Sentences with phrase «by ironic»

And by an ironic confluence of events, law firms are going to start hurting for capital right around the time when they'll need capital more than ever — when their market positions are under threat from staggeringly well - financed competitors.

Granted, there's not a lot of scientific content, except by ironic inversion...

Rather, the disparate elements of his practice each offer an opportunity for Messina to articulate his recognizable tone and perspective, marked in equal measures by ironic wit, humour and earnest observation.

Framed and interrupted by the ironic observations of two parodic «public television» commenta - tors, the dancers play fictionalized versions of themselves in a wry tale of contemporary romance, in which the dance literally and metaphorically advances the narrative.

But of course the incontrovertible sensuality of Wesselmann's nudes was constantly accompanied by an ironic guiding thread that was cleat,» revealed in the artist's own words: «Painting, sex, and humor are the most important things in my life» (interview with I. Sandler, 1984).

Psychological and social issues that dominate his works are constantly broken up by ironic statements and the beauty he finds in the everyday life.

The two Italians are similarly connected by their ironic evocation of religion, evident in Cattelan's eyebrow - raising installation with a buried fakir at this summer's Venice Biennale.

Fassbinder was drawn by the ironic weight of Hollywood melodrama, admiring Douglas Sirk obsessively.

Project Space Festival Day 2: Tacho The state of exception was approached in a different way at Tacho, where missing icons (Andrea Knoblauch und Ute Vorkoerper) raised a new flag for Europe, accompanied by the ironic strains of a recording of the European Anthem — Ludwig van Beethoven's Ode to Joy — set this time in a nostalgic minor key and played by a xylophone.

It's into these fissures created by an ironic, almost violent dissociation between Metal Gear Solid «s fiction and paratext, that we find our entry point as players.

Paradoxically, the very excess that the film critiques does make Ready Player One quite exhilarating, although its pleasures are substantially produced by ironic framing.

Miliand is greeted by an ironic roar from the Tory benches.

By an ironic twist, private practice may become less attractive, at least financially, if current economic trends continue.

The richness of the relationship between the two, speech performance and linguistic code, with all the nuances and allusions which the latter provides, those by the design of the author and those by the creative interaction of the reader, can only be realized by an ironic discernment that is critical of Dasein's projection of its preunderstanding.

Within this large design, the violence of the crucifixion and the temple priesthood's highly active part in it are highlighted by smaller touches characterized by ironic reversals: the loyal Peter cowardly denies Jesus, and Joseph of Arimathea» the Sanhedrin member» bravely claims him; the Jewish high priest pronounces Jesus blasphemous and worthy of death, while the Roman centurion supervises the execution and proclaims Jesus the «Son of God.»

The life and work of Galileo Galilei were marked by an ironic conflict: Despite being a devout Christian believer, he was persecuted by the Church for his revolutionary work as a scientist.

Our sober assessment of empirical data was accompanied by an ironic defiance of any prescribed emotion.

Not exact matches

Still, there's an ironic punch line to the case: Because the stolen Bitcoins were sold right away, allegedly by Vinnik and long before Mt. Gox disclosed the hack, victims lost much more, in dollar value, than the hackers ever made — which, according to Chainalysis, was only about $ 20 million.

The darkly humorous piece by the always insightful Melissa Dahl digs into recent research into the ironic (and, from the employee's perspective, unfair) advice that the colleague with the most packed schedule, is still the surest bet to complete extra work.

It would be ironic if an Indian engineer, rejected by an H - 1B program designed to safeguard American jobs, helped build the next Google in Bangalore and created 10,000 new jobs there instead.

It's more than a little ironic that Facebook (fb), which has become a powerful media entity, is controlled in much the same way through multiple - voting shares owned by Mark Zuckerberg and his family.

But in the end, in an ironic twist, he was forced to pay the tax because the judge concluded the stock transfer was «essentially motivated by the kinship that he had with his father and his children» — a gift, not a business transaction.

Thompson will be replaced by a Yahoo insider — an ironic comment on the search engine's inability to search outside its own building for a new leader.

It's ironic that a team that was billed as an investing dream team with deep contacts in every facet of media and technology may be saved by a deal that required no contacts and little deal making or company building expertise.

«It's ironic that the Committee report should come out in the midst of today's court hearings into the Site C dam, a megaproject approved by the federal and province governments over the objections of First Nations and despite a highly critical environmental assessment.»

