In times of peril, some people feel compelled (or are, in fact, legally compelled) to pick up a weapon.
Here, by never revealing the cause of the apocalypse, Haneke almost seems to be making a statement not about the nature of man
in times of peril but about how fragile human relationships can be and how little it takes to suck the compassion out of people.
Not exact matches
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But
in this Gilead, Atwood has imagined a
time when our nightmares about the
perils of toxic waste, radioactive fallout, chemical and biological warfare, nuclear sabotage and the building
When this surrounding culture is at the same
time «worldly» — cultured
in the narrower sense, demanding conformity at the
peril of loss
of social status — the problem is intensified.
As the ancient prophets had pointed to a threat from Assyria or Babylon, so
in the
time of Jesus the Roman
peril loomed.
We do not find ourselves permitted by the Word
of God, however, to advise a woman to leave her husband, except by force
of necessity; and we do not understand this force to be operative when a husband behaves roughly and uses threats to his wife, nor even when he beats her, but when there is imminent
peril to her life... [W] e... exhort her to bear with patience the cross which God has seen fit to place upon her; and meanwhile not to deviate from the duty which she has before God to please her husband, but to be faithful whatever happens [«Letter From Calvin to an Unknown Woman,» June 4, 1559, Calvini Opera, XVII, col. 539,
in P. E. Hughes, editor, The Register
of the Company
of Pastors
of Geneva
in the
Time of Calvin (Eerdmans, 1966), pp. 344 - 345].
One week before the successful flight
of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the New York
Times had this to say about a rival plane builder: «We hope that Professor Langley will not put his substantial greatness as a scientist
in further
peril by continuing to waste his
time, and the money involved,
in further airship experiments.
If one is not stuck with Luke 21:25 - 36 on the second Sunday
of Advent he is not thereby released from the thundering New Testament words about the signs
of the
times, the invasive and convulsive power
of the kingdom, the
perils of drunkenness and stupidity
in the midst
of crises which are rich
in threats
of damnation and promises
of redemption.
Designating his book, The Meaning
of the Twentieth Century, as a tract for the
times, he sees himself as an unashamed propagandist
in behalf
of the unseen but real community
of those who appreciate the
perils and promises
of the future, and who align themselves with those creative forces which can save the world.
This does not mean that such a quest should presuppose a given christology, or that it should be oblivious
of the
peril of modernizing Jesus, this
time perhaps
in terms
of existentialism.
The
perils of romantic love were described by a once - divorced man, writing
in the New York
Times Magazine.
Most Arsenal fans are reasonable and intelligent enough not only to appreciate what Arsene Wenger has done for the club but also to understand the
perils involved
in kicking him to the curb without a suitable replacement lined up ahead
of time and a plan put
in place.
Hearing is yet one more vulnerability that until recent
times faced little
peril, but the chronic noise
in our cities, the ubiquity
of personal headphone use and the ear - damaging potential
of some medication has made preserving good hearing something no parent can ignore.
He told the Financial
Times newspaper: «Taking action at this moment — this moment
of growth
peril, which weakens the ability
of banks
in Britain to provide the finance that businesses need to grow — is just to me barking mad.
In a joint letter to The
Times, the general secretaries
of the NUT, NASUWT, ATL and
of UNISON, warned the Education Secretary that he «ignores at his
peril» the views
of more than 800,000 teachers and support staff.
He had to leave sometime, but he leaves at a
time with the borders
of his district, his constituents,
in peril.
«I would like everyone
in the public to get the message that our economy is
in peril,» Mr. Paterson said
in June, «that our state ran out
of money
in December for the first
time in history.»
But at his official campaign launch today Mr Smith - who was elected for the first
time in 2010 - will say: «This is a moment
of deep
peril for Labour, if we carry on as we are the party I love will end up
in a disastrous spilt.
The last
time official Washington was so captivated by the political
peril of a Congressional leader was back
in late 2002 when then Majority Leader Trent Lott (R - Miss.)
Girard said she often has to take
time out
of her schedule to literally sit down with, say, a building developer to educate that person on the
perils of trying to construct a new project
in a flood zone.
If your life isn't
in immediate
peril, you should take
time to weigh the pros and cons
of any approach.
Just when we wrapped our heads around the
perils of farmed tilapia, high mercury levels
in tuna, and the fact that 40 %
of fish sold
in NYC restaurants are mislabeled, this week the New York
Times reports that the F.D.A is on the verge
of allowing genetically altered salmon to be sold
in the U.S.
At Cyber-Dating Expert Headquarters, we're excited to announce our new audio book for The
Perils of Cyber-Dating was just released,
in time for Valentine's Day.
So the next
time you see a dating disaster start to happen and your date heads south, instead
of just thinking what you will post
in The
Peril of the Week on CyberDatingExpert.com or share on BadOnlineDates.com, think
of taking out your iPhone or digital camera and start recording.?
Together, we wrote the epilogue to my book, The
Perils of Cyber-Dating, which I narrated and was just released
in time for Valentine's Day.
Black cats, ill -
timed power outages and children
in peril are just a few
of the hoary scare tactics ineffectively rendered
in the style
of so many films buried
in the dark recesses
of January.
Unstoppable (PG - 13 for profanity and scenes
of peril) Action thriller about a train conductor (Chris Pine) and an engineer (Denzel Washington)
in a race against
time to prevent a runaway locomotive with a cargo
of toxic chemicals from running off the tracks.
This leaves everyone
in peril, and much
of the screen
time is focused on Mia (Jane Levy), a young woman who traveled to the wilderness to kick a drug habit.
