Sentences with word «improbable»

Building on the raves it earned in its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the movie — a fable of improbable love in the face of fear and intolerance — drew cheers at its first North American screening Saturday at the Telluride Film Festival.

You can attempt to train your dog to Leave it or Come; however, in order to be successful you must be able to do so every time the cat defecates and that is highly improbable for most people.

But with limited contact between the two sides that seems improbable ahead of Wednesday's strikes.

Each person who made the journey, each person who tacitly or actively acquiesced to the Nazi slaughter of the innocents as well those who opposed it, had to define and redefine the meaning of his or her career and life in improbable conditions of place, language, and tradition.

That scenario, unfortunately, is not as improbable as many might hope.

Two weeks after Auburn pulled off maybe the most improbablelast - second win in school history, the Tigers picked up one of the most improbable wins in the history of organized competition.

Today, the phrase «David and Goliath» represents a more secular meaning as a metaphor for improbable victories by a weaker party, better known as the «underdog».

Release: Sunday, March 17, 2013 [Netflix] Directed by: Jonathan Hock Thrown off balance by Houston's sudden switch to the zone defense, the North Carolina State Wolfpack, «the cardiac kids,» scrapped to find a last - second shot that would once again elevate them over their opponent and into the upper echelon of improbable victories.

A «bad argument» might be defined as ones that rest on improbable interpretations of the law, dubious facts, and / or motions that have low odds of succeeding.

Packed with improbable plot lines, questionable science and a disturbing solution to the zombie invasion, World War Z doesn't wander far from what audiences will expect in this genre.

Although there were only three moneyline upsets on the first day of the tournament, UAB's upset was one of the most improbable wins in our database.

We can not exclude more complex scenarios, but a historical human introduction seems very improbable, and so does a very ancient arrival,» adds Reeta Sharma, researcher at the IGC and first co-author of the paper.

To the dawgs, those bone - throwing crazies in the bleachers at the east end of Cleveland Stadium, whose lunatic barking and terrierlike razzing of the Jets» Mark Gastineau helped spark the Browns» wildly improbable comeback, a 23 - 20 thriller that officially ended at 2:02 of the second overtime, when Moseley's 27 - yarder sailed straight through the uprights and into Cleveland history.

That counterbalances any improbability in the choosing of those numbers, so you're quite rational to believe in this highly improbable event.»

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis has regularly thanked God in the Ravens» somewhat improbable run to the Super Bowl.

Carney's emergence as the international poster boy for everything admirable about the Canadian economy is among the more improbable stories of the Harper era in Ottawa.

Bol hits six three - pointers in one half, a feat so improbable at the time it might as well have been a magic trick.

This true, riveting story documents a North Korean family's improbable journey from life under the brutal regime of the late Kim Jong - Il to freedom and newfound faith in Jesus Christ.

As utterly improbable as it is, our only answer at this point is to say it's possible that all of those things just popped out of nothing via random combination of molecules»

As is often the case in Marvel films, superfolk leap onto cars, employ amazing machines and make improbable feats seem easy.

He may not exclude that God himself could enter into and work in human history, however improbable such a thing might at first appear.

«Dear Evan Hansen,» a daringly unflinching exploration of loss, lies and loneliness in a high school community, won the 2017 Tony Award for best new musical, completing its journey from improbable idea to theatrical triumph.

I know I'm not going to win you over with the idea of just how improbable something is, but would you not even for a moment think about how unlikely a humanoid species lightyears away could evolve so similarly to us along with such a similar religion.

I was given a Bible by improbable coincidence after which I was given a new perspective and see the hand of God in all things where before there was no God.

[7] This principle can be applied throughout history - it may be considered extremely improbable for someone to have conquered the known world by the age of 33.

Steve Noble's seemingly improbable rise from an obscure Parks & Rec Department employee to the city's highest elected office culminated in victory on Tuesday where it began in March — in the back room of a Broadway pizzeria.

An unconventional poet, christened «The Smutty - Metaphor Queen of Lawrence, Kansas» by the New York Times, Lockwood not only has an original voice but a wildly improbable story to tell: Her father is a married Roman Catholic priest.

The non-existence of any V - class objects is as statistically improbable as the aligning of dozens of independent physical constants that give rise to life.

But not getting a shot for 40 minutes and winning has to be the most improbable feats ever.

«Now that I am a Christian I do have moods in which the whole thing looks improbable: but when I was an atheist I had moods in which Christianity looked terribly probable.»

I recall vividly, as a would - be intellectual, wondering how the major thinkers of the twenties through the forties had managed to believe in such improbable things.

The present OS Android Nougat 7.1.2 gives improbable gaming alternate choices with enhanced graphics parts, enable you play heavy games without needing a trouble of dangle up or gradual down.

Running just 50 seconds and shot in two takes, it speaks volumes about improbable relationships that sometimes form between people and brands.

His figures merge animal and human forms into improbable hybrids wearing mortuary masks.

RDA was blandly handsome, square - jawed, too improbable as a science guy.

This is what leads to The Tourist getting multiple nominations back in 2010, and the somewhat improbable situation of All the Money in the World receiving three nominations (including Best Director!)

But that seems quite improbable on West's own showing.

On the Map, a documentary about Maccabi Tel Aviv's improbable success in the 1977 edition of the tourney, is a feel - good Cinderella story, the real - life details are at least apropo of this kind of athletic fairy tale.

19 If you can't win a Nobel, try for an Ig Nobel, offered since 1991 by the Annals of Improbable Research for scientific work «that can not or should not be reproduced.»

Obviously this is an animated film so directors Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon do have the leeway of creating a rather improbable plot, but little children may too realize that giraffes and hippopotamuses can not defy gravity and balance on a tightrope 50 feet (or more) above the ground.

Berkeley's David Kirp dug deep into how and why early education worked in Union City, N.J. Kirp explained in Improbable Scholars that Union City used those research - based, early education reforms to turn around a school system that had been one of New Jersey's worst.

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.