Sentences with phrase «masterstroke of»

The ensemble the Frick wishes to raze, composed of the Reception Hall Pavilion and the Russell Page - designed Viewing Garden on East 70th Street, is a masterstroke of the evolving museum's design, positioning the mansion in counterpoint to the Manhattan street grid, and optimizing the «house museum» experience.

The other masterstroke of Dream Daddy is Amanda.

And in a masterstroke of passive - aggressive trash talking, it also offered Porsche free driver training.

In a masterstroke of storytelling, we get the one thing we were missing with previous versions.

In a masterstroke of money wasting genius, he decreed that The Room should be the first film shot on both 35 mm film and Digital HD formats at the same time.

Peter Bradshaw: Our countdown continues with a masterstroke of power and pathos: Michael Haneke's haunting film about the end of a life

Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins is a masterstroke of creativity, excitement, and sheer cinematic bliss.

A masterstroke of casting, «The Beef» is basically awesome, encapsulating McEnroe in spirit as well as doppelgänger Sverrir Gudnason mirrors Borg so well physically.

For all the brilliance of Kushner's screenplay, the narrative masterstroke of stressing the amendment battle came from Spielberg.

Juliette Binoche, lovely, elegantly aloof, may have been the obvious choice to play Maria, the modern - day diva, but where did the masterstroke of casting Twilight veteran Kristen Stewart as Valentine come from?

That ongoing shared universe has been the creative masterstroke of Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige, but it doesn't always sit easily with his filmmakers, who are more concerned with making their own movie than integrating someone else's.

The masterstroke of this film is that director Sean Durkin only reveals why Martha is so messed up in flashbacks that are constructed to mirror her fractured mental state.

The masterstroke of Thor: Ragnarok is realizing that Thor has always been the sore thumb that sticks out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Zaha would be terrorising the wings and the masterstroke of a loan signing that was Mamadou Sakho was the inspiration in the quest to stay up, organising the defence thus making Wayne Hennessy's job between the sticks more comfortable and bringing the best out of him.

When he was complimented on his tactical masterstroke of bringing on two fullbacks (Kwadwo Asamoah and Stefan Lichtsteiner) on the hour mark and changing to a 4 -3-3 that immediately reaped rewards, Allegri insisted on praising his players.

Masterstroke of tactics even if we lost today the energy and industry of the boys is what fans are looking for the commitment was there I'm actually glad ozil was not fit because if he was fit wenger would have played him and if he was watching he might realise that he might not be automatic choice in certain matches

Of course, that masterstroke of preparation will only come to fruition if the manager's replacement fits the required bill.

It is the masterstroke of Izzo's genius.

So again I ask - why should it be seen as a masterstroke of FO acumen that the Cowboys are doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing, no more, no less?

This is a masterstroke of PR genius by PotCoin with the added benefit of possibly opening the door to US and North Korea negotiations.

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Even as it spruces up for business travellers, WestJet still feels friendly — an image cultivated through savvy social media stunts like the 2013 masterstroke in which airline staff fulfilled Christmas gift wishes for a planeload of passengers.

The next milestone was perhaps Jobs» masterstroke: the introduction of the revolutionary iPhone, a combination mobile phone and handheld computer, in 2007.

Writing in the New York Review of Books (April 1), I. F. Stone made an astonishingly persuasive case for the bizarre possibility that the CIA leaked the House report to an unwitting Schorr — a masterstroke which channeled public anger toward a virulent «secrecy backlash.»

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is a masterstroke if it leads the Roman Catholic Church to electing its first black Pope.

So do you think that Wenger's plan to pin our creative game on the talents of Ozil will prove to be a masterstroke, for the player and the team in general?

Very good Player When at his best an Ian Wright replica hopefully today is the best of many beautiful memories to come, Fantastic Day, About 3 or 4 men of the Match and many put into really solid shifts perfect way to round of the season time for a little piece of transfer Masterstrokes and well be on song for the title - COYGGGGGGGG!!!!!!! (OT Where is the Little boy now or yes his in the little corner love to see the look on his face)

Rafa then pulled something of a masterstroke by reinventing the Dutchman as a right winger, its been a huge success but many still, again wrongly, feel that Dirk is still not very good.

yep, masterstroke wenger, the professor of also ran!.

With Laudrup's eye for a bargain, the sale of Williams could in theory sign five Michu's, and this sale might actually prove something of a masterstroke for the Swansea manager.

Flamini for Coquelin that was a genius masterstroke frm Wenger hehe and Ramsey... i once said that Ramsey lacks discipline at the middle of the park bt sm said that in bg games he is disciplined, really?

Pairing Milinkovic - Savic up with Pogba in that area of the pitch could be a masterstroke, setting Man Utd up for years to come with pillars of their future with both players possessing bags of talent.

The switch to a back - three appears to have been a masterstroke from Conte, and all of Cesar Azpilicueta, David Luiz and Gary Cahill appear to be un-droppable.

Big and powerful is something we cant handle and especially as he has a point to prove to Arsene for picking Sanogoals instead of him... another masterstroke by our great manager!

If this lad becomes one of Wengers French masterstrokes, Wenger knows French players.

Hopefully this out - of - nowhere signing will go down as an LVG masterstroke in due course.

It's hard to emphasize just what a huge move this is; Peres is without a doubt one of the best right backs in the game, and to grab him so late in the summer — after pursuing him for three years, during which time larger and larger clubs sought him out — for only $ 16 million is an absolute masterstroke.

The addition of Inter Milan center - back Andrea Ranocchia may have been a masterstroke, but he may not be cleared to participate against United.

PSG 1 Arsenal 1 This was one of those occasions when what was ostensibly a risky selection ended up feeling like a masterstroke.

The last minute additions of David Luiz and Marcos Alonso turned out to be masterstrokes, but Chelsea will be looking to bolster their defence regardless.

The Emirates Stadium is another one of Arsenal's recent masterstrokes.

If the rumours of his willingness to sign a one - year contract extension are true, it will be a masterstroke on the part of the Chelsea management team.

Cech was at fault for both of West Ham's goals as Slaven Bilic's side stole an unlikely victory at the Emirates Stadium on the opening day of the season, leaving many to ponder whether selling the Czech international had been a masterstroke from Jose Mourinho.

On Newsfile, he described the appointment of Amidu as a «political masterstroke» informed by «strategic thinking» by president Nana Akufo - Addo.

When Gordon Brown, guided by Ed Balls, announced just four days after the 1997 election that the Bank of England would become independent, the move appeared to be a masterstroke for New Labour.

Telling them that most of them would not be deselected was a masterstroke.

If by next autumn, the recovery is well under way, people will look back on today's balancing act as a political masterstroke, in much the same way as the widely derided Geoffrey Howe Budget of 1981 is now seen as laying the foundations of the Thatcher economic miracle.

The appointment of Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor, pending Parliamentary approval, has been hailed by experts and ordinary Ghanaians as a «masterstroke» by the President.

Walter's discovery of a crucial player in this regulatory process — a membrane - spanning enzyme called Ire1 — was the first of a series of masterstrokes that helped answer the elementary question of how the ER signals stress to the nucleus.

But it's by building his freeform wash of images and sounds and politico - philosophical investigations onto this, perhaps the most legible and fundamental of narrative structures, that represents Malick's masterstroke.

This film's masterstroke is showing everything from Duncan's point of view, without the traditional cloying narration.