Sentences with phrase «fictional ones from»

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Everything from Ellison's manicured goatee to his Audi R8 seemed to suggest that the real - life billionaire had inspired the fictional one.

(The new moniker was an amalgam of a nonsense word Markoe and Letterman would say to each other — «melman» — coupled with a nod to one of the Watergate conspirators, Egil «Bud» Krogh Jr.) From the debut, DeForest became one of the show's leading lights of absurdity, a seemingly clueless every - schlub stumbling his way through new - product parodies («Toast on a Stick») or plugging the fictional «Melman Bus Lines.»

Fictional stories like the ones he quoted are abundant from 3 - 4th century Asia Minor, N Africa, and Rome.

Among the «nothing buts» it is a parlor game to pose hypotheticals ranging from minds struck with amnesia to the science - fictional transfer of memory from one blob to another.

For the first time in quite some time I managed to pry myself away from the non fictional category, and knock out a major work of fiction, and it turned out to be one of the more influential things I read all year.

In O'Connor's words, what one finds is that «the characters in these novels... have an inner coherence... their fictional qualities lean away from typical social patterns, toward mystery and the unexpected.»

«All plots,» say Robert Scholes and Robert Kellogg, «depend upon tension and resolution, «6 and Kenneth Burke demonstrates the inescapable dialectic found in both fictional and historical dramatizations.7 Although we are socialized to think that tension marks an embarrassing and probably unnecessary failure in ministry (one recent book for pastors asserts that «conflict was not God's plan for humanity»), the agón of individual and corporate life is inextricable from a congregation's plot.

Here is what Karl Barth has taught us to consider a great «saga», but one that is not fictional nor imaginary but grounded in happenings in the world and in the manner in which those happenings were seen and expressed through a long period from the earliest days of the Jewish people down to and through the specific occurrences in Palestine which are associated with Jesus Christ.

This publication is nothing far from fictional journalistic work cooked in a dilapidated kitchen of falsehood and deceit, and I appeal to the general public to ignore it for what it is - an obvious concoction intended to serve as stumbling block to our quest not only to retain the Domeabra - Obom seat, but deliver 90 percent of the presidential vote in aide of President Mahama's one - touch victory.

Mrs Slocombe was a fictional character from the BBC One comedy show Are You Being Served?

Debates have since raged about how to effectively reduce the state, to move on from a fictional New Labour «statist» approach, and to focus on concepts of community instead; Blue Labour is one prominent example.

Although far from as refined as the fictional Princess Leia projection, the new technique might one day help guide surgeons in delicate procedures.

One of the earliest printed fictional diaries was the humorous Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Whether you're married or still searching for the one, get relationship - improving advice from the experOne of the earliest printed fictional diaries was the humorous Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith and Whether you're married or still searching for the one, get relationship - improving advice from the experone, get relationship - improving advice from the experts.

Co-written and directed by Ryan Coogler, «Black Panther» is a radically different kind of comic - book movie, one with a proud Afrocentric twist, featuring a nearly all - black cast, that largely ignores the United States and focuses instead on the fictional nation of Wakanda — and guess what: Virtually everything that distinguishes «Black Panther» from past Marvel pics works to this standalone entry's advantage.

Taken a from a point of narration by Chaplin during an interview with a fictional character played by Hopkins the film simply takes you through Chaplin's life from one event to another although with many gaps.

A fictional biopic period drama about a struggling jazz guitarist, it's far from New York, it's far from one liners and it's far from Woody Allen.

In a departure from his formula wise - guy character that early»80s audiences were accustomed to, Eddie Murphy stars in this modern romantic fairy tale as twenty - one year old Prince Akeem, heir to the rich, fictional, African kingdom of Zamunda.

In this case it's another genre — fictional, serial story - telling — one a good distance away from journalism, memoir, and essays.»

It feels like 20th Century Women is one draft away from a balance between the source material and the fictional.

The film themselves have taken its viewers on big adventure experience to the next one, from the streets of New York City in Spider - Man: Homecoming, to the fictional / technological African nation of Wakanda in Black Panther, to the battlefields of WWII in Captain America: The First Avenger, and to the mythical land of Asgard in the Thor movies, and to the farthest reaches of the cosmos with the Guardians of the Galaxy films.

One of biggest hits from the film, «I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow,» sung by the fictional Soggy Bottom Boys, which included Clooney, Blake - Nelson and Turturro, does not include Clooney's voice.

The wonder of the flawed The Claim is that Winterbottom's choices to compress events, to transplant the action from Hardy's fictional Wessex to a boom town in the Sierra Nevadas, and to reimagine the pivotal set - pieces of the novel from Hardy's autumnal fall to a wind - blasted mountain winterscape, are to a one, faithful to the feeling and effect of not only Hardy, but also the death of the American West myth.

Part - documentary (with appearances from Pekar himself), part comic book, and part fictional biopic, there's nothing quite like American Splendor — a fitting tribute, because there was no one quite like Harvey Pekar.

Recent years has seem an explosion of «Shipping», no, not the act of transporting items from one location to another, the exercise of pairing up fictional characters who fans believe should be together.

This is apparent from scene one, a lovingly crafted animated prologue in which N'Jobu (Sterling K. Brown) narrates the history of the fictional, scientifically advanced African nation of Wakanda, in addition to explaining the origins of vibranium, the metal that has allowed his people to stay hidden in plain sight for generations.

