Sentences with phrase «such abject»

It is a story, he writes, «of such abject stupidity that it can't go unnoticed.»

Will Mosher have a comeback to such an abject beclowning?

You want to know why Al Gore and his movie have proven to be such an abject failure?

Why is it BMW Motorrad can put out such brilliant concept / tribute bikes while BMW Automotive keeps putting out such abject and pretentious dogs?

One can even say that it is underlying disdain for the very kids in his district that is a critical reason why he is such an abject failure as a school leader: If you don't care for kids, you can not do the hard work of transforming the quality of instruction, curricula and leadership that is needed to give kids cultures of genius in which to succeed.

But just try to remember that the only way such abject stupidity (and those who spew it) wins out is if you let it taint your happiness over the magic presently occurring in any way.

The quarterfinals look like a pipe - dream for the north London side now after such a abject display both collectively and individually.

I tried to watch that 2nd video, but after a couple minutes I couldn't stand to subject my mind to such abject absurdity any longer.

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But such folly is recorded in the OT Israelites whose greed drove them to give up their relatively egalitarian social system and to emulate the neighboring Amorites with their disparities from fabulous wealth to abject poverty.

I have NO such fears and have challenged your god many times to come and face me man to god however your god cowers in abject terror at the prospect of facing me he is a craven coward.

Bearing in mind the abject oppposition, I would personally not give such high marks, esp to Giroud, Welbeck, Coquelin and Chambers.

It might be pointless to ponder such what ifs, but such was the effectiveness of the Scottish international at that time, he could well have ensured United put up more of a fight than the abject surrender witnessed on that forlorn evening under the Italian stars.

While TV shows such as «Westworld» and «The Handmaid's Tale» were dragging audiences kicking and screaming through the muck of abject misery and hopelessness, cinema was taking people by the hand, reacquainting them with joy, warmth and especially the importance of family.

To be honest, I, too, have on occasion found comfort in such facile explanations for the nation's abject failure to deal with so many glaring problems, including several of interest to readers of car magazines: the pervasive failure to address global warming and finite supplies of fossil fuels; tens of thousands of road fatalities year in and year out; the burgeoning safety risk caused by in - car communications and telematics; the failure to maintain the roads we've got while creating better ones and efficient alternatives; and, of course, our continued inability to buy new Peugeots in the United States.

He often exploits abject or marginalized subject matter to breach preformed dichotomies such as liberation and repression, conformity and marginality, passivity and aggression.

These are aspects that are visible in her exploration of well - established photographic genres such as film stills, fashion photography or classic portraits, as well as in series where she explores a more abject material related to themes like fairytales, catastrophes, pornography, war and surrealism.

By making use of strategies such as exaggeration, abstraction, abject form, and humor, these works subvert ideals of strength and aesthetic purity, thereby illustrating their permeability.

He often favors abject materials — found bits of detritus, such as wood, metal, plastic, or cloth in seemingly ad hoc compositions.

Whether conflating real - world political figures with fantastical characters such as Santa Claus, or treating erotic and abject content with frivolity and charm, McCarthy's work confuses codes, mixes high and low culture, and provokes an analysis of fundamental beliefs.

In images when the body does not appear, objects such as dead flowers, a mirror, two clocks, soiled underwear, or a string of lights serve as a series of memento mori, reminding the viewer of the abject frailty and transience of life lived during the plague years of the AIDS crisis.

Frequently working with found objects of an abject nature (crushed plastic containers, tarred bird feathers, deconstructed computer casing, etc.), Smith encourages a confrontation with both their past and present by damaging, embellishing or sometimes simply presenting such objects.

Of course, their responses had to be majorly edited down to be worked into the article, but since each of them gave me such thoughtful responses to the questions, I've asked if they would permit me to publish them in full on Humor and the Abject.

When Duncan lived in L.A. in the»70s, he was known for staging actions that were (to put it delicately) abject and raw, such as shooting at a pair of friends with a pistol loaded with blanks.

As such, it is hard to underestimate their importance as we cast about today for subject matter that moves beyond our contemporary doctrine of the ironic, abject and just plain superficial.

The legacy of conceptual art practices permeates the exhibition, revealing layers of narrative in both the finished work and through the process of making, in some works abject materials such as car parts, wax, expanding foam and plywood, as well as methods of production such as crochet and embroidery are used to question the value of labour and social hierarchies.

Often framed by double - edged terms such as bad taste, irony, or contamination, Oehlen's work slides deftly from the abject to the impressive.

Giving an abject lesson in why central planning is such a bad idea.

The futility of that struggle is reflected both in the fact of it putting forward such mediocre characters — abject, proven failures — as intellectual giants, and the raw numbers...

Carbon trading programs have been an abject failure and with the collapsing price of oil, there is no market for such credits in the foreseeable future.

WHEREAS Skeeter Jones, good and gentle Labrador, attended faithfully with Ms. Amy Jones all prescribed Baylor Law School classes, dog - day in and dog - day out, until completion; WHEREAS he showed uncommon bravery in yawning loudly in abject dog - boredom during a certain lecture of Professor Jeremy Counseller, caring but little for the intricacies of removal and remand; WHEREAS he successfully begged for donuts from Professor David Guinn, having been unfairly tempted by the hi - jinks of the latter; WHEREAS Good Dog Skeeter completed the Practice Court program without being called upon once or reading nary a case, all knowing that a snarl would rebuff any such intrusion; WHEREAS he is now an older, wiser and even a bit fatter dog; WHEREAS those who survive Baylor Law School are entitled to all barking rights, entitlements and appurtenances thereto; THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY DECREED that Baylor University School of Law confers upon Skeeter the Labrador this