| 单词 | bent on |
| 例句 | But still the hatred of the Watcher lurked behind them, blind for a while, perhaps, but undefeated, still bent on death. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They know we are down here now and they’ve unleashed something, a pack of mutts probably, bent on finding me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z You must admit your glorious King Degravaunt rode out of the west with his barbarian hordes bent on slaughter, and drove us out of the homes we’d lived in for centuries. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Were the Ptolemies in essence colonial occupiers and exploiters, bent on wringing the last drachma and obol from a captive land regardless of the consequences? Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z "Me master seemed bent on having me back." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z According to the Underdowns, the Belgians are bent on protecting against independent thought on native ground. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The few who came seemed as closed and secretive as the freezing grayness of the weather, bent on some narrow business of their own. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Then a contingent of canoeists who had finished their races, and been badly beaten, and were bent on holding a consolation party downstairs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Within weeks, the organization was hijacked by embittered Democrats bent on deposing the white Republicans who had replaced the old planter rule. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A man utterly devoted to his people, but at the same time he was bent on reconciliation between the races in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a rabid beast bent on ripping my throat out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z America and its Western allies, in contrast, saw Stalin's intransigence as the actions of a new Hitler, someone bent on undoing all they had fought and died for. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She remained bent on the ground, her back as rounded as the turtle in the pond. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they took the shapes of humans, and sometimes of snakes or fish or, if they were bent on evil, crocodiles. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A monster, warped by others, bent on revenge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But when I looked beyond our life on the islands, he became the moon itself, bent on tugging me back, as if I were made of sea instead of blood. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She had not invited her few friends from college; they were bent on careers, this wasn't their thing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not like other lads, forever running about and bent on sport; he wanted most of all to learn whatever his foster-father could teach him about the art of healing. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Alec was battling at least six attackers who seemed bent on getting their own shiny prize. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Some white people in my city were so bent on maintaining segregation that no one was immune from their hate-filled actions. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She seemed bent on giving no real insight into Mr. Dixon’s character, or her own value for his company, or opinion of the suitableness of the match. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z In the evenings they returned to Kopenick, where the town fathers seemed bent on providing nightly entertainment whether the athletes wanted it or not. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He came toward me and, in haste to get out of his way, not knowing whether he was bent on attacking me, I stepped back. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems bent on reverting to orange no matter how many times I cover it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She was madly inquisitive and utterly bent on keeping up with Malia and her four-year-old buddies. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But many of the strongest and most desperate got out on the west side, and attacked their enemies fiercely, being now more bent on killing than escaping. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Unlike the rest of me, which seemed bent on doing whatever it wanted, my hair remained under my control. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The giant was coming, wrapped in shadows, huge and heavy and bent on murder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Kaz had warned them to anticipate competition, other teams bent on gaining the prize at any cost, but this was early in the job for things to be going so badly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Amidst this sordid scene, sat a man with his clenched hands resting on his knees, and his eyes bent on the ground. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He had no way of understanding that Pizarro’s men formed the spearhead of a force bent on permanent conquest, rather than an isolated raid. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z However, Met Bong describes the Youns as savages who are bent on taking over our country and our people. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly I’m no mad exterminator bent on killing devil microbes; on the contrary, I admire them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no, she’s not dead. Don’t think that for a minute. Last I saw her, she was recovered from the fever and bent on following you to the farm.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "I hardly get to see you. Haymitch seems bent on keeping us apart." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t impose on them anymore than I already had, or risk ruining them with the invisible fingers that seemed bent on tearing apart every single connection I managed to make. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She had learned that when people were bent on doing something they believed was a good deed, it was usually impossible to dissuade them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The young bucks here, I know, lie in wait for him in a cutter, bent on murdering him before he reaches home. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The shrinking sheik turned a bright crimson and actually cringed against the hatrack, while Ernestine picked up one of Dad’s walking sticks and started after the younger set, bent on premeditated, cold-blooded mayhem. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z "No one bent on mischief gets past me." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z All around him, bent on one knee, there were teenage boys in tears, their great, compelling belief in themselves punctured. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They saw, only too clearly, that Oldham was bent on re-creating in the public housing projects the world of the plantation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Even though my cousin was bent on flaunting his age and height over me, I relished the time I spent with him apart from my sisters. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z And also, clearly, it was bent on destruction. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “Who goes there?” demanded the sentry at the door, but seeing Robin and the friar, he allowed them to pass, thinking they were bent on some holy errand. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Why, instead of reaching out and helping each other, were some black people bent on hurting one another? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And I hate to say it but Adah is just as ornery and bent on destruction, in her own slowpoke way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All his mind was bent on getting through or over this impenetrable wall and guard. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But Charles was “bent on going, chiefly for the worms.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This diet he administered religiously, seemingly bent on moulding George and me in his image. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Lem bent on a rope, lowered a bucket, and pulled. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather, he was bent on the acquisition of another skill: chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There’s some folks in this town always bent on stirring up trouble.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He had a disquieting new habit of boring into my eyes with his look as if actually bent on piercing my head, the better to analyze what went on inside it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Haymitch is actually bent on keeping us alive, but there are too many ears listening, so I just say, "Yes, he's gotten very responsible lately." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Others felt, rightly or wrongly, that Ebright was bitter about not getting the job at Washington and was bent on evening a personal score. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Emma and I clambered over the ship’s door, which lay bent on the steps where it had landed, and entered the lighthouse. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z His eye, bent on me, expressed at once stern surprise and keen inquiry. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Beneath my laid-back college-kid demeanor, I lived like a half-closeted CEO, quietly but unswervingly focused on achievement, bent on checking every box. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It is all right” said the Wart again, disgusted by the fuss, but fate was bent on punishing him, and the old lady was inexorable. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Their portrayal in the press the next morning as unthinking hotheads bent on destroying Durham only confirmed black residents’ belief that they could not get a fair hearing in the city. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In this account of the creation the gods seemed bent on experimenting with the various metals, and, oddly enough, proceeding downward from the excellent to the good to the worse and so on. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor was the Sacramento of the fifties bent on teaching them a contrary lesson. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not been particularly bent on taking Greek, but what Laforgue said intrigued me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Now they seemed bent on making a fool of him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Facing conflict on multiple fronts has left the entire solar system vulnerable to the whims of yet-to-be revealed players bent on turning entire planets against each other. “The Expanse”: Syfy’s futuristic drama returns and looks more probable than ever 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z His parents were bent on academic success for their children, but at 18 Kene argued his way into a gap year from studying science. Arinze Kene: 'At home, I'm Nigerian. I go out and I'm a British kid' 2013-02-25T18:59:01Z "Don't make yourself look cheap" was the advice given by many a mother to a daughter bent on cosmetic makeover at the end of the 1950s. Glamour versus feminism? Just look at the images in the media we all adore 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z “The Left-Handed Gun” gives us a Billy bent on vengeance and driven to hunt down the men who killed Tunstall, presented as the father figure Billy never had. In This ‘Billy the Kid,’ the Wounds Are Those You Cannot See 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “For Freedoms” is bent on widening that sphere and extending the stir. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z This “Jena Set” undoubtedly saw themselves as magnificent rebels — gloriously free spirits bent on centering the self, in all of its sublime subjectivity, and throwing off the shackles of a stultifying, mechanistic order. These Romantics Celebrated the Self, to a Fault 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Signs and laws do not prevent those bent on mass murder to "move along." How to Stay Safe at the Airport 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Young Hamid lives bent on rebellion, and on calling out hypocrisy, yet his every revolt is ultimately an act of self-sabotage. He Tried to Change the System, Then Became It 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z They first team up on a mad stolen-RV road trip bent on a mission to kill the members of The Twelve. "Killing Eve" boss on that shocking finale: "It just felt like the most truthful end" 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Bombay’s first female solicitor takes up the case of the three widows of the recently deceased Omar Farid, whose agent is bent on disinheriting them. The 5 best audiobooks of 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z This same poem catches exactly what Mr. Gilbert actually is, “a beast bent on grace.” Books of The Times: ?Collected Poems? by Jack Gilbert 2012-03-13T12:00:00Z The exchange is in keeping with Mr. Allen’s oft-repeated insistence, on-screen and off, that life is meaningless, which may be true even if he seems feverishly bent on refuting it with his prodigious cinematic output. Review: Woody Allen’s ‘Irrational Man’ Explores Life’s Randomness 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Bright and devoid of self-pity, Celia is bent on saving her sister. Review | In her new novel, Rene Denfeld draws on her experience as a homeless teen 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z They made songs about equal treatment and pointedly not tolerating abuse, with stars like En Vogue and Missy Elliott bent on improving the situation of their sisters. Rihanna’s fire-and-ice act | Concert review 2013-04-04T17:35:07Z Out in the United States on Tuesday from Hogarth, it centers on a medium, Juan, and his son, Gaspar, as they try to outmaneuver an evil secret society bent on eternal life. Reveling in the Eerie and the Spooky, but Finding ‘True Horror’ in Real Life 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Her gaze tracks you more pitilessly than that of a KGB agent bent on sending you to the gulag. Sovremennik and the gates of hell 2011-01-04T21:31:00Z But it would be just as dangerous to ignore history’s cautions unless one is bent on repeating its follies. Our politics are broken and toxic: How both party elites betrayed our trust, birthed Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The Conservative-dominated government appears bent on reducing councils to residual social services bodies incapable of supporting wider activity such as arts and heritage. Letters: Northern stars are right about one thing: it is all grim 2012-12-17T21:00:05Z And I fear . . . this new court, it seems hell bent on rolling back many of the gains that, 20 years ago, we took for granted would never ever be rolled back, and that scares me. