Sentences with phrase «as maelstrom»

While Jeff's «backyard Spielberg» narrative reflects Elliott's early directorial flare, the bawdy adult exploits in Swinging Safari capture the essence of the filmmaker's grown - up career output, as a maelstrom of sexual tension sweeps through the neighbourhood in the wake of a failed spouse - swapping incident.

But as the maelstrom rages, the lawmaker's Mobile Congressional Office is quietly making its way through the district.

Not exact matches

Instant replies are dangerous, as you can get caught up in the anger maelstrom respond in a manner that is less than optimal.

John McAfee, founder of a leading anti-virus software company that still bears his name, went off the compound — literally — causing a maelstrom of bad press as he eluded police.

As Mueller digs into CA's political ties, and Facebook promises to restructure itself to better handle the maelstrom of problems that formed through its platform and factored into the election results, both companies are experiencing an intense amount of scrutiny, from more eyes than ever before.

And in 2011, he was named president of the European Central Bank as the economy was in a maelstrom.

Nancy McCann, for instance, speaks for many when she concludes her article on the subject in Sojourners with the sentence, «Perhaps, as one person has remarked, when we lack sufficient wisdom to do, wisdom consists in not doing» («The DNA Maelstrom,» May 1977).

That and the ugly, distracting structural maelstrom behind the trident columns testify to flamboyant incompetence masquerading as architectural prowess.

, a question deriving not so much from the Catholic tradition as from the dilemma of cradle Catholics caught up in the maelstrom of collapsing social norms and carnal yearnings unleashed by the sexual revolution of the «sixties, of which we can say, in Lady Bracknell's words»... I presume you know what that unfortunate movement led to?»

And through it all, the 19 - year old Englishman has taken it all in his stride, so the boss has no hesitation in throwing him into the maelstrom that is the north London derby, as an Arsenal.com report explains, even with the added factor of the new Tottenham manager being the same man he played under at St. Mary's, Mauricio Pochettino.

Atop that rock, Kalsu was caught in a maelstrom that grew stronger as July slouched toward August.

The team was also a maelstrom of nonsense, filled with players just as likely to throw up a step - back 30 - footer as they were to make the smart pass.

When a child backtalks, sometimes also referred to as mouthing - off or sassing, they are in the throes of a huge, internal maelstrom of emotion.

A recent Q poll found Paladino tied among Republicans with Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy in the «who's he» category, which Caputo said he sees as a good thing, considering the maelstrom that surrounded the e-mail mess.

As it turned out, Miliband's carefully choreographed return to frontline political life provoked the merest flicker of interest — drowned out by the political maelstrom that engulfed the Conservative party after the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith, and the fatal terrorist attacks in Brussels.

Of course, the widening maelstrom of the Foley - Reynolds scandal may soon force Rove to follow McCain's lead and slink over the side as well, begging the question: Is there anyone left on USS Reynolds who'll hoist high the slop bucket and keep bailing?

Hammond's first test today — responding to the Bank of England decision to cut interest rates to a record low of 0.25 % — may not quite be at the same level as Darling's, who had to deal with the enveloping maelstrom of a global financial crisis, but he will be hoping his understated approach will inspire greater confidence in the markets.

Taking sides In 2003, Russell Gray and his then doctoral student, Quentin Atkinson, at the University of Auckland in New Zealand generated a maelstrom of controversy by claiming to have solved, by computer modeling, what has been described as «the most intensively studied, yet still the most recalcitrant, problem of historical linguistics», coming down on the side of Anatolia4 (see «Language tree rooted in Turkey»).

I never knew when my period would strike, never knew when the maelstrom of hormones would appear as bursting ovarian cysts (hello, internal bleeding) or a stunning migraine.

Then comes the maelstrom of thousands of minutes of air time and hundreds of thousands of words written in blogs, books, and magazines, and voila, bottles are moving as quickly as manufacturers can churn them out.

But, before I zoom off into the great southwest and get sucked into the cabin maelstrom, I thought I would share some of my favorite posts, as well as those that were the most popular, to document my progress over the past year in honor of the first anniversary of Dancing Dog Cabin.

Lots of non-violent, non-gory but otherwise unsettling scenes worth mentioning: many «jump» scenes when people or objects startle others; we hear some noises during the night in many scenes (creaking doors and floorboards, screams, eerie whispers, doorknobs turning, pounding at doors) and doors slam shut as people run past them; we see eerie carvings and sculptures throughout a house, a maelstrom and sculptures come alive and scream and a skeleton sits up abruptly; a ghostly face is seen at a window and in a ceiling, windows become eyes, ghostly children are seen a few times (in one scene, a ghostly baby from a sculpture crawls under the sheets as a woman lies in bed) and a woman's hair is braided by invisible hands.

Josephine follows an 8 - year - old girl after she witnesses a rape and is plunged into a maelstrom of fear and paranoia as she acts out with increasing violence, searching for any way to regain control of her own safety.

A maelstrom ensues as their friends, family and the police take off in search of them, in this stunning fable of love and danger.

