Sentences with phrase «of these familiar stories about»

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Journalist Robert Zimmer with The Atlantic says, «An increasingly familiar and seductive story has been circulating about young people who, drawing inspiration from billionaire entrepreneurs and computer giants, consider dropping out of college a fast track to business success.»

On one level, the announced liquidation (at least in the U.S.) is yet another familiar story about the sorry state of old - school retailing.

If you aren't already familiar with this story, you probably don't care what I have to say about it, so you can skip the rest of this post.

An increasingly familiar and seductive story has been circulating about young people who, drawing inspiration from billionaire entrepreneurs and computer giants, consider dropping out of college a fast track to business success.

-- With the spotlight on him, the president's son - in - law has become «paranoid,» CNN reports: «Kushner also feels that he has come under fire from his own West Wing colleagues recently, with the notion that «everyone is out to get him,» a source said... Kushner... told people that he suspected the timing of the story about his foreign contacts was coordinated to be released when issues surrounding his security clearance were in the news, according to a source familiar with his thinking.»

Mr Giuliani also revealed what legal analysts say might be tantalising leads for investigators, who already were exploring Mr Cohen's business practices and whether any crimes may have been committed as part of a pattern or strategy of paying hush money to keep damaging stories about Mr Trump from appearing when he was a candidate, according to people familiar with the matter.

Even more disturbing than the now - familiar horror stories about what government agents have done to protect America are all the report's examples of how little was done to protect us from them.

Anthologies about Indians, popular magazine articles and feature newspaper stories continue to publish Curtis's now - familiar depictions of statuesque Native warriors, hunters, dancers and medicine men.

If you are familiar with the story of Martin Luther, or have seen the recent movie made about him, then you know that the situation he faced is very similar to what John faced.

Nor will I demonstrate here the ease with which one can map the details of his analysis of rites of passage onto the stories about the founders of the major religious traditions, finding in the myths and legends of Krishna, Buddha, Moses, Mohammed, and Jesus a common abstract structure, following a familiar tripartite pattern.

Stories in the newspapers about religious leaders do not offend or persuade us simply because we bring to them certain educational levels and political inclinations; they offend or persuade because something in the stories signals to us that the reported event violates certain standards of common decency or that it can be understood within some familiar fraStories in the newspapers about religious leaders do not offend or persuade us simply because we bring to them certain educational levels and political inclinations; they offend or persuade because something in the stories signals to us that the reported event violates certain standards of common decency or that it can be understood within some familiar frastories signals to us that the reported event violates certain standards of common decency or that it can be understood within some familiar framework.

I'm not familiar with the hierarchy of a pro football team, but in Fallen Idols (Nov. 21), your story on the waning fortunes of the St. Louis Rams, I read about an owner, a team president, a general manager, a director of football operations, a director of football administration, a president of football operations and a vice president of player personnel.

My daughter really enjoyed The Barefoot Book of Princesses, and I loved that it was about princesses other than Ariel and Aurora — these are stories from all over the world, with some familiar stories such as The Princess and the Pea and others that we had never heard before.

I strongly believe in power of suggestion and I am familiar with NLP, just hadn't thought about it the way you presented it and I will now be telling my son stories using this technique.I can't wait to hear all your other tips!

Read stories about Santa so that your child gets familiar with the magic of the season and his role in Christmas Eve.

But on top of these familiar story lines, the primary is partially about the normalization of the Independent Democratic Conference.

«In any scenario, Rory's anti-Iran street cred is going to be extremely important, and his wife's personal story of fleeing the Islamic Revolution trumps any speech, resolution or photo op that anyone else running in this area might offer in a campaign,» a source familiar with the campaign's activities told The Politicker when asked about this weekend's scheduling.

It's become a familiar story in the age of consumer DNA testing: A person spits into a test tube to learn more about their genetic heritage, and ends up finding out they have a parent or sibling they didn't know existed.

