Summed up by the kidnapping of one of the studio's biggest stars Baird Whitlock (Clooney) being drained of any tension by the audience being privy to both sides
of the abduction from the get - go.
Not exact matches
After the three teens» bodies were found north
of Hebron on June 30 (confirming they had been killed in the hours after their
abduction), rockets continued to rain down on Israel's south and the army turned its attention
from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip.
Friday's inter-Korean summit drew a mixed reaction
from relatives
of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korea decades ago, with some hopeful for the return
of their loved ones and others anxious about the outlook, including the lack
of a reference to the
abduction issue in the leaders» joint declaration.
Former detective superintendent Steve Fulcher caught the 52 - year - old following the
abduction of Sian O'Callaghan
from outside a nightclub in Swindon in March 2011.
This déchristianisation included abolishing contemplative religious orders; confiscating monastic and other ecclesiastical properties; forcing the clergy to sign an oath
of loyalty to the state in the Civil Constitution
of the Clergy (1790); killing thousands
of non-oath-taking priests in the Vendée uprising
of 1793; pillaging churches and monasteries throughout France and Europe to finance the revolutionary armies fighting abroad; the abrogation
of the Gregorian calendar and attempt to introduce a new one based on Revolutionary - era sensibilities; the renaming
of streets and locales
from saints» names to figures and ideals
of the Revolution; the brief transformation
of the venerable Notre Dame cathedral into a «Temple
of Reason,» dedicated «to philosophy»; and, not least, the
abduction and exile
of no less than two popes, Pius VI (1798) and Pius VII (1809).
The «new world order» conspiracy theories clearly draw upon the Revelation account
of the Beast;
abduction - by - aliens tales evoke the rapture; and persons who report messages
from aliens offer a variant
of numerous biblical accounts
of direct communication
from God.
Release has claimed this deliberate strategy
of persecution because many
abductions take place in Upper Egypt, a poor, rural area many miles
from Cairo where attitudes are ultra conservative and the persecution
of Christians is most severe.
Every country that in recent years has moved toward democracy and peace first suffered large - scale assaults on human dignity
from dictatorship or civil war: genocide, massacres, torture, rape, maiming,
abduction of children, illegal detention, the destruction
of homes and livelihoods.
At the same time Luther dropped a note to the good citizen
of Torgau who had effected the original
abduction of the nuns
from the convent, and asked him if he would contribute a barrel
of beer.
There's plenty to fear in 21st - century America,
from terror strikes to the
abductions and murders
of children, especially if we have no sense that God cares or will do anything when we are imperiled.
More than Rice by Pamala Kennedy Chestnut follows the story
of one young girl named Gabriela
from her
abduction in Manila, to a brothel in Malaysia where she is housed with dozens
of other girls who are forced into sex slavery.
Rather, the point is to protect kids
from the risk
of parental
abduction.
Parents worry endlessly about how to protect their children
from stranger
abduction and violence, but many overlook one
of the biggest threats to their children's safety and well - being — their own home.
About 50
of the kidnapped girls managed to escape
from the captors in the first days after their
abduction, but some 220 remain missing, according to the principal
of the Chibok Girls Secondary School, Asabe Kwambura.
Former Vice president, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the
abduction of High school girls by Boko Haram insurgents
from Government Secondary School, Dapchi.
The Minister
of Women Affairs, Senator Aisha Alhassan, has distanced herself
from purported reports that she accused Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El - Rufai,
of masterminding the
abduction of Chibok girls in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Buhari gave the reassurance in a statement to remember the 1,000 th day
of the
abduction of the schoolgirls
from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno.
Exactly two years after the
abduction of over 200 school girls
from Government Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents, the Bring...
Exactly two years after the
abduction of over 200 school girls
from Government Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents, the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, on Thursday marched to the Aso Villa, lending a voice to the clamor for their release, DAILY POST reports.
The former Education minister disclosed that as part
of its many plans to commemorate the first anniversary
of the
abduction of the girls by the Boko Haram sect, the group will
from Wednesday, the 8
of April, begin a Global Week
of Action with the theme: #ChibokGirls #NeverToBeForgotten which will terminate on Tuesday, 14th April, 2015.
Exactly 800 days after the
abduction of over 200 school girls
from Government Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents, the Bring...
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has criticised the
abduction of 14 - year - old Ese Oruru, who was taken by 25 - year - old Yunusa
from Bayelsa State to Kano State.
«Coughlin accuses President Buhari's government
of attempting to cover - up the
abductions of 400 women and children «abducted last year by militants
from the Nigerian town
of Damasak.»
