Sentences with phrase «rather than silver»

To do this, I added a few of our silver balls, so rather than a silver and gold tree, it's a silver - gold - copper tree.

Wilson worked with Venetian craftsmen to develop an innovative process for layering traditional Murano glass mirrors together and also conceived of a technique that reversed the centuries - old mirror making tradition — etching and painting the verso black rather than silver — in order to lend a ghostly appearance to the reflection that the mirror casts.

It shares several benefits of the Citi ® Hilton HHonors ™ Visa Signature ® Card, but earns rewards faster, gives cardholders HHonors Gold status rather than Silver status, and takes the sting out of the $ 95 annual fee.

All were in «Ruby» Red and can be distinguished from other 900s by the colour - coded bumpers and grey (rather than silver) alloy wheels.

The optional AMG styling pack adds a bigger front splitter and finishes the spoiler, side skirts and rear diffuser in gloss black rather than silver or body colour.

The Equus uses flat black plastic for radio and accessory controls rather than the silver buttons in the Genesis.

This is called «closing the loop,» for which Loopers are paid in gold ingots rather than silver.

The concept behind Maybe Baby, a couple try everything possible to get pregnant in vain, isn't really a novel one (unless you count that it's based on director Ben Elton's novel, «Inconceivable»), although this situation is mostly prevalent on TV shows rather than the silver screen.

This is so unique and beautiful the picture looks like it is brass rather than silver!

Not exact matches

To update, a first - class Korean Air passenger was none too happy when she was handed her nuts in a bag, rather than on a silver platter.

Rather than being a silver bullet, it is presented as?

Rebecca Schreiber, a Certified Financial Planner in Silver Spring, Md., says the key is to determine your comfort level with a bank, rather than focusing on the institution's size.

In the years leading up to last fall's boom of interest in crypto, Silver says that he used to be heckled at every conference he spoke at, but that now, «rather than being booed off the stage and being told that everything was a utility token, I was wrong, that I was killing innovation, and that I was this horrible person,» people are actually listening.

If there is a silver lining to be found in any of this, it just might be that the legislative branch of our government might be compelled to stop passing the buck to unelected members of the Fed and reassert its policy leadership role on behalf of Main Street rather than just Wall Street.

While the HUI has recently begun to even underperform rather noticeably against silver as well, it is generally more closely aligned with silver than with gold.

Another approach to solve the issue, rather than avoiding it, is through Google's rumored Android's Silver Project.

That's why we recommend buying silver coins or silver bars rather than ETFs, mining stocks, or silver certificates.

O ye simple understand prudence, and ye fools be of an understanding heart... Receive my instruction and not silver, and knowledge rather than fine gold.

«Receive my instruction and not silver, and knowledge rather than fine gold.»

If I'm Adam Silver, I'd rather keep Derek Fisher in a box with air holes in «em than let him go on national television and display whatever the fuck those hip movements are supposed to be.

Silver was caught off guard, because he thought a question about whether the league would start selecting All - Stars without regard to conferences would actually be about the playoff format, and whether it would evolve to include the best 16 teams rather than the best eight from each conference.

The only silver lining is that common sense prevailed and that Zaza and Tore ended up as loan deals rather than parting with # 30 million plus for theor services.

Thus her naturally based line of softly scented powders, washes, creams and balms — in sleek silver packaging rather than the usual riot of colors — was born.

The lecture and roundtable that we're hosting with the OII promises to offer a fascinating insight into how we can tackle the problem of online safety with a combination of industry regulation and self - regulation, innovative technology and education, rather than a single silver bullet solution.»

It's a sad story, to be sure, but the silver lining here is that Jen left her boy with a responsible adult rather than leaving him in a dumpster, for example — an all too common scenario we'll often read about in the news.

Silver also said over the weekend that his members would rather cut deals «than listen to speeches.»

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said: «I like results rather than rhetoric.

$ 1.4 million of it was in the form of $ 120,000 annual salary «which Silver received based on his official position rather than any work he was expected to perform.»

