Sentences with phrase «interesting than battle»

That battle for time is more interesting than battle over which medium they chose to experience that reading on.»

Not exact matches

Rather than battle over Black Friday leftovers in overcrowded department stores, here is a selection of a few of the more interesting pop up shops around the country.

(Bloomberg)-- An investment fund that's seeking a payout from the Cuban government on more than $ 1.3 billion in defaulted debt and back interest has hired the lawyer who won a settlement for hedge funds in a long - running legal battle against Argentina.

The battle between good and evil within an individual, rather than outside of them, is what often interests us.

This one is going to be more about the individual selections and instructions than it is the formations, and the interesting parts of the tactical battle will be who starts and what their roles are, not what formations the teams line up in.

And a realistic — rather than idealistic — view of social change perceives the ideological battle behind historical change as being closely intertwined with the battle of interests.

It will be interesting to see if Republicans have the appetite for more than one internal battle.

During the battle for healthcare reform, for instance, reformers were able to pass legislation only with a relatively high degree of cooperation from powerful vested interests, and the reform itself amounted to a reorganization of existing submerged policies rather than their elimination.

Johnson, who has no interest in becoming a pawn in the political battle that Cuomo and de Blasio have been waging for four years, responded with his own letter, claiming he had assented to nothing more than consideration of Cuomo's proposals.

Both locally and nationally, it has been taken over by the hard - left who are more interested in fighting internal ideological battles than standing up for the priorities of working men and women.»

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.

(Interesting aside, REBNY, which poured more than $ 3 million into the state Senate races with an eye toward restoring power to the GOP, is also heavily involved in the Committee to Save NY, which is the business - dominated organization created to help Cuomo in the upcoming budget battle).

There's more interest at the national level than usual in the battle for control of the Senate due to the redistricting angle.

He had one Twitter feud with City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who himself has sounded more like a lawyer for the medallion holders than someone with the best interests of all New Yorkers in mind, and is now battling de Blasio spokeswoman Karen Hinton.

Plus ideological battles are more interesting than a scrap over the centre ground where the parties have a lot in common.

Still, it is undeniable that a variety of 21st - century forces — a new generation in the military, a change in climate at the top levels of the Pentagon, pressure on the president from a critical interest group, even Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand's anticipated Democratic primary battle in New York — converged to begin repeal of a 1993 law that has led to the discharge of more than 13,000 gay men and lesbians, including desperately needed Arabic translators.

Last Sunday, the Giants battled the Redskins in our living room, and there was no bigger fan than 9 - month - old Baby V. Unlike her father, she was not interested in RG3's shortcomings.

'' Gotsch, who was interested in finding new ways to work with, rather than against, nature found himself battling strong winds and drought.

If they aren't interested now, you'll be fighting an uphill battle by trying to change their mind; you're more likely to embarrass yourself than convince them you truly are their perfect match.

Shunted to France via an undistinguished battle sequence, we meet our hero, and the film's one slight opportunity for interest: rather than a disenfranchised nobleman, Russell Crowe's Robin is a simple yeoman archer in the crusading army of the vainglorious Richard the Lionheart (Danny Huston, bellowing).

Perhaps in the early 1930s when the film is set, things were not so radically different for women than they were in the early, pre-suffragette 1890s when Oscar Wilde wrote his play — but, without wishing to suggest that the battle of the sexes is now definitely over, things have certainly moved on, and the film's preoccupations with womanly virtue and womanly repute is of more historical interest than contemporary relevance, leaving the distinct impression that this «updating» of Wilde has been done only by half measures.

But he is appalled to find that his new creation Titan (Jonah Hill) is far more interested in playing video games and acquiring shiny new toys than re-igniting the age - old battle between good and evil.

The supporting characters are usually an afterthought, but in Black Panther, they are so well drawn that they seem every bit as interesting, perhaps even more so, than the main protagonist himself, who is either mostly masked or obvious CG during his battle sequences, whereas we are always aware as the women fight, with full acting and facial expressions to root us into their fight in the moment.

The final battle with bigger versions of AT - AT's is just another moment on the road to an overly - long runtime, while Rey's meeting with Snoke is interesting much later in the sequence for its great lightsaber battle than the interaction of the characters themselves.

Dunbar, electing to take a post in the middle of nowhere rather than continue to do battle with his fellow countrymen, finds himself surrounded by both the Sioux and Pawnee communities, neither of which is interested in accommodating white strangers — except, that is, for prescient Sioux holy man Kicking Bird (Graham Greene), who correctly surmises that a man stranded alone in the vast plains isn't looking for a fight.

Is that not more interesting than seeing each one taken out one by one in what would have to be an overly long battle sequence?

Other than as sheer spectacle, there's not a great deal to hold one's interest in the events of The Battle of the Five Armies.