Labor Day has a familiar vibe to it, I have seen bits and pieces of the story before, and I have seen similar characters on the big screen and on the small screen, but it is all about the direction and how the director decides to create deep characters, effective story and a heartbreak,

It's the sort of experience that people are going to be talking about for months to come, with a story that hits you right in the feels and smooth, beautifully staged gameplay that clicks immediately like a familiar, old friend.

One of the best things about Treasure Planet is that it puts several twists on the original story, such as changing the parrot to being an alien called Morph; the crazy Ben Gunn becomes a robot who lost his memory banks; and the alien characteristics imbedded into the familiar characters also loosened its ties to Treasure Island.

It's charming and quaint, a familiar story about one young man's dreams of escaping his dreary existence.

But Color Splash offers up a simple, overly familiar story — one reminiscent of early Mario games — about little more than saving the princess, capturing the castle, and defeating the turtle - shelled bad guy.

If you're familiar with the story of The Little Prince — about a little boy who travels to various planets in his plane, encountering animals, humans and a rose — a faithful adaptation of that tale is at the heart of this film.

That sense of safety comes from Stuhlbarg — and it not only gives Elio the confidence to express himself but also gives director Luca Guadagnino room to create a lush love story that's about pain but only the kind achingly familiar to anyone who's ever felt the heart's absence.

But for those not familiar with the story behind the production, you may want to take a moment to learn a little more about The Demon Barber of Fleet Street before you pay him a visit at the box office.

Although this is the kind of movie that works best the less you know, misfortunate souls that saw another British horror flick this year about an underground dweller, Creep, will probably find the story here quite familiar, especially in the look of the creatures.

While Thomas W. Kiennast's black - and - white cinematography is quite beautiful to behold (Gröning's film certainly features some excellent cinematographic moments as well), Atef's film never manages to convey why we should care, today, about this brief moment in Schneider's well - documented life, including her never - ending struggle with the German press, her inability to escape the role of Sissi that made her instantly famous as a teenager, and the various tragedies that befell her, including the suicide of her ex - husband.7 The film is not a biopic per se (and Atef declared that she did not intend to make one): thus, audiences who are not already familiar with Schneider certainly will not come away from viewing the film with much of a sense of her life's story); yet, given it is not a biopic, one wonders what the film is, or what it tries to accomplish.

Coming from the US, I take as much as I can from films that depict a culture I am unfamiliar with, but having the opportunity to discuss the technique and story of a French drama with someone who is more than familiar with the director's work and the social commentary surrounding a film brings about a whole new understanding and experience from what I initially left the theater with.

The story of Dragon Quest Heroes 2 is a familiar one: the peace between seven kingdoms is broken, there's an ominous prophecy about to come true, and it's up to you to form a team of heroes from the different kingdoms to put a stop to it.

In the middle part of Anderson's career (circa «The Life Aquatic» and after), some critics began to complain about the familiar stylized elements of his films being a crutch and formula, diorama - like to the point of aestheticizing the emotions of the story (to be fair, some prescribed elements — the slow motion endings, that Futura font, the expected Kinks or Rolling Stone song — were starting to feel a little mechanical at a certain point).

If the plot sounds familiar, it's because the movie follows the same basic story beats of the original, and while that's not as problematic as it would be for most sequels — after all, these guys are so dumb they transcend logic — there's something that just feels off about this installment.

There is something intangibly familiar about these events and the people within them — some memory buried deep in our mind, like the one that haunts Charlie (Logan Lerman), the lost protagonist of the story who simply wants to be found (Hopefully, whatever our memory might be is happier than that one).

Though Lady Bird is a coming - of - age story with familiar tropes such as prom night and a disappointing first sexual experience, it's really a film about teenage aspiration.

