Sentences with phrase «manipulated by»

plthomas3 wrote in the Daily Censored: «Now is the time for educators and scholars to speak against celebrity PR and raise a public voice of expertise to and for a public that is crying out of common sense and being manipulated by a ruling elite that is neither common nor making any sense.»

The lesson outline prompted the teacher to describe that meteorology is the study of the weather and that «unlike other areas of science, which can be manipulated by humans, weather can't be changed by scientists and that they can only predict it from what they know.»

Despite the narrow limitations of working memory, the wealth of contents that can be manipulated by experts through this previously acquired «erudition» is immense.

A problem that plagued the town was how young girls were being manipulated by their boyfriends who told them that in order to prove they loved them, they had to have their babies.

Instead, it treats pupils as widgets, objects to be manipulated by teachers, parents, and school administrators.

Here's a quick, fun, and easy media literacy lesson: watch remixed movie trailers to see how our emotions are manipulated by film editing.

Each component of an L&D program can be broken down into learning objects that can be manipulated by IDs, depending on the organization's needs.

Their successors are disposed to view charters as someone else's idea; are more aware of charters» problems than their successes; and are being skillfully manipulated by interests that have finally recognized that charters aren't going away.

Then there's the single - issue zealot, bent on a particular curriculum, neighborhood, patronage arrangement, weird cause, or adult interest, often tugged and manipulated by outside constituencies, including teacher unions.

This feature is often manipulated by corporate managers to train their employees in the most cost - effective way.

A useful application of this is to use 3D objects that are animated for your students or can be manipulated by them.

But you might also get some clever responses, such as the one from a young man who brought in the flip - top from a discarded can; he talked about its decaying outward appearance and its inability to serve a purpose without being manipulated by some other force (and how he was able to serve a purpose on his own).

In Art. 5 (g) of the ICTY statute, rape is only established as a crime against humanity, not as a tool of genocide.76 Like other domestic and international forums, the ICTY is hindered by «legally institutionalized sex inequality,» 77 is easily manipulated by the historical denial of sexual and reproductive harm to women and is obligated to grant institutional deference to states.

Aboard Big Shell, Solidus also commandeers the Dead Cell anti-terrorist unit; comprised of Fatman, Vamp and the physics - defying Fortune, the powerful trio are manipulated by The Patriots (aka the La - Li - Lu - Le - Lo) to assist in the armed takeover of Big Shell.

Meanwhile, Edwards» own loyalties are tested, including being constantly manipulated by unknown forces, loyalties that become conflicted by the family he doesn't really want, and the potential for a romance that had been the only thing he seemed to ever care about, other than his unwavering support for his country's well - being.

Do they all subconsciously want to be manipulated by men?

Think of it not as a road picture, but more of an odyssey — a liberation and transformation of two women who've been manipulated by men all their lives to the point where they don't even have much of a life to brag about.

It's difficult to explain, but I never felt broken or emotionally manipulated by this drama.

Said Schwartzberg, «For me, the joy of doing this film is to be able to explore worlds that humans can't easily experience — bats sipping nectar in the middle of the desert at night, orchid bees expertly manipulated by a bucket orchid, exotic hummingbirds flying like airborne dancers, and a clustering monarch colony with millions of butterflies.

Our righteousness and agony of history is incensed by the Holocaust narrative, only to be cheaply manipulated by easy comforts.

But how does he avoid being manipulated by a sociopath himself?

Like a ventriloquist's dummy, this is a soulless, wooden entity overtly manipulated by would - be entertainers whose lips can clearly be seen moving the entire time.

The apparatus theory proposed by Jean - Louis Baudry and Christian Metz posits that spectators in classical narrative cinema are manipulated by the images and, deprived of the ability to critically contemplate the act of viewing, confuse film illusion and reality.

Its title would suggest an attempt at equal rendering of its titular characters, but Lola, along with any other female characters, remain wrapped (or perhaps warped) in mystery, their motivations and ideals manipulated by the desire or fear of the men in their lives.

The film's other motif of puppets manipulated by unseen hands (carnivorous machines, funhouse mannequins, children's toys, Trevor's «Howdy Doody» nickname) finds allegorical reduction in the perverse hangman's game that forms The Machinist's central means of symbol - dispensation, provoking a slow - advancing existential dread.

