Sentence examples for center touched from inspiring English sources

Scranton, a faded former coal center, touched off a full-blown debt crisis this month, losing access to the capital markets when its City Council refused to honor a taxpayer guarantee for a parking authority's bonds.

By the fourth quarter, Heat Coach Pat Riley was playing his reserves and the fans were cheering every time Gheorghe Muresan, the Nets' 7-foot-7-inch backup center, touched the ball.

Though Boeing said it wanted to conduct a quick and low-key search for a new home, the company's announcement in March that it wanted to have a "leaner corporate center," touched off a media blitz and a frenzied triangular courtship.

Move the spoon until the center touches your fingers.

Take the positive wire from the battery holder and solder it to the center, touching connections on the switches.

The center touch screen display could have offered to use the navigation system to direct me to the nearest charging station and automatically reserve a spot.

(Kozinn) TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC (Tonight through Monday) This annual run of new-music programs, played by the students of the Tanglewood Music Center, touches on a wide range of styles, from the pop-inspired work of Steven Mackey and the poetic chamber music of John Harbison to the thornier vocal works of Milton Babbitt and Shulamit Ran.

Knowlton's public bid at an auction sponsored by the Dallas Safari Club in that city's convention center last year touched off a furor among animal rights advocates.

Part of me felt the same way, but when Juan Pierre, the speedy Marlins center fielder, touched off the first inning of the first Series game with an unplayable bunt, scooted to third on a single, and scored on a sacrifice fly, my mind began to clear.

For sure, this is a summer like no other for the Olivieris and others throughout the metropolitan region, where the loss of life in the World Trade Center attack touched so many and the jitters on Wall Street spared so few.

At lower speeds, the circular bands squashed into a long oval; at higher speeds, the top collapsed so that its center nearly touched the bottom.