Sentences with phrase «machinations do»

What evil machinations do they have in store?

Most markets prove to be efficient, however, and most of the time these machinations don't work.

Haku's new maturity and position mean that his machinations don't feel like he's Tom Sawyer manipulating the other kids into whitewashing the fence anymore.

Not exact matches

In a Twitter discussion with Intercept founder Glenn Greenwald, Tufekci argued that these mass leaks often contain internal machinations and gossip from within a campaign, which might be interesting from a historical context, but don't really have any larger news or social value.

Once those machinations were done, there was less drag on the processor.

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.

Here fate shows itself in the machinations of a state that condemns some to die and others to kill them; each of those present is profoundly innocent of what he is called upon to do.

Also, if they (the 6) are innocent and mere victims of a Narcissist machinations, then I do and DID apologize both publicly and privately.

And don't even mention the sheer labor that comes with behind the scenes machinations, of attempts to silence and shut down.

Also, you don't need the machinations of an evil cabal to wind up with two holidays sharing the same date.

And those who will do anything to protect their limited third - chakra 3D view of the world are gullible too, to the extent that they believe the machinations of the self - perpetuating ego.

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.

That the repugnant and soulless machinations of a petty man with a blackened heart don't interfere with the on - field success.

Wait too long to execute whatever elaborate machinations said card requires until you wind up doing things like schlepping your family to the mall dressed like the Addams family and then waiting on line for 3 hours to see the mall Santa.

No wonder he responded so robustly — and in doing so flushed the Tories» own machinations into the open.

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.

Cuomo denies having anything to do with the machinations — «You are not supposed to interfere in the Legislature, and you're not supposed to be hyperpartisan.

Buni added that the APC administration did not subscribe to evil machinations where government institutions were used to achieve political ends.

To its credit, Kushner's script does not shy away from the dubiously ethical machinations employed by Lincoln's cabinet, including bribing lame duck congressmen with cushy appointments.

You state that «Peculiar even still that Henry Cavill's Superman, Ben Affleck's Batman and Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman never crossed paths without Luthor's machinations» and «never does [Superman] sense that these and other «metahumans» could use some help fighting injustice now and then?»

Too rote to be trash, it has to make do with being mere junk, impatiently exposing more incoherent machinations and more condo - board - like council meetings involving the dullest vampires in moviedom.

Throw in a little cgi and grade - school level machinations that don't fit and you've got a movie with an appeal that is only for the very young or very stupid.

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 confusion internal to Steamboy's machinations is located somewhere between the idea of wonder on the one hand and a sort of Nobel, what hath we wrought discomfort on the other — its message of «war is bad» muddied by the Japanese, who suffered pretty terribly at the hands of weapons technology, and the British, who didn't.

«We don't play it for plot machinations or tropes.

Through various story - lines and complex machinations, the Vision turned the tables and became an Avengers member himself, and married (or whatever it is androids do) Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen will play her).

There's nothing inherently wrong with this, Killer Instinct, seems to be doing well enough, but the machinations driving this content feel disingenuous inside Street Fighter V.

Having done time himself, Duress is wholly convincing as the chaotic Ray, another desperate chancer caught up in Connie's machinations.

The best thing to do when watching Man on a Ledge is not to think too hard about the machination and enjoy the spectacle.

The plot machinations of the early going do feel like just that as so many things seem to magically fall into place for DJay's transformation — the keyboard; a spontaneous run - in with Key (Anthony Anderson), an old acquaintance and sound engineer who then takes him to a soul - stirring church choir performance — in an almost implausibly pat manner.

Some of the plot machinations of «The Shape of Water,» such as the Cold War intrigue and Shannon's cartoonish villain, don't live up to the magic Hawkins and Jones conjure in their scenes together.

He does a terrific slow burn when trying to be the voice of reason and ending up being tied up Gulliver - style by the mini-folk and with Dexter's machinations, among other crises.

If this sounds dumb, clichéd, and assembled from the cheapest types of machinations, at least keep in mind that most of them do not occur or become noticeable until the movie's maddening final act.

With a tone that never settles into a defined groove, It Could Happen to You doesn't come together, offering only a handful of nice moments amid a framework of hard - to - swallow plot machinations.

For what it's worth, James Spader does nice work playing against type as an intellectual nebbish, and Russell incorporates what could've been an albatross — the death of his character's young son — into his every delayed gesture without seeming merely thrown by the film's premise, whose machinations are so befuddling as to deter one from inspecting Stargate for political and allegorical angles.

Most importantly, Wingo's nicely melodic approach has an effecting, introspective sense of just how full of b.s., its musical machinations are, emotion that's particularly well realized in the bravura ten - minute end cue «What Are You Doing Jane?»

The remainder of the film, in which Jeff must contend with Kathie's machinations and Whit's fury, adds complication after complication, yet the pile - on of reversals and betrayal does not add any more clutter to the frame.

Don't try to make sense of these machinations, but basically because Maserati and Chrysler Co. fall under Fiat's corporate umbrella, the production version the Kubang will be built in Detroit at the same factory and on the -LSB-...]

Don't try to make sense of these machinations, but basically because Maserati and Chrysler Co. fall under Fiat's corporate umbrella, the production version the Kubang will be built in Detroit at the same factory and on the same platform as the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango (which was originally from Mercedes - Benz...).

I was diligent in my study and research of the world, but I didn't want a historical bogged down in political machinations and minutiae.

Unlike most histories of 16th - century England, which concentrate on the machinations and religious convulsions of the Tudor monarchy, London's Triumph concerns itself with the capital city's merchant class and what it did to launch the explorations and conquests that would ultimately result in the world - girdling British empire of the 19th century.

We do this through the machinations of our amazing publicity and online marketing staffs, and through the store - by - store, title - by - title pre-publication hand selling by the head of our marketing department, who focuses his efforts primarily — although not exclusively — on the independent booksellers.

Wisely, the writers of Hacker's Memory take the latter route, spinning a more character - driven story that doesn't get too wrapped up in the machinations of its predecessor.

A shadowy force has been plaguing the land, twisting the minds of the leaders of its great kingdoms, and it's not about to sit idly by and let any meddling do - gooders spoil its diabolical machinations.

Sonic the Hedgehog's best buddy does more than fly with his two tails and pilot a biplane; with an astounding IQ of nearly 300, he's also the principal designer of a variety of gadgets and items that Sonic and Co. use to thwart the machinations of Dr. Eggman (who we'll talk about next!).

For all the profession of far - reaching machinations and organic reality, things remain static until the player dictates that they don't.

It needs more than «you don't need it open at all times whilst playing» to stand a long - term chance against Valve's machinations.

Artist Devin Kenny will perform If I don't laugh / Tarda..., a powerful sonic performance incorporating music and spoken word and addressing the role of social media in the widened access to, as described by Kenny, images of «Black suffering that directly results from the machinations of white supremacy the US prison industrial complex and police state, and the aftermath of colonialism and chattel slavery».

Now that all is said and done, I get a phone call that the shit I have been writing on the machinations of the art world has inspired a TV show; I hope that a) I get some credit, i.e. the monetary variety; b) it has the chutzpah of Tony Shafrazi exhibiting his very own art within his very own booth with full knowledge he'd be thrown out on his ass next year as a consequence; and, c) that it doesn't suck as much as Tony's show did.

A committee convened by the InterAcademy Council, the association of the world's leading national science academies, delivered a long to - do list to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Monday, including steps ranging from limiting the term and policy recommendations of its leadership to fostering more transparency in its machinations and being more careful to describe the science determining the strength, or weakness, of particular conclusions.