Sentences with phrase «play years upon years»

So let me get this right...... you think Microsoft won because they gave gamers a way to play years upon years of old games....

Not exact matches

Unlike in Canada, where the country's biggest universities play in front of sparse crowds and go years without winning a season, U.S. colleges outside of the Ivy League depend upon their sports teams to bring in new students, attract attention, and draw donations and revenue.

Even in Shakespeare's play, «The Merchant of Venice,» written more than 400 years ago, the character Antonio demonstrates his understanding of the concept when he says: «I thank my fortune for it — my ventures are not in one bottom trusted, nor to one place, nor is my whole estate upon the fortune of this present year.»

Today, Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC), the leading global pure - play vacation ownership company, reported first quarter 2012 financial results and reaffirmed the company's full - year outlook for 2012 based upon positive trends in important North America metrics to date.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Oct. 18, 2012 — Today, Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC), the leading global pure - play vacation ownership company, reported third quarter 2012 financial results and updated the company's full - year guidance for 2012 based upon continued positive trends in its North America segment.

ORLANDO, Fla. — May 3, 2012 — Today, Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC), the leading global pure - play vacation ownership company, reported first quarter 2012 financial results and reaffirmed the company's full - year outlook for 2012 based upon positive trends in important North America metrics to date.

ORLANDO, Fla. — July 26, 2012 — Today, Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC), the leading global pure - play vacation ownership company, reported second quarter 2012 financial results and updated the company's full - year outlook for 2012 based upon continued positive trends in its key North America segment.

Give it 20 more years, and the idea of someone being elected that plays upon the LGBT «Question» will be looked at the same as someone campaigning on the basis that women should not show their ankles or elbows in public.

The brilliant Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky is now in his 8th season at Arsenal, and has always performed brilliantly when called upon to play for the first team, but due to various injuries and Arsene Wenger's choices our Little Mozart has only averaged 20 starts a season in all competitions, and another 10 per year as substitute.

And then, with a proper mentality in place AS WE DID 10 YEARS AGO even when we were playing second fiddle to United or Chelsea, we may build upon this foundation with a new owner.

Less than a dozen have come along in the 100 years professional baseball has been played, less than a dozen, to carry the moving - picture analogy farther, who burst upon the scene as accomplished as young Spencer Tracys.

That may be at Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo — where he has signed to play — or in professional baseball, depending upon where he is selected in the 2017 Major League Baseball First - Year Player Draft in June.

In fact, once upon a time, Captain Jordan Liss actually set the single - game points record in Hoops w / 54 while playing for Team Gordon (that record stood for years until Brad Reibel put up 63 earlier this Summer).

Most years, weather permitting, Sacramento offers a long winter / spring playing season, as local clubs draw upon a wealth of coaches, referees and administrators to help develop young players and squads to enjoy the game, the same game played in Olympics of old.

As Marca points out, Khedira wants to go to a club that plays in the Champions League «year upon year.»

Nicklas Bendtner is a year older and looks ready to play a big part this season, Carlos Vela has shown he can also be relied upon while Eduardo will return around Christmas and give the side the deadly finisher they lacked at crucial points last season.

With Scholes out untill the New Year and Park gone to play for South Korea in the Asia Cup, Ferguson would have to call upon some of his fringe players to carry on the mantle.

Daniel Asiedu, aka Sexy Don Don, a 21 - year - old native of Larteh in the Eastern Region, in his first statement, made mind - blowing revelations upon his arrest on February 11; and even mentioned the amount of money paid him by his «recruiter (s)» as well as the role allegedly played by an unnamed MP belonging to a certain political persuasion.

The theme this year was Robin Hood, playing upon de Blasio's proposed plans to tax the rich.

The exosome study began four years ago based upon a growing realization that exosomes might play a role in regulating cancer metabolism.

The crew stumbles upon the ruins of a space vessel containing Elizabeth Shaw's belongings from the Prometheus ship as well as David (again played by Fassbender) who has been living on this planet for the past ten years.

Goggins is set to play the film's main antagonist Mathias Vogel, who has been stranded on an island for seven years when Lara stumbles upon him.

by Walter Chaw A seminal year for film, 1968: Once Upon a Time in the West, Rosemary's Baby, Planet of the Apes, Night of the Living Dead, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barbarella, If..., Targets, Faces, Danger: Diabolik... and, some would say, Mel Brooks's The Producers, a film back in the limelight thanks to the record - breaking, award - winning Broadway play on which it's based now coming out as an extraordinarily ill - advised feature film of its own.

Fans of the genre have seen this story played out several times over the last few years («The Others,» «Dark Water»), and Sergio Sánchez» script doesn't take any steps in improving upon the classic formula.

In a movie that's ostensibly about a stubborn, spirited girl (Saiorse Ronan) coming of age during her senior year of high school, Metcalf plays her put - upon mom with just as much poignant intensity.

Son Luke (Levi Miller) and his bestie Garrett (Ed Oxenbould), embodying the roles that the Corey's would have played 30 years ago, are bantering about how Luke can fulfil his pubescent urges and impress upon Ashley his intentions.