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on why Jay-Z is wrong about racism dying off 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z French’s book was written before President Trump’s repudiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, but clearly the resulting power vacuum is nothing short of a gift to an empire bent on restoring its tributary realm. America’s Collision Course With China 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The chief exception was Godard, the 30-year-old Franco-Swiss intellectual, as passionate about Hegel as he was about Hitchcock, an artist bent on transforming the nature of cinema and with it the world. 50 years of Breathless 2010-06-05T23:04:00Z The story is set in the tumult of post-9/11 foreign policy without even bothering to explain how and why Russian intelligence would be bent on “bringing America to its knees.” “Allegiance” is the boring, pointless knockoff of “The Americans” that nobody asked for 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z He performs the Evangelist in this work, as in the “St. Matthew,” from memory and with restraint, seemingly bent on nothing more than conveying the story of Jesus’ Passion in a deeply sympathetic manner. Critic?s Notebook: Bach Passions in Performance for Holy Week 2012-04-04T21:56:13Z This electrifying work stars an enraged artist bent on exposing sexism and other prejudices in the art world. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 In addition to creating some welcome disruption, the infiltrators discover that one of the elite school’s pupils is bent on world domination. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z While I wasn’t there to referee, my takeaway is this: Rules should be bent on occasion, particularly when there’s an available table and a customer in need. When the diner is pushing 90, shouldn’t a restaurant loosen up on the rules? 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z The majority of the story centers on Sev and Rico, two soldiers seemingly bent on destroying the Helghast army all by themselves. Game On: 'Killzone 3' frenetic fun 2011-02-23T23:51:46Z Rice’s situation — the stickling intruder bent on curtailing the freedom of action customarily enjoyed by denizens of a backwater — may be nothing new to readers of suspense fiction, but Rice himself is full of surprises. Review | Deep in the heart of Virginia, it’s man vs. bear 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z I became bent on survival, while Kyle existed in a state of mourning, a mode of emotional nothingness. The power of radical forgiveness 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z People giddily commented on the unusually high quality of the gallery scene as if art dealers had recommitted themselves to their calling and were bent on making up for the deprivations of lockdown. Best Art Exhibitions of 2021 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z If the discourse of were the subject of a story, the cliffhanger would reveal that it had evolved into a pulsing entity bent on cataloguing the universe to destruction. JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner by Richard Marson – review 2013-03-22T16:30:04Z She played an indomitable woman bent on purging her manor of funk music. Anna Wing, who played Lou Beale on EastEnders, dies aged 98 2013-07-11T12:56:52Z Batman’s creators, Bob Kane and Bill Finger , had painted the Caped Crusader not as a wacky combatant, but as a menacing, tormented figure of the night who was bent on vigilante justice. How Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ radically changed the superhero-movie landscape 30 years ago 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Now, Cyrus is bent on helping other people be confident in themselves, sometimes reaching out to individual fans through Twitter. Miley Cyrus: 'You Can Just Be Whatever You Want to Be' 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z The biggest threat facing the country, the former senator from Pennsylvania says, is a big government in Washington that is bent on expanding its reach ever more deeply into the lives of ordinary Americans. Santorum and Romney fight their own class war in Michigan 2012-02-27T05:08:00Z I was struck by the parallels between Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Borg, a race of mindless drones bent on assimilating others into their collective. We lived long and prospered! How Star Trek saved fans' lives 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z But, while Russell's point about the hazards faced by working-class women bent on self-improvement remains true, I find Rita's rise and Frank's subsequent fall less moving than they might be. Educating Rita 2010-08-03T21:30:00Z She spoke with the toughness of a boxer bent on a rematch. Red Carpet or Not, Film Festivals Roll On 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The charming 67-year-old sitting in a rehearsal room at the Globe theatre in London is energetic, even defiant; but someone bent on theatrical self-immolation? Howard Brenton 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z I have to get a beer’ ” — and a daughter, Anna, bent on ensuring no one forgets who he is. T Magazine: Origin of Country 2012-03-12T16:45:50Z The counterculture was bent on shattering ethical givens to create a new order. Art Review: Yayoi Kusama at Whitney Museum of American Art 2012-07-12T21:34:04Z Following the May terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, for example, he called for an end to “political correctness” and warned against an enemy with an ideology “hell bent on killing you.” Texas sheriff’s Facebook war on “political correctness” upsets residents 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Was the cautious Mr. Sartori referring to the political situation in an Italy under the control of right-wing isolationists bent on closing its borders or to a corporate hunger for a piece of emerging markets? Milan’s Titans — Zegna, Versace, Prada — Do Men’s Wear Battle 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Pinochet's men were bent on erasing every trace of his existence. Pablo Neruda's importance was as much political as poetic 2013-04-10T09:42:31Z His Willy Wonka was gentle and generous but also vaguely malevolent—though only if you were a child bent on misbehaving. Gene Wilder Showed That Anxiety Could Be Hilarious—and Tender, Too 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z He seemed bent on giving New York a Mahler “Titan” Symphony that really was titanic. 2010-02-11T08:29:00Z The interior of the gondola on Gibson Goode's zeppelin: "On the spectrum of secret lairs, it fell somewhere between mad genius bent on world domination and the disco-loving scion of a minor emirate." ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Michael Chabon's 'Telegraph Avenue' 2012-09-07T16:41:32Z Levin’s long-running blog, Civil War Memory, is on the front lines in a battle between established historians and a vocal minority who insist that most academics are biased liberals bent on slandering the South. Dixie Outfitters is still fighting the Civil War 2013-09-11T22:59:00Z Another O.B. quote from “Science/Fiction” speaks to this: the company’s ills were, and are, a fiction problem – in that Marvel it bent on pushing out too much of it that isn’t worth our attention. "Loki" speaks to Marvel's biggest concern – if only the studio will heed it 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Pravda, the Soviet party daily, condemned sightings of the Madonna in Poland and elsewhere as the work of "wreckers" bent on subverting socialist utopias. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z He bent on his knees as his guitarist jammed on one song. Grammy nominee Frank Ocean performs at Levi event 2013-02-09T13:01:05Z “This law firm has uncovered evidence that the smear campaign is being orchestrated by far-left organizations bent on destroying O’Reilly for political and financial reasons.” How the left brought down Bill O’Reilly: The activist campaign that toppled Fox News’ biggest star 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z And while some projects, like many from the Saudis and the UAE, will probably never happen, the Al Thanis do seem bent on spending their treasure chest. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Taylor Schilling plays "Atlas Shrugged" heroine Dagny Taggart, bent on saving her railroad company from collapse amid increasing government control and a mysterious phenomenon causing the nation's leading industrialists to disappear. 'Atlas Shrugged' finally comes to the screen 2011-04-10T05:00:00Z Hitler was not just another Napoleon, despite what AJP Taylor professed to believe; he turned out to be bent on genocide as well as war. The Life and Thought of Herbert Butterfield by Michael Bentley ? review 2011-07-15T21:55:05Z He’s bent on wresting a work of art from life by retracing his steps, gauging some meaning between the momentous and trivial events that give life its shape. ‘My Struggle’: Book four of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s monumental memoir 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z As it is, “Das Barbecü” is bent on giving the audience a good time. Review: ‘Das Barbecü’ Is Wagner’s ‘Ring’ With a Side of Brisket 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z I became bent on survival, while Kyle existed in a state of mourning, a mode of emotional nothingness. The power of radical forgiveness 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z The violent Larrick is also back from his United States military mission in Nicaragua and bent on revenge. ArtsBeat: ‘The Americans’ Recap: Eight Things About the Show That Don’t Make Sense 2014-05-01T03:12:25Z I’m no sex therapist, but if you’re hell bent on being at the helm on every detail of your domestic lives it doesn’t leave much room for surprises. I don’t want to have sex with my husband any more 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z An unusually physical performer, Mr. Campbell, who is backed by a pop quartet, illustrates songs with broad, decisive gestures that suggest an entertainer still bent on world conquest. Music Review: Broadway Cowboy of Australia 2010-12-01T05:15:00Z From "Veep" to "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," the affable actor has built a healthy niche body of work playing that arrogant, entitled, difficult guy bent on making everybody else's life a living hell. "Maisel" and "Veep" star Reid Scott on why he loves playing "the bully types" 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The monstrous superhero also returns to Earth, in a sequel called World War Hulk, with a gaggle of weirdo alien companions in tow, bent on vengeance against Tony Stark and his pals. Can the Hulk save Thor from becoming Marvel's puniest hero? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Nearly everyone in it is venal, petty, grasping, vicious, bent on serving heaping cold platters of revenge. Books of The Times: The Supersnooper Pursuing the Paranoid Politician 2010-09-28T22:31:00Z He's bent on scrutinizing the trials and failures of Gandhi as comprehensively as his triumphs, if not more so. 'Great Soul': Joseph Lelyveld tells Mahatma Gandhi's larger-than-life story 2011-04-06T22:21:04Z It's just one of the many silly leaps of logic taken in the lifeless "Dead Man Down," a film that brings together two lost souls bent on vengeance. Review: 'Dead Man Down' is lifeless, ludicrous 2013-03-07T21:00:11Z Last year, after several grueling weeks spent juggling teenagers, dogs and deadlines, I sat at my computer, bent on planning a spa break. Going to a spa? Try the original one, in Belgium. 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The slightly dry first act belongs to Mumler and the skeptical lawyer bent on proving him a fraud. Review | History meets mystery in Arlitia Jones’s slightly spooky drama ‘Summerland’ 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z For decades, having gotten rid of the German population, the Soviets were bent on eradicating any vestiges of the traditional old city. Books of The Times: ?Forgotten Land? by Max Egremont - Review 2011-12-28T22:10:01Z The first male dancers who became famous in this country were bent on proving they were athletes. The Place to Challenge Ballet’s Gender Stereotypes? In Daily Class 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Were they the disenfranchised youth of Britain searching for an outlet for their aggression or a cynically staged musical movement, hell bent on grabbing Britain's appalled attention?For me at seventeen, they were simply amazing. Readers' panel: Sex Pistols 2012-06-01T10:32:26Z Sixteen years later, Sasha is a superstar chef in Los Angeles, bent on expanding her restaurant empire. What “Always Be My Maybe” Gets About Making an Asian-American Rom-Com 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z On a flight to Hong Kong, he meets a preternaturally fetching mother and daughter bent on seducing him, not so much together as in gonzo tag-team mode. Review: In John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries,’ a Blur of Aphorisms and Magical Events 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Back in the fifth century BC, someone decided schlubby white dudes were funny and women were either boring and pretty or shrill, emasculating harpies bent on killing a schlub’s buzz. Feminism can be funny too: Julie Klausner and season 3 of “Difficult People” on Hulu 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Fans of Microsoft’s hugely popular video game “Halo,” in which humans face off against an alliance of alien species bent on holy war, have also pointed to parallels between the aliens and Al Qaeda. The 9/11 Decade: Outdone by Reality 2011-09-01T16:55:45Z Clumsily handled as well is the back story: The citizen and Roy, believing that recent nearby explosions are the work of enemies bent on their destruction, are desperate to understand the danger they’re in. Review: In ‘Terra Firma,’ a Wee Wet Country on the Brink 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z It is continuous with our history of pervasive support for authoritarian regimes bent on torture in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Torture and silence: Photos by Andres Serrano confront what we don't talk about 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z "I am obsessively bent on quality, to an unhealthy degree." Brad Pitt turns designer for high-end furniture collection 2012-11-05T23:24:05Z "As in a theatre, the eyes of men/ After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage/ Are idly bent on him that enters next/ Thinking his prattle to be tedious." Gordon Brown's exit was worthy of Shakespeare 2010-05-12T18:00:00Z One is sworn to dispense justice, the other bent on finding every legal loophole for clients to slip through. Review: The Judge: To Mock a Killing Bird 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z In an interview with CNN before his Dubai appearance, Ford criticized directly the Trump administration for being “bent on dismantling all of the gains we’ve made in the protection of the environment”. Harrison Ford: leaders who deny climate change are 'on the wrong side of history' 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The writers of Monday night’s episode were hardly timid: if anything, they seemed bent on revenge. