| 单词 | connive |
| 例句 | “He’s been a source of conniving and cajolery in this community long enough,” Mrs. Larkin continued. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He was talking about his idea of me: the radical Jew, the conniving Jew, the greedy and ambitious Jew who would kill a king for a taste of power. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine what people would say if it were known that Hanoi has met all these conditions and then Nixon’s conniving with them kept us from getting it?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was her conniving that helped Jacob steal the blessing from his brother. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, conniving, sweet-toned, “There’s plenty white women would like to have a good buck Negro.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike Western cities, Tiwanaku had no markets—no bazaars full of shouting, bargaining, conniving entrepreneurs; no street displays of produce, pottery, and plonk; no jugglers and mimes trying to attract crowds; no pickpockets. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The usual conniving hand had led him by the finger on tiptoe to the chosen bed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Your kindness may be meanness now, and your bleak honesty fretful and conniving. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If you were a wealthy Jew, you were a vampire, a conniving evil sucking the blood of the common people. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z You think they’re just sitting around out there, but these crooks are always conniving.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This is not to say that he was a conniving husband. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Bono had, I ascertained, connived to secrete them when we had removed to this house from the town; having no use for them upon his exile, he had left them for me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a side he would show no one but his victims, or those who connived with him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Him and all them greedy conniving railroad men, making promises Montana can’t deliver.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She is sneaky and conniving, and I do not like the way it feels. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “It would rock the world if it were known that Thieu was conniving with the Republicans,” he told aides. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “You can never trust a con. Nobody came here for singing too loud in church. Do you know what the word conniving means?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been despised as an underhanded and conniving witch since her days with Caesar. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The studio door opened without a sound, like it was conniving with her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He was probably frowning, deep in character as Richard III, the conniving, hunchbacked king of England, but inside, Halsey was chuckling away. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z "I can be really conniving, if I get bored I like stirring the pot for my own entertainment." 2010-01-20T08:05:00Z Jonah Hill is at the top of his game as a deliciously conniving scoundrel. These are TIME's Most Anticipated Movies of the Summer 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z At the barricades, all eyes are trained on Marius: Yearning to turn his head, all the girls connive. Style Invitational Week 1078: Hyphen the Terrible — neologisms plus winning parodies A document released to the Scott inquiry revealed how one top FCO official told a colleague: "I confess to innocent reluctance to connive at impeding the course of justice." The arms-to-Iraq court case that became serious miscarriage of justice 2012-10-15T06:00:32Z There’s a wicked irony in trying to ban this feminist dystopia while Republicans are conniving to make it come true. Perspective | For Banned Books Week, I read the country’s 10 most challenged books. The gay penguins did not corrupt me. 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Aside from Jesse, the film’s female characters are conniving, bloodthirsty and often topless. Nicolas Winding Refn Dissects His Bloody Confection 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Because it supports an idea of women as conniving and untrustworthy. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow and What Popular Culture Wants to Believe 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z And she, if not a conniving, green-card-coveting gold digger, was naïve at best, a silly young woman, easily duped. From ‘Homewrecker’ to Caretaker 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Dominique was glamorous, sophisticated, wealthy and intelligent, but just as conniving as Alexis. Diahann Carroll obituary 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Sex and drugs are as prevalent as pliés, the absence of a likable character as irksome as the constant conniving. ‘Birds of Paradise’ Review: Dirty Dancing 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Bray doesn’t bring any interior life to the role of the eager-eyed young Uta, who is written as a fairly generic ingénue — a less conniving but less colorful Eve Harrington. Theater Review: ‘Ten Chimneys,’ About Lunts, at Theater at St. Clement’s 2012-10-04T20:42:51Z Her actions, including flying to Hong Kong several times to hide money in secret accounts in 2014, tend toward something more conniving. Review | In a sea of documentaries and podcasts, ‘Frontline’ is still a standout 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Their biggest takeaway from #MeToo was not that powerful men have been harassing women with impunity for decades but rather that conniving women are inventing stories to deliberately take down men’s careers. Perspective | For Robert Foster’s defenders, men are victims and #MeToo is the real villain 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z “I’m a bad person!” he spits out, an exclamation that starts things off amusingly, since few would argue that the conniving Edmund of the original was a moral paragon. 2010-01-15T04:13:00Z But to the world, he's the quintessential conniving dirtbag — and he loves it. Reid Scott's "Late Night" writer character "probably thinks of himself as pretty progressive" 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Rickman’s perfect portrayal of one of the millennial generation’s most loyal and conniving antiheros will keep us forever thinking twice about judging people at first glance. Alan Rickman’s Snape Is the Professor Who Lived 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z This might make for a fascinating, subversive take on Darrow if carried out fully: a warped mirror image of Mr. Spacey’s conniving Frank Underwood on “House of Cards.” Review: Kevin Spacey as Clarence Darrow, Stadium Size 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Waltz was recently working on a scene in which the conniving Mistress Quickly offers Falstaff a letter intended to lure him to a second rendezvous — in actuality, a trap — with the married Alice Ford. Christoph Waltz, Directing Opera, Moves From Tarantino to Verdi 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z It’s a con-artist film — poor family connives its way into jobs serving a younger, wealthy quartet — and the con rides an elevator from comically to tragically desperate. The Mystery of the Oscars: How Do You Really Vote for a Script? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z He wants bloody revenge and we want the merciless, conniving Batiatus of old. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-03-28T07:00:02Z In the fictional world of “Tár,” the conniving conductor played by Cate Blanchett has been showered with an absurd amount of awards. Inside the Oscars’ Best-Actress Battle Royal 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The media elevated the emails story because of a preexisting narrative that she was conniving and untrustworthy; it fit perfectly. Perspective | Media coverage of the 2016 campaign was disastrous. Now’s the last chance to get 2020 right. 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The state connived to persuade these destitute young mothers to accept small workers’ compensation checks and give up their right to sue for damages. ‘Blood in the Water,’ a Gripping Account of the Attica Prison Uprising 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z “The conniving you talk about is resource from my perspective. It’s being resourceful. So it really is a question of perspective and where you ally yourself,” Garland said. Video: Alex Garland, Rian Johnson, Graham Moore talk 'Ex Machina' 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Should Know Gay outlier-servant, formerly evil and conniving, now engaged in a protracted martyrdom, which recently culminated in slashing his wrists. ‘Downton Abbey,’ the Good, the Bad and the Forgotten 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z “There’s no room for compromise, only survival,” says the show’s brilliant and conniving magna mater, Ernestine. Promised land: Citizens, superheroes and the Gullah Geechee Nation 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Compared to some of the more conniving and vengeful gods, Dionysus was pleasantly simple. On navigating the holidays after a life of disordered eating 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Manipulative and conniving may be helpful traits when it comes to surviving in prison, but they certainly don’t help a burgeoning relationship thrive. We Ranked 20 of TV's Favorite Couples by Compatibility 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z As a conniving headmaster and schoolteacher, they deliver a riotous Boris and Natasha act that brings some much-needed levity to this cautionary tale, which delves into mental illness, domestic violence and abuses of authority. Review | ‘Spring Awakening’ lights up Round House Theatre with visual flair 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z When Zina’s husband, Pyotr, falls for the ballerina, the two women connive to trick him, disguising the wife as the potential lover for a rendezvous. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Bright Stream’ at the Met 2012-05-30T21:28:34Z Trying to create astute psychological portraits from Shakespeare’s conniving cartoons is probably a lost cause, and Mr. Sexton’s cast doesn’t attempt any such folly. | 'Titus Andronicus': ?Titus Andronicus? at Public Lab - Review 2011-12-14T03:01:00Z Meggido’s play tries to connect the conniving if doomed charmer Johnson may once have acted onstage to the modern-day leader who has been repeatedly called out for deceit. At Edinburgh’s Festivals, Big Names and Live Issues 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Touted as a cross between Gossip Girl and Dynasty, Revenge's campy melodrama and conniving plans are set against a backdrop of glitz, glamour and inexhaustible trust funds. Six to watch: TV's rich list 2012-05-29T14:42:01Z On 30 Rock, she nailed the conniving child pitted against Alec Baldwin for control of a media empire. Chloë Grace Moretz: 'People said: You're going to lose your career over this' 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z “House of Cards” put Netflix on the map as a home for original entertainment when the series debuted in 2013 starring Spacey as conniving politician Frank Underwood. Netflix teases 'fitting end' to defining series 'House of Cards' 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Back in King’s Landing, there’s a lot of juicy squabbling and conniving over royal weddings–both their costs and their participants. Game of Thrones Watch: The Walking Dead 2013-04-29T09:45:04Z Greek gods toyed with mortals, sending Odysseus toward conniving sirens, a Cyclops and other dangers on his journey home from war. