Sentences with phrase «tense political»

The answer appears to be a complicated one, but involves Cambridge Analytica and a number of tense political situations around the world.

In the end, agility will be key for companies to succeed in the tense political environment.

Nobody expects the curbs will stay the same for long, given pressure from some quarters to ease the restrictions and from others to tighten them in response to the still tense political situation in eastern Ukraine.

With respect to climate change, we have abruptly passed the tipping point in what until recently has been a tense political controversy.

Zaatari's art practice involves unearthing, collecting and re-contextualizing a wide range of documents that confound notions of history while recognizing the ways in which these documents are uneasily situated as evidence of tense political and cultural conditions.

Although art from the region is often overlooked because of the tense political situation, the former advertising mogul, who was born in Baghdad, said: «The work is breathtaking — new Arabian artists are about to take centre stage in the art world.»

The gallery goes on to note that the installation is meant to address the following: «In a very tense political climate, this ambiguous gesture represents a futile attempt to roll back the clock and speak about community, citizenship, and identity.»

«From the whimsical and colorful fun of HELLO KITTY to the sci - fi action of ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, the tense political intrigue of MASTER KEATON, and the knockout adventure of ONE - PUNCH MAN, these works each demonstrate the impressive creativity and dedication to outstanding storytelling and artwork that makes the mange genre so compelling.

Through visiting the same village, interviewing Asmat kinsmen, studying the tense political climate of the time and combing through archives of official documents along with Rockefeller's personal correspondence, Hoffman comes to the grim conclusion that he was cannibalized.

Even up and comers like the incredibly versatile Tom Hardy, who plays rogue MI6 member Ricki Tarr, and the strangely appealing Benedict Cumberbatch, who tackles the role of Smiley's newly appointed sidekick Peter Guillam, get in the action bringing to life this tense political thriller.

Frankly, it's a stroke of genius to play a tense political thriller as if it's a raucous satire.

A tense political thriller directed by John Boorman, Beyond Rangoon sees an American tourist (played by Patricia Arquette) forced to go on the run in Burma after becoming separated from her tour group and then witnessing various acts of violent repression by the government.

Eric Kohn at Indiewire enjoys the «nice calibration of performances and breezy pace that pulls you along with the increasingly risky stakes,» and THR echoes that sentiment, calling the film «a tight and tense political thriller sparked by unexpected humor.»

A naïve young couple are drawn into a dangerous plot that reaches to the highest levels of politics and law enforcement in director Jorge Ramirez Suarez's tense political thriller.

Hideaki Anno and Shinki Higuchi (of Evangelion fame) bring a storyline that is not only satisfying on a destruction level, but also plays out as a tense political drama with scathing commentary on the current geo - political climate in Japan.

Münster classical scholars discovered invaluable ancient Syrian mosaics and buildings and are excavating one of the few sites that are currently accessible for studies on ancient Roman Syria despite the tense political situation in the Middle East.

The measure comes as the IDC and the mainline Senate Democrats are once again locked in a tense political feud over power in the state Senate.

Wakanda is a central African nation in tense political upheaval and violent inter-tribal conflict.

We love to tell stories, ranging from whimsical fantasy to tense political thrillers.

Not exact matches

De-stabilised Middle East, rise of new power in Saudi Arabia, aggressive China, Russia - US tensions, Turkey - Russia escalation, rise of autocratic but nationalists leaders such as Modi in India, Trump in United States, bin - Salman in Middle East, the Geo - Political unease hasn't been this tense in decades, so as a market participant you can never care less than ever.

After many political schemes to get the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia North in the Ashanti Region, Collins Owusu Amankwah, out of his current position, he has won the Constituency primaries for the second time in a tense competition.

The governor told reporters that while the state is «entering the political season now,» he would still work with the Republican - dominated Senate leadership coalition, which he denounced as a failure in a video message recorded, after tense negotiations, to win the Working Families Party endorsement last weekend.

Cuomo is in a tense reelection bid against actress and political activist Cynthia Nixon, who has made criminal justice reform a key part of her campaign.

Another candidate aligned with the Buffalo School Board majority was knocked off the ballot Monday in the latest twist in a fierce contest for control of the board.The continued challenges to petitions of would - be candidates underscore the dramatic politics that make this an unusually tense election, drawing interest from political, labor and business factions not typical...

As a result of political discussions at work this election season, at least 1 in 10 working Americans said they have felt tense or stressed out (17 percent), have been more cynical and negative at work (15 percent), have had more difficulty getting work done (10 percent), have been less productive at work (13 percent) and that their work quality has suffered (10 percent).