-- Political columnist Errol Louis reviews Sheldon Silver's «other offenses» — Advocates want changes in the city's proposed e-bike rules; «In case it isn't obvious by now: Mayor de Blasio should have talked with delivery workers about electric bikes rather than declaring war on them.»

At Silver's trial jurors were told they could convict based on «any action under color of official authority» by Silver, but the 2d Circuit said the Supreme Court ruling required a «formal exercise of government power,» rather than lesser acts like just making a phone call or having a meeting.

Prosecutors say they expect some unspecified «changes» in the testimony, while Silver's defense team says that ambiguity remains at the core of their strategy — to try to convince jurors that Silver's receipt of legal outside income was separate, and his official behavior was based on the merits of legislation and grants rather than a «quid pro quo» for a bribe.

And there was Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, insisting that his members «are ready, willing and able to... pass a responsible budget» — a budget that would borrow billions rather than force the government to live within its means.

Woerner said there are many other issues for her to focus on, rather than the investigation of Silver.

And he goes on to say that he actually went out of his way to spare Silver undue embarrassment by having him surrender in the basement of the Javits Federal Building before being driven to the courthouse rather than subjecting him to a typical «perp walk.»

In 2002, Sheldon Silver began working for the Weitz & Luxenberg firm, which specializes in asbestos litigation and paid him $ 120,000 a year «based on his official position rather than any work he was expected to perform for clients of the firm,» said Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara.

Spitting out Spitzer picks (2007): Rather than let his members vote on one of three nominees Eliot Spitzer put up to replace Alan Hevesi, Silver spirits Tom DiNapoli into the job.

Rather than any question of how much longer he can hang on — a question which, as recently as this April, Fred Dicker was raising in print — the test for Silver is how effectively he'll be able to advocate for the liberal priorities of his members with Cuomo campaigning as a centrist, and the State Senate in the hands of coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats.

The documents allege Silver received $ 1.4 million in salary from the law firm of Weitz & Luxenberg based on his official position as assembly speaker, rather than for work he performed, and $ 3.9 million in attorney referral fees.

Silver said he'd prefer to handle an estimated $ 4 billion windfall from national financial settlements in a special session rather than incorporate it into the state budget, which is due to be adopted March 31.

One is that there most likely will never be another Sheldon Silver — or, rather, another New York legislator who possesses the intelligence, skill, patience and ethical indifference needed to construct an empire of the sort the former speaker ran for more than two decades.

Shur insisted that allowing those statements would make the case about whether Silver failed to disclose information or lied to reporters, rather than about the bribery and extortion charges against him.

One takes direct aim at an issue that fell Heastie's predecessor, Sheldon Silver: The Assembly would limit attorneys to only making money for casework they perform, rather than from being «of counsel» and simply lending their name to a law firm.

«It's important that the [26 Broadway] space be used by a school serving local [students], rather than children from other neighborhoods,» said Silver, who has strongly advocated for Millennium to expand.

The next time a Democrat like Sheldon Silver says that Republicans are costing taxpayers, it's best to get the facts and the truth, rather than accepting one - sided rhetoric.

«Members would like to get things done rather than listen to speeches,» Silver (D - Manhattan) told the Daily News.

ALBANY - In a shot across Gov. Cuomo's bow, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Sunday said his members would rather cut deals «than listen to speeches.»

«If I were the governor, I would look and question whether this is the appointment I would want to make: whether her first obligation might be to the mayor of the City of New York, rather than to the governor who would be appointing her,» Silver told an Albany radio station then.

Like Silver, Heastie's strengths also lie in being an inside power broker, rather than a more public figure or stand out debater in the Assembly.

Rather than talk about the issues, his opponent would rather get dressed up and look like a fool,» grumbled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - ManhaRather than talk about the issues, his opponent would rather get dressed up and look like a fool,» grumbled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manharather get dressed up and look like a fool,» grumbled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan).

Rather than have silver reflective stripes set off with a bright color, this vest is fluorescent orange with yellow reflective tape in the U configuration.