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' an apocalyptic tale as old as man's existence 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Laurie took graduating from young upstart spy to older conniving villain in stride. Why 'The Night Manager' Is Even Better Than Bond 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Which means that we end up with Survivor-type dynamics, with team members conniving, striking alliances and deciding who’s the greater threat, rather than the judges ousting one person for doing the worst job that week. TV Tonight: Around the World in 80 Plates 2012-05-09T13:09:17Z In “Vice,” Christian Bale portrays Cheney as a conniving opportunist who steers Bush into an ill-conceived war in Iraq after the Sept. 11 attacks. 'Vice' movie explores U.S. Vice President Cheney's 'shadowy' rise... 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z With the exception of just a few characters, financial need and conniving no longer play the large role they did in Trevor’s earlier work. Review | ‘Last Stories’ is the final, brilliant collection by Irish master William Trevor 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z To be fair, she has been subject to plenty of sexist belly-aching—what might read as ambitious or confident in her male counterparts is derided, in Swift, as shrewd, conniving, callous. Taylor Swift’s Netflix Special Is the End of an Era 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Gekko was a monster out of Jacobean satire, yet he connived with so much brio that the creature became a role model for financial go-getting. Oliver Stone's New Wall Street: Greed Is God 2010-09-23T08:25:00Z Enlisted men connived to thwart impossible commands, and midlevel commanders occasionally refused to send their men into impossible situations. Books of The Times: ‘Poilu,’ a French Memoir About Serving on the Western Front 2014-04-20T21:11:41Z Although things don't always go smoothly, "The Rings of Power" is to cooperating as "House of the Dragon" is to conniving. What makes “The Rings of Power” different from the dragon show? Believing women 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The chemistry between the pair is electric, but this is Turner’s film; a cool, conniving seductress, iconic in the white blouse and red pencil skirt that makes Hurt’s Ned reach boiling point. The 25 greatest summer films 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z In Philadelphia, where Holmes was awaiting trial, there were daring sleuths, vengeful insurance companies, a fiery district attorney, a rising legal star, mad scientists, and conniving reporters. The making of the White City Devil: How H.H. Holmes became a serial killer legend 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z During the 1950s it served Mexican as the hangout for Mexican and Texas politicians, including President Lyndon Johnson and Maverick County Judge Roberto Bibb, conniving the different ways the Mexican vote would be delivered. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z He needn’t have worried: Head over heels is the appropriate response, both for the film’s conniving characters and for its audience. Movie Listings for Dec. 19-25 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z “Black Box” is a soap opera that refashions all the classic elements of daytime series like “General Hospital” — handsome and arrogant surgeons, adoring nurses, conniving other women, faithless fiancés. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Bad Teacher’ and ‘Black Box’ Have Their Premieres 2014-04-23T21:19:29Z That's if Downton Abbey's two brilliant baddies don't torch the place first: the wonderfully evil Thomas, second footman, and acidly depressed O'Brien, lady's maid, each more conniving than any Bond villain. Have you been watching ? Downton Abbey? 2010-10-21T12:14:00Z Even though Louis is weak, vain and petulant, and the Cardinal is powerful, ruthless and conniving, the actors hint at an underlying love-hate relationship that is a little surprising and almost touching. A New Version of ‘The Musketeers,’ on BBC America 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Think of the women in Wednesday Martin’s “Primates of Park Avenue” but more kooky than conniving. ‘American Housewife’: Cracked women who will crack you up 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The cross-dressing sorceress and witches, who connive to send Aeneas on his way, are scene-stealers. L.A. Opera goes cutting edge in double bill of Purcell, Bartók 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z We also know they schemed and connived against Sanders and paid the price. Susan Sarandon was right: She warned us Hillary was doomed; liberals didn’t want to listen 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z But a bigger threat to Thunder's newfound security is Lawrence's conniving nephew, Daniel, who wants to consign his uncle to a home and sell the old house. 'Thunder and the House of Magic' full of worn-out tricks 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z There’s its medley of characters — conniving French ducks and butcher pigs and sneaky cats — along with the occasional human face, uncannily rendered among these animated characters. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Keating is now out of office, replaced by his own vice president, a conniving woman with “short blond hair perfectly styled and in place.” Review | Bill Clinton and James Patterson are back in action — and still ridiculous 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z We complain that they spend too much money or connive too much and drink too much — or not enough, in the case of Lemonade Lucy Hayes — and they run or ruin their husband’s careers. The First Lady of the Confederacy Considers Her Painful Past 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Frances McDormand’s Lady Macbeth is sometimes reduced to a caricature of female villainy: ambitious, conniving, skilled at the manipulation of her hesitating husband. ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ Review: The Thane, Insane, Slays Mainly in Dunsinane 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Two powerful men were in effect conniving in the assault of a younger woman. Bernardo Bertolucci: the brilliant last emperor of highbrow cinema 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Snape, the private school administrator voted most likely to connive, has taken over Hogwarts and overseen its transformation to a regimented awful place. 'Potter' closes out franchise with a bang 2011-07-13T15:24:00Z Lillie Dearmon begins a solo with the words “You can’t hurt me — I’m self-destructive”: the words, spoken defensively the first time, sound funny, but grow more conniving with different tones. Dance Review: A. O. Collective?s ?90 Ways to Wake From Drowning? 2010-08-01T22:25:00Z As the gleefully conniving empress Agrippina, the soprano Karen Driscoll was solid, but her arias lacked contrast and spark. Opera Review: ‘Agrippina’ by Operamission Sees Rome in a Satiric Light 2014-01-22T16:44:15Z The faux-Confederate thug, who looks more than ever like Droopy Dog crossed with Bradley Cooper, becomes an emotional wreck and it turns out he’s totally subordinate to his conniving wife. Preacher recap: season one, episode five – South Will Rise Again 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z It all began with a truly terrible day for Rhaenyra, who early on learned that her father had died and that her former best friend had connived to steal the throne from her. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1 Finale Recap: The Angriest Dragon 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Say what you will about the conniving Cersei, but watching her walk naked through the city as penance for her sins was a brutal moment for the season 5 finale. What Game of Thrones Actors Said About Season 5's Big Twists 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z This Netflix series about a conniving congressman wasn’t realistic, but it was sly and knowing enough to pass as a naughty behind-the-scenes peek at government. Season 3 of ‘House of Cards’ Starts With More Policy Than Chicanery 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Crowned and uncrowned, during periods of supposedly republican government and not, they largely ruled the city-state, or connived to, from the mid-14th to the mid-18th centuries, using art to cement their power. For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z You have this poem full of sweeping geography and bright colours and heroic quests – and then this pathetic group of conniving guys. Enda Walsh: 'I only operate properly in my imagination' 2010-08-10T21:00:00Z “They thought he was brave for performing their music. He didn’t sit down connivingly and go, ‘I’m going to take Black music and make money out of it.’ Baz Luhrmann Is Ready for Rhinestones, Cadillacs, Dr. Feelgood and a Svengali 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Actually, she doesn't and she will manipulate, exploit and connive anyone without giving it a second thought if it serves her best interests. “Only Murders in the Building" goes shockingly dark in the making of a villain 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z When his favorite daughter, Cordelia, refuses to participate, her conniving sisters gain all the power and conspire to murder their father. What’s on Sunday: Season Finales of ‘Power’ and ‘Twin Peaks’ 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Were we force-fed a steady diet of these people, they would no doubt become just as tedious, conniving or over-the-top as those Housewives or the participants of "The Bachelor." On BBC America's reality series 'Come Dine With Me,' average folks compete to be the best dinner host 2010-07-13T21:47:00Z The plot is hatched by the town's conniving mayor, played by the indefatigable Murphy. 'Anyone Can Whistle' displays an unwieldy ambition 2010-04-09T21:18:00Z He first appeared in the show as the conniving Adam Chandler, one of Pine Valley’s wealthiest citizens, in 1984. David Canary, Star of ‘All My Children,’ Dies at 77 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z From that play he also draws the basic story of a crafty political wife who has no compunction about conniving to achieve outcomes she considers favorable. Review: Uma Thurman, Trapped in Trumpland in ‘The Parisian Woman’ 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z This is the Machiavellian Machiavelli: amoral, conniving and cruel, responding to whatever the situation demands. A New Book Asks: Just How Machiavellian Was Machiavelli? 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z At 82 years old Danielle is not sweet, considerate or looking to impart wisdom on friends and family; she is manipulative, conniving and determined to get her own way by any means possible. What films best portray old age? 2012-07-04T16:41:52Z Dr. Lane’s family is newly destitute, and the duke needs a wife to produce an heir so that his conniving cousin’s line won’t take the title. All’s Well That Ends Well: Fall Romance Novels 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z This tale of a conniving mother and her embittered daughter trapped in rural Ireland may be well made, but every stitch of its construction is visible. The Beauty Queen of Leenane ? review 2011-07-27T17:30:05Z When he discovers that the object of his affections is also “brave and conniving,” he’s convinced — and so are we — that theirs is a match made in heaven. Review | Paulette Jiles returns to the Civil War era with the romantic western ‘Simon and the Fiddler’ 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z If they accuse someone of assault, they’re either crazy or humorless or conniving, or a hat trick of all three. Perspective | ‘Believe Women’ doesn’t mean women never lie. It means accepting that men sometimes do, too. