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"precipice" Definitions
  1. a very steep side of a high cliff, mountain or rock

838 Sentences With "precipice"

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"I wouldn't say we're on the precipice, but the job is to get to the precipice but not over the edge," Neal said.
Its reputation as an innovator is teetering on a precipice.
" Caterpillar: "CAT is at the precipice of a breakout here.
Alas, she was on the precipice of having a baby.
We are not on the immediate precipice of this happening.
But today the Omo is a region on the precipice.
"It could send people over a financial precipice," she said.
Are her caretakers faltering on the precipice of nervous exhaustion?
I'm speaking here of war with Iran, our current precipice.
"We are at a precipice," Mayor Ras J. Baraka said.
President Trump and the American people stand on a precipice.
The country is without doubt on the precipice of disaster.
We seemed to be on the precipice of orgy territory.
" Macron believes Europe stands on "the edge of a precipice.
For Schrager, Times Square is on the precipice of transformation.
Whirling arpeggios set it into frantic motion, careening towards a precipice.
Especially this week, on the precipice of my half-century mark.
Are we on the precipice of the most interesting collab ever?
He is putting our country on the precipice of a war.
We are always at the precipice of violence, death, and mayhem.
Yet 2017 felt like health care was balancing on a precipice.
That change has now placed the United States on a precipice.
"The UK's aerospace sector now stands at the precipice," he said.
We're on the precipice of a Mercury retrograde, by the way.
Twenty years in, but on the precipice of a new day.
Iraqi politics sometimes goes to the precipice only to pull back.
"We're on the precipice of a large sell-off," he said.
But just at the precipice of extra innings, Realmuto ended it.
But the President has only pushed them closer to the precipice.
Now here we are at the precipice of a new decade.
The country now stands on the edge of a recession precipice.
Today we stand on the precipice of further violence and escalation.
Under the cover of fog, the Kurds battle ISIS On the precipice The Kurdish issue in Turkey stands on the precipice of becoming an international problem, involving all sorts of nefarious actors from the Syrian civil war.
Lennon is on the precipice of having the world as his oyster.
A last-ditch effort to retrieve his personal brand from a precipice.
Flint was a city on the precipice long before its water crisis.
Now, Trump has brought Pence out on a political precipice with him.
And we may get through that precipice, get to the other side.
What caused the game industry to charge so recklessly toward this precipice?
With Wanderers seemingly hurtling toward the precipice, the fans needed a voice.
The old continent is "on the edge of a precipice", he warns.
Europe is "on the edge of a precipice," Macron told the Economist.
"We're standing on the precipice of a post-antibiotic era," Quave says.
And I think the market is on the precipice of significant change.
Their brands are on the precipice of significant value and opportunity loss.
And so, hanging limply just over this final precipice, come the cockwombles.
Did they really believe they were on the precipice of a deal?
He fell into the few feet of sloping weeds atop the precipice.
Making the argument that we're at a precipice with the news business.
"Rakhine State is on the precipice of a humanitarian disaster," she added.
So now we stand once again on the edge of the precipice.
Now that relationship appears to be on the precipice of breaking apart.
"The United Kingdom's aerospace sector now stands at the precipice," warned Enders.
Britain's leaders seem determined to drag their people over a Brexit precipice.
I really believe that we're on the precipice of something really cool.
Arya once danced around the precipice of being No One before turning back.
Ms. Bullock has arrived at the precipice of an important but unconventional career.
"We're on the precipice of major mobility change in this city," said Nicholas.
As of this moment, they both feel like they're hanging on the precipice.
But for the financial system, they are a step away from the precipice.
Right now, we're on the precipice of a new paradigm for console releases.
But he acknowledged Trump's own actions might be propelling Washington toward a precipice.
Now they're on the precipice of becoming part of business big and small.
I've seen firsthand fellow aid workers reach the precipice and it's not pretty.
Potential is an album that feels like it's on the precipice of something.
In the fallout from that incident, Janine teeters on the precipice of sanity.
Andreessen argued that the economy was on the precipice of a software evolution.
Venezuela's pursuit of the Bolivarian revolution has taken the country over a precipice.
The Supreme Court seems on the precipice of making the same mistake again.
We are on the precipice of great progress, and optimism is indeed warranted.
I'm really interested in transformation — especially what I call the precipice of transformation.
And the industry finally seems poised at the precipice of a next phase.
His death — and life — took place on the precipice of extraordinary medical discovery.
But she has had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, from the precipice.
NEDIM BAZDARLondon Europe "is on the edge of a precipice," says Mr Macron.
Mike Bloomberg is also on the precipice of qualifying for the Nevada debate.
A year of Trump and the world has not veered off a precipice.
She's right there, standing on the precipice, looking over the edge into an abyss.
Are we living in 1968, on the precipice of more violence, assassinations, disruption, unrest?
Rather, he is on the precipice of becoming what Mr. Robot calls a leader.
It opens when they are at the precipice of womanhood, halfway through the book.
His grades turned poor, teetering on the precipice of failure in nearly every subject.
More recently, augmented reality has seemed on the precipice of a huge jump forward.
It brings you to the precipice of all your fears and all your hopes.
Rather, they must serve as urgent reminders that we are standing at a precipice.
Even Madeline is on the precipice of losing the life she's so meticulously created.
Hinton's standing at the edge of a precipice alongside all of his Potential collaborators.
For many, it feels like the industry is on the precipice of serious change.
But a series of phenomena have left us on the edge of a precipice.
This week, Emmanuel Macron warns that Europe is "on the edge of a precipice".
The country has not often inched up to this precipice, and for good reason.
What if the archaeological imagination pulled us all back from the precipice of amnesia?
But now, Pompeo (and Bolton) is on the precipice of holding even more power.
Funded through donations, this haven for dogs is always on the precipice of collapse.
He walked right out on the precipice, grabbed hold of the dial, and beeeeuuuuuuuuhhhmmmm.
I happen to think that the NFL is already over the precipice, and falling.
Now, having made their points, both seem willing to back away from the precipice.
My friends, we are about tip over the precipice of spring and into summer.
Maybe we should pause, take a deep breath, and step back from the precipice.
A prime minister on the precipice, fallout at Facebook and a record art sale.
Not a bad metaphor for our present position on the precipice of human existence.
What precipice will we go over if we fail to hail his every move?
The two investors were on the precipice of a nearly six-decade long friendship.
Bloomberg is, however, on the precipice of making the stage in Nevada next week.
I believe, however, that the Europeans will eventually step back from the precipice of disunion.
And we&aposre just at the precipice of the biggest scandal in modern political history.
A thrilling allegory set on the precipice of an increasingly dark stretch of modern history.
You know that feeling you get when you stand at the edge of a precipice?
But at Baa210/BBB+/BBB-, Pemex today is teetering on the precipice of junk status.
The fact is, Richard Lane's life was careering toward a precipice, one he didn't foresee.
In fact, I had been right on the precipice of that decision for some time.
Now the team is on the precipice of winning its first national title since 1985.
Now they are back at the precipice, poised for a celebration decades in the making.
"We're dancing toward a precipice because we don't know what else to do," he said.
Today, the world is on the precipice of its third major revolution: The digital revolution.
Everything feels like it's on the precipice, like everything could fall apart at any second.
I felt like I was living on the precipice of an evolutionary leap in history.
The news was a welcome shock to a world on the precipice of destabilizing change.
A Neo-Cold War was on the precipice of boiling over into a hot one.
Mr. Bloomberg is on the precipice of joining the herd of Democrats running for president.
"We are at the doorstep, the precipice of winning a World Series, absolutely," he said.
"We are standing on the precipice, hanging on the edge of a recession," Scott says.
Rather than hurl herself off a precipice, she wanted to Skype with her boyfriend, David.
Two years later, Cook is on the precipice of becoming the Seminoles' career rushing leader.
We stand at the precipice, staring into an abyss that grows darker by the day.
Portland's Regional Regranting program, the Precipice Fund, provided the necessary support to open their doors.
Are we on the edge of a precipice and it's just going to get worse?
Habitats destroyed for palm oil There are several primate species already on the precipice of extinction.
Some race into the abyss of oblivion, and even the healthy are inching toward the precipice.
Let's be real: the likelihood of anyone actually sleeping on a terrifying precipice is pretty slim.
Wrenching our brains back from the perpetual precipice of misery will have to be on us.
"Kate and I are both on the precipice of incredible times in our lives," she explains.
They're living in a world that doesn't fully comprehend how close to the precipice it is.
"We are on the precipice of the most transitional point in Roloff family history," Matt admits.
As Coombs peered over the precipice, trying to help his friend, he fell to his death.
Every single Republican in the Senate is responsible for the fact that we've reached this precipice.
This — tugging her bid to the precipice of history, four days out — is a new one.
And as 2019 comes to an end, Saweetie's on the precipice of becoming a household name.
There is little doubt humanity is on the precipice of massive change in how we work.
It's an image of Ms. Winner on the precipice between regular young woman and accused felon.
I stood on the precipice of each new year with my checklist of resolutions in hand.
He has led No. 5 Oklahoma (11-1) to the precipice of a Big 12 championship.
I was left wondering, though, if my actions had brought him to the precipice of surgery.
Despite the dire headlines, there are still opportunities to bring the world back from the precipice.
The advocacy of free market principles is even on the precipice of being deemed hate speech.
Standing on the precipice of an extremely preventable public health crisis, state governments are taking action.
Ever since then, Diana Wynne Jones has teetered on the precipice of becoming a household name.
Now that he is about to be president, we are closer to the long-feared precipice.
This precipice allowed the artist to play with his favorite elements: light, shadow, water, and vegetation.
Eovaldi, who at the time of the trade was lingering on the precipice between Triple-A and the majors, has so far failed to capitalize on his fastball, and now lingers at a different precipice: that between the New York Yankees' subpar rotation and the bullpen.
" He added: "We're on the precipice of a constitutional showdown between two branches of our federal government.
In the film, Moss is Becky Something, a grunge-band frontwoman on the precipice of career downfall.
A totally baseless prediction: I think we're on the precipice of "a moment" for tulip corn dogs.
I can feel everything poised upon a precipice, like perching at the edge of a diving board.
We met at this point in our lives, we're both on this precipice of change and growth.
Uzo Aduba certainly remembers the feeling of being on the precipice of the rest of your life.
By listening to "Keep It A Secret," we are reminded of the precipice Simon is standing on.
The stacks look like small shrines to mountain solitude, carefully balanced at the edge of a precipice.
Our country is at the precipice of one of the most consequential presidential elections in modern history.
However, my eyes were firmly on Diane (Marsai Martin) who is on the precipice of something great.
But others have taken off and have changed lives and I think graphene is at that precipice.
Martha Wash was on the precipice of making history as a music industry pioneer in July 1990.
Now, here we are in 2016, on the precipice of virtual reality becoming a true mainstream trend.
Let them lead us away from the precipice of extremism and hate, and toward our better angels.
"A series of phenomena have left us on the edge of a precipice," the French president noted.
Fiscal mismanagement in San Juan and political inequality in Washington have pushed Puerto Rico to the precipice.
Here they were, on the precipice of musical history, and they had fallen off it, into love.
Why does watching it feel, at times, as if you're standing at the edge of a precipice?
We ended up in the Grand Canyon and had someone take our picture on a crazy precipice.
Getting into college is one thing, but experiencing college at the precipice of financial insolvency is another.
"We're right at the precipice of where they wonder if it is worth staying open," Ader said.
Before Justice Scalia died, the court was on the precipice of violating precedent again with Friedrichs v.
Ethiopia today is on the precipice of state failure and faces the abyss of interethnic civil war.
We're always on the precipice, but as long as we have this we have to use it.
Tech is on the precipice, they have some of the highest approval ratings any industry has had.
I see it as sort of the precipice of life and voice and story that's finally my own.
We're on the precipice of summer, which means that lobster roll season will soon be in full swing.
We are on the precipice of many more discoveries, which could shake up our understanding of the universe.
Diablo 3 is set in the fantasy world of Sanctuary, standing on the precipice of a demonic invasion.
"Kate and I are both on the precipice of incredible times in our lives," she said last month.
As per usual, when we're on the precipice of trying out a trend, we turn to the experts.
But for those for whom living on the precipice is the only way, what is life without risk?
The United States is not, as many feared, on the precipice of becoming Hungary or Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Going into Thursday's Democratic primaries, New York's political machine felt like it was on some sort of precipice.
They won the Can-Am title in 29 and stood at the precipice of another championship this year.
But standing on the precipice of a sprawling, untapped hockey market, the club could have a lasting impact.
Give them an emotional precipice to jump from, and they'll soar through the air and stick the landing.
"The UK's aerospace sector now stands at the precipice," Enders said in a video released on Airbus' website.
Life without wages: Some federal employees around the country, especially lower wage workers, describe a precipice without paychecks.
It turned out, however, that staring into the precipice pushed leaders in both countries to look for solutions.
But "it appears we're at the precipice of what the market will bear" on cost-sharing, Jennings says.
Hearts sank when Donn's footprints disappeared at the edge of a sheer 22014-foot precipice called Saddle Slip.
There is no contradiction between having the best possible life and living on the edge of a precipice.
" Trump's win, the New York Times editorial board intoned, "has now placed the United States on a precipice.
"Balanced on this precipice we could blow open eternity," Maggie thinks as she and James consider having sex.
Two other candidates are on the precipice of qualifying for the December debate: Tulsi Gabbard and Andrew Yang.
Maybe it's being on that precipice that prompted our nostalgic pick for favorite tech gadget of the year.
The end result: The US and Iran are either at the precipice of war -- or already at war.
