Sentences with phrase «seen as a pilot»

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On paper, Letterman's earliest days on TV were a series of failures: His spot as a cast member on Mary Tyler Moore's variety show disappeared, along with the show itself, after three episodes; he hosted a pilot for a game show, only to see it get canceled before ever airing; the 10 a.m. David Letterman Show survived just over four months before being pulled.

It was initially structured as a two - year pilot program that limited when and where veterans could choose to see private doctors.

That means, according to Suleman, that the regulation requiring operators to keep their drones where they can see them — what's known as «visual line of sight» — makes it difficult for budding technicians or pilots to develop.

So as you can imagine, I was pleased to see that Shell Oil (not the oil company we worked with) is starting a business center pilot project in Europe.

The footage below shows a recovery to the carrier in low visibility conditions of a Super Hornet (or «Rhino» as the aircraft is nicknamed aboard supercarriers) with the VFA - 143 «Pukin Dogs» (based on the badge that can be seen on the pilot's flight helmet).

As we continue to see new UBI pilots worldwide, it is exciting to see an elected official take this bold step.

In concluding his statement, the president combined words from the first and last lines of a moving poem, «High Flight,» written by a poet - pilot, John Gillespie Magee, Jr. «We will never forget them,» the president said, «nor the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye, «and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.»»

One report says the places filled up in no time (it was a limited pilot program to see how the idea works), but that's as much reporting as we've had.

He might have offended his critics less if he had more often used the analogy he gave James G. Blaine when explaining his course on Reconstruction: â $ ˜The pilots on our Western rivers steer from point to point as they call itâ $» setting the course of the boat no further than they can see; and that is all I propose to myself in this great problem.â $ ™ â $ œBoth statements suggest Lincolnâ $ ™ s reluctance to take the initiative and make bold plans; he preferred to respond to the actions of others.

Now that art, long nurtured at the bosom of the church, has come to be seen as part of secular culture, Fuller Theological Seminary aims to use this pilot class as a catalyst for a conversation in the international art world: What kind of training do artists who are Christians need?

Especially seeing as how the night before, the Pilots watched as fellow Bay Shore Athletic League foe Salesian won the Division IV championship.

We also continued to develop our Hit the Ground Crawling pilots, which are an important example of an approach that sees the father as a parent separate from the mother (for more details click here).

But on visiting each of the three classrooms, I brightened — seeing the joy and hope on the girls» faces as they talked about what they loved studying (e.g., Amharic, English, science, math), what they hoped to be (e.g., pilot, doctor, engineer, driver, teacher, community mentor for BiruhTesfa), and what the best / worst parts of their days are (unanimously, best = being at school, worst = work hours).

The House bill also proposed a a three - state block grant pilot for school meals, an idea which was seen by some as a precursor to dismantling the entire National School Lunch Program.

be that the increase in Taser use has not been accompanied by a rise in complaints, but if we see any themes or issues emerging as a result of complaints over a longer time period we will ensure these are properly addressed as part of the pilot.»

Syracuse City Auditor Marty Masterpole said he would like to move the program forward as well, but he wants to see the data collected from the pilot program before making a decision.

Seen as a matured mind that could pilot the affairs of the state, Amaebi is being supported by most elders in the state.

The governor pushed a pilot public financing program for the 2014 comptroller's race, a plan that was seen by many as a failure.

A boat is piloted up the Hudson River past Rensselaer on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, as seen from Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement of plans to launch a pilot medical marijuana research program came as encouraging news to some but worried others, with both sides seeing it as New York State inching closer to the possible legalization of marijuana.

«It is great to see that DEP has listened to the community in agreeing to this pilot project, just as they agreed to the pedestrian bridge project in Van Cortlandt Park recently.

The tour was comprehensive, as we were given the opportunity to see the Isophytol insect attractant plant and a pilot plant.

Look around see what you do, everybody smiles at you» During the (all too rapidly) approaching August and September MAMM flight campaigns I'll be working as a mission scientist, a fascinating role that involves flight planning, communicating between the pilots and -LSB-...]

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He noted that most workers responded favorably to the new arrangement in the pilot study, especially younger employees, who don't see the corner office as a status symbol.

He saw them as jointly funded by government and industry and, late last year, five pilot centres opened their doors.

Many of the pilots are in response to pleas from researchers to simplify the grant application process, which they see as a waste of time because low success rates have made their odds so poor.

Given the impact of the pilot Science for Seminaries project, DoSER is expanding the effort to assist seminaries, which is seen as an opportunity to affect public understanding and support for science — and the degree to which science can benefit society, a mission of AAAS.

One worked on «some wildly popular prime - time hits» as well as a few «pilots that never saw the light of day.»

In the 1964 pilot episode, «Eleven Days To Zero», he was seen as the doomed first commander of the submarine Seaview, Capt. John Phillips, who is killed in an attempt on the life of Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart); in «The X Factor», an episode from the following season, Hudson played the role of Captain Shire, who is killed off using the exact same footage depicting his character's death in the pilot episode.

Calling big - screen legal thriller «The Lincoln Lawyer» the best TV pilot I've seen in a while really isn't meant as a putdown — the truth is, there's more good stuff on the tube these days than in theaters, especially at this time of the year.

I don't normally notice, or care about, such trivialities, but this was one of the most plotless movies I've seen in a long while, filled with wooden acting performances (Urban seemed to be on auto - pilot, and Clancy Brown as the lead Viking looks to have had his usual menace stifled by the uncomfortable head gear) and underdeveloped characters.