Blu - ray exclusives will be familiar to loyal Universal customers, beginning with three core U-Control features: a Picture in Picture option that includes cast and crew interviews, set footage, and pre-production art (like storyboards); the Bourne Dossier, which give access to high - tech superspy information technology (like pop - up Agent Status, Character Dossiers, Field Reports with «GPS - enhanced satellite views of the locations,» and other «top secret training material»); and Bourne Orientation, which jumps out of the film to provide literal orientation (globally speaking) and figurative orientation: information about what's driving Bourne at key junctures in the story (answering that eternal actor's question: «What's my motivation?»).

At one point, there were 2,000 delicatessens in New York City, and «Deli Man» is full of familiar faces (Jerry Stiller, Fyvush Finkel, Larry King) telling stories about the glory days.

Future stars (of varying degree) James Marsden, Christine Taylor, Christopher Masterson, Amy Smart, Ron Livingstone and Jacinda Barrett star in this impressive, genuinely scary little film, about teens stranded in the woods by a car accident who occupy their time telling each other scary stories that explore some familiar urban legends with interesting twists.

Somewhere around the middle of last season, you started to feel like the exuberance was a distraction, avoiding an overly familiar story about a misfit self - actualizing towards heroism.

Blu - ray exclusives will be familiar to loyal Universal customers, beginning with three core U-Control features: a Picture in Picture option that includes cast and crew interviews, set footage, and pre-production art (like storyboards); the Blackbriar Files, which give access to high - tech superspy information technology (like pop - up Agent Status, Character Dossiers, Field Reports with «GPS - enhanced satellite views of the locations,» and «the technology behind the spy gadgets through visuals and 3D animations»); and Bourne Orientation, which jumps out of the film to provide literal orientation (globally speaking) and figurative orientation: information about what's driving Bourne at key junctures in the story (answering that eternal actor's question: «What's my motivation?»).

This is not just a story about time travel; the film takes familiar elements and finds exciting and innovative ways to challenge our expectations of them.

The rest of it is Kick - Ass ultra-violence married to Reynolds's unctuous personality and a handful of fourth - wall breakers where Deadpool comments on how the girls in the audience are pissed that this superhero movie is disgusting, or where he speaks conspiratorially with his adoring fans about how he's a different kind of hero, even though everything he does is shoehorned into a story that is surreally familiar.

This is the type of cinematic history lesson that's both socially relevant and highly entertaining, and although «Hidden Figures» hits a number of familiar beats, there's nothing ordinary about the incredible true story at the heart of it all.

The revelation also rattles any preconceived notions about the film wandering down a familiar path, adding a measure of mystery to the story as Kyle and Jen investigate the origins of the pictures.

It covers the following National Curriculum learning objectives: - develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: listening to, discussing and expressing views about a wide range of contemporary and classic poetry, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently - becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories, fairy stories and traditional tales - drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher - making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done - answering and asking questions - predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far - using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read - checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding, and explaining the meaning of words in context

Yet right on cue, one day before the district is set to give its stamp of approval or rejection on the Trigger, the Los Angeles Times drops a painfully familiar story about a growing opposition effort at Desert Trails.

Students could write a review of the story or create a how - to essay about an activity they are familiar with.

What's great about Fables is that it takes familiar characters and puts them together in unexpected ways, keeping enough of the original story so that it all seems logical.

«Delinsky nails it in her trademark latest, a captivating and moving story about a woman who's had enough of her life and wants a fresh start... [She] keeps the story moving with some nice twists on a familiar plot, rich characterizations, and real - feeling dilemmas that will keep readers hooked.»

This highly creative story and firmly grounded landscape, combined with a familiar culture of bureaucratic red tape and politics - as - usual, creates a remarkable debut, one that speaks to — and about — our present state of affairs, as well as our wildest imaginations.

Writing under the pseudonym of Boz, Dickens made his name as a «humorous observer of the habits of London life in a series of articles» that he expanded into this novel, which includes some familiar stories and topics (a Christmas ghost story and Mr. Pickwick's stint in debtor's prison) that Dickens wrote about in later novels.