Sentences with phrase «pigeons took»

I did my finals at Alexandra Palace and while the pigeons took aim at my tax paper, I was commenting on IRC v Ramsay (then between the Court of Appeal and the Lords), leading to the seminal decision of the House of Lords in 1981 in relation to tax avoidance schemes and upon the rocks of which many a tax avoidance scheme has since been wrecked (see [1982] AC 300, [1981] 1 All ER 865).

Royal and Logi - Bear think they are hilarious and request one nearly every single night (The Pigeon Takes a Bath is the current favorite).

«There's no substantive difference between the squab you order in a French restaurant and the pigeons you see on the street,» says Courtney Humphries, author of Superdove: How the Pigeon Took Manhattan... And the World.

A merciless, intimidatingly featured, almost grotesquely involved role - playing timesink, perched balefully atop a platform whose users take to higher difficulty settings about as readily as pigeons take to cactus plants.

War Pigeons takes that idea and turns into a multiplayer battle, as players seeks to capture pigeons, escort them to safety and then relay artillery barrage orders on the enemy team.

We talked about books, focusing on the layers around my desk — ranging from «Superdove: How the Pigeon Took Manhattan... And the World» to «The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment.»

Not exact matches

And three, taking me to ride electric dirt bikes at Pigeon Point is important because it demonstrates a vital part of the company's product development history.

But if you took the time to get to know people on a deeper level you might see that not all of those who claim Christ as their savior fall into these little pigeon holes that you and the author discuss.

Having already taken scientifically legitimate personality tests to pigeon - hole myself, I always thought these silly quizzes were beneath me... that is until the «Which Jane Austen Heroine are You?»

Then he said he threw an egg in there to see what would happen and invariably, one c0 ck or one hen would take on the female role and try to hatch the egg while the other would stand guard, just as opposite gender pigeons usually do.

22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, «Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord» 24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: «a pair of doves or two young pigeons.»

The Gospel of Thomas (not the one recently discovered in Egypt) reports the childhood of Jesus in a similar vein — a series of miraculous events such as making twelve clay pigeons fly or taking over the first grade at school to lecture on mystical meanings of the alphabet.

After her menstruation, she is to take two turtledoves or pigeons to a priest for sacrifice as an offering.

They take him to the temple in Jerusalem and sacrifice two pigeons, he said.

I know it's not going to stop your pigeon - brain from speckling the blog with your «musings», but who know, maybe it will come out a different way and not be as boring; and you might even notice that your room starts to take on a different scent.

Every Grain of Rice — authentic Chinese home - cooking Breakfast for Dinner — sweet and savory breakfast combinations re-purposed for dinnertime The Little Paris Kitchen — classic French cooking made simple enough for every day by TV star Rachel Khoo Sicilia in Cucina — gorgeous, dual - language cookbook focused on the regional flavors of Sicily Venezia in Cucina — sister book to Sicilia in Cucina, but focused on Venice Vegetable Literacy — highly informative vegetable cookbook / encyclopedia, a great resource for enthusiastic kitchen gardeners The Chef's Collaborative — creative recipes from a number of chefs celebrating local, seasonal produce Home Made Summer — a sequel to Home Made and Home Made Winter, packed with simple, summery recipes that make the most of the season's bounty Try This At Home — a fun introduction to molecular gastronomy techniques through the ever creative eyes of Top - Chef Winner Richard Blais Cooking with Flowers — full of sweet recipes that can be made from the flowers in your neighborhood, like lilacs, marigolds, and daylilies Vegetarian Everyday — healthy, creative recipes from the couple behind Green Kitchen Stories The Southern Vegetarian — favorite Southern comfort food classics turned vegetarian by the folks at The Chubby Vegetarian Le Pain Quotidien — simple soups, salads, breads, and desserts from the well - loved Belgian chain Live Fire — ambitious live - fire cooking projects that range from roasting an entire lamb on an iron cross to stuffing burgers with blue cheese to throw on your grill True Brews — a great, accessible introduction to brewing your own soda, kombucha, kefir, cider, beer, mead, sake, and fruit wine Le Petit Paris — a cute little book of classic sweet and savory French dishes, miniaturized for your next cocktail party Wild Rosemary & Lemon Cake — regional Italian cookbook focused on the flavors of the Amalfi coast Vedge — creative, playful vegan recipes from Philadelphia's popular restaurant of the same Full of Flavor — a whimsical cookbook that builds intense flavor around 18 key ingredients Le Pigeon — ambitious but amazing recipes for cooking meat of all sorts, from lamb tongue to eel to bison Pickles, Pigs, and Whiskey — a journey through Southern food in many forms, from home pickling and meat curing to making a perfect gumbo Jenny McCoy's Desserts for Every Season — gorgeous, unique desserts that make the most of each season's best fruits, nuts, and vegetables Winter Cocktails — warm toddies, creamy eggnogs, festive punches, and everything else you need to get you through the colder months Bountiful — produce - heavy, garden - inspired recipe from Diane and Todd of White on Rice Couple Melt — macaroni and cheese taken to extremes you would never have thought of, in the best way possible The Craft Beer Cookbook — all your favorite comfort food recipes infused with the flavors of craft beers, from beer expert Jackie of The Beeroness

She kept saying Pigeon, Pigeon, Pigeon and it took me quite some time to figure out WHAT she was saying.

In the years since the clay pigeon first took to the air in the 1860s, trap and skeet shooting have become so popular in the U.S. that in 1964 more than 100,000 shotgunners plunked down $ 50 million to bang away at 300 million targets.