The political relationship between the U.S. and Russia is tense right now, but scientific collaboration between the two countries is on the rise, particularly when it comes to the Arctic.

Bipartisanship was the order of the day, although all three Democrats noted how far the two sides had come since last year when sharp political divisions on an earlier version of the bill resulted in tense party - line votes in committee.

Given the current political climate, holidays at our house are a bit tense.

POF found while the current political climate is tense, it's starting to lighten up.

Director Roman Polanski («Knife in the Water» / «Repulsion» / «Rosemary's Baby») keeps this claustrophobic psychological / political drama tense, adroit and intelligent.

A tense build up of emotions, carefully considered in its exposure of diametrically opposed concerns over militar, political and moral action in the current technological war against fundamentalism.

Working from Burke's screenplay, the Brazilian director Jose Padilha («Narcos») cuts between the increasingly tense passengers, confined to a sweaty corner of the Entebbe airport terminal; the infighting among the terrorists; and the high - level political and military planning put into action by Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan), a no - negotiation hard - liner, and Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi), depicted here as the conflicted pragmatist.

Uncertain who he can trust and ultimately forced to fight a handful of men solo, Gary's plight echoes the climax of «High Noon,» and similarly carves an effective political metaphor out of its one - man - army scenario: Literally bringing a knife to a gun fight during the tense showdown set around the exteriors of an apartment building, Gary becomes a killing machine by virtue of the only option at his disposal.

The portrait of Lincoln that Spielberg presents — in a film that often plays like a tense, high - spirited political thriller as influence is peddled behind the scenes and votes come down to the wire — will no doubt surprise viewers raised on a more staid version of the Great Man.

It creates a poignant, romantic underscore throughout film as it bounces between political drama and a tense action - driven thriller.

Based on a short story by Albert Camus, David Oelhoffen's classically conceived period Western is a tense and timely study of war's political and personal sacrifices.

In between, the picture gets better, tighter, and tenser than a sub-Tom Clancy military political thriller starring Steven Seagal has any right to be.

Tightly wound and told without much fuss, this political thriller is captivating and often quite tense even though it doesn't seem to have much visual panache.

Revisiting Star Trek's Most Political Episode — Robert Greene II writes that in 1995, the Deep Space Nine installment «Past Tense» stood out for its realistic, near - future vision of racism and economic injustice.

This tense and frequently amusing reenactment of a covert 1979 CIA operation to smuggle assailed American political operatives out of Iran amid revolutionary chaos by disguising them as a film crew takes the material seriously while still having fun with it.

It's an impossibly tense horror movie but equally valuable (and equally intense) as a socio - political allegory, a blistering critique of a culture that has been all too willing to forgive itself.

Affleck also stars in this exciting and tense, white knuckle political thriller as a CIA exfiltration expert who comes up with the best «bad idea» right out of Hollywood (no kidding) to rescue 6 Americans who found refuge at the home of the Canadian ambassador during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis in which 52 Americans were held captive.

As if pulling a been - there - Dunkirk - that, he now shifts to the tense strategy sessions, bunker hand - wringing and political gamesmanship that fed into England's finest hour.

This funny - sad chronicle of how the «Egyptian Jon Stewart» got squeezed between his 30 million - strong audience and various pissed - off presidents is both smart political primer and tense cautionary tale.

Prévot's present - tense narrative highlights the personal and political forces that caused Maathai, a Kenyan political activist, to form the Green Belt Movement.

The Cold War was a tense time for the world, one full of political intrigue, secrecy, backdoor politics, the ever - present danger of complete annihilation and spies.

Raicovich, who was appointed director of the Queens Museum in 2015, had long been on tense terms with the board of directors over her outspoken political stances.

Jacob Rhodes, Director of Field Projects, is pleased to present PAST FUTURE TENSE, a solo show by Rachel Frank that explores the socio - political and Anthropogenic shifts brought about by human activity, highlighting our relationships to vanishing ecosystems, life forms, and modes of dwelling.

On his constant travels between Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Greece, documenting political demonstrations, blockades, and protests, Rafa keeps the camera rolling long after journalists with less stamina have left the scene, capturing vivid portraits and tense footage of events often missed in televised news reports.

The purpose IS as you said: to «extract the most reliable global warming signal», which is POSTULATED, not theorized, to exist, certify that it is caused by ACO2, and provide a laundry list of undesirable to catastrophic consequences which ARE befalling us (present tense) and which will continue and escalate unless political action is taken to drastically curb our use of fossil fuels.