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z He is their pied piper, exploiting their anger for personal gain in a manner that is openly conniving and wickedly knowing. Looking for the lighter side to a nasty election? Playwright Jon Robin Baitz delivers it in 'Vicuña' 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z We might identify with her plight, every arrow poised against her as she plays high-stakes poker in a man’s world, her intelligence always read as conniving, her ambition as manipulation. Obsessed with Anne Boleyn 2012-06-18T22:01:00Z The show promises a “foul-mouthed, rougher-than-life” take on the gritty origins of our city, where “criminals and drunkards schemed, connived, fought and yet still somehow managed to create a city.” Good bets for summer theater in Seattle 2013-08-01T21:37:37Z This is especially true in Borowski's case, and not only because the testimony of his fellow inmates suggests he was quite different from his conniving, often cruel narrators. Chris Power 2011-08-25T11:15:00Z As Mantel painted him, Cromwell is a classic 21st-century TV antihero 500 years before his time: both ruthless and thoughtful, conniving yet loyal, he’s a little Frank Underwood, a little Olivia Pope, a little Littlefinger. Review: Wolf Hall Gives Us an Antihero for All Seasons 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z But handicappers say it has better chances to win in the best actor category, where Kevin Spacey could challenge Cranston with his portrayal of conniving congressional leader Frank Underwood. At TV's Emmy awards, gritty may prevail over glossy 2013-09-22T13:09:21Z But as Underwood connived his way to the Vice Presidency, it ran into trouble–namely, that Frank didn’t run into enough meaningful trouble. Review: More Power, More Problems in House of Cards 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The telegrams resonate with heartbreak, warning, sarcasm and conniving. Huntington Library sets out to decode thousands of Civil War telegrams hidden for a century: 'It's mind-boggling' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z His character is arguably one of the most conniving on the show, both toward his daughter, Olivia Pope, and the rest of the political animals. Emmys 2014: 'Scandal' actor Joe Morton gets Emmy nom as Papa Pope 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z As Grace declares early on, “I am waiting for something to happen, but it must happen without any conniving.” In South India, a Fragmented Family Turns Into an Overflowing One 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z It conjures more lawlessness, dishonesty, conniving, brutality and power mania than both of the earlier books put together. ‘The Border’ Is a Stunning and Timely Conclusion to Don Winslow’s Drug-War Trilogy 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z So when you became “cynical,” it may be that you are seeing into the true nature of people — that they can be duplicitous, shallow, manipulative, mean-spirited, self-destructive, conniving, etc. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z But she is no longer the conniving she-devil depicted in the tabloids. Waiting to be Heard: A Memoir by Amanda Knox – review 2013-05-01T12:06:08Z To wrap things up: House connives to get Park to disobey an order he knows is wrong so that she will learn to stand up for herself. House Watch: Please, Please Bring Back the Old Team 2011-11-01T13:15:41Z At times, it’s true, the jabbering caricatures of conniving Southern women serve witless ends, as in “The Gnädiges Fräulein,” a freaky hootenanny with obscure meaning from 1966 that isn’t actually very funny. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z This generosity is sorely tested when his friend Sesto confesses to having joined an assassination plot, goaded into it by the seductive, conniving Vitellia. Lustrous cast in Mozart's 'Tito' at Met 2012-11-18T14:03:11Z If to undo a law you connive, Don’t ask Congress — they’re barely alive. Style Invitational Week 1088: Our winning F-word limericks! (No, not that F-word.) He was a troubled son at odds with a conniving father in “The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin.” ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: A Thriller Director Who’s Afraid of Blood 2014-04-24T17:00:49Z Specifically, Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, is given a solo song that functionally humanizes and absolves him of blame while the Jewish priest class appears as conniving, sneering villains. NBC’s next live musical to enrage Jewish people, Christians, your mom 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Throughout her tenure as House speaker, Pelosi has been painted by Trump supporters as an unhinged harridan: crazy, conniving and hungry for power. Perspective | Nancy Pelosi held it together 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Among the show’s most striking works are those pertaining to the villain of the tale, the conniving serpent. ‘Back to Eden,’ at the Museum of Biblical Art 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Their empathetic, liberal sister Shiv is a conniving chameleon, and her panicky husband Tom a social climber hampered by the lack of a spine. Breath of fresh heir: how Succession became the must-watch TV of the year 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Although things don't always go smoothly, "The Rings of Power" is to cooperating as "House of the Dragon" is to conniving. What makes “The Rings of Power” different from the dragon show? Believing women 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z On “House of Cards,” the icily conniving Claire Underwood, played by Robin Wright, helped her husband, and herself, take over the White House. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Prime Time’s Other Women in Power 2014-05-02T12:00:01Z In light of this kind of marketing, Romberg’s letter seems less conniving. Chamber Music Society Festival Centers on Dedications 2011-10-30T03:15:06Z With Agamemnon dead, she must contend with rebellious subjects, a conniving new lover and her surviving children, Orestes and Electra, who are definitely canceling their Mother’s Day plans. Colm Tóibín’s ‘House of Names’ gives voice to a furious mother 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z She was also conniving to destroy a man because, as she put it, he needed to be taken a peg. ‘Better Call Saul’: There Will Be (Way More) Blood 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z And, "Henry Goodman shines in the Nigel Hawthorne role," says Paul Callan of the Express, "bringing his own touch of satin hypocrisy to the part of Whitehall's most conniving civil servant." What to say about ... Yes, Prime Minister 2010-05-25T10:21:00Z A decade later, Ms. Carroll, still looking for challenging work, sought out the role of the conniving, overweight — and, obviously, male — Falstaff in a production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” in Washington. Pat Carroll, TV Mainstay Turned Stage Star, Dies at 95 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z No doubt, whether critical information about wrongdoing comes from heroic whistle-blowers or conniving leakers, it’s a good thing when that information finally gets out. Army tank made of cupcakes 2012-06-15T14:54:00Z Shockingly and abjectly sexist, codifying women as sexual slaves at worst and as conniving breeders at best. Everything that's wrong with humanity': readers on troubling TV shows, from GoT to Buffy 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Thomas Barrow, the conniving former first footman, gets a “Friday the 13th”-style hockey mask. ArtsBeat: "Downton Abbey" Gets the Paper Doll Treatment 2012-02-17T17:02:49Z And that kind of restraint makes it all the more tempting to create fictional versions who are as corrupt and conniving in public office as their male counterparts. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Prime Time’s Other Women in Power 2014-05-02T12:00:01Z It might seem that a poet would offer poor fodder for such a premise — at least compared with warring monarchs or conniving popes. A new show imagines a punk rock Shakespeare — the latest of our many fantasies about the bard 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z “I buy you everything you need to be popular,” she exclaims as she connives to spare her daughter criminal charges. | 'Pretty Little Liars': A New ABC Family Series From Sara Shepard?s Books 2010-06-07T21:44:00Z The actor exudes patience against adversity, but at times drops his brave face and shows how conniving he really is. Javier Bardem on "The Good Boss" humor: Humans love "seeing people suffer when we see they are safe" 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Yet in the juicy roles of Lear’s conniving elder daughters, each misfires in a different way. ‘King Lear’ in the Park, Starring John Lithgow 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z I think “prey” might be a small bit strong. There’s a pair of them in it and they kind of connive to create this situation between them. This Week in Fiction: Kevin Barry on the Haunted Certainty of Young Artists 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z House of Cards fictional and conniving President Underwood will be making a special announcement during the real-life Republican debate tonight, the show’s Twitter account announced Tuesday. President Underwood Will Make an Announcement During the GOP Debate Tonight 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z But everybody comes across as human here: the conniving ecclesiastics who propel Henry into war, the fatuous French Dauphin, the speechifying Welsh Captain Fluellen and Henry's disreputable old chums from his wild youth. ArtsBeat: In London, a 'Henry V' That Doesn't Take Sides 2012-06-27T15:15:09Z It also marshals deliciously ripe turns from Donna English as the ill-fated Bunny Bixby, and Janet Dickinson as her conniving mother-in-law, who delivers a priceless ditty of smug, moneyed conservatism in “Everything’s Green in Greenwich.” Critic?s Notebook: New York Musical Theater Festival Is Under Way 2011-10-03T22:31:10Z One is a conniving, endlessly itinerant businesswoman so hard-bitten that she’ll haggle over the price of her child’s life. Critic’s Notebook: Watching ‘Mother Courage’ and ‘Beauty Queen of Leenane’ 2013-08-19T21:54:46Z On that series, Dr. Smith, as played by Jonathan Harris, was a conniving and campy foil who bickered with the family’s robot and spouted alliterative insults. With ‘Lost in Space,’ Parker Posey Finds an Unlikely Home in Serial TV 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z “If you ignore the murdering and the conniving, Francis Underwood is an effective politician. Irons, I think, is not that kind of character. I think he’s meant to be more Machiavellian, bigger.” Kevin Spacey Stars in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Painters in particular are often supposed to be either stupid or vapid, and in any event inarticulate, unable or unwilling to explain themselves; some painters connive at this deception. Picasso's politics 2010-05-07T23:09:00Z But for years she waylaid me on the street to complain and raised that incident at meetings to prove the editors connived with the paid Coop staff to prevent pro-democracy voices from being heard. Running the Park Slope Food Coop newsletter taught me not to believe in conspiracy theories 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z The production captures exquisitely the shifting logic of dreams, where people appear and melt away and metamorphose, and where minds connive to translate contemporary anxieties into primal fears of fire, flood and bloodthirsty beasts. Theater Review: ‘The Awake,’ by Ken Urban, With Consciousness in Limbo 2013-08-30T22:36:00Z A conniving nanny brings order to the home like a malign Mary Poppins; she fattens Hattie up, and eventually manages to take possession not only of Hattie’s partner but also of her house and daughter. The Office Politics of Workplace Fiction by Women 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Some are so outlandish, so conniving, and so audacious that we can't help but be fascinated. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z More than anything it’s Lovat’s cruel, conniving personality that is responsible for the rift between these men. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 8: Homecoming 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Ruthie, separated from her husband, is scrabbling to keep her toehold in the middle class after being forced out of her job at a local museum by a conniving board member. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Here is Diana in her contradictory glory, naïve and conniving, full of charm and full of guile, destined to marry a prince and wreak havoc on a monarchy. ‘The Crown’ Has Had Its Scandals, but There’s Nothing Like Diana 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z What this is about is a conniving subset of people who say they care about children’s welfare but who really care about marshaling outrage toward vulnerable scapegoats. Perspective | Drag queens are not the ones sexualizing drag story hour 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Let’s examine the situation: A woman has stopped by to visit a man, and he connives to keep her from leaving. Is “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” a date-rape anthem? 2012-12-10T21:14:00Z It's got to the stage now where it's like some high-camp, super-soap opera with conniving women running rings around clueless, effete men. TV highlights 30/07/2012 2012-07-29T21:00:01Z They are often conniving and clever, particularly when it comes to hiding their food. A raven was shot, left for dead. Here’s how a bird-loving lawyer saved it. 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z He has got a point; his characters are human and vulnerable, but at the same time they are often judgmental, conniving curtain-twitchers. Alan Bennett: 'I've often wanted to be bolder' 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z And there is no such thing as “Queen Bee syndrome”, whereby successful women scheme and connive to keep all the corporate honey for themselves. ‘Queen Bee syndrome’: the myth that keeps working women in their little box 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Curator Tom Wareham said he wanted to highlight the degree to which corrupt lawmakers, conniving noblemen, and greedy London merchants all played their part in funding, outfitting and organizing pirate expeditions. Was Captain Kidd set up? New exhibit airs doubts 2011-05-19T16:46:11Z If they are not looting artistic treasures, they connive in graft. Between a rock and a high place 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Maybe the secret to Bert V. Royal's highly satisfying screenplay for "Easy A" is its insight into the fact that teenagers are more than conniving, canny mini-adults who live their lives through electronic gizmos. "Easy A": The summer's biggest comedy surprise 2010-09-17T01:01:00Z Rather, her work revealed the writer as she was, a multitude of warring selves — the public and the private, the moral and the degenerate, the loving and the conniving. The Many Faces of Patricia Highsmith 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z For the first two to three series, Thomas was feisty, conniving and deliciously evil. Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode five – a sedate echo of previous plots 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z He is elusive and conniving, earnest and manipulative, brutal and desperate. A First Novel Explores Zimbabwe’s Troubled History 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z And Madonna Louise Ciccone is plainly blood kin to the tough, conniving Velma. The killer-dillers of ‘Chicago’ have been slaying audiences for decades 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Cold War obsessions led Washington to overthrow democratic governments, connive in assassination, make common cause with corrupt dictators and turn a blind eye to genocidal violence. Goodbye, age of great expectations: We know how America got here, but where does it go now? 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z On Better Call Saul, the genuinely morally complex, conniving, winning Jimmy McGill has become a more compelling protagonist than Walter White ever was. Golden Globes 2017: who will win – and who should win – the TV categories 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z But Kevin Spacey did win best actor in a TV drama series, his first Globe after eight nominations, for his role as the conniving politician Frank Underwood in "House of Cards." 'Boyhood' prevails in Golden Globes that may alter Oscar race 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Berger understood — as does Ms. Dunham — that the function of the mirror was “to make the woman connive in treating herself as, first and foremost, a sight.” 6 Ways ‘Girls’ Changed Television. Or Didn’t. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Jamie does do appalling things, but there is a sense from the beginning that he's not necessarily an evil or conniving person deep down in the same way his sister or father Tywin is. Don't forget that Jaime Lannister pushed Bran Stark out of a window. Can the North forgive? 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Later in his career, he would turn down roles — like that of the conniving and corrupt Willie Stark in “All the King’s Men” — that violated his belief system. ‘John Wayne: The Life and Legend,’ Explains a Star’s Power 2014-03-24T21:54:48Z Yet he doesn’t envision himself as Hamlet, or Lear, or Prince Hal, but rather Richard III, the conniving, sweet-tongued, murderous king. ‘A Friend of Mr. Lincoln’ review: The burning ambition of a future president 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Secretly, though, he dresses up as a friar and connives behind the scenes to thwart Angelo's decisions and to save Claudio. 'Measure for Measure': Pop the cork and settle in for the latest free Shakespeare in Griffith Park 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z One Fox ad for “Glee” was written in the voice of Ms. Lynch’s conniving cheerleading coach, Sue Sylvester, whose insults of the glee club coach, Will Schuester, are already legendary. ?Glee? and ?Modern Family? Face Off at Emmys 2010-08-30T03:25:00Z In fact, Fosca is so much of a harpy and so conniving that it's hard to believe her hellish persistence could ever turn Giorgio into her admiring lover. Review: Intense revival of Sondheim's 'Passion' 2013-03-01T03:45:10Z Her cousin, Mary — to some, the queen of Scotland, dowager queen of France and the rightful queen of England, but to her enemies, “that conniving Scottish witch” — languishes in the Tower of London. Murder, Murder, Everywhere 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z The big question now is who will play the blacksmith's son Cromwell, the conniving and all-powerful chief minister to Henry VIII? RSC to stage Mantel novels 2013-01-23T18:09:20Z The mock appeal began where the play ended: Shylock, the conniving Venetian Jewish moneylender, insists on collecting a pound of flesh from Antonio, who has defaulted on a loan. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Presides Over Shylock’s Appeal 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Because along with being a nanny cam for Santa, the elf was a mischievous imp — at least according to my child, the book, the internet, and the whole terrible, conniving world. How I learned to stop worrying and love Elf on the Shelf 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Along the way, it supplies some moments of fun, mostly thanks to Dinklage and Ben Mendelsohn as his conniving, predatory nemesis, the Duke De Guiche. ‘Cyrano’ Review: Who Wrote the Book of Love? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Maya isn’t cunning, conniving and savvy the way Melanie Griffith got to be in that movie. ‘Second Act’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Deserves Better 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z In the book, these characters are aristocrats, with decades of conniving and debauchery underneath their wigs and powder, who conspire to corrupt a chaste woman. In ‘Dangerous Liaisons,’ Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton Play the Game 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Teresa, on the other hand, is forced into this situation where she has to be deadly and conniving as a matter of survival. Queen of the South: addictive story of a drug baroness à la Narcos 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z This stability is threatened by Scar, the king’s conniving brother, who conspires to murder the king and banish his heir. Which delightfully evil Disney villain still haunts you? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z She then retires, watches and connives as the story takes its misanthropic, labyrinthine, somewhat preposterous course. Confessions ? review 2011-02-20T00:05:30Z Jo also accused Washington of "conniving at and fomenting" military strikes at Gaza while "shielding Israel's hideous massacre of civilians." North Korea criticises G7 as 'remnant of the Cold War' 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “It’s better to be lucky and loyal than, you know, conniving and calculating.” Eric Garcetti finally got his ambassadorship. But he’s not done yet 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z "This shows that the U.S. is an accomplice who connived at and fostered Israel's genocide," the spokesman said. North Korea says Israel bombed Gaza hospital, calls US 'accomplice' 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Lara Parker, who rose to fame playing the intelligent and conniving witch Angelique Bouchard Collins in the TV series ‘Dark Shadows,’ died Thursday at age 84. Phyllis Coates, actor who first portrayed 'Superman' reporter Lois Lane on TV, dies at 96 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z McCarthy had years ago allowed Kevin Spacey to follow him around as the actor prepared for his role as conniving congressman Francis Underwood. News Analysis: McCarthy's once formidable powers of persuasion couldn't stop a humiliating, historic defeat 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z “He’s just not worth it,” she said — until his blatant Ukraine shakedown and election conniving left her no choice. Column: Kevin McCarthy's impeachment inquiry proves there's only one political party of revenge — the GOP 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The author paid lip service to the UAW’s concern that the automakers are conniving to use the EV transition to undermine union membership, but the trend deserves more than lip service. Column: Why an auto workers strike should have your support 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Cruel, calculating and conniving, Thrawn studied his adversaries carefully to ensure he could come out on top. Alien cats and space witches? Here are the characters and events to know in ‘Ahsoka’ 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The statement notes the Tuohys are worth “hundreds of millions of dollars” and the notion they would “connive to withhold a few thousand dollars” defies belief. Tuohys call Michael Oher’s filing ‘hurtful’ and part of a shakedown attempt 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Travelers should save minutes because fewer drivers will cruise to the left in a now-defunct Seneca exit lane, through confusion or conniving, and then suddenly veer into traffic queues. Seattle’s I-5 squeeze finally not so tight as new lane opens 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z University officials who bought into longstanding stereotypes of Jews as clannish, conniving, and socially undesirable worried that admitting Jews would taint the reputation of the schools. Why do colleges have legacy admissions? It started as a way to keep out Jews. 