Sentences with phrase «on a collision course of»

Instead of the world on a collision course of fighting over the last drop of oil, now it seems that we have turned the world upside down and now we are seeing predictions that oil demand will peak.

20th Century Fox's «Ice Age: Collision Course,» which has a current Rotten Tomatoes score of 13 percent and an unfavorable Metacritic score of 33, is on a collision course of its own, given the film's $ 105 million production budget.

Not exact matches

As one of the most vocal Senate proponents for net neutrality, the consumer protection that compels internet service providers to ensure equal access to all websites, Franken is already on a collision course with the new administration.

But Eisen tells Fortune that several lawyers, including those who are part of the Republican party, are «worried about this unprecedented blurring of lines» and President - elect Trump should «expect massive litigation if he proceeds on this collision course.»

In the world of energy investing right now, two visions of the future are on a collision course.

While Wang's speech is not a blueprint for intense geostrategic rivalry with Washington, its emphasis on reform of global economic governance in the four major areas of finance, trade and investment, energy, and development could put Beijing on a collision course with the Trump presidency.

And some of Trump's friends fear that the short - tempered president is on an inevitable collision course with White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly.

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP)-- Student survivors of the deadly Florida school shooting who hope to become the face of a revived gun control movement are on a potential collision course with President Donald Trump.

In August, David Drummond, a longtime Alphabet executive who was instrumental in GV's $ 250 million investment in Uber in 2013, stepped down from his seat on Uber's board of directors as it became increasingly clear the two companies were on a collision course.

@Vic: «but I can tell you that things like the Big Bang, the Multiverse, etc. are theories at best, and the Theory of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics are in a direct collision course when it comes to the Black Holes, and Gravity is the show stopper for a Unified Field Theory, and so on and so forth.»

It appears to be on a collision course with the best of our liberal values.

Only my realisation in that year that the whole human race was on a collision course with disaster shook me out of this dualism and forced me to rethink my theology in light of this most inclusive question of human destiny.

If this is the way we define religion, then we can see that television and religion are on a kind of collision course in American culture.

You mention global myths of a great flood as supporting evidence, but even the article only states,» [a] lmost every culture has a legend about a great flood, and — with a little reading between the lines — many of them mention something like a comet on a collision course with Earth just before the disaster.»

Awakening to the fact that human activity overall was on a collision course with the capacity of the Earth to support human civilization was a terrible jolt.

Only later did it become progressively clear that the modern way of thinking was on a collision course with some of the traditional Christian dogmas, now being stoutly defended by fundamentalism.

These are not opposites on a dialectical collision course but two poles of one momentary experience.

Current policy in Washington puts the U.S. on a collision course with the poor of the earth, both here and abroad.

Cappy — you appear to believe in the concept of original — «it is that we are already headed for hell, we are on a collision crash course with hell because of our own actions.

Smurfette... No Smurfette... it's not «love Me or burn in hell»... rather... it is that we are already headed for hell, we are on a collision crash course with hell because of our own actions.

One of them wins the belt at some point, while the other wins the G1 the same year, putting them on a collision course.

If a proud regional sense of the underdog actually helped a team succeed, we'd probably all be talking about the Browns» title defense this year, wondering if they were on a Super Bowl collision course with the Lions.

It looks like the Arsenal and England international star Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain could be heading on a collision course with his club manager Arsene Wenger over the subject of the under 21 Euro championships next summer.

Pearce is on a potential collision course with a number of Premier League managers over the involvement of star names for the tournament.

Imagine yourself: your centre of gravity shifting on skates, being pushed in a direction (the other angle shows Crosby shoves Giroux off) and then in a second realising you are on a collision course where your back is facing the person you are colliding with.

FRIDAY 9/7 U.S. Open women's semifinals The best action will be in the top half of the draw, where Justine Henin, who destroyed her first four opponents, is on a collision course to meet Venus Williams in the semis — provided Henin can get past Serena in the quarters.

It's an interesting part of their journey on this collision course, and it adds a sense of reality and something you can relate to at home.»

