Sentences with phrase «than a bullet in»

«It's going to take a heck of a lot more than a bullet in the head to keep me out of this game.»

Better a few months in jail than a bullet in the back, he thought as Prinz Heinrich Strasse stretched out before him, looking too much like a shooting range for comfort.

Not exact matches

Having done more deals in more businesses than I can count, I've got a few simple rules that have saved me tons of money, helped me dodge more than a few bullets, and added a few years to my life.

The Washington Post reported in June 2017 that this shockwave can leave a track of wounding as much as «five to 10 times wider than the bullet.»

In fact, and even worse, I will forward all emails longer than three paragraphs to you and ask you to read and summarize them for me into relevant bullet points so that I can digest them.

So the impact of falling rates may be smaller with a ladder than with a bullet strategy that targets a single maturity date or than with an investment in a small number of bonds.

If you plan to be in the home longer than that, it's smart to bite the bullet.

For example, if you're catering to an advanced horseback rider in your ebook compared to a beginner, that content might lend itself to more in - depth explanation of certain topics than content suitable for a beginner, who may prefer bullet point summaries of the topic.

In the March 3 - 5 poll, 63 percent of Americans supported «nationwide ban on the sale of high - capacity ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets.»

After which, he and Congress will leap tall buildings in a single bound and run faster than a speeding bullet.

they simply took a little of the blood leaking from the bullet hole, labeled it with his name, took a swab of his mouth, marked it as an unknown donor, then sent it all to las vegas, where it was tested in tv time on the set of CSI, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE I HAVE EVER HEARD OF A TEST LIKE THAT TAKING LESS THAN TWO WEEKS.

For example, what math was used to calculate the capability of dragline silk from an orb weaver spider that is lighter than cotton, yet ounce for ounce stronger than steel, tougher than kevlar (used in bullet - proof vests), that if the silk were 0.4 inch thick with strands 1.6 inches apart and enlarged the size of a football field, could stop a jumbo jet in flight, that is flying at an average speed of about 600 mph?

In our already bullet - riddled society, this summer's gun - down of Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr., was more numbing than shocking.

hmmmm ok so the media feels this one kid's life is so much more deserving of being in the public eye, than say; an elderly woman shot in the head by a stray bullet from a drive by?

A «bullet» train, by the way, that is now projected to simply be a slightly faster normal train, and one that still goes far slower than a plane, and incredibly will actually cost more per ticket than the plane ticket... why in the hell will anyone want to ride this absurd joke of a democrat's dream project?

After Mexican Mafia thugs sprayed Martino's with a hail of bullets and slaughtered the customers and waiters in late 2007, the restaurant sadly closed after more than 80 years in business.

Not only that, making it in the Magic Bullet is a million times more fun than waiting in line at your local grocery for a bottle.

Basil pesto is a classic in more ways than one — a classic dish from my childhood, a classic dish from Italy and a classic recipe from the Magic Bullet.

The big question is why Coca - Cola Amatil didn't bite the bullet earlier, when signs first emerged that the challenges in the beverage market were structural rather than cyclical.

I use my Bullet Blender (goes much quicker than in my food processor) but it's so small I have to do multiple batches.

The tofu added fluffiness in the best way, and thanks to the Magic Bullet I bought on black Friday, it was easier than ever to add it to the recipe, then add the pineapple, then do the dishes.

On the inverted Silver Bullet coaster, riders» feet dangle in the air as they climb to a height of 146 feet before soaring down an initial drop of 109 feet that leads to no less than six inversions in a 2 minute timeframe.

If the current state is what wenger has to offer, as a fan I will rather bite thhe bullet and get a coach who has fire in the belly, rather than sit back and watch helplessly!

A mass of modern slow - burning powder, very unlike the spaghetti - shaped Cordite explosive, blasts the little bullets out of the Weatherby cartridge at such extreme velocity that, says their maker, it more than makes up for the difference in bullet weight and even for a fairly profound difference in muzzle energy.

Intelligence in the case of football is never static, there is no place for old fashioned intelligence in present football, just it is time for Wenger to bite the bullet, there comes a time when club comes first than an individual.

