Sentences with phrase «more precocious»

The film's success in giving the voiceless a platform balances out Phillips's more precocious and pretentious flourishes.

Dr. Benson Martin, a veterinarian at the New Bolton School of Veterinary Medicine in Pennsylvania, says, «Generally, colts mature earlier and tend to be more precocious than the fillies.

Not exact matches

According to a fascinating recent Nature article by Tom Clynes, science has been hard at work trying to figure out the answer to that question for more than four decades with the the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth.

The point is that almost all of us, unless we are exceptionally gifted or precocious, require more than bureaucratic exhortation or the abstract knowledge that the study of the humanities is important.

He looked at the youngster and said something about «the next Oscar Robertson,» and the clamor to find out more about this precocious player became so great that his coach put him off - limits.

While the precocious Morrison would certainly represent a major gamble, he could just be the x-factor that either club are looking for in order to give them something more than their rivals and pull away from the bottom three.

This is a more impressive feat of James» durability than anything else, I'd argue, but certainly he's a precocious talent like nothing we've ever seen.

Does your little one seem more curious and precocious than other kids the same age?

««Contrary to popular conceptions about precocious college dropouts with big ideas, U.S. innovators actually tend to be experienced and highly educated,» concludes the study, which is based on a survey of more than 900 people associated with «meaningful and marketable» recent inventions.

This can make them precocious and more responsible, but deprived, having lost part of their childhood.

So with the mounting stressors over the last few months of being a work - from - home mom with a strong - willed, precocious toddler, starting an intensive year - long Ayurvedic practitioner program, and starting a new business with my husband (more on that later), I was starting to feel my meditation practice calling to me again.

Unbeknownst to Dick, his interrogation tactics attract more than just answers from Earnest, but Dick only has eyes for Earnest's sister, the precocious Daisy Dinero...

The two leads are precocious in a way more typical of child actors than actual children.

While Liam does share an innocent relationship with precocious 16 - year - old Adelaide (Panettiere), she often comes off as more mature than he and the age difference between the pair is far too glaring to ignore.

Only her precocious wit and sarcasm hint at the boredom felt by an individual significantly more knowledgeable than those around her.

The O'Fallon siblings are a bit mischievous, but more so precocious.

The story follows the life of a precocious and entitled high school senior (Ronan) whose over-extended confidence more than makes up for her lack of abilities.

Mr. Murry literally vanished into his studies shortly after the adoption of Meg's little brother, Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), who has since grown into a precocious 5 - year - old, full of hope and encouragement for the more sullen Meg.

This time, precocious youths and ill - conceived stock characters say everything that can be said and more.

Prince's performance feels so natural that it almost doesn't feel like acting — at least, until the emotional stakes get more precarious, and then it becomes clear that Prince is a precocious young talent who knows exactly what she's doing.

Precocious but unpretentious, funny but not fully in on the joke, Franco has a disarmingly endearing personality, and he brings all of that and more to this performance.

As Ray Boyd, the precocious son of the title character's love interest in «Jerry Maguire,» he stole more hearts from the audience then star Tom Cruise.

Her mother (Gugu Mbatha - Raw) and precocious adopted brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) hold out hope that Dr. Murry is out there somewhere, but that hope becomes something a bit more when an eccentric stranger, Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon) appears at the house, claiming to have knowledge about her missing father's whereabouts.

At first glance, she seems to be the generic precocious kid who knows more than she probably should and wants to get in on the action.

Only one objection comes to mind, Reitman's choice to drop in a sassy and precocious pre-teen, Eleanor (Brighid Fleming); in a part that seems more fitting for Juno, one has to question Reitman's thinking, but lest one apple spoil the bunch, an emotional and heart throbbing story awaits none the less.

It's just unfortunate that the actress playing her has a very grating voice, which makes the loud, precocious, whiney nature of the character all the more jarring.

Professor Plummer was killed over a piece of software named G.H.O.S.T. (though not in the pantry with a candlestick) now believed to have been stashed somewhere in his home; when the snot - nosed kids — vain Zoe (Brittany Snow), surly Seth (Max Thieriot), precocious Lulu (Morgan York, also one of the Cheaper by the Dozen brats), and reaction - shot fodder Peter (Keegan & Logan Hoover) and Baby Tyler (Bo & Luke Vink (and with «The Dukes of Hazzard»'s impending renaissance, boy are those two in for a rude awakening at the start of school)-RRB--- grease the stairwell to take out Shane, they end up driving away their German nanny (a typically misused Carol Kane) instead, forcing Shane into a more maternal role and leaving him little time to search for the computer program.

