Sentences with phrase «attempt at pleasure»

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Until now (and with the exception of one attempt, fortunately thwarted, against a church in Ivry), the fanatics had attacked aspects of the flattering self - image that we «citizens» have of ourselves: the iconoclastic insolence of Charlie Hebdo, the pagan cult of sport at the French National Stadium, the carefree pleasure of the Bataclan and the boho outdoor cafés of the Eleventh Arrondissement in Paris, the 14th of July fireworks in Nice celebrating a Revolution that has promoted great ideals but also the guillotine...

I've had the pleasure of making caramel apples in the past, but this was my first ever attempt at making candied apples.

The Scotsman is «on a suicide mission»; he takes «considerable pleasure» in phoning The Times editor John Witherow to chastise its «anti-Scottish bias»; he's incredulous when the Sunday Post splashes on his hotel expenses («it would be possible to meet company CEOs or international dignitaries at the local Holiday Inn, but I'm not sure how well that would work for Scotland's benefit») and records with relish his attempt to offer a young Telegraph journalist «a packet of liquorice allsorts for good attendance at every press event».

found that Philip Morris identified a female market niche, the feminist values of individuals in that niche, and the stimuli to which they respond as they attempt to fill their needs.As women's needs change with age and over time, advertisements were developed to reflect the needs encountered at different stages in women's lives.Cigarette brands for younger women stressed female camaraderie, self confidence, freedom, and independence; cigarette brands for older women addressed needs for pleasure, relaxation, social acceptability, and escape from daily stresses.

For all his attempts at suspense, it's really about the minor pleasures of watching him play with film and style and storytelling.

Yet Clooney's attempt to honor unsung real - life heroes while recapturing the ensemble pleasures of some well - remembered Hollywood war pictures, notably «The Great Escape» and «The Guns of Navarone,» comes off as a modestly accomplished forgery at best.

Proud Proboscis — Ronald «Steady» Barker pays tribute to one of motoring's most magnificent white elephants the 50cv Renault and its successor the 40cv / The Healey Heritage — Malcolm Green traces the development of the big Austin - Healeys from Donald Healey's Riley - powered cars from Warwick to the Mark III 3000 that was built at Abingdon / Back on the Road — Michael Ware reports on some recent restorations by readers of The Automobile / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Batteries — Workshop / Enfield Underslung — Michael Worthington - Williams relates the story of the Adamson cyclecar / Swooping Kestrel — Brian Heath experiences the pleasure of preselector gear changing at the wheel of a 1937 Riley 12/14 Kestrel / Butler's Babies — The American Austin was one of the first attempts to popularise the European small car in the USA Kit Foster tells its story / Commercially Speaking — Panels & Parts

Hammer is at her strongest when she's defying the male gaze, in such works as Multiple Orgasms (1976), a film that attempts to find a visual language for female pleasure, with moaning faces superimposed over images of caves.

You know there's a time that it takes to make something and painting traditionally has to do with this kind of uncanny attempt at creating space out of a flat surface, but its's also an incredible pleasure that comes from it... I find it absolutely just human and essential - every time every time it happens.

Alex Katz: Black and White at the American University Museum explores the artist's lifelong interest in stripping color out of his prints, and his attempt to replace sensual pleasure with intellectual design.