Sentences with phrase «watch the races long»

But if you can bear to watch the races long enough, you'll find some interesting lessons for leaders including how to say you're sorry when you screw up — and have a shot at bouncing back.

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Mornings in Bodley, drowsing among the worn browns and tarnished gilding of Duke Humphrey, snuffing the faint, musty odor of slowly perishing leather...; long afternoons, taking an outrigger up the Cher, feeling the rough kiss of the sculls on unaccustomed palms, listening to the rhythmical and satisfying kerklunk of the rowlocks, watching the play of muscles on the Bursar's sturdy shoulders at stroke, as the sharp spring wind flattened the thin silk shirt against them; or, if the day were warmer, flicking swiftly in a canoe under Magdalen walls and so by the twisting race at King's Mill by Mesopotamia to Parson's Pleasure; then back, with mind relaxed and body stretched and vigorous, to make toast by the fire.

They may each be brilliant behind the wheel, but they have a long way to go in the charisma department that compels the casual observer to watch them race on Sundays.

Six hours may sound like a long time to sit down and watch a race, but by the end you'll be wondering where all the time went — and wishing for more.

After lunchWinkfield goes to the races, at 2 o'clock in the summer, at 1 o'clock in thefall, to watch through a pair of battered binoculars while his horses run andjump at Long - champ or Saint - Cloud or Le Tremblay, at Fontainebleau or Compi √ ® gneor Enghien or right next door at Maisons - Laffitte, wherever a race meet isunder way around Paris.

Big league baseball is no longer a novelty, but still the throngs spill into Los Angeles» Coliseum to watch the pennant race in the game's strangest but most exciting setting

SigvarisIf you've been at a road race recently or watched Pro's like Chris Solinksy or Paula Radcliffe race, you might have noticed the extremely long compression socks that are seemingly popping up everywhere.

One of the great beasts of Parliament will retire in 2020 — Ken Clarke's memoirs Kind of Blue (Macmillan), reflects his commitment to politics, his long ministerial experience, and a wide hinterland of good wine, brandy, cigars, jazz, port, bird watching and motor racing.

The Haber - Martins race on Long Island is one of a handful of contested contests taking place across the state that are being closely watched as the Democrats and Republicans battle it out in a re-match for control of the Senate.

Perhaps the state's most watched race is on Long Island, where voters will choose a successor to the Suffolk County executive, Steve Levy, a Democrat - turned - Republican who abruptly quit his bid for a third term this year in a deal to end a criminal investigation of his political fund - raising.

The race, one of the most closely watched nationwide last night, drew a lot of media exposure due to a long - running feud between Velazquez and Brooklyn political boss Vito Lopez.

Two Republican Senate candidates running in closely watched Long Island battleground races failed to qualify for the Tax Revolt ballot line — providing new fodder for their Democratic opponents.

Ohio, where Democratic voters in 2004 complained that long lines in their neighborhoods kept them from voting, and Pennsylvania are two states with major races where the voting process will be closely watched on November 7.

Wow how long as it taking me to watch this movie, hmm to long.For anyone who loves motorsports will enjoy this classic mockumantary about the worlds most famous race.Yes its dated but is a throw back to the days when racing was suicide with on limts.I've been to le mans a few times now and yes the race circuit as been updated.

One of the more frustrating aspects of the seemingly year - long awards season is watching pundits and prognosticators remain largely oblivious to their role in shaping the Oscar race.

The scene we watch them film today, as they enter the last week of principle photography, involves Lin Shaye, reprising her role of Elise, as she and Quinn (played by Stefanie Scott) race down a long, Gothic hallway as they try to escape the film's demon.

My colleagues at the website Hammer to Nail (where I am lead film critic) have watched the narratives Lemon (a meditation on race and gender starring Michael Cera and Nia Long), Person to Person (a dreamy murder mystery, also with Michael Cera) and the aforementioned Sylvio (based on a popular series of short videos from the «Simply Sylvio» Vine account), and praised them, so I am eager to check them out, myself.

If you're tired of watching real, live people drive race cars, you won't have to suffer much longer.

By Barry Carter / «The Morgans time forgot» — Two survivors of the three - wheelers exported to Australia are described by Dennis Harrison / Archers of Dunmow — In the first of a series of articles on restoration and technical subjects David Hawtin writes about this long - established restoration workshop / 1909 Sizaire - Naudin — The brothers Sizaire and Louis Naudin produced a variety of cars including the example described here by Douglas Ormrod / MG Picnic at Brookiands — Malcolm Green reports on the well - attended picnic for MG enthusiasts in support of the Brookiands Appeal / The English - bodied Stutz — The popularity of Stutz cars in this country in the late 20s is explained by Michael Worthington - Williams / 1929 Stutz straight - eight — The Editor drives a Lancefield - bodied type M in this month's Excursion / Pre-war racing at Donington — Robert Heelis recalls watching motor racing at the Midlands circuit when he was a boy / VSCC Welsh Trial — In his Diary of a dilettante Tom Threlfall reports on this year's Welsh Trial / Rallye des Ancetres — Malcolm Elder tells us how much he enjoyed taking part in this French rally.

Various staff members wrench on Mazda Miatas, race hulking Mercedes - Benz SUVs on ice (it was a long winter, we got cabin fever), and wake up very early on Sundays to watch Formula 1 races live.

If you're a racing fan who played the NASCAR series doing the «full» experience, it's akin to some of those races that take as long as they do watching them on TV.

When the deal was announced, talk was about video boards that can scan viewers» faces to determine age range, gender, race, how long that person watched the board, and potentially their mood.

The watch and its app can also give you advanced workouts via voice prompts, a «race predictor» that suggests how long it'll take you to run 5K, 10K and a marathon.

Let's just now wait and watch who will be the long runner of this race.

Cliff Hyra, the long - shot Libertarian candidate in this year's closely watched race for Virginia governor, knows of at least two people who are bullish about his chances on Election Day.

-- Sun Tzu Ever watch a long - distance bike race or Olympic marathon on TV?