Sentences with phrase «clever turns of»

Among legal blogs, there's been a minor run on clever names lately, with several new blogs carrying clever turns of phrases as their names.

He loves pithiness, clever turns of phrase, and helping people simplify their money decisions.

TH: A well paced quick moving plot, over the top, yet defined characters, and clever turns of phrase and uses of the language.

This a super-Sorkiny Aaron Sorkin script — full of the kind of well - timed zingers and clever turns of phrase that never occur to us in real life.

They scour the thesaurus to identify «five dollar words,» and dream up clever turns of phrase.

And since it was clear that people were far more interested in «news you can use» than a clever turn of phrase, whenever there was a choice during the rewrite, sounding like USA Today trumped The New Yorker every time.

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There are also plenty of practical tips to help turn that commitment into reality, including clever ways to slip learning into jam - packed days, lists of free resources for online study, and dead simple interventions that are guaranteed to free up hours a week for reading.

Conway, now 65, had mentored Parker through nearly every company he had helped start or lead — Napster; Plaxo, an automated address book that had made clever, if infuriating, use of viral marketing; and of course Facebook, the college - dorm - project - turned - juggernaut that had made Parker truly rich.

Turning its Moovel app into a one - stop shop where users can access many different transportation options — including the popular ride - hailing and public transportation services they already use — is a clever way for Daimler to wedge itself into the future of urban mobility.

Realizing its potential anthropological significance, Kennedy turned the bone over to experts at the Smithsonian Museum and the University of Florida, who have now been able to confirm that this really is authentically ancient, and not just a clever forgery (making counterfeit mammoth engravings was a big thing in the 19th century, for whatever reason).

But not when it comes at the cost of slaying both Moses and God in order to exalt a Yahwist who turns out to be nothing more than the mirror image of two clever 20th - century readers.

(We stuffed up with apartheid in South Africa, we stuffed up in Ireland, we stuffed up over black rights, we stuffed up in Iraq, we will stuff up more, at home, in the city, and a lot of other places - We are a bit like King Midas, we think we are so clever and can turn things into gold and instead, a lot of the time it turns out as horse manure.)

Jodi Moreno is such a clever cook — she has a unique way of turning everyday ingredients into a spectacular, flavor - punching dish.

It's equal parts maddening and hilarious because 192 square feet is a tiny amount of space for two people, but I've somehow managed to turn it into our bedroom and living room and kitchen thanks to 1) clever storage solutions from IKEA and The Container Store (ok, and a few Costco boxes that got shoved in the top of our closet) and 2) a portable cooktop and snack - size refrigerator (both of which have made eating at home a breeze).

Gazpacho is such a refreshing summer dish, and what a clever idea to take all of the ingredients and turn it into a salad!

And his jokey attempts to turn the tables on the press and get them to tell him who we could have signed are not clever, they are incredibly annoying for Arsenal fans who have to pay mega money for the privilege of seeing our team fail to score.

A number of otherpromising talents took star turns as well, not the least Andy Murray, a solemnScot who wins with clever shot making rather than might - makes - right power, andthird - ranked Novak Djokovic, a capricious Serb who relied mostly on accuracy towin the Masters Cup.

I was trying so hard to be clever, adding a little twist at the end where the owner — this person who you think has been trying to sabotage the team — actually turns out to have been the architect of the team's success.

The Manchester City forward was a thorn in the flesh of the players he was up against with some nice piece of skills, flicks and clever turn.

As it turns out, babies are some kind of clever creatures.

As it turns out, though, my clever technique is used by many of the conference attendees, and Jenny Rosenstrach of Dinner: A Love Story even recommended it in her Power Point!

He ventures into the cubes at Democracy Data & Communications to watch as staff members monitor the effectiveness of particular ads on particular sites — it turns out that simple and texty often beats clever and pretty, and general - interest sites can get better results than issue - specific sites.

A clever political strike, trying to turn to the Coalition's advantage the Tories» embarrassment at having been forced to protect these benefits for pensioners because of David Cameron's cowardice during the televised debates during the election campaign in April.

As the data from such clever designs mounted, Spelke began to develop her theory of core knowledge, often inspired by or collaborating with colleagues such as noted Massachusetts Institute of Technology linguist Noam Chomsky, French mathematician turned cognitive neuropsychologist Stanislaus Dehaene and Harvard psychologist Susan Carey.

In the end it turned out that some configurations seem to be more favorable than others, and turbulent transport losses may be reduced by clever optimization of the magnetic field, hence increasing the efficiency of a prospective power plant.

Along with a home - inspection duo, a science writer, and some enterprising scientists at Princeton University, we dig into the work of evolutionary ecologist Monica Gagliano, who turns our brain - centered worldview on its head through a series of clever experiments that show plants doing things we never would've imagined.

