Sentences with phrase «attempts at action»

For all its attempts at an action - packed finish, Telltale Games» The Wolf Among Us: Episode 5 - Cry Wolf is a weak finale to the series.

The situations are realistic for the most part, and one gets the sense that even director Michael Caton - Jones (Memphis Belle, Basic Instinct 2) thought the film drags too much, as there are a few attempts at action that break the rhythm of the film, providing the worst scenes.

Uninspired visually and thematically as the attempts at action sequences just look silly and the emotional element is ruined by poor performance.

While the story had a serious political bent, this movie threw that aside for insanely bad science and some weak attempts at action.

Unfortunately, Cliffhanger itself is a dog; it's a dull, uncompelling attempt at an action film.

Sterritt ** 1/2 «Atlantis» is an attempt at an action - adventure tale set in the early 1900s - part «Indiana Jones» and part Jules Verne.

Not exact matches

So no wonder when aspiring business owners attempt to burnish their leadership ability, they often think that being at the top takes exceptional character and heroic actions.

A weak attempt at repeating the truce was made in 1915, but a tradition would not take hold due to «the high numbers of dead and hardened attitudes on both sides but also because of actions of senior commanders.»

In a statement, Viacom lead director Salerno, among the directors targeted for removal, called Thursday's action a «brazen and demonstrably invalid attempt» by Shari Redstone «to gain control of Viacom and its management in disregard of Sumner Redstone's wishes,» at odds with the board's efforts «to represent the best interests of all of the shareholders of Viacom.»

New research attempts to get at the root of why we are so easily persuaded to commit unethical actions when told to do so by another person.

With several members of the ECB Committee arguing for this action in the last few months, the real surprise came from Draghi refusing to rule out a rate cut into negative territory (interest rates are currently at 0.05 %) in an attempt to further weaken the euro.

In this February 22 post on our trading blog, which was published immediately following two days of heavy selling on February 20 and 21, we said, «If and when the S&P attempts to bounce from its current level, the subsequent price and volume action that immediately follows any recovery attempt will be extremely important at -LSB-...]

Then, in this technical trading commentary published one day later, we stressed why the most profitable swing traders are those who learn to merely react to the market's price action that is presented to them at any give time, rather than those who attempt to predict the direction of the next move.

Any attempts at a rescue now are being compounded by the new power split that's occurring within Boko Haram, as well as hesitance in the government to take action because of distrust on both sides.

What is sad is that such a view could be taken seriously, let alone published: it is based on speculation, supposition of the motives of others and noserious attempt to look at the evidence of the Pope's writings, addresses and actions both before his election to the Papacy and afterwards.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

Batstone's focus on transparency gets at two issues that made Enron's situation so troublesome: the complexity of its transactions suggested that executives were deliberately attempting to hide actions they knew were fraudulent; and its top executives were eager to deny any knowledge of what their underlings were doing.

This movement, at its best, has represented an attempt within the life of the Christian community to find the bedrock of its faith and action in order that the entire Church might be one and thus more faithfully fulfill its mission and responsibility to the world.

15:13 - 14), and his indictment of the king, Saul attempts at once to clear himself and to justify his action:

It is, then, with a certain confidence that he attempts the rather prodigious task of explaining the simultaneous engendering of intelligence and material bodies: ~ we are now, then, to attempt the genesis of intellect at the same time as the genesis of material bodies — two enterprises that are evidently correlative if it be true that the main lines of our intellect mark out the general form of our action on matter, and that the detail of matter is ruled by the requirements of our action» (CE 2040.

Leclerc seems too hard on Leibniz at this point, for Leibniz attempted to demonstrate that the only activity of monads is mental from his view that transient action is impossible (M 7).

Part of the reason is that the attempt at objectivity (the reason the court is not in Bosnia or any other nation that has experienced genocide) relativizes not only the meaning of justice but also the action of it.

Farmers For Action (FFA) demonstrated and created blockades at Arla Foods UK and Muller Wiseman Dairies processing facilities last week, in its latest attempt to bring an end to its long - running dispute with processors over farm gate milk prices.

But the Daily Mirror report that Pulis and Stoke City's director of football Mark Cartwright watched Alonso in action in midweek and will now make another attempt to sign the Spanish star at the end of the season.

Benitez's side will attempt to close the gap on second - placed Manchester City when they return to Premier League action at Reading on Wednesday following two frustrating cup fixtures.

(Limited attempts at play - action passing were at least sporadically successful, as well: Rees was 2 - for - 3 for 41 yards but was picked off once and sacked once.)

(if he can't get back because he's «injured» then surely he doesn't take off like that...) 76:46 Nouhou skies his attempt on goal 76:50 (at the earliest) ball is put back in play by SKC (ESPN is busy showing the replay not the action on the field) 77:01 long ball is played from the SKC defense down Nouhou's side

Unfortunately, right or wrong, every action since has been cautiously viewed as a sly attempt at tricking people into loving Roman Reigns.

Though many of golf's higher - profile names are competing in the WGC - Cadillac Open this week, there's still plenty of action at the Puerto Rico Open, led by an impressive performance by George McNeill, who's attempting a nearly wire - to - wire win.

