Sentences with phrase «tape parade»
A "tape parade" is a festive event that celebrates a person or a team's achievement, usually involving a parade through the streets. It is called a tape parade because traditionally, people used to throw ticker tape (thrown from the stock market) out of office windows during these celebrations. Full definition
Governor Andrew Cuomo briefly spoke with the press this morning, just ahead of the ticker tape parade for the U.S. women's national soccer team.
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On the centennial of his death, Wulf notes, he was thrown a ticker - tape parade in New York City, attended by tens of thousands of people.
Maybe throw Carlos Carrasco in, and you have yourself a ticker - tape parade for the first time, Cleveland.
Mayor David Dinkins bestowed upon him an honor reserved for only the city's greatest heroes: a ticker tape parade through lower Manhattan.
On April 12 the Mets were given a ticker - tape parade up lower Broadway, culminating with ceremonies at City Hall.
Imagine a rich, powerful man surveying the scene after winning the World Series, reaching the summit quicker than any franchise in baseball history, exulting with the 50,000 fans going out of their minds after one of the greatest Game 7s in baseball history, riding in the back of a convertible during a ticker - tape parade with thousands of throaty, passionate fans.
(Cuomo spoke with the press at the head of the ticker tape parade today for the World Cup champion U.S. women's soccer team and had to walk back to his assigned float as the parade got underway, producing this wrong - way traffic moment.)
It's an aggressive, toe - tapping ode to the red, white and blue that has everything: James Cagney in full - blown hoofer mode, pro-USA sentiment as thick as hasty pudding, and musical numbers less subtle than a ticker - tape parade led by Uncle Sam.
Terri Thomas Klemm, a spokesman for the Christina school district in Newark, Del., said, «Everybody is tentatively happy,... [but] we don't want to throw a ticker - tape parade before anybody gets home.»
Looking at the glut of demo tapes parading as «free» content from every musician with a sampler and shareware editing software, and seeing how robust the music business continues to be a decade after all was supposed to be lost because of CD purchases going the way of the Constitution, I tend to think we'll adapt.
They showed people dancing in the streets, sailors kissing girls and ticker tape parades down the broad avenues.
Proof of fame: Jones got a ticker - tape parade in New York City after winning the British Open in 1926.
What he didn't expect was to see the entire town of Winter Park assembled to give him an old - fashioned ticker tape parade, complete with marching bands, antique vehicles, the VFW motorcycle club, and Budweiser's famous Clydesdales.
How many people can say they were in a ticker - tape parade through New York City?»
There will most likely be no ticker - tape parades for us, no monuments created in our honor.
In fact, before leaving the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago, he had received word from friends that the people of Philadelphia were awaiting his triumphant return with a ticker - tape parade.
Emily Post probably would recommend a ticker - tape parade.
The son of a greenkeeper and the youngest of the seven Turnesa brothers — the greatest golfing family ever in the U.S. — Willie was also the only player besides Jones to have a ticker - tape parade in his honor.
After that he returned to the hospital, a camera crew in tow; then back again to the ball park, so he could catch the 10:30 bus to the downtown ticker - tape parade.
We were suddenly the toast of the town, ticker - tape parades, the whole thing.
Though the company has been taping the parade, and broadcasting it at later dates for the last five years, this year marks the first time it will be shown live.
The festivities are winding down, and the clean - up following the ticker - tape parade is underway.
Clamors for a parade had begun earlier this week on Mon., Jul. 6th when Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer issued a letter urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to host the ticker - tape parade.
The city has announced that it will hold a ticker - tape parade to celebrate the team's World Cup victory this Fri., Jul. 10th beginning at 11 a.m. along Broadway, from the Battery to City Hall.
U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Ticker - Tape Parade At approximately 11:00 AM Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio attend the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Ticker - Tape Parade in Lower Manhattan.
I stand by my original theory that butter is not inherently fattening nor unhealthy, however, I also wish people would quit with the «ticker tape parade» over saturated fats that we're seeing with the low - carb / high - fat dieting trend.
But I wouldn't recommend a ticker - tape parade in its honor.
Cue the ticker tape parade.
There are other women directors up for consideration, like Dee Rees who co-adapted Mudbound, along with Virgil Williams but she not only can't seem to gain the same critical support (they seem to hold it against her that the film was distributed by Netflix) but they aren't receiving the same celebratory ticker tape parade the way Gerwig is, certainly not from the critics.
When these events happen, especially when the heroes are as appealingly young and attractive as these are, there is the typical fanfare — the awards and decorations, the ticker tape parades, the talk show appearances and even «Dancing With The Stars,» for Alek Skarlatos (he came in third).
Step by step, from liftoff to landing, from the preparation to the ticker - tape parades, Hehner details the flight of Apollo 11.
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If this year's multiple victories at the Eisner Awards for Matt Fraction and David Aja «s Hawkeye didn't initiate a ticker tape parade, it's probably because it is...
Okay, yes, I wanted that ticker tape parade, with me riding in a baby blue Cadillac convertible (thank you Lucille Ball!)
The air around you is alive with paranormal effects, like some blazing ticker - tape parade.
She's exchanged the jumbled, vaguely sordid interior scenes for a loosely abstracted urban milieu: landscapes of a scale suggesting the sites of rallies, marches, and ticker - tape parades, though devoid of figures and most identifiable detail.
I almost feel like a ticker tape parade is in order for solar dropping below two cents per kWh.
For the record, I think Snowden should be given a medal and a ticker tape parade, not jail time.
How many other lawyers have had a ticker - tape parade in New York City?