Sentences with phrase «one's powerful father»

There was an allegation that Adam Skelos threatened physical violence against his boss in what turned out to be a no - show job with a company wanting to keep happy their employee's powerful father in the Senate.

Eli's twin sister despises him, Mars» powerful father threatens to press charges, and even his new friendship with Eli's girlfriend is far from uncomplicated.

Out of the raw material of the historical Cromwell, she fashions a powerful father, one whose love - hate relationship with Anne Boleyn allows her to express, in the safe forum of historical fiction, both sides of her ambivalence towards her mother.

See, that's what I mean by muddled... you humans took a little story, mixed it with some myths from earlier religions and decided I was this all powerful god with an all powerful father (that supposedly turns hair on the head as well as beards white if you look at him) that cared about each and everyone of you.

The other passively relies on the all - powerful father to take care of the situation.

Prosecutors alleged that Adam Skelos did little work at those jobs — if he showed up at all — and that the employers felt pressured to retain the younger Skelos in order to maintain influence with his powerful father, paying roughly $ 300,000 in proceeds to curry favor with the majority leader.

Evidence presented at trial included emails pertaining to deal - making that would financially benefit the son and keep his powerful father happy.

Since then, he often leaned upon his powerful father, who represents a Long Island district, to further his professional dealings, according to prosecutors.

But the key word for Wedding Crashers is «waste,» as in the potentially excellent McAdams is wasted in the soft - hearted - girl - engaged - to - wrong - guy (Sack (Bradley Cooper)-RRB- role and Walken is absolutely squandered in the powerful father role.

And he also happens to be dating a white girl named Sofia (Brittany Curran), for whom this romantic dalliance is an exotic form of rebellion against her wealthy and powerful father, the school's president (Peter Syvertsen).

The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld.

William Hurt brings his usual subtle menace and odd line readings to bear on his portrayal of Beverly's sad, wealthy and powerful father.

How do their powerful fathers make the rivalry between these two women worse?

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