«It's ironic as many of these companies complained to the US Justice Department four years ago that Google's Flight Search feature would undermine competition — a claim that's clearly not borne out by the facts.

A final ironic and unintended economic consequence of the Trump immigration reform plan could be a «brain drain,» as educated and potentially wealthy liberals look to escape a controversial Trump presidency, namely by moving to Canada.

By Susan Lahey Reporter with Silicon Hills News It is always ironic when the tech doesn't work at SXSW, which happened to Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon, speaking at SXSW on Tuesday about creating innovation that solves problems.

It is ironic that events that took so much time and energy in the Assembly had effectively ended by the time delegates got home and the early reports on the meeting were circulating.

Canada wants to preserve auto - sector manufacturing jobs in Ontario by ensuring that Chinese - made parts in Japanese cars do not displace Canadian parts, but it is ironic that both Korean and European manufacturers are enjoying a phase - out of Canadian auto tariffs while Japanese companies, which have invested in Canada, still face a tariff barrier.

It is ironic that people for whom the evidence of things unseen was presumably not to be credited were themselves beguiled by chimeras.

By focusing solely on the historical Plato, we'll miss other important questions: Where is Plato being ironic?

By the way, take a trip down South; EVERY OTHER billboard is either a direct quote from the Bible or an advertisement for a local church (that last one sure is ironic, isn't it?).

It is what I find the most ironic of the most strident biblical literalists: by attempting to fix the bible into one single, unalterable interpretation, instead of an ongoing conversation, they are sowing the seeds for its own obsolescence.

The ironic part of the «Christians being persecuted by evil» argument is that the Evangelical's that often make this claim are some of the most wicked and vile people that walk the face of the earth.

I know, it's very ironic for a lie to protect liars, but «a house divided against itself can not stand», so that's how Satan (who rules the world) is protected by the Church as well.

Yes, ironic... ironic that the fellow who is on the slow train to hell, who she was warned by the pastor not to get involved with because he was an atheist, the fellow who has never had anyone in the church leadership say more than a sentence to when he did go with her to church, is the minister behind the minister of coffee.

Stringfellow quotes «if problems of misapprehension and misrepresentation are overcome and the gospel can be heard in its own integrity, the gospel will be found attractive by people, become popular, and, even, be a success of some sort» and then finds this «curious and ironical (sic — it should be ironic)»???? It is not at all.

Ironic that a Missionary says these words «I believe in my Mormon faith, and I endeavor to live by it.

Even FEDERALIST 49 might be understood to be a bit too ironic about it, by saying straight out the «veneration which time bestows on everything,» whether it's really good or not.

It is so ironic that Mormons are criticized for having extra-Biblical revelation by people who themselves believe in extra-Biblical creeds.

What's ironic is that it is Keith that is dragging his children under by cramming their heads with mythical thinking, creationism, and a whole host of illogical beliefs.

I find it ironic that Calvinists I know always sum up with the «salvation by grace alone through faith alone» and then have their own interpretation of what God's grace is.

My friend George Will, who finds me «normally wise and lucid,» mistakes, partly by presenting a quote out of its ironic context, my praise of the relational place called Downton Abbey as a progressive and paternalistic endorsement of the welfare state.

Instead, I engage in a negotiation, in my case a primarily ironic one, that confirms my understanding of the inherently miraculous in part by rejecting a romantic vision of the occasional blessing.

Ironic and contradictory, because each property here attributed by the psalmist to the Lord is that of a person, one whose love is active and (in the old word) prevenient.

I think it's ironic that when someone criticizes the Christian religion by calling us to live according to the principles we claim to follow, we respond by accusing him of speaking for the devil.

It is somewhat ironic that the fundamentalist Taliban was doing its best to stamp out the production of opium in Afghanistan, but their defeat by American forces has allowed the opium trade once again to flourish.

He saw that an effective way of dealing with the «anxious self - scrutiny» so prevalent in modern life (and today infinitely heightened by social media) was to establish an ironic distance from «the deadly routine of everyday life.»

Holmes concludes the book by describing the beliefs of modern presidents, from Dwight Eisenhower to George W. Bush, proving that since World War II the presidents have moved in a more orthodox and even evangelical direction, which seems ironic considering the assumed rise of secularity in America.