It took the 29 - year - old filmmaker some
time to get this project to the screen, having to first develop it as a short film
in order to secure funding for the desired feature - length project, but we're all lucky he pursued it to fruition as Whiplash is a marvelously involving exploration
of the
perils of obsession and the virtues
of perseverance, played out through one
of the finest - acted two - handers
in years.
In order to do so, however, he must decipher the meaning behind Dumbledore's (who is dead) offerings,
of which include an old book, and some contraption that collects light, because as with all powerful sages, his last request was that he be allowed to screw with the gang during a
time of peril.
From the magic lantern - style innovation
of his sculpture installation Six Men Getting Sick to the fixed camera placements
of The Alphabet to the rudimentary narrative
of The Grandmother (whose heavy's freakishly accentuated jawline transforms his countenance into that
of a snarling villain
in the «
Perils of Pauline» mode) to, finally, the total aesthetic compromise
of the shot - on - video The Amputee, the first few entries contained on «The Short Films
of David Lynch» imply that there is only one destiny for the medium, whether its evolution is spread out over a century or concentrated
in the
time it takes for an artist to develop a conscience.
Free Birds (PG for action, rude humor and scenes
of peril) Animated family comedy about a couple
of squabbling turkeys (Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson) who put aside their differences to travel back
in time in order to get turkey taken off the Thanksgiving menu.
And like the best stories
of heroes beyond our own powers, it'll give audiences the world over somebody new to look to
in times of great
peril.
A Wrinkle
in Time (PG for
peril and mature themes) Ava DuVernay adapted this coming -
of - age fantasy from Madeleine L'Engle's children's novel
of the same name revolving around a young girl (Storm Reid) who, accompanied by a classmate (Levi Miller), her little brother (Deric McCabe) and three astral travelers (Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling and Reese Witherspoon), embarks on an epic quest to a distant planet
in search
of her missing scientist father (Chris Pine) With Gugu Mbatha - Raw, Michael Pena and Zach Galifianakis.
To recap as non-spoiler-alert as possible, Nate (Adrian Pasdar) gets shot, only this
time we see who does it; Hiro (Masi Oka), bored with his new CEO - ship, blithely puts the world back
in peril; Mohinder (Sendhil Ramamurthy) goes all «Young Frankenstein» over the origins
of everyone's various powers; a character we thought was definitely dead apparently isn't; and
in a grisly scene, Sylar (Zachary Quinto) finally gets what he has always wanted.
This year alone, they released six
of the most inventive, quality offerings out there: two terrifying survival thrillers, Damien Power's devastating and brilliant Killing Ground and Sam Patton's lesser but still - worthy Desolation; Sean Byrne's masterful tale
of artistic obsession and satanic possession The Devil's Candy (all three even harder to endure because the featured families
in peril are so human and likable); A Dark Song, an unnerving occult thriller
in which a woman hires a medium to help make contact with her dead daughter; and House on Willow Street, which, similar to last year's horror highlight Don't Breathe, sees a house robbery — led by a woman with a mission, played by modern scream - queen Sharni Vinson — go terrible wrong, but this
time in a more supernatural way.
Emily is put
in major
peril three
times, including during the climax
in which she must be willing to die for the greater good, and it's the most distasteful element
of the film, which gets away with a lot
of other questionable material (e.g., the entire premise and one
of the best bad Lincoln assassination jokes one will ever hear) through humor.
The lure
of $ 4 billion
in federal funding at a
time of fiscal
peril has driven state after state toward school reforms long considered politically unlikely, undoable or unthinkable.
Sanford, who is Canter's deputy director at Mississippi First (the two also attended the same high school
in Starkville), said charter advocates have at
times been dismissive
of that history
of mistrust to the movement's
peril.
Plastic Logic is a company
in peril, and they are entering late - stage negotiations on selling a majority stake
of its company to Russian State owned company Rusnano, the Financial
Times reports.
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of Fiction», - Spring 2015 - Article: «Write What You Want», Line Zero, Pink Fish Press - Fall 2014 - Poems: «Star Shephard», «Marilyn,» «Amen,» «Sleeping Pills,» Minotaur Press - Winter 2013 - Novel: Dead
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Time to Write», Line Zero, Pink Fish Press - Spring 2011 - Poems: «Earthworm», «
Peril», «Seabird», «Seaweed», «The Fall», «The Sixth Day», «Vetch»,
In the Spirit
of Myth, Rainshadow Press - Spring 2010
A scrawled scrap
of paper from the
time states that he was baptized «without ceremony, at home, because
of the
peril of death,» suggesting he was too sickly to risk bringing
in to the local church.
Such was the
peril of everyday royal life
in the chaotic
times following abandonment
of the misty isles
of Albion by indifferent Rome.
I realized that I wanted to tell the story from the point
of view
of the three women who were so intimately involved
in the
perils of being Queen
of England at this
time.
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If you can't weather a bad economic
time you will be
in much greater
peril and you're putting yourself
in danger
of default.
Arkham Knight probably sets some kind
of record for the most «women
in peril»
in a short span
of time.
The new apple - a-day campaign structure is probably Pikmin 3's single biggest tweak to the basic formula, folding managed
peril into a luxuriant kind
of exploration game as you spread out across five varied environments, taking
in tundras and rainforests, and dividing your
time between gathering fruit and focusing on more specialist tasks, such as locating things to improve your ship and - for the first act - reclaiming your scattered crew.
Tacoma I know will stick with me for a very long
time, much like Gone Home did, thanks to its well - designed space station, narrative, and characters that I felt like I got to know by the end
of the game, cheering them on as they faced the
perils of life
in space and the limited possibilities when issues arise.