Sentences with phrase «by unabashed»

«Canadian judicial biography has been, with a few exceptions, mostly uncritical and largely celebratory, written by unabashed admirers,» Kaplan writes in his new book, Canadian Maverick — The Life and Times of Ivan C. Rand.

An intriguing presentation by an unabashed advocate of the technological tricking and co-opting of mother nature.

Lubricated by its unabashed endorsement of the generous midday pour of pinot noir, «Cougar Town» achieved the fleeting perfection of co-creator Bill Lawrence's previous hit, «Scrubs.»

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The Problem Solvers have been buttressed along the way by another cabal of unabashed cooperators, a nonprofit organization called No Labels, cofounded by veteran politicos Nancy Jacobson and Bill Galston, along with a dozen others.

He should know: He's been around mining for close to 50 years, and he has built Dominion into North America's only significant pure diamond producer by combining deep industry acumen with unabashed opportunism and razor - sharp timing.

As a cofounder, I am deeply inspired by Shelley's unabashed creativity and bravery — as a woman, no less — to craft something in a genre that had never before been explored.

This is no ordinary argument for the existence of God, though it could easily enough be taken as such by some readers, especially because of its unabashed references to the God of Abraham and Moses and its well - placed quotations from the Hebrew Scriptures.

In this context, the tragedy of Oliver North is that the opinions, thoughts and feelings of the people and their elected representatives concerning aid to the contras did not matter; what seemed to matter, in an unabashed exercise of unilateral power, was the provision of such aid, by whatever means, in the name of the national interest, patriotism, and fighting communism, by people who in their actions were claiming they knew what was best for the United States.

You got ta love BenZ's: he has impeccable taste and is always on the lookout for new premium Kosher food products, a fact that is borne out by displays overflowing with the best fish (I once bought there an enormous assortment of herring as a birthday gift for an unabashed herring - loving junkie friend), cheeses, crackers, breads, condiments and much more.

For now, here's part of a recent conversation I had with Jessalynn in which she explained why she's such an unabashed open adoption supporter and how she deals with negative comments by other birthmothers.

She was unabashed, and recalls: ««I've been bullied by bigger men than him,» I thought: «Nye Bevan for a start».

I interviewed Yeo last week and was surprised by how unabashed Yeo is about the large amount of cash he receives every year from the renewable energy firms whose cause he advances in parliament.

He also admits an unabashed prejudice for Buffalo and a notion that he might return to Buffalo to run for the congressional seat held by Jack Kemp.

America's Anti-Defamation League, which campaigns to fight anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, condemned the appointment, describing the alt - right movement supported by Breitbart News as «a loose - knit group of white nationalists, unabashed anti-Semites and racists».

He even suggests, in his characteristically unabashed way, that those companies and nations could end up igniting a second industrial revolution — one fueled by the need to undo the environmental consequences of the first.

I've been an unabashed fan of the Mars Boot by Rachel Comey for years now and my love for this shoe is still as strong as ever.

Affair with a Stranger is unabashed soap opera, made plausible by the sensitive performance of Jean Simmons.

An appealing comedy with an unabashed streak of melodrama, sharp dialogue, and a superb ensemble cast, anchored by a lead performance by Al Pacino in lovable scamp mode.

By the time Oliver's true feelings for Elio (Timothée Chalamet) have bubbled to the surface, Hammer is shooting close - ups full of unabashed wonder that are simply gorgeous.

They double the number of Wenders movies released by Criterion and present his international breakthrough film (Alice) and his first unabashed masterpiece (Kings).

The entire film is anchored by Moore's unabashed sincerity and deadpan wit, and longtime fans will especially appreciate the moment when he thanks an interview subject for being «the first CEO to meet with me on the factory floor.

It's a movie driven mostly by bloated, unabashed homage, and on that level, it's a breathlessly adept work that, while lacking in emotional content, remains a stylish, conceptual delight.

The fruit of this is Baumbach's Frances Ha, co-written by and starring Gerwig, an unabashed tribute to the actress» distinctive (don't you dare say «quirky») charms.

It's clear right from the outset that Big Miracle has no greater goal than to come off as an unabashed (and distinctly old - fashioned) feel - good drama, as filmmaker Ken Kwapis, working from a script by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler, has infused the movie with a briskly - paced, pervasively likeable feel that generally does prove impossible to resist.

The unabashed nastiness of this parent - child relationship — marked by emotional coldness and a few perverse expressions of love (kisses held long past properness)-- is one of this modern noir's many ballsy traits.

Matthew befriends Danielle is immediately taken by her zest for life and her brash, unabashed nature.

There are a couple of reasons for this, the most substantial of which is that the film plays like an unabashed amalgam of «Once Bitten» (teenager gets bitten by a sexy female vampire) and «Fright Night» (there's a vampire hunter with a British accent), but without the star power of Lauren Hutton or Roddy McDowall.

by Walter Chaw For no other purpose, really, than that I loved its unabashed perversity and darkness, I used to make an annual ritual of watching George Miller's Babe: Pig in the City.

