Sentences with phrase «soothsayers of»

Yet it seems that the models as climate soothsayers of severe weather events are essentially worthless.

The forward - thinking fashion - designing soothsayers of 1930 actually got a lot of crazy things spot on, many of them with a sustainable twist.

Frances McDormand and Greta Gerwig are on hand for some Anglophone interpretation and guidance, while F. Murray Abraham and Tilda Swinton, although both brilliantly cast as soothsayers of Trash Island, feel incredibly underutilized.

I do not wish to be a soothsayer of doom, but unless we actively listen to the concerns of the unions (and their members) then to my mind there is the very real possibility that later in the year we could witness similar scenes upon London's chartered streets.

Not exact matches

Against the Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today.»

A version of this article appears in the June 15, 2017 issue of Fortune with the headline «CEO Soothsayers.»

So, its a no win situation for all of you soothsayers.

The soothsayers are gazing into their crystal balls for signs of the imminent future.

Everywhere in the former Soviet empire one finds an abundance of shamans with magic pendulums, soothsayers who talk to the dead, witches who tell fortunes.

Vocations that were related in any way to the powers of evil — such as making idols, being a heathen priest, a user of magic verses, an enchanter, astrologer, diviner, soothsayer, juggler, mountebank or amulet - maker - had to be abandoned, and any lifestyle that led one into immorality was to be rejected.

To obtain popular support and to make people forget the doubtful origins, of her power, the Queen relied on the soothsayers (ombiasy), and restored to power the sacred foundation of the Monarchy

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So either he's a soothsayer, or the Seahawks were aware of a tic about the Panthers» field goal unit that allowed him to time it perfectly.

Note that none of us are soothsayers, we can only believe that the actions we take are the right ones.

Noting that, when you look at the electoral fortunes you don't need a soothsayer to tell you, the Volta region is indeed the world Bank of the NDC.

On election night, Clinton, buoyant in the hopes of a much - predicted win embellished by the major pollsters, political pundits and social media soothsayers, chose to hold her victory celebrations at Manhattan's Jacob Javits Centre where there is a gigantic, transparent ceiling — a dramatic way to consummate her victory.

I am not a soothsayer but, from the corner where I sit as a citizen of Ahafo, I envisage a flip - side turf war over which town becomes the capital of the proposed Ahafo Region.

I am not a soothsayer, neither am I a harbinger of gloom and doom... but once again I say to you... this time with a nation full of witnesses... that your Achilles heel will destroy you!

«I am not a soothsayer, neither am I a harbinger of gloom and doom... but once again I say to you... this time with a nation full of witnesses... that your Achilles heel will destroy you!Respectfully Martin, cut the crap!

The thought of how far the world has come could not be more satisfying to this once unappreciated soothsayer.

And few people have peered farther than University of California, Santa Cruz, astronomer Greg Laughlin, science's leading soothsayer.

I have never claimed to be Nostradamus (or whatever soothsayer the kids are into these days), but I think it is safe to say that the trend of statement sleeves is not going anywhere anytime soon.

The soothsayer asked me to write my full name and date of birth on a piece of paper, then lit 3 incense sticks and gave them to me.

After a Soothsayer (Michelle Yeoh) predicts that a black - and - white hero will bring down the bird, the peacock brutally murders all of the pandas in the realm and is promptly punished for his crimes.

In Shakespeare's «Julius Caesar,» Caesar is warned by a soothsayer, «Beware the Ides of March» on the day he will be assassinated by a group of conspirators led by Cassius and Brutus, one of his closest friends in the Senate.

Head here for our soothsayer - style prediction of its likely fortunes.

Like a real kind of soothsayer, like she's trying to find the truth.

It's a timely show as political soothsayers try to measure the impact of Gary Johnson and Jill Stein on the current race for the White House.

True, it still may be best known in «film circles,» but considering it has been seen by more people than Julia and The Maid combined (two films considerably more «buzzed about» in advance by the awards season soothsayers), for the purposes of this discussion, it's a veritable blockbuster — the Avatar of French painter bio-pics.

Blogger Dave Bly writes, «If Caesar had had access to Youtube and its trove of music videos, instead of some creepy old soothsayer, maybe he would have heeded the warning and avoided being stabbed to death by his friends in the Senate.»

Even now, with another 17 million iPads sold in the third quarter of this year, it's hard to argue with Job's soothsayer - like logic.

The fear of rising yields is even more palpable today, and the soothsayers may be proven right.

There will always be legions of market seers and soothsayers out there suggesting they can forecast the market's ups and downs.

The Soothsayer class allows you to fill your spell book with all kinds of spells and scrolls to aid your army in defeating the enemy, while taking a hit in bonuses that may help your troops defense or morale.

The Blind Soothsayer also has a pretty great death animation — it's one of my favs.

Giorgio de Chirico, The Soothsayer's Recompense, 1913, Oil on canvas, Philadelphia Museum of Art, © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome

Interested in issues of torture, death, technology and consumerism her Projections gained her a moniker «the art world's soothsayer».

Posing as a seer, Alvarez sought to explore the notion of both inhabiting and espousing belief by publicly debunking the notions of soothsayers and charlatans.

Seems to me that the only purpose of being a soothsayer like yourself is to get the predictions right.

The burden of proof is on you, doomsday soothsayers.

Yet before the 70s were out, temperatures were rising and many of the soothsayers for a new ice age were warning of global warming instead.

28 See Mark K. Osbeck, Lawyer as Soothsayer: Exploring the Important Role of Outcome Prediction in the Practice of Law 2 (February 4, 2018)(unpublished manuscript)(on file with author).

to assume the role of the clairvoyant because, in the words of Future Babble author Dan Garder, the soothsayer can never lose: «Heads I win, tails you forget we had a bet.»

In terms of the advertising industry: Look, I've been very vocal about this but I don't think that, again, I'm sort of some sort of «soothsayer».

The «soothsayers» predict that at the end of five years the price will be near about $ 143.

Things did not go well for Julius Caesar when he ignored the soothsayer and his advice about being wary of the «Ides» (15Th) of March and was struck down on the steps of the Senate.

2002 was the year of the consumer, with many economic soothsayers suggesting that robust consumer spending was the only phenomenon keeping the economy from a double - dip recession.

Writing in the February 1999 issue of Worth magazine, Nick Ravo, a reporter for The New York Times, quotes several economic soothsayers who predict a highly depressed residential market extending throughout much of the next century.

Putting all of one's faith in the internet would be similar, in my opinion, to placing my investment portfolio in the hands of a soothsayer.

One of the joys of a Moroccan holiday (apart from the sunshine, the souk and the soothsayers) has to be the hotel bathrooms, with their slick, smooth and tactile walls.