On the first tee, people didn't know whether he was going to make a toast or hit a golf ball.
Maybe Nat Gas will not solve all of our problems with job growth and dependency on foreign oil but Nat Gas will make a big hit.
Chertoff also argued that authorities did not have much notice that the storm would be so powerful and could make a direct hit on New Orleans.
Moosa hopes the underlying themes portrayed in the film of an underdog fighting against the odds and tradition will make it a hit outside South Africa.
His stance did not make him a hit at dinner parties not at a time the Dow had roared up 27% from a low near 7, 300 in October 2002.
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Their Southern charm, close-knit harmonies and high-profile collaborations with Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis have helped make the duo a hit in the L.A. folk scene and beyond.
The project will test whether a dollop of government stimulus can make an impact in a region hit hard by the housing crisis and where more than half the home sales are foreclosures.
Even though we are building what could be considered a budget system we didn't want to make sacrifices just to hit a target cost.
To help make the MTRC IPO a hit, Hong Kong citizens were offered 5.25% off the institutional price.
Clearwire's roughing up on Wall Street is enough to make a billionaire want to hit the slopes, which may be exactly what McCaw is doing.
Other plans agreed in July, to make private investors take a hit on any default by Greece on its debts, are also now seen as insufficient.
As a private company, Sunstone could make renovations without worrying about a stock hit.
Some of these people do what we expect of them: They run for office, pass legislation, start a business, get hired or fired, commit a crime, make an arrest, get in accidents, hit a home run, overthrow a government, fight wars, sue an opponent, put out fires, prepare for hurricanes, and cavort with people other than their spouses.
Avery Bradley made a layup, then Green hit a pair of free throws to make it a four-point game.
Ad-sponsored television will take a hit that will make Tivo look like a pop gun.
"Yesterday I didn't make anything, but I hit a lot of beautiful putts that didn't go in, because I didn't hit the putts hard enough, " he said.
Part of the time has been defense, but there also comes a time where you've got to make a big pitch or you've got to get a big hit.
Roger McCarthy of Failure Analysis Associates testified that Jose and Kitty Menendez were sitting side-by-side on a sofa in the den when they were attacked, and that the brothers aimed "kneecapping" shots at their parents to make the killings look like a Mafia hit.
Subsidies for a hard-hit export sector, say, seem to make sense as a response to the global downturn.
And it would mean China could continue to buy US Treasury securities at a cheaper price to make up for the declining value of the dollar, which hit a new low for the past several decades today.
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The only times that we have seen this company spike was when a new hit videogame was released, usually causing the stock to make a sudden 5% jump only to quickly trickle back down over the coming week.
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This time, he hit both to make it a three-point game with 19.2 seconds left.
Traffic was so stalled that they had to forgo their java hit in order to make a meeting.
Donegal stayed ahead until the final seconds when Christopher McKaigue hit a point to make it 1-11 to 0-14 and send the game into extra-time.
Likewase, many bartenders are unfamiliar with the use of this little tool, and frequently roll their eyes as they dig around looking for the muddler and would rather hit the customer then make a drink with it.
While he's cryptic about what that means, he does note that there would be a shift away from valuing gross margins -- in other words, the company may take a hit on profits to make its device sales sing.
But you could instead suffer a stroke, or get hit by a bus and immediately need someone else to make medical decisions for you.
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But last year the film Dil Se was a box office hit, the first Bollywood production to make it into the UK top 10, despite being considered a flop in India.
Word of mouth helped make My Big Fat Greek Wedding a much bigger hit than dozens of heavily advertised films.
But BMW Sauber hit upon a way to make the leaps forward that other midfield teams have been unable to match.
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