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Then there's the long - time lingering big bad Thanos, who plans to collect the six Infinity Stones in order to wreak large scale destruction on the Universe.

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When the CIA determined in late 2016 that Russia put its thumb on the scale during the election in a specific effort to aid the Trump campaign, his transition team released the following statement: «These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

Or the scale of the destruction wrought on the Virgin Islands.

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.

There is widespread agreement among futurist writers with respect to the most crucial world problems — issues of such magnitude that failure to resolve them will result in enormous destruction, conflict, and misery on a global scale.

This enables them to be seen in «their proper perspective» — to be shelved, so to speak, alongside the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the Crusades and the Inquisition; or, for that matter, alongside any manifestations of inhumanity on a large scale in which people other than Jews were sufferers.

MASIPAG and its member organizations strongly oppose large - scale mining because of its impacts on food and agricultural production, the loss of biodiversity and destruction of the environment.

From Monday, Justice John Mansfield, the president of the Australian Competition Tribunal, Novartis group general counsel Ray Steinwall and University of South Australia economics professor David Round — who were on Friday named as members of the tribunal reviewing the deal — will begin to digest Mr Helou's great big pitch: that the benefits of increasing scale by allowing the nation's biggest dairy processor to acquire smaller rival Warrnambool Cheese & Butter outweigh any destruction to local competition.

However, President Obama in a CNN interview last week did seem to speak of self defence when he said «there is no doubt that when you start seeing chemical weapons used on a large scale... that starts getting to some core national interests that the United States has, both in terms of us making sure that weapons of mass destruction are not proliferating, as well as needing to protect our allies, our bases in the region.»

One year ago today, Tropical Storm Irene moved into the northeast leaving flooding and destruction on a scale rarely seen in the region.

The timing of the announcement, which followed through on a 2013 proposal, is worth noting: The large - scale destruction of state documents will be happening in the middle of a sprawling federal investigation of public corruption in Albany.

Government in April 2017 placed a six month moratorium on illegal and small - scale mining in the country to halt the massive destruction of the environment and pollution of river bodies.

Such biodiversity loss usually occurs on a large scale, and is due to habitat destruction, invasive species, overexploitation and climate change.

Other scenarios the team explored include artificial rings of space debris, revealing a civilisation that has fallen victim to a Gravity - like space junk cascade on a grand scale, or the total destruction of the planet.

The story of how that happened is a tale of levees, oil wells and canals leading to destruction on a scale almost too big to comprehend — and perhaps too late to rebuild.

It's not a healthy pressure — in fact it has all kinds of terrible consequences — everything from environment destruction on a global scale to the wasted hours we all spend shopping for things we don't need on a more personal scale.

While it's always fun to watch destruction on a grand scale, this eruption is a yawn.

On this scale, soap opera and comedy skit bytes can only go so far, and Infinity War manages a succession of double - page - spread awe that sells the cosmic saga: a marvellous trompe l'oeil shot as a camera move reveals the sorry state of Thanos's rebel adoptive daughter Nebula, the by - now - obligatory mass urban destructions and battles with monster hordes on open planes, and gorgeously imaginative outer - space vistaOn this scale, soap opera and comedy skit bytes can only go so far, and Infinity War manages a succession of double - page - spread awe that sells the cosmic saga: a marvellous trompe l'oeil shot as a camera move reveals the sorry state of Thanos's rebel adoptive daughter Nebula, the by - now - obligatory mass urban destructions and battles with monster hordes on open planes, and gorgeously imaginative outer - space vistaon open planes, and gorgeously imaginative outer - space vistas.

Vera defies her old - fashioned parents and wins a place at Oxford, only to drop out to become a military nurse and do her part for the war effort; through her eyes, we witness the devastation and destruction of warfare on a personal, intimate and life - changing scale.

All we previously knew about the show's story was that it would see Jack Ryan uncovering a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit with a new breed of terrorism that threatens destruction on a global scale.

The series follows Ryan as he uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit with a new breed of terrorism that threatens destruction on a global scale.

This is followed by portrayals of wide scale destruction by alien beings and explosions, intermixed with one - on - one shoving matches between fantastical characters.

Steven Spielberg's sci - fi classic centered on the simple friendship between a boy and an alien rather than the rampant destruction and violence around a full - scale alien invasion.

According to Amazon Prime, Ryan's story will be told over eight, one - hour episodes, where the character «uncovers a pattern in terrorist communication that launches him into the center of a dangerous gambit with a new breed of terrorism that threatens destruction on a global scale.»

The combat may not be as tactical as other Zelda titles, but the sense of destruction and scale on show is quite incredible, and playing as Princess Zelda herself is extremely fun.

