Sentences with phrase «as a secret plot»

He faked his death in 1923 to escape to Germany and started WWII as a secret plot to steal Palestinian land and create Israel.

It refers to a person's propensity to explain political or social events as a secret plot by powerful individuals or organizations.

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A press release elaborated on its plot: «The comic depicts early events in Colonel Sanders» life that eventually led to the discovery of his real super power: the combination of a pressure cooker and secret blend of 11 herbs and spices, better known as his world - famous Original Recipe Chicken.»

As for what that answer might do to quash the silly rumors that Obamacare in fact is a secret plot by Muslims (a rumor I have invented right here on the spot), Dr. Al - Sawy does not go into it.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

This series of five books begins with The Name of This Book is Secret, and the plots seem to be as inscrutable and difficult to decipher as the title implies.

While it is quite odd to see the newspapers warning of a «secret plot» by a left - wing Jewish financier to subvert the national will, it's not as odd as it should be.

Journalists were last week making all kinds of wild claims, that this would somehow upset the delicate balance between Miliband's core team and the remaining Blairites in the cabinet, as if the latter's secret leader had suddenly been whisked away in the midst of plotting revolution.

When he spotted the pair, who are both considered potential challengers to Mayor de Blasio in his re-election bid, «Sharpton walked over to their table to say hello, and joked that some might view their «secret meeting» as a plot to take down de Blasio,» a spy said.

The paper has unearthed over 30 secret documents detailing Ed Balls and Gordon Brown's plot to unseat Tony Blair as Prime Minister.

Even as he created a pot of secret funding for clandestine disbursement, money that was used in his bribery plot.

Dependably, however, Scott intrudes upon the slow burn of their kindling romance, cutting away from Robin and Marion's bonfire pas - de-deux for some far distant plot business and then cutting back to Robin and Sir Walter as the latter reveals the long - buried secret of Robin's patrilineal descent: seems that Robin's stonemason daddy had some unique ideas about all men being created equal, and set them down in a document that bears a certain resemblance to one M ---- C ---- ...

Suddenly this might as well be «Fringe» or «Warehouse 13» or «The X-Files» or «Eureka» or any one of hundreds of shows that involve FBI agents and international espionage and terrorist thugs and secret plots to take over the universe.

While The Interpreter doesn't have as dynamic characters and it's slower paced, they are both thrillers about assassination plots, the Secret Service, and political intrigue.

His vengeful presence looms over the story as he plots to go after any outlet that prints something to unleash the secrets of the Pentagon Papers.

quite boring at the beginning, but as the time goes by, it teases layers of secrets one by one, viewer got emotional roller coaster for the characters (boiling rage, hatred, sudden love, etc), and then finally the final layer of secret carefully peeled with epic plot twists and little bit of romance spice.

Much of the movie hinges on characters not revealing information to each other that no sane person would ever keep a secret; Baby Mama doesn't have a plot so much as a series of contrivances that play out completely as expected.

Based on the comic book by Mark Millar, the plot follows a veteran secret agent (Firth) as he takes a young delinquent (Taron Egerton) from the London streets and enrolls him in an academy that trains it's pupils to be 007 - type secret agents.

Director: Sam Mendes Running time: 148 minutes Rating: 12A Daniel Craig's fourth Bond adventure romps from The Day of the Dead to Westminster Bridge as 007 chases down the head of a secret organisation that has been plotting his demise.

Suspension of disbelief is required, especially when some secrets are revealed as to the Russian satellites true nature, yet the cast is so much fun to watch, the film may not have needed a plot to be enjoyed.

Much of That's My Boy's endless second hour (the film runs 115 minutes, but feels twice as long) is devoted to an unnecessarily convoluted plot involving blackmail, a payout from Meester to Sandler to keep her secret from Samberg, and gender politics that are rancid even for an Adam Sandler movie.

The rumored plot involves five young mutants who are being held in a secret facility against their will, having to battle the dangers of their powers, as well as the sins of their past.

Despite a March 1, 2013 release date, we've known little to nothing about the project as plot details are top secret — until now.

Talking about secrets, the plot of Shyamalan's project is also under the veil but it is serving as his follow - up to The Visit, currently in theaters.

The plot moves further into farce as Aaron learns an unsavoury secret about his father and desperately tries to keep it from getting out.

Clearly a sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, the film follows U.S. secret service head Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) as he tries to stop a plot to assassinate several world leaders who...

While not many plot details are known about it, the film is set to follow Lara as she embarks on her first expedition to try and complete her father's research, uncover ancient secrets, and simultaneously clear his disgraced name along the way.

It was no secret that director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show) left his wife Polly Platt for ingenue Cybill Shepherd in the early 1970s, and it's also never been a secret that Shyer and Meyers used that ugly incident as the basis for the Albert - Lucy - Blake plot thread.