I would be more interested in them taking the fruit than bullets.

In one desperate attempt to dodge the bullet the government has turned to outsourcing which rather than solve problems merely moves them.

The problem is, of course, that the government in Iran has access to more than just rhetorical ammunition: they have men carrying rifles with real bullets.

«We've got rural homeowners who were basically told to stay in there home... and they were basically told to not have more than seven bullets in their guns.

Our current strategy suggests that we'd rather see toddlers fleeing tear gas and rubber bullets on the Macedonian border than offer to take them in from another European country.

@DVK If there is evidence that it's a very small fraction engaged, that'd answer the question, but I discuss why this possibility alone doesn't seem to answer the question in the 1st paragraph after the bullet list (tldr; ISIS are split between as many if not more fronts too, so there's no obvious reason why the % of Iraqi / Peshmerga troops engaged with ISIS would be lower than the % of ISIS fraction engaged with Peshmerga)

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's seven - round limit on magazines sold in New York will be suspended «indefinitely» by a measure in his $ 136.5 billion budget set to be passed this week, said Dean Skelos, a State Senate majority leader, said.The ban on magazines holding more than seven bullets was set to start April 15.

If separate races, we might see a higher percentage of bullet voting in this election than normal.

In addition to exploring the technology that sends bullet trains speeding across Europe and Asia at more than 150 miles an hour, the commission would also study the so - called hyperloop concept.

Public safety was a major theme in de Blasio's budget, which includes more than $ 11 million toward new ambulance tours, $ 6.5 million for EMS dispatchers, $ 11.5 million to replace NYPD bullet - resistant vests and $ 10 million to expand the police cadet program.

Downstate, where most of the pre-storm preparations took place, pretty much dodged a bullet, while upstate took a beating in the form of heavier - than - expected rain that caused rivers, streams and creeks to flood and cause what the governor deemed «devastating» amounts of damage.

Just because US is currently interested in actions that seem antagonistic to Sunnis, does not automatically imply that it is caused by the targets being Sunni - it may very well be that they are independent (and both caused by a third variable); or that the Sunnis are causing antagonism - not by doing anything specific, but (see my next bullet) merely by being stronger than Shia.

The law's most controversial provisions were an expansion of the state's «assault weapons» ban, creation of an ammunition purchase database, and a prohibition on placing more than seven bullets in a gun magazine.

More than two years after the New York City police officer Brian Moore was fatally shot while on patrol in Queens, his fellow officers relived that night, as testimony began yesterday in the trial of the man prosecutors say killed him with two bullets to the head from a silver revolver.

Were he to appear in a Fox News studio today, the bullet he took to the chest in 1912 would seem no worse than a flesh wound compared with fusillade of invective he would absorb.

The SAFE Act bans magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, and doesn't permit gun owners putting more than seven bullets in magazines.

The barrage of these ice bullets comes in horizontal, so fierce it's impossible to keep my eyes open for more than a moment.

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A half - dozen biotech startups have raised more than $ 125 million in recent years to produce spider silk fibers, hoping to make high - strength, flexible textiles that are tough enough to stop bullets, yet flexible and breathable enough to be comfortable.

Although so - called bullet trains in France can travel at speeds approaching 575 kilometers per hour, their adoption in the U.S. has been more local than express.

This cloud, named the «Bullet,» has a speed of more than 100 km / s, which exceeds the speed of sound in interstellar space by more than two orders of magnitude.

Consequently, the use of bullets that deform or fragment into particles greater than 9 mm in size, such as lead - free bullets from numerous manufacturers, may prevent metal ingestion and poisoning in avian scavengers.

There may be a «silver bullet» for Ebola, a family of hemorrhagic viruses, one of which has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa in the past two years.

We go in — the velocities that we use are anywhere from six to ten times faster than a speeding bullet.

Bullet dodged: Public health officials feared more than 2 million Muslims from around the world who traveled in October to Saudi Arabia's Mecca for the annual haji pilgrimage would provide a target - rich environment for a MERS - CoV outbreak.