high-noon

President Obama's speech to Congress Wednesday on health care reform will probably be one of the high-noon moments of his presidency.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: September 09, 2009 2009

There was the bank of lights above right field that, to an outfielder tracking the ball off the bat, could be as blinding as a high-noon sun.

Take Me In to the Ballgame Mike Sielski 2010

It was a mid-December day, clear and cold; and the hesitant high-noon sun, having laboriously dragged its pale orb up from behind the southern land-rim, balked at the great climb to the zenith, and began its shamefaced slide back beneath the earth.

CHAPTER 14 2010

Not a soul was stirring, and yet it was high-noon—Wall Street?

DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

In the days of the Wild West -- at least the West according Clint Eastwood and Hollywood -- the pinnacle of a challenge was the high-noon, quick-draw showdown.

Anthony Tjan: The Next Big Movement: Natural Conversations Anthony Tjan 2010

David Paterson to engage in a high-noon style standoff with the state's Indian reservations if they failed to comply with the law.

Smoke Shop Sting 2010

Here, for instance, is his description of a scene in "Fallout 3," a post-apocalyptic, role-playing shoot-'em-up game that mostly takes place in Washington D.C.: "I was running up the stairs of what used to be the Dupont Circle metro station and, as I turned to bash in the brainpan of a radioactive ghoul, noticed the playful, lifelike way in which the high-noon sunlight streaked along the grain of my sledgehammer's wooden handle."

Immersed and Confused 2010

He and Jones went looking for Woods to get introductions out of the way, but they never found him until their high-noon shootout.

Unplayable Robert Lusetich 2010

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans called a high-noon cease-fire in their long-running political feud Tuesday, holding a rare, private meeting on Capitol Hill to discuss what legislation can be achieved during this volatile election year.

Republicans Say 'Thin Skinned' Obama Should 'Take A Valium' 2010

In the days of the Wild West -- at least the West according Clint Eastwood and Hollywood -- the pinnacle of a challenge was the high-noon, quick-draw showdown.

Anthony Tjan: The Next Big Movement: Natural Conversations 2010