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z More than 40 years separated his first Oscar nomination, for “The Russians are Coming,” from his nomination for playing a conniving Hollywood producer in the Oscar-winning “Argo.” Alan Arkin, Oscar-winning ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ actor, dies at 89 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Nor is the report’s release likely to derail the table-pounding allegations by Republicans in Congress that U.S. scientists have connived with the Chinese government to suppress evidence of China’s complicity in the pandemic. Column: U.S. government debunks COVID lab-leak conspiracy theory, enraging conspiracy theorists 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Therein lies the love triangle at the heart of the novel, between Carol, a New Jersey housewife; her conniving husband, Harge; and Therese, a dreamy 19-year-old who longs to upend her boring city life. The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The ruling party blames U.S sanctions and also accuses businesspeople of conniving to increase prices and ignite anger ahead of elections. In Zimbabwe, announcement of election date triggers both hope and despair 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z It also promotes a paranoid view of the opposition, under which Erdogan’s supporters need to be constantly vigilant for any sign of his enemies conniving against him. Making Turkey great again: How Erdogan rode to reelection on a nationalist wave 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z “People who lead cults, we think of them as conniving people who have an end goal in sight,” Lepucki says. Cults, cannabis and a little time travel: Edan Lepucki's California novel is quite a trip 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z And while conniving and ruthless Logan has decades on him when it comes to outmaneuvering those who stand in his way, Kendall is his father’s son. 'Succession' Season 4 is upon us. Who will end up at the helm of Waystar Royco? 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z It stars Cox as the Roy family patriarch and Snook plays his lone daughter among the children conniving to succeed their father as the company’s leader. ‘Succession’ star Sarah Snook pregnant with 1st child 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z In conjunction with these media campaigns, there are invariably conniving politicians slipstreaming along, eager to advance their careers by latching on to popular prejudice. Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson’s unholy alliance 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Thomas Rybarczyk portrayed Ridley-Thomas as a conniving political operator motivated foremost by preserving the reputation of his son, and by extension, himself. Lawyers make opening statements in Mark Ridley-Thomas corruption trial 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z However, China objected strongly to this, accusing Turkey of interfering in a bilateral issue and of "conniving in illegal immigration activities". Aziz Abdullah: Uyghur asylum-seeker death heaps pressure on Thailand 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z “There were a lot of conniving agents,” Lula told reporters last week. Brazil’s military blocked arrests of Bolsonaro rioters, officials say 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z He added: “He lied to the voters of the 3rd Congressional District of New York, deceived and connived his way to Congress and it’s now the responsibility of House Republicans to do something about it.” Jeffries says GOP must handle George Santos issue on its own 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Refusing to accept the outcome of the 2020 presidential race in the face of incontrovertible evidence showed a willingness on the part of those conniving GOP candidates to subvert future elections they don’t like. Column: Liars lose and deniers are denied. In the midterms, democracy comes out ahead 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z "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 The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were conceived, convinced, connived, inconvenienced and invoiced. Scare Tactics 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z His adoring worshippers would probably be emboldened by this additional proof of the iniquity of the evil forces conniving at the "Great Replacement." Did the Jan. 6 hearings even matter? Maybe to history — but they haven't turned the tide 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z There was, adds historian Deborah Lipstadt, a “legitimate fear that if we talk too much about this, Americans are going to say, ‘Jews are like that, Jews are conniving.’” Review: Ken Burns issues a chilling warning with ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Make no mistake: The newspaper industry connived in its own decline. Column: How the decline of local news exposes the public to lies and corruption 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z On these sites, Russia’s war is falsely portrayed as a just cause against a fascist regime in Ukraine that sought nuclear weapons and connived with the United States to develop biological weapons on Russia’s doorstep. How Russian Propaganda Is Reaching Beyond English Speakers 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Remember what a job Flores did down the stretch, even as Ross was conniving? Perspective | Brian Flores’s honor saved Dolphins owner Stephen Ross from himself 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Many Trumpers are not fearful at all, but arrogant, domineering and coldly conniving. America's heart of darkness: Making sense of the nonsensical allure of MAGA 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z As hard as they connived and colluded to get rid of Mr. Trump in 2020, they are working even harder to make sure he does not return in 2024. Trump: The joyful gambler 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z But those still furious about the divisive finale to season eight will want to know: Is it worth investing their time and emotions in yet more conniving candidates for the Iron Throne? House of the Dragon: What we know about the Games of Thrones spin-off 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z That attempt, like so much of the conniving by Snyder, failed. LOVERRO: The Allen-Snyder feud continues to take a toll on the franchise 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z There’s a blood diamond aspect to this economic system that favors the poverty stricken populace risking their lives to sell off their natural treasures to conniving Westerners. Review: It's no privilege to watch Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain bicker in 'The Forgiven' 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z “I sometimes wondered if I was painting with too glossy a brush,” Addison admitted when considering his subjects — the swashbuckling litigator Mike Kaeske, the saintly plaintiff Joyce Messick, the evil, conniving hog barons. How a rural victory over pig poop struck a blow against polluters everywhere 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Since those programs can go bankrupt only if Congress connives for that to happen, this is a curiously tautological mandate. Column: Social Security trustees say the U.S. is rich enough to expand, not shrink, benefits 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z That seems to be the public consensus as it pertains to Ms. Heard, at least on social media — that everything she does is scripted, conniving, manipulative. Opinion | Why We Love to Watch a Woman Brought Low 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z The Russian foreign ministry said it had lodged a strong protest with Polish authorities, which it accused of "practically conniving" with the protesters. Russian diplomats spurned in Europe's capitals 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement: "A strong protest was expressed to the Polish authorities for practically conniving with neo-Nazi thugs." Russian envoy to Poland doused in red by anti-war protesters 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z “Yes, he is autistic,” Watson said, “however, he is very conniving and he is very dangerous... he has no conscience.” Freed from an Orange County prison, violent offender prompts manhunt 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z But he’s completely conniving in the play’s title role. Review: Dark side of Walt Disney brought to weird life in Lucas Hnath's drama, now playing in L.A. 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z She told police Mr Cole had initially "swept me off my feet", but had since ruined her life and was "conniving, vicious and manipulative". Logan Mwangi's step-dad told extravagant lies, court told 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z “We will not give in to provocations and connive at discussing within the Kimberley Process a critical international issue, which is beyond the scope of the Kimberley Process,” the Russian statement, seen by Reuters, said. U.S. boycotts conflict diamond meetings chaired by Russia 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z If they believe Fairfax County prosecutors, Megan Hargan was a conniving woman who tried to steal almost half a million dollars from her mother’s bank account to purchase a new home. Prosecutors say a Va. woman killed her mother and sister. The defense says it was murder-suicide. 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z But this one is mostly on the 30 miserable, conniving owners who have always cared more about squeezing every last dollar out of the game than they ever cared about the game itself. Column: Don’t come back until baseball has been made better 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Anna is not a relatable personality, but Garner connects through her character’s idiosyncrasies: She may be conniving, but look closely and there are flashes of doubt and insecurity in her otherwise ice-cold gaze. 