We don't yet know what the Baton Rouge officers' defense will be, but, given the precedents, we can imagine it: this was a hair-trigger, stressful situation.
Mr. Cianfrance was describing the unusual structure of "The Place Beyond the Pines," a triptych of related stories, as a homage to what he called "the baton pass" of "Psycho," in which the top-billed Janet Leigh made a famously premature exit.
As for Désir, she and the women of (Four Women) Run For ALL Women are carrying what Désir calls the "baton of hope and health" into Washington Friday, then joining the Women's March on Saturday, in honor of the rights of women everywhere.
Finally with scale, at this stage you don't just start growing the business you've built as an intrapreneur; you generally hand off the baton (what you've built) to someone else and lose all ability to steer it.
Much of CHIRLA's work involves what Salas calls "handing the baton" -- recruiting and training the next generation of activists.
The decrease principally involved the use of what the Border Patrol refers to as "less lethal" weapons such as pepper-ball guns, Tasers and batons.
He said: "As the final runner of the Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) at the last Commonwealth Games on Scottish soil in Edinburgh in 1986, the baton and what it symbolises is incredibly special for me.
"When you're running track, they pass you -- I don't know what you call it... -- the baton.
The film inspires, otherwise what about all those folks grabbing the baton and charging the steps.
It's about giving players the freedom to concentrate on what matters, which isn't me with the baton.