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Two and a Half Men' Offers a Charlie Sheen Roast of Its Own 2011-09-20T13:22:05Z He energizes his soldiers with grandiloquence bordering on the Shakespearean, warning of “bloodthirsty rogues and unrepentant cutthroats bent on nothing short of our pitiless destruction.” ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z “To be honest, I was never hell bent on getting married,” Mr. Bahl said. They Shared a Cab Ride, Then a Life Together 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z This dance of the dead is not some dubious high-concept coda from a director bent on textual depravities. Theater Review: Michael Benz in ‘Hamlet’ at the Schimmel Center 2012-10-03T21:57:28Z For a creature bent on mankind’s extinction, in a series with so much violence and vigor, you’d think the origin story would have a little more umph. 6 things you should know about 'The City of Mirrors' 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z But is 9/11 really “unique” because Al Qaeda is a “rational, zealous, and murderous organization” bent on recruiting other disgruntled, post-colonial militants from failed states to their heinous methods and ideology? Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z Mr. Rattle arrived from the City of Birmingham Symphony in England bent on bringing the world-renowned Berlin orchestra into the 21st century. Berlin Philharmonic’s Beethoven Marathon at Carnegie Prompts Some Head-Scratching 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z The other authors, bent on signing, affect not to notice that you have left. On the perks and pitfalls of signing books 2012-07-31T08:55:34Z As the official summary reads, “Is he sent from God, or is he a dangerous fraud bent on dismantling the world’s geopolitical order?” The 19 Netflix original series to be excited about in 2019 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Also checking in is a caddish fop bent on freeloading and womanising. Holiday reading: The best books to pack this summer 2013-06-29T07:00:51Z Mass-market paperback edition of the popular Bellingham thriller writer's book about an extremist bent on destroying the entire U.S. Local books: Alex Kuo's new poetry and fiction 2011-05-02T20:29:05Z Israel it seems is bent on continuing to provoke the Palestinians in the West Bank as it is doing in Gaza, where the Israeli army is making almost daily incursions despite the truce. Palestine: Diary of a historic month 2012-12-14T10:00:02Z Fox was bent on breaking the rules of what a network show was supposed to be, resulting in shows like Married... with Children, The Simpsons and Martin. W/ Bob and David: why the rise of sketch comedy is no brief laugh 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z It’s a “Pygmalion”-like story of a working-class hairdresser bent on self-improvement and the English professor who initiates her transformation. | 'Vision Disturbance': Seeing in Just 2 Dimensions as Her Marriage Breaks Up 2010-09-03T22:35:00Z Put all of this together and you have an unwieldy media behemoth bent on dominating movie, cable, and streaming. Will your favorite TV shows and movies survive Warner Bros. Discovery's culling? 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Indiana Jones and the Temp, Leo F. Doom: Indy’s vacation is cut short when his nebbishy substitute turns out to be an evil mastermind bent on global destruction. Style Invitational: Make some bad choices — ‘questions for terrible people’ 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Lawrence Corby, the police lieutenant bent on arresting both men, revels in the power afforded to him by the badge. The Essential Patricia Highsmith 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Season 5 of "The Crown" is the "Charles and Diana" season, chronicling the end of their marriage and Diana's emergence as the rebellious defector from a system bent on stifling her. "Last Week Tonight" slams the monarchy in a way that may change how we see "The Crown" 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z He described his next film, about disillusioned young people bent on seeing Paris in flames, as “a kind of action movie.” Bertrand Bonello?s ?House of Pleasures,? Set in Brothel 2011-11-20T01:53:02Z Why is she so meek in the face of her husband Otello’s false accusations, and so quick to accept the honor killing he is clearly bent on? Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Kirk, the impulsive hothead, is bent on vengeance. ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’: Action, excitement at warp speed 2013-05-15T04:11:26Z There was one trio of Rhode Island Reds that was so bent on control that we named them the Beaky Blinders, but the other birds just stayed out of their way. Perspective | 7 tips for raising backyard chickens, from picking a breed to having an exit strategy 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z "Having the Unknown Soldier be this one-man task force bent on stopping terror cells and plots, it's a coping a mechanism." DC adds 6 new titles, including modern 'GI Combat' 2012-05-02T10:01:05Z As for Ms. Cao, she seems bent on tuning her observations to an even younger audience. Chinese Life as Child?s Play 2011-06-04T23:45:24Z She has dropped to her knee, bent on a teetering slab. Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z For a city with such a rainy reputation, Seattle seems to be filled with all sorts of watering holes and bistros bent on turning every nook into a patio or sidewalk cafe. Sun must be out: many bars and bistros will show off their new patios this week 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z WARNER: Mankind is a pestilence, bent on destroying ourselves and others, but occasionally we break free from our monstrousness and achieve something like grace. Internet predators, vicious Amazon reviews, and how Mitt Romney’s smile inspired a novel 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z In the comics, the Skrull are usually evil and often bent on invading Earth and taking it for themselves. Superheroes and freaky cats: how Captain Marvel rewrote the rules 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z James Madison leans forward, seemingly bent on rescuing the Constitution from ignominy. Year of “The Forgotten Man” 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z And as Mr. Hunter’s drama unfolds it becomes clear that Charlie has been bent on self-destruction for years, and is close to achieving his goal. Theater Review: Shuler Hensley in ‘The Whale,’ by Samuel D. Hunter 2012-11-06T03:00:22Z Miller’s new novel, “Now We Shall Be Entirely Free,” seems bent on defying convention and expectations, and deploys the Mantel magic only intermittently. While You’re Waiting for the Next Hilary Mantel, Try Andrew Miller 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Elizabeth King’s sculptures, stop-motion animations, and photographs might, in this context, similarly appear bent on spectacle. Berkshire Tour: Formalism Relaxes, Handcraft Goes Digital 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z If these don't apply to you and you're still bent on painting over that paper? Wait, can you paint over wallpaper? 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z There is no mutual agreement to be found, no meeting in the middle with an opponent bent on your total destruction. Forget civility: On “The Good Fight,” “Luke Cage” and “Dietland,” resistance means go... 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z In meetings held at the end of 1992, Wright says, the group "turned from being the anti-communist Islamic army that Bin Laden originally envisioned into a terrorist organization bent on attacking the United States." Reading bin Laden and his world 2011-05-06T21:32:04Z With heated poise and resolve, her character personifies how the tables haven’t only turned in the sex industry, but how she and women like her are bent on upending them. Smart Watch: “The Deuce” returns with more strut in its street tales 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z And where Mailer was bent on showing us how America could remake the world, Eggers, with ferocious energy and versatility, has been studying how the world is remaking America. ‘A Hologram for the King,’ by Dave Eggers 2012-07-20T17:08:36Z He’s been seized by patriot troops bent on revenge after an American officer was found slain with his tongue sliced off. 'Turn: Washington's Spies' recap: Ledger reveals crushing British debt 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z In a culture bent on being positive, teaching this mind-set is like swimming upstream. Perspective | Our obsession with happiness is making our kids miserable 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z A running thread: Tension between traditionalists and the newcomers bent on Whitstable’s gentrification. New this week: Chrissie Hynde, loads of zombies & M.O.D.O.K 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z "The Gambler," which opens on Christmas day, chronicles the week-long downward spiral of disaffected Bennett, who despite all the trappings of success and privilege is bent on self-destruction via high-stakes gambling. Remake of 'The Gambler' turns to theme of redemption 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z As it turns out, Sally is also bent on dramatizing her way into a life that's better than her old one, a disturbing chapter shaped by abuse. From "You" to "Barry," we're fascinated by audacious grifters: The man who deceives us and himself 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z He was a blatant antisemite, not just someone who used antisemitic language; Pound believed Jews were detestable and bent on global dominion. Ezra Pound, Air Conditioning’s Effects on Global Warming and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The avant garde art scene of Detroit provides the backdrop for this fast-paced thriller in which a psychopath transforms into a supernatural artist bent on embodying people’s unspoken desires. Sci-fi & fantasy by Emily St. John Mandel, Robert Jackson Bennett, Lauren Beukes Hap's fingers then become fantastic weapons in a shadow war against a monster bent on killing his brother, Richard, before destroying New York. Henry Selick seeks new backing for animated film dropped by Disney 2013-02-05T12:18:44Z He played a convict who is boss of a Southern chain gang, pitted against Paul Newman as the rebel prisoner who is bent on bucking the system. 'Cool Hand Luke' Actor George Kennedy Dies at 91 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Her protagonist is Marji, a tough, sassy little Iranian girl, bent on prying from her evasive elders if not truth, at least a credible explanation of the travails they are living through. Review: ‘Persepolis,’ by Marjane Satrapi 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z This 1993 specimen of the classic avant-garde — if that isn’t a paradox — consists of an intense, disturbing and mostly impenetrable 45-minute monologue delivered at breakneck speed by a character bent on suicide. In a Double Bill, the Avant-Garde Meets a Very Good Girl 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z When I was growing up, in the early nineteen-eighties, most of my fellow-Ghanaians viewed America as an evil empire that was bent on destroying our country. My Muslim Father’s Faith in America 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Instead, he's bent on illuminating the power of ancient myth: Greek, Irish, Japanese, you name it ... much of it as brutal as it is seductive. Underwater grotto meets aerial acrobatics in the Cabiri's 'Devil in the Deep Blue Sea' 2010-10-27T20:42:00Z He has swamped politics with the values of reality TV, bent on stoking his fanbase, distracted by showbiz ratings on Twitter and perverting self-evident truths once held sacred for the sake of his ravenous ego. How Donald Trump has blown the White House drama out of the water 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z A human voice appears to pierce through the gelatin on “Winter Wonderland/Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” but it’s Tori Kelly, a guest, not one of the group’s ruthless bots bent on destruction. For New Holiday Albums, It Takes All Kinds 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The symbolists were bent on challenging the poetic status quo, and vers libre was one of the great technical innovations to emerge. Poster poems: Prose poems 2011-08-12T09:28:45Z While these cases are picking up speed, an insolent male underling sent to spy on Pirie by her resentful, grudge-bearing boss is bent on undermining her and following his own ill-begotten schemes. Review | Cuddle up and listen: 3 great audiobooks to stave off the winter blues 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Will mole people rise out of the ground, bent on revenge? How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z She was most persuasive as a goofy pop cheerleader with a handful of catchy songs bent on “making you smile.” Concert review: Katy Perry at Allstate Arena 2011-08-22T06:09:00Z The shadowy menace of La Vérité, a group bent on revenge for a mysterious error of judgment committed by Jacob 75 years earlier, adds modern contrast and tension. Children in a World Gone Mad: 5 Kids’ Books Set During World War II 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z In an administration bent on unraveling many of Mr. Obama’s legacies, the hostage affairs envoy is one Mr. Trump has kept. Hostage Affairs Envoy Takes On an Unlikely Case: ASAP Rocky 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z From the day Rousseau turned his back on his native city, these peripatetic writer-thinkers were bent on walking into a kind of alienated individuality. Path to enlightenment: how walking inspires writers 2012-08-09T08:51:33Z But initial investigations hint at a much bigger operation involving several employees at Rome’s main hub bent on stealing artworks to sell on the black market. Police Say Rome Airport Workers Ran Art-Theft Ring 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z It set up the ongoing conflict between Harry, the young, orphaned wizard, who gradually discovers his powers, and the malignant force of evil, Lord Voldemort, who is bent on destroying him. Eerie links between Harry Potter, bin Laden 2011-05-02T20:35:01Z On Jan. 27 the director Pierre Audi will mount a production of Handel’s notoriously challenging “Tamerlano,” about a Tatar warrior bent on both psychological and imperial warfare. Performance Guide 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Sometimes the Jewish Museum seems bent on convincing people that contemporary art is nonthreatening. This Jewish Museum Is Giving Away Art. You Get What You Pay For. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z He’s also an artist bent on reminding his fans of his fallibility — which by secular standards is modest — and, as such, of all of our fallibility. Good kid, mad country: Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” finds the rapper reckoning with God and America 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Richards herself stared down hostile lawmakers bent on defunding her organization in a congressional hearing called after the videos surfaced. The abortion rights movement is bolder than it’s been in years. That’s Cecile Richards’s plan. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z At the same time, one of van Alstyne’s sons is a villain bent on destroying his father. Theater Review: ‘The Henrietta,’ a Comedy Set in 1887, Resonates Today 2013-06-18T17:56:55Z There's also an ever-increasing number of adrenaline junkies bent on getting as close to these creatures as possible--and living to tell about it. Ten Places To See Predators 2010-10-27T19:30:00Z Marc, who might be bent on self-destruction, inspires no sympathy. '3 Hearts' swoons over a very French love triangle 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z A new friend of Sam’s is MH, a fierce, super-fit agitator bent on “potential optimization” and “perverse celebration” protesting in expensive togs while dwelling in tony real estate, a designer pose. Review | Dana Spiotta’s ‘Wayward’ is much more than a midlife crisis novel 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z I suppose there's only so much originality to be mined from a universe bent on peeling every last bit of gristle off its main story. "The Walking Dead" plops Daryl Dixon in a zombie-infested France. But he's no ugly American 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z There's a sizzle, an explosion of shadows, before he emerges utterly changed into a trim, slick sort of bloke bent on particularly 21st-century mischief. Feast; In the Beginning Was the End; The Turn of the Screw – review 2013-02-10T00:05:37Z It’s a format that originated in South Korea, a place adjacent to a dictatorship bent on flaunting and fortifying their nuclear arsenal. Bring the joy: Watch "The World's Best" and "Busy Tonight" for a shot of comfort 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z In “Golden Days,” the narrator, Edith, rails against the powerful men in Washington who seem bent on war and the ruin of her utopia. Carolyn See, award-winning Southern California writer, dies at 82 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z His latest novel, “The Secret Guests,” begins in October 1940, when the Germans are bent on bombing London into submission. An Irish Refuge for Two Royal British Sisters 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The company’s ills were, and are, a fiction problem – in that Marvel it bent on pushing out too much of it that isn’t worth our attention. "Loki" speaks to Marvel's biggest concern – if only the studio will heed it 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Western classical and medieval Christian art seem bent on arresting time, freezing it at a perceived moment of physical perfection or spiritual resolution. Masterpieces of Japanese Art at the Met 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The hunky Hemsworth - People magazine's reigning "Sexiest Man Alive" - who fends off an international paramilitary hacking gang bent on manipulating markets for profit helps drive away misconceptions about the modern computer whiz, Mann Said. Revenge of the nerds: hacking goes hunky in thriller 'Blackhat' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Better shows than “Insatiable” depict the struggles of being fat in a culture bent on punishing obese people with compassion, honesty and even wicked humor. The idiotic crimes of “Insatiable”: Netflix’s fat-shaming series lives up to the negative hype 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z If the US artist Mariah Robertson seems hell bent on rescuing the raw materials of the pre-digital darkroom from encroaching obsolescence, she does so with a highly irreverent disregard for photographic conventions. This week's new exhibitions 2011-07-15T23:07:37Z Such is the nature of two Grade-A examples of the idealists who came of age in the 1960s, those bright young things bent on ushering in a new era of peace, love, freedom and happiness. Review: In ‘Love, Love, Love,’ All You Need Is Selfishness. 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Bradley was, understandably, exhausted; Furlan was isolated and racked with worry; Fairchild, tending to her newborns, was hell bent on transforming her postpartum body back into that of a ballerina. The Road Back: ‘How Am I Ever Going to Dance Again?’ 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z When I arrive to interview him, he's still in his general's costume, but he's the exact opposite of a military dictator bent on total warfare. Ricky Gervais 2010-07-17T23:08:00Z Feminists don’t want to pose as killjoys bent on confiscating mani-pedis. ‘I Feel Pretty’ and the Rise of Beauty-Standard Denialism 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z But Carlos’s world is turned upside down when he discovers there is another inbetweener, one bent on destroying the delicate balance of these worlds by releasing more dead people among the living. Best new science fiction and fantasy 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Instead of having a secret identity that was amazing and saved people, I had a secret identity that was a twisted grotesque monster bent on destroying me and all those who cared about me. I wrote my way to true love 2013-02-14T01:00:00Z She seems bent on seeing Paul as some kind of parent/companion figure who will replace her family. "In Treatment" recap: Sunil's suicidal threat 2010-11-16T13:30:00Z Ronan Bennett's novel tells the story of Kane, an Irish republican released after serving time for his part in the murder of an informer who is hell bent on avenging his betrayal. What books do you think prisoners should read? 2012-06-26T13:48:08Z In an art world lately bent on rediscovering neglected artists — not all of them deserving — Whitten is the real thing, an artist whose intelligence and ambition seeped into everything he did. Perspective | Jack Whitten: once neglected artist lately the toast of the art world 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z They were always hell bent on me not giving up and always believed in me. Country stars make memories at CMA Music Fest 2012-06-08T22:18:18Z He tells the story when someone says a church, not Huested, owns Sunergos, or when they say his employees are all Baptists bent on converting customers. “Where are your Bibles?”: Jesus, Kentucky and the best lattes in the South 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z The track features vocalist Jess Glynne, herself a rising singer now signed to Atlantic Records, and sonically the band seems bent on pop ubiquity. Which of Coachella's smaller acts will go on to make it big? 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z In “Retaliation,” the president and his Cobra coterie are bent on world domination, and they resort to nuclear blackmail to achieve it. ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’: Loaded with weapons, sequel misfires 2013-03-27T18:31:31Z You meet a group of likable people bent on a noble quest. 'No Way Down': the story of a lethal disaster on K2 2010-07-07T20:48:00Z If Cardinal Ratzinger, the scourge of left-wing theologians and activist nuns, could not tame a hierarchy bent on hiding abuse, and could not engage the post-Christian world honestly and openly, who can? Pope Benedict the liberal? 2013-02-12T20:02:00Z She was most persuasive as a goofy pop cheerleader with a handful of catchy songs bent on "making you smile." Katy Perry: Ditzy girl gone wild 2011-08-23T07:00:00Z The pilot episode found Rollin Hand disguised as a dictator bent on nuclear destruction. Martin Landau obituary 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z And each is backed by a studio that appears bent on pushing it toward the Academy Awards ceremony, on Feb. 22. ‘Fury,’ ‘Unbroken,’ ‘The Imitation Game’ and World War II Heroes 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z For now, however, her establishment was a lonely trailblazer amid the familiar tableau: the dusty grid, the neglected oblong park, restaurants full of lugubrious men bent on vodka-toasting oblivion. Explorer: Deep Into the Dream World of Kyrgyzstan 2014-05-09T19:07:12Z In college, she writes, “I lived like a half-closeted C.E.O., quietly but unswervingly focused on achievement, bent on checking every box.” Isabel Wilkerson on Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and the Great Migration 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z He was "hardened, resolute and bent on revenge," the journalist said. Tribeca film explores al Qaeda's history and culture 2010-04-24T21:18:00Z The biographies, for their part, belong to a new generation of music narratives that appear bent on telling their stories with narrower focus, and within shorter time frames, than classic biopics. Hendrix Biopic at Toronto Festival Bucks a Trend 2013-09-09T12:58:18Z Federer’s appearance meant canceling dinner for two and staying up late with a few thousand others bent on capturing the near-equivalent of a sporting eclipse. Indian Wells tennis tournament draws fans — and top players — to Palm Springs 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z With mentioning specifics, he portrayed himself as a target of “the outrage machine” and a left-wing social media “mob” bent on stifling his free speech. Why can’t Fox apologize? It won’t back down even amid Pirro, Carlson controversies 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Emilia, widow of Pompey, who was vanquished by Caesar, is bent on revenge and finally has Caesar at knife point, but they, too, are interrupted. Review: Vivaldi’s ‘Catone in Utica’ Gets a Rare Staging 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Rather your partner sounds like a throwback to the 1970s and those bra-burning feminists bent on proving they could beat men at their own game. My wife is a female chauvinist pig | Mariella Frostrup 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z But he seemed more bent on making up for a past that included a lot of non-specific bad behaviour. The Paedophile Hunter review – dark and disturbing 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Man steps to you bent on doing you bodily harm, you got every right to plant your feet and shoot to kill. Breaking Bad 4x2: "Thirty-eight Snub" 2011-07-25T15:45:00Z According to their critics, police seem bent on maintaining the status quo — unaccountable to the public, racially insensitive and over-the-top and abusive in their efforts to protect and serve. 'Ghettoside' focuses on one L.A. murder to make case for more policing 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z In “Her,” she was the silken voice of a computer’s operating system; in “Under the Skin” she played a quietly ruthless alien bent on devouring human prey. ‘Lucy’ shows the dark side of being superhuman 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z “Family values” became the rallying cry of a countermovement bent on holding the traditional line. The rise and fall of “family values”: How “religious freedom” became the rallying cry of the Christian right 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z You have to wonder if Nir Hezroni’s consistently unsettling novel “Last Instructions” — about a rogue former Israeli intelligence agent bent on revenge — isn’t a little bit autobiographical. Review | ‘Last Instructions’ echoes ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ — with a modern twist 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z He swept into office with the swagger of a one-man Justice League, bent on vanquishing the liberal-leaning entertainment industrial complex and its coastal elite base, one tweet at a time. 10 Cultural Battles That Ruled 2017 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The series, based in China, chronicles the existential crisis that grips all of humanity when it encounters an extraterrestrial civilization bent on taking over Earth. Love astronaut-themed science fiction? Seattle Times staffers name their favorite books, movies and TV shows of that genre. 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Seemingly bent on rekindling his romance with Lennie, Bryan is easily distracted: twice he leaves his wounded wife unattended while he slips away to kill more bad guys. Taken 2: Liam Neeson Proves Age and Body Count Are Just Numbers 2012-10-05T14:00:18Z The interior of the gondola on Gibson Goode’s zeppelin: “On the spectrum of secret lairs, it fell somewhere between mad genius bent on world domination and the disco-loving scion of a minor emirate.” ‘Telegraph Avenue,’ by Michael Chabon 2012-09-08T00:17:29Z In spite of his contented marriage, his soul is a bag of anxiety — one that both his A.A. sponsor and his therapist seem bent on stuffing anew. ‘Fourth of July’ Review: Fraught Family Dynamics From Louis C.K. 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Big Daddy is also bent on rousing Brick from his boozy slumber. Review: Sienna Miller Coaxes New Life From an Old ‘Cat’ 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z At the British Museum he defeats a looter bent on destruction with a bulldozer. The British Museum: marbles, murals... and manga! 2011-08-14T18:59:00Z The Widow turns out to be a controlling schemer bent on sucking every dollar from her new daughter-in-law. Review | A writer reimagines the life of Joseph Stalin’s daughter after she defected to the U.S. 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Inspired by classic Westerns like “The Searchers,” Hanawalt puts her own weirdo bent on the genre. The Origin Story of the Depressingly Good “BoJack Horseman” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z In his films, as well as his hours-long radio and Web broadcasts, Jones frequently returns to his core theme of the threat posed by shadowy, malevolent, elite “globalists” bent on worldwide domination. How Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, got Donald Trump’s ear 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z His almost zealous commitment to moderation rankled some progressives, who had assumed that his soaring campaign rhetoric meant he was a visionary bent on overturning the status quo. In ‘A Promised Land,’ Barack Obama Thinks — and Thinks Some More — Over His First Term 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Up to this point the episode seems bent on showing us how Hannah is being rewarded for her new life of selflessness. 'Girls' Recap: An Awkward Date Night for Hannah 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Lurking in their midst are Russian, Chinese and CIA spies and a scientist bent on changing the world through ... convenience food? A new kind of dinner theater takes off in Seattle 2011-11-02T21:04:04Z Loughlin and Giannulli initially pleaded not guilty last April and seemed bent on fighting the case, even after they and nine other parents were hit with new bribery charges last October. Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli to plead guilty in college admissions scandal 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z In the 1830s, the revolutionary Mario Adorno accused the Bourbon royal family of concocting “a devilish plot bent on poisoning the people” of Sicily with cholera, as part of his attempt to topple them. Cholera and coronavirus: why we must not repeat the same mistakes 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z “This is my ninth time, my ninth time hosting the Oscars,” he quipped in an opening monologue that seemed bent on leaving no one out. ?The Artist? Wins Best Film at the Academy Awards 2012-02-27T05:27:18Z “Magnetic, populist, irreverent, he seems bent on absolute power. A small band of patriots, devoted to the country’s democratic traditions, must decide how to oppose him. Their decision rocks the familiar and the civilized world.” ‘Julius Caesar,’ With Echoes of Trump, Will Run in Central Park 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z America gets to endure an invasion by a far-stronger nation bent on revenge. 'The Mirage': Matt Ruff's novel of 9/11 role reversal 2012-02-02T21:03:04Z Some defendants seemed bent on bloodshed and were charged with felonies including conspiracy. What were the Capitol rioters thinking on Jan. 6? 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Negate helps defend a band of refugee humans in their fight against aliens bent on destruction of the species. Here's the Trailer for Netflix's First Original Anime Series 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Was Mr. Marshall equally bent on restoring specialness to this theme-park ride turned movie franchise? Arts & Leisure: New Captain for a Series Becalmed 2011-05-11T16:45:46Z He was no longer trying to elude defenders bent on dragging him down. Eddie George Leaps to ‘Chicago’ From the N.F.L. 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Each is part of sprawling genre franchises bent on dominating popular culture via interrelated films and TV shows. In the end, "Peacemaker" is the villain-turned-hero worth crossing the TV galaxy for 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z There was a particular teacher who was bent on casting people of colour in very subservient roles. Katori Hall: 'I've had two hours sleep!' 2010-03-23T21:30:00Z The difference between the show’s fiction and our new reality is that Meyer probably isn’t bent on destroying the planet for the delight of watching the little guy suffer. The dagger-sharp satire of HBO's "Veep," returning for its final season, feels all too real now 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Hank Sanders and Faya Ora Rose Touré moved here after Harvard Law School, a young, idealistic black couple bent on changing the ways of their home state. The battle for Alabama’s soul 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Years later, as a holy man bent on martyrdom, he went to Egypt, where he marched into the court of a Muslim and announced: You need a new religion. Critic?s Notebook: Alone in the Wilderness and the Spotlight 2011-06-09T23:01:20Z By the end of their conversation, the professor’s career is in jeopardy, the militant student bent on its destruction. Review: At This Professor’s Office Hour, No Time for ‘The Niceties’ 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z In its episodic tale of a man bent on taking his wife and two children to Southern California's fictional Walley World come hell or dead relatives, the original "Vacation" served as a cinematic mirror. Will the new 'Vacation' make Clark Griswold proud? 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z And conservative billionaires bent on privatizing education and dismantling the public system pour lots of money into campaigns meant to reinforce propaganda about untrustworthy “government schools.” Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z If only the Indian government had been able to tell the difference between those intent on innocent travel and those bent on trade, trafficking and trouble, and had issued visas to bona fide visitors. India's final frontier 2010-12-11T00:06:21Z He’s bent on using the personal device to isolate Na-mi: first by kidnapping her doting father, then by destroying her promising marketing job, and finally by breaking the bond she shares with her best friend. ‘Unlocked’ Review: A Surveillance Thriller Best Left Offline 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z They form a tenuous alliance with McKee and Crawford and are confronted with an ancient vampire queen, a sort of partner to Polidori, bent on England's annihilation. 'Hide Me Among the Graves': Erudite vampires in Victorian London 2012-03-21T23:00:06Z But he also saw nuanced changes in the way the church asserted its authority, becoming less dictatorial and more bent on persuasion. John W. O’Malley, Leading Catholic Historian, Dies at 95 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z If you are bent on drinking your produce, smoothies are a better option because they retain the valuable fiber; it’s just broken down in the blender. Why chewing is underrated 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z “Our show offers a message of unity in a world that more and more seems bent on amplifying our differences.” ‘Band’s Visit,’ ‘Harry Potter’ Win Big at the Tony Awards 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z For someone worried about marital corrosion, your guy seems strangely bent on doing the one thing with the highest percentage chance of corroding your new marriage. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Fiance is in�trac�table about changing his timetable on having kids 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z And so, bent on fathoming the mysteries of kitchen alchemy, Pollan dons an apron and cooks up a storm. ‘Cooked’: Michael Pollan gets to the heart and soul of cooking 2013-04-17T19:44:32Z Dogon’s story begins in 1995, when his family hits the road running, warned that local villagers — neighbors they laughed, chatted and drank with — are headed their way, bent on slaughter. A Memoir of Post-Genocide Refugee Life Rendered With Delicacy and Insight 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Now, with wife and son released and family reunited, Ethan’s bent on revenge. ‘The Barbed Crown’: head to head with Napoleon 2013-05-09T22:29:24Z Only Buckley invoked the imagery of plucky guerrilla resistance not against a Nazi invasion of the British Isles, but against Northern radicals bent on uprooting the Southern way of life. When James Baldwin Squared Off Against William F. Buckley Jr. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z This is emphatic language, promising a passionate j’accuse of those who he believes are bent on repurposing art to serve those social and political goals, in other words, to change the world. Does Art Have to Be Relevant? One Prominent Critic Says No. 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Sometimes he seemed a provocateur bent on riling the public with extreme interpretations and odd behavior. For Glenn Gould, Form Followed Fingers 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z But in an age when composers seemed bent on outdoing one another with opulent orchestrations, Bartók’s score is uniquely voluptuous, an unending succession of seductive colors, textures and exotic rhythms. CD reviews: Two lyrical recordings of classic 20th-century scores 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Why is slapping her a sensible gambit – wouldn’t escaping someone bent on murder require stronger tactics? Bill Maher’s latest gross jab at women 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z "The Newsroom" stars Jeff Daniels as gruff news anchor Will McAvoy, bent on delivering a nightly newscast that tackles the tough news issues, regardless of ratings pressures. Sorkin delves into frenzied 'Newsroom' for second season 2013-07-12T11:05:56Z Even those bent on posthumously taking him down still afford Jackson a kind of wizard-like mastery. R Kelly, Michael Jackson and Bryan Singer. Who knew? Everyone 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z It may also have been because the club was dominated by France, and Charles de Gaulle was bent on keeping out baleful Anglo-Saxon influence. Historians and Brexit 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Also, for all the trademark complexity of Carter’s compositional voice, his music embraced wide-ranging styles and influences, which made a Carter program especially suitable for a club bent on breaking down boundaries. Music Review: Elliott Carter Memorial at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-01-15T22:48:02Z Sometimes revolutionaries wear the white hats as they struggle to overthrow a corrupt South Vietnamese regime and rid their nation of American invaders bent on controlling its destiny. The Disaster That Was the Vietnam War 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Dante's primary nemesis, Mundus, is bent on controlling humanity through addictive soft drinks and an inescapable media empire. Review: 'Devil May Cry' an infernal thrill ride 2013-01-17T12:56:12Z Mr. O’Brien, on the other hand, viewed “The Tonight Show” as a sacred institution that needed to be protected from the corrupting influences of network executives bent on maximum ratings. Books of The Times: Funny Guys, Serious Business 2010-12-17T00:00:10Z A Seattle author's new fantasy adventure, about a young man who is struggling to remember his childhood when he is called to fight an implacable darkness bent on destroying his world. Local books: Pacific Northwest identity, fantasy and a reissue of Robert Michael Pyle's memoir 2011-04-18T21:49:04Z The story pits young Bell against another detective and his ruthless sponsor, both bent on fomenting violence between miners and industrialists. Book Talk: Clive Cussler probes coal country, strikes in new book 2013-03-28T11:40:29Z The exhibit focused on a group of local photographers who, in the 1920s, were bent on persuading the public of the fine-art possibilities of the camera. Virna Haffer's photos resurrected at TAM 2011-09-21T22:51:05Z That got him to New York, bent on exploring stone with a hammer and clay with a wire gimmick. Interview: Ralph Ellison 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Even some of Dr. Everett’s admirers fault him for representing himself as a lonely voice of truth against an all-powerful Chomskian orthodoxy bent on stopping his ideas dead. A New Book and Film About Rare Amazonian Language 2012-03-21T22:17:15Z The result is a memoir that seems bent on dodging the usual memoir clichés, but in doing so, overcorrects, falling prey to the solipsism it tries to avoid. Delving Into the Bipolar Mind 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z It now says Kiev is being run by U.S. leaders bent on bringing Russia to its knees. Once joined in Soviet Union, Ukraine, Russia never further apart 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z I don't know what was on Rosentrater's mind -- if he were just bent on realizing a moment's crazy inspiration, or what. TV Pick: 'Star Wars Wars' 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z No one would suspect that they are Russian-born plants bent on burying the United States with subterfuge and brutality. Russell and Rhys play Russian spies in the 'burbs 2013-02-11T14:38:18Z Not only do the Russians intend to take over his country, the Russian-born Ukrainian national says, but they are also bent on erasing Ukrainian culture. Ukrainian artist makes cultural stand at Venice Biennale 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Or bent on basking in the glory of capturing an iconic image with wanton disregard for one's own mortality. 'It's What I Do' a war-zone photographer's harrowing memoir 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Each work seems bent on one-upping its neighbor with inventive play. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z He plays Roque, canny and scar-faced, the most dangerous of the titular group of former Special Forces soldiers bent on revenge against the bad guys who almost killed them. Film: Idris Elba, ?Wire? Star Generating His Own Buzz 2010-04-16T18:19:00Z This comes to mind because Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis seems bent on making shopping in his stores less baffling than it used to be. Why too much choice is stressing us out 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Schumer is a comedian, an oral storyteller bent on making people laugh. Reading Amy Schumer: The powerful missed message in “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo” 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z And the British government remains bent on austerity. The Proms, BBC’s Classical Music Festival, Is All the More Important as Austerity Looms 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The Taiping and the Imperialists both want to possess the time device that could change the course of the war and are bent on capturing Jack and Angus, dead or alive. Jack Christie: Day of Rebellion by Johnny O'Brien - review 2013-06-06T08:00:00Z "He was bent on taking his own life," Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese said. Police standoff ends with porn actor's deadly fall 2010-06-07T01:27:00Z One of his buddies might just be a psychopath bent on ruining lives. NW Books: Photographing nature in a digital era 2013-04-22T21:48:20Z The new owners are bent on resurrecting the ghosts of Vito's past. Happy Hour: Vito's keeps the old-school vibe alive 2011-02-23T00:01:04Z Indeed, you might call change the sole constant of big cities — an inevitability with little sympathy for those of us bent on lamenting the bygone, good old days. The only sugar-rimmed margarita worth drinking 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Others seem bent on following her lead and, more recently, that of her more famous sister. Rocking It on Prom Night, African Style 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Carolina and Jade once won a minor pro event as doubles partners, but Carolina was never bent on becoming a tour player. How One Family’s Pursuit of Tennis Success Ended in Heartache 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Biden defended Israel’s actions saying Hamas is bent on attacking the Jewish state, calling the decision to storm the hospital “a terrible dilemma.” Hamas committing ‘war crime’ by operating in Gaza hospital, Biden says 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z In his remarks, Trump also portrayed himself as a victim of a political system bent on going after him and his supporters. "Has the media not learned anything?": New York Times ripped for "sugarcoating" Trump's "Nazi talk" 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Last year, a little more than an hour’s drive away on the east side of Buffalo, a shooter bent on killing Black people targeted shoppers at a supermarket, leaving 10 dead. Two pastors worry for their congregants’ safety. Are more guns the answer or the problem? 