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A 2010 Senate report by Senator Lieberman affirmed the President's authority during war, threat of war, or «a state of public peril» to «take over wire communications in the United States» and «shut a network down» under Section 606 of the Communications Act of 1934.

The indictment was unsealed in Detroit on Thursday, revealing that Winterkorn had been charged on March 14 with wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud Volkswagen's American customers and violate the Clean Air Act.

It is a high - wire act as the Coalition has committed to a root - and - branch review of the competition legislation with particular reference to grocery retail and banks in its first 100 days.

The coda to the TurinGames will be inspired by Venice's annual winter Carnevale — think acrobats,high - wire acts and actors in costumes from the 1971 Fellini film The Clowns.When the tumbling is over, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli (above) will performand pass the Olympic torch to Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne, who will acceptit on behalf of the host of the 2010 Games, Vancouver.

The tragedy in Bed - Stuy highlighted the high - wire act that came to define de Blasio's first year in City Hall.

Small radio frequency (RF) coils strategically placed around a patient's head — the twisted copper wires shown in the image at right — act as antennas, detecting that hum and transmitting it to domino - sized green amplifiers, which read the signal and pass it on to an external computer.

In this process, the gallium droplets act as catalysts for the longitudinal growth of the wires.

Dayton Jones and Thomas Kuiper, radio astronomers at JPL, have sketched a plan for deploying a rover to build a VLF radio telescope - essentially a huge network of wires acting as radio - wave receivers - in a crater on the lunar farside, where the moon's bulk blots out Earth's radio noise.

One lizard was trained to act as a «demonstrator», opening a wire door which covered a hole in a wooden board.

They patterned the indium arsenide wires over other even smaller metal wires that act as gate electrodes, which control the energy levels in the dots.

long extensions of neurons, that act like electrical wires to carry signals in the nervous system.

YEMASSEE, S.C. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) earlier this month conducted a rigorous three - day inspection of Alpha Genesis, Inc. (AGI), a Yemassee, South Carolina - based primate breeding and research facility, and found that the center was in full compliance with the regulations and standards of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), Company officials said today.

In most cases, what you get for your money is a box with three or four 9 volt batteries connected in series with a switch to turn it on, a light bulb in the circuit which will light up if the terminals are accidentally touched together (it acts as a fuse which won't blow in case of a short circuit), a couple of leads with clips and two silver electrodes which in most cases are small gauge silver wireIn most cases, what you get for your money is a box with three or four 9 volt batteries connected in series with a switch to turn it on, a light bulb in the circuit which will light up if the terminals are accidentally touched together (it acts as a fuse which won't blow in case of a short circuit), a couple of leads with clips and two silver electrodes which in most cases are small gauge silver wirein series with a switch to turn it on, a light bulb in the circuit which will light up if the terminals are accidentally touched together (it acts as a fuse which won't blow in case of a short circuit), a couple of leads with clips and two silver electrodes which in most cases are small gauge silver wirein the circuit which will light up if the terminals are accidentally touched together (it acts as a fuse which won't blow in case of a short circuit), a couple of leads with clips and two silver electrodes which in most cases are small gauge silver wirein case of a short circuit), a couple of leads with clips and two silver electrodes which in most cases are small gauge silver wirein most cases are small gauge silver wires.

The opening scene, in which the two friends share a Christmas Eve donut because they're too broke to afford one for each of them, unsentimentally suggests the high - wire act that making a living on the streets can be without the film ever slowing down its electronica - soundtracked strut.

The story goes from Philippe's youth, as a boy transfixed with the high - wire act at a local circus, to his young adulthood, performing in the streets of Paris.

In the 2008 documentary about his walk, Man on Wire, the talking heads and archival footage unveiled his feat, in all its danger and its daring, as an act of human transcendence of the kind we call arIn the 2008 documentary about his walk, Man on Wire, the talking heads and archival footage unveiled his feat, in all its danger and its daring, as an act of human transcendence of the kind we call arin all its danger and its daring, as an act of human transcendence of the kind we call art.

Pearce, meanwhile, pulls off a tricky hire - wire act of his own, keeping the film's whodunnit structure tightly screwed without lapsing too far into genre contrivance — with the many, varied screeches and squeaks of Jim Williams» terrifically rattling score lending a significant hand in this regard.

