Sentences with phrase «stories about scoring»

While there are plenty of success stories about scoring lasting relationships through online dating, you must also be careful who you place your trust in.

Not exact matches

There's been a lot of confusion in recently about whether social media activity affects your credit after a story in the Financial Times headlined: «Being «wasted» on Facebook may damage your credit score.»

Over the last six years, more than nine of 10 journalists were killed in countries that scored lower than 45 on the index, and one in five journalists who died was covering a story about corruption.

Financial statements are supposed to tell a story about earnings but in reality, they only tell us the final score.

The second time we looked at this, we saw the Findus twist bring new energy to the story and as the chart shows, Tesco's Buzz score — which tracks whether consumers have heard something positive or negative about a brand — went further down and is only showing the very first signs of recovery in the last week.

There's a torrent of comments on our story this week about most Americans scoring 50 percent or less on a Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life quiz measuring knowledge of the Bible, world religions and what the Constitution says about religion.

Have read many stories about children killing their parents sisters brother in the same way as in the game specially that ice hooky thing... killing people with to score points and sure drugs with such games are behind most crimes...

People keep using stats to defend him because that's the only way to defend him.When you watch him most at times you he hardly wows you or is any special.Can i ask a question couldn't Chamakh or Bendtner or Aliadiere score about 15 - 18 goals with this super super creative arsenal midfield.I mean lets be honest if Chamakh in his first season should have scored 20 goals in EPL many people would still want him out you know why because watching every aspect of his game and also analyzing every aspect of his game he was below average in his time at arsenal to be honest.So its not only about stats because stats do nt tell me the whole story about a player though they are facts and don't lie the eyes do nt lie.And with this same eyes we look at players and say Aguero is better thab Bony, Costa is better than Remy, and so on.

i know there is not much to write about but people try to find some kind of» story» when there is none, national managers don, t think about the players clubs they, ll play their best players if they are available not worrying if they have a game soon afterwards they already don, t have enough time with their players so have to make most of it, i believe wenger is managing giroud, getting him fit, fresh in view of a long season and is doing it while he has most of the squad fit im sure we will reap the rewards with giroud not having a spell of 10 games without scoring.

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He used to share stories with me at Michigan about how as a youth he kept individual statistics on his batting average in baseball, scoring average in basketball and touchdowns in football.

It got really bad last year when after getting scored on he sat down and drank water from his bottle then a story came out about him smoking in the shower.

But NOOOOOOOO Just some story about some 5ft 7» nobody playing for Stjigplvordgjpk juniors who scored one goal against his baby sister in the hallway of their house.

We talked about our score predictions and shared stories about why we love LFC, I hope he had as much fun at the match as I did.

I never witnessed Sir Bobby on the pitch but was raised on stories of him and Best and Law and on stories about Duncan Edwards and Tommy Taylor scoring from behind the half way line.

The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs.

The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: Success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs.

I loved reading all your stories about why you love TJ Maxx, and what great bargains you've scored there!

I want to thank Governor Cuomo, my co-sponsors Assembly Member Deborah Glick and Senator Mike Gianaris, my supportive Senate colleagues from both parties, the Empire State Pride Agenda, and the scores of individuals who shared their deeply personal stories about their experiences with sexual orientation change efforts.

You may have heard stories about the «new - investigator discount» — a fraction - of - a-point adjustment in the score for new - investigator proposals in the fundable range — but that's not NIH policy.

GRE scores and undergraduate GPA don't predict students» future graduate school productivity, but reference letters from previous research advisers may provide clues about whether they are going to publish well, according to a story over at our Science Careers sister site about two papers published today in PLOS ONE.

Once all the scientists who signed up to review a story have submitted their evaluations, Vincent calculates the article's mean score and either he or the website's associate editor, Daniel Nethery, write a summary of the commentary about the piece.

In addition, the DVD includes numerous featurettes: «The Last Ride: The Story of The Missing» (with emphasis on its differences from most Westerns, that is, «It's not about cattle or land» and features strong women characters); «New Frontiers: Making The Missing» (featuring earnest declarations of mutual respect among the cast and crew); «The Modern Western Score» (with Horner); «Casting The Missing» (in which Eric Schweig, who plays the villain Chiden, observes, «This guy is like a hate junkie.

When the dance is finally beat, Robert Baker... or Alabama, there's something endearing enough about the pretty points in cinematography and score work, touching occasions in entertainingly well - paced direction, interesting spots in a colorful story, and across - the - board decent performances - especially the one by Evan Rachel Wood - for the final product to border on decent, ultimately falling under the overwhelming weight of the glaring tonal and narrative incoherencies, flat humor, dramatic contrivances, problematic themes, even more problematic leads, ridiculous story and onslaught of clichés which render Andrew Fleming's «Barefoot» an occasionally charming, but mostly mediocrely misguided romantic dramedy.

Played from its opening whimsical guitar score as a sweet story about friends, the dynamic of a real - life, Apatow - brand bromance is prominent, and makes for a few funny bonding moments, like when Tommy has Greg loudly rehearse a scene in a restaurant as a ridiculous gesture of fearlessness.

It helps make «Coco,» scored by the erstwhile Michael Giacchino, play like a movie about music, rather than a musical, and the distinction is important as the story unfolds.

Bottom line, there's something a little minimalist about this dramatically promising story, and it grows harder to deny that the more sentimentality, dry spells and excessive dragging slow momentum, to the point of holding the final product shy of a rewarding state, flirted with enough by lovely scoring and visual style, some worthy story elements, strong performances - particularly that of Gene Hackman - and inspired direction to make «Bite the Bullet» a decent and sometimes gripping western drama, despite lost potential.

