Sentences with phrase «points race with»

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Someday, racing historians will look back and see Dale's concussion — and, more importantly, that he chose to deal with it publicly — as a turning point in the way the sport treats head injuries.

Even with the current paucity of good information, there's no point trying to win a race to the bottom.

With that cheeky introduction by host Carlos Watson, the PBS debate show Point Taken last night dove headlong into the fractious debate of salary transparency that has been gaining steam of late, especially as a way to bridge widening wage gaps based on gender, race, and social class.

In the past week, a series of moves by the campaign, coupled with some striking numbers about his place in the race, point to the fact that Gingrich is entering a new phase in his presidential quest: the death march.

Bee pointed out that NBC continued their relationship with Trump as host of «The Apprentice» franchise as he fervently rolled out his «birther» campaign against President Barack Obama — essentially condoning «a race - baiting demagogue,» in Bee's opinion.

Trump was then declared the victor in Pennsylvania, and the Associated Press called the race for him at 2:30 a.m. E.T. Financial markets were already tumbling at the prospect of a Trump victory hours earlier, with Dow futures down more than 700 points at one point.

Buying products and services with your card, in most cases, will count as a purchase; however, the following types of transactions won't count and won't earn points: balance transfers, cash advances and other cash - like transactions, lottery tickets, casino gaming chips, race track wagers or similar betting transactions, any checks that access your account, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, and fees of any kind, including an annual fee, if applicable.

«[A] new ad in the race for Georgia governor — in which a candidate points a gun at a teenager — did not sit well with some Georgians.

In the race to win this prize, Philadelphia's transit system is one of its selling points, said Adie Tomer, a Brookings Institute fellow with expertise in city infrastructure.

At some point, it's time to buy a Lamborghini, as did Peter Saddington, an Atlanta - based coder and self - described serial entrepreneur who says he cashed out 45 bitcoins last fall to purchase a $ 200,000 Lamborghini with race exhaust features.

In many ways, we're in a race with other economies — whether China or some of the European centers that are trying to recreate Silicon Valley - like hubs — so I think it would be a mistake to regulate research at this point.

What would be shocking however is if this alien race had an incredibly similar story to that found in the bible complete with a single god, a jesus, some miracles, some parables, etc.... It would be the similarity of religions between alien races in this hypothetical that would truely shock me and at least make me question if that would be a solid point of evidence for the religious.

And even that is under debate in my head and in our community because I somehow believe that this «Jesus» so embraces a universal comprehension of all things and all people, with no one excluded because of race, religion, sex or politic, that Jesus implodes to the point of disappearing, or, becoming the all in all.

Rather, itis the reality of the union of Christ with the human race which is the template for the meaning of the sexes: the sexes were made for this, they point to it, they mirror it.

No other structure in the world can be called on to promise eternal salvation, and when such salvific claims are made in the name of some nation, race, social class, religion, or ideology, the church must fight such idolatry and blasphemy with all its means of persuasion, even to the point of martyrdom.

the future of the human race is at stake with some of these actions, and if we are called Islamaphobic to get our point across then so be it.

So I guess you would be fine with a student at a high school graduation getting up to the podium and saying «I would like to take this moment to reflect on how strength of will and character helped all of us to graduate today, and please join with me for a moment of reflection at how amazingly the human race has evolved, to this point of passing on our collective knowledge to each new class, and to hope that we add to it, for if we do not, the future may be very dim.

Looking at America and the race problem he says: «America can demonstrate that justice, equality, and cooperation are possible between white and colored people «21 Mr. Wright makes the important point that the belief in the inevitability of a great evil, such as war, will itself contribute to man s inability to deal with that evil.

Random point no. 2: Tell me why the Republican race isn't Bachmann vs. Romney, with....

It is conventional to say at this point that we have greater technological capabilities than we have social wisdom to deal with the complexities of the human factors involved in the problems of war, race, and the decay of the cities.

From the starting point of the revelation of the nature and will of God that has come to man through Christ, she has dealt first with the biblical foundations of Christian ethics followed by their application to specific contemporary problems, including self and society, marriage, economic life, race, the state, war, peace and others.

The third point, which is connected with the preceding ones, is that the good which is hoped for is by nature proper to the human race.

As time goes buy the kind defenders of free will over their rejection to «dead» here and colossians 2:13 tend to resort to a familiar defense, that of labeling it a Calvinist viewpoint and that its almost a cultist view point to hold.Very sad yet very much the defense of many christians.Dead may i suggest is dead, the inability to respond, does not mean that prior to being saved one could not read scripture but because of this spiritual deadness its not profitabel / meaningful - we just can not continue to revise the meaning of dead to fit a view point - because natural man has not been born again this deadness (spiritually) shows itself as «none seek after God», in this condition they are» slaves to sin» and the spiritual things of God (the bible) is «folly / foolishness» even the gospel is judged by natural man as «folly / foolishness «(1 cor.1: 18) Please stop with this weak / common defense called Calvinism - many believers are truly turned off by such a defense.We must not forget the man's «free will» is what took the whole human race down in the garden; i would hope we can rise above our love affair with the human will.

Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

As he points out, since the Belgian Jesuit George Lemaitre pioneered the big bang theory in the early 1930s, «it's almost as though, with the rise of more secular geniuses... the Church has become discouraged and dropped out of the race, as it were, content to sit on the sidelines and absorb what it can from purely superficial accounts.

Andrea Cesaris crossed the line in fourth with teammate Bertrand Gachot just behind him in fifth, giving the tiny Jordan team not only it's first points, but a double points finish just five races into its debut season.

He stayed on as third driver for Manor with the hope of returning to a race seat at some point.

The Red Devils currently sit in fifth place in the Premier League table with three games remaining, as they trail rivals Manchester City by four points in the race to secure a top - four finish.

After the defeat at Tottenham, Chelsea still have a 5 point lead, but Arsene Wenger still thinks the title race is open with six teams all bunching up at the top of the table.

BOATING — APACHE, owned by Wilfred Gmeiner, won 235 - mile Port Huron - to - Mackinac race with corrected time of 39:43:11, after Clarence Baker, skipper of LAST STRAW, gracefully pointed out committee error which had wrongly made Last Straw winner by three minutes.

The Avalanche (40 -25-8) snapped a tie with Anaheim for the top spot in the Western Conference wild - card race and moved within two points of Minnesota for third place in the Central Division.

At major competitions such as nationals, points are awarded to each boat in three 2,000 - meter races: the varsity eight (the boat with the eight strongest oars and the top coxswain), the second eight and, finally, the four, a smaller craft with only four rowers in which the cox must lie supine in the bow.

With a fast start vital in Game 3, O'Neal (10 points in the first quarter, four in the second) and Bryant (nine and six) neatly divided the load in the first half, when the Lakers raced out to a lead they would never relinquish.

The title race will then be blown wide open as Spurs will be level on points with the league leaders and Arsenal will be six points behind the Foxes with a game in hand.

With 2 points we will be out of the race.

Results have not been as expected this season, with the Portuguese tactician failing to make the team competitive in the title race again as they fall 16 points behind league leaders Manchester City.

The current schedule featuring 38 races over 41 weeks (36 point races, plus two exhibitions) is simply too robust with too many races having distances that exceed three hours; a less than ideal combination in an age of instant gratification.

However, with it being a derby, the game is still likely to be highly fought, and although Real have to be considered favourites with their personnel, the home advantage, and with arguably more to play for as the race for the title between the top 2 has been reduced to just 2 points of late.

From that came the implementation of a three - stage format that incentivizes drivers with bonus points that apply toward the championship so that they push hard from green flag to checkered flag in every regular season race.

This was the first race without a minimum pit stop time and thankfully things went pretty smoothly - well, unless your name is Lucas di Grassi, who suffered a car issue shortly after pitting and finishes the first third of the season with no points to his name - not great for the defending champion...

Marcus Ericsson retired early on with a hydraulics issue, but Charles Leclerc finished the race in 13th place, 75 - seconds adrift of winner Vettel and just 30 - seconds adrift of 10th place and a championship point.

Raikkonen pipped the troubled McLaren drivers by a single point, and with Felipe Massa in the other car winning three races Ferrari won the Constructors» as well.

The championship leader at the end of the normal 26 - race section will be awarded «regular season champion» and get 15 additional playoff points, with the rest of the top 10 also getting them on a 10 (for second) to one (for 10th) playoff point basis.

Lewis Hamilton may have won his fourth title in Mexico but the race also showed that the next generation of F1 talent look pretty damn good too, with Max Verstappen winning the race and Esteban Ocon scoring yet another impressive points finish.

They may be out of the Division race at this point, but they have more than enough time to get hot and come into the Playoffs with some momentum.

If it really is as close as Renault suspect, we could see teams that are comfortably finishing with both cars in the points at one race struggling to get out of Q1 at the next.

On a day when Vettel scored a big fat zero, that means Hamilton has a 28 point lead in the championship over his rival with just six races left to go.

In all three races so far, he's cost both himself and the team a whole load of points courtesy of the sort of silly mistakes you'd be disappointed to see from a rookie, not someone with over 60 races of experience.

It sometimes seems like Leicester City are on top of the League by default, with Arsenal, Man City and Man United continually dropping crucial points in the title race, but Arsenal are still sitting pretty just two points behind the leaders.

With Leicester hoping to extend their five - point lead at the top of the table, it promises to be a crucial second half for both clubs in the Premier League title race.