Sentences with phrase «gladiatorial horrorscape»

Birth control: Health probably shouldn't be much of a governmental issue beyond ensuring and encouraging, but policymakers have managed to turn this basic human right into a gladiatorial arena; women in particular must watch on as their bodies are politicized rather than humanized.

Google apps and HTC apps enter a gladiatorial arena and, at the end, one emerges victorious.

Many gladiatorial combats were held in the Colosseum.

The lord chief justice has recently complained at the excessive length of trials through over-citation of precedents, but the complexity and consequent cost of litigation follow inevitably from the narrow focus of barristers on the gladiatorial combat instead of dispute resolution.

As dispute resolution adopts different forms and emphases, the gladiatorial method of legal combat is looking increasingly old fashioned.

Lawyers must move past the gladiatorial battle cry of «my ideas will crush yours» to «how can our clients benefit from what we do.»

«For those who dislike the stereotypical, aloof barrister, Marc is the answer: a gutsy, gladiatorial fighter with sound tactical judgment, a strong sense of fairness and the capacity for moments of genius.»

The glamour of gladiatorial combat in the public arena outshone the cerebral problem - solving of the lawyer sitting his office.

(PDF) Don't think of your expert as a participant in gladiatorial combat with your opponent's expert.

While many of the clerks, sheriffs, librarians, judges, and even lawyers are caring people, they remain agents within a legal system that provides a gladiatorial arena.

Historical note: Lions used in gladiatorial combat in Roman times were most likely Barbary lions.

Assuming the accuracy of the account, Lord Monckton's masterful smackdown of the professor of environmental science is just the sort of gladiatorial move that excites the punters.

The janitorial image is hilariously heroicized: the mop could be Kelley's gladiatorial spear, or maybe the flag planted at the top of the fatal hill when the US soldiers finally defeated the Japanese at Iwo Jima.

When Joan entered the «gladiatorial» atmosphere of the infamous Cedar Tavern — hangout of Pollock, de Kooning, and the rest — she found herself groped as a sex object, like all the other women, but had the guts to grope back.

For some artists, a Turner nomination has proved to be a poisoned chalice, a hugely demanding gladiatorial experience in which they and their work are subjected to unwelcome media scrutiny and forced to compete with their peers.

Still, she says, «I loved Gladiator and I thought its depiction of gladiatorial combat, although it was an aggrandizing picture, was cleverly and expertly done.»

Whether enacting an ancient Roman gladiatorial naval battle in a reflecting pool at the Queens Museum of Art or «invading» the New York Harbor with a remodeled Revolutionary - War submarine, Duke Riley recreates history to engage with the contemporary world.

(Press Release) «Gladiatorial Combat» — Critic Roberta Smith weighs in on the Battle of the Megagalleries being waged currently between David Zwirner, Gagosian, and Hauser & Wirth, which are duking it out on the highest market stage with shows of new work by Jeff Koons and Paul McCarthy.

This is the area of artistic combat that makes Art Basel a winner in the artfair gladiatorial ratings

«Gladiatorial Combat: The Battle of the Big,» New York Times, 17 May 2013 (Red illustrated).

From gladiatorial Hulk to Spider - Man 2099 and everything in between, we imagine the team had a heck of a lot of fun writing this particular campaign.

As we speak, thousands of men, women and children of all ages are forcing elemental critters to do gladiatorial battle, with Pokemon Black and White releasing last Friday and taking first and second place in the UK All - Formats Top 40.

Late last year I wrote about Clone Drone In The Danger Zone, a short but already extremely enjoyable demo about robots clashing in ferocious gladiatorial combat.

a 1984 Taito game of one - hit kills achieved through fencing, kendo, and gladiatorial combat.

Given the history of warfare and gladiatorial combat that persists in Legrand Legacy, it makes sense that there are many violent diversions that focus on martial prowess.