They stumble upon the game and start to play, causing similar results, except when one rolls a 5, a strange man dressed in jungle garb appears, revealing himself to be Alan Parrish, (Williams, Nine Months), all grown up, having spent the last 26 years in the jungle waiting for his release.

Upon awakening after thousands of years, Apocalypse, the first mutant (played by franchise newcomer Oscar Isaac) sets out to destroy the world aided by his four horsemen.

Indeed, Caleb's uber - rich, genius boss, Nathan (played by Oscar Isaac, in what may be the best performance of the year to date), did design a humanoid robot with all of the traits that Caleb most desires through the secret collection of data from Caleb's computers, cell phones, etc. (there was a special emphasis put upon Caleb's «porn profile» when it came to designing the robot, Ava's, face).

Andrew Garfield gave one of the great overlooked performances of the year as a put - upon single dad struggling to make ends meet for both his young son and his own mother (played by Laura Dern).

Brian Tallerico praised the picture upon his initial viewing of it at Sundance, and programmed it as the closing night selection at this year's Chicago Critics» Film Festival, where it played to a packed house.

Clark Gregg will direct from his screenplay the noir fable about a loser agent for young actors - and washed - up child star himself - who stumbles upon a brilliant 13 - year - old prodigy (played by newcomer Saxon Sharbino) and then tries to close the mega-deal that will make her a star while managing her drunk volatile father, the poaching attempts of a more successful nemesis and a growing awareness that his innocent young starlet may not be at all what she seems.

It was Domhnall himself who hit upon the idea of the family staging a version of Walsh's play, after he saw his friend Tadhg Murphy appear in the Druid Theatre's acclaimed production a few years ago.

This played at both the Sundance & Cannes Film Festivals this year, and will make lots of noise upon release.

... As well as battling Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Infinity War, Josh Brolin is set to portray Cable next year in Deadpool 2, and the actor has revealed this week that he has a four film deal to play the character long term, as well as touching upon his part in the film, and his next outing in X-Force: «I'm not going to tell you how much I'm in the film, but it's his introduction, and I think his introduction, even in the small promos and teasers that [director] David Leitch has shown me, I think it's a proper reveal.

Perhaps I look upon Dragon Warrior too favorably (and admittedly I haven't played it in a while) but I felt like even that 30 year old game had more quest variety than Dragon Sinker did.

Kieran Culkin (Margaret) and Emma Stone (Gangster Squad) talk dirty in front of supermarket customers, Chloe Grace Moretz (Dark Shadows) draws disgust from Christopher Mintz - Plasse (ParaNorman) upon entering womanhood, and Stephen Merchant (Hall Pass) and Halle Berry (New Year's Eve) play an escalating game of truth and dare.

After that was unsuccessful, he toured run - down neighbourhood schools in the capital Accra, and chanced upon 14 - year - old Abraham Attah, who had skipped school to play football.

The droid played via motion - capture by Fleabag star Phoebe Waller - Bridge belongs to no one and has constructed herself over the years, building upon and adjusting her original design.

In the early childhood and primary years (of education) Walker Learning is designed to provide a balance of explicit teaching of literacy, numeracy, STEM (and other curriculum areas) with time also for children to actively investigate a range of skills and experiences for life either through planned play or projects depending upon their age and stage of maturity.

In the early childhood and primary years of education, Walker Learning is designed to provide a balance of explicit teaching of literacy, numeracy, STEM, and other curriculum areas, with time for children to actively investigate a range of skills and experiences for life, either through planned play or projects depending upon their age and stage of maturity.

Drawing upon teacher feedback, and my own experimentation with a play - based approach to iPad integration in K - 3, I have realised that there is a need for a few phonics / literacy game / skill development apps in the early years — provided those apps are limited in number, sourced from high - quality educational providers, and support the classroom literacy approach.

For years, hotel programs have operated this way by giving points based upon room rate, but the airline industry has held out and, as a result, trained customers to play the mileage game.

This is just a few games I played this year I either missed the chance to talk about or want to remind people about because they left an impression upon me like few other games did this year.

Fingers crossed EA can build upon last year's superb effort and give us a footy game that's worth playing for the full year between updates.

From the early access success upon its Steam arrival, spawning hundreds of Let's Plays, to the delights of Xbox fans when it finally hit Xbox Game Preview, Ark: Survival Evolved is one game that gamers will certainly have been made fully aware of in the last few years — and for good reason.

I played the beta so much that upon reaching lvl 50 I kind of moved away due to some gripes an repetition, I've been awaiting some new content for sometime for my favorite mp of the year.

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How would it be fair if I prestige ranked without spending hours upon hours playing alongside people who got really good by playing against the other people online, the people who call each other faggots and leave their mics open with the TV in the background; the people with names like JaptasticNigsniper and somethingsomething420 and schooledyan00b and DarthPWNage; the 12 - year - olds who have nothing better to do than play Call of Duty because their parents couldn't care less about whether they're doing their homework since that's the teacher's job?

Yes, I'm doing a «Top» list on a Thursday... The end of the year is just about upon us, so here are my top ten favorite games I've played in 2017.