'Inventing Anna's' greatest failure: It's as shallow as its subject 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The prosecution told of a conniving and ruthless businesswoman who intentionally lied to investors and patients about what Theranos could do. Theranos trial of Elizabeth Holmes hears closing arguments 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z In closing arguments to the jury, Freedman said Wright schemed and connived to “steal from his dead best friend with forgery and lies.” Self-described Bitcoin creator must pay $100 million in suit 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z “The real function of the mirror was otherwise. It was to make the woman connive in treating herself as, first and foremost, a sight.” The Emily Ratajkowski You’ll Never See 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Not coincidentally, it also confirmed the misogynistic stereotype of a conniving, untrustworthy woman. From "OK" to "Let's Go Brandon": A short history of insulting presidential nicknames 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Speaking from the Colosseum in Rome, he invoked the collapse of the Roman Empire as he said the world was "absolutely conniving in our decline and fall". Fishing row: Turbulence has hit relations with France, PM says 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z He is beyond political or personal salvation — he is deceitful, conniving, corrupt and dangerous, without any regard for others. Donald Trump's "slow-motion coup" is becoming a runaway train 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z So in your telling, the dreaded “media” are conniving to keep people from noticing President Biden’s challenges? Seriously, Mike Pence? 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z He is devious, conniving and hell-bent on satisfying his needs, wants and desires at any cost. No, Trump's not delusional — it's actually much worse than that 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z But female characters are also portrayed somewhat stereotypically: obsessed and gossipy, conniving and mean, and jealous and possessive. What to watch with your kids: ‘The Water Man,’ ‘Finding You’ and more 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Outlining the proposals, government official Virginia Mabhiza told the state-owned Sunday Mail newspaper that "conniving with hostile foreign governments and nationals to inflict harm on the country and its citizens will be criminalised". The Zimbabwe bill that could outlaw 'unpatriotic acts' 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Maybe you need more scrutiny of prospects, more speculation, more debate-show arguments, more film breakdown, more misinformation from conniving front offices. Perspective | How a recovering NFL draftnik learned to appreciate the draft again 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z “Why would a private hospital connive with the government in hiding the real death numbers? It was an organized crime. It was an illegal act.” As Covid-19 Devastates India, Deaths Go Undercounted 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z It is beneath Roberts’ dignity, we believe, and casts him as a conniving politico interested only in promotion of party rather than what is best for the citizens – all citizens – of the state. Editorial Roundup: West Virginia 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The palace is surrounded by conniving courtiers, ambitious princes and princesses, needy tribal chiefs, meddling neighbors — and wily intelligence chiefs spinning gossip about coup plots, real and fanciful. Opinion | Uneasy lies the head that wears Jordan’s crown 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Wang, speaking at a forum in Beijing, urged U.S. policymakers to stop smearing China’s ruling Communist Party and stop conniving with separatist forces. Chinese diplomat blames former Trump administration for U.S.-China difficulties 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Unlike Hamlet, Laertes is no intellectual match for the conniving king. Commentary: What 'Hamlet' has to say about Trump's impeachment trial 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z This was the conniving and manipulative plan of a psychopath. This psychopath has finally crossed the red line: He must be stopped now 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Later that year, white supremacists connived to expel Turner and some 27 other Black men, most also clergy, from the legislature. Opinion | Georgia has come a long way to reach this moment 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z He is preoccupied with his anger, his grievances, his conspiracy theories and his conniving plans. The final, desperate days of our psychopath in chief: How bad will it get? 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z His father was a mercurial conman who spent time in prison for insurance fraud but who also connived his way into London’s upper society. John le Carré, spy novelist transcended pulp genre to literary art, has died 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Said to have been an extraordinary lutenist, Dowland was ever conniving, ever complaining, ever in debt, ever ingratiating himself in court, ever scheming. Why do we feel better after a good cry? In John Dowland's music, tears open the soul 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The idea that Jews do business with their enemies seemed to perpetuate a stereotype of Jews being conniving and money-hungry. A Clubhouse conversation has sparked accusations of anti-Semitism 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Or it could be that Kushner was conniving with West in violation of federal election law: in other words, cheating. Opinion | From Trump, No Respect for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or the Rules 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z It is a conniving ruse by a narcissist who wants everyone to believe that his miserably failed presidency is someone else's fault. Donald Trump’s pathology of victimhood: It's dangerous for his own party — and the rest of us 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z The mail may be crippled by Trump's cheating and conniving, but we don't have to be caught in his trap. Destroying the Postal Service: Is that Trump's best shot at stealing the election? 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Over time, those who want to constrict, connive and control can never compete with the unleashed creativity of the American concoction. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Don’t stay silent on anti-Semitism 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z They will give concentration camps a conniving wink of approval, but draw the line at cartoons in a Danish newspaper. Why do Muslim states stay silent over China’s abuse of the Uighurs? | Nick Cohen 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z Two dimwits concoct a scheme to prevent their friend from marrying a coldhearted and conniving woman. Movies on TV this week: 'The Seventh Seal' on TCM 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z “These are not thoughtful, conniving individuals. They are just silly efforts to exploit the government in the belief that it’s an easy thing to do. To invent companies, invent payrolls, that seems fairly traceable.” ‘Money mules’: Coronavirus benefit programs ‘riddled with fraud,’ senator says 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z “These are not thoughtful conniving individuals. They are just silly efforts to exploit the government in the belief that its an easy thing to do. To invent companies, invent payrolls, that seems fairly traceable.” DOJ official says PPP fraud prosecutions expected to increase 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z To the disease, sure, because even as all of his signs now are positive, it is conniving and vicious. Perspective | The Nats’ Doug Harris beat cancer three times. His fourth battle is during a pandemic. 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Still, it’s frustrating to watch Audrey, who connived her way to the top, wring her hands like an unsure novice every time she faces the slightest of challenges. 'Homecoming' misuses Janelle Monáe and Hong Chau. Stick it out at your peril 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z A young man evading the Civil War encounters a conniving drifter and his lawless gang after venturing into the West. Movies on TV this week: April 19: Jaws; Seven Days in May 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z A conniving singer and a sleeper-cell terrorist become finalists on America’s hottest TV talent show, which the White House chief of staff has scheduled the president to judge. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, April 5, 2020 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Writer/directors Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy, making their feature debut, are clearly more than just fans of a beloved crime subgenre known primarily for doomed men and conniving ladies. Review: ‘Blow the Man Down’ offers a gritty snap of modern noir with a feminist bent 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Women face testimonial injustice in particular when they challenge or contradict men, as cultural tropes that depict women as conniving, scheming, and selfish can be mustered to make her seem less credible, him more believable. Elizabeth Warren endured sexism at every step of her campaign | Moira Donegan 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Other opposition members, however, accused Pheu Thai of conniving with the government side to limit the debate. Thai prime minister and colleagues survive censure vote 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Eventually, Maher grew weary of the conniving, fearing he’d become “a solitary, middle-aged man with darting eyes, a think film of chin sweat and hunted gait,” as he wrote in the book. He crashed Oscar parties and stole Paul McCartney's seat. But he's leaving the scene 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Dr Das was charged with two counts of consenting or conniving to a failure to discharge a duty as a director at Puretruce, these failures being attributable to neglect. Doctor charged with care home neglect dies 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z A woman connives to make her husband jealous when his secretive actions lead her to believe him unfaithful. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Depictions of female candidates as calculating or conniving are political mainstays. Warren Told Sanders After Debate, ‘I Think You Called Me a Liar on National TV’ 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The critically acclaimed series proceeded with its final season without the the actor and unceremoniously killed off his character, the conniving Underwood. Lawsuit accusing Kevin Spacey of groping is dismissed after accuser's death 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z But as his family members are revealed to be conniving and varyingly complicit, Marta exonerates herself – and reveals the true culprit – by always doing the decent thing. Moral of the story: 2019's boldest culture asked what it means to be good 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Untitled Goose Game is a game about creating hi-jinks, not by blowing stuff up, but by strategically squawking, sneaking, flapping your wings, and being gently conniving, as it is in a goose’s nature to do. The 10 best games for your new Xbox One 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z An evil lair for out-of-touch bureaucrats, striving and conniving politicos, and entitled elites. Don’t believe the haters. In the District, friendly neighbors are everywhere. 