Sentences with phrase «early critics who»

That may assuage early critics who said the gasoline V6 didn't match its EPA ratings of 22 mpg combined for the two - wheel drive Colorado, 20 mpg for the all - wheel drive V6.

It is interesting that an early critic who wrote on «Buddhist Economics» was a conservative Catholic.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Startups who hold off on publishing sometimes cite the need to protect intellectual property, but critics of the practice point to another reason: With early - stage capital already hard to come by, companies run the risk of scaring off investors if they open their underbaked ideas to rigorous scientific scrutiny.

When details of her self - titled 2013 album were originally leaked earlier that year under the moniker Mrs. Carter, it was panned by some critics for its foreshadowed embrace of the artist's still - new identity as hip - hop mogul Sean «Jay - Z» Carter's wife rather than the trailblazing feminist icon who coined powerful female anthems like Irreplaceable, Single Ladies and Independent Women from her Destiny's Child days.

But critics point to the high numbers of one - and - done players — who declare at the earliest opportunity under the rule — as evidence that the rule is not working as intended to prepare young athletes for life as an NBA player.

«Just off the top of my head I'd say that she absolutely is the most famous living porn star, and even more famous than dead ones like Linda Lovelace and John Holmes,» said Jared Rutter, the former chairman of the X-Rated Critics Organization, who has been in the adult industry since the early»70s and remains a senior contributor to AVN magazine.

It's an important early test of Trudeau's economic policies: Resist the bailout request, and he'll go a long way to silencing critics who've claimed he can't be trusted with the nation's finances; cave to Bombardier's demands, and his new government will be born into the original sin of corporate welfare.

I can't speak for James Kugel, who as I observed in my essay tends to overdraw the contrast between what we can reliably know historically (as opposed to the often agenda - driven projects of modern critics) and the ways in which the Bible was read in the earlier traditions.

Launched in early November, the YouTube - intensive strategy is designed to highlight the drink's health benefits (vitamin D, calcium, potassium) and to counter the critics who have pegged it as nothing more than a sugar - laden snack drink.

Navalny is a stringent Kremlin critic who earlier this month won 27 % of the vote in Moscow mayoral elections, and who has himself been accused of racist statements.

As further evidence of his outspoken nature, he also was a vocal critic of the election of Long Island Republican John Flanagan as Senate majority leader in 2015, so much so that earlier this year he said he was seeking GOPers to run against Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R - Seneca County, who backed Flanagan during the 2015 leadership battle.

Quinn scored one early victory, however, when the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, led by Stuart Appelbaum, who is gay and a leading critic of Bloomberg, embraced her candidacy at the end of January.

He was already a fierce critic of Conservative leader David Cameron, who earlier that year had described UKIP members as «fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists».

Councilman Rory I. Lancman, a Queens Democrat and early critic of Ms. Mark - Viverito who now counts himself an admirer, said it was helpful to have a speaker relatively liberated from short - term politics.

The comments in some ways echoed remarks by Vicki Been, the mayor's commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, who told a critic of the plan earlier this month that you «don't stop development.»

An Argentine native who spent her formative years exiled to Spain, Cecilia Roth was a regular in Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar's early films and a star in Argentina long before she became an international critics» darling as the title character in Almodóvar's Oscar - winner All About My Mother (1999).

Similar shifts characterize most of Fuller's late films as well as his 1980 novel, which veers from quaint in - jokes — such as naming all the French officers after French film critics who championed his earlier movies, including (Luc) Moullet, (Bertrand) Tavernier, and (Henri) Chapier — to terse epigraphs that suggest the dark poetry of someone like Lautreamont:» «Why are you crying?»

Following the exploits of the Paris police department's «child protection unit,» Polisse (which screened early on) helped to establish this year's Croisette - spanning theme of children in peril, which could be found to varying extents in fellow Competition entries Michael (kidnapping and pedophilia), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (teenage sociopathy), Aki Kaurismäki's universally admired Le Havre (illegal immigration), and the Dardenne Brothers» Grand Jury Prize co-winner The Kid with a Bike (child abandonment); in the Directors» Fortnight entry Play (bullying); and in just about every film at the 50th - anniversary edition of the Critics» Week, from French actress - director Valérie Donzelli's opening - night Declaration of War (pediatric cancer) to Israeli actress - director Hagar Ben Asher's The Slut (pedophilia again), the fact - based 17 Girls (teen pregnancy), and the profoundly disturbing Snowtown, which recalled Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Nineties.

Features commentary by film noir historian Alan K. Rode, who hosts the track and provides most of the production comments, and critic / noir maven (and fellow MSN writer) Kim Morgan, who chimes in for color commentary (and an obsessive appreciation of the pickle that J. Carrol Naish chomps in an early scene; Kim, sometimes a pickle is just a pickle) plus a gallery of stills and advertising art.

Thor Ragnarok has not yet hit the theaters, but critics are lucky people who get early screenings.

Boasting a bigger cast with a slew of newcomers who will supposedly be pivotal in the franchise's future, the upcoming comic book flick teases a crazy good time at the cinema, and based on the early reviews from the critics, it appears to fulfill its promises.

For those who aren't familiar with the event, a press junket is a gathering of film critics who get to see a film early and then spend time with some of the talent.

Elsewhere, Willem Dafoe — who collected a number of accolades early in the season from critics groups, including the National Board of Review, for «The Florida Project» — could upset in supporting actor.

