Sentences with phrase «story about an agent»

Ulster County had its own Flying Squad of Prohibition agents, like the one made famous by Eliot Ness in Chicago, and newspapers of the day carried stories about the agents busting up a still in Glasco, or making a raid on a widow in Centerville who was selling booze out of her kitchen.

Not exact matches

Bush told CNBC on Wednesday that he was unaware of the Times story about FBI agents being interested in the tape during their raid of Cohen.

Even more disturbing than the now - familiar horror stories about what government agents have done to protect America are all the report's examples of how little was done to protect us from them.

What was said about action in general says in effect of rational action that, however fine - grained your analysis of the infrastructure may be, extending even to the details of its mediation between the world outside an agent and the agent himself, you will not find there the full story of the act itself.

Who in their silly minds putting stories like this, I bet it's his agent bottom line he ain't good enough don't even think about it

Miki's agent suddenly changed his story about how Miki always loved ManU, while there are old videos about him saying how his dream club was Arsenal.

To drive that point home, his agent and business partner Rich Kleinman told a story about how Durant was emotionally shot during a trip to China.

Through Coutinho's agent they convinced the player to sit out with a faked injury, fed stories about Jügren Klopp having mistreated him, and capped it off by getting him to handg in a transfer request at the most damaging time possible — immediately ahead of the Liverpool's Champions League playoff.

Michael Laudrup's agent Bayram Tutumlu is now the lead in Eriksen to Barcelona stories, featuring a wonderful tale about going to Eriksen's home and discussing moving to a different club.

A few months earlier, Mourinho had spoken to players of the need to be careful about what they told their agents and fixers after numerous stories had appeared alleging he had fallen out with various members of his squad.

just read in the print version of the guardian that hleb's agents are apparently Uli Ferber and Nikolai Shpilevski... Morabito seems to be some «floater» or tosser who acts as a middlemen... anyway, I would be really interested in some background stories about how transfer deals are actually realised in reality — if anyone can recommend some literature on this, would be grateful... and I would not like to see hleb leave.

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I've heard many a horror - story about flying with breast milk, from security agents who forced moms to dump out milk, to broken bottles.

In this 24 - hour look at a star comedian trying to get his life and career in order, Rock's Andre Allen tries to balance his reality star fiancée (Gabrielle Union), his agent (Kevin Hart) and a New York Times reporter (Rosario Dawson) assigned to write a story about him.

Still, it's all so overwrought and difficult to settle into, as nearly every single character is given their own monologue about spiritual turmoil, right down to Ortiz's insurance man coming off like this angelic agent because each story he hears is «different» and thus life - altering in some way.

The movie «Mission: Impossible,» out on video this week, replaces those elements with a story about a comparatively virtuous secret agent trying to survive in a world of shifting loyalties and greed.

The problem is that IM2 has to do a lot of things: it has to further the story of Tony Stark / Iron Man [Robert Downey Jr.]; it has to give us a bit more about S.H.I.E.L.D. — both in terms of the Avengers Initiative and introducing one of the agency's top agents; it has to deal with Stark's drinking and his relationship with his father — not to mention his relationship with his assistant, the uber - competent but easily flustered Pepper Potts [Gwyneth Paltrow]; it has to get Stark's friend, Lt. Col. James, «Rhodey» Rhodes into one of the Iron Man suits; it has to introduce a new villain — and a competitor for Stark, and it has to do all this in just over two hours.

«Mission: Impossible,» which opens today, replaces those elements with a story about a comparatively virtuous secret agent trying to survive in a world of shifting loyalties and greed.

An FBI agent (Frank Whaley) surveilling one of these mob establishments overhears the second such heist and passes the story and a photograph to longtime crime reporter Jerry Cardozo (Ray Romano), who turns it into an obvious front page story about a modern - day Bonnie and Clyde.

Affleck stars as the story's hero, CIA agent Tony Mendez, depicted as just about the only man in Washington who could find Iran on the map, much less understand the history and culture.

The Quiet American — Joseph Mankiewicz's adaptation of the Graham Greene story about a cynical Brit and idealistic American (who may be a CIA agent) in Vietnam and the woman they both love.

Among the high - profile premieres this year are «Antz,» the new Dreamworks animated film; James Ivory's «A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,» with Kris Kristofferson playing a character inspired by novelist James Jones; «Dancing at Lughnasa,» starring Meryl Streep in the film of Brian Friel's celebrated play; John Waters» «Pecker,» with Edward Furlong as a fast - food worker whose photos are embraced by the New York art world; Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in «The Theory of Flight,» about a work - release prisoner assigned to a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease; Ben Stiller as a drug - addicted TV writer in «Permanent Midnight»; Christina Ricci in «Desert Blue,» about slim prospects for a teenager in a town of 89 people; «The Imposters,» the new film by Stanley («Big Night») Tucci, starring Tucci and Oliver Platt as cruise - ship stowaways; «Rushmore,» with Jason Schwartzmann as a prep schooler who is a lousy student but hyperactive in campus activities; Cameron Diaz in «Very Bad Things,» about a bachelor party that ends in murder; Cate Blanchett as «Elizabeth,» the story of England's 16th century monarch, and «The Judas Kiss,» with FBI agent Emma Thompson on the trail of the kidnapper of a computer genius.

