Sentences with phrase «for dramatic stories»

The various «crises» I mentioned in the post were useful beliefs for some people — like journalists looking for dramatic stories, or researchers wanting attention and funding for their work.

Not exact matches

«And while this has been a very damaging reputational moment for the company — the dramatic decline in the stock price, the front - page stories, all kinds of negative press about the business and various assertions and attacks — we think the Valeant business is quite robust.»

The energy - drink maker Red Bull, for example, wants its users to live on the edge — and it backs that up with dramatic stories like Felix Baumgartner's famous skydive from the edge of space in October 2012.

The recently released trailer for Jobs, the biopic about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, teases the dramatic business and personal stories behind the making of the late tech billionaire.

Clearly, the public relations work of Knut Rostad of the Institute for the Fiduciary Standard (who contributed to both of these stories) and others is beginning to have a dramatic effect.

The top five best read stories for the month included a story on bitcoin's dramatic price rise, but they also included some «basic» stories about virtual currency, reflecting the need for «nuts and bolts» information about the still young industry.

For the careful reader, foreshadowing creates a particularly effective form of engagement, ultimately moving into the territory of dramatic irony, where the reader knows more than the characters in the story.

European and Israeli publishers, too, have offered more dramatic testimony of the world's Anne Franks» for me, for example, Inge Deutschkron's Ich trug den Gelben Stern («I Wore the Yellow Star») will always be the most memorable story of childhood underground in Berlin.

The change has been dramatic, with gay and lesbian reporters identifying themselves as such in news columns and making no apology for the slant of their stories.

As a kid, the Exodus story was a feel - good story of liberation that provided the backdrop for a riveting dramatic film and for my pastor's equally captivating sermons.

Jean Paul Sartre's character Pablo Ibbieta, in the short story «The Wall,» would have no dramatic impact, and the story would never have been written, because persons in Ibbieta's position would invariably have learned from God that the Ramon Grises of this world had moved back to whatever was the analogue for them of the gravedigger s shack.

Nonetheless it is remarkable to find these ancient authors employing all the modern devices of the literary craftsman, surprise and suspense, rapidity and delay, humor and solemnity, vividness, realism, untempered callousness, dramatic shift of scene — all permeated with their feeling for what is intrinsically interesting, what makes a good story.

However, the late Fr Ernan McMullin argued that evolution calls for a dramatic reinterpretation of the Genesis story of human origins -LCB- The Tablet, Jan 2008).

Nearly everyone, I have found, is interested in the dramatic story of AA, and this is a natural point of departure for a discussion of alcoholism.

At its quiet dramatic center is the story of the overwhelming need for faith in the face of malignant nature and one - dimensional culture.

This play, with its pressing enigma of mercy and justice, has at its quiet dramatic center the story of an overwhelming need for faith in the face of malignant nature and one - dimensional culture.

It came to be a signifier for the interior hub of the dramatic story, the centre - point around which all significant dramatic dialogue and action revolved.

Perhaps we overemphasize dramatic conversion stories to the detriment of those who have struggled for their hard - won faith over a series of conversations or after years of struggling with Scripture.

But as has often been observed, they do not make for dramatic cover stories or lead reports on the evening news.

Distinctive for its dramatic 50 - story replica Eiffel Tower and authentic architectural reproductions, Paris Las Vegas features more than 2,900 hotel rooms and suites, an 85,000 square - foot casino, the two - acre Soliel Pool, Paris Spa by Mandara, two wedding chapels, unique French retail shopping located along the resort's Le Boulevard District, and the opulent nightlife venue Chateau Nightclub & Rooftop.

But a Poulter victory, though highly improbable given the likes of multiple - major winners Spieth, McIlroy, and Bubba Watson populating the top of the leaderboard, would make for a much more dramatic story of sports redemption.

Concussion is a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Bennet Omalu, MD, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football - related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known.

With joy and devotion they express wonder for life and enthusiasm for work, building a strong bridge to later academic learning: Songs and nursery rhymes cultivate intimacy with language building literacy skills; Listening to stories, watching puppet shows and dramatic play strengthen the power of memory and imagination; Counting games and rhythmic activities build a solid foundation for arithmetic and number skills; Work activities develop coordination and the ability to concentrate; Outdoor activities, including play and hiking, encourage healthy physical development and an appreciation of nature and seasonal changes.

Save the scary stories and dramatic voices for daytime!

«From its inception to now, the proposed text amendment tells the story of Build it Back's dramatic progress under Mayor de Blasio's leadership: the idea for the amendment came out of a community - level meetings in Queens, it was produced with collaboration across agencies, and it is being passed to help homeowners who were stuck because of burdensome regulations so that they can begin rebuilding their homes and making their neighborhoods more resilient,» said AMY PETERSON, Director of the Mayor's Office of Housing Recovery.

