Sentences with phrase «with obvious attempts»

However, despite going to great lengths to depict the hardships experienced by the community, there remains a sense of distance and disconnectedness that sits in contrast with the obvious attempts to elicit an emotional reaction.

The first post contained an outright lie, which MANA does not deny, but does not correct, either, and is filled with obvious attempts to mislead readers.

Not exact matches

The risk with that kind of approach is that obvious falsehoods or offensive views get treated as though they were valid through a false attempt at balance.

The analysis is painful to look at because along with the obvious misspellings I didn't even attempt to correct for whatever reason, the analysis doesn't do anything but spout off random stats I pulled from it financials and places like Morningstar.

The analogy with Ramanuja's attempt to do the same with brahman should be obvious.

as usual with your supposed absolutes you attempt to paint the universe in terms of black and white, while it is plainly obvious that it is not black and white, but a myriad of shades of every color.

When you were challenged on this frankly stunning, obvious maneuver, you decided to throw a wall of expertly worded blather about how it's important to be generous to one another and to attempt to establish relationship with those with whom we differ.

The responder may begin with a phrase such as «Let's see if I understand how it looks to you...» and then he paraphrases what he thinks the other is expressing, (d) Switch roles and try to state each other's position and feelings on one issue on which you have obvious differences of viewpoint, (e) Practice nonverbal communication by attempting to get messages through to each other with the use of touch, facial expressions, body movements, gestures, eye communication.

It is obvious you continue to avoid current knowledge, but I hope you realize how obvious your uneducated generalizations and attempted distractions are to someone with a spec of rationalization.

The radio pastor then went on to say that this pastor he just quoted had an affair with another woman, an obvious attempt to discredit his quote.

now before you go seeking an explanation and start fumbling in an attempt to reason this wonderful contradi ction... i will provide you with the most obvious explanation:

With that in mind, I will attempt to address some of the myths propagated by those enduring Wenger loyalists who can't seem to see what has become blatantly obvious to most outside observers.

Add to all that a generally pleasant demeanour, an unimpeachable attitude and an obvious affection and respect for the club and everyone involved with it, from the fans to his manager and his teammates, and he was, in summary, exactly the player you'd come up with if you sat down and attempted to create the attacking heart of a football team from whole cloth.

The previous window had closed with a desperate attempt to sign a decent defensive midfielder, the need for which remains glaringly obvious.

His obvious logic for this was to provide an extra body in the middle to match up with Liverpool's three, and attempt to disrupt their fluidity.

Unlike the majority of his Leicester City squad, Ranieri has found himself in this position previously, and his comments should be taken with a pinch of salt given his attempts to relieve the pressure on his squad are obvious and well - placed.

The Graham - Cassidy bill is an obvious attempt to contain the political damage done by July's failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and it should be rejected along with planned cuts to services provided by hospitals for low - income and uninsured patients.»

With its tongue in its cheek, it shamelessly politicizes the obvious in attempting to reframe and shift liability in the White Paper to a political opponent to score cheap political and electioneering points.

Name calling while calling for tolerance, keen sense of the obvious comments, poor attempts at humor (usually mocking, calling people bigots because they don't agree with), and then losing your temper when you you get called out.

According to Namdas, there was an obvious attempt to blackmail the National Assembly, paint it as an irresponsible institution, one not concerned with the welfare of the people.

«Hinton's hiring has people's jaws dropping because this is seen as an obvious attempt by Mercury to gain even more influence with the Cuomo administration, just what the governor said he'd stop,» a business lobbyist told The Post.

We've had another attempt at a relaunch this morning but (as was obvious from the 8.10 am Today interview with Alan Johnson) we're not getting any decisive government action on social care for the elderly but yet another review.

The Board subsequently removed the names of the two men but allowed the petitions themselves to remain valid with respect to the other individuals named on the petitions despite what appears to be an obvious attempt at deception.

While increasing the supply of beta cells seems an obvious approach, past attempts to do so have been met with limited success.

This became painfully obvious (and I do mean painfully) when the anesthesiologist attempted to connect me to an IV, twice, with no success.

The whole film is wobbly enough that many of scenes could be moved or cut altogether with no effect, with one obvious example being a stop - over in a village, where Snatched makes some half - assed attempts to paint Emily's largely unsympathetic character in a better light and tries (and fails) to mount a gross - out slapstick bit with a cheap - looking CGI tapeworm.

Being teenage boys, they're far too intrigued by the boobs on display to fret over the obvious occult ritual taking place, but when Anna is subsequently murdered, they decide to attempt some amateur late - night sleuthing, with predictably unpleasant results.

