Sentences with phrase «as manipulator»

The presentation of Capote is beyond the caricature of his famous public image and delves directly into the heart of the man, seeing him as a manipulator of people and an envious observer of others» fame.

I find no evidence to suggest that God acts as a manipulator on special occasions.

Jim in particular comes off as a manipulator in the book, so how conscious of that were you?

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Turns out, as of this week, a US federal court agreed that regulators have the authority to send cryptocurrency price - manipulators to jail in the US.

It was also meant as a wake - up call to show people just how vulnerable the media is to manipulation, which just happens to be the primary theme of his book Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator.

On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly threatened to label China as a «currency manipulator.»

But his solutions for shrinking the U.S. trade deficit with China, namely labeling China a currency manipulator and placing tariffs on Chinese goods, are not as heretical as you might think.

Additionally, any imposition of trade barriers or labeling China a currency manipulator may lead to a trade war or, at the least, be a drag on economic growth, as noted by Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman Sachs.

Business circles are particularly concerned over the future of U.S. - China commercial ties as President - elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, having pledged to brand China a currency manipulator and threatened to impose tariffs on its goods.

The plan seems to assume that we can pressure countries not to let their currencies depreciate, as suggested by the intention to have the new treasury secretary name China as an exchange rate manipulator.

Germany, with which the United States has run a trade deficit for years, is particularly concerned, having been repeatedly named alongside China as a possible currency manipulator.

He has backtracked on lambasting China as a currency manipulator and expressed a desire to reform rather than destroy NAFTA.

Last year, Mr. Trump said he had decided not to designate China as a currency manipulator, in part because China was cooperating in the pressure campaign.

He threatened to name the country as a currency manipulator and raise tariffs as much as 35 percent.

Byrne, who has a doctorate in philosophy, has been outspoken in his disdain for naked short sellers and other Wall Street «Sith Lords,» as he once called them, who he sees as unfair manipulators of his company's share price.

U.S. officials demonize countries suffering these dollar inflows as aggressive «currency manipulators» for what Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner calls ««Competitive nonappreciation,» in which countries block their currencies from rising in value.»

U.S. officials demonize foreign countries as aggressive «currency manipulators» for keeping their currencies weak.

The appeal of this is trust: if you rely on any one party to take care of your details - a bank, a government, a company - you are creating a target for hackers and manipulators, as well as having to pay them for the responsibility.

The rhetoric and twitter - barbs from Trump regarding the potential to paint China as a currency manipulator, along with the Taiwan phone - call faux paus, continue to agitate the situation.

In an effort to forestall any discussion of Japan as a currency manipulator, the Japanese are offering all sorts of investment ideas in the context of getting Trump the negotiator to soften his stance on tariffs for Japanese goods, or sourced material from Asia for assembly in the U.S. Japan is a paramount promoter of the global supply chain paradigm.

The Trump administration often labels other countries as currency manipulators.

It is very difficult to imagine that, as a priest, he was ever the caretaker, indeed master manipulator, of the psyches of the masses that he is now.

And as it seems to be the case «we all» are not — then it's always open season on US to shake our stick at Them Others (bad guys of course, bullies, manipulators.

The characteristic features of the present age could of course be detected in former times as faint traces, so to speak, because man was always to some degree the inventor and active manipulator of his own situation and the creator of himself.

The manipulators represent themselves as true friends of the people, as «liberal» and «democratic,» and as opposed to «authoritarian reactionaries,» but all the while they are destroying the people and denying their freedom.

Inevitably the manipulator comes to see himself in the same light as those his theory has made manipulable; and in the self - inclusive solidarity with the general human lowliness amidst the splendor of human power his charity is but self - compassion and that tolerance that springs from self - contempt: we are all poor puppets and can not help being what we are... 29

This time they come disguised as feminists, leftists, and fundamentalist Christians, but their intent to misuse the arts and humanities is the same as those of the manipulators of earlier times.

The phenomenological method, although it begins on Cartesian ground, questions Descartes's dichotomy between the self as inquirer and manipulator and the world as object to be studied and manipulated.

