Sentences with phrase «story than the battle»

Perhaps «Syriana» could be the middle episode of this trilogy forcing us to accept that there is more to the story than the battle against Muslim insurgents.

Not exact matches

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

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The possession numbers also tell a different story than the final score, as Anaheim won the possession battle all night.

I mean, it's kind of an absurd thing and it's like, I had this story I used read a lot when I would do presentations and it was from this and I used to just read this sort of paragraph and people just with their mouth open because they were talking about as a mother sort of emerges from this sort of hut where she's been isolated and she emerges and she walks toward the village with their baby and they're singing songs to her sung by that they sing for warriors returning from battle, it's a totally different thing than what our moms experience.

This is a normal New York State versus City story, but in a moment where the stakes of politics are high because the federal government's threats are real, this battle between city and state feels more offensive and disheartening than

One such story came for Thompson a little more than a decade ago when Glens Falls Mayor Roy Akins Jr. remained in office during his lengthy battle with terminal brain cancer.

Fans of Suzanne Collins» hugely successfully series of books have been on the defensive since this adaptation is being referred to as «Twilight meets The Running Man `, whereas those previously unaware of the tween - lit hits are seeing this movie as little more than «Battle Royale with all the violence taken out, and replaced with a love story.»

The premise is surprisingly human; rather than using the ghost - story which accompanies the apartment that the protagonist (Jennifer Connelly) and her daughter (Ariel Gage) move into as its main focus, the film concentrates more on a custody battle between she and her ex-husband (Dougray Scott).

There are so many action sequences related to so many story lines that midway through an epic fight, you might find yourself wondering what exactly started this particular battle and what the objective is other than destruction for the sake of it.

[Gary] Shore's directorial debut breaths new life into the genre, taking this story back hundreds of years, delving into the unknown origin story of the innovator himself, Mr. Dracula... The way Vlad craves blood is well - judged, as we see him battle his conscious; a far more intriguing and entertaining battle than those in the war zone, which are unvaried and monotonous.

If instead, you accept this as a creative way to tell a story and glimpse at a once powerful person struggling with her place in history, while simultaneously fighting the daily battle against Alzheimer's, then you too will be satisfied with more than the towering performance of Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher.

WINTER»S TALE is set in a mythic New York City and spans more than a century, with the fantasy story filled with miracles, crossed destinies, and the age - old battle between good and evil.

Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge - action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes.

Unfortunately, the script falters — telling a boring story about their battle against the evil Muriel (Famke Janssen)-- and the nauseating graphic violence becomes tired quickly, leading to more disgusting images than are necessary in what should have been an entertaining motion picture.

Despite its rudimentary story, rarely have I ever felt as connected to a fantasy world's plight than I have with Tethu and his merry band of mishaps — all thanks to the intricate bonds you form with your allies as they level up both behind the counter and in the heat of battle.

And the action might be smaller than gangster movie fans want, yet the way the story and battle unfolds will be more than enough to keep you invested.

Rather than Hunger Games, why not give the first Battle Royale a try instead, or even good ol' Brazil, and chew on something that'll really sate your hunger for this type of story.

More than just a battle of good against evil, Dracula has at its heart a love story — or at least it's supposed to.

HELEN MIRREN, «WOMAN IN GOLD» Based on the true story of Maria Altmann, who battled the Republic of Austria in court over a famous painting of her aunt that was stolen by Nazis, «Woman in Gold» is more than a reminder of the remarkable twists and turns history can take.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II is an excellent JRPG and a more than worthy continuation of the saga, thanks to a gripping story, well - developed characters, and engaging battle system.

Based on the true story of French law enforcement's battle with the heroin - dependent drug traffic among France, New York and the rest of the world, this award - worthy film focuses more on the characterization of key players in the battle rather than rely on hyperviolence.

With much more of a centerpiece role than before, the story is essentially a battle for Raven / Mystique's (Jennifer Lawrence) soul.

That specific personality profile works well within the framework of this story, as it's the exact sort of person Simon would quietly obsess over and James would be more than willing and able to take advantage of, thus adding some extra spice of romantic jealousy to the Simon / James battle.

Pay more than the average price (currently tracking at $ 4.61 on the Humble Bundle site), you get Cave Story + and Gratuitous Space Battles as well.

Small moments in the other districts work to create tension and suggest a build up to a big battle, but that's because the military strikes and executions are done as single sequences, rather than intertwined with the rest of the story.

Trip Runner, Jamestown, Shank and Nightsky, as well as Cave Story + and Gratuitous Space Battles for paying more than the average selling price.

Lost Sphear's battle system — despite being very directly based on Chrono Trigger's Active Time Battle system — has a stronger sense of craft to it than the storybattle system — despite being very directly based on Chrono Trigger's Active Time Battle system — has a stronger sense of craft to it than the storyBattle system — has a stronger sense of craft to it than the story does.

Monster Hunter Stories is much, much more than its battling system, too.

There are a lot of nuances to the battle system, and together with more than a hundred different monsters to encounter with different attack patterns, strengths, and weaknesses, battles remained interesting and engaging throughout the entirety of Monster Hunter Stories.