Add to these a very rough sense of storytelling, and there's really not much going for the movie with the exception of a few strong performances and some obvious but still enjoyable attempts at bringing elements of the stage to film.

Notionally, it's about an ageing Solid Snake coming to terms with his own mortality — an obvious cipher for what Kojima (falsely) claimed was his last MGS game — and a vainglorious attempt to tie up the series» themes of information control, genetic legacy and the relativity of virtue (plus Jonny Sasaki's irritable bowels).

Unfortunately, Ms. Cody succumbs here to the proverbial sophomore jinx, despite an obvious attempt to imbue her latest title character with the identical, above - it - all attitude of her previous one.

The next, it's a too - obvious attempt to pull at heartstrings with the most maudlin kind of melodrama.

What should've been a straightforward spy thriller with badass set pieces instead becomes a slog towards a conclusion that is pretty obvious no matter how much the script attempts to throw up smoke screens.

Studio head Jack Warner, however, was none too happy with Koch's obvious modern allusions to the war in Europe and his anti-Fascist sentiments (we were still a «neutral» country) and attempted to soften his tone.

I don't know who came up with this but it is an obvious attempt to eliminate Charters.

«With no obvious mechanisms for influencing parental physical activity opportunities, it is hard to see how attempts to cram more into the already overburdened school day will meet with much success.&raWith no obvious mechanisms for influencing parental physical activity opportunities, it is hard to see how attempts to cram more into the already overburdened school day will meet with much success.&rawith much success.»

Comparing the front end of the new R18 with last year's car, the most obvious difference are the bigger dive planes, as well as huge air inlets on the front wheel arches, the latter in an attempt to reduce aerodynamic drag.

Inside, the Atlas's dash and doors are adorned with wood and brushed - metal trim; Volkswagen rarely makes such attempts at warmth, and it's obvious it hasn't had much practice.

With an obvious debt to Willy Lowman, the traveling salesman / father icon of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Daniel Wallace takes the story a bit further, allowing his protagonist to act out and attempt to act through the exaggerated yet serious dynamics of this father / son relationship while inviting the reader to symbolically do the same.

These short video previews of books, often featuring a chat with the author or a dramatic depiction of the plot, and typically posted on YouTube, are truly strange cultural artifacts: They're painfully obvious attempts to adapt to technological change, but they're just as obviously off - key, not quite in step with whatever they're chasing.

I'm waiting for the obvious «iPhone-esque» small tablet, with smaller bezels on the side so you can work it better in portrait mode, instead of giving up that capability in return for some misguided attempt to make the tablet usable from all angles.

The obvious first solution is to attempt to work with the lender and pursue payment plans that reduce the debt, not postpone it.

The most obvious symptom of flea bite hypersensitivity and FAD is severe itching of the skin, which your pet attempts to cope with by scratching and biting.

Symptoms include restlessness, attempts to vomit with no results, abdominal pain, excessive salivation, whining and obvious discomfort.

These tests are simple enough to include in the initial workup of a case, along with the more obvious things you mention, such as ruling out intestinal parasites, a general blood panel to make sure that there is not an obvious organ system problem (liver, kidney) and an attempt to make sure bacterial enteritis is not a problem.

Connectivity is always an important question when it comes to picking up new gear, and the H Wireless doesn't disappoint in this regard, coming packaged with enough cables and wires to successfully hook up to just about anything that produces sound, although for obvious reasons I would not recommend attempting to connect it your cat / dog / wife / husband or children.

These heroes each boast four basic action card; exploration let's you explore the current location and draw special dungeon cards in the process, vital to completing most missions; attacking does the obvious and is the main method of dealing with the many enemies who will attempt to thwart your quest; rest, which lets you heal your character; and aid, which lets you generate success tokens for other heroes in order to shore up their turn.

It's an obvious attempt at fan - service which I'm not even against, but for these missions to work the campaign needs to be at least twice as long, that way Iden, Del and Hask's story gets time to breath while also allowing fans like me to get cool moments with classic characters.

It smacks of a blatantly obvious attempt at getting a fourth entry out of a series that was never meant to have one, a trilogy that wrapped up with an ending that left many disappointed, yes, but was intended to be final.

And my reference has only been with a path is not obvious after a few attempts, and I am genuinely stuck to the point where I can no longer play anymore.

Despite the very obvious and widely acknowledged aspects that define the game's Titans as mecha, it seems that this is another attempt by a game studio to re-brand mecha as something else and new (though with Hawken, Adhesive to their credit did change their tune).