Before Congress leaps off the precipice of repeal, Americans have the right to ask, "Where will we land?"
Schumer predicted that the country is on the "precipice of great change" on the issue of gun safety.
"I am standing in front of a precipice into which I may fall," we hear in voice-over.
Trump's protectionist trade policies have brought much of the rest of the world to the precipice of recession.
This was the fourth time in the last two years that I would approach the precipice of death.
Images that would have been extremely confrontational even 20 years ago now stand on the precipice of normalization.
She's writing a memoir on America's behalf, attempting to trace the steps that got us to this precipice.
As we approach another precipice with these November 6 midterm elections, it's anyone's guess how the country will vote.
As Kit is on the precipice of death, the Colonies' resident rabbi facilitates an impromptu, tear-filled marriage ceremony.
Credit is on the precipice of an exponential leap in innovation, which will reshape the world of financial inclusion.
I grew up on that slippery precipice of poverty in Baltimore and the Bronx in the 1980s and 90s.
Here's how we got so close to the precipice, and why the situation is still not entirely under control.
Those words refer not only to this list, but also to the precipice n on which we find ourselves.
"The UK's aerospace sector now stands at the precipice," Enders said in a video released on Airbus' website. bit.
The Trump administration is on the precipice of making a major – and little-noticed – mistake in its foreign policy.
That realization provides a glimpse into how we find ourselves here at the precipice of President-elect Trump's America.
For 101 years, Niagara Falls' attractions have included the wreck of a dredging scow stuck just above its precipice.
For months, he said, he has had the phrase "Dancing to the Precipice" in the back of his mind.
Hiking on the edge of a 30-foot precipice with a canoe on your head is an interesting challenge.
Cunningham was in Big Spring, a West Texas town on the precipice of an oil boom; not its first.
Still, having peered over the precipice of natural catastrophe and social disorder, others have found reasons to be hopeful.
She captures a New York art world on the cusp — or the precipice — of extraordinary celebrity and extravagant prices.
That one brought world economies to the precipice and wiped out Lehman Brothers and a raft of troubled banks.
We watch it flatten railroad bandits and cushion her when she plunges down the side of a rocky precipice.
Danielle Burnett, 29, was trying to reach the summit of the precipice, officials at the California national park said.
But three more, including Yang, are on the precipice of qualifying, with a week and a half to go.
Home to seven main tribes, the Omo region in the southwestern corner of Ethiopia is now on the precipice.
In any prior administration, words such as these from the American President would place us at the precipice of war.
Last, climbers suspended by ropes hurl axes into the precipice to hoist themselves up glacial pillars and bright blue curtains.
Spring has sprung, which means we are on the precipice of some really good television and movies, especially on Netflix.
A repurposing of the original DIY ethos into, essentially, this guy: So we stand on a precipice waiting to drop.
We might have been on the precipice of failure, but we still managed to laugh and have a good time.
Also, your boss is on the precipice of sinking us in another costly, human rights catastrophe in the Middle East.
Whether the women of Fox will be able to walk the company back from the precipice is an open question.
In either case, dining means better odds of extinguishing a fire or repairing a ship on the precipice of obliteration.
J.K. Rowling rose from the precipice of despair and kept writing herself all the way to the intergalactic bestseller list.
In some cases, administrations came back to such a policy only after misunderstanding and miscalculation brought them near the precipice.
By itself, no single escalation to date would put Iran on the precipice of a bomb without appreciable advance warning.
May's deal by then, the European Union pushed the precipice back to April 12, to allow her to try again.
"We're on the precipice of very significant changes within the company," said Jeffrey Foland, a Hertz senior executive vice president.
It took us back from the military precipice and it achieved its goal of reducing the nuclear threat from Iran.
Inside the opening was a striking sight: a huge, almost spherical bundle of twigs and branches, balanced on a precipice.
Matt and Nora are standing on that precipice, looking down at the machine that might take her to another world.
By 2015, Assad's regime was on the precipice of collapse, losing territory to ISIS and the anti-government militias simultaneously.
Some see evidence that the downside of deficits is greatly overstated; others say the country just hasn't reached the precipice.
And it is from this precipice that I am reminded of everything I did not do during the 2016 election.
It appears Kavanaugh will likely be confirmed Saturday by the same vote, putting him on the precipice of the court.
And then there's Hedlund's distractingly odd performance, one that pushes his character from inarticulate to the precipice of slow-witted.
However, that's starting to change, and we could be at the precipice of a shift in how software is designed.
The new stream of evidence underscores the precarious position lawmakers find themselves in on the precipice of the Senate trial.
By the end of this year, though, the two companies will be on the precipice of sending humans into space.
SO WE ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OF SAYING WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ONE OF THE GREAT ATHLETIC BRANDS.
Back then, the world was on the precipice of economic ruin and the US was stuck in two failed wars.
It is hard to make a macro call that suggests the world is on the precipice of such a tumultuous period.
They were teens themselves, unlike many of the old-dude "boy" bands of yore who would have faltered on this precipice.
Frase argues that we're on the precipice of four ways of dealing with resources and technology: These are not new ideas.
The Cherokee Nation is currently on the precipice of a court case decision that could have devastating consequences to our tribe.
Now the art sphere is on the precipice of much needed disruption, much like the music industry was a decade ago.
RELATED: GOP on the precipice "I actually believe that for the most part he's a fascist," Stipanovich told CNN's John Berman.
"We are probably on the precipice of a brand new relationship with the Chinese," Warsh said in a "Squawk Box" interview.
She instills the whole thing with a nervous kind of joy—hovering on the precipice with a smile on her face.
MORE did in the face of the Ebola crisis in order to stop the descent of South Sudan into the precipice.
And we damn near went broke and we hovered on the edge of a precipice for about three or four years.
Our country is currently at an economic precipice, and if small business growth isn't a top priority, all Americans will lose.
It can be argued that the Republican Party was on the precipice of obliteration for being archaic and out-of-touch.
While a giant swath of the nation is facing life-threatening emergency conditions, Congress and the president stand at a precipice.
France's military and financial support for the American colonies had further sunk its own economy, bringing its government to the precipice.
Martell made it his mission to bring the breed back from the precipice but found it hard to track any down.
This is important right now, as it feels as though we might be on the precipice of nuclear annihilation once again.
With millions of Americans living with severe pain, there must be a frightening number of people on the precipice of life.
But they put the Parr house on a precipice, "so that it looked like a rocket taking off," Mr. Eggleston said.
He said they had pushed Catalans "to the brink of a precipice" by encouraging them to vote in an illegal referendum.
The debt is more crushing than before; the schools haven't pulled back from the precipice they were on five years ago.
As we stand on the precipice of psychedelic treatments, there's now a growing recognition that the therapist part has been neglected.
Had Mr. Hernandez stayed on that track, he may have avoided the precipice on which his career — and life — now balances.
He seems perpetually on the precipice of pulling the argument together, sparking just enough curiosity that you let him keep going.
Could the announcement be a genuine gesture aimed at reconciliation and pull the country back from the precipice of civil war?
We feel their sense of precipice; we know exactly what it's like to no longer be able to picture the future.
However, as so many of these "leaders" are scientifically illiterate, they are incapable of understanding the precipice that we are approaching.
"The UK's aerospace sector now stands at the precipice," Enders said in a video message shared by the company Thursday morning.
For all the obvious imbalances in their relationship, the pair meets at a moment when they're both stuttering at a precipice.
"We're on the edge of the precipice," said Nancy Kindler, 303, of Epping, echoing the words of Mr. Cruz, whom she supports.
This takes it a few steps further and brings you to a precipice that looks a lot like Spike Jonze's film Her.
DeWanda Wise was on the precipice of another peak in her decade-long acting career when we spoke over dinner last fall.
We've been here before, on the precipice of freeing ourselves from messy, dangling bits, only to return to them again and again.
As Hauser says: "We're still in infancy at the precipice of a new business which other industrialized countries have had for decades."
" Now, Mr. Moretti said, "He gets to stand up at the edge of the precipice and start pointing — 'Go there, go there.
That's because Facebook finally launched its Oculus Rift headset and HTC/Valve are on the precipice of launching their Vive VR system.
Her life means so much to so many people, and now we are finally on the precipice of biopic about her life.
"I am concerned we are on the precipice of a policy mistake," Bullard told reporters after an event in Little Rock, Ark.
And with the loathed Betsy DeVos helming the Department of Education, the future of public education seems to tremble on a precipice.
Kershaw has never played on that stage, but he dragged the Dodgers to the precipice by making this division series his own.
We're very, very much on this precipice of not just evil and neoliberal capitalism that we've been living in, but actually fascism.
Millennials are a unique generation caught in a faltering global economic system that has taken us to the precipice of climate change.
If your restaurant had an efficient way of cooking, Los Angeles dbots could raise you to the precipice of a global brand.
How fortunate, then, that our energy renaissance is helping provide both, and putting us on the precipice of being an energy superpower.
"We're getting to this precipice where we're not going to have enough people to do the grunt work," Gilson later told me.
Many technologists believe we are living at the precipice of an artificial-intelligence revolution that could vault humanity into a postwork future.
Many of the decade's best TV shows hovered on the precipice of a world about to plunge into utter despair and hopelessness.
A(nother) new Brexit precipice People seem to be running out of ways to describe how bad the Brexit mess is getting.
As the knight and his squire roam a countryside gripped with fear, Bergman ponders divine justice on the precipice of human oblivion.
Nothing much actually happens, but there is a restlessness, a tension that pushes nearly every moment toward an invisible precipice of violence.
With reports of sexual harassment now rolling in at regular intervals, it seems like maybe the Valley is on the precipice of shift.
California is also on the precipice of passing what internet freedom advocate Evan Greer described as the "gold standard" of net neutrality protection.
The precipice of Adams' body of work focuses on The Negro Motorist Green Book, first self-published by Victor Hugo Green in 1936.
Still, metals traders said they were cautious as the rally could mean the market is on the precipice of an equally steep reversal.
The market is finally calling OPEC's bluff, and will push the group to the precipice, as the pressure on them will become intense.
It's the resume of a performer seemingly at a precipice, either on his way to glorified character actor status, or leading man prestige.
California may lead the world in innovation, but it seems to always be on the precipice of disaster when it comes to infrastructure.
As my colleague Brian Beutler notes, Donald Trump's firing of James Comey places us on the precipice of a crisis of presidential legitimacy.
At the time of the iPhone and Android's arrival, the whole mobile industry was on the precipice of moving to bigger touchscreen displays.
We could be on the precipice of yet another great migration to the mainland, with many Puerto Ricans settling throughout the United States.
Suzuki has long since proved the skeptics wrong, but the early doubters certainly helped fuel his relentless drive to the precipice of 3,000.
U.S.-Russia bilateral relations are perhaps their worst since the early 1980s, when Washington and Moscow were on the precipice of nuclear war.
This week, as the country accepts opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi as winner of a disputed landmark election, the nation stands on a precipice.
But the EU is our biggest trading partner, and we appear to be headed toward a precipice with them no one stopping it.
"We are on the edge of a precipice," said Martin North, principal analyst for Digital Finance Analytics, an independent research and advisory firm.
I often feel like I'm on the precipice of a breakthrough, and become paralyzed by the fear that I'm making the wrong decisions.
Sim — a former literature professor at Northumbria University in England — sees this data as evidence that the West is teetering on a precipice.
The slow drip of issues with its aircraft damaged the airline financially, making it vulnerable and putting it on the precipice of collapse.
Here's my fantasy, my fondest hope for rescuing the Supreme Court from the precipice over which the current confirmation process is pushing it.
The big-bucks excitement over these companies' potential is the clearest signal possible that the industry is on the precipice of a transformation.
At this point, and in contrast with the administration's bombastic rhetoric, rapid action by the U.N. could pull us back from the precipice.
Those Americans don't believe Trump is on a mental precipice or that his frenzied, self-obsessed tweeting makes him unfit for the presidency.
"He will certainly be a hard act to follow, given that under his guidance he pulled Tesco back from the precipice," Hewson said.
America first, we hear, just like they said on the precipice of our entry into World War II: Let's worry about ourselves first.
"I think we are standing on the precipice of a really dark time," said Ilyse Hogue, the president of Naral Pro-Choice America.
We stand on a technological precipice, a tipping point, a time in human history that rivals the discovery of farming and the Industrial Revolution.
Like the rest of America, I'm watching as Trump stands on the precipice of what he hopes will be his next big personal success.
"Before the announcement firms were peering over the precipice," said Catherine McGuinness, in practice the political leader of the historic financial district's municipal body.
Several target dates for eradication have come and gone and Hopkins knows that even now, on the precipice of victory, a setback could happen.
With the launch of the Model 3, Tesla is on the precipice of a move from ambitious niche upstart to a mass market carmaker.
He saw his dad make the wrong decisions like clockwork, and he's on the precipice of his life going in a very bad direction.
While filming near Calgary, the cast and crew took a helicopter up to the precipice, at 10,000 feet and often filmed in -38° degrees.
"I think we're at a precipice, where the intentions of the Fed are well known," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at National Securities.
Nothing happened—on the precipice of making-out, we consciously decided to wait to take things to the next level until we were sober.
The main working dynamic here is the Precipice Rule, which says that sides will squawk, shout and threaten but back away before a cataclysm.
At the end of the day, even if the new tax cuts fail, the nation will be one day closer to the budget precipice.
Pakistan and India came closer to the precipice of war this week than they have in decades, and may have farther yet to go.
Played the right way, the historic lows of Democrat partisan composition in the legislature could very well be on the precipice of historic gains.