Some of the Sunday Supper cooks turned their creativity loose on savory pies and that's where you will find lots of clever ideas for the family meal, including breakfast.

But as the leaves turned brilliant shades of gold and red we got more creative with how to plan for a gift - giving, and the holidays arrived promptly at our doorstep clad in clever and often hilarious Halloween costumes.

This season, designers are turning that hassle into a clever styling tip, with brands like Creatures of Comfort, Y / Project, and Sacai transforming jackets and sweaters into fashionable, obi - like torso accessories.

MacGuyver would be proud of Nat's skills for turning her scarf into a clever little shrug.

- Rachel Sklar, cofounder of TheLi.st and Change The Ratio «Webb's clever and inventive experiment, as well as her success story, will be inspiring and eye - opening for anyone who has ever turned to one of the many popular online dating sites in search of love.»

Webb's clever and inventive experiment, as well as her success story, will be inspiring and eye - opening for anyone who has ever turned to one of the many popular online dating sites in search of love.

Her clever wit and quick turn of a phrase will be sure to keep you interested in her articles, which are all geared towards the Christian online dating community.

What could have been just a silly exercise in outright buffoonery turns out to be one of the cleverest and most thought - provoking films in the Chaplin library.

It turns out that one of the Horcruxes is hidden at the old school, while the other two are in cleverer hiding places nearby.

The movie «Band Aid,» which Lister - Jones has written, directed, and stars in, is a clever and heartfelt comedy - drama that remains aloft as long as it retains its sense of humor; when the going gets serious, the dialogue turns therapeutic and heavy.

It begins as a clever pseudo-mumblecore provocation with shades of Bruce LaBruce only to quickly turn into indefensible nonsense.

John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein «s Game Night is a hilarious R - rated romp that's not afraid to push the envelope with its clever twists and turns, thanks to Mark Perez «s reliable script and a crop of great performances, led with confidence and ease by Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams and Kyle Chandler.

Game Night has a few going for it — one helluva cast (Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnusson, Kyle Chandler, Sharon Horgan, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Danny Huston, Michael C. Hall, Chelsea Peretti, Camille Chen and more); an opening meet cute that is original and clever; the establishment of a weekly get together for a games night; the sad sack neighbor who used to be part of the group (and is also a cop with a cute dog), and, finally, the idea that what starts out as a special murder mystery game night turns out to be the real thing — but no knows it.

And now they've turned Legos — those plastic blocks, with no story or personality — into another energetic and wildly clever animated film, one that makes its story the actual experience of playing with these toys.

Johnny Severin and Nicholas David Brandt's... clever and original script takes an unexpected turn at nearly every intersection, resulting in a funny and big - hearted coming - of - age romance.

Far more clever and witty than the knockabout silliness promised by the coming attractions, this is a film that is more interested in character comedy than slapstick and gives Melissa McCarthy the most appealing role of her career and allows Jason Statham to deliver one of the most unexpectedly hilarious comedic turns in recent memory.

However when Paper Bowser and the original Bowser team up, this requires the help of the greatest heroes of two worlds that include Mario, Luigi and Paper Mario in this 3DS turn - based Japanese - RPG with a healthy dose of puzzles, combat and team - work that has a very clever twist of words in the title.

Divekick is a clever proof of concept for a fighting game reduction, and while that concept never quite turns into a fighting game great, it remains a precise and fast - paced alternative in a genre where it can often take hours just to get a grip on a single character.

Transistor uses a clever hybrid of real - time and turn - based combat, allowing you to mash buttons or carefully queue up a sequence of attacks depending on what best suits the situation.

Just as Peele and partner Keegan - Michael Key found clever ways of dealing with racial issues on their sketch - comedy TV show, this movie turns clichés and social metaphors inside out.

It turns out the multiplayer was a surprise hit, a clever cooperative horde mode in which friends worked together as a team to drive back waves of different enemies.

With his horrendous turns in The Replacements and The Watcher also up for grabs, I can only say that these anti-Oscars would be more clever and thought - provoking if they quit aiming their guns at sitting hams (witness George C. Scott's Raspberry for his outstanding work in The Exorcist III); they long ago became the spoof - awards equivalent of a male comedian cracking wise about his mother - in - law.

With South African locations doubling for «The Birds» setting in Bodega Bay, California, «The Girl» is steeped in satisfying behind - the - scenes detail, including Hitch's script - sessions with novelist - turned - screenwriter Evan Hunter (who adapted Daphne du Maurier's short story) and clever glimpses of Hitchcock's mastery of movie magic.

A well - received alum of last year's Sundance Film Festival, where it went by just Thoroughbred, Cory Finley's fiendishly clever debut has visual confidence, razor wit, and excellent performances (including one of the last turns by the late Anton Yelchin) to spare.