Sentences with phrase «takes home the town»

«In New York, Mel's like the drinking friend who takes home the town drunk,» says Lindsey Nelson, a fellow sportscaster and a friend of Allen.

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To get from his home to the factory that he owns on the other side of town, Zak Pashak, the owner and president of Detroit Bikes, takes Joy Road, a notorious Detroit artery whose name belies the mirthless array of derelict houses, boarded - up storefronts and vast, empty tracts of overgrown land that line it.

If you're curious about how far the 23andMe founder and CEO takes this attitude, talk to the residents of Los Altos, the town she calls home.

And in towns in the midwest where the home prices really are 25 - 75k for a big old Victorian, well it doesn't take long to understand why.

The same people who protest international support for third - world countries saying «we need to take care of our own first» are ironically the same people who actually want to abolish food stamps, the WIC program, free school lunches, welfare and social security in the US, never mind the fact that the people who benefit from these programs are the ones who cut their lawns, clean their homes, serve their meals in restaurants, and build their houses, all while going home to a tiny apartment they share with 6 other people and finding nothing to eat in the house but a can of green beans because payday is still 2 days off and there's only enough gas in the car to get them to work the next two days, so driving around town for 2 hours trying to find an open food bank isn't an option.

When natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes come upon neighborhoods, towns, cities, and countries so that homes are destroyed and lives are taken, we call these horrible events «acts of God.»

Santa Fe When I was a child growing up in a small town in southern Illinois, my parents once took me to the central part of the state to see the capitol building and Abraham Lincoln's home in Springfield.

At his home town, we are told, «he was taken aback by their want of faith.»

The now frequent catastrophic flooding in the towns below has destroyed many homes and taken several lives.

And of course, most congregations take it as unanimous in the New Testament that Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth before Jesus was born (contra Matthew), there was at Jesus» baptism a public announcement from heaven as to his divinity (contra Mark and Luke), Jesus was rejected in his home town because he was a familiar local figure (contra Luke), Peter was the foremost apostle (contra John), and Judas hanged himself (contra Luke, in Acts)

I befriended one of these «Mormon» families who took me into their home and fed me until the freeways into town were reopened three weeks later.

Oh the joy if only we could go back to the early 1800's where a good honest white land owner could head to town any Saturday and buy a whole new pack of n e gros to take home so he could help with the building of his new Church... And don't forget ladies, you are meant to be seen, not heard, and don't you dare be so immoral as to let your ankle show... Now get back in the kitchen!!

Moving to the U.S. from small - town Russia in the 90s and going to a Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop for the first time was completely mind - blowing because a) back home, we did not have dedicated ice cream shops, b) ice cream flavors I grew up with were very basic and I had never seen so many extensive flavor options c) they sold little tubs of ice cream to take home, which was unheard of in Russia at the time d) everything tasted incredibly decadent and delicious.

We spent some quality time with family and friends in my home town, where Paloma took a few classes and got a chance to polish up...

The smell, the flavour and the taste took me right back in to my home town, and into mum's kitchen.

It was very useful.Some people add milk to make it more soft and sweet.Some people use Yogurt too.When keeping the dough to rest for 1/2 hour my mom use to cover the vessel with a damp (not very wet) cloth.I think it will prevent moisture from escaping.Applying a small amount of ghee at the end (after removing from stove) will make it taste better.In my home town old generation do a trick to make the puffed.They take a cup of very clean sand put that in a piece of cloth (at the center).

We spent some quality time with family and friends in my home town, where Paloma took a few classes and got a chance to polish up her swimming, gymnastics and piano skills.

Well, if I take you to India, in my home town, and serve you curry with big pieces of cauliflower... someone will sure reprimand / ask me about my knife skills.

I'm delighted that the Bannister Mile will take place in my home town of Oxford, at the same place where I set my four minute mile».

Hockey - Tonk Town Nashville and its biggest country music stars have taken a down - home hankerin'to the expansion Predators

like I've said before, Wenger is simply stating that Sanchez is staying so that he can regain some leverage when it comes time to make a deal and to shift the focus back squarely on Sanchez... this is 101 tactics in PR management... the very fact that he even mentioned RVP's name speaks to the utterance arrogance of a man that believes he answers to no one... before you harshly judge Sanchez think carefully about what the ultimate intentions of both parties involved... Sanchez wants to win trophies and get paid generously for his efforts, whereas the club wants to pull the wool over our eyes once again so that we blame the player for wanting the very things we told him we wanted when we brought him in... how many times do we have to go down this road before we realize the only common factor in each of these scenarios is the club itself... trust me, if we showed any ambition Sanchez's contract demands would be much different... just like in other major sports players will take a «home town» discount if they see those in charge making a truly honest attempt to fight for the highest honours in their respective fields... that being said, if they see a team trying to make disparaging remarks about them in the press and not following through on their promises, they will likely try to make them pay a premium for their services or seek greener pastures... btw if anyone simply looks at the score versus Bayern today and thinks that even for a second that this was a deserved victory, just watch the game and judge for yourself... actually save yourself the anguish and just know that if it weren't for Cech and Martinez this could have been a repeat of our Champions League flopping or worse

Needless to say, the Alexis Sanchez situation has taken a turn for the worst as he made the much - vaunted excuse of wanting to win the Champions League while speaking in his home town of Tocopilla.

