It was the front phalanx in a culture war against the "Philistines" to save artistic integrity.
He was surrounded by guys in Mets and Yankees caps in a phalanx of guardian angels.
We are greeted at the drop-off point by a phalanx of police in full battle gear.
Everywhere he went, a phalanx of cameras and reporters trailed in his wake.
We were greeted at the former warehouse by a phalanx of smiling staffers.
He also learned that it was smarter to stay behind the phalanx of riot police than to stand before them.
If a prototype due by December 2007 improves the laser beam director, it could get deployed alongside existing Phalanx systems within 12 months.
Where Mr Abashidze was habitually accompanied by a phalanx of black-clad toughs, Mr Varshalomidze strolls around Batumi, Ajaria's capital, with a lone bodyguard.
After being isolated for a long time, new atheists find themselves in phalanx with dozens or hundreds of others who think like they do.
Unfortunately, the NYPD is under assault at the moment by civil liberties agitators, a phalanx of lawyers and their allies at the New York Times.
Accompanied into the parade ring by a phalanx of policemen, the great colt looked far more relaxed than either his trainer or his jockey, Tom Queally.
It might swing some MPs, particularly the phalanx of newcomers whose instinctive Euroscepticism wars with their equally instinctive loyalty to the leader who got them elected.
The Phalanx is also being sold to Australia as part of the deal, extending the anti-missile defensive capabilities of one of America's most important Pacific allies.
But in this as in other respects, Mr Blair's evidence slotted perfectly into the defences so expertly marshalled by a phalanx of loyal civil servants during the week.
According to eyewitnesses interviewed by The New York Times, younger brother Dzhokhar then got back in the SUV and drove through the phalanx of police, escaping the scene.
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The rest of the field is composed of governors, recycled presidential contenders (Lamar Alexander, Pat Buchanan and Malcolm S. "Steve" Forbes Jr. among them) and a phalanx of current senators.
The choreographed comings and goings of a phalanx of mobcapped young chambermaids are less a matter of upstairs-downstairs than of inside-outside: what do they know, and whom are they likely to tell?
Salman had found that the easiest way to deal with the phalanx of trucks was simply to clear a path for them, to stop civilian traffic and let the security cars rumble through.
The hittee was identified by the paper as Patrick Hurley, 25, of Colfax, who was arrested after being held down by a phalanx of football dads that jumped Hurley after he was knocked over.
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Phalanx close-in guns against incoming sea-skimmer missiles.
Outside in the great hall, Mr Allister hogged the microphone so long that Peter Robinson, pointing to his watch, eventually led a phalanx of his MLAs in more or less nudging the TUV leader out of the way.
Most of us have no illusions that Oprah has ever used a panini press, but her show and its producers give the impression that she would know what it was if we could get through her phalanx of bodyguards and ask her.
What I'd say to these executives is this: Instead of sending a phalanx of lobbyists to fight this proposal, or employing an army of lawyers and accountants to help evade the fee, I suggest you might want to consider simply meeting your responsibilities.
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In the past year nine ECNs (electronic communications networks) have sprung up to trade shares online. (E-Trade, Ameritrade and the like are more akin to brokerage firms.) Island ECN, backed merely by a phalanx of Dell PCs and a broker license, now clears 12% of Nasdaq's transactions.
Many proposals--like the one allowing companies to recoup taxes on profits earned in the last five years, rather that just in the last two years as the law stands now--tend to favor large businesses with a phalanx of lawyers to parse those loopholes, a luxury most small companies can't afford.
In 1993, the French department of public works staged an open competition to build a high bypass bridge between plateaus at the top of the gorge, based on an initial concept by its engineer, Michel Virlogeux, who proposed a multispan, cable-stayed bridge with a phalanx of seven masts supporting cable fans.
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By the time the soft spoken Dodgers manager sat behind the designated table for a 30 minute session with the baseball writers, a phalanx of microphones and television cameras were ready to capture every syllable and word that Mattingly uttered regarding the 2011 season and the future of his ball club.
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In the past year nine ECNs (electronic communications networks) have sprung up to trade shares online. (E-Trade, Ameritrade and the like are more akin to brokerage firms.) Island ECN, backed merely by a phalanx of Dell PCs and a broker license, now clears one-quarter of Nasdaq's trades and 12% of the transactions.
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