Sentences with phrase «slamming down of»

For instance, as is well known, the NCAA some time ago declared the gladsome slamming down of footballs in the end zone or of basketballs through the hoop to be illegal.

Not exact matches

But both films showed how mundane, and even boring, much of investigative journalism is: your inquiries lead nowhere; doors are slammed in your face; you make endless phone calls; and you have to choke down all that lousy coffee.

Cyclone Hudhud slammed into the coast of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha states, tearing down tens of thousands of mud - and - thatch homes, and flattening rice, banana and sugarcane plantations.

«Don't necessarily walk into a bar and slam down the order of whiskey you want and assume they have it,» Wiznitzer advised.

You must still be cognizant of the taxable implications of the surrender, but penalty - free withdrawals allow you to whittle the annuity down without getting slammed by an onerous surrender charge.

Yet at the start of 1998, Jones and Design Edge gulped and slammed on the brakes, realizing it would hurt even more if they didn't slow down.

Just as he slammed down on them in his work in Chicago when he gentrified the city's black neighborhood, making billions of dollars in real estate gains for the Pritzker and Crown families.

Parkland student - activist David Hogg has doubled down on his attacks on Fox News host Laura Ingraham, by slamming the conservative host for her criticism and lack of apology to sports figures like LeBron James.

Who is Bill Nye to slam creationism, he's just a mortal man who will die one day and regret his lack of faith in God like all the rest of the fools who go down to the pit.

My favorite part is this whole article by pro-Mormon propagandist writer Jessica Ravitz was the slam against the speeding CATHOLIC priest in a MERCEDES sliding in an underhanded implication of some alcohol, child molesting, inordinately and illegally rich priest driven (pun intended) to hunt down and kill Mormons on a beautiful, sunny day in France.

There's a way to do it as a life of invitation as opposed to seeing your changes as a need to slam doors in people's faces and shut down conversations.

When I got to verse 25, I was so alarmed that I slammed the Bible shut, jumped out of bed, and went running down the hall.

I'll hold down these commie losers by myself while the rest of the Romney / Ryan team pad the voter registration rolls, this will be a slam dunk.

The houseparent had marched me to the school's dining hall, dragged a metal chair across the concrete floor, and slammed it down in front of my schoolmates.

Personally, I think it's good to pick a time when it's totally OK to feast on loaded nachos, a basket of fries, a vegan slam... however you want to throw down.

Z and I ordered the Three Faces of Eve, (aka fancy hummus plate) and sat down to rehash the slam, poet by poet.

Large retailers met with politicians and regulators in Canberra yesterday - a bit of media on this: Eli Greenblat, «Retailers lay down deregulation gauntlet» (The Australian, 28 October 2014), Sue Mitchell and Matthew Knott, «Australian National Retailers Association condemns Harper review's «dangerous» competition law shake - up» (SMH, 27 October 2014) and Joanna Heath, «Retailers slam Harper change «drafted by lawyers» (The Australian Financial Review, 27 October 2014 (paper version 28 October 2014, page 9)-RRB-

I also like the Underground Food Collective's butcher shop, down the street from Gib's, where you can grab a sandwich and slam a can of rosé — good stuff.

Just slamming down weight gainer protein powders, though, isn't going to help you gain muscle — you'll probably gain a significant amount of fat.

If he can hold a three - shot advantage on Sunday, though, he'll have three major wins and three legs of the career grand slam locked down heading into the PGA Championship.

Tonya slammed down the phone, had a short cry over the impossibility of pulling off the job and then got on the phone again.

That's how they get you to keep spending your money... They show you a glimmer of hope and then slam the door in your face with absolute dereliction of duty from top down..

Wenger's new dribble is to get a good player early which will sweeten the hearts of fans, then pretend to be looking for other good signings till the transfer window slams down!

Despite a few hiccups down the stretch of the British Open, McIlroy posted a relatively pressure - free, two - shot win at Hoylake to chalk up the third leg of a career grand slam.

