Sentences with phrase «n't cockfighting»

(«But wait,» you might be thinking, «isn't cockfighting illegal?»

As long as this August stays claustrophobic and «stagebound,» the film retains some of the original's acid touch — notably in a lengthy dinner scene in which chief Gorgon Violet (Meryl Streep) upbraids the men for their relaxed dress code: «I thought we were having a funeral, not a cockfight.»

Not exact matches

Jersey Standard executives are properly proud of their unique photographic venture as a public service, but sometimes they are not quite sure what the company is getting out of it, times when they wonder if «documentary» pictures of such subjects as tombstones in New Orleans or cockfights in Venezuela are not merely irrelevant.

- Finally, as citizens we are all forced to comply with regulations with which we do not agree (some think they have a «right» to speed or consume illicit drugs or hold cockfights, etc.).

The writing, well... I still can't get over the teary - eyed «cockfight.»

Adapted from the Zoë Heller novel, it reminds of screenwriter Patrick Marber's Closer and how Mike Nichols's film adaptation similarly suffered from a gradual slackening of shock with the realization that its umbrella of misanthropy doesn't cast a dark shadow on all of us so much as it provides a vicarious thrill, like watching a cockfight, say, or a mantis eating its mate: though foul, its pungency is isolatable.

«The school district is not going to tolerate school teachers cockfighting in strip clubs,» his principal (Kevin Dunn) tells him.

The deep pockets behind SQ777 are not lobbying hard for the proposal because their main interest is puppy mills and cockfighting.

Because the language in SQ777 would allow puppy mill and cockfighting breeders to define themselves as «farmers,» there is little state and local governments could do to enact safeguards against such practices, even though Oklahomans have been clear they don't want such operations in our state.

It was one of the breeds used for bull and bear baiting before the 19th century when sports such as cockfighting were common place and animal rights not yet fully in place.

SQ 777 does not respect laws passed by voter initiative, like the cockfighting ban of 2002.

If you haven't played, then it's sort of like a combination of fantasy football, Magic the Gathering, and cockfighting, wrapped up in a JRPG shell.

To terminate a lease (a rental agreement for a year is a lease), there would have to be just cause for eviction (p. 65), such as failing to pay rent, violating terms of the agreement, cockfighting, and so on, and that does not include being a pain in the neck.