The glacier, which hangs over a precipice southeast of the mountain's summit, is over a kilometer square, and has been closely monitored since 2013.
Systems decay, institutions and landmarks we took for granted vanish, swept over a precipice: the Saturn brand, the Republican Party, the glaciers of Greenland.
Yet if later Bond movies slipped into camp before Daniel Craig rescued them, "Kingsman 2" seems to have arrived at that precipice somewhat prematurely.
Sterling has been "on a precipice since Sunday, since Theresa May and the March Brexit negotiations," said Sean Callow, senior currency strategist at Westpac.
He's pretty much scared the shit out of everyone in the world and we could be on the precipice of a World War III.
On "Doesn't matter," she sings about being at the precipice of an abyss, dealing with "suicidal thoughts," and questioning the cosmological origins of selfhood.
His return from the precipice during the primary process is starkly similar to two recent presidential campaigns, also by former notable senators in Congress.
From characters standing at the precipice of a sprawling mega-city to a journeyman in a molten landscape, the pieces seem to ooze story.
There are places where young Republicans who wish to pull their party back from the precipice are staying and are putting up a fight.
That's because the recovery — and the overall economy — has been wildly uneven since 2008, meaning that many Americans are living on a financial precipice.
In 1929, the stock market was edging towards a precipice that would lop off about 90% of its value and encompass the Great Depression.
The show ends on something of a precipice, with a group of "blackwares" initially exhibited in 1968 at the Quay Gallery in San Francisco.
We leave him at the precipice, with that realization that in the bliss of falling for someone else, you are more exposed than ever.
This music aims to convey fragility, teetering on the edge of a precipice; it thrashes and jitters around like a mechanical wind-up spider.
Balancing on this precipice between places can be awkward, but when people come together on these fringes it can also be a lot of fun.
I do find it funny that the robotics industry is on the precipice of two major breakthroughs: creating a sex robot and a killer robot.
Allman told Banfield investigators still have a number of questions about the crash, including whether everyone inside was alive when the vehicle hit the precipice.
Its eyes appeared to look down over the precipice and it used its forklift like a hand to gently tap the edge of the table.
This is where The Dragon Prince begins: tensions between the factions are high, and the world is on the precipice of an all-out war.
Now, Haiti is on the precipice again, because of a man-made disaster of dirty elections, an unsavory president and the threat of crippling instability.
The strongest moment comes at the very end, at the precipice of a decaying underground civilization — but we're not taken far enough to explore it.
Gaiman, who immigrated to this country from England, published American Gods during the dot-com boom, when America stood toes out over a cultural precipice.
Caron and Niles may not seem like they are on any real revolutionary rock music precipice but they are and they can make a difference.
Every conversation about real estate--and they were all, in some way or another, about real estate--slid off the grassy edge of its precipice.
The fact that it's on the precipice of debut now is less evidence of genius marketing than it is a kismet not even Warner Bros.
Indeed, we may be on the precipice of a period of great challenge to the rule of law given possible developments in the new year.
In a candid interview with The Economist this week, Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, warns that Europe is "on the edge of a precipice".
Bringing the pure, uncompromised Pied Piper into the world is a dream that nonetheless puts Richard on the precipice of a true, lasting, fatal disaster.
We are on the precipice of realizing a game-changing transformation in the relationship between car and driver and a reshaping of our transportation networks.
And with the passage of the OTC hearing bill just around the corner, we're on the precipice of major change for tech and for consumers.
This moment, and everything that came before it is pivotal for Monse, who's on the precipice of potentially leaving Freeridge and changing her life forever.
Or will Trump drag back his national security adviser and the other uber hawks from the precipice of their fondest, bloodiest desire — to attack Iran?
A looking glass foretellshow you are going to leave —by a miserable slow slog,a quick stroke or heart attack,or driving off a precipice.
How a Lutheran pastor's son, trained in classical philology, ended up on that precipice of brilliance and madness is the essential drama of Nietzsche's life.
On the China deal: A week ago, U.S. sources close to the China talks indicated they were on the precipice of a "Phase One" deal.
Both countries have previously signaled that negotiators were on the precipice of a significant pact, only to see those rounds of talks falter and collapse.
Still, Barrick CEO Mark Bristow warned this week that the industry is headed for a precipice and said he believes global gold production has peaked.
Still, Barrick CEO Mark Bristow warned this week that the industry is headed for a precipice and said he believes global gold production has peaked.
It's no surprise Michael Caine is pro-Brexit as he's already associated with a bus that takes everyone to the edge of a precipice. pic.twitter.
"This is a new era, and we are just at the precipice," said Dr. Gil Rabinovici, a neurologist at the University of California, San Francisco.
The ridicule of Davis became so pronounced that even smug circles, always on the precipice of self-reproach, began eventually to rein in the excess.
By the end of my second year teaching, I found myself in need of more support, unsure where to turn, and on the precipice of quitting.
That's where "Divided States" leaves viewers — on the precipice of a very uncertain future, after struggling through a past that seems just as riddled with uncertainty.
When the sexual assault reckoning hit Hollywood after the tremendous fall of Harvey Weinstein, it was clear the industry was on the precipice of a moment.
And here we are on the precipice of a new president, due to be inaugurated in 2017, not 2505 — and the satire doesn't seem so funny.
Normally you're not this big of a nerd, but hey, with a new Radiohead record at the precipice of release, everyone embraces their inner boring nerds.
"Anything right now that's uncertain with us on the precipice of having another child just stresses me out on another level," Brent, 33, tells husband Berkus.
The trip is not only occurring on the precipice of real, historical policy change, but it is a reminder of why that change is so important.
The individuals in Sneed's stories are standing tenuously on tiptoe at the precipice of irrevocable change, not yet having fallen off into scandal, crime, estrangement, insanity.
Now he is on the precipice of what could be a humiliating defeat in Florida, where it's possible he could fall behind Cruz, to third place.
The occasion marks the final year of the carefree trappings of adolescence, placing one squarely on the precipice of adulthood and a world of exhilarating changes.
For an instant she felt as though she had stepped off the edge of a precipice, and this was that barest moment before she plunged downward.
To some degree, their work was a move away from the precipice to which he had brought dance — and where his work remains: taxing, challenging, complex.
Neglect is everywhere: Subsiding hillside terraces are barren of cultivation, half-finished houses point rebar at the sky, unkempt shrines commemorate lives tipped over a precipice.
Maybe it's a symbolism thing: The end of summer means the end of childhood and innocence, so late summer leaves you right on the bittersweet precipice.
For nearly a decade, the two have danced on the edge of the escalatory precipice, deploying irregular forces along the narrow corridor of Syria's northern border.
And yet for the past 200 years the industry has been on the precipice of extinction, doomed in part by the popularity that helped create it.
As with the civil rights movement and countless other times in our nations' history, we once again find ourselves, as a nation, standing on a precipice.
The turkey pardon seems well suited to this president's zest for showmanship and his ability to teeter at all times on some precipice of unintentional comedy.
"We are now staring down the precipice," said Catherine McGuinness, policy chair at the City of London Corporation, which promotes the city as a financial hub.
" They said that the Cosby case had "pushed the criminal justice system of this Commonwealth, and the bedrock principles upon which it rests, to that precipice.
World leaders vowed that they would never allow such atrocities to happen again, yet we find ourselves once again on the precipice of a similar massacre.
"It's complete turnover at the White House and right on the precipice of these talks with North Korea," said Jack Ablin, founding partner of Cresset Wealth.
But we should stop China's cheating with the combination of diplomacy and balanced responses that don't bring the United States to the precipice of another recession.
But President Trump has been telling audiences lately that his predecessor was on the precipice of an all-out confrontation with the nuclear-armed maverick state.
Lil Nas X coming out was a HUGE deal in music and LGBTQ rights, and the U.S. women's soccer team is on the precipice of history.
We are on the precipice of being able to pass Medicaid expansion, and for the 13th District, we have 3,0003 uninsured residents ... who would qualify for it.
The pre-Season of the Drifter Light cap was 650, so the idea is to get returning players right up to the precipice of tackling new content.
Meanwhile, with Hillary Clinton leading in the polls, progressives found themselves on the precipice of something brand new -- and not seen since the 1960s: a liberal majority.
Meanwhile, Apple is on the precipice of essentially flipping a switch and bringing augmented reality to millions when it releases ARKit via iOS 11 sometime this fall.
The name refers to a potentially "safe" level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that would not push the globe past the precipice of dangerous global warming.
DealBook In the fall of 4003, with General Motors and Chrysler on the precipice of bankruptcy, executives at the car parts supplier Johnson Controls flew to Washington.
It's the beginning of November on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, on the precipice of winter, when the sky and the river are the same steely gray.
We have been on the precipice of war before, just like in this movie, and we made it through by making those alliances, [by] seeking the truth.
Hacking is necessarily a subversive pursuit, and who is better equipped to subvert than brilliant computer pros accustomed to living life on the precipice of possible turmoil?
While more species have gone extinct, and some genera are too poorly studied to be sure, we're at best on the precipice of a sixth mass extinction.
The nation stands on the precipice of civil war: some want to make cargo shorts "great again," while others can't remember when cargo shorts ever were good.
"We stand at the precipice of biggest shift in transportation since [the one] Henry Ford initiated over 116 years ago," said Hackett speaking to analysts and media.
He firmly believes a hand guided him here, to Minneapolis, to Monday night, to the precipice of a story of overcoming failure by refusing to repeat history.
As she picks apart the danger signs with the US on the precipice of recession, it's the impending pensions crisis that's really keeping her awake at night.
Dragon Ball FighterZ stands on the precipice of its Evo debut, to entrant numbers higher than any other game on the stage, and it's still wide open.
As someone who has been watching from the sidelines for the past year, it feels like 808INK are finally treading up to the precipice of something huge.
The stakes are high as the industry is on the precipice of introducing self-driving cars, implementing better fuel economy standards, and increasing its presence in China.
"After nearly two decades of gridlock and global anxiety surrounding North Korea's nuclear program, we are now, at last, on the precipice of peace," the governors write.
"Today the Constitutional Court has decided that I will not take part in this electoral process, and our country has been pushed to a precipice," Aldana added.
Digital tokens and their various schemes were exploding after a year of steady gains, reaching a precipice on December 23, when bitcoin hit a high of $22,2420.
We are at a frightening precipice in the doctor-patient relationship where third parties have more power in the exam room than the doctors treating their patients.
We, as a country, again find ourselves standing at the precipice, staring into the darkness of the void, and we must fight our way back from it.
Now, in 2020, we're on an awkward precipice of finally having enough distance in the rear view to piece together the lasting cultural impact of that era.
But a writer's true genius rests in allowing readers to perch tenuously at the precipice between his universe and ours, safely and curiously peeking over that gulf.
So, as we stand together on the precipice of a Portland Trail Blazers' second-round playoff series, it is reasonable to ask: What the fuck is happening?
While ongoing work to implement new federal data laws and practices have put the government on the precipice, the crisis indicates we need much more rapid improvement.
Through all those years of worry, the market fought its way to a respectable performance even for those who bought on the precipice of unprecedented financial calamity.
"He is pushing us towards a precipice and saying: if you are not with us then you are to blame for the obstruction," Frangieh said of Bassil.
America's highest court rests on a precipice, with many rights -- those related to abortion and university affirmative action, to name just two -- teetering on a single vote.
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (CNN)Torrents of water once thundered over the precipice at Victoria Falls, on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia, shrouding the area in mist.
Luge appeals to the viewers' most base human instinct in that it takes us to the precipice of disaster, and then demands that we look at it.
"Once again, Dallas is at the precipice, looking into the hell of heartbreak as our police department was attacked this afternoon," Rawlings said at a news conference.
Treading through the streets on a hangover is like tip-toeing across the precipice of a monumental cliff face, with limbs that appear to be made from glass.
But the episode's core is about Fosse and Verdon and Reinking, on the precipice of the three of them making Chicago together (yes, Verdon and Reinking became friends).
"China advised the United States to rein in its horse before the precipice, and be aware of its errors, and turn back from the wrong path," it said.
As we stand on the precipice of a revolution in virtual reality and quantum computing, few take the time to consider how these technologies might be used ethically.
She's been on the precipice since the middle of the season and I think she is beginning to test the patience of the judges and the other queens.
But a new kind of spaceflight has grown in the wake of these tragedies, and we stand at the precipice of a new resurgence in human space exploration.
While Netflix pushes into the Hollywood establishment, Disney is on the precipice of making a major push into digital, with its streaming service Disney+ launching in the fall.
VICE Sports talked to Knight about what it feels like to be on the precipice of making history, again, and the incremental but steady growth of women's hockey.
Painstation comes to mind easily, and for me, personally, Resident Evil 7 was so monumentally anxiety-inducing that I felt like I was being held over some precipice.
Just three days later, the body count was on the rise with deaths to civilians and law enforcement, and the nation is on the precipice of real division.
The human figures that are found in the show are kind of anti-Pygmalions — not sculpture on the threshold of animation, but sculpture on the precipice of decomposing.
The conversation is poised on the familiar precipice of understanding that every child reaches when they learn their parents are as weak, scared and human as anyone else.
Because she's just about to enter this precipice of going to Lifespring and doing all these things for herself, and then this happens and totally derails her plan.
INDIANAPOLIS — Senator Ted Cruz looked out on the hardwood, on the precipice of defeat, claiming the mantle of an underdog squad from the fictional Indiana town of Hickory.
With a more thorough understanding of which plants are threatened and where, the report argues, countries can try to conserve them before they reach the precipice of extinction.
