Sentences with phrase «with sleight»

But the real heat was earlier, when Rivera appeared as the episode's top of the show, one - on - one interview guest (and later joined the panel on the YouTube - only Overtime segment), with Maher kicking off their chat with a sleight - of - hand compliment.

And it can not be done with a sleight — of — hand approach, pretending there will be little impact on fossil fuel prices as in the proposed cap — and trade, or with government picking winners as in the would — be «green jobs» program.

Matthew Smith's (b. 1976, Wakefield) sculptural work is predominantly made from everyday objects, which he them manipulates or transforms with a sleight hand.

With sleight of hand, she lays out a tapestry of visual trickery, reconstructed artifacts, and misinterpreted histories.

With sleight of hand ease, they can be visually deceptive, but they don't aspire to all out trickery.

SPIRIT OF»76 Dan Chiasson moves with sleight - of - hand smoothness through varied poetic forms in Bicentennial.

J.D. is reteaming with his Sleight writing partner Alex Theurer to develop the new remake for 201th Century Fox.

Ever the more cunning, the horseman finds their religions transparent, and bests them all with sleight - of - hand.

At the end of the counter, the ubiquitous Tricycle Man / magician privately amuses himself with another sleight - of - hand trick: he removes the saltshaker cap, pours salt into his left hand fist, lifts both hands and waves the salt goodbye, then grabs thin air with his right fist and distributes salt on his salad.

When a magician fools you with sleight of hand, it is not your vision that is to blame.

With a sleight of hand, however — the major grouse of Harold Smith's revolt and anger in Blue Collar Lawman, his unpublished book — the British turned things round for the North.

But Item 19 is often calculated with a sleight of hand that would make a magician proud, with the numbers spun to put the system in the best possible light.

Not exact matches

Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions (Henry Holt) Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez - Conde with Sandra Blakeslee

«Faith is a device of self - delusion, a sleight of hand done with words and emotions founded on any irrational notion that can be dreamed up.

We are now witnessing the believer sleight - of - hand trick trying to equate «supernatural» with «god.»

Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;» Without apostles and prophets we can not come to a «unity of the faith» nor be perfected in Christ.

With rather obvious sleight of mind he has made «Nothing» into a Something with cosmic potentWith rather obvious sleight of mind he has made «Nothing» into a Something with cosmic potentwith cosmic potential.

Paul taught in Ephesians 4: «11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;» Without apostles and prophets we can not come to a «unity of the faith» nor be perfected in Christ.

Yet (with a little sleight of hand that comes from peeking ahead and thinking of Frye's basic distinction), we can already sense that one text is going to emphasize centrifugal meanings and the other, centripetal meanings.

As he describes his life, it sounds like a Vegas floor show, complete with Bobby Berosini and his dancing orangutans, Sigfried and Roy and a naked sleight - of - hand artist.

29 min Alexander - Arnold is booked for a foul on Sane, who beat him with delightful sleight of hip.

According to the NDP, «we are keeping a voters register fraught with many controversies and susceptible to all forms of human ruse and sleight of hand» insisting that «an insertion of scanned staple pin - marked still pictures into the register is irregular, illegal and unconscionable by the EC's own regulation (voter registration) CI 72.»

She even tries to put a patriotic slant on it, with guttural calls for the strength of the British economy - a political sleight of hand that seems a little cheap and more than a little unfair.

Attorney Michael Hrab — a former neighbor — also warmed up the crowd with a bit of theatrics and a sleight - of - hand magic gag that he used to jab other Democratic candidates.

«You have to stop to think, «Is it a problem with the laws, or something more cultural,»» said Karl Sleight, former executive director of the state Ethics Commission.

But I remain unconvinced by your article, because it sought first to uncharitably discredit the CutTaxTo10p.com campaign, with a linguistic sleight of hand, and then somewhat ducked the central point of this debate, which Nigel Lawson understood in the 1980s.

Excerpted from Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions, by Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez - Conde, with Sandra Blakeslee, by arrangement with Henry Holt and Company, LLC (US) and Profile Books (UK).

«So we bought the rights to the drug and started working with Professor Gabay to assess its safety and efficacy in a clinical trial,» explains Andrew Sleight, CEO of AB2 Bio Ltd., the Lake Geneva startup that has the World Wide license of the drug.

Oddly, though, physicists have come up with a bit of theoretical sleight of hand to retrieve a speck of information that's been dropped into a black hole.

Stephen L. Macknik is a professor of opthalmology, neurology, and physiology and pharmacology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Along with Susana Martinez - Conde and Sandra Blakeslee, he is author of the Prisma Prize - winning Sleights of Mind.

She is author of the Prisma Prize - winning Sleights of Mind, along with Stephen L. Macknik and Sandra Blakeslee.

This is more techno - babble with added sleight of hand trying to make a connection to colloidal particles which constitute 5.1 % of the silver.

And yet the final act feels like a cop - out, resolved with a magical - realist sleight of hand that cheats the viewer of a proper resolution while pushing the characters to the limits of credibility.

The problem for Mr. Krieger is that his film has been trying to dazzle us with all manner of sleight of hand and hokum and now undertakes the construction of a conventional romance.

Krieger tossed his «worthless» disk into a trash can and threatened Ethan: «Try any sleight - of - hand with my money and I'll cut your throat.»

Don't try to compensate with digital sleight of hand.

One of the most renowned card magicians of all time, Richard Turner astounds audiences around the world with his legendary sleight of hand.

Dealt Not Rated Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95 % Available on Disc and Streaming For decades, Richard Turner has been one of the premier up close magicians at the infamous Magic Castle in Hollywood, wowing audiences with his unbelievable sleight of hand.

Sleight is a strong feature debut for Dillard with great moments that tend to pick up the more humdrum bulk of the film.

Whether the film would work with a straightforward timeline is uncertain, but Muccino's decision works in the film's favour — by encouraging a guessing game it conceals the problems of its plot in a sleight of hand magic trick.

«LOWRIDERS» (PG - 13) This low - budget family relationship drama starring Damien Bichir and Eva Longoria comes from producer James Blum's BH Tilt studio, which is emerging a standalone distribution studio with this and «Sleight» (Apr. 28).

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The Farrelly brothers» grasp of social embarrassment is strong enough that I was able to identify on some level with the Siamese twins — though on a level so tenuous only their sleight of mind made it possible.

Because with magic, human nature is such that we are always trying to «catch» the sleight of hand.

Sleight (Director: JD Dillard, Screenwriters: JD Dillard, Alex Theurer)-- After a young street musician is left to care for his little sister following their mother's passing, he turns to dealing drugs, but quickly runs into trouble with his supplier.

When he gets into trouble with his supplier, his sister is kidnapped and he is forced to rely on both his sleight of hand and brilliant mind to save her.

to fill up a passenger train (my nod to «The Darjeeling Limited «-RRB- and keep any people - watchers entertained, but watch for the deft sleight of hand, as with all Wes Anderson films, there is more going on under the surface than meets the eye.

With his characters talking incessantly about sleight of hand, you'd think Leterrier might employ that particular tactic on his own.