Perhaps the purest distillation of the game's tendencies, multiplayer entirely discards any pretext toward historical recreation, gleefully offering a Sisyphean gladiatorial arena in which the Allies and Axis are forever fighting, returning to the same war - torn European city blocks and shell - burned patches of forest for eternity.

Developed by the same studio responsible for the Tenchu and Way of the Samurai series, Gladiator Begins combines the bloody, brain - smashing violence of Gladiatorial combat with deep customisation options — where your choices outside battle greatly affect your chances of victory in the arena.

The title essentially sees players acting out their gladiatorial fantasies, makes heavy use of physics and gore in the process.

Like Dota 2 and League of Legends, Smite's main mode features two teams of five gods engaging in a gladiatorial - themed bout for dominance of the arena.

Unique items and gladiatorial combat against monster hordes can be enjoyed in Terra Incognita, with more stuff added when new campaign chapters are concluded.

We were connoisseurs of violence, like the masses at a gladiatorial match.

Rome is synonymous with the Coliseum and its epic gladiatorial battles.

Breaking free from the shackles of discerning clear winners and losers in gladiatorial fashion, Ben Fruzzetti breaks down all the highs and lows of the Big N's Spotlight presentation with unwavering honesty.

The full PC game will be available October 10th and will come with all 4 DLC Packs (The Colosseum Pack, The Mars Chosen Pack, The Duel of Fates Pack and the Morituri Pack), Cooperative gladiatorial combat in the Colosseum, Colosseum Mode with 25 multiplayer maps and customization options for your gladiator with new armour, weapons, shields and consumables.

The neutral planet of Solaris VII is home to the Inner Sphere's most famous gladiatorial «Mech combat arenas.

The game does support multiplayer as you can join a friend in co-op at the Colosseum for classic gladiatorial waves of enemies.

Not only are you gathering resources and elements from within the world, but upon defeating a monster, you must loot their body to gather additional assets to adhere to your gladiatorial ambitions and advance your armor sets.

Take a creature design, give it three special abilities, tweak them with a series of variables, and drop them into a cheerful gladiatorial combat.

In one mode, we see players battling in a gladiatorial arena with melee weapons against a swarm of zombies that seem to have been summoned by an ancient sun - worshipping Egyptian cult.

Still, stealth purists need not worry too much; the gladiatorial arena is an optional mode, divorced from the main story.

The ultimate 34th century gladiatorial contest between Elite Dangerous pilots, with intense PVP action in custom - built arenas set within the Elite Dangerous galaxy.

You can fight in gladiatorial arenas.

Something about two opposing teams trying to tear each other's creation apart while also strategizing to keep their own machine from getting destroyed really makes it feel like it did in the past with gladiatorial battles, minus the ending of another life.

News - 1 day, 2 hours The first Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 zombie mode «experience» puts the 4 characters into zombie - killing gladiatorial combat.

Ricky Berg, with his inextinguishable fighting spirit and sweet tooth for rare candy, tossed some of his favorite Poké pals into a gladiatorial battle to the death in Pokkén Tournament's Switch debut last week.

One win in every three duels seems to be average of Ken's performance in the gladiatorial arenas of Solaris 7.

Deep gameplay and glistening visuals only go so far in making a standout multiplayer game; only humans can provide the surprise and scheming that transforms the average first - person shooter or puzzle game into a gladiatorial showdown or co-op crusade.

Though extremely violent, the developers are espousing an authentic gladiatorial experience which includes «execution, humiliation, and brutality moves on top of the devastating attacks.»

This gladiatorial arena fires up the imagination of a bygone era both in adults and children alike.

Take a walk up the Spanish Steps, see the sight of many infamous gladiatorial battles at the mighty Colosseum, take in some of the most revered artworks in the world by the likes of Da Vinci, Caravaggio, Titian, Raphael and Michelangelo as you tour world famous galleries and museums, or explore the country within a country with a visit to Vatican City - home to St Peter's Basilica.