That girl - narrated backstory at the beginning sounds like it would have made a more interesting piece of thorny geopolitical sci - fi than the CGI glop we get instead: How do 18 countries, led by the U.S. and China, come together to battle horrible climate change effects by installing a galactic safety net of thousands of satellites with the ability to balance extreme weather conditions around the world?

Coogler's attempt at genre revision is part of Marvel indoctrination, so it's less interesting than Zack Snyder's battle with Warner Bros. over artistic expression in the D.C. Comics Universe.

We learn little, and without much in the way of character development beyond them gearing up for the battle scenes, we have little rooting interest other than the basic good guys vs. bad guys scenarios that make many Westerns too pat to entertain today's audiences.

Their excellent performances help the movie sweep along its formulaic path, but it's the smaller moments, such as Stone's scenes with Andrea Riseborough as hairdresser (and romantic interest) Marilyn Barnett, that really give this an ace edge — Simon «Slumdog Millionaire» Beaufoy's script fuses Billie's private battle to recognise her own sexuality with her public one, a balance that gives this a stronger emotional backhand than you might expect.

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle looks, plays and sounds better than you would've ever expected from such a confusing crossover - an interesting take on the X-COM formula that can start to feel tedious, but starts amazingly and will keep many players stuck into the turn - based strategy shooter.

There are a lot of nuances to the battle system, and together with more than a hundred different monsters to encounter with different attack patterns, strengths, and weaknesses, battles remained interesting and engaging throughout the entirety of Monster Hunter Stories.

Rather than following through the interesting (if not debatable) «true story» of King Arthur, the climax shows a satisfaction in merely calling to mind other fast - paced, brutally - fought battles, and even brings in droning female vocals a la The Lord of the Rings.

As he notes, «Much more disturbing is that half a century after the civil rights battles were fought and won, liberalism remains much more interested in making excuses for blacks than in reevaluating efforts to help them.»

The teachers are more interested in focusing on pay and scheduling than waging a battle over expanding membership, Iskric said.

What is more interesting than the same battle that has been circulating since groups on Goodreads and a grassroots effort called Stop The Goodreads Bullies first began waging organized warfare on authors or reviewers is that Rice is no casual observer of the issue.

However, I was more interested in the science itself and the creations and preventative measures more than the battles for funding or the see - saw regarding weapons inspectors in Iraq in the 1990s.

And as mentioned in our Transformer Prime VS iPad 2: Battle of the Tablet Titans piece, it beats the mighty iPad 2 in many regards too, especially if you're more interested in productivity and video playback than app choice and gaming.

My last point was that I doubt the average consumer cares about all of this however, because if Amazon can bring the prices down, the consumer will jump on it, and frankly, I'm sure the average person is more interested in books from the big sellers (ie, better known authors that can charge 14.99) than unknown works at 6.99, which makes Amazon's battle a win for them.

If you can land a consolidation loan that has an interest rate lower than the rate of your credit cards, you have already won a major part of your debt management battle.

While having more than one brokerage is common for many investors, it's an interesting to see the already intense marketing battle for brokerage clients heat up and move to video.

While Dr. Croney's entire presentation was extremely interesting — and important — one fact in particular resonated with me, particularly as it relates to the battle against pet - sale bans: A study has shown that more relinquished pets come from another shelter (22.5 %) than a pet store (3.9 %).

Villa Molek Langkawi is a luxury boutique property brilliantly - located along Pantai Tengah, just 15 minutes away from Langkawi International Airport.Nearby points of interest include Langkawi Underwater World and Laman Padi, which are less than ten minutes away.Offering only 12 private villas, measuring 70sqm in size, guests will be battling for a spot at this four star rated hotel.Furnished with custom - made teak furniture, Malay - inspired artwork, there is only one room category available (Guest Villa), with each unit offering views of the swimming pool and the hotel gardens bright bougainvilleas and fragrant frangipanis.

The added verticality makes battles fresh and more interesting than the maps we have from vanilla Destiny 2.

Earthlock has a very interesting combat system that requires more strategy than simply mashing X (or whatever facsimile your system of choice has) until the battle is over.

However, these diversions are most interesting when they take on the form of plentiful boss fights — well - designed battles that test your brain much more than they do your brawn, like one battle in limbo where you play a game of Simon Says with a ghost king to deal damage to him.

The graphics were cleaner, the running mechanic had more movements giving you the feeling of actually running through a crowded street, the size of the four main areas are massive, the cities are practically alive, the frontier could suck you in for hours if you weren't careful (I mean that in a good way), the new fast travel made life a whole lot easier, the naval battles are quite fun and Connor was much more of an interesting character than Ezio (Personal opinion).

For those who are more interested in battle than the actual story of the Three Kingdoms, there is always the aforementioned Conquest Mode.

Either way, it's a more interesting battle system than I see in most role - playing games, namely because it's not one I've played a million times.