Sentences with phrase «set of story based»

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Lombardo's story illustrates a common misconception in setting quotas: that quotas can be fabricated out of thin air, or based off of a mere desire to reach a an often - random benchmark.

«As the market for natural and organic foods and nutritional supplements continues to grow, having a story based on a set of founding principles that have guided us throughout our 60 year history... helps when talking to investors,» Kemper Isley, co-president of the company, and son of the founders Margaret and Philip Isley, said in an email.

Instead of setting your goals and aspirations based on others» success stories, Ma recommended making yourself your own competition.

The Case for Christ, as you're probably aware, is based on the true story of Lee Strobel, a Chicago journalist who set out to disprove the biblical account of Jesus and ended up doing the total opposite.

Based on the original novel Ben - Hur: A Tale of the Christ, the epic adventure set in the first century tells the story of a Jewish slave who becomes a charioteer while seeking revenge on behalf of his family.

but thats not what i'm talking about... i am discussing the god you claim to worship... even if you believe jesus was god on earth it doesn't matter for if you take what he had to say as law then you should take with equal fervor words and commands given from god itself... it stands as logical to do this and i am confused since most only do what jesus said... the dude was only here for 30 years and god has been here for the whole time — he has added, taken away, and revised everything he has set previous to jesus and after his death... thru the prophets — i base my argument on the book itself, so if you have a counter argument i believe you haven't a full understanding of the book — and that would be my overall point... belief without full understanding of or consideration to real life or consequences for the hereafter is equal to a childs belief in santa which is why we atheists feel it is an equal comparision... and santa is clearly a bs story... based on real events from a real historical person but not a magical being by any means!

The book provides a carefully thought - through programme of sex education based on a set of stories.

«As the growth base for craft becomes more diffuse, these fast - growing brewing companies illustrate that a diverse set of success stories still exist.»

«As the growth base for craft becomes more diffuse,» says Bart Watson, chief economist for the Brewers Association, «these fast - growing brewing companies illustrate that a diverse set of success stories still exist.»

Looking at First Down Rate (% of drives resulting in at least one first down or TD) and Available Yards Rate (yards gained by the offense / total yards available based on starting field position) is in line with our move toward bigger - picture stats, but they tell essentially the same story we've set up above: the Hoke offenses got worse and worse with very little fluctuation in even the most specific stats.

Within each section, you'll read the set up story with your kids and then based on the age of your child select one of the three math problems (with varying levels of difficulty).

Certainly, we have nothing like Bob Woodward's Obama's Wars: The Inside Story (2010), based on wide - ranging contemporary interviews and documents, which sets out the extensive briefing and counter-briefing between the US politicians and military, and helps put into context some of the disagreements recently exposed in the UK.

And while her humble two - story home in Queens is no mystery mansion, the set - up sounds strikingly similar to the plot of the 1985 film «Clue,» which was based on the board game.

Values: Ed Miliband, left, is attempting to construct a new story for the Labour Party based on David Cameron's «Big Society» with a fresh set of principles

The news story, first reported by The Washington Post on the evening of Dec. 15, set off a firestorm that the directive, which included barring the use of «fetus,» «transgender,» «diversity,» «entitlement,» «vulnerable,» «science - based» and «evidence - based» in budget documents, risks diminishing the value of scientific advice in public policymaking, said the letter.

«White Shadow,» the first feature from Berlin - based Israeli filmmaker Noaz Deshe, which plays Sundance this weekend having already picked up the Best Debut award in Venice, mired us deep in this quandary, being a story, bruisingly told, set in the horrifying world of «albino hunting» in Tanzania, where local superstitions have led to a lucrative trade in albino body parts believed by witch doctors to have mystical properties.

Further pressing the internationality of this story, the original book this film is based on, Ismail Kadaré's Broken April, is set in Albania, though little else has been changed in the adaptation.

There's little doubt that Due Date gets off to an almost disastrously underwhelming start, as director Todd Phillips, working from a script cowritten with Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, and Adam Sztykiel, offers up a series of eye - rollingly broad comedic set pieces that are both unfunny and without any basis in reality (ie Peter receives a beating from a wheelchair - bound redneck, Ethan laughs hysterically after Peter tells him a sad story about his father, etc).

Avowals of literary ambitions and familial devotion, stories of death and faith, and a bold dramatic structure — based on flashbacks and leaps forward in time — set the vagaries of work and love on the firm footing of destiny.

The screenplay, written by Riko Sakaguchi and Yonebayashi, is based on the 1971 children's novel The Little Broomstick by British author Mary Stewart, and the movie's story seems to exist in a unique place, with the characters appearing British but drawn in that specific style of Japanese animation, while the backdrops look as if they could be set in any place where there are fields and forests and farms and tiny villages down some dirt road.

Based on Orson Scott Card's 1985 science fiction novel (though it departs from the original story in quite a few places), Ender's Game is set in a future where a bug - like alien race has attacked the Earth, and talented children are selected at an early age to train for battle through a series of war games.

Based on the real - life courtship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, The Big Sick tells the story of Pakistan - born aspiring comedian Kumail (Nanjiani), who connects with grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) after one of his standup sets.

Life Is Strange Out of Time is part two of a five part series that sets out to revolutionise story based choice and consequence games.

The story is more male - oriented, straightforward, and based in reality (set between the two World Wars) than some of his other works, but still retains that vintage Miyazaki magical feel that we all know and love.

Based on a true story, Bonds of Love is set in Kansas (though it was lensed in Ontario).

Rushed into production at Columbia Pictures to capitalize on the success of Jaws, another seafaring adventure based on a Peter Benchley novel, The Deep has a humdrum story, generally uncommitted performances, and a phoney Moray eel (nicknamed «Percy» on set) that gives the much - maligned mechanical shark «Bruce» from Jaws a run for its money in the department of unconvincing animal attacks.