With that said... I say: If Vegas «pre-paid» a Kansas St. lay - off early in the line... (pre-paid layoffs don't have to go to the action - favourite, only a line shift needs to be anticipated with intention of middling the layoff and the action)... then they will have bought x amount of Kansas WTS units at +9.5 in anticipation of selling x amount of units at +7.5 in attempts to middle a 8 - 9 point spread where they'd win the action as well as the layoff.

The defensive scoring is the same as last year, which is simply looking at passes allowed per defensive action (tackles attempted, challenges and interceptions) in their own attacking half.

Lingard and Rooney had attempts in a dull second period lit up in the 81st minute by Andrei Agius showing great technique to aim a volley at Joe Hart's near post, forcing the England goalkeeper into action for the first time.

I think it is ironic and sad that her baby died in her attempt at «Freebirthing» Maybe this tragic event will cause some to reconsider and think a little more about the consequences to their selfish actions and reevaluate if they are willing to sacrifice their childrens lives for their «Experience»

According to her, «There have been assassination attempts, at least twice, between February and April, 2017, against our client ostensibly by the operatives of the EFCC along the Yenagoa - Mbaima Road, Bayelsa State, in furtherance of its unlawful actions against the former first family.»

At that tragic pass, the South East governors roused themselves to «ban» IPOB (a panic - driven action of dubious legality)-- not when Kanu was inspecting a bathetic column of Biafra «troops»; not when he announced the formation of a Biafra Secret Service; not when he triumphantly claimed the president was a Buhari clone from the Sudan, after his medical vacation, not the Buhari original; and definitely not when he ordered his IPOB rabble to burn Nigeria, should any attempt be made at his arresAt that tragic pass, the South East governors roused themselves to «ban» IPOB (a panic - driven action of dubious legality)-- not when Kanu was inspecting a bathetic column of Biafra «troops»; not when he announced the formation of a Biafra Secret Service; not when he triumphantly claimed the president was a Buhari clone from the Sudan, after his medical vacation, not the Buhari original; and definitely not when he ordered his IPOB rabble to burn Nigeria, should any attempt be made at his arresat his arrest!

The law, which fines groups and individuals for «public actions aimed at propaganda of pederasty, lesbianism, bisexuality, and transgenderism among minors» is an attempt to criminalise gay public protests in Russia, campaigners say.

«The bill that Gov. Cuomo is attempting to get through his state Legislature on fast - track — no hearings and no public discussion — shows Cuomo at his worst: Unable to persuade the bi-state Port Authority to do his bidding, he now hopes to strip it of independent action, crippling its ability to carry out its major functions, and turning it into an extension of the governor's office,» said Jameson Doig, author of Empire on the Hudson, the authoritative history of the Port Authority.

The complaint says Skelos and his son attempted to cover up their actions as it became clear that the federal authorities were onto corruption at the Capitol, doctoring documents to hide the true nature of the $ 20,000 payment from the developer to Adam Skelos.

The complaint says Sen. Skelos and his son attempted to cover up their actions, as it became clear that the federal authorities were onto corruption at the Capitol.

At the start of the meeting, Corbyn's office briefed the Guardian that while a free vote would be held, party policy would be changed to oppose military action - an attempt to claim partial victory.

Cuomo, speaking when the amendment was first proposed in late March, said it's a «despicable» attempt to buy votes at the «cost of the state of New York» and their own districts, and that he is considering legal action.

We've had another attempt at a relaunch this morning but (as was obvious from the 8.10 am Today interview with Alan Johnson) we're not getting any decisive government action on social care for the elderly but yet another review.

The June 22 rally came just days after an ICE raid occurred at Queens Criminal Court, which included the attempted arrest of a young woman appearing in Queens Human Trafficking Intervention Court, an action that has rattled the immigrant community.

Adeniran, who spoke at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, through the Director General of his Campaign Organisation, Alhaji Shehu Gabam, said his proposed action became necessary following alleged attempts by Makarfi and the caretaker committee to impose one of the aspirants as the national chairman.

In what appeared to be an attempt at closing the discussion over Paladino's behavior, Cash pointed out that Paladino's actions and the turmoil that ensued were not something anyone in the district predicted or has the power to control.

The workers are claiming the management of the company has failed to pay their salaries for the past six months, noting all attempts at getting their outstanding salaries paid have not yielded positive results hence their latest action.

«From there, we attempted to look at what actions would need to be taken to mitigate the health effects.»

Looking forward, Hegel and Lyons continue to study the intervention with a larger sample size to attempt to replicate their findings and plan to work with nurse practitioners at Dartmouth - Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center to study the feasibility of integrating the problem - solving and action - planning structure into survivorship care.

Helpful Actions: It may be helpful to attempt to learn about and develop emotional intelligence in the family environment and keep stress at a relatively low level.

The state is the first to implement such a law, a bold move at a time when many federal and state politicians throughout the country are taking action to restrict women's access to contraception, such as defunding Planned Parenthood — a major provider a family planning health care services in the U.S. — and attempting to block a provision in the Affordable Care Act that mandates health insurance companies cover the cost of contraceptives.