Driven to the wall, Rhee came to the conclusion that war alone could get him out of the precipice and clear away all the political and economic crises.
Congress is on the precipice of sending a major debt relief bill for Puerto Rico to President Obama's desk after legislation on Wednesday cleared a significant Senate hurdle.
One can now envision a path forward for the U.S. and North Korea — even if it means we also worry that the path dead ends at a precipice.
When you arrived, the United States was on the precipice of the AIDS crisis, and homophobia was rampant, yet you were free from the neighborhood watches back home.
Without serious progress toward democracy and a resolution of the continuing wars in Darfur and the Nuba Mountains, Sudan will remain at the precipice of bloodshed and turmoil.
If its constant stream of revenues from PDVSA was reduced, the country's currency crisis would be exacerbated and would bring Venezuela's government closer to the precipice of default.
Her dear friend George Melly was also the subject of a series of works that documented the British jazz singer on the precipice of death and after it.
While water still flows beneath the surface, the ice has sometimes been thick and stable enough for brave souls to venture out and walk along the precipice. Sometimes.
Booker, a candidate struggling with money and on the precipice of not qualifying for the December debate, was the most aggressive in working the phones following Harris' departure.
After all, electing a pro-environment president wouldn't make much difference if he or (much more likely) she weren't in a position to steer us away from the precipice.
What VIEWS does, perhaps crucially, is pull Drake back from a precipice where he was in danger of becoming too predictable, too ridiculous, too self-aware without enough substance.
In our time together—I was writing a profile of the then-22-year-old—he remained strikingly walled off, especially for an artist on the precipice of fame.
As Won suggested, Korean fashion is on the precipice of a global moment, and Suggesty isn't the only Korean fashion company carving out a space in American consumers' wallets.
Think Stand By Me. Alex and her friends fall backwards into a grand adventure while they're also standing on the precipice of a pivotal moment in their young lives.
They said, these things that he promised would never come fruition and here we are on the precipice of getting the repatriated remains of those people in the military.
However, after several months of slowly gaining momentum, the Milly Rock seems to have legitimately hit the precipice of a mainstream breakthrough, at least in the hip-hop world.
The Italian player knew he was on the precipice of becoming one of only eight players to qualify for the year-end Nitto ATP Finals at London's O2 arena.
The Ruin, Hackfall, Grewelthorpe This Janus-faced folly sits on a precipice overlooking Hackfall, an 18th-century woodland garden near the rugged Yorkshire Dales (beloved of hikers and bicyclists).
If facts are only for the liberal elite, the end of the democratic century Mounk and Foa predict may be headed for an even sharper precipice than they warn.
Ian Schrager, the legendary hotelier behind hotel brands like EDITION and PUBLIC, told Business Insider's Katie Warren in March that luxury hotels are on the precipice of a transformation.
Next are "those who dig in," the middle-class families struggling on the precipice of downward mobility in the face of spiraling costs for education, housing, and health care.
For his part, Judge Kavanaugh hurled conspiratorial accusations at Democrats, charging them with exacting "revenge on behalf of the Clintons" and evoking images of the country on a precipice.
Sri Lanka remains on the precipice of a full-blown political catastrophe, with fears of violence returning in a country that's still healing from a decades-long civil war.
A recent entry was from an elderly man on the precipice of a "scary and exciting" move alone to a new state, where he said he had no context.
But those who act as though democracy is constantly on the precipice are likely to miss the path that leads not simply to fuller justice but to true safety.
The title track, "Courage" (written by Stephan Moccio, Erik Alcock and Liz Rodrigues), is an anthemic call for strength and fierceness when on the precipice of a new challenge.
Tomorrow's British election — one of the most important in a generation — comes as the bitterly divided country sits on the precipice of a decisive break with the European Union.
"If I was a bit of a stress-head, then in that situation you'd lose it, 'cause you're on the precipice of either coping or not," Mr. Lewis said.
Fischer is on the precipice of major milestones in points, rebounds and blocked shots, but would likely trade them all for a chance to play in his first tournament game.
It was a reminder, if anyone here needed one, that the 34-year-old Mr. Kim has played the master choreographer in this remarkable dance step along a nuclear precipice.
"We brought this action because the U.S. solar manufacturing industry finds itself at the precipice of extinction at the hands of foreign market overcapacity," Suniva said in a company statement.
"James 'Jimmy' Kimmel, a man on the precipice of hosting the Oscars, an opportunity to be the toast of the town," says Freeman speaking off-camera, and beginning innocently enough.
They would reach the precipice of that goal, and Harper would perform unimaginable feats, as well as become embroiled in one of the first controversial incidents of his baseball career.
Mia's panic at the precipice of her change is evocative of trans preteens who want to start hormone regimens before they undergo puberty and face irrevocable changes to their bodies.
But for Clinton, who is just 463 votes short of reaching the 2,383 delegates she needs to clinch the Democratic nomination, the two weekend contests place her on the precipice.
One stalled-out car is enough to send Reichardt's hero off the precipice, forced into a narrowing—and finally, heartbreaking—series of choices that put her basic survival at stake.
"China's public reaction in its state media to George Soros' comments in Davos was in character for a country that is on the precipice of a large devaluation," Bass said.
If we are indeed on the precipice of a post-Kardashian era, I have a strong opinion about who put the nail in the coffin: Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna.
In the play — which is staged in two parts, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika — Garfield plays Prior Walter, a New York City gay man at the precipice of the AIDS crisis.
In the phone transcript, published by WikiLeaks, it was suggested that the only way to get an agreement would be to push Greece once again to the precipice of default.
The opposition has accused Hun Sen and his party of a crackdown on critics and last week a U.N. human rights envoy said Cambodia "appeared to be approaching a precipice".
"The government cannot and must not continue blindly towards the constitutional & economic precipice of Brexit while such serious allegations of the undermining of our democracy remain," she said on Twitter.
After more than a year of wondering if CM Punk would ever actually step foot in the Octagon, we finally appear to be on the precipice of his doing so.
Macron also said the European Union is "on the edge of a precipice," and partly blamed Trump for not having its back in the face of Russian and Chinese aggressions.
It is also a precipice — a ledge is — that the reader and the poet and the world are standing on, looking over the edge into a dark and unknowable abyss.
"The government cannot and must not continue blindly toward the constitutional & economic precipice of Brexit while such serious allegations of the undermining of our democracy remain," she said on Twitter.
The administration has urged lawmakers to take swift action after watching the coronavirus outbreak crush investor confidence and put the U.S. economy on the precipice of a recession this week.
This has created a desperate logjam of thousands of migrants, who have little access to food or shelter and could be on the precipice of a full-blown humanitarian crisis.
"I believe the love she felt for her sons would have pulled her back from whatever precipice she felt she was on," she said as her eyes welled with tears.
It is the mark of every millenarian fanatic to assume that the world stands on the verge of a precipice, and that only radical or violent action can save it.
Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods also brings disruption to the $26.9 billion U.S. grocery sector, a traditional area of retailing that stands on the precipice of a ferocious price war.
Isabelle Huppert — sublime — plays a coffee farmer who refuses to leave an unnamed African country on the precipice of anarchy in Claire Denis's exploration of the ravages of European colonialism.
The 21973s were that way, most notably at the start and especially in New York City, which was pulling back from the precipice of bankruptcy and peacocking toward boom times.
As the world stands today on the edge of the pandemic precipice, it's worth taking a moment to consider whether Covid-19 is the disease our group was warning about.
Starting from the Sainte-Marguerite Chappelle where, from 123 to 212, workers would stop to pray en route to the Branlires precipice, visitors are immediately struck by the vertical landscape.
"Senator Graham is taking a very measured approach, but he is right on the precipice of a lot of frustration that he doesn't actually hold people accountable," Mr. Chaffetz said.
And through it all, the golden-hearted Archie Andrews stands at a precipice, where the forces of good or evil can claim his simple-minded soul at any given moment.
Doris has an affair with Agnes Nielson in the '50s, and Egon seems to be on the precipice of an affair with the newly arrived Hannah Kahnwald around the same time.
Witnesses had said they heard screaming coming from the vehicle moments before the crash and told police the sisters were "physically fighting within the car" as it headed toward the precipice.
They had watched Ryan Fitzpatrick, whose poise and precision during a five-game winning streak ushered the Jets to the precipice, throw three interceptions in the final 210 minutes 214 seconds.
With CES on the horizon in early January, we might be on the precipice of USB-C earphones finally becoming as numerous, affordable, and reliable as the old analog 3.5mm earbuds.
Taken to its logical extreme, that means his voters are duty-bound to identify the group responsible for bringing the nation to the precipice and to make sure it doesn't succeed.
I've racked up thousands of coins, so I never think twice about throwing myself off a precipice to see if there's an invisible platform or secret world hidden in the abyss.
"There is no basis in thinking that our democracy is so strong, our checks and balances so finely hedged, that no single person can lead us off the precipice," Fernandez writes.
You continue to walk on the edge of the precipice, because over the years you have become fascinated by how close to the edge you can walk without losing your balance.
But then, at one minute 12, it launches into a plush composition that careens towards it's conclusion like a frantic Ben Folds following his piano as it rolls towards the precipice.
We are not yet facing a crisis of presidential legitimacy, but we are on the precipice of one that could be as bad as or worse than any in U.S. history.
An all-out brawl over Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination is putting the Senate on the edge of a political precipice, with some lawmakers saying the fight may leave lasting damage.
I still recall watching my baby sister holding the lifeless body of a newborn lamb under warm, running water with the confused hope of somehow bringing it back from the precipice.
Memo to those wondering if Speaker Paul D. Ryan could be the next politician on the precipice of an embarrassing primary defeat to a no-name challenger: Don't bet on it.
Brazil would be awash in more medals if an Olympic category existed for the young kite fighters practicing their sport at the precipice where the gondola car makes its last stop.
Still, a young woman leapt to her death from the bridge in June, and a month later, a passing cyclist pulled from the precipice a man who was about to jump.
"The courts are at the precipice of taking over a fundamental F.D.A. function of calling balls and strikes in the drug market about what's truthful and not misleading," Dr. Sharfstein said.
Word going around last week was that unlike the last time we were on the precipice of repeal, GOP representatives' phone lines were not tied up by angry and desperate constituents.
Should you need further evidence of our hurtling towards the precipice of insanity – beyond what you can see with your own eyes, that is – there are several decisive articles of proof.
"It just seems really, really worrying that these people, who are meant to represent us, prepare to, sort of, take us to this dangerous precipice," James Uttley, 32, told VICE News.
Sagittarians can become utterly convinced that you'd be on the precipice of a major life change, if only you gave them your undivided attention and fully absorbed their long-winded musings!
" Mr. Reagan concluded the same, writing in his memoirs, "The KAL incident demonstrated how close the world had come to the nuclear precipice and how much we needed nuclear arms control.
To judge by his tweets, tantrums and apparent belief that Rudy Giuliani is an appropriate advocate, Donald Trump teeters at the precipice of incoherence and self-destruction, needing only a shove.
A likable wastrel takes up with a beautiful woman, who offers him the choice of leaping from a precipice to his death or being licked by a pig, as ultimately happens.
There on the precipice, her crimson jacket and blue ski goggles gleaming in the winter sun, stood Ma Rong, 32, who had moved to Canada from China just two weeks earlier.
This quest to catalyze change in healthcare has dominated my life for the last 3-and-a half years and it's clear to me we're on the precipice of big things.
Trump was still vague about the threat, which appeared to bring the U.S. to the precipice of war with Iran before Trump tried to cool tensions in a national address Wednesday.
Trump opened up direct U.S. negotiations with the Taliban for the first time and was on the precipice of a deal earlier this year that would have seen U.S. troops withdraw.
Every episode of "Watchmen" dances along the precipice of catastrophic failure, like a circus performer who has waved away the safety net, despite the abundant junctures where he could go splat.
Breaking with the notion that holidays are a time for joy and cheer, the Quad has put together a lineup in which get-togethers take place on a precipice of unease.
So I'm originally from Jerusalem, Israel, born and raised, and when I was 18, I applied to Y Combinator, I was on the precipice of starting to serve in the Israeli Army.
In the world of reggaeton and Latin pop, Maluma is as cool as it gets right now — and with Gomez on the precipice of a comeback, this would be a major couple.
On the precipice of graduating on to their NFL careers, we spoke to some players who've overcome that fear by either working through it, embracing it, or altogether pretending it doesn't exist.
But looking at the situation more broadly right now, and the fact that, as you basically put it, we're at this precipice, are tariffs the right way to move forward right now?
Nerves were understandable on the precipice of what might be the most substantive moment in the brand's history, the first stages of the rollout of its mass market car, the Model 3.
There's a lot attached to that — education is a huge part of it, and we are on the precipice of the dismantling of our public education system in this country right now.
I pictured rows of middle-aged men of means, eager to drop money on something still mostly on the precipice of becoming a truly legitimate industry in 24 in the United States.
One other peculiar thing about this notebook is its touchpad, which might be the widest on any laptop yet; are we standing on the precipice of a new era of widescreen touchpads?
Republicans have never been closer to repealing Obamacare than they are right now, but they've reached this precipice just as the partisan consensus that Obamacare should be repealed has begun to fray.
The industry is still in the early stages of expanding overseas, "but private funds in China are on the precipice of moving into global investment on behalf of their clients," Grinderslev said.
"We are on the precipice of a public health crisis in public housing, however, this is a preventable crisis," the letter addressed to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson said.
Groups aligned with the Never Trump movement are vowing to keep fighting after the billionaire's victory in the Indiana primary on Tuesday moved him to the precipice of the GOP presidential nomination.