In both the films» smaller moments of character growth (there are several of those here) and its larger - than - life epic battle sequences (there are plenty of those), Jackson uses the camera uniquely to focus on elements in the story that would've otherwise been ignored.

Rather than following through the interesting (if not debatable) «true story» of King Arthur, the climax shows a satisfaction in merely calling to mind other fast - paced, brutally - fought battles, and even brings in droning female vocals a la The Lord of the Rings.

Perhaps Battle of the Sexes, wacky Riggs and all, really is a story that's stranger than fiction, and the film rises to match that strangeness.

The story is that while it was under development at Mercedes, the R107 was referred to as «der Panzerwagen» because it weighed more than 3,400 pounds - that's 300 or so more than the Pagoda, but still slightly short of a battle tank.

To illustrate just how much courage that takes, one of the adult characters in the story says that he'd rather repeat Picket's suicidal charge at the Battle of Gettysburg than face the Klan on a ride.

Rather than tell the story of an individual daughter, this elegant, beautifully structured memoir tells the story of four generations of daughters locked in painful battle with their mothers.»

The epic story of the battle for the Holy Land and the two larger - than - life figures at its center.

But he completed it, preserving a great deal of what we know about Indian cultures, including more than 75 languages, thousands of songs and stories, traditional practices in everything from clothing to religious ritual, and the Indian accounts of such historic milestones as the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

* About the Don Camillo books: Starting in 1946, Giovannino Guareschi wrote more than 300 stories about the hot - headed parish priest Don Camillo, and his battles with the communist major Peppone, all set in the Po Valley of Northern Italy - if you're not familiar with these stories I do suggest you look them up, all appear to be out of print now but you can find plentiful used copies at Addall.com and Amazon, and probably in your local library).

Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters more richly drawn than any Lehane has ever created, The Given Day tells the story of two families — one black, one white — swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power.

- for Sonic's 25th anniversary last year, Iizuka received a task to deliver some sort of product - the target was «dormant fans» who used to play the SEGA Genesis, but haven't really played any games since - Iizuka met Christian Whitehead, which lead to the creation of Sonic Mania - there was talk of another port, but Iizuka thought fans would desire something new from the old games - this is the first time Iizuka partnered with a team of devs spread across various countries - Iizuka said this team had a greater passion to create - this was in comparison to companies that set decisions on a pre-determined schedule (in meetings, etc)- the team had so many features they still wanted to add after the beta version was complete - since there were only a few spots with text that needed to be localized, they could bring the game to more places quicker - the game has Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish support - the Studiopolis stage is included due to receiving the most requests from the Sonic Mania development team - Iizuka actually considered reducing the amount of stages at one point in order to meet the development schedule - Sonic Mania doesn't really have much in the way of cut content like scrapped stages - since Sonic Mania was only distributed digitally, the team was able to continue working very close leading up to launch - this let them put in practically all ideas, and there are currently no plans for DLC - Iizuka recommended Flying Battery Zone for inclusion becaues he likes the music - he also likes when the player goes inside and outside the ship - Iizuka likes Mirage Saloon because the stage structure will be different depending on the player character chosen - Puyo Puyo gameplay was added because there was a Puyo Puyo game released in the west for the SEGA Genesis - this game was originally called «Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine», and the team thought it would make a fun boss battle - Iizuka didn't have plans to feature Blue Sphere in the special stages - the Blue Sphere special stages were brought over to Mania as a test, but ended up staying for the final game - the team felt the need to continuously connect stages from various eras, which is doe with the Phantom Ruby story - for Sonic Mania, it was decided that the technological limit would be set at SEGA CD, - this is higher than the Genesis but lower than Saturn - in creating a SEGA CD - grade special stage, they would intentionally make SEGA CD - grade polygons

After the main story is completed, players looking for a challenge will have the opportunity to battle aberrant versions of each eidolon which are significantly tougher in battle than their original counterparts and feature a different design.

Not only does it fail to achieve a satisfying crescendo from a gameplay perspective, tasking you with simply battling the same enemies as before in a scenario no more challenging than usual, it also can't bring the story to a climax, either, answering absolutely nothing while still managing to set itself up for a sequel.

I would generally say that Dynasty Warriors 7 succeeds in telling the stories of its battles far better than in previous games, and it's nice to see that some of the issues have been addressed.

Other than that the game has quite a couple modes including the aforementioned story mode, arcade, practice, local battle, party match, and arena match.

These stages follow various battles throughout the Three Kingdoms story, but are mostly told from the perspective of different characters than in the original DW7 story mode.

For those who are more interested in battle than the actual story of the Three Kingdoms, there is always the aforementioned Conquest Mode.

It's not the most innovative, but I can imagine future games that make the shaping of the story and its outcomes difficult or challenging with the end purely being about what it is you want out of the story rather than just winning battles or puzzles.

- Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles [GP2X](Yuan Works)(«W&W is an arcade - action puzzle battle game featuring three skill levels, more than 30 hours of Story Mode with hundreds of dialogs, anime - style intro sequence, cutscenes, extensive tutorials, studio - recorded soundtrack, minigames, and hundreds of extras including art galleries and making of.»)

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