Sentences with phrase «unusual step at»

It was a very unusual step at the time for Sony to invite an independent developer like us to their console launch announcement — as far as I know, it was unprecedented — and it was a nice experience for us, and it probably helped a lot of new people find out about the game.

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The officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs who took the unusual step of calling for Shulkin's ouster will have to keep wondering how much longer he'll stick around.

Born in 1903 in Russia, trained by his father in the Brisk (Brest «Litovsk) school of Talmud study (which his grandfather invented), he took the then unusual step of studying philosophy at the University of Berlin.

To the credit of the authorities, and in part because of the international sympathy aroused by an unusual amount of publicity, significant steps were taken to, ameliorate the plight of the victimized women; nevertheless, the incident clearly dramatizes not only the vulnerability of women to this particular form of violence but also the injustice of a culture, sanctioned by religion, which regards the woman's sexual integrity as primarily the concern of husbands and male relatives whose honor is at stake: bluntly, she is property, not a full person in her own right.

The forum even took the unusual step of voting to approve the system at the last December meeting.

In hindsight, it was a good decision that the Celtics took the unusual step of retiring Paul Pierce's jersey in a post-game ceremony rather than at halftime of Sunday's showcase game against the Cavaliers.

According to reports from The Independent, Real Madrid have taken the unusual step of confirming they will hold their training session ahead of Tuesday's Champions League clash Manchester United at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium.

and other lawmakers questioned administration food safety officials at the hearing, and took the unusual step of requesting that they remain in the room during testimony from families whose children had been sickened by school meals.

He even took the unusual step of previewing his legislative priorities last month to UFT chief Mike Mulgrew and other members at the union's headquarters.

His opponent, Mr. King, when asked yesterday whether he intended to seek another term, took the unusual step of deferring to the Democratic Committee, indicating that if they nominate him at their convention on Monday, he will run.

Lawmakers at this point have taken the unusual step of not introducing Cuomo's ethics measures as a way of preserving some leverage over the governor during the negotiations.

So DeBeauvoir took a very unusual step: She gave the keynote speech at a computer voting security conference, challenging the assembled computer scientists to build her the voting system of her dreams.

Drew Pardoll, director of the Bloomberg - Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at Hopkins, and top researcher Suzanne L. Topalian took the unusual step of consulting with the cancer geneticists who worked one floor up.

It's almost - but - not - officially fall, and here at the seasonal segue, we're seeing celebs step out in some most unusual wardrobe combos.

It could be going on that first speed dating event or taking the unusual step of asking someone out you hit it off with it at a party.

In fact, at the vehicle's introduction, Mazda took the unusual step of letting us loose on demanding canyon roads — legendary stretches of tarmac that spaghetti over and adjacent to Southern California's spectacular coastal cliffs.

Stepping into a large van with the promise of some coffee and cats might sound unusual at first, but

Nintendo stepping in was unusual since it's the kind of game one wouldn't expect them to fund at the time but they have to be commended for saving the IP and keeping the dream alive for Kamiya and his team.

When you first step into Greg Smith's installation at Susan Inglett Gallery, the artist's stunning material sensibility overshadows any realization that what you see are actually the reconfigured trappings, ruins, and byproducts of an unusual Rube Goldberg machine.

While it may be unusual for a reviewing court to step in at the stage this one did, Erin Kuzz, of Sherrard Kuzz LLP, says in this case it made sense.

«The combination of the socially engineered banking Trojan download and multistep phishing attack that gathers credentials or financial information at each step, is fairly unusual.»

Bank of America Corp. is taking an unusual step in chipping away at its high inventory of repossessed homes by demolishing some of the most run - down homes in its inventory.