Those who played dramatic pretend games (being a superhero, animal or chef, for instance) were less likely than kids who played with blocks or read stories to become visibly upset upon seeing an experimenter who the kids believed had hurt a knee or finger, the researchers found.

Arnold Kriegstein, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco, also argues that though the scientists found inhibitory interneurons strikingly depleted in the brains of the oxygen - deprived piglets, this alone can not account for the dramatic shrinking of the animals» overall brain size and the diminished number of cortical folds «The interneurons are part of the story but not the entire story of how the brain is affected by this kind of [lack of oxygen].»

A study published in Nature Communications offers a dramatic origin story for the meteorite.

In particular, the world's campaign against the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, for which Merck has donated billions of doses, is considered one of the most dramatic success stories in public health.

Every story about the terrifying ordeal of unexpectedly facing a severe cancer diagnosis is dramatic and terrifying, particularly for empathetic and afflicted readers.

Our story began in 2012 in Napa Valley when our founder, April, committed to creating her desert island, holy grail skincare product that would offer dramatic, multi-correctional results for her myriad skin issues.

The story below may be a bit embellished to make the video more dramatic, and it's an actor in the video, but it's based on a real story of a man that kept fast food burgers in his basement to study them for breakdown.

Judy: The look was inspired by the story, and by the director, Darren Aronofsky I felt that he was looking for something dramatic and visually striking, so all of the intensity was focused in the eyes.

John Paul's ordeal has been made worse by various dramatic twists, including his own imprisonment for lashing out at one of the rapist's friends, however the underlying story of the rape victim's silence is by no means enhanced for our TV screens.

Looking for some really dramatic story in hurry, Eddie overhears Morty talking about a murder novel he is reading... only its true!

Film noir for physics geeks, The Big Bang... is a clever, if relentlessly dramatic (despite stabs at levity), existential detective story.

While some dramatic license has been taken with the facts (the role of The Times has been downplayed and that of The Post boosted), the crux of the story remains — that for a democracy to not just survive but thrive, a free and robust press is essential.

Yates has given himself so many stories to tell here that his only plausible excuse for Niagara Motel's total lack of dramatic tension or laughs is a script that fails to include a solitary good line.

When the dance is finally beat, Robert Baker... or Alabama, there's something endearing enough about the pretty points in cinematography and score work, touching occasions in entertainingly well - paced direction, interesting spots in a colorful story, and across - the - board decent performances - especially the one by Evan Rachel Wood - for the final product to border on decent, ultimately falling under the overwhelming weight of the glaring tonal and narrative incoherencies, flat humor, dramatic contrivances, problematic themes, even more problematic leads, ridiculous story and onslaught of clichés which render Andrew Fleming's «Barefoot» an occasionally charming, but mostly mediocrely misguided romantic dramedy.

Anyone looking for a deeper meaning to the story, or some dramatic tension between Harding and Kerrigan (Caitlin Carver), may leave disappointed.

A low - key but powerfully affecting urban drama that tells a familiar story — of drugs, power and respect on the inner - city streets — with such unusual authenticity and dramatic force that it's as if we're seeing it for the first time.

An engrossing story, and a flair for the dramatic makes Syren a worthy addition to any horror junkie's VR collection.

The story is pretty exciting but simple, but it's the rich and dramatic world that will keep you invested for the 15 - 20 hour run time.

If the screenplay to Kill the Messenger were a news story, any capable copydesk would have kicked it back to the reporter — not for a shortage of facts, but a lack of dramatic soul.

Murnau's version of the story of the man who sold his soul to the Devil (Jannings) in return for youth is visually extraordinary but dismally uneven in terms of its dramatic effect.

Huston earned additional Oscar nominations for her outstanding dramatic work in Enemies: A Love Story (1989) and The Grifters (1990).

For the purposes of dramatic licence, those films tend to accelerate the level of technology while decreasing the temporal gap between the present and future as a way to make these stories connect.

While the film noted that it was based on a true story, it also did disclose that aspects were added for dramatic effect.

The more layered truths behind scandals of the past have made for some great documentaries (particularly last year's «O.J.: Made in America» and «Hot Coffee,» the illuminating story behind the coffee that was «too hot») and a number of recent dramatic highlights, like Aaron Sorkin's upcoming «Molly's Game,» about the woman callously dubbed the «poker princess» by the tabloids.

Because he's really just a secondary character in a story with inherent dramatic and historical tensions that don't have much do with him, Enders makes for an awkward protagonist.