Sentences with phrase «on sharp writing»

It all makes for an enormously entertaining romp that thrives on sharp writing that's constantly at odds with the theatre's makeshift presentation and questionably - costumed foes.

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«I want to thank John Hele for his service as CFO and for bringing a sharper focus on the true economics of the business we write,» MetLife Chief Executive Steven Kandarian said in a statement on Tuesday.

For example: «The meeting on December 1 about the budget» is sharper when written «The December 1 budget meeting.»

Murray Mandryk, CanWestâ $ ™ s seasoned Saskatchewan political columnist, has been writing some pretty sharp columns on potash.

«It is tempting to blame the sharp post-election rally in industrial metals prices on President - elect Trump's platform of lower taxation and higher public spending on infrastructure,» wrote analysts at Goldman Sachs.

Dr. Stephen, with all due respect, it is amazing that you are still alive, that you have your brain as sharp as it is, and that you are able to «write»; what a blessing from a Maker, hopefully, you will come to realize that even your life depends on a beautiful and loving creator.

In this prophetic and symbolic act, Ravasi writes, Jesus draws a sharp contrast between a religion of superficiality and self - absorption and a pure faith, centered on his person.

The vivid imagination and the sharp observation of men and nature that marked his mind; his acquaintance with common speech and his joy in the use of proverbs; indeed, his capacity to express in creative speaking with a skill that only a poet and genius possesses the whole range of human emotions from awe in the presence of the numinous to the feelings of the body — all are reflected in his sermons (as also in the commentaries, his work of the lecture room), not consistently, of course, and not every time, yet most impressively in the Church Postil Sermons, one of the products of his exile on Wartburg Castle, written in order to furnish to the preachers of the Reformation examples of Biblical preaching.

Steve Stone of Oasis started taking early Sharp action on Cleveland, «We opened at 3 and wrote a lot of Jacksonville tickets, then late Tuesday we had a couple of Sharp players take Cleveland +3 for the limit.»

As of this writing, the majority of tickets are on Boston, but an overwhelming majority of the money is on Washington, with the 45 % difference between the two being the largest of any game on today's slate, per Sports Insights» Sharp Action Report.

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Sharp objects such as the antenna on your cell phone, writing implements or anything that can potentially stick baby should be stored safely away from the reach of your baby.

A sharp - eyed reader wrote in to note the existence of a new campaign committee on the state Board of Elections Website, created by one Gustavo Rivera, who appears to be running in the 33rd SD.

It was a sharp contrast to a letter he wrote on Tuesday to the governor regarding Cuomo appointing a special prosecutor to the Schneiderman investigation.

Writing for the LabourList website, Abbott also praised Corbyn's opposition to US missile strikes on Syria and it should be «a sharp reminder that Jeremy Corbyn is indispensable to forging a new politics».

Nicole Sharp wrote about this satellite image of a phytoplankton bloom on her popular fluid dynamics blog.

Early - career scientists in particular are eager for Sharp to write about their work on FYFD — which Sharp is generally happy to do because it provides a «nice situation» for her to «point people to that research.

Employing sharp styli generally reserved for writing on wax tablets, some Romans scratched graffiti into the plastered walls of private residences.

Thus, DTV offers startlingly sharp pictures, capable of revealing individual blades of grass on a field or the writing on a ransom note held in a fictional detective's hand.

Madhusree Mukerjee distinguished herself at Scientific American for the depth of her knowledge about string and related theory as well as the elegance of her news and feature writing.After she left, the trained physicist applied her writing prowess to a book on the Andaman Islanders and recently to Churchill's Secret War, a scathing investigation from a raft of primary sources that revealed how direct decision - making by Winston Churchill led to massive famine on the Indian subcontinent.Meet Madhusree in this recent interview in Harper's, in which she parries gracefully a series of sharp questions from interviewer Scott Horton.

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Earlier this year, Khloe Kardashian wrote on her site that she's obsessed with one of Makeup Revolution's $ 6 highlighters, saying her «cheekbones were so sharp they could cut a bitch.»

With an ensemble cast of mostly all actresses lead by the Radiant Penelope Cruz, Almodovar has written his sharpest, funniest screenplay yet, holding back on his usual outrageous elements in order to let the talented ladies of the cast work their magic with his words.

Earning raves for its nuanced performances as well as sharp writing, You Can Count on Me garnered Ruffalo the Montreal Film Festival's Best Actor prize and talk of an Oscar nod.

