Sentences with phrase «as code breakers»

Before revolutionizing the hedge fund industry with his mathematics - based approach, «Quant King» James Simons worked as a code breaker for the US Department of Defense during the Vietnam War, but was fired after criticizing the war in the press.

Language: English Genre: Drama / Biography MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Ron Howard Actors: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany Plot: A genius mathematician takes a job as a code breaker during the cold war where he recluses himself to those around him, including his wife.

After working as a code breaker at Bletchley Park during the war, she returned to Hong Kong and met Feathers.

John Paul Stevens went on to the University of Chicago, followed by a stint as a code breaker with the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Not exact matches

Before he became friends with fellow writer C.S. Lewis and help create the Inklings writers» group, Tolkien fought in World War I and later assisted the Allies as a code - breaker during World War II.

Robert W. Chambers's The King in Yellow was touted as an all - sufficient code - breaker — but there were other options, too.

If the answers were «yes» and «no,» respectively, they made it into a classified training course that, if they passed, led to a job in Washington, D.C. Those two questions were one way to join the roughly 11,000 American women who ultimately worked as government code breakers during World War II.

I was probably the only girl in high school who was more than content with the dress code (with slight rule breakers of course) and despite my interest in fashion and the constant need to be the first one to try something new as a blogger or always do something different, I've always felt more comfortable when I'm wearing my wardrobe staples.

He plays an old CIA code - breaker and admirer of outdated technology, but really he's there to serve as an institutional nod to Snowden.

Along the way, there are some notable guest appearances, such as Benicio del Toro as a stuttering intergalactic thief, Laura Dern as resistance vice admiral Amilyn Holdo and Justin Theroux in a blink - and - you'll - miss - it role as a gambler and code - breaker in this movie's riff on the famous cantina scene.

The Oscar nominations for lead actor are in, and they include Michael Keaton, who in «Birdman» portrays an aging actor who once played a superhero; Eddie Redmayne for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in «Theory of Everything»; and Benedict Cumberbatch as WWII code breaker Alan Turing...

The Oscar nominations for lead actor are in, and they include Michael Keaton, who in «Birdman» portrays an aging actor who once played a superhero; Eddie Redmayne for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in «Theory of Everything»; and Benedict Cumberbatch as WWII code breaker Alan Turing in «The Imitation Game.»

The women who served as nurses, secretaries, clerks, code - breakers, and flyers are part of the narrative, as are the Germans who fought against us.

He has taught math at M.I.T. and Harvard, and once worked as a code - breaker for the Department of Defense.

With Gundam Breaker 2 being a popular title however, you will have no problems finding menu translations with a simple Google search — and after a few hours in the game, the need for the translations will be gone as you'll remember what everything is (the fact that upgrades are color coded makes it that much easier).

But it can also be a spark, or a kind of code - breaker, as we see often in the «Artist's Project» and in the Met Breuer's intimate pairings: Willem de Kooning and Maria Lassnig, El Greco and Thomas Hart Benton (an association made only in writing, on the label for El Greco's monumental, roiling The Vision of St. John, but nonetheless a relevatory one).

I know that the weather reports were used as a crib to get settings for the description, as they generally had the same format, so the code breakers had a very good idea what half the message would be.

This was because there had been «persistent discord» between adjudicators about whether or not the Code allowed dismissal without cause, which had existed for many years and required the FCA to act as a tie - breaker.