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z China believes Lai, who is leading opinion polls, is a separatist bent on a formal declaration of independence. Amid Foxconn probe, China tells Taiwan firms to play positive role in ties 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z But there’s an argument for bringing back home ec and shop, not only for students who may be better served by opting out of college but also for those students bent on white-collar life. To prepare kids for the future, bring back shop and home ec | Pamela Paul 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z “We’re no longer governing by norms or rules if a mob is bent on destroying them. It’s a battle of personalities. McCarthy may be the last establishment Republican.” News Analysis: McCarthy's once formidable powers of persuasion couldn't stop a humiliating, historic defeat 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Gaetz has asserted that the more than two-year, wide-ranging inquiry into his conduct is the work of the speaker and his allies, who he argues are bent on smearing him. Gaetz’s Challenge to McCarthy Draws Attention to His Ethics Issues 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Ukraine is bent on becoming a member of the EU, and EU officials have encouraged that course even though it could take years amid a war of attrition with no end in sight. Top European diplomats meet in Kyiv to support Ukraine as signs of strain show among allies 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Trump is getting worse, more dangerous, more bent on inciting violence. Becoming America's first dictator 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z President Biden on Thursday urged Americans to come together and unite regardless of their political affiliation but condemned Trump supporters as an “extremist movement” bent on destroying bedrock American institutions. Biden denounces Trump supporters as ‘extremists’ in speech urging bipartisanship 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z On Monday Chinese nationalist tabloid the Global Times quoted an expert as saying Philippine decision-makers were acting under the influence of a United States bent on instigating conflicts to contain Beijing. Philippines vows not to back down as China warns against 'trouble' at disputed shoal 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Beijing sees forces bent on weakening it everywhere: embedded in multinational companies, infiltrating social media, circling naïve students. China to Its People: Spies Are Everywhere, Help Us Catch Them 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z A gunman bent on killing Jews attacked members of the Tree of Life synagogue in the worst antisemitic attack in U.S. history on Oct. These deadly racist attacks should be impossible, but they're becoming more common 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z After eventually returning to his post, Mr Bongo embarked on an image revamp, putting himself forward as a man of rigour bent on rooting out "traitors" and "profiteers" in his inner circle. Ali Bongo: Who is Gabon's president arrested in army coup? 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z With Moscow’s conventional military bogged down in Ukraine after 18 months of war, the Kremlin is increasingly bent on sowing regional chaos via unconventional tactics, said Jacek Siewiera, the head of Poland’s National Security Bureau. Russian ‘hybrid’ war threatens NATO’s eastern flank, Poles warn 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Paris city hall offered to renovate or replace the boxes at no cost after removal, but the booksellers’ association, which now has 200 members, is bent on keeping them in place, as they are. Paris booksellers won’t let their street stands along the Seine be removed for the 2024 Olympics 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z So much of conservative discourse these days seems bent on “owning the libs.” Did this Will Arbery play about young religious conservatives predict Jan. 6? 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Capitol by a mob of supporters bent on halting congressional certification of Biden’s win. Attorney for 2020 gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp suspended for ‘frivolous’ vote-fraud claims 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z “We will stand strong together against these powerful corporations who are bent on taking the humanity, the human dignity, even the human out of our profession,” Ms. Streep said in a statement. Hollywood A-listers donate millions of dollars to actors’ union emergency fund 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “We will stand strong together against these powerful corporations who are bent on taking the humanity, the human dignity, even the human out of our profession.” Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Dwayne Johnson and others donate millions to help struggling actors 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Trump will no doubt continue to make his supposed persecution the centerpiece of his campaign, suggesting he is some dark messiah fighting a deep state bent on the oppression of his supporters. Column: Trump is facing his most important indictment yet — and nearly insurmountable odds at trial 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z As a child hell bent on keeping up with her older brothers, she fell into football, and fell in love. 2023 Women's World Cup: Australian football suffers despite Matildas 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Trump has already been explicit that he's bent on retribution. Trump's revenge fantasies are real life 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Lenin was bent on helping them, with or without their consent. Dear Fremont: We need to talk about Lenin and your statue of the genocidal tyrant | David Volodzko 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z He attacked the committee, which has a Conservative majority, calling it a “kangaroo court” bent on destroying him. UK police reopen partygate probe into lockdown-breaching Conservative ‘jingle and mingle’ bash 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z With the former president bent on staying in the race, Mr. Crawford said, he’s not switching. A Long-Shot Candidate’s Defense of Trump Could Undermine the Rule of Law 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z But his latest enterprise — a presidential campaign bent on taking down former President Donald J. Trump, a man he once endorsed and advised — has cast a new light on his success. The Business of Being Chris Christie 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Levy noticed very few examples in literature of female doubles, instead seeing a lot of male doubles who were either bent on destruction or possibly hallucinated. How Deborah Levy's self-soothing COVID-lockdown habit inspired a virtuosic novel 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Moscow says it had to act in Ukraine to protect its own security and push back against what it says is a hostile and aggressive West bent on the destruction of Russia. Kremlin: Western long-range missiles to Ukraine will fuel 'spiralling tension' 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Ford O’Connell, a Republican strategist, went further, saying Mr. Trump may be the only person who can lead the Republican Party to triumph over a Washington establishment bent on derailing the GOP. DeSantis holds an edge over Trump in building GOP 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z The Master said, “At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. 2. “At thirty, I stood firm. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z I was offered the opportunity to “disagree with the decision” and fully assumed it was some sort of artificial intelligence error — a casualty of a technological era bent on attempting to automate itself into oblivion. Did Facebook just censor Jesus? Bizarre ‘hate speech’ message sparks concern 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z "You were bent on inciting racial hatred... you chose your words carefully to that end." Pembrokeshire: James Allchurch jailed for racist podcasts 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Assad enjoyed the backing of those Syrians who believed he was saving their country from insurgents bent on replacing him with hardline Sunni Islamist rule. Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said that was his subtle way of suggesting that the Ministry of Self-Defense was bent on revolution, and they called the group “a violent gang that came together to use force against its enemies.” Four Proud Boys Convicted of Sedition in Key Jan. 6 Case 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Was she politically astute and bent on using both her gender and her outsized power to further her needs? Who was Cleopatra? 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Saied is bent on disrupting any way forward and destroying any possible alternatives to the authoritarian system he is building. Opinion | Tunisia can rebuild its democracy. Only its president stands in the way. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The president’s critics say that Mr. Biden is the one who is divisive because of his attacks on Mr. Trump’s “ultra-MAGA Republicans,” and they portray him as a socialist bent on destroying the country. Biden Announces Re-election Bid, Defying Trump and History 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z In the decade since China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, took power, he has encouraged and at times outright exhorted suspicion of foreign and especially Western countries, which he has cast as bent on undermining China. China Accuses a Liberal Columnist of Espionage 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Their failure to pause fighting for even a day, despite high-level diplomatic pressure, suggests the generals remain bent on pursuing a military victory. No respite in Sudan as truce falls apart, rivals battle 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Their failure to pause fighting for even a day, despite high-level diplomatic pressure, suggests they remain bent on pursuing a military victory and raises the potential for a prolonged conflict. No respite in Sudan as truce falls apart, rivals battle 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z "This generation does not bend before barbaric laws and norms. It is bent on consistently remaining true to itself. It stands tall and demands recognition." Iran protests: LGBTQ community rises up 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Only by finally holding Trump accountable for his criminality will we ever be able to reassert the rule of law, discourage anti-democratic authoritarians bent on grabbing power by any means, and repair our democracy. "Evidence of prejudice": Experts break down the case against Donald Trump 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Lizzy is racing to finish in time for a solo exhibition, a looming deadline that the universe seems bent on ensuring she misses. Review: Kelly Reichardt's first comedy is a wincingly funny portrait of an artist at work 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Doing so now, they say, makes those Republican critics co-conspirators with Democrats who Mr. Trump says are bent on destroying him. For Now, Trump and Allies Focus on Political Upside of a Criminal Case 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z After all, the Russian army made its way to the northern suburbs of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv — think of a military bent on capturing Washington, D.C., reaching Bethesda, Maryland — before being stopped in its tracks. The war of surprises in Ukraine: Could there be one surprise too many? 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z But he added a new twist: that his political opponents were now bent on rigging the next election against him through the prospect of criminal charges. Trump extends election-rigging myth to his potential criminal charges 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Soon after, Rwandan officials accused the rights activist of fabricating his heroism and supporting opposition groups bent on toppling the government in Kigali. Paul Rusesabagina, ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Dissident, Departs Rwanda for Qatar 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Putin, strongly backed by Patriarch Kirill, casts Moscow's invasion of Ukraine as a defensive pushback against what they see as an aggressive and decadent West that is bent on destroying Russia and its culture. Ecumenical patriarch: Russian Church shares blame for 'crimes' in Ukraine 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z This pursuit has propelled him to stardom in a party whose best customers — vengeful, hard-right voters — are bent on bringing down the Democratic president. Comer, Republicans’ Investigative Chief, Embraces Role of Biden Antagonist 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Although his rivals largely want to keep a distance, Mr. Trump's team is bent on pushing them to choose sides, risking the wrath of Republicans loyal to the former president. Ron DeSantis pays for Donald Trump's crimes 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z General Garner’s own assessment of the country that Mr. Bush was bent on liberating from Mr. Hussein is, with the benefit of hindsight, brutal. Iraq, 20 Years Later: A Changed Washington and a Terrible Toll on America 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Although his rivals largely want to keep a distance, Mr. Trump’s team is bent on pushing them to choose sides, risking the wrath of Republicans loyal to the former president. Trump Allies Pressure DeSantis to Weigh In on Expected Indictment 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Trump denies the encounters and has cast the investigation as a “witch hunt” by a Democratic prosecutor bent on sabotaging Trump’s latest presidential campaign. Some Trump rivals rally to his side as possible charges loom 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z He helped to transform the Supreme Court from its generally middle-of-the-road past into a hard-right hammer bent on bludgeoning the law back into what the Federalist Society considers its proper roots. A Federalist Society for all things: Dark money enters the culture wars 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Trump denies the encounters occurred, says he did nothing wrong and has cast the investigation as a “witch hunt” by a Democratic prosecutor bent on sabotaging the Republican’s 2024 presidential campaign. Officials discussing security in case of Trump indictment 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Conversations begin with bitterness that the ouster of Saddam left the country broken and ripe for violence and exploitation by sectarian militias, politicians and criminals bent on self-enrichment or beholden to other nations. 