Before taking the dog into the field, dizzy several pigeons and plantthem at intervals in the cover.

When the dog has had some experience on pigeons, take him to anatural game area or shooting preserve to acquaint him with pheasants.

its just taken most fans 3 years longer than your average football loving pigeon to work it out

«Taking lessons on how to be a chairman from Steve Pigeon would be like taking boating lessons from the captain of the TiTaking lessons on how to be a chairman from Steve Pigeon would be like taking boating lessons from the captain of the Titaking boating lessons from the captain of the Titanic.

Ultimately, Golisano took a pass on the race, preferring instead to form a PAC, Responsible New York, that has tried to influence legislative contests, particularly in Western New York, with the influence of his longtime political advisor, the controversial former Erie County Democratic Chairman Steve Pigeon.

Cuomo did take an off - topic question from The Buffalo News» Bob McCarthy and rejected Rick Lazio's accusations that he failed to pursue Election Law violations by Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s counsel, Steve Pigeon, as «silly.»

To the extent they might have seen trouble coming, it took the form of a taut man with intense brown eyes who sat quietly in the gallery overlooking the Senate floor: Steve Pigeon.

«The prosecution says it has a strong case, made stronger yesterday when state Supreme Court Judge John Michalek took a plea deal and admitted to taking bribes from Pigeon,» said Paul Cambria, defense attorney.

Steve Pigeon, his aide de camp, has been a frequent presence in Albany in recent weeks, and said Monday that Mr. Golisano felt betrayed by Mr. Smith because the Democratic leader had not delivered the overhaul of Senate rules he had promised upon taking power.

Sixteen chefs from across the county got together to take part in a clay pigeon shooting challenge at Colquite House, Washaway, near Bodmin.

Those charges stem from an alleged case involving longtime judge John Michalek, who admitted in court Wednesday to taking a bribe, allegedly from Pigeon, whom the judge had allegedly communicated with to earn a desired position.

The governor was more blunt when asked about former state Supreme Court Justice John Michalek, who admitted to taking bribes from Pigeon.

A spokesman for the project says that removing lead, asbestos and pigeon droppings at the site has taken longer than expected, delaying the planned opening which was scheduled for later this summer.

State Supreme Court Justice John Michalek appears in court to plead guilty to taking a bribe and filing a false instrument in the probe of Steve Pigeon.

Says Rice's assertion that she isn't an Albany insider rings hollow for the fact that she has taken money from Steve Pigeon, who he calls responsible for «the coup.»

Former deputy chair Suzanne Evans said the fact it had taken two seats in Derby was a sign it could still «put the cat among the pigeons».

Because the notes cycle back and forth between high and low, the speed of the cycle informs the pigeons whether there is danger, or whether it's just another bird taking off.

Crested pigeons, large birds indigenous to Australia, make a warbling noise when they flap their wings to take off.

The group is creating a movement around de-extinction, and is taking the lead on efforts to bring back the passenger pigeon while helping out on other ongoing efforts to restore other extinct species including European aurochs, Pyrenean ibexes, American chestnut trees, Tasmanian tigers, California condors, even wooly mammoths.

«But because the passenger pigeon had a larger body, [Barksdale] took the step of slowing the recording to lower the pitch.»

«Pigeon study takes on sexism in science: Big differences in genes involved in reproductive control.»

The mayor of Venice followed suit, taking on the pigeons — and sellers of pigeon food — of Piazza San Marco, a place as famous for its birds as its historic buildings and exorbitantly priced cafes.

As someone steeped in the technicality of how our team at Revive & Restore will employ advancing biotechnologies to achieve our goal of ecological restoration it was a welcome and heartening reprieve to read an entertaining and creative take on how fictional twelve - year - old Chris remakes the passenger pigeon with some help from a remarkable secret family history while treading secretly himself to defy the limitations set upon him for his young age.

Contrary to the poetic nature of «righting past wrongs» that some attribute to the de-extinction of passenger pigeons, I view the de-extinction of the passenger pigeon as a project seeded in our present and future; it is a pivotal exercise in thought stressing the recognition that we are the drivers of change on this planet and that we have the cognitive ability to take responsibility for the direction of that change.

The take home message: the Passenger Pigeon was an ecologically resilient species, a generalist capable of thriving under changing conditions.

Sparrows, pigeons, rats and other species have taken advantage of our presence.

Pigeons sexually mature at about eight months old — engineering 10 passenger pigeon genes this way, one at a time, would take nearly seven years if we had 100 % efficiency.

By introducing passenger pigeon genes to band - tailed pigeons we are facilitating their adaptation to take on the role of the passenger pigeon and inhabit the forests of eastern North America.

His two passions meet on a daily basis when he takes photos of his birds and posts them to his website: The Pigeon Photographer.

Passenger Pigeon Ben Novak, our staff scientist, has spelled out on our website exactly how the whole Passenger Pigeon revival will play out, from his current genetic and ecological research at UC Santa Cruz, through genome editing and chimeric parents, to eventual restoration of wild flocks to America's regrown eastern forest to take up their old role of forest regeneration.

Ben Novak's proposal for working with Rock Pigeons is taking advantage of current approaches that can be conducted without cultured primordial germ cells.

Avian Genetic Rescue: Although the de-extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and the Heath Hen will likely take a decade, avian de-extinction research is already generating foundational science that could transform bird conservation.