Here's our first look at Sons of Anarchy star Charlie Hunnam and Babel's Rinko Kikuchi in the armored suits they wear when piloting their monster - fighting robots, much along the same lines as what we saw costar Idris Elba wearing in the first officially released photo.

Starring: Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso, Diego Luna as Captain Cassian Andor, Ben Mendelsohn as Director Orson Krennic, Donnie Yen as Chirrut Imwe, Mads Mikkelsen as Galen Erso, Alan Tudyk as K - 2SO, Wen Jiang as Baze Malbus, Forest Whitaker as Saw Gerrera, James Earl Jones as Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader (voice), Riz Ahmed as Bodhi Rook, Jonathan Aris as Senator Jebel, Genevieve O'Reilly as Mon Mothma, Warwick Davis as Bistan, Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa, Valene Kane as Lyra Erso, Jorge Leon Martinez as X-Wing Pilot, Russell Balogh as X-Wing Pilot, Ned Dennehy as Prisoner, Steen Young as Vault Officer, Tyrone Love as Rebel Marine Commander, Attila G. Kerekes as Rebel Marine on Yavin, Andrew Zographos as X-Wing Pilot, Angus Cook as Mechanic, Sam Hanover as Imperial Officer, Mac Pietowski as Commi Tech / Marine Soldier, Alistair Petrie as General Draven, Emeson Nwolie as Personnel

The novelty of seeing Reeve in the air again wears off fairly fast, as «The Aviator» quickly reveals itself to be a leaden melodrama with mismatched stars and clunky screenwriting trying to marry mountainside survival activity with a postmortem analysis on wounded war pilots.

To help her work on the pilot, Notaro reached out to Diablo Cody, as she was a huge fan of the screenwriter's work («My wife and I have seen Young Adult about a dozen times» she says).

We have already seen the first official trailer for Spielberg's latest, but this new version packs more footage from the intense - looking drama and also includes Austin Stowell as real - life U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and his training before being shot down while on an espionage mission over Soviet territory in 1960.

The film is being directed by Tom Harper (War & Peace) from a script by Jack Thorne (How I Live Now), and would see Redmayne and Jones as «balloon pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher who, in 1862, embarked on an extraordinary journey to discover the secrets of the heavens.

The highly - anticipated sequel - which will see Tom Cruise reprise his role as fighter pilot Pete «Maverick» Mitchell - has signed Joseph Kosinski up as director and will be hitting cinemas 33 years after the original movie was released.

The pilot sees Van Damme as a «famous actor and martial - arts pro who comes out of retirement to resume his alter - ego: an undercover private contractor by -LSB-...]

The iconic character, who hasn't been seen on screen since celebrating the fall of the Galactic Empire in 1983's «Return of the Jedi,» serves as an unlikely mentor to scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley), defector Finn (John Boyega) and pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) as they team up to take on masked adversary Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and his minions.

She's already filmed her next five roles: as previously discussed she'll play the showy small role of James Brown's mom in Get On Up (August, 2014); she's excellent as a college professor in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Pts 1 and 2 (release date still TBA but I saw it at TIFF); she's in Michael Mann's thriller Cyber (January, 2015) with Chris Hemsworth as the headliner and supposedly her role is large there as an FBI agent; She'll headline Shonda Rhimes TV series «How To Get Away With Murder» and if it gets picked up past the pilot, don't expect to see her on your movie screens for awhile; The other leading role is Lila & Eve (she plays Lila) but her co-star is... (wait for it)... Jennifer Lopez?

Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker) was Jyn's childhood protector, but now, in fighting the Empire, she has Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), a Rebel officer, Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed) a Rebel pilot, and K - 2SO (voice of Alan Tudyk) as a tall, skinny black robot who is as sarcastic as they come (must have been programmed by Don Rickles.)

He'll next be seen in 2016's «The Get Down,» Netflix's Baz Luhrman - piloted musical show about the Bronx in the 1970s, and if he can sing and dance as well as he can act, we're definitely looking a new triple threat.

The series — which picked up a pilot order last month from Fox — will see Scott and Robinson goofing around as two investigators...

Not only can Oscar Isaac be seen piloting an X-wing in next years Star Wars: The Force Awakens but he has also recently been cast in another big blockbuster as the titular villain in Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse due out in May 2016.

The In Living Color actor / writer will star as Roger Murtaugh in the remake, Walking Dead alum joins Hayley Atwell's ABC pilot, Tracey Wigfield's NBC pilot casts My Big Fat Greek Wedding alum — See today's biggest TV casting news.

In the pilot, written by Tig Notaro and Diablo Cody (Juno), Notaro's character is introduced as Tig, a radio storyteller and DJ who, not long after undergoing a double mastectomy, returns to her Southern hometown to join her brother Remy (Noah Harpster) and stepfather Bill (John Rothman) in seeing her dying mother taken off life support.

Bonus features consist of a 22 - minute installment of the revolving comedian serial Comedy Central Presents, featuring a bit leaner Giraldo from 2000, as well as the never - before - seen pilot for a sex - centric show called Adult Content, with Giraldo as its smirky emcee.

Home From Home, written by newcomers Chris Fewtrell and Simon Crowther, first saw life as a pilot in the BBC's Landmark Sitcom Season in 2016, the channel's search for new and original content for its schedules.