite or a loaded gun.

Senate Democratic aides said that there is likely to be at least one mental health bill offered as an amendment to the larger gun package.

The State Legislature passed a law in 1931 that said «a person who sells or keeps for sale, or offers, or gives, or disposes of any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as a machine - gun to any person is guilty of a felony.»

He's also offered his time as a proponent of gun control.

WHEREAS, the legislation fails to offer any meaningful solution to gun violence and places increased burdens where they do not belong, on the back of law - abiding citizens and as unfunded mandates for county governments; and

As with much of the gun control legislation offered, more laws do nothing to curb those intent on breaking them.

In Sutton though the Tories were not gunning as much cos the prize of a high profile scalp was not on offer.

Closed climbing stands offer better comfort for some, and the front bar can even be used as a gun rest.

The Equalizer had its passionate fans, and tended to be shown late at night: it starred Edward Woodward as a former covert US intelligence agent who attempts to atone for his many and unspecified sins by offering himself out as a gun for hire to desperate citizens.

It isn't an exploitation of empowered femininity (the blondes with machine guns favoured by Russ Meyer and Roger Corman, or the Stepford femme - bots of the abovementioned Flint films) so much as an opportunity to leer at near - nude Welch — completely helpless and offering lines like, «I'm the kind of girl that likes to be surrounded by men.

Delivering a rabbit punch to the action genre's solar plexus, this sharp mix of gun - fu fight choreography and New York noir offered Keanu Reeves yet another career rebirth, just as The Matrix did in 1999.

Alien offers the girls shelter at his gun -, cash - and drug - filled hideout and attempts to recruit them as his personal, armed harem, only to find they have a few tricks up their thongs.

Making humans the aliens in this film offers a fun and fresh perspective for audiences though these interplanetary citizens are just as quick as Earthlings to greet their guests with drawn guns and other weapons.

But Nielsen is unconvincing as the gun club - frequenting crim, and none of her accomplices — including «Quantum Leap»'s Dean Stockwell — offer much to write home about either.

Incentives are offered, such as candy for good behavior, and Nerf guns and basketballs for high scores on practice tests.

While the alternative wide body version offers a little more space in the wheel housings, the 20 and 21 inch wheels available for this version are certainly not frail either: Customers can choose between the models DR in gun - metal (21 inch) oder mystic black (20/21 inch) as well as ER - C (20 inch) in matt black and FR (21 inch) in mystic black.

The Kindle Owners» Lending Library offers access to a wide array of categories and genres in fiction and non-fiction, and includes popular titles such as Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, The Big Short and Liars» Poker by Michael Lewis, TheHunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen — plus award - winning books such as The Finkler Question and Guns, Germs, and Steel, memoirs such as Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, and motivational books like The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Bookstores can't survive when Amazon can coerce its author and publisher suppliers to offer Amazon better prices, or worse, as we see in the indie ebook space with KDP Select, put a gun to the head of authors and force them to deny other retailers the ability to sell their books.

Some of those gun - free investment products are offered by companies such as OceanRock Investment Solutions, iA Clarington, RBC Royal Bank, and Desjardins to name a few.

You can take in all the sights that Edinburgh has to offer, as well as seeing the traditional one o'clock gun just off the mound at Edinburgh Castle, enjoying the shops and entertainment off of Princes» Street, and taking in the Tattoo just blocks away from the steps of your luxury serviced apartments.

In fact, all the audio aspects of Space Marine were quite impressive, with guns offering meaty bangs, explosions sounding nice and awesome and Orks crying battle cries as they charged to their doom at my hands.

As for loot Defiance does get some of the basics right: there's a good variety of guns, shields and grenades on offer just waiting to tap into a gamer's basic lust for new gear, all featuring color - coded rarity and able to be modified with a variety of parts.

This design directly affects the run and gun combat as the small rooms rarely offer enough space to move around, especially when fighting multiple enemies who are bathing the screen in various forms of horrible pain.

Further star power is offered by a quick snippet of Cara Delevingne (model and actress, who recently started as Margo in Paper Towns) sending Kevin hurtling off - screen, briefly taking centre - stage as resident gun - toter.

It offers a large array of crazy guns that all do something different, two examples of this are the Pixelizer which turns enemies into 16 - bit versions of themselves and the Groovitron which makes every enemy in the vicinity (including tanks and turrets) bust out into dance as you use one of your other weapons to destroy them.

At its early stages, the weapon classes seem like the need a bit of tinkering, as sub-machine guns don't offer much in the way of a response to many of the other gun classes that outclass them in damage or range.

Starting life as a Half - life mod and developed by Minh «Gooseman» Le and Jess Cliffe, the highly successful multiplayer game was presented as a battle between terrorists and counter-terrorists, although this scenario only goes about as deep as children playing cowboys and Indians, which is to say, it provides the excuse for fighting with guns rather than offering play focussed upon the events and contents of a fictional world, as with CRPGs.

The lack of a vast armory is something that many may complain about as well, which is understandable given the amount of tools other games grant players, but it does have one benefit: Titanfall is a beautifully balanced game across the board, with no single gun — other than the 101c — ability or Burn Card seeming to offer any unfair advantage over the others.

The machine gun fires as you'd expect and can also fire out a grenade; other guns offer similar dual fire modes.

Ubisoft's latest offering into a new franchise to entice us all with the premise of hacking information, using this as weapons, gunning, running and car chases....

These guns have very unique attributes that have been carefully balanced so as to offer new play styles that fit into the existing Factions gameplay.

You will be offered a headset called the Pheromone Googles along with an odd looking gun that also acts as the Demon Sweeper.

The side missions offer a nice change of pace from the usual run»n' gun tactics and require you to be as sneaky as possible, which is fantastic.

New set pieces - including a brilliant run - and - gun battle on an armoured motorbike and a butt - clenching escape out of an ore mine - proves Gears can be just as captivating as anything Sony has to offer in the first - party stakes.

They offer you additional skills, improved stats such as extra health, the ability to carry more weapons or items, or even allow you to improve the «Guns for Hire».

Even though exploring those sections of the game offered no new guns, no ammo, no medipacks, and nothing of significance to the game as a whole, they were special to me.

While Uncharted 4 sticks to the series» guns by offering the light - hearted action romp fans deserve, The Last of Us still stands out to me as Naughty Dog's greatest story ever told - but I'm more a fan of emotional gut - punches and high - tension drama.