Sentences with phrase «of dramatic decisions»

Andrea Leadsom was not the only victim of her dramatic decision to drop out of the Tory leadership contest.

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He said that while he received a scathing assessment of Comey's performance from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Monday, that memo was not a catalyst for his dramatic decision as the White House had said earlier.

Though the arrival of the robot car promised a dramatic reduction in the 1.25 million road traffic deaths that occur around the globe each year, there was also the sneaking suspicion that someday, for some reason, a self - driving vehicle would cause a collision — perhaps because of a string of bad code, an unexpected equipment failure, or an impossible decision.

Having a number is going to make such a dramatic change in so many of the decisions you make, habits you cultivate and people you associate with that the benefits will be so extraordinary, it won't matter if the original method of getting to a number had a technical flaw or two buried in it.

The decision marks a dramatic victory for thousands of activists who have gathered to physically block the completion of the pipeline, which they say threatens drinking water on tribal lands, and constituted a violation of tribal sovereignty.

Perhaps a future SCOTUS will upend that decision, but the dramatic shift in the opinion of the culture in a few short years would appear to make that possibility unlikely at best.

Because the standard model of morality focuses on the moment of decision, it sometimes makes the moral dimension of our lives sound far more exciting and dramatic than it really is.

These decisions harbinger a dramatic intensifying of the conflict between the Catholic Church and governing civil authorities.»

In the moral decisions of a lifetime that are involved in it, one of them may or may not overshadow all the rest to become the kind of dramatic reorientation that Paul had on the Damascus road.

Ireland's recent decision to approve same - sex marriage, by popular referendum, has left the country's Catholic reputation in ruins.Of course, this shift didn't come about overnight — secularization has been in the works for some time — but the vote reinforces the feeling of a dramatic break with Ireland's Catholic heritage, and a step into an uncertain future.

Though Moses» burning bush experience was dramatic while Esther's moment of decision went unrecorded, God was the true liberator in both stories.

What happens in a crisis, or in any less dramatic problem situation involving unexpected, puzzling or discordant experiences, is this sudden shift of control of an ongoing activity to a higher level in the many - leveled hierarchy, from a semi-automatic to a more conscious performance, because the decision to be made or the problem to be solved is beyond the competence of the automatic pilot and must be referred to higher quarters.

If Newcastle United's dramatic transformation from running joke with a dead manager walking into one of the Premier League's form teams and slayers of Chelsea can be narrowed down to one thing, it would have to be Alan Pardew's decision to move French midfielder Moussa Sissoko into the centre of the park, where he has begun to control games with a potent mixture of physicality and creativity.

But in a dramatic turn of events, the 23 - year - old will now make a final decision within the week as to where he'll be playing for football for the forseeable future.

And while the morale of the Newcastle team shouldn't be high after a pretty horrid sequence of results, not to mention the club's decision to depart with Andy Carroll and leave Alan Pardew with limited striking resources, confidence should actually be sky - high following their dramatic draw at home to Arsenal last weekend.

As most of its members are under investigation for corruption themselves, the Parliament would have little legitimacy to make such a dramatic decision.

Environmentalists hoping the state will reject the Constitution argue any decision could also affect the others, at least two of which would be longer and lead to a more dramatic increase in the region's fossil - fuel consumption.

Ironically his dramatic decision came just hours after the Treasury signalled it was ready to climb down on the cruel cuts plan amid a wave of public anger.

Balls didn't mention that his decision to leave FT was a direct consequence of Britain's dramatic ejection from the ERM.

[8] Although commentators perceived Brown to have made some good decisions during the economic crisis, such as providing financial aid to several UK banks which found themselves in difficulty, his fiscal policy of borrowing and spending led to a dramatic increase in the country's national debt.

But Labour sources said peers were refusing to accept the decision of the House of Commons in a development that is set to lead to a dramatic standoff between the two chambers next week.

In a dramatic change of tone, David Cameron's official spokeswoman described the # 4.4 billion cut to Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) as a «proposal» not a final decision.

But a dramatic downturn in the economic return on fracking, and bad news in geological reports about the quality and quantity of methane deposits in New York, made banning it an easy if unexpected decision.

While the improvements in N of 1 patients aren't always as dramatic, research over the past 20 - plus years has produced solid support for the idea that these studies really can help doctors and patients work together to make better decisions.

