Sentences with phrase «only take stabs at»

The vision set forth here is idealistic, daunting, unrealistic to be sure (in the sense of being inexhaustible), and we can only take stabs at it; only in the Kingdom of God will it finally materialize.

What about the shelters, rescues, humane societies that only take a stab at any history of the majority of animals in those situations.

Not exact matches

This world would be far better off if only anti-theists would stop their blatant mimicking and mocking just to take a stab or two at those who only want to profess their perceived beliefs without their being blueballed and scape - goated by the ilks of anti-atheists.

Let me take a stab at a presumed rejoinder to these poll numbers: The only poll that counts is on June 28!

ALL TEETH While researchers have only the dinosaur's upper jaw bone and some teeth, this reconstruction takes a stab at a portrait of Matheronodon provincialis, a new species.

When Freeman is rolled out as the new Commander - in - Chief during the crisis, it's a pretty desperate stab at credibility (which lately seems to be the only kind of roles he's been taking).

Given his oft - professed admiration for the infamous 1980 gut - muncher Cannibal Holocaust — whose Italian director, Ruggero Deodato, makes a cameo in Hostel: Part II — it was only a matter of time before Roth took a stab at reviving the cannibal subgenre.

What You Need To Know: With Daft Punk scoring «Tron: Legacy» and now M83 taking a stab at «Oblivion,» Joseph Kosinski has proven himself to be the only person in Hollywood who has a record collection that predates 1994.

Refn says that he'd love to take a stab at this project, but that the only real way it could happen is if his current project, Logan's Run, is successful enough for studios to give his next project a chance.

Only a few short hours before the red carpet turns a muddy purple under the heels of Sydney's sodden socialites (it has really rained this week), SCREEN - SPACE takes a last minute stab at who will take home an AACTA Award at tonight's Oz industry gala event, to be hosted by AACTA ambassador Cate Blanchett (pictured, below; at the 2014 event) and actress Deborah Mailman...

But several drivers have taken hellacious, car - pulverizing licks on ovals this year, and it was only fast work by the Holmatro Safety Team at Indy that prevented James Hinchcliffe from bleeding to death in the cockpit after he hammered the wall during practice and was stabbed by a suspension piece.

So when you're at the top, the only way you can go a little higher is when you take a stab at your own record.

Hopefully, the worst thing to come from this data collection would be a stab at the artistry of writing, where publishers only take on projects that meet the guidelines of the latest reports on digital reading or where authors feel pressured to adapt their plots lines and characters to the latest figures on what readers want.

Measuring 254 x 167 x 6.1 mm and hitting the scales at only 393g, the waterproof Xperia Z4 Tablet is not only 0.3 mm slimmer and 30 grams lighter than its predecessor, but it takes a stab at Apple's iPad Air 2 too.

I didn't post that to take a stab at PS3 owners (i am one, as well as a 360 Elite), but only to show that all this stuff goes both ways.Why are people so upset about the PS3 version of Vesperia getting extra content... a YEAR after the 360 version had come and gone.Outside of Japan the PS3 version of Vesperia isn't likely to even sell very well.Look at Valkyria Chronicles for the PS3 (EXCLUSIVELY mind you) by Sega.While an EXSCELLENT action rpg, it sold horribly here in North America and not much better in the rest of the world, save Japan.RPG's only tend to sell well on the 360 here in NA.It's just a fact, and that's why the 360 most often get's them either exclusive permanant, exclusive additional content, and / or timed exclusivity, whereas the PS3 does not.

Not content with having a stab at immersive horror, Ubisoft is also taking a run at the humble arena shooter... only it's doing it via the power of VR.

Following the end of the Gulf War and the Bush administration, Clinton's inauguration in 1993 was marred by a rough start; in February the World Trade center was bombed, and although only six lives were taken (a small number relative to 9 - 11), it was the first major stab at America's ego from the inside.

Measuring 254 x 167 x 6.1 mm and hitting the scales at only 393g, the waterproof Xperia Z4 Tablet is not only 0.3 mm slimmer and 30 grams lighter than its predecessor, but it takes a stab at Apple's iPad Air 2 too.

«And Kiviat wasn't the only writer to take a stab at the MID: John Tamny, writing for Forbes.com, said in November 2010,» [W] hy should those of us who choose not to own houses subsidize those who do?