Sentences with phrase «acclaimed as a genius»

Though many football people acclaimed him as a genius, and everyone accepted him as a man of integrity, no one would dare hire him in the big time, because Bull Cyclone sure as shooting wasn't going to be a football assistant for any mother's son.It's apparently true that Norm Van Brocklin, an old pal of his, did once ask him to take over the Atlanta Falcons» offense when Van Brocklin was head coach, but Bull Cyclone declined, saying, «Now, Norm, why should I come up there and work for you when I already know more football than you do?»

Not exact matches

While not a huge surprise, considering the momentum of «Argo» as of late, the film faced stiff competition, most notably from «Lincoln,» which was adapted by Pulitzer Prize - winning writer Tony Kushner from the acclaimed book «Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln» by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Official Premise: Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn («Kick Ass ``, «X-Men First Class»), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Synopsis: Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

It's not like it ever left, but grit is back on the radar in a big way right now as Angela Duckworth, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who is the widely acknowledged expert on the subject (in fact, it earned her acclaim as a MacArthur «genius»), has a new book of her own out called Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance.

This year, Gioni also co-curated the acclaimed first New York survey of American painter Nicole Eisenman at the New Museum (serendipitously timed, as the artist received a MacArthur «genius» grant in the fall of 2015), along with his colleague Helga Christoffersen.