Sentences with phrase «world holds its breath»

The summer of 1976, and the world holds its breath as a hostage crisis unfolds at Entebbe airport, Uganda.

In 2008, the world held its breath as the worst financial crisis unfolded.

While the two technology giants slugged it out over contentious issues such as You Tube, the common man from gadgets world held his breath.

While the whole world held its breath, waiting for Apple's much awaited entry into Tablet computing, there is curiosity and excitement building up with another product from Microsoft — the Courier — that is already being touted as the next wonder device to hit us.

The world holds it breath as deliberation over the ban continues, but everyone can help save these innocent dogs.

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When Vainglory launched three years ago, game makers around the world held their breath.

Not exact matches

In the past three years, Guinness has seen world - record attempts spike 250 percent, but it's not because of crazy individuals growing out their fingernails or holding their breath.

While the world was holding its breath for the birth of the royal baby earlier this week, some businesses were counting on Prince William and wife Kate Middleton's bundle of joy to bring them bundles of cash.

Stop holding your breath, hiding your gifts, ducking your head, dulling your roar, distracting your soul, stilling your hands, quieting your voice, dulling your mind, satiating your hunger with the lesser things of this world.

A top DM and a world class striker would be a sublime addition, but I am not holding my breath for that.

Don't hold your breath he won't be scoring that many, but hope he has a great season and a great World Cup if wales qualify.

Lungs heaving to catch a breath, the entire world beneath her, holding her up.

Babies come to the world with the ability to hold their breath and open their eyes when placed underwater.

Consequently, Catling isn't holding his breath for Webb to find an anoxic biosphere on some red dwarf world.

Fort Worth Zoo Biologist and TSA President Rick Hudson said, «The conservation world will once again be holding its collective breath until we know if this was successful.

At 1:31 a.m. EDT Monday, 6 August, the world will be holding its collective breath, waiting to hear that NASA's latest and greatest Mars rover has safely landed.

In comparison, average people might be able to stay underwater for one to two minutes, and world - class free divers can hold their breath in competitive settings for up to three or close to four and a half minutes.

Floating motionless atop a tank of water in 2009, French diver Stéphane Mifsud claimed a world record for static apnea (stationary breath holding) of 11 minutes and 35 seconds.

«This is a nice paper, and it's timely — the world is holding its breath for the [World] Cup,» says Alessandro Vespignani, an equally soccer - smitten computational scientist at Indiana University in Bloominworld is holding its breath for the [World] Cup,» says Alessandro Vespignani, an equally soccer - smitten computational scientist at Indiana University in BloominWorld] Cup,» says Alessandro Vespignani, an equally soccer - smitten computational scientist at Indiana University in Bloomington.

THE world of breath - hold diving has a new champion.

But then, dolphins hold their breath only for about 10 minutes underwater, while Severinsen has twice held his for longer than 20, including one hold that lasted 22 minutes (he holds the Guinness World Record for that one).

With his ability to hold his breath underwater, you could be forgiven for thinking that four - time World Freediving Champion Stig Severinsen is part dolphin.

The world of right thinking people held their breath as Steven Spielberg took the reigns of a movie focussing on the Holocaust, however, rather than resembling The Producers, Schindler's List is a masterpiece and seminal Holocaust movie.

But who told the world to hold its breath earlier this month, awaiting the latest word on who had edged ahead in the Iowa caucuses?

Jason Clarke, sporting his native Aussie accent (not seen other Hollywood Blockbusters such as Zero Dark Thirty or Dawn of Planet of the Apes) accompanies a great cast, including Jake Gyllenhaal, John Hawkes, Michael Kelley, Josh Brolin and Sam Worthington up the side of the worlds tallest peak, while their wives, most prominently Keira Knightley (also, possibly Emily Watson and Robin Wright who are also in the cast) hold their breath and cry on the other end of a telephone.

The world is practically being torn apart, and the Earth is holding its breath!

Once every two years, the world of K — 12 education holds its collective breath as it awaits the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often referred to as the Nation's Report Card.

