Sentences with phrase «by jackals»

He is kidnapped and tricked by the Jackal Society into using a watch that gives him super powers but also makes him a villain.

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Carlos, 67, a Venezuelan whose real name is Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez, describes himself as a «professional revolutionary» and was dubbed «Carlos the Jackal» by the press when he was one of the world's most wanted terror suspects.

There is Osiris, god of the under - world; there is Anubis, the jackal god, who appropriately enough conducts the souls to the judgment hall; there are depicted the famous scales on which the heart of the person being judged is weighed in the balance against Maat, or justice, represented by a feather.

The ad hominem attacks against Bachmann by the media jackals have boomeranged against the Left and hugely helped Bachmann.

Yes I agree that we have become a jackal in the transfer window, pouncing after tasty morsels left by the Rich Kids.

By morning, we were certain, the scavengers of the jungle — the jackals, hyenas, wild dogs — would have found the dead trophy and carried it away.

Ask poor Rich Kotite, a coach treated so brutally by WIP in Philadelphia that when the New York Jets hired him in January 1995, he actually looked forward to dealing with the jackals of the New York media.

The new study, led by Koepfli and Robert Wayne of the University of California, Los Angeles, was inspired by recent reports suggesting that the African golden jackal was actually a cryptic subspecies of gray wolf.

They are part of a long - running biological experiment to repeat domestication by turning a wild canid — from the family of animals including wolves, foxes, jackals and dogs — into a fox version of a domestic dog (SN: 5/13/17, p. 29).

Ecologists say wolves should be allowed to roam beyond remote wilderness areas — and that by scaring off smaller predators like coyotes and jackals, wolves might do a good service, too.

Adapted and Americanized from the 1974 novel by popular British author Frederick Forsyth (The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File), Dogs casts Walken as Jamie Shannon, one of several mercenaries making a narrow exit from war - torn Central America in the film's opening sequence.

Also noteworthy, in the category of cinema ruled by cultural concerns and actual political events, was Carlos (d. Olivier Assayas), which kept a packed auditorium of critics in their seats for over five hours with a glossy, but intelligent action film version of the 1970s exploits of a terrorist born Illich Ramirez Sanchez, but known internationally as the Jackal, also by the code name Carlos; and Des Hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvois), a film, elegantly minimalist in design, based on a real - life encounter between Algerian fundamentalist Islamic terrorists and a community of ascetic Christian monks.

I don't think every game needs to be Dark Souls, but when it seems like any encounter with a pack of human - sized jackal minions is best solved by button - mashing and hoping I'm hitting dodge and attack with the right ratio to do damage while not getting hit too often, each fight starts to feel more like a chore than a rewarding challenge.

First portrayed on screen by Andrés García in 1979 Mexican film Carlos el Terrorista, Sánchez's story inspired 1997 effort The Assignment (although not The Jackal from the same year, as commonly believed), and now Olivier Assayas» mini-series turned feature film Carlos.

Stuart: Jackal Assault will come with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare on PS4 and is an arcade style space combat simulator, controlled with the DualShock and assisted by head tracking to spot targets for missile lock.

Actually, most of the dialogue is campy and explicit, like the first film, but the sense of daring and style are gone, further compounded by a rather unremarkable presentation from director Michael Caton - Jones (City by the Sea, The Jackal).

Film Reviews: First Knight by Eleanor Ringel Primal Fear by Leslie Rigoulot Partial Filmography: Chicago First Knight The Jackal Primal Fear

by Cari Beauchamp The Spanish Prisoner by Jason Gorber The Spanish Prisoner by Karen Jaehne The Spanish Prisoner by Richard Schwartz The Spanish Prisoner by Robin J. Schwartz Three Kings by Thom Bennett Partial Filmography: Adaptation The Alamo Assassin (s) The Big Lebowski The Blind Side Carol The Celluloid Closet The Chamber Conspiracy Theory Fargo Gods and Monsters High Fidelity The Jackal No Country for Old Men O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Film Reviews: Heat by Leslie Rigoulot Heat by Kathleen Carroll Romeo + Juliet by Benjamin Ibrahim The 13th Warrior by Thom Bennett Three Wishes by Eleanor Ringel Partial Filmography: Heat The Jackal Romeo + Juliet The 13th Warrior Three Wishes True Crime

The film's strengths stem from the fascinating ideas of the story, a gorgeous score by David Arnold (Independence Day, Tomorrow Never Dies), sumptuous cinematography courtesy of Karl Walter Lindenlaub (The Jackal, The Haunting), and sensational art design and special effects.

The film is inspired by the real life terrorist codenamed The Jackal.

