Sentences with phrase «struck by a passing»

S. 276 crossing guard was struck by a passing cab as she stood on duty, the Department of Transportation has agreed to place a stop sign at an intersection that parents, police and elected officials have called dangerous.

State lawmakers tried to avert a strike by passing measures in the past week to raise teacher salaries by $ 6,100 annually and support staff salaries by $ 1,250 annually, as well as increase education funding by $ 50 million.

Not exact matches

When aspiring actress Heloisa Vinhas was struck by a car in a hit - and - run in 1996 in Santa Monica, California, Tom Cruise happened to be passing by and swooped in to help.

Republicans release their final tax plan, which strikes compromises on many provisions that differed in separate versions passed by the House and Senate.

I wonder how many passed it to please their const!tuants knowing it would either get vetoed or struck down by SCOTUS, passing the buck in essence.

Then, pious as it is to think of Him, while the pageant of experiment or abstract reasoning passes by, still such piety is nothing more than a poetry of thought, or an ornament of language, a certain view taken of Nature which one man has and another has not, which gifted minds strike out, which others see to be admirable and ingenious, and which all would be the better for adopting.

We can rejoice that we are saved not through the immanent mechanisms of history and nature, but by grace; that God will not unite all of history's many strands in one great synthesis, but will judge much of history false and damnable; that He will not simply reveal the sublime logic of fallen nature, but will strike off the fetters in which creation languishes; and that, rather than showing us how the tears of a small girl suffering in the dark were necessary for the building of the Kingdom, He will instead raise her up and wipe away all tears from her eyes» and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor any more pain, for the former things will have passed away, and He that sits upon the throne will say, «Behold, I make all things new.»

Twenty - one years after the RFRA was introduced in the House of Representatives by Chuck Schumer, passed nearly unanimously by Congress, and signed into law by President Bill Clinton, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to strike it down as an unconstitutional «takeover of the Court's power to interpret the Constitution» and a violation of the Establishment Clause.

But Washington opened the carnage by throwing a 40 - yard TD strike to Tinker Owens, his first pass as a collegian.

Lamela then put the home side firmly in the driving seat just a few minutes later, as a pass from Heung - Min Son was turned home by the Argentine as he bagged his first strike in 504 days.

Lamela then made it 2 - 0 in the 34th minute, as a pass from Heung - Min Son was turned home by the former Roma star, a strike that was the player first in 504 days for the north London side.

Other teams strike fear in us by doing so, causing our players to hurry and misplace passes.

Looking at the improvement over his first two seasons in MLS, we see that Villa's strike rate increased by just over 50 %, his pass completion got a straight boost of 5.5 %, while his assist rate only increased marginally.

The next player who tries to put us under pressure by withholding performances or even going on strike will not get a pass and will instead sit in the stands.

Crosby has to get his stick up to deny a scoring chance and on the ensuing power play Washington strikes with a nice passing play and great finish by TJ Oshie.

I suppose it is possible that disaster has struck other clubs with equal regularity but because I have not be looking out for their news it passes me by.

When you are passing and moving with pace you will always create chances and there could have been more to add to the the excellent strikes by Kouyate and Fernandes.

A poor pass from Gross followed by indecision from Gaetan Bong allowed Son to slip into the box and, after he went down under pressure from Ryan and Dunk, the ball broke for Kane to sweep home his 26th league strike of the season.

Although the midfielder struck the post with a curling effort the game passed him by for long periods.

When Luiz has the ball at his feet, he can look majestic; his touch and adeptness at striking a shot or pinpoint long pass prove he is a superb footballer, but he is criminally let down by his brain.

Another great opportunity was presented for Juventus when Costa sent a terrific pass to Dybala, but he failed to leave his mark on the match by striking a ball into the arms of Vanja Milinkovic - Savic.

The Belgium international was allowed to run into space by a clever Griezmann pass and he reached the edge of the box before firing a left - footed strike across Neuer and in off his left - hand post.

Vilhena started the move by playing a nice give and go with Graziano Pelle, before the Italian forward chipped a pass inside the area which the 18 - yeard - old controlled with his head before striking a vine volley into the opponent's net.

In reading reports about how the concussion suffered by San Francisco 49er Alex Smith was handled, or, in the view of many, including Wise, mishandled, I was particularly struck by remarks attributed to Coach Jim Harbaugh as to why he allowed his quarterback Alex Smith to take six more snaps (ending, amazingly, in a touchdown pass) after admitting that he was experiencing blurred vision from a head - rattling hit on a quarterback sneak.

I am struck by how much of that article could easily be re-published today as though time did not pass.

Still, the move clears the way for a significant development in striking a deal on the $ 170 billion spending pan that was scheduled to pass by this weekend.

Any law passed by congress must adhere to these rights, or it is struck down.