It's anchored by the gorgeous, raw - nerved Olga Kurylenko as a European immigrant living in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, caught in an emotional maelstrom of a marriage.

As Pacific Rim: Maelstrom «s production gets underway in Sydney, Australia, Variety has announced that Chinese actor Zhang Jin has been cast in the film.

In the novel, Bathsheba is described as being so beautiful that it's almost a kind of curse, which drives sane men wild and plunges her into a maelstrom of conflicting passions.

The initial rendered backgrounds were used as out of focus plates for close - ups which bought us time by getting 100 or so shots in the pipeline and allowed us to completely rethink and re-render the maelstrom for all of the wide shots.

Slow cinema lodestone Journey to the West comes across as Tsai's brilliant and clever attempt at auto - critique, as he places the contemplative fundamentals of his cinema (as symbolised by Lee Kang - sheng and Denis Lavant) into the frantic, chatty, unwieldy maelstrom of modern urban life.

Na Hong - jin opens this yarn as a gloomy yet seemingly ordinary murder mystery, only for the gapes of Hell to crack open and drag unsuspecting village copper Kwak Do - won into a supernatural maelstrom of pure horror.

Prisoners is directed well, apart from its length, by French - Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (Incendies, Maelstrom), from a sometimes nifty, sometimes turgid screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband), which features narrative twists and turns to keep the audience guessing as to what might have happened to the two young girls, and also who holds the key to the answer of their whereabouts.

«The Maelstrom» is this installment's biggest setpiece, as exhausting as it is impressive, At Picture's End (sorry, folks, «Franchise's End» is too much to hope for).

As a first sign of Pattinson's intentions, Cosmopolis was remarkably savvy: It's about a disaffected young billionaire standing in the maelstrom of his own existential angst, providing a subtle commentary on the state of Pattinson the actor.

In the 1970s, tarnished NYPD detective Robert Leuci agreed to help investigate illegal police activities (which included taking drug dealers» money as well as their heroin and cocaine, which they resold), and, in doing so, found his loyalties torn and his life descend into a maelstrom of legal bureaucracy and betrayal.

Earlier this week star and co-producer John Boyega announced that filming is underway on Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, the upcoming sequel to Guillermo del Toro's 2013 sci - fi action epic, and now Variety is reporting that Spartacus star Nick Tarabay has joined the cast in an as - yet - unrevealed role.

Yet given the political maelstroms of vouchers — not to mention the research scrutiny — it comes as a surprise that few analysts or advocates have asked about the private schools that accept scholarship students.

Getting back to the actual students who are at the center of this maelstrom of education innovation, as Jessica Shiller has noted:

As the outside world fades into a maelstrom of landscape and pavement, the CTS - V's space - aged, leather - laden interior keeps it all rather civil, while its 640hp - supercharged motor delivers 1 + g cornering loads with utter confidence.

There is no «maelstrom» as most of these books will simply be ignored.

She was a modern thinker born into a traditional world, tough as they come, hopeful without end and determined to prevent the metaphorical tornado churning its way through her city from sweeping her American dream into the maelstrom.

Now that I'm in the maelstrom of realizing that my attempts at noir are far closer to chick lit, I'm settling in to read the entire series slowly and deliberately, so I can soak in as much help from the others as I've already gotten from this one.

With the Sri Lanka civil war as a backdrop, forensic anthropologist Anil Tissera finds herself drawn into a political and personal maelstrom as past and present collide.

His signature fictional creation, Forrest Gump, routinely found himself in the maelstrom of historical events and much to the delight of readers — and movie audiences — even interacted with icons such as President Kennedy and MLK Jr..

As the data maelstrom grows louder and more overwhelming, more and more readers are tuning out.

James didn't need a publisher as such, but once she turned to the pros, her relatively modest success was turned into a maelstrom of money.»

George Tramountanas: This is the story that ended Straczynski's run on «Amazing Spider - Man» and created a maelstrom that fans continue to debate today. My take is pretty much the same as a lot of fans out there:  I understand the reasons for undoing the marriage, disliked the way it was done, but enjoy the current direction of the book. I often wonder if this story will be remembered in the same light as Ben Reilly's time as Spider - Man, or if history will be even... less kind.

It's especially important for this to be resolved for ArcheAge, as today is the official launch of the game's Maelstrom update.

As a direct result of actions performed by the expedition of the player's character, an intelligent entity has awakened in the depths of the underground complex — an unstable AI nicknamed Maelstrom.

«Through the Maelstrom,» also known as Patch 2.2, for the popular FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn released today

The main incentive behind picking up the Gold Edition over the base game is, not surprisingly, the inclusion of the four DLC packs that have been released so far; Imperial City, which adds a brand new dungeon and currency system as well as a dedicated PvP area and new questlines, Thieves Guild, which introduces players to Abah's Landing in Hammerfall and the titular guild's questlines and Orsinium, which sees players take on a new solo area dubbed the Maelstrom Arena, as well as adding two new dungeons and yet another questline.