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z The press did little to counteract such slipperiness, and at times seemed even to connive in it. Opinion | Boris Johnson Will Change Britain Forever 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Sandler is maybe most impressive here, with his control of small facial tics and a conniving smirk that peeks out in every deranged conversation he has. Uncut Gems is tense, anxious, and tremendous fun 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z People were also saying that we should have a businessman as a president and Hillary Clinton is so conniving and in the end it will all be fine. Eric Boehlert on how the "liberal" media put Trump in the White House 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The etiquette and precision of diplomacy have collided with conniving politics and a media landscape whose leanings veer from rabid conservatives on Fox News to breathless liberals on MSNBC. In the Trump impeachment hearings, career diplomats are the unlikely stars 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z As a conniving cephalopod, Latifah made a spectacular entrance by descending onto the stage with her tentacles dancing along to her song. Queen Latifah's Ursula? We have to stan 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Another 17 more current and former directors at Goldman were charged in August with allegedly conniving to commit the massive fraud. Prosecutors seek court change for Goldman Sachs’s 1MDB trial 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The Sedition Act expired on March 3, 1801, the day before Jefferson’s Inauguration, but, through a series of midnight appointments, Adams had connived to insure that Jefferson inherited a Federalist Supreme Court. The Invention—and Reinvention—of Impeachment 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Williams: I don’t miss the innerness, and you know the backroom dealing and conniving and scheming, which are part of government. Transcript: Anthony Williams 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z By contrast, there is no evidence to support the president’s vague suggestion that Ukraine, not Russia, might be responsible for the hacking, or that CrowdStrike somehow connived in it. How a Fringe Theory About Ukraine Took Root in the White House 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z But embedded in the work is a critique of what Cooper calls the “conniving, disruptive, venal, and murderous” impulses of colonization, the slaughter that followed in the explorers’ wake, or that they themselves perpetrated. A Photographer at the Ends of the Earth 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Convinced that Superman is now a threat to humanity, Batman embarks on a personal vendetta to end his reign on Earth, while the conniving Lex Luthor launches his own crusade against the Man of Steel. Movies on TV this week: Sept. 29: 'Almost Famous' and more 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Politicians and financiers may be perennially conniving, but they aren’t grifters because they’re part of the system — true practitioners of the art thrive in the margins. The Distinctly American Ethos of the Grifter 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z Lamela, conniving at the tip of the visitors’ midfield diamond, sent a neat pass through to Son, who dragged a shot wide of the far post from 10 yards. Leicester’s fast start continues as James Maddison sinks Spurs with late stunner 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Nazi caricatures of Jews as conniving, scurrilous schemers — a people of hooked noses and sinister motives — infused the art, literature, film and propaganda that led to the Holocaust. Trump's Jewish comments play on anti-Semitism in culture, film and art 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Embedded in Cooper’s work is a critique of what he calls the “conniving, disruptive, venal, and murderous” impulses of colonization, the slaughter that followed in the explorers’ wake, or that they themselves perpetrated. A Photographer at the Ends of the Earth 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Which stock character, we wonder—the town doctor, the dogged lawman, the wise old settler, the conniving cattle baron—will break the mold? Téa Obreht Reimagines the Western 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Attorney General Tommy Thomas said the 17 people in the most recent filings were charged under the Malaysian Capital Markets and Services Act for conniving to commit the massive fraud. Malaysia charges 17 Goldman Sachs figures over 1MDB scandal 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Attorney General Tommy Thomas said Friday the 17 people holding senior posts were charged under the Malaysian Capital Markets and Services Act for conniving to commit the massive fraud. Malaysia charges 17 Goldman Sachs figures over 1MDB scandal 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z A conniving colonel oversees the murder trial of a black airman in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z The conniving Engineer is on the scene and takes Kim and Tam under his wing, hoping the soldier’s son will be his ticket to America. Review: 'Miss Saigon' at Pantages, despite its inevitable insensitivities, surprisingly resonates 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Mills, who played the conniving Abby on “Knots,” shot back a humorously curt, “No.” Star trio from ‘Knots Landing’ keep each other in stitches 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The critically acclaimed series proceeded with its final season without the the actor and unceremoniously killed off his character, the conniving Frank Underwood. Here’s what’s going on in Kevin Spacey’s legal saga 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Richard III Shakespeare’s tragedy charts the rise and fall of the conniving English ruler. SoCal theater listings, July 7-14: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong,’ ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ and more 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z So relax, remembering to select your at-work friends wisely, just as you do the private-life ones, steering clear of the conniving, the false and the untrustworthy. A mini-guide to making friends at work | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Other Trump haters claim that Mexicans are sneaky and conniving and cannot really be trusted to keep their end of the deal. Donald Trump stops Nancy Pelosi’s Mexico enablers of child abuse 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z Scholars describe populism as a language that pits the will of ordinary people against conniving elites. Rage, rapture and pure populism: on the road with Nigel Farage 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Cersei is ready to defend her place on the Iron Throne after conniving her way there. Game of Game of Thrones: season 8, episode 4, The Last of the Starks 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z With some perspective, “Junk” is a look at not just conniving, greedy financiers, but also the legacy they left. Perspective | What ‘Junk’ tells us about America’s relationship with debt 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z “I sayayaaa, they lie. They can lie. They can steal. They can connive.” - The Washington Post 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Before you connive and steal, I dare you to google Emmett Till. Jenifer Lewis addresses Jussie Smollett at Essence's Black Women in Hollywood luncheon 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z But beneath all the interest and drama, there is the troubling notion that the league’s best player has been transparently conniving in pursuit of a superstar partner. Perspective | Players have assumed power in the NBA without really knowing what they want 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z According to one former Venezuelan government researcher, Cilia is simply a “secretive, conniving and ruthless political operative” who “for all purposes, she is Maduro’s chief advisor in all political and legal matters.” Venezuela's Lady Macbeth? Maduro's 'puppet master' wife is a lawyer, TV star, style icon - and linked to drug trafficking 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z A sequel to both the previous films, “Glass” concludes the unlikely trilogy and stars Bruce Willis, James McAvoy and Samuel L. Jackson as the titular conniving villain. Box office: ‘Glass’ wins the weekend while anime ‘Dragon Ball Super: Broly’ cracks top four 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z When the part you play is that of a murderous, conniving and ruthless villain, true expressions of regret or honesty don’t quickly come to the fore. Kevin Spacey's creepy video looks like a cynical attempt at distraction | Michael Segalov 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Their star testimonies, and the scheming and conniving of bit players and opportunists, were a mesmerizing, sordid saga for a country that had slid into a caricature of itself. The 2018 cultural moment: The Kavanaugh hearing TV spectacle laid bare the country’s deep divisions 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z That the cause of our disparities is actually the fault of those black and brown people; those ignorant, lazy immigrants; those conniving females; those dangerous others. Can exposing Americans to its savage, racist history save Charlottesville? | Jocelyn Nicole Johnson 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z “No one will accuse them of being partisan or conniving with one tribe against the other,” said Yakubu Dati, a spokesman for the state government. The ordinary people keeping the peace in Nigeria's deadly land feuds 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Here, period authenticity clashes happily with occasional creative anachronisms to present audiences with a portrait of power as sobering as it is scabrously conniving. Review | Imagine ‘The Crown’ but vulgar and hilariously perverse. That’s ‘The Favourite.’ 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The women were conniving dragon ladies or docile concubines. Why Do Asian-Americans Remain Largely Unseen in Film and Television? 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z And the agents, for their part, had connived to shield him from law enforcement interference, allowing a homicidal mob kingpin to operate with virtual impunity for years. Whitey Bulger, Boston crime boss and elusive fugitive, dead in prison at 89 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Putin is a fan of “House of Cards,” the Netflix drama about contemptuous, conniving, murderous politicians that will return for its sixth and final season on Nov. 2. Perspective | ‘House of Cards’ is credible. Just ask the Russians, Chinese and Iranians. 