In recent weeks, wild fluctuations in the stock market together with the pessimistic views of economic and financial pundits, have been suggesting that we may be on the precipice of a recession.
We are on the precipice of integrated care that will begin to bring the full force of health care to bear against the enormous and long-neglected public health problem of addiction.
I've always compared my depression to standing on the precipice of a cliff: I can see down into the abyss beneath me, and I can also sense the firm ground behind me.
If nothing else Rafa's arrival has seen the Magpies fight for their Premier League future, a notable improvement from the dead-eyed march over the precipice they were undertaking with Steve McClaren.
Longtime, familiar retail names, including Payless ShoeSource, Dressbarn and Henri Bendel, have already vanished into memory; other popular companies are nearing that same precipice, fighting for their survival in a hostile environment.
Lewandowski is also expected to be joined at the rally by his wife and children, a rarity that is fueling rumors that Lewandowski is on the precipice of announcing a Senate bid.
Some of the illusions invite people to stand at the sides of the bridge, appearing like they're at the edge of a precipice, with a sharp fall down to the river below.
Move with the music; dance with the body and limbs radiating outward from the center; contrast tight-closed and stretched-open positions; step coolly out as if over a precipice, every time.
The country was on the precipice of yet another debt crisis earlier this year when President Trump and congressional Democrats unexpectedly agreed to extend the debt limit for an additional three months.
House Republicans are on the precipice of a big victory on tax reform, but the legislation still faces enormous hurdles before it can reach President Trump's desk and be signed into law.
Ms. Hiller's mysterious and dreamlike art, which often made use of marginalized and forgotten artifacts of modern culture, played at the precipice between reality and the subconscious and often explored the paranormal.
But this slickly modern spa shines brightest with its design-forward, photo-ready outdoor infinity pool, partially covered by a pitched cottage roof and jutting out to seemingly hover above the precipice.
Having just signed a $22017 million production contract with the apparel manufacturer Warnaco, he left us on the precipice of seismic success that no black fashion designer of his era had enjoyed.
It was discouraging, I almost gave up, and then right when I was on the precipice of giving up, I got a job as a producer of Studio 360 with Kurt Anderson.
With wide-ranging movement styles and themes of  "early psychoanalytic theory, occultist beliefs, and premonitions on the onset of world war," there may be no smarter way of dancing at the precipice.
Instead of slowly and carefully hunting for the safest path down the mountain, Bizet races down the most precarious trails, back-flipping and front-flipping off of every cliff and precipice he encounters.
Cossman noticed during all three of his volcano trips that there were moments when smoke and steam and gas essentially blinded him—a disconcerting experience when you're standing on the precipice of hell.
But on the precipice of such a momentous event — materializing a HUMAN BEING out of my body — I knew that I needed to go in with a certain level of trust and flexibility.
It's a lot of fun to climb up to a precipice, take in the view, spot someplace you'd like to go, then use your hang-glider to soar down to your new objective.
Activist and author Jacy Reese thinks the world is on the precipice of a technological shift that could end animal farming forever, changing the way the world eats and dramatically improving the environment.
With the backdrop of West's fashion line and barely a moment to explain the surreal scene he was setting, it felt like West had moved on from the precipice of very talented artist.
This move may Sri Lanka back away from the precipice of a full-blown political catastrophe and ease fears of violence in a country that's still healing from a decades-long civil war.
White Sox pound out 11-33 win over Twins MINNEAPOLIS — Todd Frazier was sitting on the precipice of some club history after homering in the series opener against the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.
Whether it's Apple making its own TVs, a streaming service similar to Sling TV, or whatever, people seem to ardently believe that Apple is on the precipice of breaking into the entertainment industry.
On the eve of the 70th anniversary of partition, the soul of the Indian Republic is teetering on a moral precipice, as the state and street fuse together to breed a vigilante nation.
On the precipice of their highly anticipated fourth season, I expected the actors on Starz's most watched series to harp on their storylines that are sure to draw fans into the upcoming drama.
The new developments could completely void the case, or the two sides could be right back in the same place in a few weeks, on the precipice of another hearing, the attorneys said.
The dispute pitted one part of Mr. Trump's administration against another in a struggle over foreign policy that now has the president on the precipice of being impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors.
The border is the focus of a crisis which has pushed the UK and EU to the precipice of a chaotic break-up that could have serious ramifications for the entire European economy.
He was warm and talkative, but every now and then he got a lost, plaintive look in his green eyes; I had the impression of a man who is clinging to a precipice.
The federal budget is fairly described as teetering on a precipice: The public debt is growing faster than the economy, by a margin that is widening, while the economy is growing reasonably well.
A dog trained to lead a blind person needs to refuse orders if the direction received would lead into the path of a car, or onto a subway track, or over a precipice.
Maybe because it felt like a precipice, before things changed forever: the AIDS crisis would soon shatter the scene, claiming the lives of countless participants, and America lurched rightward in the Reagan years.
I mean, what you want is proactive policing to question situations, to stop cars, to look for something that is on the precipice of being a crime and interrupt it before it happens.
For these reasons and more, Black women headed to message boards to find styling tips and community in nascent social media days on the precipice of the natural hair movement bubble blowing up.
According to a new CNN report, the leader who stands on the precipice of clinical obesity is quietly making small changes to his diet, and acknowledging in private that he needs to lose weight.
It stands at the precipice of the old era of superhero movies, going all out in '90s-style action that sits perfectly between the machismo of the '80s and the sleekness of the 2000s.
In The Year of Spectacular Men, out June 15 in select theaters and on demand, Izzy (Madelyn Deutch), situated at the precipice of college graduation, gripes that she still hasn't found her "thing" yet.
If you're brave enough to scale the 600 steps to the top of the rocky precipice, you'll see a magnificent view of the mainland and the Atlantic Ocean from 714 feet above sea level.
Trump World is angry, resentful and in no mood to hear the Washington consensus that the GOP nominee is driving his party over a precipice just 26 days before America chooses its next president.
" Driving the news: Kushner told Axios that his family's experience — from "the precipice of life and death" to the West Wing in just two generations — is a reminder of "how great this country is.
As soon as the Stussy Parking office is clear of him, Gloria Burgle (Carrie Coon) and Officer Lopez (Olivia Sandoval) show up to interview Emmit about the case they're on the precipice of breaking.
Steve Mnuchin, as the Treasury Secretary, logically would be a point man — in fact, his father played an important cameo role in helping pull us back from the precipice on Black Monday and Tuesday.
It is his objective to capture Abramović's emotional energy by placing her within her own creative womb at a timely precipice; both artist and building are "exposed, strong, and marked with history," he explains.
So when the next government in Rome, deliberately or not, pushes Italy ever closer to a decision about leaving the eurozone, in all likelihood it will take the European Union to its own precipice.
Others stressed the importance of installing a competent and impartial manager at the National Security Council at a moment when Mr. Trump finds himself on the precipice of military conflict in the Middle East.
Washington (CNN)The US Supreme Court now stands at the precipice of a constitutional clash that could determine whether Donald Trump or any future President may elude an investigation and defy requests for documents.
There's some incredibly inventive movement happening in his work, and it feels like it's on the precipice of something more — showing how acrobatics, juggling, dance, and music can all collide and still feel weightless.
With this in mind and as a recently pregnant woman, I felt like "One Thousand Eggs" was dangerously positioned on the precipice of a dark undertone that I wasn't sure I wanted to engage in.
Venezuela has been on the precipice of economic Armageddon for several months, now, and its production has steadily fallen, and, until the recent financial rescue by China, it appeared ready to fall off a cliff.
It's this moment in your life where you're on this precipice of real adulthood, and you choose the path you're going to be on, and it's a little bit of a 'no turning back' moment.
" Catherine McGuinness, Policy Chairman of the City of London Corporation: "Today's announcement lifts some weight off the shoulders of firms in the UK and the EU. Before the announcement firms were peering over the precipice.
Even if the system were more accurate, the partnerships that the FBI is establishing with state and local law enforcement around the country means that we're on the precipice of some sci-fi future garbage.
It pushes everyone to the precipice of their own particular cliff, and now we just have to wait and see who will jump, who will be pushed, and who — if any — will stand their ground.
She called it "exactly the type of 'Wall Street' solution that led us to the precipice we are now looking over," because she said it would add debt and raise costs over the long term.
Cars today are like phones were two decades ago: on the precipice of a fundamental change, led by big European companies, but surrounded by uncertainty about the exact shape and speed of change to come.
Clinton, who is more politically schooled and therefore more politically conservative, acknowledged that climate change is real, but didn't seem to understand that the environment is on, or perhaps has already fallen over, the precipice.
If we can believe people such as Elon Musk and companies such as Google, then we're on the precipice of human-crafted AI systems that are hard to distinguish from actual, flesh-and-blood humans.
You can trace him back to Steve Yzerman and Dino Ciccarelli, back to simpler times, when I had hair and the world wasn't on the precipice of neo-Nazis taking control of the American government.
Why it matters: China and the U.S. are hanging on a precipice of trade war, with Chinese President Xi Jinping himself reportedly instructing negotiators to press for the U.S. to lighten its punishment against ZTE.
So we're now on the precipice of having a potentially much better economy, but the last thing we need to do is to go back to the policies that failed us in the first place.
In a statement, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said President Donald Trump "is on the precipice" of fulfilling a campaign promise and passing a plan that she said would boost wages and economic growth.
Serving at 20143-22014, 220-21, Halep was still on the precipice of a straight-sets defeat, but she played two bold points, taking chances and converting with forehands to avert the danger, and held.
PARIS — Talented and pegged-for-success as Alexander Zverev might be, there he was in the French Open's main stadium Friday, on the precipice of a third-round defeat and yet another Grand Slam disappointment.
"We brought this action because the U.S. solar manufacturing industry finds itself at the precipice of extinction at the hands of foreign market overcapacity," the company, which is based in Georgia, said in the statement.
SEVENTEEN "Getting Closer" Seventeen, who rose to international fame with bright, boyish concepts, indulge in their "Darkteen" side for the first time with "Getting Closer" — a song that teeters deliciously on the precipice of danger.
Brussels/Berlin circumstances are effectively the same problems that plagued Europe several years ago when Greece was at the edge of the economic precipice, except that Italy's GDP is effectively 8.1 x's that of Greece's!
Modern Love On this week's podcast, the actress and singer Megan Hilty reads "On the Precipice, Wings Spread," about a woman whose love overpowers her fear when she finds out her partner is H.I.V.-positive.
"He made some very tough decisions to bring California from the precipice of fiscal demise," said former LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, director of the Los Angeles Initiative at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
As Obama delivered his final UN General Assembly speech to a world on the precipice of collapse Tuesday morning, news broke that rocked the Internet and sent its users into simultaneous fits of knee-hugging weepery.
To get to this precipice, I went through two rounds of off-the-record vetting with Braun, first on the phone, then in person (I got the feeling Braun wanted to look me in the eyes).
As 2016 draws to a close, the year will end very differently to how it began, with Donald Trump set to take the White House, and the U.K. on the precipice of leaving the European Union.
Malinowski's death comes as the Ohio Senate is on the precipice of passing Judy's Law, which seeks to increase penalties in cases like hers that leave the victim permanently disfigured through the use of an accelerant.
Now, with it hanging limply on the horizon but still no news of a firm release date, I'm standing on a precipice, anxiously waiting to tumble down onto the other side where I will be free.
Now, five years after dropping her first single, "Bound," and on the precipice of releasing a full-length project featuring artists such as Cole, Masego, Elite, and Ron Gilmore, Lennox is ready for her proper limelight.
The Lower East Side stood amidst the torched remains of fires that had gutted  the city's redlined areas, and at the precipice of the gentrification that would drive most artists and filmmakers out of the neighborhood.
It was serendipitous: Lane is a mesmerizing on-screen presence — like Mia in Fish Tank, she is a girl caught between maturity and childhood, teetering on the precipice and desperate for a way into her future.
It's 2019, and if most of our dystopian nightmares haven't already come true—out-of-control populism, over-surveillance, mass extinction, the dissolution of IRL human connection—they're on the precipice of actualizing as we speak.
Once the O'Bannon lawsuit closed that loophole, the prospect of future college-based games sat at a precipice: Use players' actual names and likenesses, and, thus, compensate them, or don't make college sports games at all.
Let's face it, we all think we're quick, and these games are a really tantalizing way of peering over the precipice and imagining just what might be if we could actually drive a Formula One car.
"It was a market that looked like it was on the precipice, it looked like it could fall, but it never did, and I think [being] stuck in that trend was bad for bitcoin," he said.
"We are on the precipice of ushering in potentially a golden era for the Korean Peninsula," Ms. Trump told Bloomberg News in the hours before her father took the historic step of crossing into the North.
In the film, a struggling singer-songwriter named Jack Malik (played by Himesh Patel) becomes the unexpected beneficiary of the Beatles' creative output, leading him to the precipice of a life filled with fortune and adulation.
Especially at the beginning, when we meet the 37-year-old Undine (Cherise Boothe) at the precipice of a disaster that will start her downward spiral, the play's tone seems somehow too blithe for the times.
Cruz, the challenger, was energized, reveling in the support of the Wisconsin political establishment, prominent talk radio hosts and evangelical leaders — a powerful alliance that, polls show, have him on the precipice of a blowout win.
Meanwhile, thanks in part to lobbying by Silicon Valley, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is on the precipice of finalizing a rule that's supposed to improve patient access to electronic health records (EHRs).
