Sentences with phrase «machinations as»

Monroe in the Senate was as attuned to Jefferson's machinations as James Madison was in the House, but was more subtly combative and far more politically astute.

He only needs four more stones to complete the set, and it will require efforts on Earth, in space and on Thanos» home planet to repel his fatal machinations as the despot grows more powerful with each stone he adds.

Sure, this is a time for everyone in the industry to come together and celebrate a great year in cinema, but it is also a time all for insane machinations as everyone jockeys to win the world's most popular popularity contest.

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As he showed with his years - long legal stalking of Gawker Media, Thiel is perfectly happy keeping his machinations hidden from view, and acting through proxies.

When prime - time hosts — who have never served our country in any capacity — dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller — all the while scaremongering with lurid warnings of «deep - state» machinations — I can not be part of the same organization, even at a remove.

Today's report is one of the first to shed light on the machinations taking place in the shadows: a sketchy digital economy where fake accounts known as bots, some modeled on real users, are bought and sold — the lifeblood of a booming trade in influence and deception.

Except that, for all its machinations, Eastwood's movie doesn't devalue human life, as some would think; rather, it speaks to humanity's inherent value.

Indeed, in many ways he took his stand, and encouraged others to take their stand, over against politics — especially politics as dominated by the machinations of the modern State.

He cries out for deliverance from the machinations of a devil incarnate as a funding expert.

It's not far off to say that The Young Pope is essentially House of Cards set in Vatican City, as its main focus seems to be shedding a light on unsavory machinations that most people, let alone Catholics, are aware of.

This recognition of the politicised nature of identity will be of assistance in the attempt to understand the characteristic of the hyphen as something which is not isolated but as an entity which has the power to draw together elements which come from the living past, while being informed about the machinations of the present, and anticipating an uncertain future.

Throughout his book, Brogan provides a riveting account of the events in France before and after the revolution, the manner in which Tocqueville's family and friends responded to those events, and the psychological machinations within Tocqueville himself as he faced the agonizing transformation of his beloved France.

The machinations of Japan's new industrial and military leaders which caused such suffering and deprivations among the rural masses, were now beautified as the «wish» of the imperial ancestors.9

But if law is, as the liberal utilitarians and positivists have told us, only the expression of the interests of individuals and groups, how could it prove superior to the machinations of Watergate?

The few characters who might be described as heroic — Galahad, Bors, Percivale, and, by the end, Lancelot — do not save the world from the machinations of a sorcerer - villain or secure some magical artifact for the safekeeping of the benevolent powers; they become saints.

«INASMUCH (1) as certain men have set the truth aside, and bring in lying words and vain genealogies, which, as the apostle says, (2) «minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith,» and by means of their craftily - constructed plausibilities draw away the minds of the inexperienced and take them captive, [I have felt constrained, my dear friend, to compose the following treatise in order to expose and counteract their machinations.]

For as the Catholic teacher (doctor) and especially the priest of the Lord, ought to be involved in no error, so ought he to be wronged by no machination or passion....

As with queso and all of the machinations vegans go through to create a Mexican cheese sauce causing me to wonder, «Why not just melt vegan cheese with Rotel tomatoes?

The Dutch coach has overseen a fine run of results, cumulating in a 1 - 0 victory over Arsenal on Sunday, but the machinations continue at Stamford Bridge as the Pensioners seek out a long - term successor for Mourinho, and look to identify the ideal candidate to replace Hiddink at the season's end.

As such he was in a position to know many off FIFA's machinations.

Unite's alleged machinations in Falkirk left Ed Miliband defenceless and vulnerable - and David Cameron showed no mercy as he brutally rammed his advantage down the Labour party's throat.

David Cameron is just as obsessed with the machinations of the British tabloids and broadcasters as New Labour ever was.

And in what can be viewed as perhaps good news for Cuomo, the poll finds most voters, while they are concerned about the high level of corruption in New York politics, are not paying close attention to the machinations of a panel appointed by the governor.

Officially, Cuomo was keeping his distance from the Senate leadership machinations, referring to the jockeying at the time as an «internal power struggle» that the governor had no business getting involved in.

The decline in America's percentage of world manufacturing output from 35 % in 1945 to just 20 % now must be seen in this context, not simply as the result of Chinese machinations.

The idea of cooperating with the SNP is dismissed in horror perhaps because Labour's appalling performance in Scotland is seen as a result of their wicked machinations rather than the fact that Labour took the Scots for granted and failed to maintain its political profile in Scotland.

