Sentences with phrase «by her uncle into»

Dominika suffers a career - ending injury, and is manipulated by her uncle into joining Sparrow School, a training ground for Russian spies.

Not exact matches

Both Corriere, and the Times tried to inappropriately drag Pius XII into the Palatucci story, failing to mention that to the extent he is involved, it speaks entirely in his favor: Pius XII ordered that money, specifically intended for persecuted Jews, be sent to Palatucci's uncle, the wartime Bishop of Campagna, who was in contact with his nephew, and assisting Jews imprisoned by the fascists.

How Gina Gallo Is Keeping the E&J Gallo Winery on Top: Born into the legendary winemaking family pioneered by her grandfather Julio and great - uncle Ernest when they were just teenagers, after a family tragedy (their parents died in a murder - suicide) left them orphans, Gina Gallo's own career blended the commercial and creative sides of the business...

He forever will be affectionately known as Uncle Verne by those who welcomed him into their homes at 3:30 ET on Saturdays.

I also salute the likes of, Uncle Ato Awhoi, Obed Asamoah, Victor Gbeho, Alhaji Issifu Ali, Mrs. Anna Ennin, Right Honourable Edward Doe Adjaho, Dr. Christine Amoako - Nuamah, Mrs. Margret Clark Kwesie, Honourable Alban Bagbin, and all the other members of the Council who have taken the bull by the horn, and ensuring that the NDC quickly moves into the constituencies to deepen the healing and reconciliation processes that have already begun.

Referred to as «Uncle Leland» by his co-conspirators, the San Francisco Democrat allegedly offered to smuggle millions of dollars worth of automatic weapons into the United States from a Muslim separatist group in the Philippines in exchange for campaign contributions, according to the FBI affidavit.

His only job before he followed his father and two grandfathers into politics was editing a niche magazine owned by his uncle.

Returning to his office, he settles into a chair in the center of the room, surrounded by his wife; his son Pedro G. Espada, a former state assemblyman; a grandson who is smashing two dinosaurs together; a funereal uncle; Schlein; Steven Pigeon, the political aide to billionaire Tom Golisano, who helped engineer the leadership coup; and the remains of a large sausage pizza.

«So that discontent doesn't materialize into elected leaders because our elected leaders simply get there by a few people who happened to be satisfied, because their aunt works for a politician, or their uncle got an apartment or they themselves got a job.

Faced with few options to keep a roof over her mother's head, Dominika is pushed by her domineering uncle Ivan (Matthias Schoenaerts in decidedly Putin-esque prosthetics) into becoming an operative for the Russian government.

Facing eviction and with no more healthcare for her sick mother (Joely Richardson), she is blackmailed by her Uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts) into working for him in Russian intelligence.

She plays Dominika, a Bolshoi ballerina whose career is ended by an injury, leading her uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts)-- deputy director of Russia's CIA equivalent, the SVR — to blackmail her into becoming a government asset.

Lawrence is Russian prima ballerina Dominika Egorova, who after an accident on stage is tricked by her Uncle (Matthias Schoenaerts) into becoming a «Sparrow» — a special agent trained to seduce enemy operatives to gain intel.

Lawrence the actress plays Dominika, a Bolshoi ballerina who suffers a terrible injury and is coerced into a new career as a sort of sex spy by her slippery government agent uncle, Vanya.

Dominika, despite her mysterious talent for this line of work, is ultimately a victim, pimped out by her uncle, pressed into sexual service for the state.

Lawrence engages with a murder planned by her (oddly young and creepy) uncle (Matthias Schoenaerts) that then turns the movie into a spy case so she can protect herself from the killing!

It's her idea that they break into the mansion supposedly owned by her rich uncle.

Cameron is then forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative aunt and uncle, who are her legal guardians.

The Spiderwick Chronicles (Paramount, February 15) Starring: Freddie Highmore, Mary - Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short Director: Mark Waters Rating: NR The Pitch: Mrs. Grace packs up her three kids, leaves New York, and moves the family into the creepy old house owned by their great - great - uncle Arthur Spiderwick.

