Sentences with phrase «story about competition»

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So, when I questioned him about where he did it, when he achieved his racing license, and the different competitions he may have entered, his story completely fell apart.

While overall low inventory has led to competition in some markets — about a quarter of 2017 home sales yielded sales prices higher than the asking price, according to Zillow — it's a different story for some sellers.

A third institutional challenge is the increasing competition the church faces as a purveyor of stories about the past.

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Having sampled the atmosphere at and read the stories after a variety of games recently, Pat Nevin writes about football when the competition is hot...

Mauricio Pochettino spoke beforehand about the magic of the FA Cup — and he was happy to take our fourth round tie against Newport County to a replay after we were eight minutes from being on the wrong end of another fairytale story in the world - famous competition.

Followers have shared stories about injuries suffered during everything from cheerleading competitions to basketball games to cricket matches.

It was around that time that parents were bombarded with news stories about child abductions, academic competition, and, ultimately, competition in a global economy.

I could tell that the students really wanted to hear stories about how we noticed a posting on Science Careers or Monster.com, answered an ad, and survived competition with 200 random applicants — because that's their own best idea for how to land a position.

A classic 1977 documentary about the world of bodybuilding that tells the story of the competitors in the 1975 IFBB Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympic competitions.

I've wondered about the stories in the news of young, healthy, vibrant male athletes, some only in high school, who inexplicably drop dead during competition.

Perhaps if the film had concentrated more on introspective elements, such as Rashad and his internal difficulties in growing from a boy into a man, instead of constantly distracting us with side stories — Esquire's quest for the path to success, New New's fence - sitting between the ghetto and the mansion, Ant's seduction into materialism, and the roller skating competition that never really materializes — it would have been a more compelling movie about Atlanta's lower class areas, and the ups and downs of life there.

CANNES 2018: We sat down with Italy's Matteo Garrone to talk about his competition title Dogman, which is based on a disturbing true story

Porter's own story has some weight behind it, until his subplot turns into a competition with fellow classmate Norah (Jennifer Lawrence) about who has the worse family past as they begin a relationship.

The film played in the Un Certain Regard section (but should have been in the main competition) and is eligible for the festival's Camera d'Or prize (for best first film) and the Queer Palm (for films by or about LGBTQ stories), the only film playing with that distinction.

Showing in the out - of - competition Premieres section, the film is described in the official Sundance announcement as «a coming - of - age story about a 28 - year - old woman stuck in permanent adolescence.»

[Debruge:] «It's funny to encounter a movie like «I, Daniel Blake» at Cannes — not surprising, mind you, since Loach (now 79) has sort of a standing invitation to premiere whatever he makes in competition, but funny in that Cristi Puiu (the great Romanian director of «The Death of Mr. Lazarescu») essentially told the same story — about how a decent man is let down by «the System» — better 11 years ago, but is now here with a new and far more challenging work, «Sieranevada.»

Gillespie and Rogers are doing more than telling Harding's story; they are making pointed observations about athletic ambition and competition as well as the class snobbery that dominates this niche sport.

Like Christopher Guest's «Best in Show,» this is a story about middle - class Americans passionately seeking to outdo each other, with a gallery of brilliant improv actors making small fights into a cutthroat competition.

His first huge success was Kinky Boots, a film about British drag queens and shoemakers which dealt with the issue of Britain's long - standing textile industry losing out to foreign competition, then there was Brideshead revisited, another story about a commoner and a member of the elite upper - classes falling in love, because apparently we can't get enough of those.

For an in - depth look at an earlier school design competition, you can read Jeff Mirel's feature story about New American Schools.

Highlights from News Stories about the Coca - Cola Valued Youth Program Six Young Tutors Win 2017 National Essay Contest Awards Six students received prizes in a national competition among participants in the IDRA Coca - Cola Valued Youth Program, a nationally - recognized cross-age...

«I must have heard hundreds of Resilience stories on those hikes,» Kathy remembers, «about soccer games, ski races, mountain biking competitions, horseback riding lessons — all kinds of things.»

They try to generate negative stories about charter schools, exploiting a rare anecdote about one unhappy parent or even creating their own reports slamming their competition.

Floating style — Malcolm Bobbitt explores the history of Citroën's unique suspension system and its application in the ground - breaking Traction Avant and DS models / Auto - biography: Karl Ludvigsen — Matthew Bell visits the noted motoring historian, writer and consultant at his home in Suffolk and learns about his distinguished career / The Loewy Studebakers — Stephen Bayley looks at the extraordinary Studebaker coupés of the mid-1950s and tells the story of their aromatic stylist, Raymond Loewy / David: Spain's forgotten cyclecar — With the help of rare archive material, Francisco Carrión Cardenas unearths the history of Spain's most successful cyclecar maker / Vintage Motoring — Detective Agency John Warburton examines the contents of R L Appleton's photograph album, covering his motoring exploits in the years 1930 to ’33 / Back on the Road — Michael Ware reports on a recently completed 1937 BMW 319/28 special built for the dual purposes of competition and long - distance touring

Taruffi's racing career Part 2 — Charlie Rous concludes his article on the famous racing driver with an account of the years 1934 to 1950 / Our anniversary competition — Enter our motoring quiz competition and you could win a special day at the National Motor Museum / 1929 Sunbeam special — An enthusiastic report from David Hawtin on this exciting20 hp non-standard Sunbeam / The Lea - Francis story 1924 - 37 — Michael Worthington - Williams continues with part 2 of his history of the Coventry make / VSCC's December driving tests — This annual event is described by Tom Thelfall in his Diary of a dilettante / Type 35 Bugatti — The Editor writes about his encounter with a superb example of the archetypal Bugatti / 1908 TT: The» 4 - inch» race — The story of this early event with a curious name is recounted for us by Bryan Goodman / 1939 Lancia Aprilia — Zoe Harrison talked to the proud owner of this far - ahead - of - its - time Lancia / Shaft - drive C.N. — The early history of G.N. and the cars that were not propelled by chains.