Democratic lawmakers are resisting Cuomo's machinations in the one way they can, and as they say, the silence is deafening.

At no time in Ghana's political history has any aspirant done what he is doing, whipping up religious sentiments as if God has blessed him to become Ghana's President but the machinations of human beings detract from it all.

Glenwood's machinations were at the center of the trials of Skelos as well as ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was convicted in a separate trial in late November.

Trewin traced Alan's journey from being selected for Plymouth Devonport, through his machinations and membership of the Monday Club - he joined not only because it was within his political comfort zone but because he saw it as useful in achieving his political ambitions.

As much fun as it may be to tweak the nose of a sitting governor, Democrats need an agenda that goes beyond the machinations of the political class, even in New YorAs much fun as it may be to tweak the nose of a sitting governor, Democrats need an agenda that goes beyond the machinations of the political class, even in New Yoras it may be to tweak the nose of a sitting governor, Democrats need an agenda that goes beyond the machinations of the political class, even in New York.

Speaking to some chiefs in the Eastern region as part of his Easter visit to the region, Nana Addo indicated that the machinations against him will not succeed because he is «not a violent person.»

Former colleagues also say Mr. Flanagan is an avid participant in the day - to - day machinations of government — his father was known as one of the fiercest debaters in the Assembly.

«Jeremy and his team will continue to enjoy my full support from the back - benches in taking on this uncaring and brutal Tory government - but we need to urgently recognise and re-affirm as a Labour Party that the national security and defence of our country in such a volatile world, is a red line and a matter that should and must transcend party politics, let alone the internal machinations of our own party or personal score - settling.»

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has borne the brunt of Cuomo's machinations since he took office in 2014, and political operatives have noted that the governor's relations with Schneiderman and DiNapoli improved as Cuomo focuses his attention on the mayor.

More remarkable, if true, is the fact that the sewer machinations continued even after the former New York Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, was charged in January with taking bribes disguised as fees.

Finocchiaro also recounts the intrigues and complex machinations of Giuseppe Settele's 1820 attempt to publish an astronomy textbook that treated Copernicanism and Earth's motion as a fact.

As in the first «Deadpool,» the backbone of which was an unexpected cancer diagnosis, Wade and other characters suffer loss and disappointment, but nothing that can't be fixed or amended through machinations that are already implicitly promised in the hero's opening narration.

Stephen's machinations in the sequences that follow mark him as the true monster of the piece: recognizing immediately that Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) has eyes for Django, he tries to convince his master that his guests have ulterior motives.

Serena isn't as compelling a protagonist as either Everlasting or UnREAL needs, but her Tracy Flick - like machinations throw a series of unprecedented wrenches into the production that, in turn, prompts crises that test the people who make the show — in particular Rachel and Quinn.

By focusing on the internal machinations of Catesby and his Protestant antagonists, Gunpowder locates a human drama at the heart of an event codified in history books as a conflict between monoliths.

Keener's performance keeps the film grounded even as blunt scenes of the opposing camp's machinations flirt with soap opera villainy.

Working more as a mood piece than a journalistic exposé, The Insider draws you in with an examination of what the machinations of nefarious, if not quite illegal, corporate underworlds do to individuals.

The pilot's Kathryn is described as a master manipulator who easily hides her self - serving machinations behind a facade of charm, poise and warmth.

Colors run either neon hot, like the yellows, reds, and blues, or cool and soft, such as the browns that dominate the hero's apartment, which is, until the third act, a safe spot away from the killer's machinations.

If Yates can manage to include anything as entertaining as the behind - the - scenes machinations on a Tarzan pic from thirty years earlier, «Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes,» we should be in for a treat.

An iconic chameleonic actress who has wowed in myriad features, television and stage productions from Prime Suspect to Brighton Rock, The Hundred - Foot Journey to Trumbo, Mirren is endlessly watchable and is here given a truly multi-dimensional role as discussions about the ethical machinations of war grow more heated.

She appears as annoyed and disgusted with the plot machinations and supporting characters as we are.»

By refusing to fragment the pace with frequent cuts, Warmerdam creates a sense of everything going exactly as planned; there is a kind of sinister clockwork in Borgman's machinations, as if each new scene were the next page in a dark fairy tale that's already been written.

Boasting a majority - black cast donning some gorgeous Afrofuturistic get - ups, as well as a complex plot rife with political machinations and betrayal, Black Panther promises to have an epic scope that remains unrivaled in comic book films.