Sentences with phrase «with duplicitous»

In any other field we'd automatically prefer the satellites post-1979 but this field is so laden with duplicitous propaganda and false or misplaced ethics that they avoid anything that disturbs their thermageddon hypothesis.

It certainly looks like The West Wing if Aaron Sorkin «s show was dark, cynical, and filled with duplicitous characters but...

The book's recently widowed heroine, played here with duplicitous glee by Kate Beckinsale, is the kind of modern 18th - century woman who wants it all: financial security and sex, that is.

Hunt eventually enlists the help of his former allies — and works with duplicitous British agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson)-- to dodge his own government and bring down the Syndicate.

Crossing the line from citizen to criminal, Harold tangles with duplicitous business partners, Mexican drug lords, international mercenaries, and the DEA.

Like beer goggles, politicians from opposing parties sometimes suffer a phenomenon called «actual goggles», where they're so blinded by the beauty of regeneration and collective endeavour that they forget they're working with that duplicitous clown Boris Johnson / New Labour - bot Tessa Jowell (delete as applicable).

Not exact matches

When tasked with translating someone whose words they find reprehensible, translators can feel inauthentic, disingenuous and duplicitous.

A discussion on duplicitous economics with Richard Wolff.

In short, I consider this «reality» show as must see TV which attempts to convince non-Muslim viewers of Muslim self - importance, moral superiority, and feigned persecution with every condescending word uttered by these hypocritical, duplicitous people.

I'm more concerned with my child's life than any doctor is, so preaching to mothers intent of birthing at home about what's best for their families according to duplicitous shills and the hospitals they work for is laughable.

Meanwhile Oliver's book is said to be packed with «critical and damning comments about the motivation and duplicitous behaviour of senior Conservatives with IDS, Gove and Johnson front and centre».

«Despite the Heaney campaign's duplicitous claims, the shadowy, Washington, DC - based New York Jobs Council has been funded entirely with Heaney company money, he's the special guest at its event and its sole purpose has been to attack to John Faso.

Fear of losing some tenuous grip on power derived through duplicitous efforts has left us satisfied with scraps gained,» said Rosemary Rivera, of the group Citizen Action on New York.

Some scientists have found highly unethical or duplicitous routes to tamper with and game the peer - review system designed to ensure the validity of findings

I help my patients go gluten - free without falling into the duplicitous marketing trap with these five strategies:

If it stripped out its icky, duplicitous aspects — mainly the bogus interest messages and e-mails, and the practice of leading members into paywall deadends — it might even become a legitimate, respected method for two groups of people with similar interests to connect.

It's his toothy grin and duplicitous insults that make this film into a very lewd comedy, though he does spar with Bejo a number of times, and seems reverent of his co-stars with maturity and childlike wonder.

The plot thickens when a group of corrupt local - government officials, in league with Marcia's duplicitous fiance Carter Andrews (Craig Stevens), use underhanded methods to force the honest Wilson out of business.

While Anon doesn't boast a superior story, it's engaging in the way many B - grade noir films from the «40s and «50s were — pulpy excursions into the dark side of human nature with hard - bitten heroes and duplicitous femmes fatale.

Based on David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Glengarry Glen Ross follows the duplicitous comings and goings of an office full of shifty real - estate hustlers (including Al Pacino's Ricky Roma, Ed Harris» Dave Moss, and Jack Lemmon's Shelley Levene) over the course of a hectic 24 - hour period - with the admittedly thin storyline set into motion by a slick upper - management type's proclamation that the men will lose their jobs if their work doesn't improve.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

And then the real Jim Phelps entered with a gun, and demanded that Ethan explain when he knew about Phelps» duplicitous plans.

At the point of departure, we find Tris on the run with her boyfriend Four (Theo James), her brother Caleb (Ansel Elgort) and the duplicitous Peter Hayes (Miles Teller).

Brown is all for escaping, but the duplicitous Van Nutter plans to abscond with the booty.

The introduction of a pair of villains in evil Professor Cropper (Trevor Eve) and his henchman, the duplicitous Fergus Wolff (Toby Stephens), is so wretched and fatigued that the whole of the project is suffused with this nameless inward gazing dread.

Though Chris Weitz's script adds some perfunctory intrigue in the form of a duplicitous Grand Duke (Stellan Skarsgård) who conspires with Lady Tremaine to keep the prince from being with his true love, Cinderella hits all its expected marks — midnight flight, lost slipper, kingdom - wide podiatric investigation — like the good little brand extension it is.

The Bond babe is duplicitous Camille (Ukrainian model Olga Kurylenko), whose villainous lover, Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric) of Greene Planet is negotiating with Bolivian general Medrano (Joaquin Cosio) to control South America's water supply.

Her Big Plan involves creating a worldwide problem, then offering a solution to said worldwide problem in exchange for the legitimization of her global business enterprises, but she doesn't count on a duplicitous American president (Bruce Greenwood) with a not - so - hidden draconian agenda of his own.

