Sentences with phrase «machinations from»

Only those who think that they can control human nature via economic machinations from on high change, from true believers, to disenchanted, confused, former bureacrats as they mull over what went wrong with the world.

And I've even gotten used to, at some level, egregiously antiscience rhetoric and machinations from government officials.

It's at first at coy device, though it becomes less so as the series goes in its machinations from D.C. abstracts to grounded details, ones involving the Teachers Union, a powerful oil lobbyist and former colleague named Remy (Mahershala Ali), Claire's water nonprofit and an ambitious blogger named Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) who develops a mutually beneficial relationship with Underwood.

Maziarz is accused of then concealing the campaign fund machinations from the State Board of Elections.

In the view of the NDP, they were disqualified largely because of machinations from the incumbent NDC.

Maziarz is accused of then concealing the campaign fund machinations from the state Board of Elections.

Things come together when the screenplay necessitates that the characters find the connections to move the story forward or keep another machination from falling apart too soon.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

The best piece I've seen so far on the latest machinations comes from Ellen Huet at Bloomberg, who has uncovered how Chahal's shady behavior extended to the boardroom — including his creation of a fictional employee named Christian Gray (nope, he has zero self - awareness) that came complete with his own LinkedIn profile.

According to a new report from DigiTimes, which often posts accurate information about smartphone supply chain machinations, wireless chip vendor MediaTek had been «optimistic that its gross margin and revenues would pick up drastically during the second quarter of 2018.»

Bonhoeffer's early and consistent resistance to the intrusion of Nazi ecclesial, political and military machinations is well known: his bold involvement in the Confessing Church, his directorship of the underground seminary community at Finkenwalde (from which time we have his book Life Together), his summons to costly discipleship, the increasing repression of the mid-1930s and his decision to return to Germany in 1939 (although he had the opportunity to become an exile in the United States).

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

We should not become obsessed in exposing the distortions arising from the Synod or the machinations behind the Synod, nor become unduly distressed by the likely consequences.

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.

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.

If the depth of insight is restricted to buying big and replacing half a team then it suggests a certain detachment from the real world machinations of football management.

Take a break from the scoundrels and their machinations, it will all catch up with them.

Samia had earlier alleged that her Jomoro constituency seat was snatched from her by the ruling NDC with the bloated voters» register machinations.

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.

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.

It is worthy to note that the machinations to kick me out from the contest by my opponents delayed and frustrated our constituency for 3 months, denying us of selecting our candidate.

Or a bizarre cult, with all the machinations and power struggles consuming it from within.

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.

From David Laws of the Lib Dems and Peter Mandelson of Labour, both of whom were inside the talks; to the reporters Adam Boulton and Nick Robinson, who were on the outside but granted, through their contacts, privileged access to the machinations inside the meeting rooms; and the little - known Conservative MP Rob Wilson, who, for his book 5 Days to Power, has spoken to many of the participants, we are being offered what amounts to a new kind of instant history.

«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.»

A slew of political machinations will now play key roles in determining Albany's future course, including the allegiance of a single rogue Democrat from Brooklyn (Sen. Simcha Felder), special elections to fill Senate vacancies on April 24, and the November general election.

Research grants to individual scientists, traditionally kept safe from high - level budget machinations, have taken a 15 percent hit, retroactive to last fall; hundreds have already received «termination letters» canceling their projects.

One small molecule that helps regulate gene expression plays a big role in keeping us safe from the machinations of cancer.

Aside from the shadowy machinations of the characters, the detail with which Pavone paints the city of Luxembourg (he lived there himself when his wife took a job abroad) is captivating and makes the novel's nail - biting moments even more compelling:

You get the feeling that The Big Kahuna would be great in - the - round theater, its ambiguous machinations benefiting from feeding off of a live audience.

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.

From these subtle yet powerful opening scenes (it's the poor and the disenfranchised who fight for the wealthy and powerful), The Manchurian Candidate explores a multitude of political «issues» to a lesser or greater extent: the ill that is committed under the guise of defending a nation; the behind - the - scenes machinations of any country's political process; the unpalatable relationship between entertainment, money and politics, and most specifically, the enormous influence big business has on politics and politicians.

Robin and his men protected England from the evil machinations of Prince John while good King Richard was away at the Crusades

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.

Leaden with implausibility (You'll wonder throughout how Nick prove his innocence by subversively trying to steal the diamond from the man who framed him), its overreaching script by Pablo Fenjves (The Affair, The Devil's Child), Man on a Ledge traverses through clichés and hard - to - swallow machinations in order to keep the audience on its toes.

The movie, co-written and directed by Troma graduate James Gunn, is so self - conscious of its familiar plot machinations that it calls out this MacGuffin with a jab from Quill, who says the orb gives off a «shiny suitcase, Ark of the Covenant, Maltese Falcon kind of vibe.»

Both the final test of loyalty and the last straw of the machinations of the plot come to a head in the climax which pits Stitch against his potential captors from home.

It's 2008 and we're deep in the throes of the campaign season, already feeling the reverberations of the recession, and though Dominik's characters seem largely unaware of partisan politics, the machinations of the system can be felt all around them; wherever the action takes us, we're never far from a politician on the radio or on TV, the latter always lingered over suggestively.

The debut feature from Zachary Sluser, The Driftless Area's moods and machinations fall curiously between a Coen Brothers crime caper, the existential mysteries of a Krysztof Kieslowski film, and the hypnotic bewilderment of Herk Harvey's cult classic Carnival of Souls.

Universal Pictures passed out an edict forbidding reviewing press from revealing nearly any of the humdrum «twists» of the film, which is actually something of a relief — I'd just as soon not waste time picking apart its desperate machinations.

However, she is no man's property and the men's machinations to wrest her from the hands of the other lead her to her own truth.

One year later, spirited youngster d'Artagnan (Logan Lerman, Gamer) makes their acquaintance, as their wily ways are called upon to save the sovereign from the machinations of self - serving Cardinal Richelieu (Christoph Waltz, Water for Elephants).

Any sane person would turn and run from Falk, but Arkin can't help but be pulled into the machinations of this ex-CIA operative (or is he?)

Malvo's machinations with the FBI, along with Lester's attempts to hide from him and then kill him were all suitably tense with anticipation.

With each successive revelation, Guzikowski's brilliant script satisfies the necessary machinations while always flowing effortlessly from his vivid, multi-dimensional characters.

An elite supervillain tries to steal the moon from the sky using his vast weaponry and an army of minions, but his evil machinations are undermined by three orphaned girls who see him as a father figure, despite his diabolical intentions.