Sentences with phrase «under its spell by»

Lauren is a gifted and lyrical writer whose coming - of - age tale has the reader firmly under its spell by the end of the first paragraph.

- Rachel Resnick, author of Love Junkie «Lauren is a gifted and lyrical writer whose coming - of - age tale has the reader firmly under its spell by the end of the first paragraph.

Aliens in the Attic (PG for violence, suggestive humor and mild epithets) Horror flick about three siblings (Ashley Tisdale, Ashley Boettcher and Carter Jenkins) who save the day when their clueless parents (Kevin Nealon and Gillian Vigman) are placed under a spell by the pint - sized aliens that have invaded the family's summer home in Michigan.

Not exact matches

In a letter to shareholders on Monday, Google's current CEO Larry Page spelled out what seems like a seismic change in the Internet search giant: The incorporated company now falls under a new holding company, called Alphabet, run by the two co-founders, Page and Sergey Brin.

Can you spell Supreme Court appointment under a Romney / Ryan administration complimented by a super majority in the House and Senate?

But Protestant and Orthodox thinkers have also been brought under his spell, as witness The Beauty of the Infinite by Orthodox theologian David B. Hart, a tour de force justly acclaimed as one of the most suggestive theological contributions of recent years (see the FT review, March 2004).

The latter is especially important because Boiardo» gentleman of Ferrara» was a beneficiary of the Estensi; and because Ariosto» also dependent on that House's patronage» would explicitly transform Ruggiero (Ariosto's spelling) into the Ferraran Aeneas, and Rodomonte into a new Turnus (which gives Rodomonte the privilege of bringing the epic to its sudden conclusion by dying under Ruggiero's blade).

So too were the half - hour of meditation and the time of silence which he made the discipline of the entire seminary community: «A unifying arch swung from music and play to quietude and prayer...» Schönherr concludes his brief reflection by admitting to being «under the spell of that man who gave himself so entirely, heart and soul, whether in play or in theological discussion.

The diminutive striker has scored over 100 goals for the club in two different spells but has always been frustrated by his failure to command a regular starting berth, first under Martin Jol and then Harry Redknapp.

In place of the delirium and ecstasy that he had expected upon returning from Argentina, MacLeod was instead received by just a handful of angered Scots who had fallen heavily under his spell of disillusion.

- Began career at Mansfield before eight years at Swindon - Helped Swindon reach the Premier League under Glenn Hoddle, 1993 - Signed for Spurs by Ossie Ardiles, summer of 1993 - Went on to play 199 times for us in all competitions - Ended playing career with spells at Villa, Forest and Notts County - Won 36 Scotland caps - played at Euro 96 and 1998 World Cup - Reserve team coach at Spurs 2001 - 03 - First managerial post at Northampton, 2003 and has managed Forest and Hibernian - Now assistant manager under Steve Bruce at Villa

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The board is under a directive from Elia to submit a «response plan» to her by Feb. 2, spelling out how it will carry out Bierwirth's wide - ranging recommendations regarding the district's governance, finances, academics and facilities.

The big question researchers had was whether the 21 lines approved for use under the Bush Administration, which are still used in many research labs, would qualify under detailed provisions for informed consent by embryo donors that are spelled out in the guidelines.

Water harvesting by collecting excess rain run - off for instance in cisterns — for supplementary irrigation during dry spells — is a common traditional approach in some regions such as the Sahel region in Africa, but is under - used in many other semi-arid regions such as Asia and North America.

At the meeting, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of Rixensart, Belgium, which has the vaccine furthest in development, spelled out how it might scale up production in parallel with the safety and efficacy trials now under way so that the product could be ready for wider distribution by April if warranted.

Because digestion and intestinal function may be severely compromised, avoid foods that are difficult to digest even under normal circumstances, in particular, gluten - containing grains, especially wheat; even spelt, barley, oats and rye are not well tolerated by many.

I am a completely under its spell; hypnotized by its golden colour, promising heath benefits, and taste!

Some unexpected mixing and matching could take everyone by surprise under this lunar spell.

As an avowed lover of fuchsia and magenta lip colors, I was drawn by the vibrancy of Quince, but then there's that super smooth, creamy texture that had me completely under its spell.

Lucy falls under Ernessa's spell and becomes emotionally and physically consumed by her

Under normal circumstances, we wouldn't believe a minute of Random Harvest, but the magic spell woven by the stars and by author James Hilton (Lost Horizon, Goodbye Mr. Chips etc.) transforms the wildly incredible into the wholly credible (just one quibble: isn't Colman a bit long in tooth as a «young» World War I veteran?)

Lucy falls under Ernessa's spell and becomes emotionally and physically consumed by her glamorous new friend.