20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z President Vladimir Putin has framed Moscow's year-long invasion of Ukraine as a defensive pushback against what he sees as a hostile West bent on expanding into territories historically ruled by Russia. North of Bakhmut, another key battle tests Ukraine's defences 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin has framed Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine as a defensive one against what he sees as a hostile West bent on expanding into territories historically ruled by Russia. US says Russian jet caused spy drone crash over Black Sea, Moscow denies collision 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z President Vladimir Putin has justified his invasion by saying it is the only way to rid Ukraine of "neo-Nazis" backed by Western allies bent on destroying Russia. Zelenskiy leads tributes to revered Ukrainian fighter killed in Bakhmut 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z North Korea says such joint military exercises are proof that the United States and its allies are hostile and bent on regime change in the North. North Korea says US causing international arms control collapse 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Such a summoning is most feared by AI alarmists, at present, because the spirit might be disobedient, destructive, a rampaging Skynet bent on our extermination. Seeing magic in science, we seek the prophecies of oracles in AI 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never erase the people’s love of liberty,” Biden said on Twitter. Ukraine, Western backers pledge resolve on anniversary of Russia’s invasion 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z “A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never erase the people’s love of liberty,” Mr. Biden wrote in a statement on Twitter, alluding to Mr. Putin. Biden Reaffirms Support for Ukraine Amid Concerns About Russia-Iran Ties 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The National Rifle Association objected preemptively, saying the decision was “nothing more than a capitulation to anti-gun politicians and activists bent on eroding the rights of law-abiding Americans one transaction at a time.” Of course authorities should be alerted about spending sprees at gun stores 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Biden, meanwhile, took a much more personal line of attack, condemning his Russian counterpart as an autocratic strongman and a brutal dictator bent on crushing the human spirit. In dueling speeches, Putin and Biden offer radically different visions of the fight to come 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z In the megaprojects world, “No Build” tends to be a formality, at best a tool to compare options, costs or clientele for stuff the civic establishment is bent on delivering. Will a new International District/Chinatown light-rail station land in Pioneer Square? 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z But it seems the FBI is bent on hounding harmless people — if they are conservatives. Opinion | Is the FBI targeting traditional Catholics? 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z He called Trump, who has announced his 2024 campaign for the presidency, “a demagogue bent on destroying our democracy.” California 2024 U.S. Senate contest kicks off at furious pace 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z Even after there is no longer a pressing due date, he is bent on finishing the piece. Review: A tale of mature romance, 'The Blue Caftan' explores true love 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z That is: soldiers who defeated a regime bent on genocide. Opinion | Why Europe has a monument problem of its own 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z But then came a Biden comment that generated boos and hoots from Republicans: Biden said some in the GOP were bent on cutting Social Security and Medicare. Biden speech takeaways: More conciliation than conflict 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Far from promoting diplomatic talks with China, Republicans in Congress appear bent on ratcheting up tensions further—and some Democrats are joining them. China slams the Pentagon's downing of a balloon in US airspace as an "excessive reaction" 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z But Gallagher and other Republicans are less restrained, describing China as an adversary bent on upending the U.S.-led international order rather than a viable business partner. House panel zeroes in on Chinese-owned app TikTok over security fear 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z And in the minds of those bent on ranking perfection across generations, he also bolstered his career-long quest to be regarded as the greatest to play the game. With 22nd major, Novak Djokovic bolsters his case as best men’s tennis player ever 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Iran’s government is doubling down on repression to stamp out the months-long uprising bent on its ouster. At the heart of Iran’s crackdown, a small group of judges sentences protesters to hang 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z He doesn’t project the image of a power-obsessed bureaucrat bent on taking away people’s freedoms, as defenders of gas stoves have sought to depict his comments. Meet the man who unwittingly triggered the war over gas stoves 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Nechaev said the move suggested that Germany and Western allies were not interested in a diplomatic resolution of the war in Ukraine and “is bent on its permanent escalation.” Russian officials say Leopard 2 and M1 Abrams tanks are a ‘losing scheme.’ 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Some cling to the baseless allegation that Trump beat Biden in 2020 and seem more bent on getting attention than achieving any legislative outcome. GOP investigations of Biden to test Chairman Comer’s power 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z “First thing, we played really good defenses. We played … some teams that are pretty hell bent on stopping the run, and they are good at it,” Callahan said. Bengals want ball in Burrow’s hands with ground game stalled 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z "When I first started out, I was so hell bent on proving people wrong, showing that I could fight," he says. How Eubank emerged from his father's shadow 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The reporting shows that a mob, led by what appeared to be a relatively small group of extremists bent on destruction, swiftly and effortlessly overwhelmed a drastically outnumbered police presence. ‘We Will Die for Brazil’: How a Far-Right Mob Tried to Oust Lula 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z With tattooed arms and dark, slick-backed hair, Mr. Crane stands out in the sea of suits that is the Republican Conference, where he is now bent on disrupting the status quo simply for disruption’s sake. ‘I Might Wind Up in the Broom Closet’: Why Eli Crane Defied Kevin McCarthy 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The Terrapins were trailing by six heading into the fourth quarter, and Miller was bent on pulling her team back. Terrapins’ late push comes up short at Indiana in Big Ten showdown 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z On Saturdays, the food hall fills with 20-something Asians and Asian Americans who are bent on ordering everything on the menu in one sitting. Restaurant review: This Seattle food hall has the look, feel and flavors of a Southeast Asian market 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The statement was in line with Moscow's efforts to cast the war in Ukraine as part of an existential struggle with Western nations it says are bent on Russia's destruction. Russia says EU is becoming a vassal of NATO 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The right-wing renegades who put the House and the nation through 15 embarrassing ballots went to great lengths to present themselves as institutional reformers bent on bringing democracy and transparency back to the legislative process. Opinion | Will party unity tear Congress to pieces? 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Rather, they said, those causing the damage were radical leftists in disguise, bent on defaming their movement. What Drove a Mass Attack on Brazil’s Capital? Mass Delusion. 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Now we get to see what he can do with what is left of it and while fending off a contingent of holdouts who seem bent on making his tenure torturous. Analysis | What we learned from the McCarthy imbroglio 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Those tasks were already going to be difficult with a slim Republican majority and an intransigent right-wing faction bent on slashing spending and debt. Why McCarthy’s Slog to Speaker Could Mean Dysfunction Ahead in the House 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z In fact, doing so only empowers those bent on insurrection. What happens if democracy ends?Don’t ask 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z She said Title 42 was “put in place by a racist and xenophobic administration” bent on stopping immigration, not protecting public health. Biden immigration plan would restrict illegal border crossings 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Still, the EU seems bent on taking some sort of joint action to ensure incoming passengers from China do not transmit any potential new variants to the continent. EU moving toward joint measures to face China COVID crisis 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z This time Mr. Putin served up his narrative of a West bent on destroying Russia. With Heightened Anxiety, Putin Prepares Russians for Long Fight Ahead 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Working in his favor is a power structure bent on clearing the slums from cultural memory and a rising middle class happy to oblige. A hot new Indian gangster novel thrills and dazzles. It could have done so much more 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z They sometimes disclosed what he said, feeding a conservative, nostalgic Catholic faction bent on weaponising his words. Two popes in the Vatican - sometimes more crowd than company 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z When the current session of Congress ends on Jan. 3, 2023, those subpoenas will lose their force, and would do so even if the new majority were not bent on thwarting our work. What comes after the Jan. 6 committee report 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z And a distracted chief executive seemingly bent on alienating some of the company’s most loyal customers. Elon Musk’s Distraction Is Just One of Tesla’s Problems 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z This is what happens to people so bent on something that everything else starts to fall away. As climate clock ticks, aviator races to photograph glaciers 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Rather than respecting that reality, some seem bent on stirring the pot. ‘Tis the season for atheists’ and Satanists’ yuletide antics 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Castillo’s job had been made difficult by a Congress that seemed bent on ousting him. Violence Spreads Through Peru in Days After Its President’s Ouster 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z In the past year, right-wing activists have harnessed some of the fervor of that theory to tar drag queens, transgender people, gay teachers, and others as “groomers,” or adults bent on seducing children. Elon Musk uses QAnon tactic in criticizing former Twitter safety chief 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z In playing an English aristocrat bent on revenge in the Old West, the actor juggles the excitement — and the guilt — of doing away with those in her way. Emily Blunt says Tom Cruise once told her to 'stop being such a p—' on set 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The nation’s electrical power grid has gotten the attention of right-wing militants bent on creating chaos that might open the way for a political order more to their liking. Dark intentions 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The hearings cut through the lies, conspiracy theories and political theater around the Big Lie, revealing a cabal of Trump lackeys bent on stealing the 2020 presidential election. The 10 best TV shows (and three best dance sequences) of 2022 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z As a well-connected former Carlyle Group executive and political newcomer bent on doing things differently, Damschen said, Youngkin is not convinced that he has to travel to promote the state. On the road for politics, Va. Gov. Youngkin skips travel for trade 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Lee’s brother, Lee Rae-jin, issued a statement refuting Moon’s comment, saying his government failed to rescue Lee and is now bent on “wordplay”. Ex-South Korean official arrested over case of man slain by North Korea 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Now that he is president — having won an undisputed election in 2018 — Mr. López Obrador is bent on remaking the electoral system he still blames for cheating him more than 16 years ago. Opinion | Mexico should stop its president’s latest antidemocratic maneuver 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z That “popular party” dominated the Massachusetts Legislature by persuading voters that royal governors and their officials were corrupt and bent on curtailing liberty to increase their own power. Review | Should we celebrate Samuel Adams, or condemn him? 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z North Korea has for years demonstrated a willingness to endure sanctions to develop the weapons it regards as vital to defend itself from a United States it believes is bent on regime change. Analysis: China has limited power, and perhaps little desire, to curb North Korea 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The militaristic aspects of the plot, with human raiders bent on destruction of the moon in order to harvest its natural resources, have over time faded into the background when I view “Avatar.” How Disney kept the fire burning for 'Avatar' for 13 long years 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z She also said: "There is no medication or treatment for a heart that is bent on evil." Waukesha trial: US man sentenced to life for car-ramming attack 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z He was reportedly bent on finding his British mother and tried to travel elsewhere in Europe, only to be repeatedly expelled from several countries for lacking the required immigration documents, according to the BBC. Man in limbo for years in Paris airport has died — in his airport 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z “Hostile forces” were bent on blocking China’s rise, Ding Xuexiang, a top aide to Mr. Xi, wrote in People’s Daily, the party’s main newspaper. In an Era of Confrontation, Biden and Xi Seek to Set Terms 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z “He didn’t want to just merely predict the future; he wanted to prevent that future”—by warning of the dangers of a society blindingly bent on progress. 