As for the CGI animals, Peyton gives them plenty of opportunities to wreak havoc, although at least one or two of those sequences feels better in conception than execution: though the large - scale destruction is all masterfully rendered — and it must be noted, brutally violent for a PG - 13 movie — he like many other modern filmmakers gets too close to the action, mistaking incomprehensibility for claustrophobia, and seems either unaware of or uninterested in even the basic physics of gravity, falling objects, and so on.

The final skirmish is not on a scale anywhere near as huge as the first film's climax, while the images of Roland Emmerich - scale city destruction are so brief there's hardly a frame of it in the film not featured in the trailer.

In addition to classic game modes such as Race and Elimination, Micro Machines World Series introduces all new Battle Arenas which allow you to wreak mass destruction on a miniature scale against your friends or AI.

While the destruction is intense, it is seen on more of a global scale.

So - called «destruction porn» is all about carnage on a grand scale, but Doctor Strange hinged on a scene in which Strange used the aforementioned Time Stone to literally rewind the scene unfolding before him and fight Kaecilius and Dormammu as the city of Hong Kong was rebuilt around him - a powerful metaphor for a character who is a brilliant surgeon.

And now in «The Day After Tomorrow», there is yet more disaster and destruction on a truly massive scale all over America (and incidentally the rest of the world), only this time the enemy is global warming, the starring boffin is unable to do anything to defeat it, and the blame is placed squarely on the shoulders of Western consumerism and blinkered US governance.

What becomes the most fun about Rampage is the enormous large scale action and mountains of destruction (Do see this on the biggest IMAX screen possible).

The all - new Battle Arenas will allow you to wreak mass destruction on a miniature scale against your friends or the AI.»

Battle Arenas will allow you to wreak mass destruction on a miniature scale against your friends or the AI cars.

The end result of any mission is usually a massive explosion or smoldering destruction on a large scale.

On the surface RFG might just be a run of the mill sandbox in the way of mercenaries 2 but I think it has a grander scale of destruction than

An emotionally rendering storyline, a beautiful heroine, a wide range of villains, epic scale destruction, in a beautiful environment, with the realism of Hollywood visuals offers the player an incredible gaming experience, especially on PlayStation 3,» commented David O'Meara, CEO of Havok.

Marvel Hero's newest trailer shows you destruction on a massive scale.

This state - of - the - art technology is the foundation on which Battlefield 3 is built, delivering superior visual quality, a grand sense of scale, massive destruction, dynamic audio and incredibly lifelike character animations.

God of War III Remastered will bring epic battles to life with stunning graphics and an elaborate plot that puts Kratos at the center of carnage and destruction as he seeks revenge against the Gods who have betrayed him.Set in the realm of brutal Greek mythology, God of War III Remastered is the critically acclaimed single - player game that allows players to take on the fearless role of the ex-Spartan warrior, Kratos, as he rises from the darkest depths of Hades to scale the very heights of Mt Olympus and seek his bloody revenge on those who have betrayed him.

But Crackdown for Xbox One has been teased and I must see more on how this works exactly, the destruction is looking like it's on a whole new scale.

The three mechanics of movement and game play work very well together and the the addition of destructible environments make this game paradise for players who want destruction on a massive scale.

Mass scale destruction is what Crackdown has built its franchise on and Crackdown 3 is hoping to take that one step further, however technological issues could be holding the game back.

Continuing the series seven years after the release of 2010's Xbox 360 video game Crackdown 2, the game focuses on Microsoft Azure - powered mass scale destruction that enables everything in the game to be destroyed»

Her works are often constructed on a grand scale; with narratives of destruction and hope, they are in dialogue with classical history paintings.

In 1999, Vancouver based artist Mina Totino completed a series of painting studies based on these final scenes of fire, smoke, floating appliances and up scale commodities bound for cathartic destruction.

He is best known for large scale abstractions that express concerns about the destruction of the global ecological balance — from painterly musings on the destruction of the Mesoamerican Olmec, Maya...

In the early postwar period, artists in Europe, the US and Japan faced a philosophical crisis: in the wake of destruction on a scale previously unimaginable, confronting the political and social fallout of World War II, many of them felt that artistic practice, as it had existed prior to the war, had lost its relevance to the human condition.

The fringe of one side is saying that by not accepting their claims whole we are abetting death and destruction on biblical scales, the fringe of the other put up stupid billboards for a week.

Going after China on the facts would be like attacking their ideal society, a repressed, corrupt, draconian, fake, hollow, even deeper in debt, and addicted to creating an endless parade of major white elephant projects, and environmental destruction on an epic scale, where they send an invoice to a familly for the cost of the bullet they use to execute your protesting relatives.