Sentences with phrase «out of the phone book»

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

Others simply use the pediatrician who is on call in the hospital when their baby is born, choose someone from their insurance plan, or pick a name out of the phone book.

Because humor is in the funny bone of the beholder, here's a litmus test, in case you're interested in watching it: As Navin is working at a gas station, a crazed gunman, for reasons not apparent (he chooses Navin as his intended victim randomly out of a phone book), begins to open fire on him with a rifle, missing him, and striking some cans of motor oil next to Navin.

Finding a good car accident attorney in Texas is not always about picking one out of the phone book.

Lawyers should let their fingers do the walking — right out of the phone book and onto their keyboards.

Don't assume that you can just pick any company out of the phone book, either.

Most states have lists of court - approved class providers — you can't just pick one out of the phone book.

So don't just pull a name out of the phone book.

Right now I'm calling people out of the phone book, I would just like a concrete road map when I speak to them.

Not exact matches

The book, coming out this spring, explores the benefits of occasionally cutting the virtual cord and unplugging from your phone — and trust me, there are plenty.

On a Saturday, he walked onto a San Francisco street to find the windows smashed out of his team's rental van and everyone's belongings stolen — including Goff's phone and laptop, where he'd saved his entire next book.

See: Read a book, watch a bird hop around on a branch Touch: Craft, fold laundry, bake cookies Taste: Eat a meal without checking my phone, eat one of those cookies I baked Hear: Listen to music while staring out the window or at the ceiling (not at my phone) Smell: Hang out by the oven where my cookies are baking, light a candle

While I paused with my kids to take in the reality of the books still on the shelf, a woman in her 40s pulled out her phone and snapped an illicit photo.

Citing the phone book as a reliable source of contact information for secular and Atheist support groups and organizations is a bit like saying you need a taxi and, then, searching out a horse and carriage (Amish community notwithstanding).

We can begin to make our way toward wisdom by clearing out the data smog — by fasting from TV, computer, cell phone and pocket planner long enough to talk with a friend face - to - face, read a book or simply sit still and listen for the way of wisdom.

Having to go the the library to look up phone numbers (remember all those big phone books for each city taking over a whole section of the library) and then making one long distance call after the other to find out rules and regulations for shipping plants, seems so time consuming today.

Haisley told Bennie to get his Bible and open it to the Book of Psalms; then he handed the phone to his wife and rushed out the door.

Who carries five VCRs on road trips and watches tape of her opponents while she works out on the treadmill while she scribbles points of emphasis on a notepad while she talks on the phone with an assistant — all after she has read a book to her son, Tyler, and put him to bed?

In any otherwalk of life, whether buying goods, services, booking a holiday, going to a theatre / play and even when using utilities like internet, electric, gas, phone, etc. etc. we have LEGAL rights when we are cheated out of the service we pay for (and we pay through the nose to attend the Emirates!).

Inner harmony grows not by finding ways to get away from your child, but by giving yourself the gift of a hot bath at the end of a long day, reading a book of poetry, talking to a friend on the phone, taking a nap, crying, getting a massage, having a day off from cleaning and cooking, staying in your pajamas all day, swimming, going out to eat, or attending a conference.

We wrote personal letters to them, spoke to the thousands who phoned us and sent them pages and pages of print - outs from the book we put together: «The Womanly Art of Breast - feeding.»

Getting lost in a good book, zoning out on the computer, tablet or phone and tearing up at an emotional part of a movie are all states of hypnosis.

Move phone book, Bible or hotel books, and pens out of your child's reach so you don't have damages to pay for when you check out.

John Scandalios, a resident of Flushing and former comic book store owner (whom didn't make it on the ballot last election due to a technicality) said he immediately pulled out his cell phone to post on his Facebook and let everyone know that he was okay.

It was as if someone had slapped a piece of tar paper onto an open phone book and ripped out a page, says nano researcher Philip Collins of the University of California, Irvine.

Before you start looking at the cost of classes, remember you can incorporate yoga into your daily routine by checking out a book at the library, finding a YouTube video, or downloading a phone app such as Daily Yoga or Asana Rebel.

Try these out, or better yet, many of you probably already have my book on writing online dating profiles including how to write emails so that women give you their phone number in 2 messages and what to do if you (for some God - awful reason) have to initiate contact.

hey there how are you my name is tony let me say thank you for taking the time to look at me ha!ha!im 34 ill be 35 sept 21 i like to read books email talk on the phone work out ive been locked up 13 years and have 2 years left yes im coming home 2015 i will be out of this hell hole i...