And as they all face off against each other, none of them realise that this entire situation is being manipulated by a vengeful man named Zemo (Daniel Bruhl).

Throughout one long midsummer night and into the morning, John is drawn to, rebuffs, makes love to and is manipulated by Julie (Chastain), haughty daughter of the estate's unseen owner.

But then disparate threads come together under its pleasant facade to form a sharply incisive zinger that condemns the American people for, sweet and nice as they may be, being perfectly willing to be manipulated by their leaders and their entertainers as long as the flow of cheap oil and useless consumer products continues.

Here he takes on environmental issues when a mermaid attempts to change the mind of a young billionaire who is being manipulated by outside forces to commit harm to ocean life.

Once scribed onto the Book's pages, NPCs and monsters can be manipulated by rearranging codes on a grid.

F. Gary Gray's first time behind the wheel steers the story in an altogether more somber direction, pitting the star with a type of gasoline as a last name against his loyal compadres after being manipulated by cunning cyber terrorist Cipher, played with true menace by Charlize Theron.

At the center of it all is Michelle Williams, giving a masterful performance as a woman who refuses to be manipulated by rich men, smug men, media men, policemen, and even the one man who supposed to be on her side, Fletcher Chase, an ex-CIA agent Getty assigns to get his grandson back... as cheaply as possible.

Crowned at age three, he's a prisoner of his own palace, a puppet ruler manipulated by both the Western powers and the occupying Chinese, and finally a project for re-education by the Communist Regime, Pu Yi is a man buffeted by history, a figurehead whose power ends at the walls of the Forbidden City.

Forever striving for a sense of purpose and power, Chris is manipulated by everyone around him.

The truth is that the picture, for all its narrative faults, is a complicated exploration of what happens when the societal stereotypes imposed on any minority are bought into and manipulated by the minority itself — the sort of double - edged sword that marginalizes even as it shields.

[It's] fun to play with, fun to not be manipulated by [Reynolds»] character, she can hold her own.»

Whereas that doll was possessed by a serial killer, this one is simply being manipulated by a demon determined to get baby Leah's soul.

Sterling Hayden stars as the mastermind and familiar film noir faces Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Marie Windsor and Ted De Corsia co-star, with stand - out supporting performances by Elisha Cook Jr. (perfectly pathetic as a mousy cuckold manipulated by the scheming Windsor) and Timothy Carey (in a small role as a sharpshooter with a different kind of assignment).

This is not a story about a shrinking violet being manipulated by a charismatic monster who drives her to the dark side.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Cast: Ryan Gosling, Kristen Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansingarm, Rhatha Phongam Plot: A violent cop (Pansingarm) murders Julian's brother, which leads to a confrontation between the two of them, Julian (Gosling) being manipulated by his domineering mother (Scott Thomas).

The satire comes in the early post-war period when Americans were still not that aware of how they were being manipulated by hucksters to hawk their products on the radio and films were just getting ready to deal with that subject after a number of books and magazine articles were written tearing into advertisers.

He's frequently and easily manipulated by his younger sister, Maureen (Debi Derryberry).

But soon Caleb doesn't know whether he trusts the creator or the creation as he's manipulated by both.

Lilly has a fetching presence, and does a pretty good job with a performance that entertains a more physical approach, but she isn't given a great deal to do but be manipulated by the men around her, though she does retain an independent spirit that allows her a modicum of breathing room.

While Slater does face certain choices along his journey, it mostly feels manipulated by Brand New - U (though perhaps this is a reflection on societal manipulation of our own identities).

But we should maybe also remember that we formed those attachments for a reason: Even if we were being manipulated by rapacious capitalists, something about what they made fired our imaginations, flushed our chubby cheeks and gave us some of our first actual connections with the world.

[A] sharply incisive zinger that condemns the American people for... being perfectly willing to be manipulated by their leaders and their entertainers...

Dominika suffers a career - ending injury, and is manipulated by her uncle into joining Sparrow School, a training ground for Russian spies.

Stark, possibly in a rare spate of shame for the utter wrongheadedness of all his mistakes, and allowing himself to be totally manipulated by the enemy (Who succeeded in his goal of splitting up the team), has never made the call.

When written out as a list like this, one might expect the film to go through these problems like a tick - box of «working - class misery», or for the inhabitants of Bradford to be manipulated by a director wanting to take pot shots at modern Britain.