Lawmakers are still hoping that they can fulfill Gov. Andrew Cuomo's wishes and get an early 2011 - 2012 budget by passing everything before the clock strikes midnight this evening.

Paterson called a Red Room press conference after the Senate followed the Assembly's lead (although not nearly as easily) and passed all but the revenue piece of the two - way deal struck over the weekend by Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

They decided to go on strike after state lawmakers passed a bill to raise pay for teachers and other public employees by 4 percent over three years while imposing higher health care premiums.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- New York state avoided a government shutdown Monday when reluctant lawmakers passed an emergency two - month spending measure proposed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo after he and the Legislature failed to strike a deal on a spending plan.

Still, despite strong opposition to the compromise from Republicans, supporters are within striking distance of rounding up the votes they need to pass it in the Senate by the end of this week.

When light waves strike an object, they can interact with it in several ways: They can be reflected back like those from a mirror; they can be absorbed, which means they are captured by the object; they can be transmitted and pass through it; or they can be scattered and deflected in different directions.

The larger a molecule, the more likely it is to strike the edge of a hole and bounce off, so the researchers could calculate the size of their molecules by counting how many passed through holes of different sizes.

But not all the sunlight would be absorbed by this electrode: light with a wavelength longer than 600 nanometres isn't absorbed by the rust - coloured water in the top cell so would pass through to strike the lower electrode, powering the production of hydrogen.

Owing to a 2008 law passed by Congress, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has until October 15 to decide which agency will be responsible for protecting the planet from an asteroid strike.

Partly because he does not try to relax the muscles he is not trying to tense and partly because it is usually only his fascination with his bicep or pectorals that makes him instantly stop as though he had been shot by a sniper and strike a pose every time he passes a mirror that the control needed to contract and relax any muscle at will does not occur.

Three years pass: while in Liverpool to sell one of his stories, Colman is struck down by a speeding car.

• Re-watching the movie, I was again struck by the interplay of light and darkness, and in particular the inversion by which the former suggests danger and the latter relative safety: the ominous headlights on Visser's car and the passing truck; the bright daylight in which Marty attacks Abby; the death - enabling ceiling fixture in Abby's apartment; and the contrast between Visser's vulnerability in the lit bathroom and Abby's safety in the darkness next door.

Also too good to pass up: Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable, a striking documentary profile of one of the strongest practitioners of urban street photography, directed by Sasha Waters Freyer, Apr. 15; Godard Mon Amour, director Michel Hazanavicius» cool, dramatized portrait of iconic French auteur Jean - Luc Godard (Louis Garrel), as told by Godard's one - time wife, Anne Wiazemsky, Apr. 15; and, from Japanese master Koreeda Hirokazu, The Third Murder, a chambered nautilus of a murder mystery, starring Fukuyama Masaharu and Yakusho Kôji, Apr. 6.

On his normal train ride home, Michael is soon joined by a seductive, enigmatic woman (Vera Farmiga) who strikes up a conversation seemingly to pass the time.

At the risk of encouraging the dastardly duo to strike again, the movie does have some exceedingly rare bright spots: Crista Flanagan's Ellen Page impression is good enough to sustain a handful of scenes, and the attack by a bloodthirsty Alvin and the Chipmunks is sufficiently random to pass as inspired.

Blessed with the striking looks that took Porsche showrooms by storm two decades ago, this machine passed its emissions testing in June 2017.

This sleek two - door vehicle grabs the attention of every set of eyes it passes by thanks to its striking poise and bold posture.

As guests pass through a wide façade reminiscent of the city's Imperial Palaces and into the skylit central atrium, they are immediately struck by the dramatic calligraphic art entitled Landscape of Desires by Qin Feng.

A balance has to be struck between constantly maintaining enough archers and strong walls to hold off the evil hordes, and expanding the kingdom, a tricky task since the days pass quickly and your horse's stamina levels mean getting from one end of the map to the other takes an entire day by itself.

They were struck by a strong solar storm while passing by a beautiful blue planet.

Over the years, however, some games just haven't struck gold; they've been overshadowed by more popular fare that shares the store shelf or are even passed over due to something as petty as unimpressive box art or an unusual premise.

Bulletstorm didn't perform that well first time around, which may have had something to do with the fact it was one of the games struck by the dreaded «Online Pass» (which thankfully no longer exists) implemented by former publishers EA, and with EA dropping the title it has since been picked up by Gearbox who have been instrumental in the remaster of the game, namely it's at - launch DLC Duke Nukem's Tour.

The title will receive its first expansion pack on Dec. 9 with The Dark Below ($ 20 by itself, $ 35 as part of a season pass), which adds new story content, a cooperative Strike mission, more competitive multiplayer maps and a new Raid, the latter of which requires six high - level players to conquer a series of increasingly difficult challenges.