Sentences with phrase «duplicitous at»

Learning professionals don't implement solutions in a vacuum so assigning a specific ROI to training appears duplicitous at best.

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Thus when late moderns come across, say, St. Anselm's famous phrase «fides quaerens intellectum» (faith seeking understanding), they are often predisposed to see it at best as slightly duplicitous, at worst as expressing a somewhat contemptible ambition: the aspiration of an irrational passion (fervent, tender, fierce) to the dignity of a rational conviction (cold, adamantine, calm).

I'm more concerned with my child's life than any doctor is, so preaching to mothers intent of birthing at home about what's best for their families according to duplicitous shills and the hospitals they work for is laughable.

Nassau Democratic chairman Jay Jacobs leveled harsh criticism against Democratic county executive candidate George Maragos, saying he had a «manipulative and duplicitous side,» and warning that his victory in a primary would put Democratic values «at risk.»

The announcement comes just days after Nassau Democratic chairman Jay Jacobs, in a letter to county Democrats, criticized Maragos by saying he had a «manipulative and duplicitous side» and warning that his victory in a primary would put Democratic values «at risk.»

«Despite the Heaney campaign's duplicitous claims, the shadowy, Washington, DC - based New York Jobs Council has been funded entirely with Heaney company money, he's the special guest at its event and its sole purpose has been to attack to John Faso.

This duplicitous state can allow multitasking at an astounding rate, which could exponentially increase the computing capacity of a tiny, tiny machine.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

A Fox Searchlight Pictures release by visionary director Darren Aronofsky (THE WRESTLER), BLACK SWAN takes a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.

At the point of departure, we find Tris on the run with her boyfriend Four (Theo James), her brother Caleb (Ansel Elgort) and the duplicitous Peter Hayes (Miles Teller).

«Redbelt» — a reason to bow to David Mamet as a sensei of duplicitous twists — continues Nick Rogers» daily look back at the 365 best films of 2000 - 2009.

A much - expected gala evening at the AFI, Inherent Vice is both a joyful demonstration of what the adaptation of a novel should be and a feast of talented actors galore in various states of (70s vintage) dress and undress and enacting duplicitous layers of altered consciousness.

It's one thing to go into the backstory of how and why a typically bright and cheery fairy can be horribly hardened by heartbreak at the hands of the duplicitous love of her life (the king / Aurora's father, played as an adult by Sharlto Copley), but it's quite another to completely softpedal any sinister sentiment, which is more or less what occurs as Maleficent warms up to Aurora as she grows up into a perky and pure hearted teen (Elle Fanning, sleepwalking when not sleeping) who believes the mysterious, ever - lurking figure to be her fairy godmother.

There isn't a moment, either, when Weiner comes clean about his duplicitous acts or admits some sort of deep character flaw: He simply expects you to take him at face value and let his work — not his personal dalliances — define him.

But even beyond the look of it, «The Revenant» trailer gives us a peek at a deeply committed Leonardo DiCaprio, a visceral, convincingly terrifying bear attack and the kind of ornery, duplicitous Tom Hardy role that we could watch him play all night.

To achieve that goal, they look inward at their own cells, where the one - time «King of the Counterfeiters» lies prisoner, using his duplicitous talents merely for portrait painting on behalf of the prison guards.

What starts as a routine interrogation soon turns into a violent bloodbath at the hands of Frost's pursuers, with Weston tasked with avoiding the increasing bloodshed as he escorts his duplicitous charge to a new location.

Bolin has a sinister duplicitous sense of humor that is absolutely chilling in places and absolutely hilarious at times.

Just in the way he can instantaneously shift his tone of voice from gruff whispers to charming low - speak on the CB radio to his female dispatcher (voiced by real - life wife Kyra Sedgwick), Bacon inhabits the Sheriff as a duplicitous character that fits right at home in a serpentine thriller such as this.

This is at best mis - guided, at worse duplicitous.

The stock, after being exposed for duplicitous accounting practices, sits at 14 cents per share on July 1, 2016.

Yes, listed companies aren't perfect either — but at least on an exchange, over-hyped stocks (with rapacious & duplicitous management) tend to be far easier to spot & avoid — at least for investors with a modicum of common sense.

One is serious in its interest in social and political issues, like what Brecht and Weill were doing with their work that served socially, politically useful purposes, and the other is playful and humorous, which was insightfully brought up in Lynne Cooke's excellent catalogue essay for your show at the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum in the Netherlands [Allan McCollum: The Art of Duplicitous Ingemination, 1989]?

Regardless of what may very likely prove duplicitous in motive toward improving life on this planet, it's at least setting the stage for more ambitious change, isn't it?

In fact, Markey was counting on Republicans to vote against the ban, as that allegedly would expose them as duplicitous shills who care only about oil industry profits, not about reducing dependence on OPEC or alleviating pain at the pump.

Let's ask the deniers to cease presenting howling green monkeys as climate experts — such as the duplicitous Ian Plimer (now the laughing stock of the global science community) or the grizzly desperadoes at the Heartland Institute.

Finally during ClimateGate having been a FORTRAN programmer in the past, I looked closely at the code where amazingly duplicitous changes were made to» hide the decline».