100 years after his birth, Kurt Vonnegut is more relevant than ever to science 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z TikTok, however, seems bent on taking on a wider range of digital life. How TikTok ate the internet "It was a brazen act of conniving monster, hell bent on one thing - getting what you wanted at any cost." Teacher's Pet case: 'Tell us where mum is', Chris Dawson's daughter begs 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z What emerged was a picture of an organization fueled by falsehoods, bent on trying to influence the 2022 midterms and determined to change the voting system in ways that would benefit Republicans. Fueled by Falsehoods, a Michigan Group Is Ready to Challenge the Vote 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z In “The City We Became,” the individual boroughs’ newly awakened avatars joined to fight an invading extradimensional force bent on destroying not just the city but the concept of the city. Review | N.K. Jemisin offers a hopeful — if fantastical — message of tolerance 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Pelosi, 82, was attacked on Friday with a hammer by a suspect who federal prosecutors say invaded the Pelosis’ San Francisco home, bent on kidnapping the speaker and shattering her kneecaps. With Falsehoods and Ridicule About Pelosi Attack, Republicans Mimic Trump 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Still, though adult fans — even a handful on Reddit — are paying the team’s ticket freight, no one designs mascots bent on the type of violence that might frighten children. ‘Hey, it’s Buoy!’ Game night with the Kraken’s new mascot 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The memory of the 18th-century commander is vivid for those in the Kremlin bent on restoring the Russian imperium. Russian loyalists in Kherson abscond with the remains of a commander who helped inspire Putin’s invasion. 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The memory of the 18th-century conqueror is vivid for those in the Kremlin bent on restoring the Russian imperium. Why Russia Stole Potemkin’s Bones From Ukraine 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “However, we are dismayed that some are bent on preempting the peace talks & spreading false allegations against the defensive measures.” New October date set for talks in Ethiopia’s Tigray war 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z But authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is bent on being a spoiler at the energy summit, contradicting most leaders by saying that the EU sanctions on Russia primarily hurt EU citizens, not Putin. EU leaders united against Russia, divided over energy summit 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z The Republicans are intent upon electing hundreds of election deniers to office, and are bent on destroying our election system as we've known it for the last half-century or more. This election isn't about inflation or abortion. It's about whether democracy can survive 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Democrats are painting the other side as far-right election-denying yahoos who are beholden to big oil and big pharma and bent on enacting abortion bans. No respite for politics-weary in Sin City where campaign attacks ads take over the airwaves 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z But to physicists bent on explicating those fundamental laws, black holes are a Coney Island of mysteries and imagination. Black Holes May Hide a Mind-Bending Secret About Our Universe 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The industry, bent on expansion, turned a deaf ear to these warnings. Review | A dark tale of money corrupting politics — and destroying the climate 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z This Russian tradition lives in Vladimir Putin’s Goebbels-like talk about Ukraine’s Jewish president being a Nazi bent on genocide against ethnic Russians. Opinion | Why the West must stop Putin’s drive to export Russia’s cruel pathologies 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Gloves, mind you, that Hayden tends to drop more than the average NHL player in a bid to punch the helmet off any opponent bent on challenging him. John Hayden trying to fight his way onto Kraken roster — at times literally 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z At other times, he could issue ideological screeds, calling the Democrats “America-hating,” “totalitarian” Marxists bent on the destruction of the country. Antifa, Election Fraud and 1776: Messages Provide Window Into Oath Keepers 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z He has claimed Nevada elections have been rigged for the last decade by a “deep state cabal” bent on establishing "a socialist, communist, tyrannical government." 2020 election conspiracists could soon oversee voting in U.S. battleground states 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z He said his country has been “economically besieged” by powers bent on getting their way and retaining their wealth. Syria, North Korea take swipes at West as UN assembly ends 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Mekdad complained that his country has been “economically besieged” by powers bent on imposing their will and retaining their wealth. Syria raps US-led coalition forces, oil losses in UN speech 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Slick public relations circuses that waste taxpayer money are fairy tales bent on perpetuating the profiteering military-industrial-congressional complex. Opinion | The Andrews air show was wasteful 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The U.S. central bank on Wednesday raised rates by 75 basis points for a third straight meeting as it is bent on taming the steepest surge in inflation in 40 years. Morning Bid: Keep your hiking boots on 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Detractors say the industry is inherently exploitative and abusive, bent on evading the city’s many regulations designed to keep horses safe, though the number of recorded violations appears relatively small. Horse’s collapse rekindles debate about New York City’s carriage rides 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Lockdowns, including of entire cities, have become almost commonplace in China, which remains bent on eliminating the coronavirus even as the rest of the world tries to live with it. ‘At the Breaking Point’: Tibetans, Under Lockdown, Make Rare Cries for Help 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z She went on to cycle through a series of additional high-concept costumes, each not-so-quick change accompanied by a ponderous video about … the quest for liberation in a world bent on dehumanization? At superstar stadium spectacle, Lady Gaga crashes through the surface 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z At least until the end of Xi’s third term in 2027, its leaders will still be ambitious, still bent on absorbing Taiwan, still intent on supplanting the United States as the dominant power in Asia. China's economy is slowing, its population aging. That could make it dangerous 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z “They want a state within a state,” complained Albin Kurti, Kosovo’s prime minister, whom many in the north scorn as an Albanian nationalist bent on driving out his country’s Serb minority. Blame, Hate and License Plates in a Divided Kosovo Town 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z “The Federal Reserve members are bent on keeping housing in a recession for as long as possible to increase the supply” of houses for sale, Mohtashami said. Mortgage rates soar to their highest levels since late June 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z With the loss of speech came the ableist assumption that she was no longer able to communicate — a misconception she was bent on obliterating with a torrent of writing. ‘A roaring from my body’: Novelist Cai Emmons on writing while running out of time 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z He seemed convinced that the United States was bent on military aggression. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z In a war bent on creating division, the rails offer vital connection. More Vital Than Ever, Ukraine’s Trains Bind a Land Fractured by War 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z They viewed Brown as a terrorist bent on destroying their civilization, and support for secession grew. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Throughout the Soviet era, alarms that Western powers were bent on undermining Russia — often true — were standard fare, as were claims that those powers were crumbling. What Russians See in the News: A War Over Western Plans to Subjugate Them 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z The challenge is to turn out more voters who want the country to keep moving forward and upward than voters bent on empowering candidates to stand in for Trump and all he represents. Opinion | Voters tell us who they are by who they vote for 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The blunt call to arms against Mr. Trump was the latest signal Ms. Cheney isn’t going anywhere and is bent on loosening his stranglehold on the GOP. Liz Cheney compares herself to Abraham Lincoln: ‘Now the real work begins’ 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z “These Georgia counties are not equipped to protect their software from attacks from people bent on disrupting the democratic process,” Brown told The Post. Trump-allied lawyers pursued voting machine data in multiple states, records reveal 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Citing the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, many saw him as a dictator, bent on grabbing power while senselessly and uncaringly drafting more young men into combat. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 electrified the Muslim world and vindicated Al Qaeda’s argument that the United States was bent on regional domination. Op-Ed: Al Qaeda lost its leader, but are Americans any safer? 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z For younger Taiwanese, their vision of China is the one Mr. Xi has wrought, an illiberal land bent on denying their ability to choose their own leaders. As Missiles Fall, Generations Split on Taiwan’s Relationship With China 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z She’s also bent on making a smart, crafty genre picture that will keep you guessing, laughing and screaming simultaneously — and this, too, proves its own devilishly tricky proposition. Review: It has its sharp moments, but ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ could use a few corpse corrections 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Sawyer’s of the mind that all barbecue goes well together and people who are “hell bent on one style are just missing out.” Find barbecue, Austin-style breakfast tacos and British baked goods at pop-ups around Seattle 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Before joining Al Qaeda he was a member of Egypt's Islamic Jihad organisation, which was bent on toppling the state. Factbox: Who could succeed Al Qaeda's leader Zawahiri? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Moderate Democrats from conservative-leaning districts argued that passing the police funding would blunt Republican accusations that Democrats are soft on crime and bent on defunding the police. House Passes Assault Weapons Ban That Is Doomed in Senate 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Were Feuillade and his silent-era contemporaries the first content creators, one asks, bent on getting audiences hooked on a hot new platform? HBO’s dazzling ‘Irma Vep' is just the TV series to restore your faith in movies 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z “If the U.S. is bent on going its own way, China will take firm and strong measures to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.” Taiwan holds drills amid Pelosi visit concern, China tension 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z "People still are bent on blaming the victim." America's deadly epidemic: violence against women 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z If the classes follow Putin’s lead, they will reflect his false claims that Ukraine committed “genocide” or that its government is made up of “Nazis” bent on attacking Russia. Russia sending teachers to Ukraine to control what students learn 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of demonstrators were expected to stream into Chicago in late August with various views and agendas, including some bent on challenging police. John Froines, chemist charged in ‘Chicago Seven’ trial, dies at 83 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Israel’s interim prime minister, Yair Lapid, meanwhile, delivered a lengthy warning about negotiations with Iran, which he said was bent on destroying “the only Jewish state in the world.” Biden won't commit to confronting Saudi Arabia over journalist's slaying 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Committee members said that tweet was directly responsible for armed Trump supporters coming to the Capitol on Jan. 6 bent on violence to stop Congress from certifying the presidential election victory of Democrat Joe Biden. Trump sought to name Sidney Powell as White House special counsel to seize voting machines 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Sixteen states have expanded the abilities of people to vote, which has intensified pre-emptive accusations among conservative lawmakers and commentators that the Democrats are bent on cheating. The Fight Over Truth Also Has a Red State-Blue State Divide 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z The most cartoonish version of alien planets bent on universal domination, of course, would also pose a national security threat. Opinion | NASA is right to examine UFOs 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Conspiracy goes where conspiracies usually go, Corrupt Powerful Interests bent on self-protection. Chris Pratt strikes back in violent, faintly poisonous 'Terminal List' 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z On Feb. 24, the day Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, a small group of Ukrainian border guards made a defiant stand against an encroaching Russian warship bent on capturing their rocky island. On Snake Island, defiant Ukrainians force a Russian withdrawal 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z He lashed out and gave every indication that he knew the crowd of supporters he had gathered on the Ellipse included some bent on violence. A President Untethered 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z It's the other way around: White supremacy is why Trump and the Republicans are so hell bent on gutting democracy. The Big Lie was always about racism 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Putin, bent on military victory, rebuffed all three. Column: War in Ukraine is a battle of wills and economic pain — and the West is showing fatigue 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z |
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