Sentences with phrase «botched attempts»

After numerous botched attempts they did the smart thing and hired From Software to helm a series of mecha games called Another Century's Episode.

Booksellers got jaded after botched attempts to translate English - language bestsellers produced error - ridden Spanish versions that sold poorly.

While in debt from three botched attempts at different grad schools, she's working to make ends meet with her best friend Gabe at the fancy hotel.

Working from a script by John Cairns and Michael McCartney, Lennox achieves a solid balance between genuine tension and the dark comedy afforded by Sandy's botched attempts to be free of his apparent new life companion.

Taking Lives» trailer plus a 3 - minute «gag reel» of line flubs and Jolie's botched attempts to break a mirror round out the special features; trailers for The Big Bounce 2004, Starsky & Hutch, and Triggerman precede the main menu.

Kevin Smith doesn't ever really commit to whether he thinks everything is a joke or not and gets mixed up with some French Canadian humor that falls flat on its face but it's the sharp juxtaposition between the botched attempts at humor and the barbaric visual horror onscreen that makes Smith's body transmogrification so fucking fucked up.

The idea of snorkeling can bring up images of tight masks, foggy views and botched attempts to view the wildlife.

Gordon Brown has botched his attempts to move the chancellor and install his close ally Ed Balls.

These are only the botched attempts at signings, the selling of players that we nurtured and waited for years to only then be sold at their peaks to rivals is scandalous and some of the fees we excepted for Henry and Vieira when they were still huge assets was poor aswel.

Donald and Melania's hands are once again drawing eyes all over the world, after yet another botched attempt at a public display of affection.

In 1954 the Muslim Brotherhood was involved in a botched attempt to assassinate President Gamal Nasser.

's continued mention of science (not mentioned by his addressee) and his botched attempt to define nearly everyone as a «socie», it's quite obvious this idiot has a severe mental hang - up.

But a pass that looked intended for the streaking Aubameyang ended up with Willock instead, and the teenager badly botched his attempt at a finish.

Spitzer (AKA the steamroller) was hardly a shrinking violet during his brief stint as governor, and according to a report by Cuomo — who was AG at the time, having followed Spitzer into that office — he misused his executive power over the State Police in a botched attempt to smear his top political rival, then Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

So I think the criticism aimed at the Foreign Office and William Hague over the infamous botched attempt to establish contact with the rebels, was at least partly unfair.

First, the government decided to call the IMF to the rescue following the Central Bank's botched attempt to get Putin's Russia to protect Iceland from the IMF's «Kiss of Death».

To answer that question we need to look back fifteen years to Labour's botched attempt to prevent Ken Livingstone from becoming the first Mayor of London.

Molinaro called it a botched attempt by Cuomo to dump the LG.

Police authorities will face a final bill # 2.5 million after the government's botched attempt to introduce force mergers this summer.

«Angry Labour rebels last night declared David Miliband's leadership ambitions dead after his failure to join the latest botched attempt to oust Gordon Brown.

Cuomo got Spitzer back with the Troopergate report on the former governor's botched attempt to use the State Police to smear his political nemesis, former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

Dietl expressed optimism on his continuing court fight to have his botched attempt at switching political parties nullified and to either be reinstated as a Republican or recognized as having switched to the Democratic Party.

«The Tories have form on this, from «Thatcher the Milk Snatcher» to the botched attempt to make it an early victim of the spending cuts.»

One notable example of a dubious wrecking is the Rosso, which washed up in December 1990 near the town of Amantea, after what investigators believe was a botched attempt to scuttle it.

Goddard also relies on the same reviled NOAA data in his botched attempt to buttress his case that NASA is «hiding» an 80 year cooling trend.

I've made this successfully MANY times (after one botched attempt when I forgot to whip the egg whites.

Body pillow comprised of 40 % polyester fiber and 60 % cotton, broughr to life in a botched attempt at a succubus summoning.

According to Bedford, back in 1899, eccentric scientist Joseph Cavor (Lionel Jeffries) and his prim and proper fiancee Kate Callender (Martha Hyer) took an impromptu trip to the moon after a botched attempt at making a pesky batch of «cavorite» (a Wells created anti-gravity «substance.»)

All it takes is one botched attempt for his criminal career to go pear - shaped, leading to a ten - year prison sentence that separates the two as they try desperately to stick together.

As a clip that debuted today on Ellen shows us, that purple blast isn't coming from some botched attempt to kill the king of Wakanda; it's a function of the Black Panther suit.

There are more than a few clues as to why director Bill Condon would like to erase the bad taste left by 2013's «The Fifth Estate,» his botched attempt to capture the enigma that is WikiLeaks creator Julian Assange (as played by another Mr. Holmes, Benedict Cumberbatch), with this intriguing if only semi-satisfying Sherlockian enterprise.

The resulting plot involves poor Rango botching every attempt he makes to redeem his secret error, including dressing in drag for no particular reason except that it gives him a new role to play.

The focus of the policy on the so - called «bright poor» has drawn comparisons with the government's botched attempt to open new grammar schools in the last Parliament, and is thought to be a compromise for supporters of selection in Greening's party.

The botched attempt opens the door for The Darkness to reemerge, and sets Jackie on a journey to hell and worse, as he unravels the mystery behind the attack and the motivations of The Darkness itself.

A botched attempt on Jackie's life rekindles the power of the Darkness, and it wants out.

I recognize the stone from the pictures of the botched attempt to duplicate Woods greenhouse gas experiment on your back porch.

But despite hiccups, such as the SEC's botched attempt to add more office space, Columnist Bruce Carton thinks she deserves credit for turning around the Commission's Enforcement Division.

Not exact matches

A more recent attempt, following the botched singing of the South African national anthem by Ard Matthews, was featured in a Memeburn piece on how viral marketing is about increasing positive brand presence by Jonathan Houston.

Just Sayin: Bush Sr. also killed a couple of his fellow airman during a botched landing attempt — so what?

After a month of botched church visit attempts, I sucked it up and did something neither I, nor anyone I know, has ever done as it relates to their church - shopping experience.

I can picture one on the counter in our Scandi / MCM inspired new kitchen and sincerely hope it brings an end to all of the botched fermentation attempts of mine:).

So, in my attempt to salvage a botched head of cauliflower, I combined the puree with some broth, added more veggies plus white beans, and the baby food became a creamy, velvety rich vegetable soup.

He flubbed three field goal tries, from 33, 27 and 33 yards, and, with no time left in regulation, botched an extra point attempt that would have put a merciful end to this ragged exhibition.

The most costly fumble came with a little more than 11 minutes left in the game: The Spartans had picked up momentum with an onside kick recovery, a quick score on a 43 - yard pass from Abel Ordaz to Isaiah Foskey, and then a Bosco botched snap on a punt attempt that left De La Salle in great field position to try and cut the lead to single digits.

Bama then botched the snap on the field goal attempt that came on the next play, and Auburn went on to win 26 - 14, so Bama surely would like to have this one back.

Theresa May must explain why up to # 180,000 was wasted on a botched deportation attempt, the TaxPayers» Alliance said today.

Attempts to oust Foster over her handling of the Renewable Heat Initiative - the botched scheme designed while Foster was in charge of energy policy and which saw businesses paid more the more energy they burned - have so far come to nothing.

Theresa May once again escaped facing questions about her conduct in the Isa Muazu case today, despite a botched deportation attempt which cost the taxpayer up to # 180,000.

But after the botched coup attempt by Lord Oakeshott, ironically, his position feels more secure after his supporters circled the wagons and mounted attacks on those people calling for his head.

Rawlings» first coup attempt was botched on May 15, 1979.