Sentences with phrase «putting on a show of»

But the US now has seven aircraft carriers at sea and brought three of them together to put on a show of force no other nation on earth could possibly stage.

Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and Captain Hook are making they way to Ohio to put on the show of a lifetime.

The West African body has been engaging in «gunboat diplomacy» - putting on a show of force to make Yahya Jammeh realise he has to step aside or be forced out.

The diving can not be hunting behaviour since the area is devoid of prey, so the males could be putting on a show of strength and endurance to entice a mate.

But in June you «ll do almost as well with just your eyes, as the planet should put on the show of the decade.

For many centuries, that light show mostly seeded thoughts of disaster and destruction — something, or someone, sinister was putting on a show of power.

And if you don't give them the money, they make you feel horrible, accuse you of not loving them the way they love you, sometimes even cry to put on a show of how much they trusted you, and are so hurt that you won't do the same.

kinky open and very sexy cd here and her wife looking for someone to come play with us... she watches while I put on the show of her life..

Stifler has the hots for Michelle's upright younger sister, Cadence (January Jones), and must put on a show of gentility around her.

Say what you will about this unwieldy body of mostly wealthy self - sycophants, but at least they're putting on a show of trying — and, it seems, are listening.

After learning just how much a male stripper act like the Chippendales make for performing at local bars, Gaz recruits his own ragtag group — including best mate, Dave (Mark Addy) and former boss, Gerald (Tom Wilkinson)-- to put on a show of their own.

On snow, on wet carriageways and on dry tarmac, they must all put on a show of strength.

If, for example, a timid fellow were to put on a show of confidence for an extended length of time, perhaps... Read more»

It follows from fig - 1, a revolutionary concept realised in 2000, which aimed to boost activity within the London art scene by putting on shows of known and lesser - known artists every week.

Ensconced within a stately townhouse on New York's Upper East Side, the art dealer Robert Mnuchin has spent the past quarter century putting on shows of mostly American art that brim with intelligence, historical savvy, and the kind of quality that one tends to find a few blocks to the west, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Agnes Gund, president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, attended the show and suggested that Barron put on a show of black female photographers for this year's festival.

Those judges show that you can write perfectly seriously without writing pompously — that there's a difference between having real substance and putting on a show of having gravitas.

I have an older sister (she's about 5.5 years older) and she came up with the idea to put on a show of us acting out a Christmas carole.

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«Only you can determine how you show up, and I think it's really important to put a lot of emphasis on how you are in the moment,» she says.

In the meantime, Americans can only hope that their national elected representatives show an equal willingness to face up to and take responsibility for their failures, pettiness, and insistence on putting partisanship ahead of the country's manifest and urgent needs.

Trading data shows open interest for Brent put options to sell at $ 70, $ 69 and $ 68 per barrel has surged since the middle of last week on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).

New York City — which, through the Bloomberg years put outsized emphasis on boosting the startup ecosystem, and finding solutions to a dearth of programmers — has been quick to show support for The Flatiron School.

And if you have kids and find yourself spending a lot on kids» books, movies, TV shows, or educational apps and games put - together, Prime members can pay $ 2.99 per month for a single child or $ 6.99 for a family of four kids for FreeTime Unlimited, which gives members unlimited access to 13,000 options.

It makes little sense to award executives on a biased short - term basis when the effects of their actions can last for years, or to award directors on the basis of time — or, as one of my students put it, «showing up.»

The team put Ping - Pong balls on the bulbs as the computer began processing the data, the audience would be awed by the blinking Ping - Pong balls, a spectacle that became a staple of movies and TV shows.

Instead, he offered to sign on as the conference's «gold sponsor,» albeit on his own terms: in exchange for the $ 30,000 sponsorship fee — a booth normally runs between $ 850 and $ 1,870 — he asked for a booth in the middle of the hall, the exclusive right to put Starvox's ads on the hotel's room key cards, and permission to run a continuous video loop featuring the company's shows on the screens in the elevators.