Based on the 2001 book Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, the film is just as much about FBI agent John Connolly (played by Joel Edgerton) as it is about Bulger.

Based on a true story about the intelligence going on behind the scenes for almost a decade before Bin Laden's death, Zero Dark Thirty follows a young and committed CIA agent (Chastain) who is determined to track down a courier that most think is dead, but who she knows is the key to solving the mystery of the target's location.

Long before his time on the Bourne franchise, directing Michael Clayton and Duplicity, and his work on Rogue One: A Story Wars Story, Gilroy penned a story about Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm), a troubled, grieving, and alcoholic negotiator who returns to Beruit 10 years after a personal tragedy to negotiate the freedom of a CIA agent and former frStory Wars Story, Gilroy penned a story about Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm), a troubled, grieving, and alcoholic negotiator who returns to Beruit 10 years after a personal tragedy to negotiate the freedom of a CIA agent and former frStory, Gilroy penned a story about Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm), a troubled, grieving, and alcoholic negotiator who returns to Beruit 10 years after a personal tragedy to negotiate the freedom of a CIA agent and former frstory about Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm), a troubled, grieving, and alcoholic negotiator who returns to Beruit 10 years after a personal tragedy to negotiate the freedom of a CIA agent and former friend.

The Hollywood Reporter has word that the legendary filmmakers will team for an untitled thriller set during the Cold War, about the true story of attorney John Donovan's negotiations with KGB agents over the release of a fallen spy plane pilot.

About the film: Based on a true story, Killer Elite races across the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East in the action - packed account of an ex-special ops agent (Jason Statham) who is lured out of retirement to rescue his mentor (Robert De Niro).

During the early part of the film, the story focuses on Bulger's power but then it becomes more about the relationship between Bulger and John Connolly (Joel Edgarton), the FBI agent who used Bulger as an informant but who ultimately became corrupted by the mobster's influence.

When it was all said and done OLYMPUS, a story about a badass Secret Service agent who saves the president from North Koreans, was the clear winner.

By Edward Nawotka In today's lead story about Arabic literature in the West, literary agent Yasmina Jraissati notes that Arabic literature is present on the main territories, but its presence is faint.

It's true that just about every author has their own unique story about how they acquired their agent, but the Superstars Writing Seminar prepares you for what you need to do when you're ready to go to market with your finished manuscript.

You can still submit your book, and if an agent cares enough about the idea or story, they may edit it for free, and sell it to a publisher, and the publisher may support it and market it.

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As you suggest, the point of a good query is to get at the heart of what the book is about, so I'd think in the long run, better, more focused queries would help agents see more quickly whether this is the kind of story likely to interest them.

I was fortunate to meet the actual US Army counterintelligence agent I write about, and capture the stories about his covert missions behind Japanese lines.

Being able to talk about your story in a condensed form is all any agent is asking for.

Queries are designed to help agents who receive hundreds of submissions a week know what your story is about and whether it's the right fit for them.

Siobhan Cunningham — This author success story is part of a series about agent queries that worked on our query letter blog.

Erika Armstrong — This author success story is part of a series about agent queries that worked on our query letter blog.

Another lit agent, Paul Levine was also at this event and he shared a story about a book that was Sci - Fi / Romance.

We think about how sick we get of our stories when we're working on them and agents and editors deal with the same problem.

I've met agents (and heard stories about others) that do all these things.

APRIL EBERHARDT, a self - described «literary change agent» and author advocate, is passionate about helping authors identify and tell their truest story.

That sorry circumstance is captured in the story about a writer who came home much earlier than usual to find his wife in bed with his literary agent.

At the time, I was thinking mostly about traditional publishing, so my perspective was someone looking to pitch to agents, including queries and «elevator pitches» (a story pitch short enough to give during an elevator ride at a writers» conference).

Before I made the decision to self - publish, I was constantly concerned about what agents would think of my stories.

But if you recognize that even the most successful authors have been, say, rejected by 56 agents, like Kathryn Stocket was with The Help, or faced six years of rejection, like Julia Glass did before publishing Three Junes, which went on to win the National Book Award, it becomes just part of the process, a story you can someday tell about how hard - fought your success was.

After my cookbook was published I heard similar stories from aspiring authors about the challenges they faced without an editor and / or an agent.