Sentences with phrase «interested political game»

Cameron staked it all on a grubby, short - sighted, self - interested political game to protect him from his own backbenchers in an election we've all forgotten now.

Cool magic, interesting political games, and great action scenes, American Craftsmen is like a cross between Alvin Maker and 24.

Not exact matches

Yes, 85 elected representatives are coming together from all corners of the province, just as the political game is getting interesting — BC Liberal cash - for - access fundraising dinners -LSB-...]

She appears to be less interested or willing to play the political game, which will become increasingly difficult in the face of an aggressive official opposition.

«Well, a poll released today made clear that New York Democrats aren't interested in the standard political games the other attorney general candidates are playing,» the e-mail from Dinallo's campaign manager John Kenny continues.

Each of those women made an immense contribution to British political life, but most of political life isn't about outstanding individuals; it's a team game, where a full range of voices needs to be heard, issues need to be aired and competing interests need to be represented and reconciled.

Unfortunately, the Department of Financial Services seems more interested in playing political games, so remains unaware of actions taken by what is one of the best managed and best funded public pension funds in the country.

@lazarusL actually, people who play political game suffer negative outcomes too, they just usually are very bad at attributing the negative outcome to the cause, because the game is much more complex and there's a lot of vested interest in confusing the link between the cause and the effect.

An interesting parlor - game question for political junkies is whether Clinton will rack up more total votes than Trump in the primary, or vice versa.

Regardless of appointments being rushed or delayed, Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said that «political games» should be kept out of confirmations.

The battle escalated into all - out war last summer when, at the end of the legislative session, de Blasio blasted the governor as a «game - playing» bully more interested in political scheming and personal advancement than the city's well - being.

We need more of that in Washington — someone interested in solutions, not political games.»

(Those interested in understanding how game theory is applied to political behavior may enjoy this nine minute video)

Because of games like the prisoner's dilemma, in which rational self - interest hurts everyone, game theory has been used in political science, ethics and philosophy.

Other available information includes educational level, relationship and employment status, political views, body type, and favorite video games, books, movies, music, special areas of interest (which assist with other member's searches), personality type, and whether they'd be willing to relocate.

They found that only 14 percent of online daters included «political interests» in their profile, which ranked 23rd out of 27 interest categories — just below «video games» and above «business networking» and «book club.»

Recouping after 2010's annoyingly unfunny «Dinner for Schmucks» and returning to his political interests after his recent HBO docudrama «Game Change» about Sarah Palin, director Jay Roach and screenwriters Chris Henchy («The Other Guys») and Shawn Harwell (HBO's «Eastbound and Down») have no pretense of making a smart, spiky political satire with teeth.

Thoughts by TSR: I've never been a huge fan of Jay Roach, but it's been interesting to see him become HBO's guy for their recent political films («Recount» and «Game Change»).

Game - based learning scholar Kurt Squire explores how leveraging young people's interest in gaming could encourage greater youth community involvement and deeper connections to civic and political life.

Squire, a game - based learning scholar, explores how leveraging young people's interest in gaming could encourage greater youth community involvement in civic and political life.

It took longer than expected — it was a slightly more nerve - wracking game of political chicken than usual — but in the end the entrenched interests won because they're the most motivated to bring the political pain.

The EGDF will act to advance the political and economic interests of the European computer and video games industry by providing a platform for collaboration and discussion between European institutions and game developers.

Creative Assembly's strategy series is interesting in that it combines multiple modes of strategic gameplay into a single game: with players managing turn - based resource management and political strategy alongside real - time combat with large scale armies.

In Berlin, the members of the two disparate associations pledged to come together to better represent the political and social interests of German games companies.

As you mentioned, she is a political figure, it doesn't have to be a platformer, I would be very interested in playing a strategy game with Peach as a sort of «general» that ensures her kingdom's safety.

And the game developers were genuinely interested in political theory, race relations, and the darker side of American history.

I was never interested in trying to become a board member because I knew that I was an outlier who would not play the political game to stay in the game or to get ahead.