Sentences with phrase «variations on old»

Fortunately, I hung in there and developed new methods, and variations on old ones, that have made my work with couples not only enjoyable, but most importantly, much more effective.

Smartphones and distant data storage are just newfangled variations on an old theme.

(The late works — mostly genial variations on old themes — are often more refined as paintings while less disturbing than the early works.)

As an added bonus, many of the decals that came with the original game are also getting an overhaul, and you'll also get 2 new variations on old maps (a snowy Utopia and a Wasteland at night), so don't be too hasty with your credit card.

There are variations on the old Dogs of the Dow trade, but all follow the same basic idea.

This fascination is also sophomoric, based on a shallow misreading of film history in which Anderson's variations on old Hollywood topics seem brilliantly new.

It's largely a numbers game, with enemies that are simply stronger than before, but you also discover variations on old enemies that introduce new powers and tactics.

While there are many variations on Old Fashioneds, my favorite is made with brandy and mixed with lemon lime soda and a splash of grenadine.

But how much of these can we claim as our native inventions, rather than merely our peculiar variations on older traditions?

(If you are familiar with Bisquick's Impossible Pies, you will know what I mean — this is simply a fancy variation on the old standby.)

Traditional pound cake lovers will love this delicious variation on their old - time favorite.

Cooked wild rice replaces oats (which can be tainted with gluten) in this variation on old - fashioned oatmeal - raisin cookies.

But it is Mr. Cooper who offers the most interesting variation on an old standard, playing his aggressive, cocky frat boy with a snarl of rage that masks an anxiety as hard to account for as it is to miss.

[A Blessing] isn't as detail - rich as 2004's The Dirty South, but it's another engaging variation on old - school Southern rock.

At its worst, Toy Soldiers is just an action variation on the old Rooney - Garland musicals - you know, let's - get - a-buncha-kids-together-and-put-on-a-counterinsurgency.

Risking being stereotyped as a sci - fi director, Verhoeven's next (and most recent) film was a variation on the old Invisible Man theme.

in 1966, Nichols has constantly brought a treat with some variation on some old genre.

But ultimately it's another variation on the old laughing - through - the - tears shtick, in which monumental life challenges bring on the warm fuzzies and the laughs.

But other than the lack of a torque converter, the C 63's transmission is simply a variation on the old - fashioned epicyclic automatic.

The bosses of the game are similar — they are all variations on older bosses.

The controls are a simplified variation on the old «three kinds of punch and three kinds of kick» scheme in that there's only a single punch button and a single kick button.

Julian Schnabel's David and Goliath (2011) is a modern variation on an old tradition in which the artist portrays himself as a bloody corpse.

Joseph Stella (1877 - 1946), The Brooklyn Bridge: Variation on an Old Theme, 1939.

This «new» model is a slight variation on an old idea about sea ice cycles and heat buildup in the ocean beneath the ice.

It uses a variation on an old theme, emphasizing the problems that today's children will inherit in a warming world.

Not exact matches

Variations of this soup have hit home with many four and five year - olds on Tuesdays.

I stumbled across you when looking for variations on the Nigella satsuma cake, but my eye is automatically drawn to the word «spinach», as it's the only green thing my 15 month old will eat at the moment.

We were asked to find a grilled cheese recipe, I had no idea there were so many variations on the regular old grilled cheese.

Based on an old San Francisco favorite called Joe's Special — I've also seen it called «Casual Joe's Special» — it's been around for quite a while, and inspired a lot of variations.

Guests who opt for the bar cart can choose from one of three rotating cocktails, variations on martinis, Manhattans, and Old Fashioneds.

Beverage Director Paul McGee's drink menu includes an accessible selection of classic cocktails, including rotating variations on Cobblers, Collins, Old Fashioneds, Sours and more — a menu that also includes a seasonal frozen cocktail.

He shouldn't be allowed to rest on old achievements, and so what we are left with is a manager who spends as little as possible, has no remarkable tactical variation, and is consistently failing to win anything except the rather exceptive FA cups in 2014 +15.

On their website they say that they wanted to revolutionize the design of baby bottles as all available models were variations of old and not necessarily optimal design.

You might be able to make a variation on them for younger members of the family by leaving out the sugar and butter, but with the recipe below, you'll have the perfect breakfast to help your older baby start the day off on the right foot.

She calls herself an «accidental foodie,» a title many will be able to relate to and shares awesome kid - friendly recipes featuring simple variations on good old - fashioned meat and potatoes, leftovers and crockpot kinds of meals.

Most brain drugs are variations on 50 - year - old medicines, says Randall Peterson of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, so new ones can't come soon enough.

Based on analyses of hydrological variations below the 29 - year Balbina dam and the 26 year old Tucurui dam in the Brazilian Amazon and their knowledge of channel morphology below the proposed Andean dams, the scientists also predicted that much of the floodplain below these impoundments could become permanently dry.

The Rutgers study is the first to compare variations of food and nutrition at similar tropical rain forest sites — some of the oldest forests on Earth — that are in close proximity.

While 9 of them fitted within known human variation, it was claimed that the oldest sequence, from the 60,000 year old Mungo 3 fossil, was distinct from those of recent humans, and cast doubt on the theory that modern humans had originated in Africa.

There are many possible variations in movement, but this 4 - way division of function will allow us to exploit a training program devoid of fluff and focusing on old school hard work.

I love seeing all these variations — from Aurora's on trend cropped wide leg to Marisa's old school Guess jeans (waist - cinching and emphasizing!).

I'm pretty sure it was a variation of this recipe I saw on her old show, «30 Minute Meals», in which she used vanilla ice cream and crushed graham crackers.

Sweater: Forever21 Jeans: American Eagle Vest: Old Navy sold out, similar OTK boots: Aldo Variations of this outfit have been on repeat since the weather cooled down.

It's like a demented variation on The Borrowers, and first - rate acting and effects work combine to thoroughly creep us out.Shy, artistic 8 - year - old Sally (Madison) moves...

Wilson and Vaughn start playing the straight men to Walken's eccentric patrician family, and the film turns into an old - money variation on Meet The Parents.

The subject of the piece is our fear of getting old, which is a variation on our fear of dying.

2017 Today's new releases in theaters are Gifted starring Chris Evans, the amusing odd Colossal starring Anne Hathaway, The Smurfs: Lost Village, one of last year's most acclaimed foreign animated pictures Your Name, and yet another variation on the grumpy old men comedy genre, Going in Style.

A Welsh variation on Rushmore's Max Fisher, 15 - year - old Oliver Tate comes of age through a budding romance with classmate Jordana (Yasmin Paige) and his quest to save his parents» (Noah Taylor and Sally Hawkins) marriage in Submarine, Richard Ayoade's off - putting ode to quirky teen desire and self - discovery.

El Dorado Howard Hawks, USA, 1966, 35 mm, 126m The first of Howard Hawks's two variations on his own Rio Bravo finds Robert Mitchum playing a hard - drinking sheriff who teams up with an old friend (hired gun John Wayne) to protect a wealthy rancher (Ed Asner) and his family from the threatening advances of another rancher's fearsome gang.

The CG - heavy backdrops — from a steampunk variation on the trench warfare of the Great War to a castle overrun by orcs and guarded by a dragon to the old bomb - on - a-runaway-train gag with bland robots — are the only thing to change.