Sentences with phrase «destructive acts»

In This Corner of the World by Matt Weiner The animated film In This Corner of the World contrasts one of the single most destructive acts of war — the United States... read more →

Drawing parallels between Tomie — a Japanese horror manga with an infinitely regenerative femme fatale as its protagonist — and Pando — a prodigious and clonal forest colony in Utah that revitalizes itself in the wake of wildfires — Spence considers the potential for destructive acts to give rise to additive, creative, and infinite forms.

«It is a bitter irony that the single most deliberately destructive act against crop diversity could be about to happen in the country that invented the modern seed bank,» said Cary Fowler, of the Global Crop Diversity Trust.

Comprehensive Coverage: Going beyond accidents, comprehensive coverage includes damage from fire, theft, vandalism, or other destructive acts.

Followed by the implementation of corks and cardboard tubes, his reliefs crossed beyond the boundaries of the two - dimensional pieces that explored the traces of light and shadow produces by destructive act of piercing the canvas.

What's remarkable is that young people know there is more to Christianity than that, and that such destructive acts don't represent Jesus.

Taking a sports rivalry to the level of hate is an infantile, socially destructive act.

The environmentally - themed story sees Homer J. Simpson alienate himself from his loved ones and fellow citizens of Springfield in what is arguably his most foolishly destructive act yet.

For example, if active breeds such as Australian Shepherds do not have an appropriate outlet to expend their energy, they may have behavior problems such as excessive barking or destructive acts like chewing.

Promoting their illegal and shamelessly destructive acts is disgusting.

Critics announced that Rauschenberg's white paintings were a «gratuitously destructive act»; a plain white canvas was the farthest you could get from the Abstract Expressionist notion of the unique individual.

Walked in one day, hated it all, took it down, tore everything and threw it on the floor, and when I went back — it was a couple of weeks before I opened that door again — it was seemingly a very destructive act.

Terrorism insurance coverage can provide compensation for destruction, injury or loss - of - life that is caused by certain destructive acts, foreign or domestic, that are declared to be acts of terrorism by the U.S. Secretary of Treasury.

To help them the therapist needs to use behavior modification or «reality therapy» approaches aimed at helping them learn to control their destructive acting out.

She commends cultures in which «abortion is viewed as one way of completing the sacred cycle that begins with sexuality,» condemning the squeamish «white Western culture» in which we «don't want to accept responsibility for our destructive acts or our negative side, so we deny their existence.»

While the destructive acts of Islamic extremists worldwide capture headlines, countless stories of heroic resistance rarely receive attention.

But as I write, I hear that ghostly voice which justifies any destructive act: «Can we afford the luxury of what you propose?

This emotional instability leaves such individuals vulnerable to emotional upheaval that puts them at risk for problem behaviors, including self - destructive acts and impulsive aggression.

That boxer is undefeated Billy «The Great» Hope (Gyllenhaal, Enemy), whose life at the top implodes when he can't keep his anger in check, leading to a series of self - destructive acts that threatens to undo virtually everything that he and his wife Maureen (McAdams, Aloha) took a lifetime to build up.

But Katie's own childhood trauma involving the violent death of her mother incites her to self - destructive acts, picking up men in bars and in one case having sex in the bathroom.

For the MCU, the story could be spun to involve certain Avengers surviving Thanos» destructive act to battle The Mad Titan on the Battleworld he creates as his new universe.

Monetta draws her interviewees into intimate conversations in which we learn about depression, anxiety, self - destructive acts, suicide attempts, and the challenge of getting help.

Perhaps understandably, people often see cheating as a destructive act — you are taking this huge, complex collection of interlocking systems, and pulling the foundations out from under it.

Further examination on the implications of the destructive act of smashing opens numerous possibilities of interpretation within the simple work of art.

At the height of his fame, Pollock's destructive acting - out was a form of performance art; people who had read of his boozy intensity in Time magazine would come like tourists to buy him drinks and watch the troubled genius overturning tables, assaulting women and getting into fights.

This destructive act epitomizes the artists» fast - paced, in - the - moment approach to the shows, which demanded that they provide twenty - nine minutes worth of new material each week.

would the result be any different, would the lead flow any differently if the destructive act were performed in rage and not deliberately?»

I'll give you just one illustration from their rogues gallery here, one that represents not only a destructive act but also one of my least favourite forms of «marginalia,» the dumb emphasis of the yellow highliter, that darling of the hard - pressed law student:

Shame and guilt are intensified, along with the need for relief through immediate escape, leading to a cycle of self - destructive acting out.

A lack of emotional intelligence has also been shown to relate to the likelihood of engaging in destructive or self - destructive acts.

Repetitive behaviors and restricted interests, temper - tantrums, self - destructive acts and the problems with language make parenting extremely difficult and may preclude a normal family life.