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the
abduction of schoolgirls
from the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, as a national disaster and apologised to Nigerians over the incident.
Ahmad Salkida, a journalist and close ally
of the Boko Haram sect has reversed his statement behind the
abduction of Chibok girls
from Borno State in...
Recall that the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, had on Tuesday alleged that the fund inaugurated by a former Minister
of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala, following the
abduction of over 200 female students by Boko Haram insurgents
from the school in 2014, had been diverted.
They also say the case is ongoing and anyone with additional information on the whereabouts
of Chant
from Aug. 8 up to the time
of the
Abduction, along with any information on the minivan, is asked to call police at 483-7537.
Speaking to journalists on the modalities put in place to prevent further
abduction of students
from schools, the Borno State Commissioner
of Education, Inuwa Kubo, said all female boarding schools except those in Maiduguri and Biu, had been closed.
The Governor
of Yobe State, Ibrahim Gaidam, has blamed the
abduction of the Dapchi schoolgirls on the withdrawal
of security personnel
from communities in the state...
He disclosed this while speaking during the usual gathering
of members
of the #BringBackOurGirls advocacy, who have been protesting the
abduction of over 200 girls
from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok.
I was looking into the
abduction of about 200 patients
from the Vukovar hospital when Vukovar fell.
Whether you're sure about political affiliations or alien
abduction, that feeling
of knowing derives not
from rational thought, he argues, but
from the brain's primitive limbic system; the gut feeling is more likely to emerge
from careful electric stimulation than
from careful consideration.
-- The arms are raised with a shoulder
abduction (Lateral movement away
from the midline
of the body) instead
of rotation.
The deltoid muscles are primarily responsible for arm
abduction, i.e. moving the arm away
from the body in the frontal plane
of motion.
Abduction — Movement
of a limb away
from the middle
of the body, such as bringing the arm to shoulder - height
from a hanging - down position.
Abduction — Movement
of a limb away
from middle
of body, such as bringing arm to shoulder height.
The lateral (side) deltoid is involved in many
of the same movements as the anterior deltoid:
abduction (moving the arm away
from the body), flexion (moving the arm upward to the front), and transverse flexion (moving the arm across the chest).
These three muscles are responsible for a variety
of hip movements like hip extension, rotating the thigh outward and hip
abduction — or moving the leg away
from the body as in leg lifts.
The moment arm length increases gradually
from 90 degrees (arms out to the sides) to approximately 40 degrees
of shoulder
abduction, where it remains high until 0 degrees (arms close to the sides
of the body).
This action is called hip
abduction — this means moving the thigh away
from the midline (centerline)
of the body.
From a base
of 1,000 elderly men and women, Bassey et al. (1989) showed that shoulder
abduction decreased gradually and consistently with age and was about 25 % less in these elderly subjects compared with norms for a younger population.
Keuchle et al. (1997) reported the change in moment arm length
from 90 degrees
of abduction (arms horizontal) to 55 degrees
of abduction (arms pointing down).
Between 55 degrees and 25 degrees, the moment arm decreases gradually where it then appears to decrease linearly
from 35.0 mm to 20 mm towards 0 degrees
of abduction.
They report that the moment arm length changed between 100 and 40 degrees
of shoulder
abduction from approximately -30.0 to -43.0 mm.
Between 40 degrees and 25 degrees the moment arm held a plateau where it then appears to decrease linearly
from -34.0 mm to -35.0 mm towards 0 degrees
of abduction.
A detective and a Secret Service agent investigate the
abduction of a senator's daughter
from a school.
But in
Abduction these «leaps
of faith» occur so often, and on such a noticeable scale that they severely detract
from any engagement with the film, ultimately becoming its greatest letdown.
However, because the story is told primarily
from the point
of view
of the parents and the cops — the «normals,» so to speak — and because the plotting is so airport - novel silly (a flashback to the cop's
abduction could have been plucked
from a low - rent Bourne knockoff), any thematic interest winds up buried underneath a mountain
of lurid implausibility.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening September 23, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS
Abduction (PG - 13 for sexuality, teen partying, intense violence and brief profanity) John Singleton directs this action thriller about a teenager (Taylor Lautner) who ends up on the run
from a team
of hit men when he tries to determine his true identity after seeing his baby photo on a missing persons website.
In developer Totwise Studios» upcoming sci - fi horror game The Hum:
Abductions, an army
of pint - sized extraterrestrials descend
from the night sky...