Sentences with phrase «escalating series of»

A generation after leading scientists and experts warned the world of an escalating series of horrendous famines, the crop gluts continue.

Throughout 2012, Team Five began an escalating series of beta tests.

There's no variety to any of it, just an escalating series of quests with no tangible connection to Noctis» other obstacles.

Super Lucky's Tale, on the other hand, feels like a spiritual successor to Crash Bandicoot, a game with small but tight levels intensely focused on players using a series of basic but versatile moves — jump, double jump, spin attack, dive — to survive an escalating series of platforming challenges, all while poking and prodding the environment for flashy collectibles hidden among the chaos.

The single - player mode will feature an escalating series of challenges that Mario must complete to save Luigi from certain doom.

A thriller or suspense novel involves a chilling event that is threatening to happen or an escalating series of events or murders that build to a thrilling climax.

Pigeon will not take no for an answer, and puts the reader on the spot, using an escalating series of tactics.

But Delphine is resistant to L.'s idea, not wanting to put too much of herself onto the page once again, the result of which culminates in an escalating series of events that eventually leaves Delphine fighting for her life.

If the driver attention wanders, Super Cruise uses an escalating series of alerts to ensure the driver keeps his or her eyes on the road.

Indeed, like the development prototype I demo'd back in September, the A8's driver assist tech will include an escalating series of warnings if it detects an inattentive driver while the cruise control is activated.

If the system thinks you're not paying attention to the road, the CT6 starts an escalating series of warnings to get your attention.

The culmination of this effort was No Child Left Behind, which required states to hold schools accountable for meeting standards and to impose an escalating series of consequences on schools that failed to do so.

Simply allowing students to progress through an escalating series of punishments makes no sense if the behavior doesn't improve.

Under NCLB rules, schools that fail to meet their adequate yearly progress targets are subject to an escalating series of interventions.

NCLB required that states test students in math and reading each year, that average student performance be publicized for every school, and that schools with persistently low test scores face an escalating series of sanctions.

Olivares says Luis Beltrán uses a guide agreed on by parents, students, and school representatives that offers a gradually escalating series of steps to respond to problems.

War is declared, and an escalating series of pranks commences, pushing each to their breaking point.

But soon the father is manipulated into being an accomplice to an escalating series of crimes, including murder.

Throw in an escalating series of outlandish dates, a multi-million dollar bachelor pad for Pine (what is the salary for a 30 yr old spy?)

Covering the tracks of the FBI agents and local law enforcement tasked with solving an escalating series of crimes only follows that same circular process.

To do this, the candidate must be drained of the Panther's power, derived from the Wakandan Earth, and it's merely the first in an escalating series of sequences in which the outer limits of T'Challa's mental and physical fortitude are tested.

Watchers then team her up with fellow player Ian (Dave Franco) for an escalating series of dangerous pranks around Manhattan.

When the box of tricks they've knocked together in their garage starts behaving in ways they neither expect nor understand, so begins an escalating series of conundrums for Aaron (Carruth) and his best buddy co-creator Abe (Sullivan).

The terrorist plot involves setting up an escalating series of events to cause the United States and Russia to head straight into all - out nuclear war, and the bomb is the tool to start the ball rolling.

Their denseness enables Abel to find meaning in life by secretly torturing them in an ever - escalating series of Geneva Conventions violations.

These highly trained operatives are hell bent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks.

These highlytrained operatives are hell bent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks.

But this accident is coming right after Dixon's admonishment by authorities for his brutal vigilante tactics, and he probably correctly assumes that the truth wouldn't be accepted, deciding to contrive an escalating series of evasions.

Friendly NPC's will radio Frank and tell him about trapped survivors or suspicions activity, and Frank will have to comb through the mall and an escalating series of barriers in order to resolve the situation.

It's kind of hard to know where to begin with what's wrong in Traffik, a movie where every scene takes about twice as long as it feels like it should, and the characters far too often make an escalating series of implausible and / or stupid decisions.

