Sentences with phrase «shot in the arm»

The success is a much - needed shot in the arm to the field of gene therapy, which has recently struggled with safety concerns.

After all, it's all fun and games until someone gets shot in the arm.

Having this advertisement will be a big shot in the arm as far as bringing green awareness to car enthusiasts around the world.

Let's hope their presence will be a real shot in the arm for the team and propel them to a start to really shout about!

«On the one hand, the MTA needs substantial new revenues and this is a big shot in the arm,» he said.

Sure, it gives he economy a good shot in the arm short term, but it creates hell later....

Its high stakes and anything - can - happen nature also gave the streaming scene a huge shot in the arm early on, and ensured a mammoth amount of replay value.

You always need a little shot in the arm when you're feeling comfortable.

What should the administration do to design a better economic shot in the arm?

And that means potential casino revenue for local governments will receive a temporary shot in the arm.

The fine money, if collected, would have provided the city with a financial shot in the arm.

He stood still while a friend shot him in the arm.

Each night we have a family routine that involves my sweet, tiny six - year - old to get a small shot in her arm or thigh.

The former is strongly becoming harder and harder to ignore as a major player this season, while the latter got a much - needed and much - deserved shot in the arm.

That focus on pure desperation — as opposed to cucumber - cool competence — gives hard - charging genre scenarios a serious shot in the arm.

That's a decent shot in the arm for an economy in trouble, and there's no time like the present.

If you get shot in the arm, leg, or gut, the blood most likely won't cover your eyes.

It is like that much - needed shot in the arm.

This would be a real shot in the arm for the entire industry and would allow financial institutions to broaden their line of investment products.

Professional development has received a major shot in the arm with the #EdCamp movement, which has put the ownership of professional development and learning directly on the shoulders of all educators in a relationship - based, informal, and fun way.»

Health Fair Gives Shot in the Arm to Parent Involvement In Ronceverte, West Virginia, one middle school's health and wellness fair features free glucose checks, blood pressure checks, and flu shots plus healthy snacks and fun activities.

It's a shame to see so many aspects missing but its not worth being too over critical, as their first pop at the genre Moto GP 2008 will give Capcom a good shot in the arm of a new genre, the hardcore will stand by it and on the whole there are many positive aspects.

While national and international Street Artists were already making Bushwick a stopping point thanks to some of the earliest galleries like Ad Hoc and Factory Fresh, the scene recently got newly shot in the arm by a local resident who is facilitating much desired legal wall space to a crowd of artists who otherwise would be hunting and hitting up less - than - legal spots.

2012 SCIENCE NEWS TOP 25: 2 Besieged by budget cuts and diminished by the end of the shuttle era, NASA got a welcome shot in the arm in August as mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., watched their latest interplanetary emissary guide itself to a safe landing on Mars.

Facebook and Twitter got a huge shot in the arm from advanced mobile phone technology.

Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians helps Trump but it's mostly a major shot in the arm for American voters, says Jake Novak.

After several years of on - again, off - again development, Alita: Battle Angel got a much - needed shot in the arm last year when Robert Rodriguez signed on to direct.

But Fortnite has received a massive shot in the arm after rapper Drake joined in on the fun, streaming via Twitch.

The robust debut for Marvel's third «Thor» movie was a welcome shot in the arm for Hollywood and theater owners who have suffered through a terrible October at the box office.

There's been a lot of coverage about crowdfunding and though it isn't new, it got a nice shot in the arm in 2012 when Congress passed the JOBS Act.

A retired Hartford police officer who was shot in the arm while investigating a narcotics case in the 1970s is leading an effort to create a national «Blue Heart» medal for wounded and slain law enforcement officers, similar to the purple heart awarded to...

FOUR SHOTS IN THE ARM Sirs: Considering the sudden — if temporary — resuscitation of the Boston Red Sox under their new manager, Mike Higgins (SCORECARD, June 27), this suggestion:

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) received a huge shot in the arm today thanks to Russian internet entrepreneur Yuri Milner, who will devote $ 100 million to a much beefed - up 10 - year effort to detect signals from other technological civilizations in the universe.

Chris Burden's public persona has maintained a quirky and exceptional position within the art world since his 1971 performance of Shoot when he set up a situation in which he was shot in the arm at medium range with a...

The U.S. economy is getting a fiscal shot in the arm just as it reaches full capacity.

The New York Times has reported additional details about the case: Kimani was representing a young taxi driver who had apparently been accidentally shot in the arm by a police officer.

The Denver Broncos may be getting a big shot in the arm if reports are true that wide receiver Demar... more

Over the past two years, when the economy was totally stagnant, and when our economy has needed a quick and fast - acting shot in the arm, we have advocated a temporary VAT cut — alongside infrastructure spending, action on youth unemployment and targeted tax measures for business as part of our five point plan for growth.

Despite being nearly three decades old, this lovingly - crafted re-imagining of the beloved 8 - bit adventure is a fresh shot in the arm for the series, offering a new generation of players a chance to experience the shape - shifting romp for the first time.

In a generation filled with shooters, a point and click horror survival game with more of an emphasis on narrative than bullets was the creative shot in the arm that the gaming industry needed.

«Particularly when it gets a little shot in the arm with some promotion or some price activity, sales are quite phenomenal.

The field of cognitive neuroscience tackles that question, and Matthews says, «Imaging has given a particular shot in the arm to the study of cognition.»