It may be a little early to determine the overall reactions from the general audience, but early buzz from critics and those who have already viewed Thursday / Friday night screenings has fans of the King of Wakanda excited about the impact Black Panther may have in the long - run.

The second of the standalone Star Wars chapters, after Rogue One, earned a largely positive response from the critics who shared early reactions on social media.

Although reviewers familiar with the franchise preferred stories and mechanics from earlier entries, critics who were playing a Fire Emblem game for the first time quickly got wrapped up in the story - driven battles.

The film, about the titular champion ice skater who later embroiled herself in a plot to break the leg of her competitor, Nancy Kerrigan, world - premiered at TIFF earlier this month to enthusiastic reviews from movie critics, with particular praise — and Oscar buzz — brewing for Robbie and Allison Janney, who plays Harding's mother, LaVonda Golden.

As a critic, and one who's written pretty extensively on religion and the movies, I instantly latched onto the early tell in the film that McDonagh was trying to channel Flannery O'Connor, the Catholic writer from the American South who is practically a saint among Christians who think seriously about literature.

U.K. critics who got to see the film early have panned it across the board, and it looks like American critics aren't going to be much kinder.

Indeed, despite the various critics who chided earlier Haneke films for their supposed finger - wagging moralism and chilly Protestant air, and who are now falling over themselves to praise Amour as the director's most compassionate work to date, Amour is as much of a home - invasion horror show as Haneke's earlier Funny Games.

Full disclosure: I attended a screening of Marvel's Black Panther on the afternoon of Tuesday, February 6, the same afternoon Marvel Studios lifted the embargo for critics who saw the movie at earlier screenings.

Teachers told me that most NovaNET courses are comparable to textbook - based courses in length and content — a comeback to critics who talk of watered - down curricula at alternative schools — but that many students move through them more quickly, and often finish high school a semester early.

The critics of modern school reform that I know are people who see enormous trouble in the public education system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distinguished.

Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood issued an injunction earlier this year to stop the program, siding with critics who say it's unconstitutional because the private school scholarships are funded with taxpayer dollars.

Soon afterward, I scored a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and five - star ratings from five separate critics who reviewed the novel early on Readers» Favorite.

A great example of this is from early on in the game in which you have to blackmail a code to a safe out an art critic by proving that he was lying about his whereabouts, while having Nico distract the investigator who had just entered as you attempted to open the safe.

Though Tuttle's work is now canonical, it was met with fierce criticism early in his career: the artist's 1975 solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art was received terribly by many prominent critics, most famously by Hilton Kramer of the New York Times, and curator Marcia Tucker — who went on to found the New Museum of Contemporary Art later that year — was fired from the museum, allegedly because of the controversy surrounding the show.

Critics who earlier may have mistaken Reed's project as some kind of reinvestment in Roy Lichtenstein's pop - cartoon brushstrokes, or more bizarrely targeted him for his compulsive chronology, have been proven short - sighted.

It refers to groups of artists and writers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, specifically, those making and distributing art in a different way to their contemporaries; artists who self - consciously created «isms», were promoted by themselves or critics in little magazines and showed and sold their work in private galleries or artist - led exhibitions.

Born into a wealthy St Ives family who had made money from tin mining, he received lessons from the traditional marine painter Borlase Smart, linking him to an earlier phase of St Ives art, before he threw in his lot with Hepworth and Nicholson, who gave him lessons in Cubism in Little Parc Owles, a house belonging to the critic Adrian Stokes that Lanyon himself later bought.

In 1961, the noted critic Thomas Hess extolled Pace's place in this milieu, writing in the introduction to a show of his work: «Pace is a brilliant member of the second generation of New York School painters [who] burst on the scene in the early 1950s, fully made, as if from the forehead of the Statue of Liberty.»

Maquette, a multiservice operation that provides transport, packing, storage, shipping, and assistance with installation, has a fine pedigree, having been founded in 2011 by a head preparator for Pace / MacGill Gallery and a lead art handler for Paul Sipos, a 1970s - era art - handling pioneer who counted composer Philip Glass and critic Jerry Saltz among his early employees.

Grace Hartigan, whose bold 1960 oil on canvas New York City Rhapsody will also be on view, gained early support from the influential critic Clement Greenberg, who featured her work in a 1950 show at the Samuel Kootz Gallery.

Paul Burty Haviland (17 June 1880 — 21 December 1950) was an early French - American 20th - century photographer, writer and arts critic who was closely associated with Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo - Secession.

[Update: The artist notes that the title of this work comes from a blog post by Wagner, who should get credit as an early critic of the Joannou show.]

«I was writing, thinking, playing tennis and carrying on,» she said in an interview with critic Bruce Hainley, who last year published a study of her work that sheds light on, among other things, her largely unknown early work in performance.

Nonetheless, the respected French critic Michel Georges Michel wrote in the early 1950s that she was one of a very few American artists who interested him, this at a time when abstract expressionism was the rage and America was establishing its claim to importance in tastemaking.

This determinedly politicized art of the early 1990s was countered shortly thereafter by a group of artists who championed a participatory model which the critic Nicolas Bourriaud termed «relational aesthetics.»

There are those who simply run out of good ideas and fail to fulfill their early promise, something that becomes clear when their work is reexamined, said Bonami, the critic and curator.