A3 at Brooklands — Paul Chudecki enjoys a rare opportunity to drive the oldest surviving Aston Martin at Brooklands, where it competed in the 1920s / Auto - biography: Shelagh Montague Browne — Matthew Bell visits Shelagh Montague Browne to learn about her remarkable life, which included marriage to Lance Macklin / Colombo, part one: Enzo's dynamic duo — Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges examines the successful partnership of Gioachino Colombo and Angelo Nasi / Ariel in the»20s — With the aid of rare period photographs, Michael Worthington - Williams tells the story of the 1920s Ariel light cars and their competition successes / The Gavois Panhard — David Burgess-Wise tells the tale of the famous Antoinette, an 1891 Panhard et Levassor owned by a priest named Jules Gavois

Scott Barrett investigates / 1924 RAC Small Car Trials — Ninety years after they took place, we look at the RAC Small Car Trials with the help of outstanding period photographs of the proceedings / Italian aero - engined specials of the 1920s — Alessandro Silva tells the little - known story of those Italians who adapted WW1 aero engines for competition use in the»20s / Armstrong Siddeley race and rally — The late Anthony Pritchard talked to Tommy Sopwith about his Sphinx special and «works» entries in international rallies in the»50s

«It's inspiring to watch the SEMA Battle of the Builders competition, as we meet the builders and learn about the products and stories behind the cars and trucks.»

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareThis is the kind of post I wish I got to write more often.For the past couple of weeks I've been getting inquiries about the Neoverse Short Story Writing Competition, sponsored by Neoglyphic Entertainment.The... -LSB-...]

From stories about friendships that dissolved when one person revealed a hidden self or moved into a different world, to tales of relationships sabotaged by competition, personal ambition, or careless indifference, The Friend Who Got Away casts new light on the meaning and nature of women's friendships.

Find details about every creative writing competition — including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, grants for translators, and more — that we've published in the Grants & Awards section of Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year.

I was wondering if you have heard any news about the Ruth Rendell short story competition - is it actually being judged at all, for instance?

«This competition is about celebrating the rich talent and great stories that are out there waiting to be discovered.

Shortly thereafter, stories surfaced about giant British fighting dogs brought back to Rome, where they were used in public combat competitions matched against bulls, bears, lions, tigers and human gladiators.

@Red «Now how can one story be so hard to believe but the other easy to roll with» Talk about blinders... One story is that a major company is creating bad press for themselves on purpose, while the other is that a major company is paying a developer to gimp the competition's version of a game.

The saddest part about that story is that Bakhtanians apparently remains a part of the fighting game community, so much so that he was invited to commentate for the EVO 2016 Mortal Kombat X competition on Twitch.

Weaving together stories about affluence, beauty, body image, competition, corruption, fantasy, and excess, Greenfield's project questions the distance between value and commodity in a globalized consumerist culture.

Weaving together stories about affluence, beauty, body image, competition, corruption, fantasy, and excess, Greenfield's sweeping project questions the distance between value and commodity in a globalized consumerist culture.

Our web content continues to grow this month with stories about the Houston Jewish Film Festival, NobleMotion Dance going unplugged, Classical Theatre, Black Lab Theatre, Jason Urban at Wally Workman Gallery, Arts + Labor at Sundance, National Theatre of Scotland's takeover of Bass Hall and the Menhuin Competition at UT's Butler School of music.

At the same time I keep seeing news stories like this one from the WSJ: About how competition in Silicon Valley for engineering talent is so fierce, they're fighting over interns now:

DM: You've heard the story about the still life competition between 3 Greek painters.

As insurance companies strive to compete in a price - sensitive market by differentiating themselves from the competition, Esurance has a great story to tell that is about more than policies and discounts.

I wrote this month's cover story, A Golden Age of Legal Tech Start - Ups, which highlights some themes about start - ups that will be familiar to regular readers of this blog, but which also highlights a unique event happening at Techshow this year, the first - ever Startup Alley and startup pitch competition.

I'm linking, I hope, to a story about Google having won the competition (over Yahoo and MSN) to provide search services to the most popular site on the web — myspace.com.

You may have noticed a story in your favoured news source back in February about the Canadian Competition Bureau filing a motion to take the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) to the Canadian Competition Tribunal.

Salcido is about to have more competition, as according to the WSJ story in the pipeline are four projects, each of which has a capacity of 100mw, which is enough to generate electricity for tens of thousands of homes.

Further, when you write about your responsibilities, position them to show you stand out from your similarly qualified competition by telling very brief stories that explain the challenges you faced, actions you took to deal with those challenges, and the results you attained (also called CAR stories).

I read a story in MacLeans magazine over the weekend that talked about the current and pending activities between CREA and the Canadian Competition Bureau.

It isn't a competition to be the best blogger, get the most traffic, to have the most beautiful home, or the most creative ideas, it is about being YOU, sharing YOUR story and drawing strength from others.