The building standards in particular would pose a «substantial obstacle»: «The dramatic drop in the number of clinics means fewer doctors, longer waiting times, and increased crowding,» the decision read.

Ultimately the U.S. Supreme Court would decide the issue, a decision that is the dramatic highlight of the film.

Unfortunately, the script drags considerably for the first hour, failing to wring any real dramatic tension from their decision to keep the money and unfairly tipping the balance in their favour by having them be in need of expensive IVF treatment, as well as facing eviction.

Now, as I've said before, I get that director Rian Johnson was making dramatic decisions under the thumb of the Disney corporation, rather than decisions based on the obvious chemistry between these two actors and my personal ships.

The decision was mixed, to say the least, not only on the dramatic merit of the script, but also the historical veracity.

One can appreciate the decision not to make the title character of a big summer aspiring blockbuster a wholly loathsome personality, but the dramatic makeover robs Maleficent of her wicked appeal, defies her name, and renders her kind of boring and ineffective.

There's a conceit of the dramatic scenario that requires you to accept one character's increasingly disastrous decision, and if you can get over that, the film just sweeps you along.

What I like in Frederick Wiseman movies is that he's filming a whole layer of content, but he's adding a layer of decisions about how to structure the film, where to cut, that doesn't relate to relaying dramatic information.

There might be a reason to relocate the invasion North to the Wall, it being a much more dramatic location than the Kentish coastline, the decision to do so is more a matter of privileging dramatic effect over basic logic and common sense.

The holes in the plot are gaping, and the lack of logic in the story's development is obvious, suggesting that director Allen Hughes and editor Cindy Mollo made conscious decisions to retain the wisecracks and occasional bursts of action rather than worry overmuch about the dramatic structure.

Gringo has more dramatic heft than you'd expect — again, not a stoner comedy — and Oyelowo balances the grimmer parts of Harold's experience with a natural buoyancy that makes him a tremendously likeable character even as he is making increasingly bad decisions.

Based on This American Life's segment entitled «Heretics» that focused on Pearson and the controversial decision to tell his flock that Hell doesn't exist, director Joshua Marston (who made an impressive first film in 2004 with Maria Full of Grace but has largely worked in television since) and screenwriter Marcus Hinchey struggle to give the compelling true story of Pearson some much - needed dramatic mojo.

The Boston school board is unlikely to make any dramatic changes to the district's student - assignment plan until the 2006 - 07 school year, a decision that comes after months of heated community meetings that explored ways to retool the policy.

Hebelieves that technology, particularly in the form of the Internet, «willplay a dramatic role not only in spawning a new generation of activistsbut also in helping the slice of America that traditionally sits out the electionsto feel more connected to the decisions being made on its behalf.»

The most dramatic change wrought by this effort to radically reform the education system was to place decision - making control in the hands of local schools.

Overall, the House version represents a dramatic departure from the current version of the federal K - 12 education law, and would turn much of the decision - making over to states.

That makes Range Rover's decision to chop the roof off its cute - ute more dramatic and unexpected than the biggest wing ever affixed to the likes of a Lamborghini.

OK, so you may not go to the movies to see it play out, but your decision of where to do business has a significant impact on your financial future — and that's about as dramatic as it gets.

While deciding whether or not to contribute to a 529 plan isn't nearly as dramatic, I'd like to say that there was a little bit of self sacrificing Will Smith in me that guided my decision.

UP to 30,000 jobs could be affected by the State's dramatic decision to place IBRC into liquidation, triggering the rapid sell - off of its entire loan book.

This article discusses how the decisions you make on the quality of food you feed your puppy, as well as the times at which you feed them has a dramatic effect on the house training process.

I didn't regret my decision and in just ten hours of classes I felt a dramatic improvement in my confidence and fluency.

The weight of each decision you make over the course of the game has a dramatic pull on the overall story (so much so that Cherrymochi doesn't expect anyone to fully uncover the core mystery without multiple play - throughs).

Never before will the consequences of your decisions be so dramatic and momentous in an adventure gamebook!

The dramatic moments in Fates are largely engrossing, even if many of the story beats are eye - roll - inducing, forcing you to confront tough moral decisions and tactical choices throughout the adventure.

Each of these sieges promises to be a flashpoint that crystallises all of your previous decisions, wins and losses, weaving potentially dozens of hours of previous gameplay and story threads into a distinct and dramatic battle tapestry.