Sentences with phrase «source of the allure»

In short, the CB craze was another source of the allure of instant easy anonymity.

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Farrell comments: «In this famous passage, Faust again reenacts the Enlightenment's annihilation of traditional, religious, and metaphysical culture and at the same time curses the results: the mind recognizes itself as a slave of «make - belief,» of «smug» self - delusion; it recognizes the phenomena of the natural world as no more than a source of distraction and confusion; and, given these recognitions, heroism, family life, love, even greed and intoxication lose their allure, nor can the Christian virtues offer consolation.

Haha there's optimism, realism, pessimism and then the blindly pessimistic... Even when every possible source is heavily linking us with a move for Cech you somehow believe that Spurs and their mighty allure of the Europa league will snake our deal??

The former governor was «on call» for Allure Group managing partner Joel Landau during talks for the takeover of a second nursing home, a Brooklyn facility that is also being converted into luxury housing, a source close to those negotiations told The Post.

Cross of the Dutchman is a fun history lesson that not only attracts through its source material and the alluring visuals but also through the simple yet entertaining combat.

Following the huge misfires like the Aaron Paul vehicle Need For Speed, the late - 80s attempt to bring Super Mario Brothers to the big - screen, the recent Tomb Raider and even that early vehicle for Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson, Doom (and countless others) Tinseltown hasn't quite managed to successfully transfer the allure of the source material to celluloid.

That's too bad, given the long - standing allure of vintage LA and the fascinating source material for the film: Paul Lieberman's crime saga, «Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles,» which was based on the work of a secret LAPD unit that aimed to guard the city against gangsters.

But the city's allure derives equally from hidden sources: querulous inhabitants, a bizarre culture of heroic negativity, and a rich historical past supplying enigmas, pleasures and challenges.

Although Apple's share of the market continues to increase, Android tablets still possess plenty of allure given the open - source nature of their operating system and seamless integration with the Google ecosystem.

While frequent conflict lacks the impact of clashes the source material and quests can feel repetitive at times, the game offers a competent recreation of SAO's simulated world, extending an alluring proposition for fans.

These paintings» twisted Neo-Classicism, their Ingresque backlighting, their intimations of lesbian couplings, not to mention the physical - culture allure of their 1930s photographic sources, combined to make Picabia's»40s nudes the paradigm of a new kind of pictoriality which has proved very powerful for contemporary artists.

Prince keeps the viewer at arm's length by removing the image from its source, and by doing so, he undermines the entire narrative function of painting, creating instead an utterly new work that's all the more alluring because of its evasive presence.

That being said, the two series on view from Mokgosi in Primary Sources present two disjointed sides — of alluring aesthetics and trenchant critique — that are rather hard to reconcile in the space of a single, small exhibition of his art.

Although Apple's share of the market continues to increase, Android tablets still possess plenty of allure given the open - source nature of their operating system and seamless integration with the Google ecosystem.