People think that the world starts holding its breath the moment the iPhone comes out.

For the moment, the world stands still, holding its breath once again.

It is like the song says «waiting for the world to change», don't hold your breath.

While the world is holding its breath waiting for the 2018 Mercedes - Benz G - Class, a digital artist turned the current G into something that looks...

While the world is holding its breath waiting for the 2018 Mercedes - Benz G - Class, a digital artist turned the current G into something that looks like a bet out of hell.

«It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet,» Gizmodo wrote.

It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet.

Don't hold your breath for your local Wally World to stock new models like Kindle Fire HD or the Kindle Paperwhite either — it seems Walmart is making a clean break here.

Since this is Michigan, puppy mill state of the world, I \'m not holding my breath.

As the American bailout gets underway, Europe stands on the precipice and the world holds its collective breath, it may not seem like the most auspicious time to head out... Read More...

Everybody has those iconic vacation photos posing by major attractions the world over — jumping in front of a famous sky - high landmark, balancing in tree pose on a mountain, or a view - from - the - top cityscape that makes you hold your breath.

While it will not be quite as vast as open world games, I can't wait to explore the wreckage as we hold our collective breath while playing this thrilling game.

- Link doesn't have much of a character in this game - they wanted players to relate to Link and play as themselves - Link's face doesn't have much expression in this game, and that was done on purpose - for Zelda games, the devs always try to make the player feel like Link - that was pushed even moreso for this entry - everytime a Zelda releases, Aonuma watches fan feedback and considers that for the future - the items Link uses to solve are always going to be important - regardless of the tech that Nintendo provides, exploration in the series is important - Link's growth through who he meets is also an important element of the franchise - Aonuma thought about Zelda freedom when considering Breath of the Wild, and was brought back to the days of the original Zelda - this was a big point of inspiration for Breath of the Wild - with Ocarina of Time 3D, Nintendo wanted to really utilize the 3D and had a desire to let players enjoy Ocarina of Time outside - the goal with A Link to the Past was creating more depth - Aonuma used to think that getting lost in a 3D world wasn't okay - this lead Aonuma to putting in tons of hints and guiding players - he has since changed that idea and convinced himself that it's okay to get lost - the first two years of development the devs created a game where just running around was fun - climbing is very important, because players can climb high and see destinations they want to visit - you can place your own markers to decide where you want to go - when the devs create a Zelda title, they consider not using the name Link - since they don't have anything else to go with, they choose Link - the name Link doesn't hold much value, since the player is the one creating the journey - when Nintendo first created Link, they wanted a character that is literally the link between people - that is why his name is Link - to think that the Zelda series has been around so long that there are all sorts of urban legends and myths makes Miyamoto really happy

So slip on your jersey, hold your breath, and head to the starting line of the most epic motorcycle race in the world.

Screengrab via Nintendo / YouTube Before Breath of the Wild, Xenoblade held the top spot among open world action RPGs for the Wii U.

This game has held me in open world paralysis longer than Horizon or Breath of the Wild before it, so it's a shame that it doesn't have the brilliant, bombastic narrative moments found in those games.

Honestly, all snark aside, I know / teach some youngsters who grew up in a «post-piracy» world (to the extent that they've grown up with things like the VC, Steam, and Netflix in the 00s, so downloading ROMs or TV shows or whatever doesn't hold enough allure / necessity to overcome wariness of getting in trouble or guilt about breaking copyright laws), but who have engaged with the fandom, talk of the game in hushed tones, and have been waiting with bated breath to play it.

The proposal is up for discussion next month, and the German art world is holding its breath while Baselitz was the first to speak up through his actions.

This short but impressive film takes us briefly into the world of freediving, where divers rely on their ability to hold their breath, rather than using equipment.

If you're looking to ditch Apple's ecosystem for an entirely new world, don't hold your breath.

At the stroke of midnight, January 2000, the world held its collective breath, convinced that business and commerce as we knew it would be forever blown to bits by a wily little computer bug.