Sentences with phrase «vendetta when»

Chan stars as humble London businessman Quan, whose long - buried past erupts in a revenge - fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love — his teenage daughter — is taken from him in a senseless act of politically - motivated terrorism.

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When she can, she quotes her sources disclaiming any vendetta against the Church.

For these reasons, I see the coming encounter and dialogue between humanism and theism not as the occasion for sour - tempered vendettas, but as another of those recurring interludes in the history of the race when the search for truth pits conscientious antagonists on the battleground of human thought.

His death and the scandal provoked by it, when he had become one of the leading figures of the Church, was a sort of posthumous vendetta, one of those favors that the gods bestow on those whom they love.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

When Arizona was given the lowest No. 4 seed on Selection Sunday, it felt like a vendetta from the NCAA.

Oh, and don't forget: even when the Democrats went after Bruno in a political vendetta (and maybe led by «Socks Spitzer», the «F ---- Steamroller» himself?)

When he's not trying to shackle our free Press, or cosying up to the odious Max Mosley, Tom Watson can be found pursuing a deranged vendetta against senior Tories he accuses of sex crimes.

Many believe that by seeking out Salgado in his vendetta against Recchia, Colton may be grasping at straws and hoping that former Councilman Recchia will not be newly - elected U.S. Rep. Recchia when the polls close in November.

«In a time when Democrats should be united against Trump, this distraction is clearly an outgrowth of the mayor's vendetta against the governor,» the insider said.

De Blasio, who in 2015 broke the feud into the open by publicly accusing Cuomo of governing by «vendetta,» grinned last week when asked about his recent relationship with the governor and said he was not currently inclined to punch.

The mayor was asked about comments he made saying that when he doesn't agree with Cuomo, the governor often launches some sort of vendetta against him.

De Blasio's last housing fight led him in June to angrily accuse Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of carrying out a «vendetta» when whey clashed on the mayor's efforts to amend a real estate tax abatement program and win stronger rent control laws.

The hostility escalated this summer when de Blasio accused Cuomo of undermining the city's agenda in Albany and holding a «vendetta» against those with whom he disagrees.

Just when we were ready to give up mainstream movies as braindead, along comes the controversial and gleefully subversive V for Vendetta, a piece of corporate - sponsored art that will have audiences rooting for a bomb - throwing anarchist.

Journeyman director James McTeigue's better work (V for Vendetta, Sense8) has always maintained an element of social commentary: we sense him lingering when Burke tells Union «You are a woman, alone, at the mercy of strangers», which makes it even more cathartic whenever our resourceful heroine locates a weak spot.

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Poots first appeared on - screen in an episode of Casualty and had a non-speaking role in V for Vendetta, but she was largely unknown when, at the age of 17, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo cast her in 28 Weeks Later.

EA did quite well last year when they created Def Jam: Vendetta, which I thought was a pretty solid looking game.

«Survivor» was directed by James McTeigue, a filmmaker who can make stylish and enormously effective works when he is given strong material (as he showed with «V for Vendetta») and giant loads of gibberish when he isn't (as he proved with the beyond - dire «The Raven»).

A widowed father desperately tries to break through to his nine year old daughter when she creates a creepy, maniacal friend with a terryfying vendetta.

But when she returns after a particularly rotten day to find her home burglarized — goodbye laptop, goodbye family - heirloom silver, goodbye sense of security — her growing philosophy that «everyone is an asshole» explodes into a full - blown vendetta.

He also has a personal vendetta against Longrigg, leading Hector to run the entire operation off the books when his boss (Mark Gatiss) decides that such an investigation isn't worthwhile.

It's when such measures are not available that we need extreme due - process requirements to be sure that decisions are not being made based on personal vendettas and favoritism.

Ah yes, that little rant — when somebody keeps posting repeatedly about some tiny # 0.5 million company, I think it's sensible to presume they're pursuing some crazy personal vendetta...

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Just as importantly, by constantly pushing players together when they've got compatible interests, the service beacon is going to help foster the creation of relationships within the community, and that in turn will lead to the formation of a lot of new friendships, alliances and in the case of deals gone bad sometimes even vendettas.»

When you run out of in - game money, you have two choices: Make a huge time investment by hunting down orcs in your game world and earning chests via vendetta missions, or spend some real money to get the more powerful orcs you need now.

Elsewhere, there are Online Vendettas which are unlocked after a few hours into the story as that is when notifications will start popping up throughout Mordor about a player's character being killed within their world; therefore your task is to enter their world and kill the Orc responsible in order to avenge the player's character in addition to completing optional objectives.

It's kind of hard to develop a vendetta against anyone when the guy who was kicking your ass suddenly becomes your teammate.

He told me that of course he receives private funding for his research: he has to because it's his only way of making ends meet, especially since the Alarmist establishment launched its vendetta against him when, from 2009 onwards, he became more outspoken in his critiques of global warming theory.

And when I didn't get to the top I obviously had a vendetta with the mountain.