A Picture of You is a sharp, mischievous family drama from filmmaker J.P. Chan, who wrote, directed, and produced his genre-less feature debut, which opens on June 20th at AMC

But it's unfair to judge on a book on its cover (or title) and after seeing Matthew Vaughn's film adaptation which releases this weekend, I can honestly say that Kick - Ass is much better than I first expected and Vaughn's big - screen version of the graphic novel features sharp writing, brilliant performances, and of course, indulgent action sequences and story - telling.

Though the humor on the show can be a little too dry at times, and some of the in - jokes are only funny if you've worked in a hospital setting before, it features sharp writing and excellent performances from its cast.

There's a healthy amount of sharp writing and dialogue on display in the latest theatrical preview, while the themes and psychological nature of the narrative seem quite interesting, as portrayed here.

While Pegg has Mission Impossible and Star Trek in between his comedy stints, Frost seems reliant on either the sharp writing of Edgar Wright or being carried by Pegg to really make it big in the movies.

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FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Patrick Macias and a history of Japanese monster movie mashups by Jasper Sharp

Extras: Audio commentary by critic and author Jasper Sharp on «Smashing the 0 - Line»; «Tony Rayns on the Crime and Action Movies» in which the critic and historian discusses the background to the films, their place within Suzuki's career and the talent involved with them; trailers; stills gallery; reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys; 60 - page illustrated collector's book featuring new writing by Jasper Sharp.

At once blunt and razor sharp, the renowned essayist reportedly uttered the words in 1979 on a flight from Los Angeles to Sacramento, her hometown and frequent subject of her writing, just as the valley's patchwork of farming fields — an iconic depiction that instantly conveys the region's humble, hardworking roots — was coming into view.

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Japanese film expert Jasper Sharp.

The writing is sharp and the performances are spot on.

On the television side, The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story paced the field with nine nominations, including Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series, Outstanding Actor for both Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Courtney B. Vance, Outstanding Supporting Actor for Sterling K. Brown, Outstanding Supporting Actress for Keesha Sharp, Outstanding Director for both Anthony Hemingway and John Singleton and two Outstanding Screenplay / Writing nominations for Joe Robert Cole.

Seven Psychopaths might not be quite on the same level as In Bruges, but it offers comparable fun with colorful writing, a sharp plot, strong performances, appealing flavor, technical sheen, and plenty of humor.

Also on the admiration list: performances from Faye Dunaway and John Huston, razor - sharp writing from Robert Towne, the mood of cool menace, and Roman Polanski's directorial flair.

It may not be perfect, but Frost / Nixon is a wonderful experience on the strength of its lead performances and sharp writing.

While Black Panther makes no great leap forward from the tried and true (or tired and true, depending on your threshold for repetition) superhero movie story arc, what this category of films lack in plot originality, Black Panther makes up for in casting, art direction, costume design, and writing (the sharp yet casual one - liners calling out colonialism, white privilege, and the American superiority complex both zing and sting — as they should).

It's great to see one of the great comedic actresses again after fifteen years but it's too bad that she got stuck in a movie that depends on slapstick instead of the kind of sharp writing you might expect on a good night of SNL.

Not only did the archive include all of the sharp, highly opinionated capsule reviews that Jonathan Rosenbaum and Dave Kehr had written for the alternative weekly, but it also provided access to one of the most vital bodies of work in film criticism: Rosenbaum's brilliantly sustained run of essays on contemporary cinema.

A Picture of You is a sharp, mischievous family drama from filmmaker J.P. Chan, who wrote, directed, and produced his genre-less feature debut, which opens on June 20th at AMC Loews Village 7 in New York City.

With «Juno» scribe Diablo Cody serving as the show's creative force one might've expected the writing and plotting to be a little sharper, and more captivating, than what's on offer here.

Based on a magnificently intricate script — adapted from a screenplay by Frederick Knott, who first wrote his story for the stage — it benefits immensely from Hitchcock's razor - sharp direction.

Reading these two books in sequence, I came across a passage in Charles Glenn's foreword to class Between Memory and Vision that threw a sharp and revealing light on the subtle and often mind - numbing distinctions elaborated in Does God Belong in Public Schools Glenn writes: «The effect of Supreme Court decisions over the past forty years was to treat religion as the only forbidden motivation for school choice.»

It's refreshing to come across her observations on the education world, even when she turns her sharp eye to something disagreeable I've written or said.

Relying on the words of the delegates themselves to explore the Convention's sharp conflicts and hard bargaining, David O. Stewart lays out the passions and contradictions of the often painful process of writing the Constitution.

The latest novels of writers such as Andrzej Stasiuk and Michał Witkowski highlighted a list that included journalists and nonfiction writers who could capitalize on Poland's reputation for producing sharp, essayistic travel writing — a reputation established by Ryszard Kapuscinski that continues in Stasiuk's non-fiction work.