The study of Jewish history has moved from beyond the periphery to the very center and, indeed, being inevitably seen
as a tragedy leading to a unique catastrophe, has some claims to being more widely discussed today than almost any other aspect of modern European history.
Not exact matches
The coercive power of the state has forced the secularization of charitable work,
leading to such
tragedies as the closing of religious charities that refuse to secularize their ministries.
That he didn't bother
leads me to believe that he is just pimping his own religion, using a
tragedy as a convenient backdrop.
It was due to the tragic circumstances that
led up to the war —
as a non-Nazi he was constantly under the surveillance of the Gestapo — and to the
tragedy of the war itself that his relations with Christian leaders in other lands were temporarily interrupted.
That realization
led McCormack to found the nonprofit Chicago Survivors in 2010
as a way to reach out to victims» families and help them through the
tragedy.
IDS - who quit
as Work and Pensions Secretary last year - said the Grenfell
tragedy, which saw at least 80 people burned to death, should
lead to an end in the construction of high - rise flats.
Airport security breaches on and after 9/11 have
led to the continual advancement of technologies such
as millimeter wave imaging and backscatter scanners to prevent future
tragedies
James Nesbitt shines amongst a cast that are all totally believable
as both sides of the story are shown in equal measure, both the victims of the atrocity and the unprepared military whose lack of training for such situations and indifferent command
led to a huge over reaction and
tragedy.
Her fierce final Manchester scene,
as Affleck's partner in
tragedy, represents a true supporting turn (Davis» character is really a
lead).
The story of Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollestonecraft Godwin) is ripe for the biopic treatment, containing
as it does young love, romantic poets, disgrace,
tragedy and events
leading up to the creation of the almighty horror parable, «Frankenstein»; subtitled «or, The Modern Prometheus».
Powered by a vigorous, image - shedding
lead turn from James McAvoy
as a coked - up Edinburgh detective on the fast track to either promotion or self - implosion, this descent into Scotch - marinated madness begins
as ugly comedy, segues almost imperceptibly into farcical
tragedy, and inevitably — perhaps intentionally — loses control in the process.
Director Baltasar Kormà ¡ kur («The Deep») and screenwriters William Nicholson («Unbroken») and Simon Beaufoy («127 Hours») are slow out of the gate (there are many details to and players to set in motion), but once in motion they deftly unfold the perfect storm of bad weather, miscommunication, and fateful decisions that
led to the
tragedy in a way that sneaks up on the viewer much
as it does the characters.
Now he returns to the
tragedy as the
lead
But
as the
lead in the remake of goth - emo -
tragedy The Crow??
Even
as the movie piles on melodramatic
tragedies, Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts give eminently watchable, painfully believable performances
as the physically and emotionally damaged
leads.
But things do not go smoothly, and when Dave enters the picture, the relationships between the three of them — the «love triangle»
as Frye describes it —
leads to problems and, ultimately,
tragedy.
When one of its teenage inhabitants is transported to the surface
as part of a weeklong rite of passage, she becomes involved in a
tragedy that
leads her on an elaborate path from guilt to redemption.
Deadpool 2 is primarily an action - comedy, of course, but it also packs an emotional wallop,
as at the film's heart lie two
tragedies: the loss of Wade Wilson's longtime girlfriend Vanessa, and the murders of Cable's wife and daughter, which
lead him to travel back through time to change the future.
The Wilson Yip films, starring Donnie Yen, follow a more conventional historical biopic structure with the great man caught in the sweep of historic events
leading to triumph and
tragedy; while Wong Kar - wai's The Grandmaster uses Ip
as a conduit to explore the passing of one age of China's history into another, with martial arts serving a metaphorical purpose.
The murders in
Tragedy Girls are played for laughs, which is hard to reconcile since they are all deliberate, cold - blooded homicides, yet Sadie and McKayla are engaging enough
as leads to keep the audience invested.
Although the Lowell sub-plot and the difficulty involved in establishing homicidal maniacs
as leads keeps
Tragedy Girls from realizing its full potential (remember, in Scream, the killers weren't the heroes), it is all an interesting and fun take on an old genre in a new century.
«The Looming Tower,» a chilling character - rich drama that focuses on the events that
led up to the
tragedy of 9/11, features a stellar cast,
led by Jeff Daniels
as FBI counterterrorism chief John O'Neill.
But if the drama had been
as edgy
as the choreography, if the
lead performances had matched Moreno's fierce concentration, if the gangs had been more dangerous and less like bad - boy Archies and Jugheads, if the ending had delivered on the pathos and
tragedy of the original, there's no telling what might have resulted.
You play
as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past
led to a violent family
tragedy.
Meanwhile, Serena allies herself with a sinister employee (Rhys Ifans)
as her jealousy of her husband's illegitimate child
leads to further
tragedy.
It started off
as promising friendship and working relationship, but
tragedy strikes
as du Pont's growing paranoia, suspicion, and erratic behavior
leads to murder.
While
leading President Benjamin Asher's (Aaron Eckhart) security detail on a motorcade outside of Camp David,
tragedy strikes
as the First Lady (Ashley Judd) is killed in a car accident caused by an icy bridge road.
In Monte Carlo — and bust, Tom Clarke and Will Morrison explain how one man's love of using his in competition
led to
tragedy / Preston Tucker aimed to give Americans their safest and best cars yet,
as Karl Ludvigsen relates in Preston Tucker's bid for glory / Often maligned by sports car purists, the Vale Special of the 1930s, Made in Maida Vale, offered brisk motoring at reasonable cost.
Marrin vividly portrays Lincoln
as a self - educated, inexperienced politician, who finds himself
leading the North's armed forces through one of the greatest
tragedies in U.S. history.
In his hometown, his mission bears fruit much faster than he expected,
as person after person presents themselves, and following his impulses, he is
lead directly to love,
tragedy, answers, and the humanity he never knew he wanted.
You play
as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past
led to a violent family
tragedy.
The
tragedy of Rothko's art,
as opposed to his life, is that such a difficult journey should
lead to such a frustrating denouement.
A spokesperson said that the new law might
lead to
tragedies as motorists expect cyclists to stop at stop signs.
As much fun as swimming pools can be, they are not without their dangers, and all too often, people underestimate just how much of a safety threat pools can pose, leading to traged
As much fun
as swimming pools can be, they are not without their dangers, and all too often, people underestimate just how much of a safety threat pools can pose, leading to traged
as swimming pools can be, they are not without their dangers, and all too often, people underestimate just how much of a safety threat pools can pose,
leading to
tragedy.
Victims of such severe harms and losses need to know that their lawyers have
led many clients through such difficult times and know how to get them through the physical and emotional journey that follows such a
tragedy and to a result that provides
as much justice
as is possible.
Having one national property database with free and unrestricted access,
as some envision, may be unrealistic,
as this could
lead to a degradation of information, or a
tragedy of the commons, and others in the industry agree.»