Recognizing an opportunity to recreate that incredible moment (one that only a small crowd of people had the privilege to experience) on the big screen, director Robert Zemeckis gives Petit's famous high - wire act the Hollywood treatment with the generically titled «The Walk,» and in IMAX 3D, no less.

In moving from Man on Wire to The Walk, we must revisit Petit's spectacular tight rope act with a hefty side of fromage.

Pike is also attached to the Tony Gilroy - scripted High Wire Act opposite Jon Hamm, about a former U.S. diplomat who returns to service in order to save a former colleague in Beirut as well as Marc Webb's The Only Living Boy In New York opposite Miles Teller and Jeff Bridgein order to save a former colleague in Beirut as well as Marc Webb's The Only Living Boy In New York opposite Miles Teller and Jeff Bridgein Beirut as well as Marc Webb's The Only Living Boy In New York opposite Miles Teller and Jeff BridgeIn New York opposite Miles Teller and Jeff Bridges.

She also has Scott Cooper's Hostiles opposite Christian Bale in production as well as Brad Anderson's High Wire Act opposite Jon Hamm.

It's such a psychological high - wire act, unfolding with such austere formal commitment (usually in claustrophobic, locked - off medium - shot interiors) as to become almost unbearable, but if Chastain's is the titanic performance, Farrell's is the iceberg on which Julie wrecks herself — all the more lethal for how much is concealed.

In fact, this very high - wire act only adds to the discomfort; you're never quite sure where we'll end up.

In movies she acted in Cactus Flower (1969), Butterflies Are Free (1972), The Sugarland Express (1974) by Steven Spielberg, Shampoo (1975) by Hal Ashby with Warren Beatty, Foul Play (1978) with Chevy Chase, Private Benjamin (1980), Best Friends (1982) by Norman Jewison with Burt Reynolds, Swing Shift (1984) and Overboard (1987) with Kurt Russell, Bird on a Wire (1990) with Mel Gibson, Death Becomes Her (1992) with Bruce Willis and Meryl Streep, The First Wives Club (1996) with Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, Everyone Says I Love You (1996) by Woody Allen, HouseSitter (2002) with Steve Martin, The Banger Sisters (2002) with Susan SarandoIn movies she acted in Cactus Flower (1969), Butterflies Are Free (1972), The Sugarland Express (1974) by Steven Spielberg, Shampoo (1975) by Hal Ashby with Warren Beatty, Foul Play (1978) with Chevy Chase, Private Benjamin (1980), Best Friends (1982) by Norman Jewison with Burt Reynolds, Swing Shift (1984) and Overboard (1987) with Kurt Russell, Bird on a Wire (1990) with Mel Gibson, Death Becomes Her (1992) with Bruce Willis and Meryl Streep, The First Wives Club (1996) with Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, Everyone Says I Love You (1996) by Woody Allen, HouseSitter (2002) with Steve Martin, The Banger Sisters (2002) with Susan Sarandoin Cactus Flower (1969), Butterflies Are Free (1972), The Sugarland Express (1974) by Steven Spielberg, Shampoo (1975) by Hal Ashby with Warren Beatty, Foul Play (1978) with Chevy Chase, Private Benjamin (1980), Best Friends (1982) by Norman Jewison with Burt Reynolds, Swing Shift (1984) and Overboard (1987) with Kurt Russell, Bird on a Wire (1990) with Mel Gibson, Death Becomes Her (1992) with Bruce Willis and Meryl Streep, The First Wives Club (1996) with Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, Everyone Says I Love You (1996) by Woody Allen, HouseSitter (2002) with Steve Martin, The Banger Sisters (2002) with Susan Sarandon.

A gritty, intelligent, complex and well - acted series that fired on all cylinders throughout most of its five seasons, «The Wire» represents TV drama at its finest, anchored by a fantastic ensemble cast that rivals «Game of Thrones» in its sheer size and ability to squeeze great performances out of even the smallest roles.

In doing so, he tackles that favorite high - wire feat of those in the acting profession: playing two separate characters in the same movie who happen to be identical twinIn doing so, he tackles that favorite high - wire feat of those in the acting profession: playing two separate characters in the same movie who happen to be identical twinin the acting profession: playing two separate characters in the same movie who happen to be identical twinin the same movie who happen to be identical twins.

