Sentences with phrase «caught in a tangle»

Rommel, Keitel, Paulus, Udet, Canaris and Manstein - six careers caught in the tangle between obedience and crime.

Perry's fruitful return to a romanticised celluloid Brooklyn finds tension in the undisclosed turmoils of a group of suburbanites, caught in tangled webs of familial obligation.

On television, Maggie Gyllenhaal defines strength, leadership, vulnerability, naïvete and femininity as the lead in «The Honorable Woman,» where she plays Nessa Stein, the head of a Jewish industrialist family caught in the tangled web of Israeli - Palestinian politics.

I couldn't agree more that the problems lately revealed in DCPS graduating students who shouldn't have been does begin long before high school when the problem is being years behind in subject matter, and not just getting caught in a tangle of rules and regs about attendance and related matters.

Based on her participation in an intensive four - year school reform project in the Newark, New Jersey public schools, the author vividly captures the anguish and anger of students and teachers caught in the tangle of a failing school system.

Laurie Garber, family lawyer with the Northwest Justice Project, said low - to middle - income families who can't afford lawyers often get caught in a tangle of legalese and paperwork.

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The result is that it rolls smoothly and never gets awkwardly caught or tangled in the power cord.

Nevertheless all were caught in the toils of European dynastic rivalries and the tangled skein of Italian politics.

He slumped briefly but recovered, and then he began to break Mac - Kay's heart by hitting back the big first serve — not with desperate little plops designed only to keep the ball in play but with incisively angled shots that sometimes passed MacKay, sometimes caught him halfway to the net, sometimes literally tangled him in his feet.

Unfortunately that has lead to several people suffocating after getting caught between the cotsides and the mattress (not to mention injuries from climbing over the cotsides or getting limbs tangled in them).

It gets caught up in the tangled and wonky world of insurance.

Tangles of fishing line caught in the corals are a testament to the fishermen's persistence, and the bodies of predatory fish hanging in the market leave little doubt as to where some of the fish are going.

Orbits with velocity low enough to get caught in the boundary become lost in the tangle of paths there.

Fishers catch the crabs by baiting tangle nets and spreading them on the sea floor so the crabs» legs get tangled in the mesh.

Not only do they get snagged on hooks and tangled in nets, but chronic overfishing can deprive the birds of their prey — the same small fish that boats are catching.

«If we could catch Alzheimer's disease before this occurred, such an amyloid - removing drug might stop it in its tracks, but once tau tangles and neurodegeneration have set in this approach would be unlikely to be effective.

These films allowed for experiments that were far too difficult to carry out on single or tangled aggregates of nanotubes and caught the attention of Tokyo Metropolitan physicist Kazuhiro Yanagi, who studies condensed matter physics in nano materials.

It can be easy to get caught up in the tangles of daily living and lose sight of what really matters in life, such as health, happiness, and love.

Don't wear large earrings that can get caught and tangled while you're in the water.

Immaculately shot, and presenting a fascinating world we simply haven't seen on the big screen before, «The Forgiveness of Blood» is a remarkable slow burning drama that presents the complex and sometimes puzzle - shaped nature of family relationships, and the tangle of their history that we can sometimes get caught up in (read our review).

In his opinion, signing the Accord is fundamentally wrong and, considering the tangled web his best friend Bucky is caught up in, he and Tony realize they can't agree on what the best option is for the future of their teaIn his opinion, signing the Accord is fundamentally wrong and, considering the tangled web his best friend Bucky is caught up in, he and Tony realize they can't agree on what the best option is for the future of their teain, he and Tony realize they can't agree on what the best option is for the future of their team.

Most viewers will appreciate it as the deeply moving story of three well - meaning people caught in a difficult tangle of misplaced hopes and unsatisfied emotions.

Today, we finally caught a sneak peek at the sequence, in which the two men resolve their issues through thrusting, pirouetting and tangling for the lead — and it was very funny indeed.

Students» beliefs about themselves as learners will be caught up in the tangle of any explanations surrounding the assessments, and as we know, decades of research demonstrate the power of student belief to be a factor impacting subsequent effort and persistence in learning.

«I had a good race with both Tiff Needell and Derek Bell in this one, and was helped out a bit when Derek got caught out and tangled up with a backmarker.

He tossed in his bed, the sheets catching his feet in a tangle.

In the winter when its tangled trees are naked of foliage, you can see past their branches and catch a view of the city's signature skyline in the distance: The Jin Mao Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center, and Shanghai ToweIn the winter when its tangled trees are naked of foliage, you can see past their branches and catch a view of the city's signature skyline in the distance: The Jin Mao Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center, and Shanghai Towein the distance: The Jin Mao Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center, and Shanghai Tower.

Yet even when caught up in a tangle of madness, ghosts, sex, and lies, she remains devoted to Arabella.

The finer end will catch every tangle in the finest of coats, even those horrid little knots under a Maltese's pastern.

These sprays help loosen tangles that might otherwise get caught in the bristles and hurt your pet.

This is a nonshedding dog, which means that loose hairs are caught in the outer hairs, tending to tangle, unless they are combed out.

You may want to supervise this just in case your rabbit gets tangled up, and it might be worth putting a mat underneath to catch falling hay and treats, be prepared for the mess.

The reason we require the quick - release collar is so that we can snap the collar open in the rare instance that any pups should get a collar caught on their teeth or tangled with another.

Of course, you need to follow supervise her the WHOLE time she's doing this, as if it gets caught on something, or she gets tangled up in it she could be frightened, or even hurt.

FYI - a lot of the smaller fleas I got of my cats were not caught in the teeth but were either tangled in the removed loose fur or just on top of the teeth so I just used my fingers to hold them in place until I could put them in the dish liquid / water container.

This portable trimmer is perfect for removing small tangles or burrs caught in fur, and since it is battery operated, it can be easily carried along on a walk or outing.

Sounds awesome we will try this when we go back, we have just returned from airlie beach where we went on a fishing charter with Gone Fishing Charters the weather was perfect the fishing was very average, very congested and very uncomfortable as there were 5 adults and 3 kids jammed into the boat, The 1 fish that was caught got tangled in 2 other lines due to the shortage of space, Definately not recommended for kids or inexperienced fisherman, help for the children was an issue as the guide was constantly busy making sure the young lady with a 2 piece bikini was ok.

Dark vines appear from a green bramble or mist — purplish red or yellow buds emerge from jagged pods — while bright areas in the paintings» backgrounds suggest that these secluded tangles of vegetation have been momentarily caught in the headlights of a car making a turn on a remote road.

Called «Other Side», the large - scale installation consumes Towner's upper gallery, presenting a façade of five wooden doors caught in a dense dark tangle of thousands of metres of black yarn extending from wall to wall, and from ceiling to floor.

«There's nothing to break or tangle, nothing to plug in, nothing to get caught on a stranger's backpack on the train every freaking day,» explains David Pierce at Wired.

Caught in a thick tangle of deceit, Geralt will need all his cunning and strength to solve the mystery and emerge unscathed.

For now, these people are caught in a confusing tangle of laws.

The pouch also features a plug catch to hold cords securely in place and prevent messy tangle cables when packing.