Sentences with phrase «many desperate acts»

Is it not a desperate act of self - assertion when Kamlah says: «It is not possible to doubt altogether in the intelligibility of Reality»?

It was a desperate act of faith now.

«Insubordination is a very desperate act and should be dealt with severely, «he said.

«Taking Britain to the edge of Europe and firing the flames of Scottish Nationalism, as Cameron did the morning after the referendum, are desperate acts of survival,» the speech was to have said.

«Those were desperate acts by a politician who was trying to ensure that corruption in Albany could continue unchecked,» the judge said.

We wish to Condemn this shameful and desperate act of indiscipline on the part of the New Patriotic Party.

Water is driving the entire region to desperate acts.

The concept of egg freezing can be misconstrued in the media or portrayed as desperate act of what baby - hungry women are doing, but after interviewing over 75 women who have electively undergone egg freezing it is remarkable how similar each journey of these women actually take.

As a desperate act his father fed him chicken broth.

Similarly, he opined, «' Clerks» was just a desperate act of somebody who wanted to see the movie «Clerks.

Her efforts to gussy up feel like desperate acts of prayer from an antiquated era, as the husband is rarely seen onscreen (though he does find the time to play Dead Island).

He is called to counsel an environmental activist whose desperation in the face of the global climate crisis leads him to commit a desperate act.

Mark Strong compellingly reprises his role from the original series as a tormented detective compelled by his partner (Lennie James) to murder a dirty colleague in the opening scenes, a desperate act that tears them apart when an Internal Affairs investigation ensues (led by former Breaking Bad patsy David Costabile).

-- two performance artists who pull off a desperate act to save their failing careers.

From Washington to London to the treacherous shores of the Near East, dangerous men and desperate acts fill their path, and at the end of it, the most dangerous thing of all: the rumoured existence of a mysterious «manifest,» lost long ago, which if discovered again... just might change the history of the world as we know it.

In Goya's «Black Paintings,» relentless natural, supernatural, and historical forces condemn human beings to desperate acts and melancholic contemplation.

As Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank for micro-credit in Bangladesh, has pointed out, «Poverty leads to hopelessness, which provokes people to desperate acts.»

My worst fear is that the climate could induce a change in some country that could be devastating to their local survivability, and that would lead them to desperate acts that can drag everybody else down.»

Not exact matches

By acting patient and laying out the features in a way that doesn't seem desperate, you let the customer make the decision.

When a brand acts desperate and insecure, it's not in the common - ground business anymore, and it's certainly not offering anybody a badge they'd want to wear.

«They were desperate and acting pretty crazy.»

And this spring, the premier and her ministers have been appearing across the province with random acts of funding in a desperate attempt to get rid of bad headlines slamming their education record,» said Fleming.

He knew that the wretchedness of Judah had reached such desperate proportions that a holy God must act, that the very depth of the lowliness of his people called into question God's honor.

The theological role of the Bible is controversial in many Quaker circles, especially since Quakerism acts as a last desperate handhold for many Christians who feel abused by Biblical literalism and fundamentalism.

T h e r a p e u t i c memoirs in disparaged desperate accolades are of non-conformists all conforming to acts» and actions» denials.

Desperate, angry, and galvanized pro-sod activists learned that if they could make a compelling case that they were born gay, they could become eligible for minority Status as a Suspect Class under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

From such a person's perspective, he is not doing anything wrong - he is acting in desperate self - defense.

It makes perfect sense because in d past 3 - 4 seasons the only time u see Wenger act desperate is when our top 4 chance is at risk.

I am tired of the drubbings and humiliations and I think we ought to stop behaving like desperate women and start acting like a big club... while we still are.

He acts like an out of control rich kid who is desperate for attention.

But him acting like Conor's actions are hurting a sport that was in desperate need of attention even negative attention is really rick and hypocritical.

I think this may have been true in the past when we were selling players and trying to pay off our Emirates debt, but surely Wenger is desperate to win the title again and is acting (in public anyway) like he has grown a pair.

Tom Ince was desperate to get in on the act.

The parents, desperate to reclaim their parental status, consciously or subconsciously act to remove the grandparents from their lives.

Also, be careful about acting impulsively or using desperate measures to treat colic.

It may also drive our older children to act out in ways that we see as «naughty» but are merely desperate pleas for attention and equal billing.

Of course if she is desperate May has the option of repealing the act or contriving a vote of no confidence in her own government, but part of her current appeal is that she shows no signs of desperation.

They are desperate to win the confidence of the City and are doing so by acting in ways which the financial sector, not voters, will find most attractive.

Winston Moseley, who stalked, raped and killed Kitty Genovese in a prolonged knife attack in New York in 1964 while neighbors failed to act on her desperate cries for help — a nightmarish tableau that came to symbolize urban apathy in America — died on March 28, in prison.

Our client, however, remains undeterred by the desperate efforts of some individuals to intimidate him and bend his will and rights against the constitutional provisions, the framework of Nigeria Police Force Act and the laws of the land.

He has at times sounded and acted like a desperate and embittered person out for vengeance and these traits clearly render him unfit for an office supposed to be INDEPENDENT.

«Suicide is often an impulsive act, where an individual is desperate to relieve their suffering and knows no other way,» he said.

If California hopes to prevent further extinctions of native species of endangered fish, the state should abandon efforts to take desperate measures to save individual species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and instead look to bolster entire aquatic ecosystems.

Not only that, but we feel as if the act of blatantly asking out a man will cause us to appear desperate and send the wrong message.

Relationships 10 ways to get your ex-girlfriend back You'll need some next - level strategies to convince her it's worth another round — but these tips To win your ex girlfriend back from another guy; you must have a plan of action and not act needy or desperate in any way.

Communication is great, acting desperate or needy is not.

Take away fitness (health, though particularly financial)-- and the guy knows and acts like his days are limited — and seems almost desperate.

If you want to guarantee that you'll meet the wrong person online, be sure to act as desperate as possible and to respond eagerly to any attention from the opposite sex.

Irrespective of your current position, do not act too desperate to find rich women looking for men.

To win your ex girlfriend back from another guy; you must have a plan of action and not act needy or desperate in any way.