But, shot by Preminger in knife - sharp black and white on actual government and Washington D.C. locations with the co-operation of the Kennedy White House — it looks like noir, feels like noir, and is as murderously frank and coolly unabashed about taboo subjects as «Double Indemnity» or «The Maltese Falcon.

During this blissful getaway, marked by shared hotel suites and hours behind the wheel, the two women will at once cement their bond — in a scene of frank, unabashed eroticism and tenderness that shatters the movie's patina of restraint — and then see it cruelly torn away from them.

These critical determinations must be followed by a campaign of highly focused, unabashed repetition; review; and practice.

Such an unabashed exertion of power by principals can accelerate change by assuring that students with learning abilities will be supported from the government and by school leaders.

Marking the 50th anniversary of her death on August 5, 1962, two revisionist biographies offer divergent views of the blonde icon.Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox, by USC gender studies professor, feminist historian and unabashed Monroe fan Lois Banner, seeks to quash...

Harnessing passion is enabling, once caged, rescue dogs to take part in the pure joy of running through the forest, atop a dazzling layer of magical snow... glancing into the eyes of an injured or neglected dog only to see stoic perseverance gazing back and saying «yes we will help you»... laughing at the unabashed defiance of a senior dog who runs off down the trail with all of the independence that defines their breeds... seeing the gratitude of dogs who are just happy to finally be understood... and it is the melting of your heart to see a once homeless dog on a comfortable bed surrounded by a family who loves them and whom will never let them be homeless again.

Surrounded by some of the world's most beautiful scenery, our resort's island - style design pays homage to nature in a climate of unabashed luxury.

I'm an unabashed fan of Chase and a large number of the credit cards the bank issues but I'm struggling to see the point of the Chase Iberia Visa credit card or the Chase Aer Lingus credit card announced by the bank towards the end of last week.

It's an unabashed masterpiece that surpasses the insurmountable standards set by the Mario franchise.

I've made no secret of both my complete lack of ability in playing fighting games, and my utter, unabashed love for watching the genre played by its top stars.

Continuing her unabashed criticism of culture and power, the mural features the slogan «BLIND IDEALISM IS REACTIONARY SCARY DEADLY,» an adaptation of a quote from Afro - Caribbean philosopher and revolutionary thinker Frantz Fanon, which has appeared in multiple works by the artist.

Ken Price's output has consistently opposed contemporary art traffic — whether, in the early 1960s, simply by having been made in Los Angeles or, lately, in its unabashed courting of pleasure («joy,» he says, is the feeling he's after), to say nothing of the perennial marginalization of ceramics and its cognates, craft and the decorative.

I've been an unabashed fan, but this was my first studio visit, and I was unaware of and unprepared for the scale of his practice, which is based on collage scavenging and then cataloging the images by colors and themes.

She won the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine, and since I am an unabashed feminist, I was very pleased by this.

As an unabashed lover of Wham and The Smiths, as well as Alice Coltrane and Eliane Radigue, by way of the glitter of 1970s disco and beyond, has the assimilation and embedding of a variety of genres into my subconscious fermented into a compositional vocabulary?

Entering a gallery showing these bygone abstractions is like wandering into a classic car show full of bright chrome (not done anymore), protruding fins (not done anymore), rolled steel dashboards (not done anymore), spoked wheels (not done anymore) and the now - amusing 12 mpg, currently approached only by Range Rover and the most unabashed gas guzzlers.

She doesn't tell them what to think but asks, insistently, that they do by giving them an unabashed look at the inside of her own mind.

Brooklyn Museum - New York By Taliesin Thomas Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986) is widely recognized as the stoic «Mother of American modernism,» the unabashed creator of sensual female genitalia - inspired paintings, the lover to her mentor and art dealer Alfred Stieglitz, and in her later years, a recluse cloistered in the Southwest.

Hirst, 46, occupies a unique place in British culture: the prime mover among a brash and brilliant generation of artists who emerged in the early 1990s, determined to be famous, unabashed by controversy.

Mourners were invited via an anonymous Facebook page to «help rebuild MORE LOVE HOURS THAN CAN EVER BE REPAID AND THE WAGES OF SIN (1987), by contributing stuffed fabric toys, afghans, dried corn, wax candles... building an altar of unabashed sentimentality.»

But compare that to the example of their contemporary Joan Mitchell, whose unabashed, emphatic lyricism was scorned by Greenberg; she holds the auction record for a work by a female artist — almost twelve million dollars, set at Christie's in May.

Every now and then you come across a statement by a public official that is so ridiculous, so perfect in its unabashed wrongness, you have to read it a few times to fully appreciate it as a work of demagogic art.