Last year saw the highest number of trigger events since 2009 for credit-default swaps, derivatives used to protect against debt defaults, Citigroup credit strategists said in their 2020 outlook titled "The view from the precipice".
It is so easy to be on the precipice of existence in a dragging battle with nature itself, and in that way, Skyrim can—almost accidentally—transcend these other games that are designed with that in mind.
No matter how you plan to usher in 2019, this is a time to stand on the precipice with excitement and expectation; tonight is the darkest night which means that things will only get brighter from here.
Kuniskis made the case for why a company is building this niche vehicle at a time when, as a society, we are on the precipice of electrification and facing a demand for cars that emit less emissions.
Maybe now, disenfranchised young people on the precipice of taking over the responsibilities of society cope with the rampant senselessness of the modern era by sharing memes, or angrily tweeting, or taking lab-engineered derivatives of ecstasy.
But fast forward only three years to 1996 when they debuted their first single, "We've Got It Going On," from their forthcoming first full-length self-titled debut record, they were on the precipice of monumental success.
"We are on the precipice of the most chaotic election for people of color in 50 years," said Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, a coalition of more than 200 national rights groups.
But, with her debut EP Bedroom on the precipice of its release, it feels as though she is about to finally unleash what she's been working on for all this time—or at least some of it.
Here are the five races to watch next year: North Carolina likely headed to House redo North Carolina is on the precipice of making state history as a new House election in the 9th District appears inevitable.
"We're right on the precipice of the first generational change in the S&P 500 in ages and I can't help but feel that this is a metaphor for the way these companies are headed," Cramer reflected.
Now, Mr. Affleck is on the precipice of wider glory once more, with his much praised lead performance as a grief-stricken janitor in Kenneth Lonergan's new film, "Manchester by the Sea" (set to open Nov. 18).
It's a nominally civil version of the sexist internet memes that cast Clinton as "America's nasty mother-in-law," and a prime-time nod to right-wing conspiracy theories that place her on the precipice of death.
It is a show where things are always about to happen, where the characters and the plot all stand on a precipice, waiting for some revelation to give them meaning, in their own eyes and in ours.
However the remainder of his career unfolds, whether he stays in Washington or moves elsewhere (or somewhere after that), Smith-Pelly hopes to reflect one day on this moment, being on the precipice of the ultimate win.
With more countries reporting new infections, companies starting to curtail employees' travel and global stock markets on the precipice of a free fall, U.S. health officials scrambled to deal with the prospect of a widening domestic outbreak.
When I last wrote about the new pathogen, officially known as 2703-nCoV, it had killed 2270 people in China, and whether we were on the precipice of a global health emergency was still an open question.
With Britain on the precipice of significant negotiations with the European Union over its post-Brexit security relationship with the bloc, the mistake threatened to weaken Europe's trust in British law enforcement agencies heading into those talks.
" Senator Michael Gianaris, a Queens Democrat who sponsored one of the bail-reform proposals, said, "We are on the precipice of dramatic change that will bring justice to the vast majority of people incarcerated without a conviction.
From his decades of studying criminal behavior, he's found that once a recruit reaches the age of 18, he's past the precipice of turning back and will enter a life of criminal activity with a triad organization.
The blues are all the same Frank quickly ingratiated himself with London's Soho coffee house folk scene, including fellow musical ex-pat Paul Simon, who was on the precipice of worldwide superstardom as a member of Simon & Garfunkel.
In May of 103, as the markets were reaching new records (and moving closer to a bear market precipice and the financial crisis), Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger were discussing intrinsic value at the annual Berkshire Hathaway conference.
The status quo, in which Valve gets to take its 30 percent cut forever and never feels the need to develop another hit game ever again, is being challenged by an industry on the precipice of tremendous change.
Yet Harvard sits on the precipice of disaster as opponents of affirmative action seek to ruin the school's ability to intentionally create a diverse learning environment that fosters the creativity, scholarship and leadership the university is famous for.
GOP on the precipice "Paul Ryan is focusing the next month on defeating Democrats, and all Republicans running for office should probably do the same," Ryan spokesperson Brendan Buck said Tuesday, a statement echoing his response on Monday.
"The clear risk here is that while President Trump believes he has achieved leverage in the negotiations, we may have pushed China past the precipice and that the current technology cold war gets engrained and accelerates," Muse warned.
Flint "stands on the precipice of civil unrest" because its residents cannot trust the water, he wrote, asking the state to forgive a $21 million debt it owed to a state fund meant to help improve water safety.
On the precipice of what was sure to be the most awkward threesome ever, Lionel breaks into a giggle when he realizes that Connor is using Becca as a buffer to cover up his primary interest in men.
It wasn't all him, he was at the precipice of a particular time of course, but at the start he really sparked that hopefulness for those who had previously been encouraged to accept their secondary positions in society.
"It feels like we were on the precipice of things getting pretty good, and now we're in a bit of a throwback moment," Fey, a 46-year-old mom of two, tells the former CBS "Late Show" host.
Stocks were "tepid" and on the "precipice of decline" until legendary investor Warren Buffett announced Friday morning his Berkshire Hathaway had bought 75 million shares of Apple in the first quarter, the managing director at Joule Financial said.
Like many other millennials who started their careers at the end of the last decade, my first 401(k) plan account started at the precipice of the worst financial recession in the United States since the Great Depression.
As the health care bill teetered on the precipice without enough Republican votes to pass it, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the President "left everything on the field" in his efforts to get the bill passed.
"East Aleppo this minute is not at the edge of the precipice, it is well into its terrible descent into the pitiless and merciless abyss of a humanitarian catastrophe unlike any we have witnessed in Syria," O'Brien said.
A combination of the then-futurist set, the affable Tarrant, and the astronomical promise of a million pounds—a prize never before imagined on a television show—made it the perfect premise for the precipice of the millennium.
Misztal said Washington is at a dangerous precipice where it must navigate the divides among the Iraqi people to preserve its position in the region, making sure not to threaten or alienate groups that support an American presence.
Although the government was on the precipice of reaching its self-imposed limit technically, Ryan said the Treasury Department had informed him it could take measures that would leave an unprecedented national default a concern for a later date.
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A U.N. human rights envoy warned Cambodia on Friday it "appeared to be approaching a precipice" in the lead-up to a general election next year and called on the government to halt its violent rhetoric.
Two years later, as digital video has grown exponentially, thanks to platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, it feels more and more like we are at the precipice of yet another tipping point for content and content distribution.
That will give energy and transport sectors time to switch to renewables "to really take us out of the precipice and the path we are going on which is far beyond the goal of 2 degrees Celsius", he said.
He shortly comes upon a family of three — a father (Ciaran Hinds), his younger, seriously ailing wife (Ayelet Zurer) and their teenage son (Tye Sheridan) building a small house atop a flat rock on the edge of a precipice.
Ever since, he had spoken of trying to deliver to Portugal that long-craved glory, and having finally reached the precipice again, he broke down once it was clear that he would not be able to see it through.
It's the classic show canceled too soon — one season was not enough — but what a gift to have that tiny window into the lives of these people, on the precipice of some larger, less so-called, more real life.
With more countries reporting new infections, companies starting to curtail employees' travel and global stock markets on the precipice of a free fall, health officials scrambled to deal with the prospect of a widening outbreak in the United States.
Trump is meanwhile driving America to the precipice of a full-on trade war with China, apparently racing out well ahead of his top economic advisers and setting up a very public confrontation with China's strongman leader Xi Jinping.
Wealth management and banking fintechs will be hot targets for banks It's not just a matter of how motivated the buyers are that has investors believing the industry is on the precipice of a flurry of deals for fintechs.
In the poem "No Voice," we read:                           You made pissing away your gifts look like an art form, but striking a profile with your arm akimbo on the moving sidewalk headed toward the precipice cheapens every death, not just your own.
Predictably, the same cast of characters are either breathlessly exclaiming that the Trump administration is again at the precipice of an existential crisis, or refusing to acknowledge the legitimacy of the inquiry or the seriousness of the actions of the president.
" He said, "It's a great reminder of how great this country is, where my grandparents could be on the precipice of life or death and then come to this country and ... 70 years later ... their grandson's working in the White House.
It's proven a common issue throughout the career of Poirier so far—as he nears the precipice of being considered among title contenders, the Lafayette, Louisiana, native's hopes are dashed like in contests against Korean Zombie, Conor McGregor and Cub Swanson.
The turning point came with the November 2006 release of The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me—a record that's previously been eulogized on Noisey here, and saw Brand New fall off the precipice and into life's great, dark unknown.
Senator Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat and minority leader, made it abundantly clear on Thursday that he intended to be a regular and harsh critic of Mr. Trump and that Republicans were possibly on the precipice of an electoral debacle.
In the briefing, Mattis and Pompeo argued that withdrawing U.S. support from the war would undermine efforts to improve Saudi targeting and broker peace at a time when those talks appear on the precipice of starting, according to their prepared remarks.
Now, Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Patrick are at the precipice of joining the tumultuous 2020 race, encouraged by a combination of anecdotal angst among voters and party officials, and in Mr. Bloomberg's case by a trove of public-opinion research.
"We're right on the precipice of the first generational change in the S&P 500 in ages and I can't help but feel that this is a metaphor for the way these companies are headed," the "Mad Money" host reflected.
Taken together, Kennedy's twenty-odd plays form a long and startling fugue, composed of language that is impactful and impacted but ever-moving, ever-shifting, as her protagonists, usually women of color, stand on the precipice of disaster, madness, or loss.
Organized by the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art at Carnegie Mellon University, Paradox: The Body in the Age of AI explores the primacy of the human body as it's poised on the precipice of a potential fusion with artificial intelligence.
Rookie Sam Bradford keyed a comeback that took the team right to the precipice of the playoffs, Chris Long took his step forward a la Khalil Mack, and everyone thought those would be the two building blocks of the future.
In the last few seconds of the last game of Bill Russell's career, Jerry West, the NBA's all time overrated try-hard, was sitting on the precipice of notching one single Finals victory over Iron Bill and his wily crew.
Cecilia A. Conrad, a managing director of the foundation and the leader of the fellows program, said the goal was to find "people on the precipice," where the award will make a difference, but also to inspire creativity more broadly.
The operation that took out General Suleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, propelled the United States to the precipice of war with Iran and plunged the world into seven days of roiling uncertainty.
When even the pope is deeply concerned about the world being near the precipice of war, we should consider the fact that there is a historical precedent of a new pope delivering a similar warning that foreshadowed a major nuclear crisis.
When Ms. Tracy tries to trace the path that nudged them to the precipice of divorce in 2015, after 37 years of marriage, she talks first about her struggle with adjusting to life as an empty-nester, in the mid-2000s.
Places like Washington County where the unemployment rate is 7.8 percent, compared to Delaware County near Columbus which is four points lower, sit on the precipice of moderate prosperity in its role as the gateway to Ohio's natural gas boom.
But Buttigieg's campaign was slow to put a sizable team in the state and, when asked for months about his lack of operation in South Carolina, Buttigieg would often note that his campaign was on the precipice of making an announcement.
Maybe it's just the latest example in an ancient tradition of humans banding together in defiance of a cold, unfeeling world, but never has it been more needed than now, when civilization sits precariously at the precipice of its own existence.
It's hard to compare Trump's and Obama's job creation, since Obama took office when the economy was in dire straits and Trump took office when the economy -- despite his claim it was on a precipice -- appeared to be doing well.
And there is a growing sense — as vast stretches of the American West burn, as millions of trees die, as the acidifying oceans fill up with plastic and as species disappear — that the world stands on the precipice of catastrophe.
Now, we have come back from that abyss and it has not been easy, so we're now on the precipice from having a lasting economy but we need to go back to the policies that failed us in the first place.
It looked like the way my dog sleeps in the living room and was paying absolutely no attention to us on the other side of the glass and certainly no attention to the 250-foot precipice that it was sleeping on.
The archetype of the New Woman that took hold at the precipice of the twentieth century is another clear influence: as ladies stand astride bikes, hold each other in intimate embraces, or playfully pop out of pre-cut newspaper pages.
When we talk about this city on the precipice—after Hurricane Katrina, after the numerous isolated storms that come more frequently than they used to, storms that have a tendency to treat structures like punching bags—Prudhomme takes these disasters in stride.
As we loom on the precipice of the weird political apocalypse that we've somehow created for ourselves, here are some things to help you cope with the weight and scope of America's presidential election, which, as you may know, is taking place today.
Even if President Trump decides to scrap his earlier executive order and write an entirely new one, that likely won't change this horrific reality -- namely that we are on the precipice of shutting out refugees worldwide who are subject to the quota ceiling.
What's more, the exhibition industry is already standing on the precipice of a streaming cliff; if consumers get it in their heads that $9.99 per month is the price point, will they be willing later to pay $15 for a single ticket later?
Gabbard begins her stump speech talking about her "spirit of Aloha" and her promise to "lead with love," before asserting that the United States is engaged in a "new Cold War" with China and Russia, and on the precipice of nuclear war.
It's 223 so of course Twitter would take something as terrifying as the United States president writing an all-caps threat to another world leader, leaving us (yet again) standing on the precipice of international conflict, and make it into a meme.
And while he insisted that this market situation wasn't the same as in 2007, when the Fed's lockstep rate hikes brought the economy to the precipice of a major recession, he was worried about the effect the current Fed could have on stocks.
"It's not like we're at the precipice of a revolution where the minimum wage goes up, and all these jobs disappear," said Ken Goldberg, a professor of engineering and director of the People and Robots Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley.
Those four years spent on the precipice of full-blown war settled into a sort of miniature Cold War between the US and Cuba, one that was a proxy for the larger US-Soviet Cold War and lasted right up until 20103.