You'll see that in this exclusive clip from director Luca Guadagnino's beautiful Sundance hit, which shows the first stirrings of a connection that's maybe more than platonic between precocious teen Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer), the grad student Adonis spending the summer at Elio's family's summer home in northern Italy.

It's a shaky pairing, but together they follow clues and thump on potential witnesses, not always successfully, as they peek into the seamy underbelly of Los Angeles, with Holland's precocious thirteen - year - old daughter Holly (Rice, Walking with Dinosaurs) finding herself in the middle of the action more often than not.

It also has two unusually precocious — and more atypically non-annoying — child actors in Moretz (Kick - Ass) and Smit - McPhee (The Road), both of whom are comfortable with adult material.

HBO said he «opens up about his bittersweet childhood and lifelong obsession with moviemaking, his precocious early work as a TV «wunderkind,» his rise to fame through an incredible string of blockbusters, his later forays into more serious dramatic films, and the personal and professional relationships he's cultivated through the years.»

Tony's precocious little brother (brought to life by a magnetic young James DiGiacomo) not only ribs Eilis at the dinner table, but helps Tony write letters to her because he's more literate.

It's been more than a decade since Owen Kline starred as a precocious Brooklyn kid in The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach's comedic portrait of a fractured family.

Infant and preschool girls who consistently favor one hand over the other are likely to be more intellectually precocious than girls who do not show early signs of «handedness,» two psychologists at California State University have found.

The following are common characteristics of gifted children, although not all will necessarily apply to every gifted child: • Has an extensive and detailed memory, particularly in a specific area of interest • Has advanced vocabulary for his or her age; uses precocious language • Has communication skills advanced for his or her age and is able to express ideas and feelings • Asks intelligent and complex questions • Is able to identify the important characteristics of new concepts and problems • Learns information quickly • Uses logic in arriving at common sense answers • Has a broad base of knowledge; a large quantity of information • Understands abstract ideas and complex concepts • Uses analogical thinking, problem solving, or reasoning • Observes relationships and sees connections • Finds and solves difficult and unusual problems • Understands principles, forms generalizations, and uses them in new situations • Wants to learn and is curious • Works conscientiously and has a high degree of concentration in areas of interest • Understands and uses various symbol systems • Is reflective about learning • Is enraptured by a specific subject • Has reading comprehension skills advanced for his or her age • Has advanced writing abilities for his or her age • Has strong artistic or musical abilities • Concentrates intensely for long periods of time, particularly in a specific area of interest • Is more aware, stimulated, and affected by surroundings • Experiences extreme positive or negative feelings • Experiences a strong physical reaction to emotion • Has a strong affective memory, re-living or re-feeling things long after the triggering event

Because few of the people who spend upward of 30 grand on a truck ever bother to take it off - road, we tested it in a manner more in keeping with how expensive sport - utility vehicles are used these days: We packed the Orvis with a precocious 2 1/2 - year - old, a child safety seat, a cooler and a load of toys, then set out on a long road trip.

Amazon's Kindle, the market leader, is a featureless slab of utility tech with no more identity than a wood shaving, and the iPad, the Nook, the Sony Reader, and the Kobo Reader may have their adherents (my first gen iPad has recently become a must - have for car journeys with a precocious eighteen - month - old) but no one is seriously pushing the boundaries of the electronic book.

Sure, the late 20 - something couple would gladly welcome more living space for their precocious toddler Lincoln and do look forward to eventually owning a home, but for now they're happy to keep on renting an apartment.

On the first day everyone receives a copy of «A Precocious Autobiography», it's then passed on to the next new starter; a mandatory thick 6B lead pencil; their own Anglepoise lamp, and an unlined Moleskine notebook, embossed with a quote from David Hockney: «To sketch is to see things more clearly».

But one would like to find out more about similar precocious qualifiers for art academies who then went on to achieve nothing but mediocrity or failure — in whom, of course, art historians are uninterested — or to study in greater detail the role played by Picasso's art - professor father in the pictorial precocity of his son.

However, Schwitters's reliefs, violent and precocious, more than made up for this fact.

From the agitation of the elliptical spots that inaugurated his precocious beginnings in the early 1960s, to the torrents of impasto with which he sprayed his way through the 1980s and 1990s, followed by more experiments in texture and paint application — not all successful, but never diffident — Poons's career has been something of a protracted high - wire act, dedicated to the pursuit of painting on its own terms.

«As remarkable as its precocious beginning is the fact that the series, now numbering sixteen, is still ongoing and evolving with no definite end after more than twenty years,» said Mr. Lowry.

These factors include: 1) a failed separation - individuation process between parent and child; 2) intense parental pressure; 3) a child with precocious cognitive development who is more sensitive and vulnerable to parental conflict.