Sentences with phrase «as scathing»

Each painting is as much a tutorial in flora and fauna as it is as a scathing indictment of the wrongs committed by nineteenth - century industrialists or — locating the work in the present — contemporary American consumer society.

It's certainly interesting to see women tackle these subjects in such bare - faced detail on screen, but the film works best in its broader strokes, most notably as a scathing look at the woeful gender politics that still dominate the filmmaking scene.

This grisly image, which feels plucked straight out of «The Act of Seeing», sets up the film as a scathing satire of the fashion industry.

With an unexpected election outcome, director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and first time screenwriter Jonathan Perera may just luck out since their film can alternatively be interpreted as a scathing commentary on a corrupt existing system... the single biggest reason for that surprise election result.

In chronicling the journey of Anwar Congo and his cohorts to re-construct mass killings in the style of their favorite films, The Act of Killing acts as both a scathing indictment of American popular movies and a celebration of the power of the camera to move and enlighten.

On Clegg's swipe at brown, Balls was equally as scathing, he said: «Nick Clegg likes to talk about hung parliaments because he doesn't want to talk about policy as the Lib Deems doesn't have any».

«The issue today I had in the first 15 or 20 mins — and why I was as scathing I was — is because [Mesut] Ozil, [Alexis] Sanchez, [Alex] Oxlade - Chamberlain, Xhaka, Ramsey, they didn't do most basic things I think every fan, manager, and player knows — when the ball goes past you and it goes towards your goal and your team - mates are struggling, you run back as quickly as you can.

The boys in the Sky studio picked apart our defending from set plays and they were as scathing as I have ever heard, calling it the worst Arsenal performance in a long time, and after the Bayern Munich bashing that is saying something.

Tough - guy New York newspaperman Pete Hamill praised the book as a scathing indictment of the «culture of poverty» (yes, he really uses this phrase) fostered by «Eamon de Valera's Ireland,» while the literary critic Denis Donoghue, writing in the New York Times, presented the book in much the same way (though he clearly lacks Hamill's enthusiasm for the story).

Not exact matches

As the majority owner of the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers, he received worldwide attention in 2010 for a scathing open letter (published in the much - maligned comic sans font) decrying superstar LeBron James» decision to leave the team to sign with the Miami Heat.

Penned by journalist Michael Wolff, also famous for writing a scathing biography about media baron Rupert Murdoch several years ago, Fire and Fury took off like, well, wildfire as soon as word of its imminent publishing broke just a few weeks ago.

When «Lovin» > Hatin»» emerged as possible new ad tag line for the company, it elicited scathing reaction in the Twitterverse.

He said that while he received a scathing assessment of Comey's performance from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Monday, that memo was not a catalyst for his dramatic decision as the White House had said earlier.

He released a scathing report, which challenges the company's presentation of itself as a benevolent force for the average New Yorker.

Aside from hiding from the public the fact that Cambridge Analytica took hold of a treasure trove of user data from Facebook accounts sans their permission, new scathing discoveries now show that the company was collecting other stuff as well.

Mr. Lawson is scathing as to the the City institutions» lack of competence, exceeded only by their greed (always pointing out how much more venal their global partners were, to be sure).

Nouriel Roubini's EconoMonitor website published a scathing piece by University of Oregon Professor Tim Duy on Friday (later tweeted by Roubini), in which Duy refers to a lack of concrete steps taken by European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi as «epic» and «almost funny if it wasn't so sad.»

what a useless piece of writing — no information other than scathing something thats pretty groundbreaking far as I can see.

The Justice Department also disseminated a scathing press release on Thursday evening in which it excoriated the conduct of the bank and named two executives that are being charged: Paul K. Menefee, who served as Barclays» head banker on its subprime residential mortgage backed securitizations and John T. Carroll who served as Barclays» head trader for subprime loan acquisitions.

He is not above taking a stealthy swipe at Ronald Reagan from time to time but he reserves his most scathing remarks for those who, as he puts it, «saw nothing strange about being against both abortion and contraception.»

Point being, here's the far left fringe of biblical scholarship — and you regard him as winking at your position (when he's giving a scathing treatment of it).

I'd write more of a scathing retort if it had been at least closer to the mark, as it is it's just worthy of a * sigh *.

Just as the prophets condemned the false prophets in scathing diatribes, just as Jesus condemned the hypocritical religious leaders of his people in unsparing language, so the early church condemned false teachers that arose in its midst.

officials were even more scathing in their verdicts, describing Mr Romney's second day in London as a «total car crash» and saying he was «worse than Sarah Palin».

