The writer Tom Wolfe and other neighbors have taken to lobbing objections in the direction of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the city's official watchdog for landmarked areas.
But if ISIS is the threat that Obama, National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Vice President Joe Biden, and the rest of the crew say it is -- and which events suggest that it is -- taking out a few mortars lobbing shells in the direction of Erbil hardly seems an adequate response.
North Korea periodically lobs missiles in the direction of Japan.
As modern as these dishes were, their presentations were often scattershot, as if the food had been lobbed in the general direction of plates as they sailed toward the kitchen door.
Now Mr. Richman has fired back, lobbing mortar shells in the direction of Les Halles and its globetrotting consultant: What's more appalling than the food or even the absurd title of Chef-at-Large is that the smirking Bourdain has somehow become the de facto public face of the restaurant industry.
In 1996, it lobbed a few in the direction of Taiwan's two main ports.
The crowd booed and lobbed beer cans in the direction of the judges.
In this room, no one talked about what had just happened in the ring, as if the events that unfolded late Saturday — another entertaining bout; another controversial decision; this time, a crowd that booed and lobbed beer cans in the direction of the judges — did not exist.
By evening on Wednesday, several hundred people had gathered in the pens, and at one point, police officers fired tear gas into a crowd of anti-impeachment protesters after firecrackers were lobbed in the officers' direction.
Over the past few days, some so-called Republicans have taken it upon themselves to lob some pretty harsh words in the direction of my husband.
WASHINGTON — At a dinner for Iowa Democrats back in November 2007, Senator Barack Obama lobbed a less than subtle insult in the direction of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, seated just a few feet away.