More than 3000 reds will make a short and joyous trip to one of the great cities of Europe to watch United take on Benfica away from home after a visit to lock horns with their biggest rivals Liverpool at Anfield and before hopping on the bus again to face Yorkshire - based Huddersfield Town in a string of three massively difficult fixtures away from the comforts of Old Trafford.

Nathan Baxter helped Woking to return to winning ways in a 2 - 1 defeat of Eastleigh in midweek but their up - and - down form came back with a vengeance at the weekend; Leyton Orient came to town and took a 2 - 0 win home with them.

Town's second game away from home in as many weeks sees David Wagner's men travel down to the South Coast to take on Southampton at St Mary's Stadium this Saturday.

A few minutes later and the home side took the lead after striker Victor Adeboyejo headed home a looped cross from the left, which Town's defence was unable to deal with.

We live apart because my week to week custody agreement court order has me staying in my home town to take my son to school on my weeks with him, my husband has decided to stay an hour an a half away in his town because he won't leave his boys.

When sheís not online or surfing Pinterest, Whitney and her camera enjoy taking walks around her quaint home town and exploring the antique markets.

I remembered how it had taken me days to find, searching all the stores in my home town looking for something worthy of holding such precious memories.

Instead of taking the boys home though, Debra Denison drove to a town miles away and fatally shot the two boys before committing suicide.

Our midwives would not take the risk of a home birth at our off - the - grid homestead, nor did we feel entirely comfortable with the idea, so we decided rent a house in town for our birth.

My mother took my baby out of town for a week and a half (i did nt have a back up sitter so the baby went with mom because I couldn't stay home from work that long).

Although Buechner is back to her home town, she sure has taken many learnings from the Japanese parenting culture.

If, by chance, a child gets sick, there is an out - of - town house guest that generates an extra load of sheets and towels or requires a home - cooked meal, or the family decides to go on vacation (usually defined for mom and dad as taking some time off work so that they can Baby Bunch in a different location), all bets are off and you will find yourself consumed by mess.

The development taking place in both towns has sparked much debate, whether it involves efforts to make sure high - density housing and newly built retail spaces don't change the character of the historic downtowns or ensuring teardowns — new homes built on the site of razed ones — don't clash with neighboring homes or the town's character.

Travel anywhere: This might be cheating because it's multiple places, but my «I just won the lottery» vacation would be to take six months and: Fly to Austria and hang out with a friend, then go up through Denmark, Sweden and Norway stopping at various Viking monuments and my family's home town.

Before you leave this all important job up to someone who is not local, take a look at what your home town has to offer.

«They know Commander Plumb has what it takes to protect jobs here in New York while making sure America remains safe from terrorists at home and abroad — unlike Congressman Tom Reed who's become part of the broken system in Washington that's left our towns and small communities behind,» campaign manager Jason Robert Henry said.

Liberal groups are organizing hard in part because they took such a beating in the 2009 congressional recess (most notably in «town hall» meetings that turned into viral - video - ready Tea Party rallies), but both sides are cranking up their efforts to reach congressmembers while they're home in their districts: witness Heritage Action's nine - stop rally tour, featuring Ted Cruz.

«NO ONE CAN EVER TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME» Clockwise, from upper left: In Nov. 2012, Christie comforts Alice Cimillo, whose home was damaged by superstorm Sandy; One year later, on Nov. 5, 2013, Christie celebrates his reelection at Asbury Park Convention Hall; New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is given a Green Bay Packers hat by state Senate President Stephen Sweeney after the annual State of the State address on January 13, 2015; Christie speaks during the 110th Town Hall Meeting with families affected by Superstorm Sandy at a VFW hall on February 19, 2014.

Mr. de Blasio doesn't hold town halls at home, Newsday noted, or take calls on the radio.

While the APC had its campaign in Benin, the state capital, the PDP took its campaign launch to Uromi, the home town of its national leader, Chief Tony Anenih.

He would silently be taken from the mortuary and be sent to his home town and be buried.

It's about time we bring that kind of money home to create jobs, support schools, and take property tax pressure off towns and cities,» Briccetti said in a statement.

Mrs Duffy had confronted Mr Brown in the final days of the election campaign as he went walkabout in her home town of Rochdale, where she took issue with him about the deficit and mass immigration.

«People can go look up their bills, they can print them out at home, take them to their tax receiver at town hall,» he said.

It's about time we bring that kind of money home to create jobs, support schools, and take property tax pressure off towns and cities,» said Heather Briccetti, Esq., President and CEO of the Business Council of New York State.

«As I speak with you, the affected villages have been deserted and the invaders have taken over and are razing the ancestral homes of the people who have fled from the areas to other towns in their thousands, for fear of being killed.

Faso has taken fire for declining invitations to attend town hall forums organized by progressive activists and has even been confronted by protesters outside his Kinderhook home.

Investigators found that Joseph Ponte, the correction commissioner in New York City, had repeatedly taken his city - issued sport - utility vehicle on trips that ended around here, a small town near the Maine coast with streets dotted with colonial homes and a blink - and - you - will - miss - it downtown that is nonetheless something of a draw.