He was hired by Tobey Maguire to pen a «Robotech» movie, developed a western series at Starz entitled «Men of the Dusk,» and wrote two novels: «A Congregation of Jackals» and the imminent «Wraiths Of The Broken Land.»

The main failing of Red Planet comes from a lack of freshness in the writing department, headed by Chuck Pfarrer, who gave us other terrible and derivative films like Virus, The Jackal, and Barb Wire.

A later scene finds Riggan overwhelmed by a group of entertainment media jackals and their moronic questions about what he might have injected into his face.

Film Reviews: The Fifth Element by Leslie Rigoulot The Fifth Element by Lisa Nesselson Last Man Standing by Karen Jaehne Last Man Standing by Leslie Rigoulot The Sixth Sense by Thom Bennett The Story of Us by Debra Lass Twelve Monkeys by Leslie Rigoulot Partial Filmography: Alpha Dog The Fifth Element The Jackal Last Man Standing Mercury Rising Sin City The Sixth Sense The Story of Us Twelve Monkeys Unbreakable What Just Happened?

Jackals (Unrated) Intervention thriller about a brainwashed young man (Ben Sullivan) who is kidnapped from a religious cult at gunpoint by deprogrammers hired by his family, only to end up in a cabin surrounded by members of the sect demanding his release.

2: Literary Agent Andrew «The Jackal» Wylie makes good on his threat to create his own publishing arm, which makes an exclusive deal with Amazon for 20 $ 9.99 Kindle titles by modern literary giants.

However the industry chooses to listen or not, no one can say the Jackal sat by and did nothing will Amazon marched forward on its global domination quest.

The Outsider By Frederick Forsyth Putnam • $ 18 • ISBN 9781101981856 Subtitled «My Life in Intrigue,» this entertaing memoir by the author of the espionage classic The Day of the Jackal and 14 other thrillers recounts his adventurous life in high style, from enlisting in the RAF at 17 to his work as a journalist in many global hotspotBy Frederick Forsyth Putnam • $ 18 • ISBN 9781101981856 Subtitled «My Life in Intrigue,» this entertaing memoir by the author of the espionage classic The Day of the Jackal and 14 other thrillers recounts his adventurous life in high style, from enlisting in the RAF at 17 to his work as a journalist in many global hotspotby the author of the espionage classic The Day of the Jackal and 14 other thrillers recounts his adventurous life in high style, from enlisting in the RAF at 17 to his work as a journalist in many global hotspots.

Listen - alikes: The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth and read by Simon Prebble (Blackstone Audio); Our Kind of Traitor, by John le Carré and read by Robin Sachs (Books on Tape / Penguin Audio); Portrait of a Spy, by Daniel Silva and read by Simon Vance (HarperAudio / Recorded Books).

Title: Wicked Jackal Author: Cherie Marks Genre: Paranormal Romance Age Group: Adult Rating: 4 stars Purchase: Amazon Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.

Known forever to fandom as «the man who killed Gwen Stacy,» Conway is also the co-creator of The Punisher, Firestorm, Power Girl, Man - Thing, Werewolf - by - Night, The Jackal, Killer Croc, Tombstone, Tarantula, Count Vertigo, Vibe, Vixen, Commander / Citizen Steel, and many other popular (and not so popular) characters for Marvel and DC Comics.

Distemper affects other animals as well; raccoons, coyotes, wolves, foxes, ferrets, skunks, weasels, mink, badgers, hyenas, and jackals can also catch the disease and a population of lions in Africa has been decimated by it.

In her article «Super Sniffing Dogs» for DogChannel.com, D. Caroline Coile, Ph.D. revealed that Russian scientists claim to have created a breed with superior sniffing capabilities by crossing Russian huskies with jackals.

The rest camp's traditional bungalows lie within a spectacular setting, with the rolling, game - rich veld just beyond your bedroom window (you might even spot a black - backed jackal or caracal if you're patient), and some of the hikes and game drives of the park close by.

From your bed, and through the lens of your malaria induced fever, you have you first meeting with «The Jackal», the notorious arms dealer come entrepreneur perpetuating the ongoing conflict by arming both sides — the very man you're sent here to kill.

Rune Strikes require Rune Charge, which is built up by killing Jackals, which in turn allows you to dismember Raven» ii — when you fill the bar to the top, you can initiate a killing blow that severs the head from the neck.

The only issue with this system is that you gain Rune Charge by Rune Striking a Raven» ii's limbs, so you don't have to actually kill any Jackals to build up charge.

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The soundtrack was provided by an actual biker band called The Gone Jackals.

One can be synthesized by mixing a jumping jackal and a heligator.