Sentences with phrase «of the few points upon»

She writes well about Homeland, too, although she protests that the chemistry between Damian Lewis and Claire Danes is unconvincing — one of the few points upon which I disagree.

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His discussion of several theological points is more assured than nuanced, and any biographer today owes his readers some insight into claims of the late Kathryn Lindskoog that a few of Lewis's posthumously published essays and fragments are inauthentic (and, not to put too fine a point upon it, forgeries).

You know, I could easily point my finger at a person who claims to be a salesman and I could justify lying to make a sale or justify getting out of sales because all salesmen lie based upon a few who claim to be a salesman.

It's been a difficult last few months for Liverpool and everyone involved at the club, after a terrible run of results, but their victory in the Merseyside Derby, one which heated and did have it's controversial moments, may just have lifted the mood in the camp and perhaps by the time May does come around next year the Liverpool players can look upon this part of the season as the pinnacle point in the season, the point where their season changed for the good... at long last!

How - To: Upon landing in a different time zone, add a few drops of fragonia to the back of your neck and pulse points.

Refusing them such an opportunity points to a real fact that refugees, upon losing the protection of their state, enjoy fewer and insignificant rights.

In my position as Special Projects Director, and the Infinity author of 3 books, I'm qualified to clarify a few points that you touched upon in your informative blog about iUniverse, their STAR program, and the saga of B&N.

Although most stores automatically redeem points for gift cards or spending certificates that are sent to customers at the end of the year, a few stores will send them more frequently upon request.

It's quite simple to learn and ingenious in its ease of use, though if you are like me, you'll sometimes forget all the directions you can flick your stick in and keep to a few mainstays (which the game frowns upon, seeing as how you get less points if you spam the same tricks over and over).

Upon arriving at these points of interest, the game transitions to something of a visual novel as you are presented with a short, self - contained narrative in the form of a still image accompanied by a few lines of dialogue.

The story only uses a few central characters leaving 90 % of the cast out of the main story and with many plot points feeling like they go no were and are not expanded upon.

Paintball - Marine grenades and grunt mines splatter the environment with color and deadly shrapnel Wuv Woo - Scarab and Locust beam weapons shoot rainbows made of pure love and hearts Scoring: Pain Train - All player units train 50 % faster, final score decreases Bountiful Harvest - Supplies from supply buildings arrive 25 % faster, final score decreases Emperor - All player powers recharge in half the time, final score decreases Pestilence - All player units slowly lose health from the moment they're built, final score increases Total Annihiliation - Spartan special ability slams create an even more powerful explosion upon land, final score decreases Sickness - All player units have 50 % fewer hit points, final score increases Firestarter - Grunts and Marines explode on death inflicting damage on enemy units, final score decreases Things That Go Boom - Hero units unleash a nuclear explosion on death, final score decreases Sugar Cookies - All player units have 50 % more hitpoints, final score decreases After Party - Any time a Firebase is destroyed the player who owned it gets a tank and infantry unit, final score decreases Nightmare - No checkpoints or saves on any difficulty with Campaign only, final score increases Shadow - Player core infantry units start cloaked, final score decreases Our Halo Hub Read our Halo Wars 2 Review

Our first post on Crichton's new novel «State of Fear» hits most of the key points, though there are a few more errors in the book that we hope to expand upon in future posts.

Although it had to call upon icebreakers at a few points along the voyage, it managed to reach the mouth of the Bering Strait by September.

Those interviewed either had no idea who Edward Snowden was, or had him mixed up with Julian Assange, who Oliver points out both «resembles a sandwich bag full of cookie dough, wearing a Stevie Nix wig» and was far less careful than Snowden upon revealing secrets, since Snowden leaked to a select few news organizations only.

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