Sentences with phrase «make nods»

Bound by their 50 x 50 cm paper and defined by their pencil planometrics, the evocative title of the series pays a debt to Frank Stella, but they also make nods to other abstract expressionists, notably Barnett Newman, to the earlier suprematist paintings of Kazimir Malevich, to Sol LeWitt and Agnes Martin, to ancient Chinese cities as squares, to Islamic caravanserai and Italian cloisters, to the houses within houses of Oswald Mathias Ungers, and even to the composition of Greek chorus and 1970s CBGB punk — that is to say, to all the good things in life.

If it's good, an eye - opener to me, or just something that redeifned how games played, I'll make nods to various titles.

We want to hint at things, we want to plan some characters, and we want to make some nods, but we're very, very cognisant about making sure that «Deadpool» is above all a «Deadpool» movie.»

And I think it can be a fun challenge to wear a monochromatic look that doesn't make you nod off when looking in the mirror.

We had to make a nod to Jeff's career with the cake toppers... I thought they turned out so cute!

Not to dismiss the standard of what was shown but compared to Sony, Microsoft clearly aims for quantity over quality, lacking those Twitter exploding «holy shit» debuts like God of War, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Horizon: Zero Dawn but always delivering a lineup that makes you nod and say «yeah, there's some good games coming».

Visually, the characterization makes a nod to the scowling - eyed Beast from Jean Cocteau's immortal «Beauty and the Beast» (1946), but he also comes off as a kind of royal version of the Elephant Man: a melancholy freak trapped in solitude.

While The Last Jedi does makes nods and references to other Star Wars films, it maintains a uniqueness seen through its plot twists and creative uses of the force, however it does not go without fault.

What does an article or book do that makes us nod along, laugh out loud, or shout, «What?»

Thanks to higher soundproofing efforts in the roof, doors and rear seatbacks, the cabin is quiet enough to make me nod off in the passenger seat briefly.

While the changes, in the design of the new Hyundai Xcent, will make you nod with appreciation, the cabin too will give you something to ponder over.

Read other reviews of your favorite books and hit «Like» on the ones that make you nod your head in agreement.

Boyes reiterated that the PlayStation 4 also enables self - publishing for indies; seemingly making a nod to Microsoft's unpopular lack of support of self - publishing for independent teams.

The visuals often made us nod in approval.

Now, while I absolutely hate everything that has to do with zombies, Dead Rising still had some merit for being the only series that made nods to the Mega Man Legends series with Servbot heads and kept a colorful level of interaction and nods at the player.

The game also makes a nod to Samurai Shodowns presentation by zooming out as your characters move further apart.

He aims to lift the viewer up into a «philosophy of distance», making a nod to the composer John Cage's use of silence to release his audience from «the burden of psychological intention».

I don't quite have it all figured out, but the title, Treason in the Land of Melanosites, makes a nod to skin pigmentation somehow gone awry, the child's t - shirt references Tutenkhamen and (Michael?)

The Law Society of Upper Canada's Parental Leave Assistance Program (PLAP), introduced in 2009, was one of those solutions that made me nod my head.

I'm a total gadget nerd, and it's been five years since a new smartphone made me nod to myself with the understanding that, «Yes, I need that thing more than I need air.»

There's nothing that makes me nod with approval sonically and I even struggle to hear audio when running a tap at the same time.

Devoid of cruft and intensely focused, Mikey Jumps is perfect for mobile play, makes nods to previous entries in the series (with hooks and boots peppered about) and has excellent level design that sits just on the right side of infuriatingly tough.

The bundled branch coffee table nearby also makes a nod to outdoor living.

Not exact matches

Royal experts think that Prince Louis» name is a nod to his royal relatives (which, fine, makes sense).

Nod, agree with him, be sure to make your recommendations and then sell him what he asks for, regardless of whether he agrees with your recommendations.

