Sentences with phrase «within hailing distance»

China still holds the dubious distinction of redefining «kicking someone when they're down» for its policy of charging a condemned prisoner's family for the bullet to kill him, but when a defendant has to pay, as he does in some states, for the cost of the prosecutor who calls on a jury to give him the death sentence, we're within hailing distance of Chinese policy.

Kustow was always a cardinal, never a pope — except for the period from 1967 to 1970 when he successfully ran the Institute of Contemporary Arts, which moved into its magnificent new home on the Mall, within hailing distance of Buckingham Palace.

Our comparison begins with a broad selection of compact sedans, which we define as five - passenger, four - door vehicles priced within hailing distance of $ 20,000.

Director Len Wiseman is good on action, and Patrick Tatopoulus's dystopic production design is within hailing distance of «Blade Runner,» his chief influence.

None of these monsters — and I've cited only a fraction of the full repertory — ever comes within hailing distance of a recognizable human; this caricaturing gives John Turturro an enjoyable turn as a vain Mexican bowler (who has practically nothing to do with the plot), but it shortchanges Steve Buscemi, who plays another bowling buddy of the Dude's, a relatively important character we're supposed to care about but mainly don't.

Following the command of the family's heraldic motto, an aging Oregon rancher named John Day has overcome middle - age erosion to set speed records on mountains, bag big game in Alaska and come within hailing distance, or at least so he hopes, of a place on a U.S. Olympic ski team

He's trailed by Ricky Barnes, who is at 7 - under, and a six - man pack at 6 - under, including K.J. Choi and Steve Stricker, who has won this tournament three straight times and finds himself within hailing distance of a four - peat after 18 holes.

They now have 500,000 more members than the United Church of Christ and are within hailing distance of faltering Episcopalians and Presbyterians.

This process is no longer even within hailing distance of the Enlightenment quest for both universalism and individualism in one rationally coherent world, and for a nonprovincial theology and morality.

For better or worse, the elaborate investigation of, for instance, the connections between St. Paul's teaching on justification and the criminal justice system will be totally inaccessible» and, if accessible, implausible» to anyone within hailing distance of policy discussions about crime and punishment.

Not exact matches

For now on all TV evangelists must be within striking distance of a cobra while preaching hail and brimstone.

Or maybe you'd only like to date someone who lives within a certain distance parameter (EliteSingles members hail from all over Australia, from the beautiful Sunshine Coast to downtown Melbourne and everywhere in between!)