Here he is pictured in the pose "Atop a Sunbaked Precipice in Santorini," elbows to elevated knees, Ray Bans in alignment with the point on the horizon where summer vacation stretches out to meet the ambiguity of not really having a contract anymore.
But it certainly doesn't hurt that it arrived at a time when more and more people around the world believe we are on the precipice of something terrible, and that we're in danger of being destroyed by the forces all around us.
According to two GOP sources, Corker moved to de-escalate the situation that angered his colleagues Thursday night, saying he was happy the party was on the precipice of passing their tax bill even if he wasn't going to be with them.
Cohen is standing on the edge of a precipice, and in my assessment he's beginning to understand the value of his decades' worth of knowledge regarding the President and the Trump Organization: that it may now hold the keys to his freedom.
And with community banks making more than 60 percent of all small-business loans and 80 percent of all agriculture loans, Congress is at the precipice of improving the economic and regulatory environment in which all community banks and local communities operate.
The boxer, Anthony Taylor, known for his take-a-punch-to-give-a-punch ferocity, froze under the unforgiving lights of crisis care at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, where a chorus of beeping monitors and exhaling respirators sang of lives at the precipice.
Tandavanitj points to science fiction author JG Ballard's The Drowned World as a point of reference—how the novel's characters exist on the edge of precipice (in a world flooded by climate change), but simply keep going with a lack of sentiment.
But if we really are standing on the precipice of the next great revolution in communication, which dino emojis surely are, we should do everything in our power to uphold the legacy of the great creatures that roamed our planet during the Mesozoic.
Trump's tendency to plug his ears and advocate that we drill, baby, drill isn't simply ignorant of climate change, it's reckless and indefensible knowing that the humankind has stared over the precipice that is irreversible global warming and jumped off it anyway.
Trump looking flat-footed Trump on the other hand is at the edge of the coronavirus precipice: the US economy risks a steep fall, triggered in part by downplaying the health threat while focusing on the protective powers of America's economic resilience.
The pressure from a new generation of confrontational progressives has put Democrats at the precipice of a sweeping transition, away from not only the centrist ethos of the Bill Clinton years but also, perhaps, from the consensus-oriented liberalism of Barack Obama.
It takes into account the historical, socioeconomic, and political status of Puerto Rico after the storm, such as our dependence on fossil fuels and the impossibility of economic development for an island whose political system is at a precipice due to corruption.
As my country teeters on the precipice of a dark and scary time with decades of progress threatened to be unraveled, I'm even more useless than usual because I can't even string together a decent column about Crosby when he deserves one.
Whether it was Johannes Gutenberg's printing press in the 15th century, the invention of the typewriter 300 years later, or the emoji of today's smartphones, the act of writing seems to be forever on the precipice of extinction, without quite falling off.
The shared confusion and shame that one of us, a fellow Terp, could be so unspeakably cruel, made us all question — at the precipice of entering the wide unknown of the "real world" — just how deep our efforts to celebrate diversity go.
"This largely shows we are not standing on the precipice of a national crime wave," Ames Grawert, senior counsel for the Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, said of the latest crime statistics.
Unfortunately, the lessons that the US and Soviet Union learned from the precipice they gazed over in the early 1980s has not been effectively passed down to current world leadership in regard to arms control—or in regard to other existential threats.
Elana K. Arnold's book is a full submersion into Nina's mind — the mind of a teenage girl who doesn't yet trust herself, who teeters on the precipice of adulthood, and who is sometimes forced to encounter adult concerns far before she's ready.
It is a movie that juts America's lofty ideals right up against its bloody reality, a movie that understood better than most that the precipice we all stood on in 2015 was very different from the one we thought we were on.
Standing on the precipice of a legislative failure likely to damage the political capital he will need to steer the priorities he truly cares about through Congress, Trump was "pissed" Thursday night, one source close to the President said, and so were his advisers.
Written by British-American novelist Anna Winger and her TV producer husband Jörg, D83 captures Germany on an historical precipice—caught between the US and Russia in the middle of the seemingly interminable Cold War, at the brink of the fall of the Wall.
The Celtics are already a great team, second in the East, and on the precipice of something larger, but they've yet to win a playoff series in the Brad Stevens era, and they're the only contender in the East not to improve their roster.
A state party that has historically prided itself in a broad base of rural voters — it's called the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, after all — is on the precipice of losing them, becoming a party made up solely of the Twin Cities and upscale suburbs.
Those claiming the republic is on the precipice because Clinton wasn't indicted are often the first to deify and express uncritical reverence for presidents who owned slaves, secretly sold arms to our enemies and launched wars on what turned out to be false pretenses.
Banana Split, which was written by Marks and Joey Power, is a movie that understands, perfectly, the enormous pressure teenagers face while on precipice of a new home, new friends, new self — and the behaviors that might arise from staring at these stakes too long.
So much of it hangs on the terrifying precipice Jeffrey had to keep from falling over every day in the Navy, and his barely restrained fury at an institution he loves mistreating him so badly, before finally pushing him into the abyss of Cunanan's rage.
As you know, Hyperloop One has made amazing progress over the last two years and stands on the precipice of commercializing this leading edge technology to help solve some of the world's mobility problems as well as bring great value & opportunity to everyone it touches.
Sure, this could be a motivational tactic to ensure his team avoids the very letdown the reporter is alluding to, but I also wholeheartedly believe that Nick Saban is a crazy person and was actually moved to the precipice of physical violence by the question.
His death caused a media frenzy, not only because he was such a massive star but because he was relatively young — at only 50, he wasn't known to be under the kind of health strain that would indicate he was on the precipice of death.
Many more are on the precipice of a potential closure this year — like scores of colleges owned by EDMC, which was once one of the country's largest for-profit college companies and owns nationwide chains like the Art Institutes, Argosy Universities, and Brown Mackie College.
More than a decade out from the start of the Great Recession, standing on what some believe is the precipice of another recession, we're in a position to examine the ways in which it shaped design and led to the aesthetics of the present moment.
"Rendering many Americans' drivers' licenses insufficient for travel would obviously have a chilling effect on our economy and way of life, but we're hopeful and confident that states and the federal government will solve these issues well before sending us over that precipice," he continued.
With two tests of his latest Hwasong-12 ballistic missile on July 4 and 28, he looks to be on the precipice of achieving what only a handful of America's enemies have dreamed of – the ability to hit the U.S. mainland with nuclear force.
"The mainstream media really, really overplayed its hand with the breathless coverage every day that we're just at the precipice of something that is going to be impeachable," Epstein, a former chief Democratic counsel to the House Judiciary Committee under the Clinton administration, told Hill.
Indeed, the report is so consistent with the longstanding evidence of how the economy is doing that we probably wouldn't care much at all about the August numbers if the Federal Reserve weren't on the precipice of raising interest rates at its September policy meeting.
A biker paused at the precipice of a new 30-foot-high platform, the park's main architectural statement, its faceted frame cladding a big truss to support the structure's improbable cantilever, which looms, like the prow of a marooned ship, over the river's edge.
Next week and the week after are long-scheduled Republican and Democratic retreats outside the Capitol and the President's State of the Union address, all of which will eat up the precious two weeks remaining before Congress could be on the precipice of another shutdown.
A couple of hours later, he was in the starting hut for his first training run, peering down past the first two turns toward the precipice called the Mausefalle, or mousetrap, a two-hundred-foot jump over which the previous racer had just vanished.
For some time now it has become increasingly clear that Republicans stand on the precipice of conservatism, ready to throw each other off because we feel as if we've lost our grip on what conservatism means; indeed, what it even means to be a republican.
Ever since Donald Trump was elected, the mandarins and chatterers of the capital have been alarmed that we would get to this precipice of blustery, threatening exchanges between Trump and Kim Jong-un about thermonuclear annihilation, and that when we did, it would be parlous.
"In spite of the mess we try to make of the country, he manages always to rescue us when we get to the edge of the precipice," Alex Ekwueme, a former vice president, said on the video, referring to God, after the hymn finished.
Defense lawyer Tom Green, who has negotiated Gates' plea deal for more than a month behind the scenes, finally told the court he'd represent Gates officially Thursday night, a strong indication that Gates is on the precipice of reaching a plea deal with prosecutors.
It's about a woman whose husband comes rushing down a mountainside after a hike, calling for help: His wife has fallen from a steep precipice into the river below, which the park rangers know, exchanging glances, means that she's all but guaranteed to be dead.
He had reason to be, as the Orange are definitely on the NCAA precipice with a 18-14 overall record, a 2-11 road record, and an up-to-the-minute RPI of 85, which would be the worst ever for an at-large team.
But at their best, they can connect us with the thing that really matters: the people who will stand with us on the precipice of our lives, gazing down at the chasm of the next challenge, and hold our hands as we jump into the unknown.
Rick makes it clear ... Kobe's death is a blow to so many in a very personal way, but there's also a global factor -- Kobe was a worldwide celebrity and on the precipice of starting a second chapter that could have been as awesome as his first.
Exactly four decades later, Sanders -- the avatar of so-called "democratic socialism" that would swing the national pendulum to the far left -- stands on the precipice of remaking the Democratic Party every bit as much as Reagan did on the far opposite side of the ideological spectrum.
A long but listless bull market now in its eighth year, plus a Federal Reserve on the precipice of another interest rate hike, mean ordinary investors might be wise to take some tips from the pros and look for ways to ride out a turbulent period.
This year, Wetter said, the US is on a dangerous precipice: The Supreme Court will hear a case about Texas's onerous abortion regulations, determining whether it's constitutional to impose restrictions on reproductive health care that could effectively shutter over half the abortion providers in the state.
He was playing first base on October 25, 1986 for the Boston Red Sox, who on a Saturday evening at Shea Stadium in Queens, New York were on the precipice of winning the coveted World Series championship of Major League Baseball for the first time since 1918.
"It is a very serious problem and I think this judge really sits on the precipice with a lot of folks in the judiciary potentially following what's going to happen here," said Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, a jury consultant for the defense team in the O.J. Simpson trial.
It would be nice to think that we will, as a nation, soon mop our sweaty brows, like Daniel Webster in the Stephen Vincent Benét story, "as a man might who's just escaped falling into a pit in the dark," and step back from the precipice.
For these reasons, the leaders of the Kurdish and Catalonian separatist movements might do well to take step a back from the precipice of partition and seek a political solution to addressing their grievances while remaining part of the country from which they seek to secede.
Two recent works—Olivia Sudjic's debut novel, Sympathy, and Ingrid Goes West, a film starring Aubrey Plaza—take Instagram as their subject, and through very similar plots and points of reference, they depict the app as something less like a platform and more like a precipice.
For Espinal, his district is at the precipice of major change—in the coming years, the Broadway Junction terminal will see massive reinvestment from both the city, and state; an effort that will effectively change the face of what this far-flung part of Brooklyn looks like.
The president's threat that he would impose potentially crippling tariffs on the United States' largest trading partner and one of its closest allies brought both countries to the brink of an economic and diplomatic crisis — only to be yanked back from the precipice nine days later.
Though it was Trump&aposs order to kill Iran&aposs top general that pushed the country to the precipice of conflict with the US in the past week, the roots of the recent tensions can be traced back to his withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
While best known as the headquarters of Amazon and Microsoft, experts believe the Seattle area is on the precipice of a major startup boom because of a confluence of factors including a critical mass of talent, and the increasing availability of venture capital and angel investments.
It is not the first time that Trump has portrayed Obama's dealings with North Korea as a failure or implied the previous administration was on the precipice of war in an attempt to boost public perceptions about his own quest for a diplomatic resolution with Pyongyang.
Fancher writes that as adults or just on the precipice of adulthood, these students have communication difficulties, lack a sense of personal motivation and believe they're not good enough to accomplish things on their own because lawnmower parents have cleared and charted paths and removed obstacles.
DES MOINES — Mayor Bill de Blasio took the stage here on Tuesday evening, more than 1,000 miles from the city he governs, to outline his vision to revive a Democratic Party that he described as lost in recent years but on the precipice of a great comeback.
It's up to Congress, the media, and the public to read the entire report to get a full picture of the president's repeated efforts to undermine the justice system and the concerted attempts by government lawyers and other aides to pull him back from the precipice.
The food-stamp bust dealt another gut punch to a city already reeling from an onslaught of negative press involving allegations of unscrupulous politicians and bureaucrats shaking down business owners and city contractors, illegally pillaging city coffers for personal gain, and driving the city to the precipice of insolvency.
They find themselves on the precipice of a number of issues our society, and certainly the black community, grapples with: reclaiming freedom within a life partnership, progressive parenting styles, intergenerational understanding among women, and young people pushing their own visions of gender and sexuality, just to name a few.
"I see much of that happening in America, it's not new, it's been happening over the last 60, 70 years" Dees added that he agrees with Carson that "America is on the precipice," and cited Supreme Court rulings that found displays of religion in government spaces to be unconstitutional.
And lastly, these investors take a look at facts – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) makes clear the case that a "fair and functioning legal system that conforms to international standards of human rights and rule-of-law is at the precipice of economic growth, security and poverty eradication".
Mr. Trump believes he has the power to fire anyone in the executive branch, though aides say they have learned to ignore many of his private rants, unless the president brings up the subject repeatedly and appears on the precipice of making a move they feel could be damaging.
The half moon in Libra on Saturday is a great time to evaluate your feelings about your coworkers and partners, and to tap into how those feelings will fertilize the soil for groundbreaking career changes that are on the precipice of happening, come next week's new moon eclipse.