The film stars Joaquin Phoenix in a widely praised performance as an ex-Navy man who falls under the spell of the «master» of the title, played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

Making up the other half of the movie is a more recent, frightening period in Wilson's life (he's played here by John Cusack), when he was under the (highly medicated) spell of unethical therapist Dr. Eugene Landy (Paul Giamatti), his only protection from whom being his beach blonde soul mate, Melinda Ledbetter (Elizabeth Banks).

However, after placing the young nobleman under a spell, the vain monarch still finds herself frustrated by her magical mirror's answer to «Who's the fairest of them all?»

The unfortunate thing about his performance is that sometimes you can't tell whether he's under the spell put on him by Barnabas, or just an idiot who is too drunk to think.

Baumbach and Gerwig have both noted in interviews that Mistress America is in part inspired by those 1980s comedies — like Something Wild and After Hours — in which a preppy square falls under the spell of an outrageous bon vivant.

The title, a modified spelling of a song by and documentary on The Who, isn't ironic; both kids are generally fine, albeit each under the questionable influence of a friend.

Ostensibly both a remake of the Southern Gothic erotic thriller by Don Siegel from 1971 and also an adaptation of Thomas P. Cullinan's 1966 novel «A Painted Devil», Coppola (who also wrote the screenplay and won the Best Director Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival) smartly and slowly unravels her tale via the female gaze in a film that, if one is patient with it, slowly pulls you under its sunlit and fainéant spell.

The film, directed by Richard Kwietniowski and inspired by a true story, avoids the artificial highs and lows of many gambling movies and shows Hoffman burrowing straight ahead, his eyes rarely lifted from the action, as if under a hypnotic spell.

Away from the cult — the members meet nightly, then return to their real lives by day — Peter professes to see right through Maggie's hocus - pocus, but Lorna can see that he's gradually falling deeper under her spell.

It's easy to fall under the spell of a new Marvel movie; Disney's monolithic marketing movie - making machine is designed to entertain at all costs, and it's very easy to come out of the newest Marvel movie taken by the humor pop culture references and rousing action.

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Ravitch asked in a February 2009 blog item, suggesting that the education secretary's policies are not much different from those espoused by Spellings, who held the office under President George W. Bush.

But such an approach could have easily been undertaken under AYP; in fact, growth modeling (of which Cut the Gap in Half is a version) was approved in the last decade by then - U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings.

Truth be told we were all under its spell for the first day of the test, dazzled by its brilliance and mesmerised by its purity and fitness for purpose.

Point is, Self published writers are under some kind of spell by this low price point!

Inspired by the girls who followed Charles Manson and committed vile crimes for him, this book follows a depressed and lonely girl as she falls under the spell of one of the followers of a cult leader in the 1960's.

The Swimming Pool by Holly LeCraw Under Holly LeCraw's spell, what could have been pure pulp is instead a passionate and suspenseful family drama and murder mystery, set during the sultry summertime of Cape Cod.

Moody's twinning theme also appears in this story by Gillian Flynn, although, unlike Moody, who was influenced by Borges and Nabokov, eighth - grader Flynn was under the spell of the Sweet Valley High series.

The story «Aquila» by S.P. Somtow (under his other name, that I can't remember how to spell on the fly) even managed to get nominated for a Hugo (according to the author), despite the magazine having about 6 - 8 pages printed OUT OF ORDER.

My King Deluxe Room, looked after by a metal fox's head on the bedroom wall that I only noticed after settling in, had clearly come under the fox» spell.

Fall under Costa Rica's spell at the mesmerizing Serenity by the Sea.

Over 4 km long, it curves past resorts, beachfront cafes, wooden fishing boats under repair and quite a few elegant old villas built decades ago by the wealthy expats who fell under Bali's spell.

When the player character finds he has been put under the spell of the Dragon Cauldron by a dark faction, making him a mere puppet forced to kill, he ventures forth to settle the score.

When the player finds he has been put under the spell of the Dragon Cauldron by a dark faction, making him a mere puppet forced to kill, he ventures forth to settle the score!

The CalculaTees expansion pack includes numbers from 0 - 9 (plus a decimal point) and will add more options for the ongoing AlphabeTees / CalculaTees contests where PlayStation Home users and their friends answer daily trivia by spelling out the answer with their clothing, taking a group photo, and then uploading directly to the AlphabeTees competition entry portal (located under the Central Plaza Jumbotron).

The bright, open world of Sunset City is ground zero for your antics, which are fueled by the sudden emergence of violent mutants — all former citizens under the spell of a horrible new energy drink gone awry.

A 1933 drawing in Abstract Pioneer with squared - off red, yellow and black shapes calls Mondrian's famous grids to mind, and by 1935, Diller was making work, such as a small ink and watercolor drawing in the show, fully under the spell of Mondrian's philosophy of neo-plasticism, albeit with a «muddier palette,» Williams says.