Exuberantly combative, he could be scathing about the nation's Roman Catholic bishops; at one point he described them as «morally, intellectually and religiously bankrupt.»

It is such moral revulsion that speaks in the prophetic warnings and denunciations where we commonly meet the scathing summary of this whole system of religion: «On every high hill and under every green tree you prostrated yourself as a harlot» (Jer.

Also like Congar, de Lubac was scathing about what he saw as the theological backwardness and intellectual mediocrity of the curial officials with whom he had to work in preparation for the council, and on whose views he was able to have little positive effect.

Paradoxically, however, it is in keeping with South Africa's curious mixture of Draco and due process that abundant criticism of the government flourishes as do scathing condemnations of the central policy of apartheid.

Drawing on several legal figures, Chandler informs readers of the «fierce debate» that Scalia's «scathing indictment of American society as dominated by secular «worldly wise» enemies of Christianity» has provoked.

In The American Catholic Experience, Dolan's final judgment on John Carroll is little less than scathing, for Dolan regards Carroll as having committed a kind of treason.

Nietzsche speaks in one of his more scathing passages of professors as «smoking heads» who use scholarship as a narcotic: «The proficiency of our finest scholars, their heedless industry, their heads smoking day and night, their very craftsmanship — how often the real meaning of all this lies in the desire to keep something hidden from oneself.»

Mr Spalvins was also scathing about the attempts by Foster's Group to manage such a large stable of wine brands prior to Treasury splitting off as a stand - alone wine company in mid-2011.

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Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal was subjected to another scathing attack this week, this time by former player Frank Ribery as the French star spoke of their thorny relationship, Goal reports.

Ferdinand was scathing in his criticism after the game, as seen in the video below, while he also questioned Alexis Sanchez who has not performed to his usual high levels since arriving at the club in January.

There seems no doubt now that Pep Guardiola's side are going to finish the season as champions, but Redknapp was scathing in his assessment of how Chelsea let their crown slip away from them in such a feeble manner on Sunday.

As well as reserving a special criticism for Arsene Wenger and his dodgy decision to play David Ospina instead of Petr Cech, the former Gunner was scathing about the whole teaAs well as reserving a special criticism for Arsene Wenger and his dodgy decision to play David Ospina instead of Petr Cech, the former Gunner was scathing about the whole teaas reserving a special criticism for Arsene Wenger and his dodgy decision to play David Ospina instead of Petr Cech, the former Gunner was scathing about the whole team.

This caused the pair to like a tweet that reminded people via social media of the scathing comments made by Pulis about Gnabry when the youngster went to the Hawthorns on loan a few years ago, as reported by Metro.

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry who now works as a pundit for Sky Sports have launched a scathing attack on players of Manchester City over their refusal to celebrate with Kelechi Iheanacho when he drew them level against Tottenham Hotspur before they eventually lost the game 2 - 1.

Heck, even Fabregas didn't do it, as he quietly requested a move to Barcelona rather than come out with such scathing comments in the public.

The Frenchman launched a scathing attack on Manchester City this week, branding the moneybags club as lacking respect, when they tried to force through a dramatic bid for the winger in last month's transfer window.

In a scathing Huffington Post article, Michael Jacobson (Executive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest) goes so far as to call Lunchables — «trashables».

Some portrayed this as a very scathing account, but when people actually read it, they see that it's actually a serious and thoughtful look, not only about what happened to take this administration so badly off course, but it also shows some of the problems surrounding the Washington culture.»

He was scathing about the acolytes of New Labour where eyes were fixed, as he once put it, on the small picture, but is himself zany about the wickedness of hunting or of planting leylandii.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos has seized on today's scathing IG report on AEG as proof that state government is suffering mightily under the «arrogance» of single - party rule.

Their complaints come as the State Comptroller issues a scathing report on the state of homeless shelters across New York.

While the content provides a devastating and scathing indictment of the world of consulting, it sometimes seems as if Stewart is less inclined to pass judgement than the facts he presents demand.

Six former staffers of the dozen - or - so - person team have departed in as many months in the wake of a series of scathing reports by Crain's New York Business and other outlets into allegations of illicit coordination between the firm's candidates for office and the outside spending groups it represented, among other issues.

Joe Spector, Gannett's Albany bureau chief, characterized Miner's letter as «scathing» in a story about how much money local governments are borrowing to pay for pension costs this year.

The Conservatives, as mentioned, could also adopt much of the policy that the Lib Dems propose, but Cameron has been scathing about forgoing prison sentences of less than six months, and policies like the mansion tax would surely never make a Conservative budget.