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Anthony Hopkins is one of those actors who'd astonish even if he were merely reading out the phone book, and the other highlight is Jaimie Alexander, a little known actress that fulfils her Xena - type role as Sif rather well.

Rating: Hoopla Factor: Anthony Hopkins is one of those actors who'd astonish even if he were merely reading out the phone book, and the other highlight is Jaimie Alexander, a little known actress that fulfils her Xena - type role as Sif rather well.

The most obvious of a phone - book full of problems for Winter's Tale is that whatever complexity there is in the source, Goldsman isn't equipped to suss it out («Let's make it about the love story!»)

While some customers may still wish to make bookings over the phone, the ease and convenience of booking online means that in this day and age you really have to offer online booking to ensure you don't lose out to a competitor who is only one click away on Google.

Preeminent features inside include smartphone enables navigation, voice command recognition technology, SD card reader, video playback and image viewer via USB and SD card, controls of FATC on touchscreen and Bluetooth connectivity which enables multiple functions like call logs, conference call, phone book access, audio streaming, incoming SMS notification & read out and call reject with SMS feature (Please note that the above mentioned infotainment features are bereft in entry level variant).

The spacious cabin is well thought - out with numerous cubbies and clever storage receptacles to carry the sundries of modern life, be it smart phone or phone book.

In Introducing Rooster: Bite - Sized Literature Delivered to Your Phone at Digital Book World's Expert Publishing Blog, she explains that what Rooster does, going a step beyond DailyLit, is get the literature out of your inbox.

Customers with mobile phones frequently scan the bar codes of books in physical bookstores to quickly access Amazon reviews; ironically, Amazon reviews often determine whether a reader walks out of Barnes and Noble with a new book!

I also found myself noticing all the technology in the book: every now and then someone tries out the newfangled «shower - bath» with its needle - points of water, or makes a phone call and wonders whether one day there will be devices that transmit pictures as well as voices.

But if the same author tweets five times a day about the progress of her book promotion campaign («I just sent out 3 email pitches to the media,» «A national radio show producer is on vacation this week and won't be checking his email — that leaves two pitches that might come through,» «Just received an auto response from a producer, so who knows what might happen,» «I received a random phone call from a high school classmate and pitched my book to her,» and «I just sold a coworker a copy of my book»), that's going to get old pretty quickly.

«What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.

If you're still not sure about formatting or how good your book will look on a smart phone, pull out your own smart mobile device and have a look at how some of your favorite eBooks render once you open them up.

As I said in my post about developmental editing, at The Editorial Department we believe it's our job to push our authors as hard as they're willing to be pushed because we know how much competition they have — not just from other traditionally and self - published books, but from blogs, websites, smart phones, TV... There's a tremendous amount of information vying for everyone's time, and we want you to stand out.

I have been sourcing free «out of copyright» books from http://www.booksinmyphone.com — I can even browse for new books and install directly from the phone.

The Nokia E7 has taken a page out of the Android play book, where the phone now has three separate home screens that can be accessed by a simple swipe of a finger across the display.

And some people won't explore new book promotion opportunities because «new» requires energy and enthusiasm and experimentation, and they'd rather rely on what used to work and hope that, one day, we'll all snap out of the Web 2.0 world and go back to stuffing envelopes, bringing them to the post office, making phone calls, and trying to convince 100 media contacts to please, please, please pursue a particular story angle (that may have been relevant when those envelopes were stuffed but, surely, will be have no relationship to anything going on in the news by the time they land on the media's desks).

Of course, it is entirely possible that the buying rationale for ebooks and mobile phone apps are different enough that one can't apply the conclusions from the app store world to Kindle books, but I am going to try it out and see what happens.

Suffering from writer's block for her new comic book series, Eliza struggles to balance the demands of her mother and her editor, both of whom phone frequently, trying to figure out what's wrong with Eliza.

In my experience in working with others, fielding zillions of phone calls and emails of complaints, I've concluded that ASI and all its offspring are out to exploit authors rather than help them sell books.

While most readers need to download the free Kindle app to get Amazon - based books on their phone, the latest Apple customers will be ready to download books right out of the box.

I have checked out a copy of a book via the overdrive app on my phone but when I go to try to find it via my overdrive account on my Kobo Aura one, I only have the option to place a hold on the book.