Sentences with phrase «old stalwart of»

So That's What Happened to UARS An old stalwart of NASA's Earth - observing fleet, the six - ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), came tumbling through the atmosphere in an uncontrolled reentry in late - September that generated a slew of headlines about the risks of being struck by falling space junk.

- and finally that old stalwart of radiant transfer the Stefan - Boltzmann constant, let's call this «s» (I think you can see where I am going with this)

The Frontier is the old stalwart of midsize pickup trucks.

The Half Blood Prince is a hugely significant book in the series, and whilst it is tempting to lament some things not given enough time or emphasis in the film as they are in the novel — like Greyback the vile werewolf, the abominable Bellatrix, old stalwarts of the Order of the Phoenix and Ron's Quidditch insecurities (although the main Quidditch scene is satisfying, particularly the final save by Ron)-- one must remember a conceptually vast 500 + page novel is being distilled into a two and a half hour film.

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It is one of Canada's most stalwart businesses with a nearly century - old tried and tested business model, but Loblaw executive chair Galen Weston and the company's chief executive, Vicente Trius, are willing to go all in on a hunch that... Continue reading →

Also right after the bell tonight, Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) said that higher sells for a couple of old stalwarts Barbie and Hot Wheels helped sales rise above expectations.

If you do, you will miss a lot of upside that still remains, especially in the large cap technology stocks, such as «old tech» stalwarts Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) as well as the new tech titan Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN).

Such stalwarts in the profession as former presidents Theda Skocpol of Harvard and Henry Brady of Berkeley pointed out the indignity of asking great scholars to stand in competitive elections and invoked the old conservative saw that «if it ain't broke don't fix it.»

«An aspiring president of the United States can brag about sexually assaulting women and still claim the backing of many if not most of the older stalwarts in the Religious Right.»

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten has been a reliable stalwart of the team for 15 seasons now, and the 35 - year - old picked up another accolade on Thursday.

But on gloomy Sunday, with the mountain a mess of slush and crust, back on the slopes stood several hundred stalwarts, swinging down the trails, happy in the knowledge they hadn't let old George down.

Only last season West Brom inflicted a painful defeat on us at the Hawthorns with two goals headed straight in from corners and the other after a mix up and scramble from a cross, so maybe the lads have been working hard on this facet of their football, with our old central defensive stalwart Steve Bould the perfect man to drill them on the training ground.

Chiellini's current deal expires at the end of the season, but it looks as though the 33 - year - old stalwart, who continues to perform at a high level week in and week out, won't be sealing a reunion with Conte having worked with him for both Juve and Italy.

On 13 May this year, Oxford City Council approved their application to have the Kassam Stadium, home of the League Two club, declared an asset of community value; since then, the stadiums of teams from every level of the pyramid — from Champion Hill, home of Isthmian Premier high - flyers Dulwich Hamlet, to Old Trafford, home of Premier League mid-table stalwarts Manchester United — have been similarly listed.

The Northern Irish squad is a blend of wizened old pros and up - and - coming talent, the experience of stalwarts such as defenders Chris Baird (33) and Gareth McAuley (35) supplemented by the verve of players such as young Manchester United defender Paddy McNair (20) and 24 - year - old midfielder Oliver Norwood.

The 32 - year - old was a stalwart in the Los Blancos team for over a decade before falling out of favour with former manager Jose Mourinho.

However, rather than steadily replacing the last — and oldest — of the three, Benatia has too often found himself watching from the sidelines as Allegri has kept faith with his stalwarts, while the North African has struggled with injury problems of his own.

He's a Telegraph hack after all... He's right on this of course - defeat for the No camp is a highly likely possibility and the image of Labour stalwarts teaming up with «old» style Tories is not an appealing one for the electorate.

After four years of painstaking investigations by this paper, we can reveal authoritatively that at about 4 pm on 17th August, 1993, an argument broke out between the NPP stalwart and the then 34 year old Obaa Yaa over an issue which is as yet unclear.

Makinde while throwing his weight behind the zone to produce the next National Chairman of the party, remarked that he was not in support of imposition either to impose older generation or younger generation on the party as being championed by some of the stalwarts of the party.

But stalwarts of the Old Lizard Guard remained — until another extraordinary discovery in the mid-1990s.

«An exuberant, appropriately cynical reinvention of the stalwart Broadway hit that deftly straddles the line between old - fashioned Hollywood musicals and experimental concoctions like last year's «Moulin Rouge.»»

Instead, the powers that be (noting with reluctance that the lives of both Elizabeths have been sufficiently plundered of late) have returned to that old stalwart, Queen Victoria, for inspiration.

Proof of the value of the 24 - year - old specialty stalwart, an awards - season regular, might not have been necessary for Disney.

As the digital revolution has swept through Hollywood like brushfire, Nolan has remained a stalwart champion of shooting on film, and as 3D has increasingly become the blockbuster norm, he has refused to join the bandwagon, advocating instead for IMAX, a variant on the old 70 mm process responsible for the likes of Lawrence of Arabia and 2001, and whose screen - filling images envelop us in a way that only a select few 3D movies (chiefly Avatar and Hugo) have even approached.

With the help of the Canadian government as well a pair of old guard Hollywood stalwarts, the mission's success and failure ultimately hinged on everyone's ability to sell this ludicrous tall tale as one of utmost reality.

I will be keeping my old stalwart Kindle 3, as always, but I plan to do most of my eReading on the Aura HD when it arrives.

Gilded with steel keeping the now hollowed 800 - year - old Western Red Cedar from toppling, the stalwart stands as a symbol encouraging the protection of vulnerable environments and reminds local residents of their victories won to protect local ecosystems from irresponsible de-forestation.

While Nintendo stubbornly stuck to the ways of old with expensive cartridges, Sony was trumpeting a new gaming frontier, replacing the old stalwart cartridge with the shiny new CD - ROM.

Despite a recent massive media push and the biggest day one sales of a game ever, recent analysis by number - crunching social gaming service Raptr indicates that Call of Duty: Black Ops is only holding its own with old stalwarts Modern Warfare 2 and Halo: Reach in terms of online play - time.

That console generation and the one which followed it marked a golden age for polygonal platformers, with series like Crash Bandicoot, Banjo Kazooie, Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet and Clank as well as Sly Cooper showing how fresh and exciting the genre could be while old stalwarts like Mario and Sonic tried their luck in the third dimension, to varying degrees of success.

Old stalwarts may still dismiss the lack of a traditional turn - based approach, but this is an improvement over the last two games, and is slightly turn - based in the sense that you can only dish out a few attacks at once before waiting for a meter to recharge.

Obsidian Entertainment have firmly established themselves as stalwart keepers of the old - school computer RPG flame.

Jason Andrew, a stalwart of the Bushwick art scene, and a co-director of Outlet Fine Art, wanted to do something very special for BOS, and chose to feature the expressionistic paintings of 80 - year - old artist Judith Dolnick, a prominent abstract artist in the 50s and 60s.

A new scheme finds the opposite result, directly challenging the predictive skill of an old stalwart.

While both of those old stalwarts are still around, and have embraced the digital media revolution, there are new sources of information available that may offer better data.

I guess the issue that needs to be brought to the forefront is the huge cost, compared to traditional life insurance, that people are paying because they believe that these stalwarts of the older age life insurance business are really there for them.

As 2008 draws to a close, it seems likely it will take with it one of the REIT industry's oldest stalwarts, General Growth Properties.