Sentences with phrase «moves of desperation»

In fact, the most surprising aspect about the Morgan Creek sale is that it isn't a move of desperation, it's actually a shrewd business play.

Marchione spokesman Ken Girardin suggested Gilbert was simply McDonald's stalking horse, and his candidacy was «a move of desperation by an Albany politician.»

In a move of desperation and love, Will allows Evelyn and his team to upload his mind to a supercomputer with the hope that he will not only live on through this technology, but also to further his work in the field and combat the extremists responsible for the recent attacks.

It doesn't come across to me as a position of strength, but as a move of desperation.

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Finally, desperation was measured by the assist - to - turnover ratio, reflecting disciplined care of each possession while simultaneously moving the ball to facilitate «great, not good» scoring opportunities.

More importantly, consider moving at least a portion of your assets abroad to a safe, stable, low - debt jurisdiction that doesn't have the same desperation.

[JB:] Until the body of Christ, I believe, begins to pray, fast and consecrate itself and realize that there needs to be a desperation for God, we will not see spiritual transformation in this nation, let alone social transformation, which is always the result of a moving of God across a people.

Don't sell yourself short out of fear and desperation, but instead, move toward God's promises in faith.

The Giants wouldn't have been able to sign Samardzija, which might be a feature, not a bug, and they wouldn't have needed to get rid of Matt Duffy in a move of calculated desperation this deadline.

Dunn, LaVine, Nwaba, Valentine, and Portis are my next tier, and quite frankly we should be willing to move any of them only if it is a desperation deal where we are coming out clearly on top, so realistically we are keeping them.

If that is an accurate reflection of what really goes on (which I'm not at all sure about), it means PED's are more of a desperation move than a strategy.

The Daily Mail reports on the move which would see the 26 year old earn # 200k a week with the Premier League side ready to stump up # 50m to land the former Benfica man, would this amount to an act of desperation on Louis van Gaal's part or a necessary sum for a player of real quality?

Only the Cavs and Pelicans moved first - rounders before the deadline, and both were operating with degrees of desperation.

While describing it as a political witch - hunt, The state Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, who spoke while briefing journalists in Benin, the state capital, said that the state government's move was a clear sign of political desperation and persecution of the former governor, rather than addressing the numerous challenges facing the state.

Kyle Chandler as Harge, Carol's ex-husband-to-be, launches an attack of sorts on Carol's «morality» with his legal team in a move that smacks more of desperation than maliciousness.

was surprised just how good this film is.The humour and pathos of this film is quite moving.There is no - one remotely attractive in the cast, it is full of strange looking redneck Americans living in semi wilderness.Everyone is poverty stricken.The sadness of old age is there, as is the regrets of past memories, and the desperation of the son to heal the wounds of his father's past life.The acting is brilliant even with the bit part actors with the sunburnt aged faces.The fathers grumpy reticence is counters by his truculent wife, who never has a good word for anybody with her vicious put downs, which is at times laugh out loud funny.A funny sad and moving film about the sheer desperate meanderings of life and old age.

l loved the way the director moved between each character showing their foibles and lies and sense of self destruction.The 13 year old is the star of this film with her sad, cold desperation but allied to a very sharp intelligence..

Honoring Daniel Clowes's poker - faced, weird - out comic book while folding Zwigoff's own neurotic baggage into the mix, Ghost World made desperation not only morbidly funny but also cheekily enigmatic, moving, and sort of heroic, in a Sisyphus - goes - to - the - convenience - store way.

There is so much in this picture, from dread, horror, to suspense, bitterly moving love, extraordinary, Oscar - worthy art direction and a desperate lead performance from Viggo Mortensen which perfectly illustrates the wrenching desperation of parental love.

Brian Dennehy brings a moving world - weariness to the aged, infirm Sorin, while Mare Winningham's Polina, yet another character in love with someone she can not have, crafts a poignant portrait of quiet desperation.

Also new to the franchise is Rage Drive, Tekken «s equivalent of an Injustice (desperation - fuelled) super move, and Story Assist, which makes it easier for newcomers to pull off special moves and combos.

Told in verse, this moving story captures the desperation of the people living in the middle of the Darfur conflict in Sudan.

A moving story that illustrates the desperation and uncovering of the need to follow what you think is your course in life only to find that perhaps it has been in a different direction all along.

Overall, my impression was that Phillips wants us to begin reading The Beautiful Bureaucrat with a glimmer of hope, but she then moves us through various levels of quiet desperation with splashes of optimism, all as the action becomes increasingly unsettling.

Despite the apparent desperation of their refurb sales, at least they are moving some units.

@dedicated Call it desperation or call it adapting to the demands of the market; its a good move nonetheless.

Finally, the game features a wealth of flashy attacks thanks to the inclusion of Super Secret Skills and Super Desperation Moves.

In addition to Desperation Moves which can change the outcome of the battle, the two - lane plane mechanic is back stronger than ever, allowing players to fight each other in stage backgrounds.

You move it around the level looking for objects to interact with, or in moments of desperation fend off a zombie or two.

These moves smack of desperation to us... but hey, if we get a saving and the high street gets a boost, maybe this is a good thing in the long run.

The move to «dirty weather» and «weather extremes» shows that global «warming» isn't any more... Signs of desperation, really.

Bicks argued that the internal messages show Google didn't believe that its use of the Java APIs was fair or legal, but that the company's engineers moved forward anyway out of sheer desperation.

HTC — at one of the company's lowest points of all time — released the One, their most refined handset to date as a move that could almost be described as desperation.

This move was not one of desperation but of our ability to cover even more.

It has acquired Pebble, a darling of the smartwatch market, as well as Vector Watch, a move that is mostly seen as an act of desperation to remain in the game.

Here are a few of the most common desperation moves and some simple ways to spin them into an enthusiastic approach that employers will appreciate.

Instead of stressing or coming from a place of desperation about your next career move, use this job search tip: take a moment to ask yourself what you're looking for in your ideal company, similar to what you're looking for in your ideal job.

It's unwise to jump from one type of desperation to another, and you'll be explaining your desperate move out of this misfit position for years during future job interviews.

Out of desperation, pursuers make sideways «moves» to get their partners to respond, but these sideways signals are alarming or confusing to the withdrawers.