Based the 2006 novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman, Disobedience tells the story of a lesbian romance against the backdrop of an Orthodox Jewish setting.

A period drama set in post-World War II Mississippi, based on a novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan, Mudbound tells the story of two men — one African American, one white — returning home from the war to go to work on a rural Mississippi farm, each struggling to readjust to the realities of American life, including the intense racism of the period.

Synopsis & Cast: Based on the pulp novels by Max Allan Collins, the»70s - set story follows Max Quarry (Logan Marshall - Green), a Vietnam vet shunned on his return to the U.S. and who becomes a methodical and emotionless hitman, carrying out the orders of a mysterious boss known as «The Broker» (Stellan Skarsgard).

From the Studio: Based on the real - life courtship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, THE BIG SICK tells the story of Pakistan - born aspiring comedian Kumail (Nanjiani), who connects with grad student Emily (Kazan) after one of his standup sets.

The comedy stars Emma Stone and Steve Carell and is set in the 1970s, based on the true story of a wacky tennis match between these two individuals.

Inspired by a true story, «Pride» is set in the summer of 1984, when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London - based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers» families.

A period piece set in the early twentieth century, The Danish Girl is based on the real life story of Lili Elbe (played by Redmayne), the first trans woman to ever survive sexual reassignment surgery, and her wife Gerda (played by Alicia Vikander).

Based on André Aciman's 2007 novel of the same name, Call Me By Your Name is a queer coming - of - age love story that's as languorous and seductive as its North Italian setting.

Set for release Oct. 16, the fact - based drama tells the story of James Donovan (Hanks), a...

For the supplemental materials, there's an excerpt from the documentary Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema; Blow - Up of «Blow - Up», a new documentary about the film; two interviews with David Hemmings, one on the set of Only When I Larf from 1968, and the other on the TV show City Lights from 1977; 50 Years of Blow - Up: Vanessa Redgrave / Philippe Garner, a 2016 SHOWstudio interview; an interview with actress Jane Birkin from 1989; Antonioni's Hypnotic Vision, featuring two separate pieces about the film: Modernism and Photography; both the teaser and theatrical trailers for the film; and a 68 - page insert booklet containing an essay on the film by David Forgacs, an updated 1966 account of the film's shooting by Stig Björkman, a set of questionnaires that the director distributed to photographers and painters while developing the film, the 1959 Julio Cortázar short story on which the film is loosely based, and restoration details.

The film is based on a true story, and the tone of the movie is set right away as we watch footage from a cell phone camera of the policy brutality against the real life Grant and his friends by the Bay Area Rapid Transit officers.

While a decent story isn't a particularly pressing prerequisite for a good survival based horror game on iOS, I still enjoyed the narrative techniques used by Foursaken in setting the tone for the rest of the game.

As the film opens up with the title card, «Based on a True Story,» Coogler sets an expectation of honest storytelling that we are intended to not to ring false.

It's pretty safe to say that if you belong to the first set, you're far more likely to enjoy the film than the second, as this is definitely a film aiming more for Eddie's fan base, not particularly concerned with its story or plot elements when they get in the way of allowing Eddie to do his thing in front of the camera.

The Wettest County is based on the mostly - true story of three bootlegging brothers, and I can easily see how Hillcoat's general worldview and character sets, in which regular people are pushed to strange and sometimes extraordinary action, could take root in that narrative soil.

Set and shot amid the lonely turf homesteads and crashing shoreline of Ireland's Atlantic coast, it is based on a children's story.

Based on the twisted and popular»90s comic book franchise of the same name, «Preacher,» set to debut on Sunday, May 22nd at 10:00 p.m. ET / PT, is created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, and is the story of Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper) a conflicted Preacher in a small Texas town who is inhabited by a mysterious entity that allows him to develop a highly unconventional power.

«Call Me By Your Name» is a coming - of - age bisexual love story set in Italy in 1983, directed by Luca Guadagnino, based on André Aciman's novel and starring Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg.

Though most of the hype for Infinity thus far has revolved around its free - form build - a-game Toy Box mode, it will also include pre-created worlds and sets based on Disney's characters and stories.

Directed by Roar Uthaug and starring Academy Award - winning actress Vikander as Lara Croft, the reboot is an origin story based off the 2013 video game, which was a dark and gritty tale of survival set on an island.

Also remarkable are Alice Wincour's Augustine, an engaging study of 19th century sexual politics based on a true story and set at the Salpêtirère Psychiatric Hospital, and Elie Wajeman's Aliyah, a slow - burning portrait of low - level Jewish drug dealer.

Extras: Two audio commentaries from 2003, one featuring director Ken Russell and the other screenwriter and producer Larry Kramer; segments from a 2007 interview with Russell for the BAFTA Los Angeles Heritage Archive; «A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible,» Russell's 1989 biopic on his own life and career; interview from 1976 with actor Glenda Jackson; interviews with Kramer and actors Alan Bates and Jennie Linden from the set; new interviews with director of photography Billy Williams and editor Michael Bradsell; «Second Best,» a 1972 short film based on a D. H. Lawrence story, produced by and starring Bates; trailer; an essay by scholar Linda Ruth Williams.

Based on Victor Hugo's iconic literary classic, the story centers on French convict Jean Valjean (West) and his struggles to escape his past while being hunted for years over a parole violation by Inspector Javert (Oyelowo), set against the backdrop of the uprising of 1832.

Based on the novelby Thomas Cobb and directed and scripted by Scott Cooper, a newcomer with aneye for the natural beauty of the film's Southwest setting, Crazy Heart is the story of a rollingstone on a lost highway, a talented singer - songwriter paying the price forliving out the lyrics of his own songs.