Many businesses focus on SEO to ensure they show up as one of the answers to those questions, but they don't put much effort into the customer journey.

Created with funds put up by Sohn and his CEO, serial entrepreneur John Valiton, the system garnered a design and engineering award honorarium at last winter's Consumer Electronics Show, on the heels of securing $ 400,000 from angel investors.

Elvis came to Vegas, so you have a plot excuse to put them on stage, but you have a plot excuse to put all sort of Vegas things in the show.

Though the Second World War put the Motor Show, which had moved to Earls Court, on hold for nearly a decade, it reopened to much fanfare in 1948 with the introduction of the classic Morris Minor and the lightning - fast Jaguar XK120.

Putting on a high - octane show of racing is not the only goal of its organizers.

Plus, they put it together so well that you can't help but feel comfortable... if you can carry a conversation in front of an audience, you can do well on that show.

Although there is certainly value in attending the nightly events put on by the show, the deals are made at the exclusive extravagant parties held by VCs at nearby venues like the House of Blues and Morton's Steak House.

There have been a number of recent surveys and reports showing the value top talent puts on the opportunity for career advancement in their organizations — and how a perceived inability to do so drives them to leave their companies.

To top it all off, the 720S delivers all of this with enough pomp and circumstance to put on a show for the driver.

«He certainly was not above putting on a good show,» said defense attorney Ricky Harris of Spartanburg in South Carolina's northwestern «Upstate.»

I talked with Steve Fund, CMO of Intel, about how he puts the focus on experiences to show consumers what Intel can do.

Following Israel's reveal of a massive trove of stolen documents which they say shows that Iran has lied about their nuclear ambitions, the White House put out a now - amended statement on Monday, which said Iran currently «has» a secret nuclear weapons program.

He has also appeared as an expert on BBC One's hit daytime show «Cash in the Attic» and «Cash in the Celebrity Attic» and two series of presenting the ever popular BBC One's «Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is» before turning his attentions on TV back to his true field of expertise fakes, scams and forgeries with appearances on «Rogue Traders» and «Fake Britain» and Channel 5's «Live From Studio 5.»

When History, at our first meeting, asked me how I would think of promoting a show based on long - dead people, I said: «Put up a huge poster on Sunset Boulevard with just the word VIKINGS on it.»

From November through February, 30 - foot swells and gale - force winds lash the western shores of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, putting on an awesome show for guests at the Wickaninnish Inn.

Jim Scott came up with a great idea during a visit to the office of a friend who worked at PepsiCo — putting plastic figurines of characters from popular TV shows and movies, including Stars Wars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Disney, on top of a bottled beverage.

Market players have shown signs of confidence on the potential economic benefits of the new U.S. administration with Trump promptly putting forward many of his campaign pledges.

Steve Hammer, a trading educator and founder of HFT Alert in Santa Barbara, California, which monitors algorithmic trading, said about 300 different stocks showed elevated price traffic beginning about 9:50 a.m. EST, a sign of institutions putting on sell programs.

According to Military.com, Nimoy achieved the rank of sergeant and spent much of his army service «putting on shows for the Army Special Services branch which he wrote, narrated, and emceed.»

Bardai and Nahmiache don't put a price tag on employee fitness, but a recent study out of the University of Michigan Health Management Research Center does: It showed that even 10 to 20 minutes of daily exercise could produce significant health benefits and lower the cost of employee healthcare.

When Joan Babcock of GlobalArt Ltd. wanted to stand out, she put all of her art examples and services on a DVD, added some great packaging and handed out the DVD with a business card at trade shows, sales meetings and any chance she could get to show off her talents.

In a show of the importance China puts on Trump's first official visit, Thursday's welcoming ceremony outside Beijing's Great Hall of the People overlooking Tiananmen Square was broadcast live on state television — unprecedented treatment for a visiting leader.

These large companies — St. Laurent, Dior — use the haute couture side of the industry to put on these shows, but it's just about making their name so exclusive, so special, so revered within fashion circles so the scarves and perfume handbags sell well.

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