For there is no contradiction between Trump as master - manipulator and embodiment of the kind of structural violence that his voters suffer from, and his popularity and support among the precariat.

This may mean that many of Romney's plans, such as to «brand China a currency manipulator» on his first day in office may have unexpected and costly consequences.

He disclosed that the case of Rivers State was exemplified by the transfer, in and out of Rivers State, of newly promoted Assistant Commissioner of Police, Akin Fakorede, who Wike described as an indicted election manipulator, between March 29 and April 4, 2018, for the purpose of carrying out criminal electoral activities.

As a neurobiologist, Dr. Adamo is especially interested in parasites that control the behavior of their hosts, known as parasite manipulatorAs a neurobiologist, Dr. Adamo is especially interested in parasites that control the behavior of their hosts, known as parasite manipulatoras parasite manipulators.

«Parasite manipulators have something to teach us about how brains work,» says Adamo, as they are able to exert fine - grained control over their hosts» brains in ways that human neurobiologists can only dream of.

This feature means that the muscles can be used in numerous applications at multiple scales, such as miniature surgical devices, wearable robotic exoskeletons, transformable architecture, deep - sea manipulators for research or construction, and large deployable structures for space exploration.

The gradual predominance of the algorithm in the project of spamming appears in the filters and the spam created in response to them, in search engines and their manipulators, and, as will be shown, in the grand global project of the botnets.

Not six years have passed since the publication of the dead - tree version of the book whose constituent electronic states you hold in your hand (or claw, or manipulator, delete as applicable).

Wolbachia, intracellular bacteria inhabiting up to 40 — 70 % of known insect species [1], [2], have been initially described as powerful manipulators of arthropods reproduction [3].

«It was just a bad day,» we'll hear from both the manipulator and victim, as the excuses slowly pile up to bury the truth that lie beneath the tales.

Yet often as a result, manipulators will slowly begin to isolate their partners further from their family and friends — ensuring that they can continue on without onlookers calling out the troubling dynamics.

As is customary with true stories, The Stanford Prison Experiment ends with on - screen text, talking about Dr. Zimbardo and his continued writing, lectures, and research into the susceptibility of people to turning into abusers and manipulators in a prison setting.

Jeff's buddy Shawn, who considers that his role as unpaid «bodyguard» really means he is the manipulator, behind the scenes king - maker and all - around man to be feared, concocts the scheme to insure Tonya wins a spot on the U.S. Olympic team for the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.

A ten song rock record that draws on Segall's strength as a catchy songwriter and riff manipulator.

Dr. King Schultz is a charismatic manipulator, a person who has a gift with words but starts to feel the weight of his conscience as the film goes on.

'» Eleanor, also called Nell, is a fearful spinster who has sacrificed her own happiness to care for a hateful, invalid mother, now dead; Theodora, who calls herself Theo, is a brazen, provocative sybarite, attracted to women as well as men; Luke is a flip and boorish manipulator who (in Jackson's book) also stands to inherit Hill House someday.

The pilot's Kathryn is described as a master manipulator who easily hides her self - serving machinations behind a facade of charm, poise and warmth.

Judging by the finished product, these actors must have firmly believed in Guthe and his sklls, as every one of them provides some choice performances, with especially strong turns by a simmering Alec Baldwin, a deliciously deranged Carrie - Anne Moss, and an enjoyably wicked manipulator role for not - so - newcomer Nikki Reed.

Douglas is in good form as Gekko and there's some solid support from Josh Brolin as a Wall Street manipulator.

Frank Langella is positively formidable as the former president, a skilled manipulator under optimal circumstances whose desperate desire for rehabilitation makes him extra dangerous.

As the hidden, shadowy manipulator whose helped The Ten Rings terrorists in the first film and aided Whiplash magically get to Monaco with a huge amount of very dangerous equipment get revenge against the man with the coolest beard in the Marvel universe (sorry Mr. Fury), it is only now that Mr. Stark's archenemy has let his presence become known.

Foster Hirsch, author of «Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir» puts it this way: «While the protagonist is conceived securely within a noir tradition, the film rewrites the femme fatale as a victim rather than a manipulator of male desire.»