The play was like a clock, every word spoken was another tick of the second hand.
Spain had possessed the ball for roughly two-thirds of its games, turning each match into a high-class version of keep-ball, and in the process, becoming the first team to turn passing the ball into a form of defense: Like a clock-eating drive in football, if Spain has the ball, its opponent can't score and the Spanish keep the ball so well that they barely give up any chances, let alone goals.
It's like a grandfather clock on a grander scale, Mr. Bezos said.
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It's not hard to choose those moments over a gimmick like a shot clock.
"Because mutations start occurring at regular intervals in these genes as soon as a new species evolves - like the ticking of a clock - we can use them to trace the evolutionary history of a species back to its time of origin, " said Dr Hedges.
Revelations waited for them like all the silent seconds on a digital alarm clock before the shrieking starts or else like a land mine.
It's not like there's a clock ticking and then suddenly it's over.
Kate Beckinsale brushes past Westminster Clock Tower like a gun-toting Godzilla.
So it includes, you know, YouTube, Google Maps, the Web browser, phone functionality, contact management, calendar, alarm clock, like everything in a bundle.
Best Buy, now in trouble, became the darling of social media watchers a few years ago for its open flexible work models, unprecedented in a punch-clock domain like retail.
Robert Hellmann, 47, like Sheffield a coach with The Five O'Clock Club, says a client of his turned a no into a yes through diligent, enthusiastic follow-up.
Robert Hellmann, 48, like Sheffield a coach with The Five O'Clock Club, says a client of his turned a no into a yes through diligent, enthusiastic follow-up.
Chez Georges is exactly what most foreigners want a bistro to be, which is basically a place where time has stood still on a very French clock (Parisians like it, too, but find it expensive).
The pen comes with several onboard applications, like games, an alarm clock, and a note pad there are also plans to sell a bunch of different products that take advantage of the technology, like math and spelling workbooks that can offer real-time feedback when you (or hopefully, your kid) make a mistake.
And instead of moving with urgency the Trojans dallied as the clock ticked, like browsing SkyMall magazine as a plane's oxygen masks drop from the ceiling.
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Highlights include a 19th-century mantel clock that shows a magician who moves a cup to reveal various hidden objects and a Victorian brass skeleton clock built to look like Westminster Abbey.
The governor has put a deficit counter on his website, like the national debt clock in New York.
Right up to about 10 o'clock on election night the local press treated him like a cartoon character.
Years later, as they were entering the winter of their lives, I sought both of them to speak about what it was like to be working, with the clock ticking, against such a disease.
It's like wondering how many times I take a deep breath, or look at a clock.
Skeleton clocks display the interior mechanisms of the timepiece, while mystery clocks, like the 1890 enamel and glass French timepiece showing a fetching young lady holding a pendulum clock, hide their mechanisms, thus presenting a mystery as to what makes them tick.
The pinch will be on farmers like Johnny Howell who run water to plants around the clock, without much hope of turning a profit.
As the name suggests, the handhelds featured a clock and alarm but the real attraction was the games, which included titles like Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, and Balloon Fight.
This is true for mainstays such as the address book, alarm clock, calendar, phone and SMS apps, but also extends to unique offerings like a unit converter, file manager, tip calculator and voice recorder.
At approximately 11 o'clock as I was getting ready to take my friend home I heard what sounded like a large lorry pull right up outside my home, or possibly a low flying aircraft.
But indecision is still a decision, and like every decision, it has its costs which can grow steadily steeper as the clock ticks on.
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Some people have asked me if investment advisers charge like lawyers do, with the clock ticking all the time and every single photo copy charged out to a particular client.
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