(2005), a British soccer drama starring Kuno Becker and Alessandro Nivola; Flushed Away (2006), a DreamWorks CG - animated picture about a mouse named Roddy who gets flushed down the toilet and winds up in a vermin - infested city called Ratropolis; and Julie Taymor's Across the Universe, a hallucinatory musical love story, set against the turbulent backdrop of the»60s, with countless Beatles songs providing the backdrop.The same period found Clement hard at work developing several stage musicals: Victoria's Secret, with a score by Paul Williams and Dave Stewart; Helen of Troy, libretto by Brendan Healy and AC / DC frontman Brian Johnson.

We found out a lot about how character and music development happens while the story is being crafted by talking with the some of the filmmakers, animator Alonso Martinez, and score composers Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna.

He knows that great movies are all about all of the elements working together in harmony - the story, the visuals, the performances, the production design and set decoration, even the score (in this it's by Marco Beltrami).

The Last King Rated R for violence and a scene of sexuality Rotten Tomatoes Score: 67 % Game of Thrones actor and Wyndham Hotels spokesman Kristofer Hivju stars in this Norwegian true story about a team of soldiers who, in 1206, try to save a baby from being assassinated when it is discovered that the child is the heir to the throne of the recently killed king.

Boyle revels in this filmmaker's mousetrap and uses filters, an exotic, pounding score, off - kilter flashbacks, and hypnotic dream sequences, to flesh out what is really a one - dimensional story about survival.

The basic story, backed by Clint Mansell's elegiac score, is a gateway to a series of vivid, textured, living compositions that say as much about van Gogh's mind as Loving Vincent's nail - biting anecdotes.

Despite fairly mundane scares and a too - typical score, as well as a disappointing use of sound, it's still a riveting little story about sacrifice and familial bonds.

Rules Don't Apply PG - 13 for sexual material including brief strong language, thematic elements and drug references Rotten Tomatoes Score: 55 % It's been nearly twenty years since Warren Beatty has written, directed and starred in a movie (the last time was 1998's Bulworth), and this time he's back with a story about a young actress and her chauffeur (Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich) who work for the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes (played by Beatty).

Raksin's complete score (about 27 minutes) was decades later issued in suite form on CD by Fox back in 2000 (coupled with Bernard Herrmann's Jane Eyre), and over the years the story of the theme's genesis against a tight weekend deadline has been oft - repeated.

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First, a word about the music: The songs are by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, a fast - rising team who wrote lyrics for the tunes in La La Land; they composed the charmingly retro score for the musical adaptation of A Christmas Story and penned the affecting emo balladry in the Tony - winning Broadway smash, Dear Evan Hansen.

Paul King, director, and writer with Simon Faraday, based on Michael Bond's story, has scored again with a Paddington story that interests and thrills viewers, along with providing thoughtful observations about humans and how we function.

Straight Outta Compton Rated R for language throughout, strong sexuality / nudity, violence, and drug use Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88 % Available on DVD and Blu - ray Biopics can be very hit and miss but this critically acclaimed story about the rap group NWA found a way to not only tell one of the pivotal stories of rap music, but managed to do so in a way that has the power to change the perspectives of its audience.

Lakeith Stanfield stars in this outrageous story about a black telemarketer who scores more business by using a white voice, and that's not the strangest thing about it.

Backstory is the key to this film, which excels on just about every level — from character and story through cinematography, editing, and musical score.

Audio Commentary by Updated 2003 Audio Commentary by Film Historian Bruce Eder, and Herrmann Biographer Steven C. Smith / «Here Is A Man» preview version comparison (4:37) / Reading of «The Devil & Daniel Webster» short story by Alec Baldwin (33:41) / Radio Plays: «The Devil & Daniel Webster» (29:50) from Aug. 6, 1938 + «Daniel Webster & the Sea Serpent» (29:43) from Aug. 1, 1937 / «About the Columbia Workshop» essay / «The Devil In Context»: 6 - part Bernard Herrmann score essay with indexed film clips and 4 stills / Still and Poster Gallery with 12 images / 12 - page colour booklet featuring an essay by author Tom Piazza, and original 1941 New York Times article by Stephen Vincent Benet, and Color Bars / New high - definition transfer with restored image and sound / 12 page colour boooklet

In this case, a story about a 25 - year veteran teacher's admirable efforts to teach his U.S. History AP students about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is littered with pat phrases intended to score points against education reformers.

Players have intrinsic motivation in games — a desire to finish the story, beat their friends, or achieve high scores — and in doing so, they are willing to think laterally about how to solve problems.

A story and chart in the May 14, 2008, issue of Education Week about states that have curtailed bilingual education should have said that trends in student achievement identified by Daniel J. Losen of the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, were based on test scores in reading of English - language learners in 4th grade, not 4th and 8th grades.

Imagine if we talked with the same conviction about stories like Montgomery County ~ Maryland or other districts like Union City ~ New Jersey ~ Cincinnati ~ Ohio or Springfield ~ Massachusetts - examples where professionals collaborated at the local level to raise the achievement scores and performance of all students as market - oriented reformers do about their success stories.

School choice opponents have seized on these findings as evidence that these programs are ineffective and even harmful while advocates point out that Louisiana is heavily regulated, the first few years of an evaluation tell only the worst part of a story (i.e. there are transition effects), and that we should be careful about a heavy - handed focus on test scores.

Maureen Rover was having her usual coffee and muffin for breakfast one morning in the late 1990s when a newspaper story about New York City state test scores caught her attention.

The varied perspectives and in - depth stories we heard about what made schools work affirmed an essential truth shaping MCIEA's school quality measures work: school quality is more complex and human than any test score or algorithm can capture.