Sentences with phrase «without grandstanding»

He enters the story quietly, without grandstanding, as referee of a dispute involving some of his long - term residents.

Without the grandstand and track, Waffner and Mahoney said, you would open up about 70 acres of land - roughly a quarter of space available at the fairgrounds - to develop in a new way.

Not exact matches

«Without meaningful legislation these hearings are more spectacle than substance — so I will continue to steal the spotlight until Senators stop grandstanding and start lawmaking.»

For all my grandstanding up there about McGwire, at least «he cheated» is an ethos, and it's not without its logic!

He regretted that a highly volatile issue of such nature was trivialised and made an agenda for grandstanding by the group without any thought of its implication to the stability of the country.

Streep's beauty and talent and director Fred Schepisi's intelligence are both shown to best advantage, without easy points or grandstanding.

Unfortunately, without the intimacy and diverse social conditions that characterize Bahrani's «Man Push Cart,» «Chop Shop» and «Goodbye Solo,» the director's fourth movie buries his distinguishing qualities in moral grandstanding and familiar inter-generational tensions.

What's perhaps most refreshing about Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman is the clear - eyed, non-judgmental presentation of three adult people exploring their sexuality without the unnecessary accompaniment of shame and moral grandstanding.

With director Steven Soderbergh at the helm and Julia Roberts in the title role, the movie breezes by enjoyably without so much as a grandstanding speech or an awkward moment.

Luckily, LB2 delivers this message with a tongue - in - cheek style that makes it go down easy, without the hangover of preachiness generally associated with grandstanding comedies of this variety.

Which was kind of funny because she's basically saying like well we need to see this diversity in games without the preachy grandstanding or drama and here I am being super nit - picky and dramatic about it.