There's also a strange moment where Bishop is introduced torturing a lickspittle fur trader by garrotting him with a length of wire that's been tied to a wall — incidentally, the exact method employed by Indonesian warlord Anwar Congo in Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing.

«I'm tired of acting on wires in front of a green screen,» carps star actress Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) in Clouds of Sils Maria, a complaint that connects the protagonist to her obvious predecessor in director Olivier Assayas» oeuvre: Maggie Cheung in 1996's Irma Vep.

I don't envy the actor's high - wire balancing act, which requires creating a creepy, pathetic new character that does not also bring to mind the comically pathetic characters in his repertoire.

There's a real high wire act to her scenes in disguise.

In films like Amores perros, 21 Grams and his miserable but brilliant 2010 drama Biutiful, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has proved himself a bold and original film - maker who's prepared to take chances, but Birdman is perhaps the most daring high - wire act he's attempted.

It's a captivating choice that serves as an unlikely thematic throughline of the film about a high - stakes high - wire act of negotiation and military maneuvers between Israelis and Palestinians in the 1970s.

On the less sympathetic side, we get Dixon (Sam Rockwell, in a daring, high - wire act of a performance), a patrol cop with accusations of race - based torture against him.

It's a high - wire act that the movie nails in its brisk runtime.

About a month ago, we reported that Joseph Gordon - Levitt was circling a lead in Robert Zemeckis» high - wire act, To Reach the Clouds.

I had long assumed that this fact — along with the directorial high - wire act that Dunkirk posed — would make him a frontrunner in this category, especially with Three Billboards» Martin McDonagh having failed to receive a nomination.

But it is courageous, both in its defiant refusal to offer a narrative, and its high - wire, soul - baring acting.

Recognizing an opportunity to recreate that once - in - a-lifetime moment on the big screen, director Robert Zemeckis gives Petit's famous high - wire act the Hollywood treatment with this adaptation of the unbelievable true story.

«Snowden» (December 25): Joseph Gordon - Levitt doubles down on the biopic beat this season, following up his Phillipe Petit high - wire act with that of controversial subject Edward Snowden, in the latest project from Oliver Stone.

«Brandy Burre is Actress,» the surprisingly ostentatious (for nonfiction) title card announces, and so it goes: Burre stars as herself, a Master's - holding former supporting player from «The Wire» who took a break from acting after the birth of her first child, and who now seeks to get back in the game at a moment when her long - term relationship appears to be breaking apart like the dishware.

The Telecommunications Act of 1934 established: «For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid, efficient, Nationwide, and world - wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of the national defense, for the purpose of promoting -LSB-...]

A high - wire act with psychological insights, this daring novel confirms McKeon as a major voice in Irish fiction, alongside the masterful Edna O'Brien and Anne Enright.

A good piece of historical fiction is a taut balancing act, and Wein walks a high - wire in her latest.

These act as trip - wires, that prevent the automated processes from moving too far ahead, in the event something «out of the ordinary» occurs within the portfolio.

U.S. federal law under the Animal Welfare Act allows breeders to keep animals in cages with wire flooring that are stacked on top of each other.

Since 2009, 14 of the 18 primary suppliers have violations to the Animal Welfare Act, including shelters with very high temps, excessive feces, no heat, unlicensed personnel performing surgeries, unattended bite wounds, poor ventilation, feet dangling in wire floors, dirty dogs, accumulated grime and lack of veterinary care.

• Start giving your dog something else to do, another response in greeting context: — Teach your dog to fetch a toy, then instruct dog to go fetch that toy when you arrive home or are in a situation that usually elicits submissive urination, or — Give the dog a treat or bone — the dog becomes involved in the pleasurable act of eating / chewing, thus replacing the submissive urination response, or — Play tug with your dog to elicit another hard - wired behavior, predation.

Under the federal Animal Welfare Act, it is completely legal to keep a dog in a cage only six inches longer than the dog in each direction, with a wire floor, stacked on top of another cage, for the dog's entire life.

After all, what's more European than a cable car?And when you book a room at the Vigilius Mountain Resort in Merrano, Italy — some 5,000 feet above the valley vineyards — you'll find that the only way to get there is a high - wire act.

And when you book a room at the Vigilius Mountain Resort in Lana, Italy — some 5,000 feet above the valley vineyards — you'll find that the only way to get there is a high - wire act.