Out of prison, Wilde had horrified his friends by resuming the destructive relationship with the exquisite, duplicitous Bosie (Colin Morgan), which causes the termination of the tiny allowance from his humiliated ex-wife Constance (Emily Watson) and endangers Bosie's own income, leaving them nothing to live on.

As night comes down and the soldier attempts get back to the army base, Hook's disorientating odyssey brings him into contact with Unionist and Republican paramilitary units, as well duplicitous forces stoking the flames of conflict, waging their own dirty war.

With Steve Martin as a mysterious businessman, Ben Gazzara as Scott's boss, magician Ricky Jay as Scott's friend and Mamet's wife, Rebecca Pidgeon, as a possibly duplicitous secretary.

Belle, a wistful bookworm, is the odd girl out in her village, and she has already brushed off several encounters with Gaston (Luke Evans), the duplicitous hunk who became a new Disney archetype (in «Frozen,» etc.): the handsome, big - chinned, icky monomaniacal two - faced suitor.

All the key characters are brought to life by an impressive cast, with Ian McShane (as the duplicitous Bishop Waleran Bigod), Rufus Sewell (as the master stone mason Tom Builder), and Matthew MacFadyen (as Prior Philip) standing out.

It's smart filmmaking — and also totally duplicitous and self - serving, the arthouse craftsmanship nearly hiding the film's middle - brow triteness (see also: I Am Love), every scene ladled with big dollops of cinema's most respectable cop - out: ambiguity.

Sidekick Jamie Bell also performs well, especially in convincingly having to speak Gaelic, though, as with the lack of contrast in the atmosphere of the film, the duplicitous nature of his character isn't called into question nearly enough for the scenes in the middle of the film where he must pretend to be the master to Tatum's slave to be as effective as is warranted in the script.

Since Rachel McAdams (as Holmes» duplicitous former flame Irene) is dispensed with early on, Rapace is brought on to be the new heroine, but she's mostly directed to react and clomp about with Holmes and Watson.

There he proves no match for his tough sheriff brother Dan (James Badge Dale), let alone the villainous outlaw Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner, acting with a prosthetic harelip) or duplicitous civic leader Cole (Tom Wilkinson), who stands to make a killing when the railroad comes through.

Over the next two hours or so, we get Tonto's backstory, multiple action set pieces, a brothel madam with an ivory leg that doubles as a gun (Helena Bonham Carter), and a duplicitous villain who is determined to keep hostile the relations between the white man and the Comanche Indians, who have banished Tonto.

To properly appreciate Syriana, one does have to have a familiarity with the make - up of the Middle East in the way things are run, a knowledge of the politics involved in the running of billion - dollar oil companies, an understanding of the duplicitous nature of the Central Intelligence Agency, and an awareness of terrorist organizations that would openly recruit young men that would kill themselves for the sake of a cause they may or may not be fully aware they are assisting.

What starts as a routine interrogation soon turns into a violent bloodbath at the hands of Frost's pursuers, with Weston tasked with avoiding the increasing bloodshed as he escorts his duplicitous charge to a new location.

But with great leads, skillful direction, and solid supporting performances by Amy Adams, whose character represents the balance between her natural demeanor of kindness and the learned skills of a newfound disciplinarian, and Viola Davis, whose one powerhouse scene impressed enough to garner her an Academy Award nomination, Doubt still runs on all cylinders professionally in delivering a solid musing on the duplicitous power of faith and doubt, faith coming from the heart and doubt from the mind.

Yes, listed companies aren't perfect either — but at least on an exchange, over-hyped stocks (with rapacious & duplicitous management) tend to be far easier to spot & avoid — at least for investors with a modicum of common sense.

With his beguiling, duplicitous smile, Demetrio Watts assures all citizens low - cost, efficient energy year - round.

A big, crudely painted marble - effect 3 - D model Loos House, based on the interior of Adolf Loos's house, occupies the centre of the display, and the ghost of Loos, with his modernist creed «Ornamentation and Crime» signalling a moral battlecry against superfluous decoration and «style», appears here to wag a duplicitous finger.

One is serious in its interest in social and political issues, like what Brecht and Weill were doing with their work that served socially, politically useful purposes, and the other is playful and humorous, which was insightfully brought up in Lynne Cooke's excellent catalogue essay for your show at the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum in the Netherlands [Allan McCollum: The Art of Duplicitous Ingemination, 1989]?

Research can be conducted with pretty good rigor, Bill, and the publications derived from that research can be duplicitous as all hell.

Now, having survived a brush with death in 2017, and armed with new funding and direct control of the company as its CEO (though no longer the majority shareholder), YT could continue this duplicitous push, these people say.

In addition, the platform provides investors with a comprehensive way to identify and avoid duplicitous crowdsale projects.