He uses his anger and rage to overpower Vader, but after he chops off his father's hand and see only wires and circuits (then looks at his own robotic hand lost in Empire) he steps back from the precipice of the Dark Side and tosses away his weapon.
The onetime crown prince of New York Fashion Week, creator of the most anticipated, most controversial show of each season, the one guaranteed to electrify the city and shore up its creative cred, beloved child of downtown, channeler of the moment, seemed to be teetering on a precipice.
While the film critic Serge Daney wrote about movies watching their audiences, Klein's images — most famously, those from his classic street photography book Life Is Good (and Good For You) in New York (1956) — are snapshots from the precipice of modernism, looking back at the viewer with hyperreal clarity.
But I was wrong in the priority that I gave the deficit relative to other issues, wrong to discern a looming "fiscal precipice," wrong in some of the criticism I leveled at both George W. Bush and Barack Obama for failing to care enough about balancing the nation's books.
"Now, with NIST and the FBI on the precipice of a new, larger experiment that will use upwards of 100,000 tattoo images, officials must suspend any further research into tattoo recognition technology until they address the First Amendment, ethical, and privacy concerns EFF has identified," Maas and Mackey wrote.
Part of the reason the city has set aside just 5 percent of affordable housing for the homeless is that there are other desperate populations to accommodate — thousands living on the precipice, close to losing their apartments at any time because of rising rents, venal landlords and so on.
And now, on the precipice of Brexit, ardent pro-European Britons, who by some measures outnumber those favoring Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, are looking for new outlets for their rage — something, anything, to keep from staring into the abyss of a generation-long exile from the bloc.
With the court on the precipice of a dangerous lurch rightward, polling data indicate that Democrats have a positive view of Chief Justice John Roberts, who has expressed regard for precedent and concern for the court's legitimacy, encouraging a view that he will step in to prevent partisan excess.
In making his case for bipartisanship on trade, Hochberg argues that we are on the precipice of a sizable global economic change that will fundamentally alter core industries like energy and manufacturing: Core machines are now on assembly lines, and artificial intelligence is only just starting to displace jobs.
In each of those, the United States stood on the precipice -- would it succumb to the spread of slavery out of the South; would it capitulate to the economic ravages of the Great Depression; and would it give in to the demons of racist fear and undermine American democracy?
Mr. Erdogan is the leader of an important NATO ally and is crucial in the fight against the Islamic State, but he is also a prickly strongman whose campaign to change Turkey's Constitution in a referendum has many worried that the country is on the precipice of authoritarianism.
Frank Bruni To travel the liberal byways of social media over recent weeks was to learn that Donald Trump was on the precipice of axing Robert Mueller and was likely to use the days just before Christmas, when we were distracted by eggnog and mistletoe, to lower the blade.
I asked John Weeks, economist and professor emeritus at the University of London, whether markets around the world were indeed heading towards a massive precipice as the doomsayers predicted, and what a crash would mean for ordinary, non-Gordon Gekko types like you and I. VICE: Hi John.
Liquid Snake tells us that there are no illegitimate tactics on the precipice of oblivion, and Metal Gear Solid does the most of any of the games in this series to show what a human will do when they believe that they have been backed into a corner.
That's right, he stands at the precipice of becoming bigger than magic itself, more magical than the forces of the arcane, moving ever closer to the moment when his very DNA, the imprint of his existence, is what binds the world together, the common energy that flows through all of us.
But, at this point, I was still on the precipice between serious preparation and self-sabotage, which meant I thought it would be funny to tweet stuff like this: Which, obviously, resulted in stuff like this: If there's one area where I can trust my Twitter followers, though, it's music.
To put that into everyday terms, that renewable energy increase in China would be equivalent to replacing the entire electrical grid in the U.S.  Yet that's not enough for Pruitt and Trump, who have now proven themselves ready to lead the U.S., and the world, off a climate precipice together.
Amidst a stock market that dances on the precipice of another correction and more signs that the economic growth is slowing down, the president was busy on Twitter once again lambasting the mainstream media, even as the nation remained focus on its bloodiest streak of violence ahead of an election.
" On Thursday, the Chinese Communist Party's main mouthpiece, the People's Daily, ran a front-page editorial describing the legislation as "a piece of waste paper" that was a "serious provocation against the entire Chinese people," and calling on Washington to "rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice.
And not a little of it comes from the casting of the "Game of Thrones" star Richard Madden as David Budd, an Afghan War veteran who is teetering on the precipice of full-blown post-traumatic stress disorder when he's assigned to protect the Conservative home secretary Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes).
" Many of the characters exist on the precipice of this realization — they are queasy about their good fortune, heartsick at the way "money moves across the globe at the speed of thought, at the speed of poison in water, but when will these people" — refugees — "be allowed outside the wire enclosures?
But after years of planning and planting — not to mention the accidental discovery of two lost apple trees and the investment of what Mr. Rosen called "100 percent of all the money I ever had in my entire life" — Ironbound Hard Cider is on the precipice of bringing it back.
" TAX REFORM SPEEDS TOWARD PASSAGE: From POLITICO's Nancy Cook: "President Donald Trump is on the precipice of signing a sweeping tax reform bill, his first major piece of legislation since taking office 11 months ago, the result of a strategic decision to do one simple thing: focus on the hard sell.
"We are on the precipice of the first time I've seen in my career when we have demand-pull and supply-push happening at the same time to support almost $200 billion in infrastructure investment that's needed in the U.S.," said Meg Gentle, president and CEO of LNG company Tellurian.
A combat veteran who had survived three separate bomb blasts while serving in Iraq, Donoho found himself standing at the precipice in 2015 -- the culmination of a years-long battle with depression, compounded by a series of personal tragedies and his own struggle to reacclimate to civilian life after leaving the service.
Since Congress has, so far, not acted we are now on the precipice of a much more uncertain and chaotic situation in which Puerto Rico will attempt to selectively cancel debts and bondholders will seek to use the federal courts to block the Puerto Rican government from operating until it pays up.
Her drug use made her so oblivious to what was happening in her life that when someone told her in 1990 that her son -- then on the precipice of becoming the biggest name in hip-hop -- was going to be on "The Arsenio Hall Show," she thought the person was lying, she said.
Sundance favorite Eighth Grade, from director Bo Burnham and starring Elsie Fisher (the voice of Agnes in Despicable Me), looks like it aims to capture all of the terror and existential stress a young girl faces as she stands on the precipice of childhood, staring out at her teenage years to come.
The Vive's motion tracking makes exploration feel more intimate than usual: one of the controllers appears as a torch in your hand, and you're able to do things like use it to examine the base of a moldering statue or thrust it over a precipice to see a few inches farther down.
I think we are approaching that moment with the internet: When there is a social collision between the bullycides, online mobs and doxxing, as in Gamergate, and a company like Twitter losing out on a major sale because of toxic comments, we might be on the precipice of finally saying enough is enough.
Many American pundits seem to firmly believe that the country stands at a precipice in which young, left-wing college students and recent graduates are the leading edge of a rising tide of illiberalism that comes in the form of "political correctness" and poses a clear and present danger to free speech and rational discourse.
We may be poised on the precipice of a new era of spaceflight, but leaping prematurely off it would be a costly mistake — which is why the delays and failures of SpaceX's Crew Dragon, the new spacecraft that will likely be soonest to take humans to space, are a matter for concern but not worry.
"Rendering many Americans' drivers' licenses insufficient for travel would obviously have a chilling effect on our economy and way of life, but we're hopeful and confident that states and the federal government will solve these issues well before sending us over that precipice," U.S. Travel Association executive vice president of public affairs Jonathan Grella said.
She returned to France a few months later, having signed up with the newly formed O.S.S., and directed resistance operations at the time of the Normandy landings: Under her command, saboteurs put up misleading road signs to direct troops the wrong way (and "preferably over a precipice"), and laid explosive horse dung on roads.
America, the Science Philanthropy Alliance, The Science Coalition, and United for Medical Research, among others, as well as leaders throughout the biomedical research community have worked diligently to remind Congress about the importance of investing across the board in biomedical science: Researchers are on the precipice of producing many new therapies for deadly diseases.
This has given other Middle Eastern countries the space to pull back from the precipice of a nuclear arms race, shored up existing non-proliferation regimes such as the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and eliminated an existential threat to the United States, Israel, other regional allies and partners, and the global order upon which we all depend.
On the precipice of a new year that will see some of the tech sector's most iconic startups become public companies — including Uber, Lyft and Postmates — both Airbnb and Slack are weighing direct listings, and their decisions will go a long way toward signaling whether Spotify's so-far singular move was an aberration or a trendsetter.
As Trump stands on the precipice of triggering a constitutional crisis by firing yet one more leader of the investigation protecting American democracy from foreign attacks against us, Congress and leading constitutional authorities representing all points of view should begin a serious national discussion of exactly what would constitute the impeachable offense of obstruction of justice.
The town teeters between the prospects of boom and bust, and Nora's household finds itself on a similar precipice; after her husband goes missing on a trip to find water, her two elder sons take off following a heated argument about his fate, leaving her to look after Toby and attend to the family's affairs on her own.
I have no answers—though my general (ill-advised) tactic involves downing enough coffee to white-knuckle the precipice between panic attack and productive adrenaline rush—but I have found some comfort in the past couple of years in realizing that we are not the first generation to feel such panic, and to desperately seek such release.
When you walk along the beach, the way they did that day in 1965, you don't reach the end of a road; there is no headland, hill, clearing, or precipice, no geographic or geologic formation to indicate a change in the landscape; there is stony beach as far as the eye can see, nothing begins or ends, just continues.
All of the years of vetting and grooming and lobbying and list-making by conservative legal figures frustrated by Republican appointees who drifted to the left arguably has come down to this moment, when they stand on the precipice of appointing a fifth justice who, they hope, will finally establish a bench committed to their principles.
Waters cited the departures from the Pentagon of former Defense Secretary James MattisJames Norman MattisMaxine Waters: Republicans 'shielding' Trump 'going to be responsible for dragging us to war' On the precipice: Unknown unknowns in the Middle East, again Pentagon brushes aside bombshell 'Afghanistan Papers' MORE and other officials in arguing that Republicans should not follow Trump's lead.
All of the years of vetting and grooming and lobbying and list-making by conservative legal figures frustrated by Republican appointees who drifted to the left arguably has come down to this moment, when they stand on the precipice of appointing a fifth justice who, they hope, will at last establish a bench firmly committed to their principles.
As I watched this sequence unfold, I wondered if I would end up feeling like it was a cop-out, if I would grumble to myself at how creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg and his writers had tiptoed up to the precipice of holding their main character accountable in a forum larger than his own mind, then tiptoed right back.
And if subsequent comments from the CEO of AT&T, the parent company of WarnerMedia, are any indication, then the nonexclusive deal that Netflix cut to keep Friends streaming is one that should concern anybody who has cut the cord to save money on cable TV. The streaming era is on the precipice of becoming just as expensive as the cable era.
Built on a bed of production that owes as much to tracks like OT Genasis' "CoCo" or OG Maco's "U Guessed It" as much as it does the looming, swerving thematics of the sort of grime that used to be built in the bunkers of Bow, East London, it consummately sits on the precipice of the special relationship between Britain and the States.
Referencing African American rap and basketball culture on the one hand and the crucifixion on the other, "In God We Trust" is about the racial divide in sports, the way athletes of color are both revered and constantly on the precipice, the media and public ready to condemn them for perceived or real misdemeanors, while white athletes are far more swiftly forgiven.
Oneohtrix Point Never has always been respected among experimental music heads and curious critics—a 2011 Best New Music review from Pitchfork echoes the general tenor of the early praise, casting him as the author and creator of a "tiny universe with its own cracked logic"—but now it feels like he's at the precipice of an even bigger breakthrough.
Your only rest comes when you are insulting somebody, when you are threatening to throw your opponent in jail, when you are looming over her menacingly like a mafioso thug on the precipice of a hit, when you are bellowing that she has "tremendous hate in her heart" when it is clear to everyone you are only projecting what is in your own.
Perhaps you're 18 and sitting on the swings with a friend, both on the precipice of leaving your hometown for the first time, life yawning cavernously open in front of you while you hoof the last of some bad coke off a National Insurance card and reflect on all the times you kissed the same people over by the cricket pitch.
But Steff's power was tangible; and watching her twerk at a group of screaming girls, effortlessly flitting between a London accent and patois, and propping one leg up on the speaker as she rapped "black rings, black range, she a killa" from "Real Ting" felt as if you'd just stumbled across Nicki Minaj or Lil Kim at the precipice of their success.
From the looks of it, it could have been a cocktail reception or art opening, but on the precipice of the year 2020 the cause was political rather than social: Raise some serious money to get Donald Trump out of office as quickly as humanly possible — and, perhaps even more urgently, help wrestle the Senate from Republican stranglehold on legislation.
Last year he authored a commentary suggesting that while 20 years of research has resulted in "no set of genetic variants available to predict exercise performance and predisposition to injuries in individuals," as well as many papers that were eventually invalidated and riddled with errors, the field of sports genetics was at long last undergoing a paradigm shift that put it on the precipice of real results.
You're thrown into a world standing at the precipice of destruction — the gods are dead, the sun has mysteriously stopped in the middle of the sky, and a race of war-mongering beings known as the dredge are tearing through humans and varl (a mostly friendly race of horned giants that were created by a god in the image of a man and an ox).
But not only that — I think we all went into this election believing Hillary would win, and that these conversations that we've been having about pay equity, and affordable child care, and family leave, and raising the minimum wage, which so disproportionately impacts women — I know I went into the election cycle believing we were on the precipice of doing great things on all those issues.

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