And, once again, there are plots within the main overall plot such as Bilbo's One Ring secret and Gandalf (Ian McKellen) branching off on his own quest where he confronts the Necromancer (Benedict Cumberbatch).

And her wish is granted when Marvin (John Malkovich) tracks Frank down to warn him that they've been framed as domestic terrorists involved in a top secret operation known as Nightshade, a ludicrous Cold War plot to sneak a portable WMD into Moscow, only for it to go missing.

Director: Marc Forster Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Gemma Arterton, Jesper Christensen, Rory Kinnear, Joaquin Cosio and Judi Dench as M Plot: In the aftermath of Casino Royale, MI6 discover a top secret criminal organisation, Quantum.

And finally, there's a third plot which doesn't really seem to fit, starring Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Johnny, a cocky young gambler with a secret, who engages the corrupt Senator Roark (Powers Booth) in a game of high - stakes poker.

The plot thickens as both Macon, along with Ethan's guardian, Amma — a librarian who, as played by Viola Davis, has some secrets of her own — struggle to keep the teens apart for their own good.

Director: Lawrence Guterman Cast: Tobey Macguire, Alec Baldwin, Sean Hayes, Alexander Pollock, Susan Sarandon, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Lovitz with Elizabeth Perkins and Jeff Goldblum Plot: As a scientist (Goldblum) works on a cure for dog allergies, a secret service of dogs protect the project from an evil organisation made up of cats.

As secrets are revealed and simmering resentments among her guests rise to the surface over the course of the gathering, Potter unfolds her film's plot with expert precision while shining a light on various taboos and incongruities in contemporary Western liberalism.

Fans will already know the character's secret identity, but the drama inherent in that set - up is never engaged with especially, because the Winter Soldier Is essentially wordless, and mostly brainwashed (between this and Hawkeye in «The Avengers,» Marvel writers should be banned from using that as a plot device at this point).

Manny Farber once described director Howard Hawks as someone «whose whole movie - making system seems a secret preoccupation with linking, a connections business involving people, plots, and eight - inch hat brims.»

As such, the plot of Red Sparrow is infinitely believable — a secret school where attractive young agents are taught to use their bodies to beguile, charm and spy for Mother Russia.

Release Date: 08/03/2018 Language: English Genre: Action / Comedy MPAA rating: N / A Director: Susanna Fogel Actors: Mila Kunis, Justin Theroux, Kate McKinnon Plot: Two long - time best friends in L.A., Audrey and Morgan, find themselves thrust into the world of espionage when Audrey's ex shows up with assassin's on his tale and divulges his true identity as a secret agent.

It would have been inhuman not to have followed through as his father did with Viola but for me, the most significant plot twist were the secrets that everybody kept from each other and the other one was the friendship (that surpasses all other friendships) between Penn's father and the Texas Ranger was so «Southern».

That creates interesting drama as Murderbot's secret because known amid a rather nasty sabotage plot against its humans on a remote world.

Using Raymond Chandler as her literary lodestar, the Czech author, who died in 2010, weaves a plot of political corruption and oppression, murder and deadly secrets in 1950s Prague.

Little by little, Wilmot enters a mirror house of illusions and hallucinations that propels him into a secret world of gangsters, greed, and murder, with his mystery patron at the center of it all, either as the mastermind behind a plot to forge a painting worth hundreds of millions, or as the man who will save Wilmot from obscurity and madness.

While former allies of Supes, such as The Flash and Green Arrow, work to restore the public's confidence in costumed heroes, others, like Wonder Woman and Black Adam plot in secret to free Kal El from his red sun prison and re-establish themselves as Gods amongst men.

The plot of Drive Girls revolves Lancier, as she is tricked into taking an examination to become a member of the «Drive Girls», a secret military group aiming to eradicate mechanical invaders known as «Bugs» that have infested one of the major islands of their city area.

This game's plot rich in mysteries and secrets, unusual puzzles, thrilling scenes, and a moving love story will be a real treat for fans of the genre as well as for first - time players.

The main plot has you playing as Bruce Wayne, not just The Batman, to solve murders, get Harvey Dent elected mayor, battle with Gotham's crime kingpin, Carmine Falcone, while trying to keep his identity secret and clear the Wayne family name of any wrongdoing.

The game's plot goes as follows: «An evil Tango army has risen to power, and it is up to your small team of secret agent operatives to shut them down.

Be warned, Mr Minchin, as secret lefties like British Tory Prime Minister David Cameron and that famous anti-capitalist Richard Branson are also in on the socialist plot.

Ridicule carbon trading permits as a capitalist plot to financially speculate upon the misery of peasants and workers caused by temperature increase, and suggest that an all powerful secret carbon police would be much more cost effective.