Sentences with phrase «about improbable»

Nonetheless, the Lévy news release bruits about the improbable notion that Mr. Judd regarded Mr. Castellani as the «father of the style that came to be known as Minimalism» and as «essential for Judd's formulation of a specific art object that «need only be interesting.»»

Mainly, she wrote about her improbable career running a...

The Intouchables (Unrated) Inspirational buddy dramedy about the improbable bond which blossoms between a wealthy quadriplegic (Francois Cluzet) and the Senegalese street criminal (Omar Sy) he hires as his live - in caretaker.

The book is a memoir about his improbable journey from his working - class, «hillbilly» roots in Appalachia to the elite corridors of one of the top law schools in the U.S., and then the world of venture capital.

Not exact matches

Lovell was referring to the humbling truth about our fragile existence: Life exists here only because it teeters in a delicate and truly improbable balance.

You might have thought that Trump's improbable election and his subsequent refusal to mellow in office would cause traders to worry about the stability of their investments.

While I have little to offer in support of speculative delusions about paper wealth, improbable growth expectations, or Bitcoin, I'd be remiss to write a commentary without acknowledging the many things that can be fully embraced.

It's only about a 30 % move — not all that improbable.

I know I'm not going to win you over with the idea of just how improbable something is, but would you not even for a moment think about how unlikely a humanoid species lightyears away could evolve so similarly to us along with such a similar religion.

Those theories are so improbable they are about like someone saying they won the lottery every day for 1,000 years.

The most they'll say about gnosticism is that the lack of evidence makes the existence of any gods highly improbable.

So there is nothing improbable about the journey here described.

To understand this point about Intelligent Design, first consider two stories that have happy if improbable endings.

It is highly improbable that laws describing the behavior of the particles within this structure and information about spatial relations could ever explain the behavior of the structure as a whole.

-- What Epicurus says about the individual's relationship to death (though his view contains but a sorry comfort) holds of the relation between the probable and the improbable: when I am, it (death) is not, and when it (death) is, I am not.

The consequences will in all eternity remain the consequences of a paradox, and hence in an ultimate view will be precisely as improbable as the Paradox itself; unless it is to be supposed that the consequences, which as such are derivative, have retroactive power to transform the Paradox, which would be about as reasonable as to suppose that a son had retroactive power to transform his own father.

Winning the PL is close to impossible and whilst 2nd place is improbable I would prefer us to get closer to City rather than worry about Chelsea.

No messing about lads and we should get a good win and build confidence for that mission improbable on Tuesday.

Following their improbable promotion under Aidy Boothroyd in 2006, Watford set about supplementing their squad by signing the young Hungarian forward, Tamas Priskin to partner Marlon King up front.

I find it improbable that the OP was asking specifically about a state tax affecting 6/50 states, as opposed to the federal estate tax.

It is equally improbable that banging on about their pro-European credentials will save the Liberal Democrats in 2015.

But, then, winning his party's leadership looked equally improbable when he launched his campaign, so maybe we should not be too dogmatic about his chances.

Mr. Sloan is making an improbable bid for New York's 13th Congressional District seat, but appears to be more than a little ambivalent about whether he wants anyone to know that he's actually running.

However improbable it sounds, Lancman (or his office, to be precise) was less Shermanesque when asked about a hypothetical match - up with Gary Ackerman, a Democratic congressman representing parts of Nassau and Queens.

Even Lady Gaga has applied for an internship to learn professional skills in something she is passionate about — designing improbable headgear.

There's nothing laughable about Sharp's work, but she is doing some improbable, informal research of her own: namely, exploring the possibilities of new forms of science communication and science careers.

As yet, Sharp has no answers to the questions about communication and career that her improbable creation inherently poses, but she is «cautiously optimistic,» «very excited about the possibilities,» and grateful for the opportunity «to pursue [her] passion,» she says.