Publication of the Purdue study sent shock - waves reverberating through the football world, with the findings cited by concussion experts calling on youth sports organizations to take more aggressive action to minimize exposure to RHI, including sub-concussive blows, by changing the way contact and collision sports are played and practiced, and reducing the amount of brain trauma a child incurs by limiting the number of hits they sustain in a sports season, over the course of a year, and during a career.

I also have a guilty pleasure (Deadliest Catch) which through a strange twist of fate put me on a collision course with the folks involved in said guilty pleasure.

But I'd really love your take on two aspects of infant feeding that seem on a collision course for us: bottle striking and weaning.

That will only put you and your youngster on a collision course and escalate the difference of opinion rather than resolve it.

The government disagrees - and because of that is now setting itself on an alarming collision course with the judiciary.

Though he attended the gala in 2010 when he was the state attorney general preparing to run for governor — an awkward moment that saw him sharing a table with Paterson, who looked to be on a political collision course with Cuomo until he decided not to follow through with his plans to seek a full four - year term — Cuomo generally avoids the public portions of caucus weekend in favor of private events at the mansion where he has more control — both over the guest list and media access.

MEPs may have tolerated her however, had she not been nominated to a significant portfolio, and the treatment of Navarcsics comes as no surprise, as his ruling Fidesz party has been on a collision course with Brussels in recent years, given accusations of anti-democratic policies, and non-compliance with EU laws.

«For the avoidance of doubt, there is nowhere in the president's statement where he mentioned Paris Club and it is unfair for anyone to attempt to bring the state governors and the presidency on collision course.

Steve Bellone, the Democratic town supervisor of Babylon, formally entered the race for county executive yesterday at a rally in his hometown, making him that party's de facto nominee and setting him on a collision course with the G.O.P. front - runner, Suffolk County Treasurer Angie Carpenter.

It is the Commission's hunch that someone is dropping the name of «unnamed DSS Sources» to give a veneer of credibility to a lie and set both agencies on a collision course.

Assemblyman Keith Wright's decision to drop out of the race to replace Sheldon Silver gave his longtime rival, Carl Heastie, a tremendous boost today — and set him up on a potential collision course with lawmakers in the nascent «reform» caucus, as well as some female Democrats.

Washington — Rep. Rosa DeLauro is on a collision course with President Obama and some of Connecticut's largest companies over a proposed trade deal with 12 countries on the Pacific Rim from Chile to Japan.DeLauro, D - 3rd District, has become a leading...

The governor is also expected push for a tougher teacher evaluation system by linking some, if not all, of the promised 4 percent increase in education aid while also overhauling the state pension system — two moves that will put him on a collision course with powerful labor unions.

The plan is sure to put him on a collision course with the state's Indian tribes, who derive billions of dollars in business from their casino operations around New York.

Vince Cable has placed himself on a collision course with members of his Liberal Democrat party by declaring that the idea of a graduate tax to fund higher education is dead.

Liberal Democrat councils are on a collision course with Nick Clegg by campaigning against the creation of «free schools» in their communities.

Sources further revealed that the Campaign Manager, Peter Mc Manu is on a collision course with the Acting General Secretary and has refused to accept the authority of the Acting General Secretary.

Congress sent President Barack Obama a bipartisan bill that would allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, putting lawmakers on a collision course with the White House on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the attacks.

Her style of dressing put her on collision course with many opinion leaders though she received backing from fellow artistes including Mzbel.

The Coalition is thus potentially on collision course with the Daily Telegraph, the source of this morning's story, and the Daily Mail, which today carries a piece by Stephen Glover which seems to pine for the return of soaring house inflation.

After the Dems won, Chris Dodd, the Chairman of the Banking and Housing Committee, immediately jumped into the presidential race to promote his book - KNOWING federal regulators and Repubs had WARNED that Fannie and Freddie were on a collision course.

That puts him on a collision course with members of the Senate Democratic majority, who have vowed to prevent Burris from taking the seat.

The move puts him on another collision course with many of his own MPs as well as Labour - supporting unions like Unite.