Sentences with phrase «machinations make»

And all these machinations make some people a bit queasy.

In the era of Occupy Wall Street, such machinations made Cuomo Democratic Public Enemy No. 1.

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The machinations may explain why the company's well - regarded head of mobile chips, Aicha Evans, reportedly tendered her resignation last month, only to change her mind after Krzanich made a full court press to keep her.

The CEO of home good eCommerce up - and - comer Wayfair.com is shrugging off the recent machinations of short - sellers that have made the company their new...

The amazing advances in molecular biology blur the traditional hierarchical distinctions between man, animal, plant and mineral; and the neurophysiological «explanation» of human consciousness in terms of the components and machinations of the brain even more dramatically illustrates how pure «matter» has assumed dominance in any attempt to make sense of our universe and its manifestations.

A full record of the machinations involved with the German Electors, with Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England and his ministers would themselves make a large book.

Julie Finn I'm a writer, crafter, Zombie Preparedness Planner, and homeschooling momma of two kids who will hopefully someday transition into using their genius for good, not the evil machinations and mess - making in which they currently indulge.

«Democrat infighting, and the machinations being made by Senator Stewart - Cousins and Senator Gianaris about who would be in charge of a hypothetical Democrat Senate, are academic,» he said.

Anyway, the fact that Moya is making moves now to primary a woman who is nominally very powerful, indicates some machinations on the part of the County organization, and likely says a thing or two about the Speaker race.

Democrat infighting, and the machinations being made by Senator Stewart - Cousins and Senator Gianaris about who would be in charge of a hypothetical Democrat Senate, are academic.

Maybe the decisions made by SUNY Poly and Fuller Road Management would have been the same if the school had been run like any other public university, without all the creative machinations on the side to benefit non-state businesses.

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:

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.

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.

Managed properly, they can yield the most exquisite results; make the series too short, and those well - meaning characters get lost in plot machinations.

While making routine patrol stops, or at least routine for the area, the two stumble upon the machinations of a major drug cartel that is gaining a foothold in the United States, an event that will have ramifications that they can't begin to imagine.

They are the machinations of a railroad in motion (making cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel's blinding light through the windows of the courthouse (naturalism extended to the point of expressionism) perhaps the most ironic thing about the proceedings).

In telling a story reliant more on character and mood than the machinations of plot, Lynch has made a highly assured piece of filmmaking that is deceptively simple yet deeply effective.

Their political machinations are on full display, making Mockingjay - Part I a more politically - driven film than its predecessors.

First with the machinations of talking the rube with the car in question into letting them take it out alone, and second, when Stuntman Mike with a different car, but the same hood ornament, shows up to make this a day the ladies will never forget.

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).

So the audience is asked to care about the mountain of muscle's relationship with an albino gorilla made threatening by the machinations of an evil corporation spearheaded by two thin comedic characters that barely register.

Given that many have spent the past two years intensely speculating, theorizing, and predicting the character and plot machinations of the film, it's hard not to think some expectations were set going in that, as it turns out, The Last Jedi filmmakers had no intention (and had made no promise) of meeting.

No one is as adept as Steven Soderbergh in making a caper film and utilizing all the machinations that go with it.

In The Post, we see the story behind the story — the machinations of decision - making, loyalties to old friends, journalistic responsibility, tradition and risk - taking, and how they play in deciding whether to pick up where The Times» was forced to leave off, and pursue the story.

The «dream» of the title is actually one very real night in the forest where lovers are star - crossed, criss - crossed, or just plain made cross, thanks to the magical machinations of Oberon (Rupert Everett), the King of Fairies; and his impish right - hand sprite, Puck (Stanley Tucci).

A respectable entry into the genre of «I Can't Believe This Thing Got Made» cinema, Tusk follows a podcaster to Nowhere, Canada where he's promptly kidnapped by a disturbed man with machinations to turn him into a walrus.

Different answers are offered: maybe it was the machinations of manager Bernie Rhodes or spokesman Kosmo Vinyl, the personality crisis between Mick Jones and Joe Strummer, the quandary of an anti-capitalist band making fistfuls of dollars, the failure of rhetoric — or all of the above?

Spielberg and his screenwriting team relish conveying the machinations that went into the deal - making, demonstrating how uneasy political times led to finessed, chesslike maneuvering to retrieve spies in an intense trade - off at Glienicke Bridge in 1962.

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...).

Whether you choose a BMW M4 Coupe or a BMW M4 Convertible, you will enjoy the mechanical machinations of a 425 - horsepower 3.0 - liter TwinPower Turbo inline - six engine that makes 406 pound - feet of torque.

While sections devoted to intricate surgeries (the descriptions will not make you queasy) are intriguing and informative, ones devoted to the internal machinations at the medical colleges are less so.

I will say that the investments they make are not always easy to understand and may have some machinations that you and I can't duplicate.

That sense of mystery and secretive machination permeates the entire preview, from the Apostles and Tarnished that make up the society of the area to the assumed purposes of the Fabricant creatures that prowl the wilderness outside of the city.

I understand that many (including myself) like to make characters that better mesh with the game's world — even if that world is the often - outlandish one of the WWE — but players still had the ability to make more «realistic» wrestlers even when they had the options for more caricatured machinations.

Becky Grajeda makes works of sound assemblage, multi-channel installation and performance frequently include field recordings of the sounds of machinations and moving bodies and / or in involve abstracting vocal inflection, intonation, and intended meaning in speech.

Either way, experts and scientists continue to lambaste the addition of non-existent warming data, as well as the machinations aimed at making the past seem colder than it actually was.

Although the Task Force says that this is the province of the voluntary bar associations, these voluntary bars need to come together and create a state or regional association that represents the interests of its members, lobbies on its own behalf, demands transparency from the WSBA and the Court, has a seat at any table where rules are made that affect lawyers and clients, and otherwise keeps close tabs on the regulatory, political, and corporate machinations that directly impact lawyers and our clients.

I recently read that no group of hunters and gatherers or pastoralists has ever willingly transitioned to settled life, because it makes them easier to control and tax [1], and there is a vivid description of the violence and political machinations required to... [more]

I recently read that no group of hunters and gatherers or pastoralists has ever willingly transitioned to settled life, because it makes them easier to control and tax [1], and there is a vivid description of the violence and political machinations required to assert governance on others during creation of the Zulu kingdom in South Africa in Kent Flannery and Joyce Marcus» book The Creation of Inequality [2].

I've seen numerous situations in which the cash value was minuscule relative to the death benefit, and the same machinations can be made to determine what is supportable over time.

Anyone might want to know some of the machinations and nuances that make HODLing and transacting in this new medium different from the traditional experience that they are used to.