Fossil bones don't clearly show whether modern - type birds fluttered about during the Cretaceous, but the treads in Shandong do, painting an improbable scene: Animals much like today's roadrunners were in fact scampering beside two - legged, plant - eating dinosaurs.

Jonathan Losos, biology professor at Harvard and curator of herpetology at the university's Museum of Comparative Zoology, talks about his latest book, Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance and the Future of Evolution.

But new genetic studies of ancient DNA from Neandertals have found that they and the last ancestor they shared with humans, about 600,000 years ago, also lacked much genetic variation, which would require at least three dramatic bottlenecks — an improbable scenario.

And even more unfortunately, the improbable new romantic comedy team of Steve Carell and Keira Knightley works about as well as you'd guess — like oil and water.

But, lumbered with a story that struggles to find resonance beyond its improbable plot devices and preposterous MacGuffinry, Justice League isn't about to steal Avengers» super-team crown.

As Kung Fu Panda 2 gets under way, our roly - poly and improbable martial - arts hero finds his tiny Yoda - like master, Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), going through balletic tai chi maneuvers and talking about «inner peace.»

Audiard's film is muscular and brutal, and the plot points can be about as subtle as Schoenaerts» fists, but I liked this film, and liked watching its characters dance around the improbable details while they found their hearts.

Still, it's quite a thrilling ride and definitely worth a look from action fans who aren't as particular about cheesy acting or improbable storylines.

On the Map, a documentary about Maccabi Tel Aviv's improbable success in the 1977 edition of the tourney, is a feel - good Cinderella story, the real - life details are at least apropo of this kind of athletic fairy tale.

Sturges's improbable, implausible, yet completely believable fairy tale about Hollywood, about filmmaking, in all of its nonsense and its life - changing glory.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom looks like the kind of improbable movie plot they would joke about on Archer.

It may be â $ œthe most eagerly awaited film of the yearâ $ but itâ $ ™ s also just another movie, in a very long series, about a man in a mask with pointy little ears, wearing a cape and speaking in an affected growl, having improbable adventures in a fictional universe, derived from a strip cartoon.

Columbus: In this drama about the unique friendship between a young woman (Haley Lu Richardson) and the son of an architecture scholar (John Cho) in the improbable architectural mecca of Columbus, Ind., video essayist Kogonada lovingly captures the distinctive buildings themselves, but is even better at understanding those places as they affect people.

Yet, as improbable as it may seem, «Selma» is the first feature - length film ever made about him.

Set in a mountain village and improbable tourist trap, Winter Sleep is a talky, just - about - watchable three - and - a-half-hour drama centered on a self - satisfied, overbearing middle - aged former actor turned hotelier / landlord / newspaper columnist (Haluk Bilginer).

Elle Directed by Paul Verhoeven France / Germany / Belgium, 2016, 131m French with English subtitles U.S. Premiere Paul Verhoeven's first feature in a decade — and his first in French — ranks among his most incendiary, improbable concoctions: a wry, almost - screwball comedy of manners about a woman who responds to a rape by refusing the mantle of victimhood.

Improbable dialogue in which Fernando Torres consults a fortune - teller about Spain's chances of winning Uefa Euro 2012.

No one in the company wants to talk about that, although Pagani would have you believe that the capital all came from his little plastics molding shop, which seems improbable.

One of the strangest things about today's twenty - four - hour news cycle of cable television and nonstop Internet blather is how it's made possible a veritable explosion of improbable, sometimes amusing, often absurd nonfacts, misnomers, and false narratives — e.g., President Obama is a Muslim from Kenya

Lauren Ipsum: A Story about Computer Science and Other Improbable Things.

Can you tell us more about this cute lady and her pose, the location of this improbable library (is it in a castle?)

This improbable duo concocts an ingenious plan to get the town talking about the day Mahony's mother disappeared and are aided and abetted by a cast of eccentric characters, both living and dead.

Waugh's series, about a family of sentient rag dolls living in small - town England, takes its improbable premise and follows it into territory few writers alive or dead have ever had the nerve or skill to enter.