Sentences with phrase «more recent string»

Wayne Wang continues his more recent string of pat and predictably cute comedies, coming off of Maid in Manhattan and Because of Winn - Dixie, all of which are innocuous fare for those that just want a smile at the end of a film, willing to overlook overcooked shenanigans, egregious product placements, and inherent predictability.

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Unlike the recent string of TV shows made into movies, like the «21 Jump Street» franchise, Peña said the intention with «CHiPs» is to be more serious in the hopes to make the audience care and be concerned about what the characters are going through.
With a string of recent acquisitions and a bid for more, CEO Marissa Mayer is turning Yahoo into a diversified media company.
In recent years, the Netherlands has experienced a string of positive developments in its startup ecosystem, positioning the country — and its entrepreneurial core, the StartupDelta - Amsterdam region — for even more growth.
And to adjust for more recent picks who haven't had the chance to start three seasons or play four, if a pick from the last few years is still in the league or has a string of recent starting gigs, I counted them toward his school's total in those two categories.
As it stands, this squad is fairly well positioned to compete for the Wenger Cup and make a deep run in the Europa, if and only if we play first stringers in Europe and use the bench for the League and FA Cups... that being said, and based on the fragility of the manager and the team in recent campaigns, it's more likely that Wenger will focus on a top 4 finish and the FA Cup... while the reasons for such an approach may appear logical, it would confirm a rather disturbing trend and appear counter intuitive for any team which claims to have higher aspirations... I feel that Wenger simply can't afford to put all his eggs in the Europa basket because if he fails the potential backlash could cripple any top 4 chances due to the aforementioned fragile psyche that tends to rear it's ugly head like our own personal groundhog day each and every February... furthermore, can you even imagine Wenger bringing in the necessary recruits to adequately supply top quality lineups in a Thursday / Sunday dominated schedule; based on everything I've seen in recent years, I can't see that happening... in fact, mark my words, it's more likely that we see Lacazette playing out wide in Alexis's position with Giroud at striker, than we see Wenger make the necessary moves to right this ship... god, I hope I'm wrong but is it really that far - fetched considering what we've witnessed for past several years
Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp has insisted that the club's problems are being exaggerated following their recent string of poor... more
Hotels in Jefferson County welcomed more guests in December compared to a year ago, continuing a string of recent monthly gains, according to a recent report.
«Despite the fact that we've seen this recent string of scandals, it seems the Senate is more interested in holding a star chamber than actually getting to the root of these problems,» said Bill Mahoney, the research coordinator for the research group.
Recent estimates based on results from string theory indicate there are more than 10100 distinct unified field theory solutions.
There are also other configurations of extra dimensions, known as warped compactifications, that have the same gravity - magnifying effect and may be even more likely to occur if string theory is correct; these have been extensively studied in recent years.
The recent string of record - low winter maximums could be a sign that the large summer losses are starting to show up more in other seasons, with an increasingly delayed fall freeze - up that leaves less time for sea ice to accumulate in winter, Julienne Stroeve, an NSIDC scientist and University College London professor, previously said.
Landfalling typhoons have become more intense in the northwest Pacific while Hawaii has seen a string of hurricanes and tropical storms swing dangerously close to the island in recent years.
While speaking with ET last month, Chastain opened up about the recent string of scandals, revealing that she thinks the problem is «more than just about gender.»
The film is very much in the vein of Sandler's other recent string of comedies (it starts out with a pretty sick gross - out gag), but Sandler and Barrymore's previous collaborations turned out pretty well with The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates, so hopefully Blended can follow more in their footsteps.
«The String Arcade» spans a few decades in video game history from arcade classics including «Galaga», «TRON» to 8 - bit eras with «Legend of Zelda» to more recent hits with «Portal 2» and «Minecraft».
But in recent years, states are getting more involved with school facilities — and that includes opening their purse strings.
Well, in recent years all of us in the pet community have seen a growing number of documentaries that pull at those very same heart strings by exposing... Read More
Since the days of the World War II releases, we've seen the franchise move to a more recent setting with Modern Warfare and its string of sequels.
They've unquestionably added a string to PS4's bow, though the more recent PS4 exclusives have really begun to demonstrate the pedigree of Sony's first party game studios.
Two of the more remarkable installations in recent memory are her Posey Restraint, 2014, a straitjacket strung drolly across a doorway between galleries in MoMA PS1's Greater New York, and her 2014 Essex Street show consisting of twenty portable ramps, via which the artist, who uses a wheelchair, had accessed various buildings from 2010 to 2013.
Yet despite these data, story after story continues to peddle the claim that the weather is getting more extreme, using whatever recent string of bad weather as the hook.
The recent string of La Niña years has meant more rainfall in the tropics, leading to more methane, Dlugokencky said.
Finally, in the next few weeks, Facebook says it will share a list of proposed updates for the terms of service that will make the platform's data collection practices more transparent, in response to the string of recent events that has users shocked at how much access third - party apps could (but no longer) have.
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