After Austin was already thrown at once, and Austin slams the bat down, Vazquez should have immediately gotten in front of Austin, and instead, he just stood there.

I recall that one elder statesman, having reached the prescribed slam, laid down his ace of trumps, saw that the outstanding trumps were stacked against him and conceded down one, muttering, «Silly hand.»

He needed an even split to bring home his grand slam, and when he won the first trick with dummy's ace of diamonds and led a trump to his hand, he disgustedly conceded, «Down two.»

At midcourt he dribbled out the clock, slamming down the ball at the buzzer, which set off an explosion of fireworks and a soft, bright storm of confetti in all the colors of the rainbow.

6:30 p.m. Showalter is so torn about whether to take Minnesota catcher Damian Miller or Kansas City Royals reliever Hector Carrasco that he slams down his pen in a rare show of emotion.

But Dumas slammed it right down over the top of him.

The force of the hit was so heavy, it flung his Triple Eight Race Engineering car high into the air before it slammed back down to planet earth.

After Evert had broken service to go ahead 4 - 1 in the third set, Barker showed a teeny bit of temper, slamming a ball straight down with her racket.

Tabbed as the Canadian «Chosen One,» Wiggins threw down this tomahawk slam right in front of former KU player Cole Adrich.

He'd lived out my ambivalence, spent some years thousands of miles removed from box scores and title chases, spent others high - fiving me over touchdowns and slam dunks, slurping down SportsCenter and sports pages first thing every morning along with cereal and milk.

He wasn't a factor on Sunday at any of the Grand Slam events, and each of their TV ratings was down from 2002.

i completely agree with you, arsenal fans might be the most present online but i truly believe that they are some of the most clueless when it comes down to the game, they slam the manager based on what they read in the papers, on websites as if it were the gospel truth some of them would like to think they, d do a better job than wenger and our players, they post a lot of comments and don, t even know the positions of some players even when we win comfortably they, re never satisfied oh also they love the usual cliches used by the so - called journalists / pundits.

The Three Lions took advantage to win the game when Raheem Sterling, man of the match by quite some distance, was brought down after racing into the box, but captain Wayne Rooney's performance was also a concern despite the Manchester United star stepping up to slam home the winning goal.

I'm sure there are tons of folks that are terrified to put anything down out of fear of some of the internet tough guys on here slamming their opinions.

As he slammed his foot down on first base in a foot race with Francisco Lindor to avoid loading the bases, Chapman's knee buckled, and he gingerly walked off the field at the end of the inning.

Because of the initial damage from the blown tire, Larson thought a brake line was ripped preventing him from slowing down before he slammed into the inside wall.

«In front of a watching Fabio Capello, the England player brought the ball down with one touch and with his second, slammed it past Howard from 12 yards.

Imagine you're driving down the road, the car in front of you slams on its brakes, and you stop short.

Cooper lifts his legs as high as he can, arches his back and then slams his both of his legs down as hard as he can.

Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja has turned down ruling in the bail application filed by embattled former chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi who is currently facing trial bordering on six count charges of violation of Public Procurement laws and money laundering as slammed on him by the Federal Government.

Ever since the convention, Republican US Senate designee Bruce Blakeman has been slamming his primary opponent, David Malpass, accusing him of being an «ivory tower» candidate and portraying himself as a more down - to - earth, «pizza and beer» type of guy who really understands working people.

Sliwa also handed out a list of «royal decrees in the kingdom of Cuomolot,» that, among other things, slammed the AG for refusing to sit down for an interview with NY1.

He was rattled for the rest of the session, finishing each answer by clenching his jaw in the way people do as they slam the phone down angrily.

He goes on to slam the «unelected governor,» saying the Legislature is giving him more power than President Obama by allowing him to continuously force lawmakers into the position of choosing between approving his cuts and shutting down the government.

Maria slammed into Puerto Rico on Wednesday, cutting power on most of the US territory as terrified residents hunkered down in the face of the island's worst storm in living memory.

They are there, but the platform is so dirty they dare not step on it to campaign to be leaders, because they would be slammed down with some of the nastiest fabrications.