What's it like to be able to go from bossing around Prinnies getting all hot and bothered when in a Pocket Universe and then to being one of the greatest fictional fighters and go Super Saiyan?

From there, Anderson takes us back in time to the author's experiences whilst staying at the hotel, located in an alpine resort in the fictional European principality of Zubrowka, and his relationship with one of the hotel's most frequent guests, Zero Moustafa (played with gravitas by F. Murray Abraham).

For this fictional family, the pessimism is partially justified: although the specific challenges vary from one generation to another, being Korean in a foreign country is an ongoing struggle.

In addition, Nordan memorably and brilliantly creates his own fictional postage stamp of a place, Arrow Catcher, Mississippi, where, in the words of one of his stories, «freaks grow like magic from the buckshot and gumbo, where eunuchs roam the Delta flatscape looking for Episcopalians.»

I have seen a lot of sci - fi and fictional writers, writing in series, promoting the first title from a series and then the next one, going on really well.

Omar Yussef is a welcome addition to the world of fictional detectives and one we will hopefully be hearing from again very soon, as Rees plans to explore the full scope of how Palestinians live today through Omar.

Also noticed that one of the characters in the story is named after a friend of the author's, Jill, and both the actual and fictional character designs and makes women's garments from re-cycled materials.

Welcome Home collects a number of adoption - themed fictional short stories, and brings them together in one anthology from a diverse range of celebrated Young Adult authors.

An illustrated, non-linear diary full of humor and honesty and brimming with true stories, fictional anecdotes and life lessons, the book will be a unique and engaging experience from one of today's most talented and beloved stars.»

I think this is one of the fundamental things that make us human — our fascination with mysteries, real or fictional, solved or unsolved — and the whole crime genre has grown from that fascination.

The story is largely autobiographical although it is difficult to tell which elements are borrowed from the author's life and which ones are fictional.

My most favorite fictional character isn't one at all, but two both from the same series.

The magazine also occasionally includes one - shots that were never meant to be longer series, such as a Toriko x One Piece one - shot, or Otter No. 11, a hilarious «sample chapter» of the fictional absurd black - humor manga from Bakumone - shots that were never meant to be longer series, such as a Toriko x One Piece one - shot, or Otter No. 11, a hilarious «sample chapter» of the fictional absurd black - humor manga from BakumOne Piece one - shot, or Otter No. 11, a hilarious «sample chapter» of the fictional absurd black - humor manga from Bakumone - shot, or Otter No. 11, a hilarious «sample chapter» of the fictional absurd black - humor manga from Bakuman.

In Neverwinter, players explore the famous fictional city with characters created from one of the main eight races (human, half - orc, dwarf, elf, half - elf, halfling, tiefling and drow) and one of the five classes (Trickster Rogue, Devoted Cleric, Control Wizard, Guardian Fighter and Great Weapon Fighter).

Vintage F1 fans will rejoice in the fact two legendary Formula One cars from the 1976 season - James Hunt's McLaren M23 and Niki Lauda's Ferrari 312 - 2 - shall be showcased in Forza 5, allowing players to emulate that iconic duel on the title's various licenced and fictional tracks.

- coming from Bandai - featuring logos from Splatoon 2's fictional clothing brands - each keychain comes with a squid and a logo representing one of the fashion companies - due out Sept. 5th

[8] Shattered Memories retains the premise of the original game — Harry Mason's quest to find his missing daughter in the American town of Silent Hill — but is set in what appears to be a different fictional universe, following a different plot, with characters from the first game appearing altered alongside new ones.

There's only one problem: the F - 52 is a fictional plane from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

A much bloodier type of adventure can be found in IO Interactive's Hitman (Xbox One), but that's not going to stop Agent 47 from meeting his target on the fictional Italian coastal town of Sapienza.

The first one shows renown actor Andy Serkis reciting lines from Shakespeare's Macbeth, his performance translated to the fictional digital creature Osiris Black.

I would think after the Captain Morgan blog and similar corporate / marketing blog disasters that businesses would have learned one of the 1st rules of corporate blogging... that fictional characters CAN NOT blog.But hey, why learn from others mistakes when you can make...

One of the more eyecatching, ambitious gallery displays will be Hauser & Wirth — a recreation of a dusty, fictional regional museum showing bronze works borrowed from regional museums as well as bronze works by Louise Bourgeois, Paul McCarthy and Henry Moore.

The one exception is Paul Noble who is showing five new pencil drawings and marble sculptures from a long - running project in which he depicts the fictional place Nobson Newtown.

Taking its title from the name of a fictional, post-iPhone device at the centre of Gary Shteyngart's 2010 near - future novel Super Sad True Love Story, Äppärät is concerned with labor, play and the uncertain zone between the two; with the extension of the body, and the self, through technologies ancient and contemporary; with things (to borrow Martin Heidegger's formulation) «present - at» and «ready - to» hand; with compulsion and with death Äppärät begins with Jessie Flood - Paddock's Just Loom (2015), a wall painting - cum - sculpture based on an illustration of a worker operating a loom from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie (1751 - 72), one of the first attempts to record and systematize all human knowledge in published form.

One of the most talked - about displays has been from gallery Hauser & Wirth: a recreation of a forgotten, dusty fictional local museum that shows bronze works borrowed from (real) international museums.