This may have saved your life in prehistoric times but in modern times, it can mean an escalating series of jabs on Twitter ending in handcuffs and a stint in jail.

There's an episode of The Simpsons where Homer tries to get himself out of an escalating series of crises by explaining «it's my first day.»

FORTUNE — For Indian generic - drug manufacturer Ranbaxy, the past five years have consisted of an escalating series of regulatory and legal woes.

Not exact matches

US stocks tumbled Wednesday as President Donald Trump escalated tensions with Russia through a series of tweets, rattling investor nerves at a time when fears of a global trade war were starting to ebb.

Washington and Beijing have proposed a series of escalating tariffs that threaten to damage the world's two largest economies.

In 2014, the school was hit in an arson attack, after a series of escalating incidents.

A series of escalating trade barriers would cause trade within the region to drop sharply — by perhaps 5 to 10 per cent, economists estimate — and trigger a gradual unwinding of vast supply networks established over decades.

Mayor Barry's alliance with Farrakhan was but the latest episode in the series of Reichstag fire incidents that began with the fraudulent claims of Tawana Brawley and have escalated since, in which the normal processes of the judicial system are converted by leftwing racists and black «nationalists» into their standard morality play about oppressive Amerikkka ruled by white devils and in need of liberation.

After a series of escalating disputes, the back - and - forth turned into a shouting match, after which the meeting was abruptly ended.

Given that the monsters are maddened and apparently indestructible, a series of escalating conflicts ensues, with Davis desperately trying to calm George down or acquire a cure from Energyne before the ape is killed.

Now, Infinity War does not fall prey to the problems that have made some of those big battles tiresome, such as forcing the plot to come to a standstill: the series of interrelated and escalating fights is the plot, anyway.

The entire film is an exhausting tango of uncomfortable circumstances that escalate into an utterly ludicrous finale which is itself a mess of multiple endings studded with predictable reunions and pathetic reconciliations (it's one of the very worst series of conclusions ever filmed).

The series unfolds in 1980s Washington, D.C., where Ronald Reagan's inauguration has pricked the sensitive ears of Moscow, and quietly escalated long - simmering Cold War tensions.

Early in the film, the estranged Hayes patriarch dies, and Son's insistence on attending and speaking ill at the funeral sets in motion a series of escalating confrontations between the two sets of Hayes boys.

But the noise only gets louder, and when Mac and Kelly call the cops in a moment of desperation, they spark a war that escalates into a series of crazy practical jokes.

Given the picture's enduring popularity, there's really no point in rehashing the plot — OK, for the uninitiated (all two of you): Ripley (series star Sigourney Weaver) heads back into space and leads a team of military grunts against the nasty extra-terrestrials — but there's always room to rehash many of the highlights: Weaver's terrific performance in the central role; the contrast between the heroic Corporal Hicks (Michael Biehn) and the cowardly Private Hudson (Bill Paxton); the escalating villainy of company man Burke (Paul Reiser); scripter Cameron's ability to keep piling on confrontations and director Cameron's ability to milk them for maximum tension; and, of course, those wonderful alien creations.

As directed with escalating confidence by sibling filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo (who helmed «The Winter Soldier»), and intricately scripted by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (who have been with the series since 2011's «Captain America: The First Avenger»), «Civil War» is nothing if not a testament to the benefits of continuity; this is the rare Marvel sequel that feels like not just a continuation but a culmination.

Throwing caution — and intelligence — to the wind, Chang decides to have just «one beer,» but of course, we know the night will escalate into a series of wild debauchery, frat parties, pep rallies (which seem to go on all night) and breaking into a Latina sorority (for no other reason than to add female exploitation and objectification to the mix), all of which leads to arrests, incarcerations and suicide holds.

Structured in three escalating nights out, the narrative is merely a series of set - pieces featuring gross - out gags and embarrassing moments.

The final third of the film escalates, in classic screwball style, through a masterful series of set - pieces, as hilarious as they are devastating.