When her uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts) unwittingly draws her into Russia's political and dangerous underbelly, Dominika finds herself in a catch - 22 and either be eliminated by the state or be trained as a «sparrow» and master the arts of sexual manipulation in a school run by Matron (Charlotte Rampling).

Due to perceived frivolity in a small town in Turkey, five orphaned sisters are forced into nuptials by their grandmother and uncle one by one.

Dominika is pressed into service to approach and weaken an American agent whose contact with a mole inside the Russian intelligence services has made her uncle's life difficult, but as one might expect in a film like this, she catches feelings for her prey, played with icy determination by Joel Edgerton, and things get complicated quickly.

It is clearly early on that Uncle Richard is a villain; India's reluctant attraction to him speeds her maturation into woman — the piano scene has been rightly singled out by many as one of the year's best — but her ultimate rejection of him, through a violent act, completes her hero's journey.

«Betty Boop's Rise to Fame,» a fascinatingly self - reflective 1934 piece in which a journalist interviews «Uncle Max» about the career of his most famous creation, pays homage to those early films by having Max summon up Betty from an inkwell on his desk, and dropping her down into background sketches from three previous shorts.

Directed by Tony Bancroft and Scott Christian Sava, Animal Crackers centers on a family who must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a run - down circus from being taken over by their evil uncle, Horatio P. Huntington.The catch is, once anyone eats an animal cracker, they turn into that animal.

APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL By Nathan Lee The museum exhibit Primitive subsumes Uncle Boonmee into the Thai wunderkind's larger project

The boy tries to rope Billy into avenging his father by killing said uncle, but finds his romantic notions of the gunfighting outlaw are false.

The backlash to the Common Core (on the right at least) was driven overwhelmingly by the concern that Uncle Sam was wading into issues that he has no business in.

Created by an uncle wanting to help his nieces learn material, Khan Academy has grown into

The novel is at its eerie best with the transcription of voice recordings by Jess» Uncle Paul, who slowly descends into madness as he tries to determine what's wrong with his niece.

So, if you contribute $ 10,000 this year into your 401 (k), your taxable income will be lowered by that amount when you settle up with Uncle Sam in April.

Everyone knows what Minecraft is by now, I have overheard mothers, fathers, uncles and aunts talking about their kid being into this game, I have even heard grandmothers asking gaming retail shops about this game, and once I was at a doctors office with my kids and the secretary working there was talking about mods and servers for minecraft with my kids, which was amazingly weird but it also hit me just how successful this game really is.

By the end of the game's 15 - 20 hour main campaign you do get resolution to many of the introduced plot threads, but due to the confusing nature of the opening Act, and the odd choice to make Aiden the world's most caring Uncle, Watch Dogs never manages to fully suck you into its world like the recent Grand Theft Auto with its fantastic lead characters and entertaining main campaign.

From there, players enter into a world ruled by an evil wizard, sneaking into castles, finding their Uncle's sword and then collecting items and information from in - game characters that lead you on your adventure.

Developed by Gone North Games, a Story About My Uncle takes a ride into the sci - fi, unearths the secrets shrouded around an adventurous Uncle, the society that he created armed with a suit that grapples to basically everything.

The Oiticica exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (curated by César Oiticica Filho and Rachael Thomas), had the advantage of being conceived with Oiticica Filho, who visibly transmitted the spirit of his uncle into a joyful exhibition design that encouraged direct access to, and manipulation of, the artist's colorful objects and environments.

Barneywas steered into the field of radio by his uncle, Charles A. Weingardner, a Cooper Union graduate who was working at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City.

He also has a problem refusing people's requests and is constantly bullied into doing stuff by Maribel or his uncle Pike.

Additionally, research by esteemed clinical psychologists like Dr. Joan B Kelly and others have substantiated that the persistence of Every Other Weekend «de-parenting» or «a-parent-dectomies», applied almost entirely only to fathers, has resulted in children becoming emotionally detached, as «their fathers were turned into uncles».

So, to make this potting table dream come true in a weekend, I gathered up a few pots, herb & vegetable plants from Lowe's, pretty green trellises, an old chipped up Adirondack chair hand made for my daughter when she was a baby by my uncle, and a few accessories and I have a great start to a potting area that I hope will only grow into a lovely kitchen garden over the years.