Sentences with phrase «also perceptive»

There are, to be sure, the usual tropes of high school angst and triumph to be found in THE DUFF, based on the book by Kody Keplinger, but this is a film distinguished by sprightly, intelligent writing, and outstanding performances that are not just funny, but also perceptive and nuanced.

But Marx was also a perceptive critic of reform movements.

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And as long as I'm praising Kirsch, I should let you know that he recently wrote a very richly detailed, fine, and perceptive essay about Susan Sontag, also in the Tablet.

This leaves the public not only ill - prepared to make decisions, but also delivers us into the hands of profit - making commercial powers who are more than eager, in Neil Postman's perceptive phrase, to «amuse us to death.»

But while Nietzsche's comment is unfair it is also deeply perceptive: Eliot does become ever more passionate about the moral life as her belief in anything transcendent evaporates.

But the most perceptive of them were aware that knowledge of a vast number of diverse things, or beings, concerns not just their diversity and multiplicity but also what they...

I also enjoyed the earlier comments by others, especially the one by Richard... very perceptive.

The effectiveness of much of Jesus» preaching depended not simply on the revelatory power of his parables but also upon the perceptive power of those who attended to them.

Wilcox also is extremely perceptive about the role of theology, ideology and history in the shaping of religious identity and behavior.

To answer your question — As someone who has been extensively mentored by people who are very gifted in inner healing and as one who also administers pastoral counseling, I believe that I've become perceptive to things that might not be aware to others.

Detecting depression in new parents is crucial — not only for their own sake but also because depressed parents often become less perceptive to the needs of their child, particularly if the child cries a lot.

It's a wonderful story for a start, with some of the most perceptive characters ever created, but it's also full of wisdom about the nature of human relationships.

In reviewing how different levels of training and varying perceptive abilities of examiners impact their work, the assessment also factors in how examiners handle evidence of different quality, such as a slightly smudged fingerprint, and the impact of workplace procedures, including the levels of investigative information examiners are exposed to and how such information can influence judgments.

They also get extra points for being direct, genuine and perceptive.

Perceptive scores high for the both sexes, as the second most desirable descriptor, while women who describe themselves as sweet, hard - working and thoughtful and men who deem themselves spontaneous, outgoing and optimistic also score high.

If you describe yourself as intelligent you probably would agree that you're also rational or perceptive.

As an American who has spent a good part of his life in Poland (I am a Polish citizen also) I have a unique perceptive on life in Free delivery to any of our stores or on orders over # 50 and free returns.

Part gentle comedy, part perceptive, Cassavetian blue - collar character study, it's also tellingly poignant despite it's shaggy - dog style structure fair riveted together by Buscemi's compelling central performance.

The movie also furnishes a resonant complement to other TIFF darlings that have enjoyed film culture's attention throughout the fall: as perceptive but less schematic than Mudbound, and even more credibly lived - in than The Florida Project, which could easily have been Méndez Esparza's title.

Now, 30 years later, the film holds up not only as an insightful look into teenage life in the»80s, but also as one of the most honest and perceptive depictions of the teenage experience to be captured on celluloid.

Funny, gripping and as perceptive as anything ever made about the power and process of advertising, it was also one of the most visually bold films of the year, thanks to Larrain's decision to shoot on bona - fide 1980s - style video.

, who also wrote the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award - winning play, feels too much like a «Greatest Hits of Grief» compilation, then it still manages to work due to the perceptive ideas it brings forth and the surprisingly tart one - liners that dot the film's landscape.

Even if the screenplay by David Lindsay - Abaire, who also wrote the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award - winning play, feels too much like a «Greatest Hits of Grief» compilation, then it still manages to work due to the perceptive ideas it brings forth and the surprisingly tart one - liners that dot the film's landscape.

It's a smart and funny film, but it's also an unexpectedly perceptive one.

He also proves to be a perceptive analyst of the industry.

Perceptive teachers also recognize that students» own beliefs about their ability to be successful in new learning situations are a critical variable.

The result is a surprising, perceptive, and evocative collection of stories that is also a moving exploration of our human condition.

She's also tattooed, pierced, and unusually perceptive.

Now Claridge reveals his dreams and disappointments in a lively and perceptive biography that also illuminates the contradictions inherent in the American ideal Rockwell so slyly depicted.

Through the warm - hearted, perceptive, and principled Commissario Guido Brunetti, Leon's best - selling books have explored Venice in all its aspects: history and tourism, high culture and the changing seasons, food and family, but also violent crime and political corruption.

-- SLJ, starred review»... Miles is a witty narrator who manages to be credible as the overlooked kid, but he's also an articulate spokesperson for the legions of teen searching for life meaning (his taste for famous last words is a believable and entertaining quirk), and the Colonel's smarts, clannish loyalties, and relentlessly methodological approach to problems make him a true original... There's a certain recursive fitness here, since this is exactly the kind of book that makes kids like Miles certain that boarding school will bring them their destiny, but perceptive readers may also realize that their own lives await the discovery of meaning even as they vicariously experience Miles» quest.»

He's far more physically powerful than us, but also more perceptive in many ways.

We have also noted your perceptive inputs on the sightseeing and activity options that can be availed at the hotel and are re looking at our internal standards to understand your feedback better.

Not only are you to be concerned with enemy whereabouts but you also have to be perceptive of the flurry of wildlife that inhabit each location.

Also included in «Big Spaces and Large Planes» are: the loosely graphic paintings of Cathy Fiorelli who shares studio space with eleven other artists at the Middletown Pendleton Art Center; the perceptive works on femininity of Pattie Byron from West Chester; the Kente Cloth - inspired art quilts by Miami University - educated Linda Kramer; the mixed media of Oxford's Maureen Nimis with her cut paper and photographic work; the small works by Catalog & Slavic Librarian at Miami University, Russian - born Masha Misco; and the jewel - like small photographs of Denver - born Cincinnati resident Brian Luman whose exploration of urban crevices is fueled by his skateboard and camera.

With an i5 mini-core coprocessor, it is easy to measure information like steps, distance and GPS location, also with low power consumption while your smartphone remains perceptive; it also supports pedometers to provide HUAWEI P smart intelligent sporty performance.

The new move will not only change the operational structure of Nokia handset unit but also result some major changes in the top - level management of both the companies as former Nokia President and CEO Stephen Elop will now report to Nadella and serve as executive vice president of the Microsoft Devices Group to oversee an expanded devices business that includes Lumia smartphones and tablets, Nokia mobile phones, Xbox hardware, Surface, Perceptive Pixel (PPI) products and accessories.

He or she must also be open - minded, perceptive, and possess strong communication skills.