The New York Times even referred to it as «the next borough,» a nod to its proximity to the Big Apple and the Amtrak train that gets you from city to city in just over an hour — less than it takes some Brooklynites to make their way to Manhattan.

He was careful to acknowledge «the strong leadership and responsibility» shown by Air Canada's five unions, a nod to pension concessions made in 2009 to bolster the airline's financial stability.

My Field Notes and stuff like that is a nod to things that were made out of systems, made to be functional and understood.

Together with its ubiquitous green logo, it made for a very festive, if not minimalist, holiday nod.

Use nonverbal gestures like smiling, leaning forward, and nodding your head to make the candidate feel comfortable.

Fremanezumab had been expected to receive the nod from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June, which would have likely made it the second to the crucial American market after Aimovig, which is expected to be approved next month.

As he embarked on his second five - year term as China's President last week, Xi Jinping pledged to «Make the Skies Blue Again»: a riff on President Trump's «#MAGA» mantra that nodded to China's acute urban pollution problem.

Union's people didn't pull off a big - time industry nod like that screwing off, er, making silly videos for the hell of it.

Here are seven pitch strategies that will make your prospects nod in agreement instead of nodding off.

The name of a new online bedding start - up, Third, is a nod to this astonishing statistic, and its mission is to make every night of this chunk of our lives enjoyable.

The hike, which will begin to take effect on July 1, nods to President Obama's agenda to make the federal minimum wage $ 10.10.

«And every piece of this produt — the battery, the battery modules, the power electronics, the inverters — was assembled by Tesla workers right here in the US,» Straubel said, seeming to nod to President Donald Trump, who has made examples of US companies that have sent manufacturing jobs overseas.

On a conference call, Mr. Zuckerberg nodded at the controversy, saying that the company hopes to «keep moving forward» to make its products «good for people and good for society.»

Make the effort to give the occasional nod, smile, or other sign of recognition to your conversation partner.

Trump could run through his appointments quickly and Soon - Shiong could get a nod that would make L.A. Times ownership seem a distant goal.

We draw just enough from the bands we like to make a noticeable nod to those bands, but we don't draw enough to make a sizable comparison.

does not make it an error Nod was to the east of that... and once edens location is pinpointed..

You would smile and nod politely, try not to make any sudden moves, and hope the person does not have any concealed weapons.

My constant purpose was and is to adumbrate on every subject I handle a genuinely canonical interpretation of Scripture - a view that in its coherence embraces and expresses the thrust of all the biblical passages and units of thought that bear on my theme - a total, integrated view built out of biblical material in such a way that, if the writers of the various books knew what I had made of what they taught, they would nod their heads and say that I had got them right.

Throughout McGrath refreshingly roots his reflection in his own experience, making appropriate nods to the Phenomenological, Pragmatist and even it seems Post-modern traditions.

Some will consider it insulting, some will simply smile and nod while waiting for their bread and some will convert — but make no mistake — having to endure a sermon in order to get humanitarian aid is indeed a price to pay.

All that happens is in some way, either directly or permissively, related to His most holy Will: «nothing walks with aimless feet,» and we shall make hash of human life if we assume that we can evade God or get on well enough with only a casual nod at Him; that is not the way the universe is run.

While clearly Billy was vastly better than Franklin, before we forget, the old man was not beneath nodding his head in agreement when Richard Nixon made anti-Semitic comments in the oval office.

oh i forgot that cain kills adam and gets exiled to the land of NOD east of eden where he met / knew his wife and she bore him kids... how the f - is that possible if its just you, your parents and your dead brother??? o and one more question, if the great flood which covered the earth happened, and Noah saved ALL the animals of the world then why does the bible very clearly describe the animals that would not be making the voyage, as if another one of gods creature wasn't good enough, but i thought this «god» was all knownig and never makes a mistake!

Although he's my # 1 recipe taste - tester, he's not terribly expressive when giving me feedback — after giving him a bite of a new sweet treat, usually I'll just get either a nod, a «Good,» or a «Maybe you could make brownies?»