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The inquiry panel expressed shock that a minister would have connived in the sending of anonymous emails to his own permanent secretary. Anonymous emails 'not my proudest moment' 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z So they turned to Plan B: A bonkerballs conspiracy theory that Ford was somehow being manipulated by conniving Democrats into saying untrue things about Kavanaugh. Brett Kavanaugh’s best defense: Loud shouting and conspiracy theories 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Florence entered a new conniving phase Sunday that state and local officials across North Carolina called misleading and dangerous. ‘Either he’s going to leave today or we’ll come and get him tomorrow’ 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z The New York Post has called Mr. Kerry’s conniving a “textbook violation” of the law. Opinion | John Kerry, Meet George Logan 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Stone, who was honored by the festival with a Silver Medallion Award along with Cuarón and Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh, said she relished the chance to play a character who is utterly conniving and devious. From 'First Man' to 'Roma,' Oscar season comes into focus at Telluride Film Festival 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z “Certain criminal elements both within the Fulani and natives who connive to rustle cows. Once a Fulani man loses his cows, he knows no peace because for him cattle is only means of livelihood.” Boko Haram reignites Nigeria religious wars between Christians, Muslims 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The brothers wrote for such classic 1950s TV series as “Your Show of Shows,” and later for “The Phil Silvers Show,” in which the popular comedian portrayed the conniving Army Sgt. Neil Simon, Broadway’s master of comedy, dies at 91 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Never mind the deceiving, the conniving, the covering up. Column: Urban Liar is a perfect symbol for college athletics 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump, for his part, told associates for years that Ms. Manigault Newman was conniving, a quality he appeared to admire before she began using his own tactics against him. Trump Campaign Says It Has Filed Case Against Omarosa Manigault Newman 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z “I think it is a coming-of-age story not only for Debby’s character Patty, but all of the characters in the show,” said Milano, who plays a driven, conniving housewife with a heart. Alyssa Milano, Debby Ryan talk ‘Insatiable’ and fat shaming 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Surely, there’s a show to be fashioned that follows the arc from the youthful conniving of Rent to the hard-won wisdom of Being Boring. Here we go again: which jukebox musical should be next? 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Wim has argued that he is actually the victim in this family saga: a devoted, unwitting brother tricked by his conniving sisters into making verbal indiscretions. How a Notorious Gangster Was Exposed by His Own Sister 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Would the British state, in these circumstances, have connived in straightforward extrajudicial killing? Brexit: Not too late for UK to change its mind and stay in EU on same terms, says French minister - Politics live 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Fox News sees conniving spies and Washington bureaucrats hatching covert schemes to bring down America. 'Deep State' conspiracies thrive in our messy and divisive cultural wars 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The report alleges that the head of finance of Malawi's police, Innocent Bottomani, and Mr Karim had "connived" to award Pioneer Investment a contract to provide 500,000 food ration packs. The president, the middle-man and the police food scandal 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z “Lady Be Good” is light and cheeky when we get a peek of Kitty’s conniving ways. Historical fiction author explores world of a NY socialite 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z “It says exactly who he is, which is callous, conniving, and really not focused on trying to solve any problems.” Republicans fume after Trump’s latest immigration tweet undermines House talks 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z We want the newsletter to capture this magic and hidden camaraderie, plus the conniving and rivalry the game is also known for. Perspective | A die-hard soccer fan lands dream assignment: A Russia 2018 World Cup newsletter 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z It was the transportation planners at City Hall who successfully connived to cut through the neighborhood. The Hotel Leland has been Pike Place Market’s cornerstone, even before there was a Market 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z If you’re wondering why Americans expect only the worst from their government, consider the cowardly, conniving actions of Norm Shinkle, chairman of the Board of State Canvassers. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Defense lawyers vigorously contested practically every aspect of the government’s case, presenting their clients as victimized by prosecutors and conniving witnesses. Long Island Officials Traded Favors for Watches and Limo Rides, Prosecutors Say 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z In the movie, a down-on-his-luck race driver played by actor Dean Jones defends a Beetle from a conniving car dealer who is treating it abusively. Replica ‘Herbie’ VW Bugs Are Missing Only One Thing: Speed 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z He sang, he schemed, he was conniving and evil and demanding and simply adorable, with his arched brows and mouth slightly curled at the corners. Q&A: Alan Cumming loves to knit (and is in a new TV show, ‘Instinct’) 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Once the message is received, Lady and Macbeth connive to bring the prediction to fruition. Review: Jo Nesbo’s ‘Macbeth’ is recast of Shakespeare play 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z The sounds are primal and ethereal; rooted in nature yet otherworldly, as if banshees are conniving with angels. Voices of the City: Experimental vocalist Carmina Escobar uses her voice to explore herself and others 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z It is alleged that the centre-right party he formerly led - the UMP - connived with a friendly PR company to hide the true cost of his 2012 presidential campaign. France's Nicolas Sarkozy: 'Bling' and legal woes 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z They followed the exploits of Frank Underwood, the conniving politician on “House of Cards.” Review | The dreams, hopes and everyday lives of China’s people 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Our corrupt president knows how to hire the sneakiest most conniving criminals to shape his administration according to the devil’s plan. Mueller Files New Fraud Charges Against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z There are many astute commentators who have done their homework in addition to what is reported, to prove Trump is a lying conniving twit. Trump Tries to Shift Blame to Obama for Not Countering Russian Meddling 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z And people scratch their heads and wonder why people are fed up with conniving, lying sneaky politicians. Justice Department Dismisses Corruption Case Against Menendez 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z “She absolutely connived me into the two weeks.” Allison Shearmur, 54, ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Hunger Games’ producer, dies 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z He accused the government of relying on “conniving, morally bankrupt” witnesses to build its case. The Latest: Prosecutor plays tapes of Allentown mayor 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z “All types of conniving methods are still being used to prevent Negroes from becoming registered voters,” lamented King. Dr. King’s words on black voters ring true six decades on 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Shakespeare’s conniving Richard III is “rudely stamped” with a hunchback, a metaphor for his deformities of flesh and spirit. America's anxious times made it a banner year for villains and bad guys in movies and TV 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Brainard says he remembers that the owl was being chased — “harassed” — by a bunch of crows, the conniving thieves of the bird world. Wild animals in distress are nursed back to life at this facility in Arlington 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Determined to escape again, Ferdinand enlists Lupe and three conniving hedgehogs to help. Review | ‘Ferdinand’: The conscientious-objector bull of a children’s book gets a wider pasture in the movie 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Time they were seen as the conniving venal lackeys of the most vicious of the rich. Opinion | Tasks for Congress: Ignore President, Keep Government Open … 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z “We also wish to remind them that conniving and conspiring to overthrow a constitutionally elected government is a crime.” Robert Mugabe faces Zimbabwe military show of force 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z "Nicola Mungur was clearly aware of her husband's crimes and encouraged, connived and acquiesced in them by turning a blind eye and the pair reaped the financial rewards." Married PCs sold road crash data 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z At its worst, the NFL is a controlling and conniving league. Perspective | The NFL responds to Trump by embracing its diversity 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z The White House today has been a feuding, conniving band of officials vying for the affection of President Trump, who seems to encourage, even revel in, the chaos around him. Analysis | There are three branches of government, and two are in distress 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Contrast that with the conniving media personalities we have today each of whom are interested only in ratings and the pursuit of their own parochial economic and ideological interests. CNN Had a Problem. Donald Trump Solved It. 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Though it often seems random and nonsensical, the world of negative politics and conniving news media is actually a strategic and calculating place. Inside the Beltway: Handy handbook for political smears, fake news 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Once again, there’s a conniving, unpleasant lead scientist as a villain, and a gruff military commander in charge of the group, and a handful of doomed soldiers. The Boy On The Bridge has a serious prequel problem 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z In 2016 Sanders backers fumed over the Democratic National Committee’s conniving with Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Yes, Democrats need a civil war: Believe it or not, it’s the only real path back to power 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Her political career might be in the ash heap of history, but Hillary Clinton is not about to abandon her role as America’s lying and conniving Lady Macbeth. Hillary Clinton scrubs her hands furiously, ‘Out, damned spot!’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z It showed actors portraying a group of conniving Bush handlers in a smoky back room coming up with ways to gloss over their candidate’s record and distort his opponent. How I survived Roger Ailes' wrath in 1988: 'He wanted to beat you up a little bit' 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z So, it was easy for the Master and the Supporter to connive and dupe us about the price. How I funded my studies by digging for Sierra Leone diamonds - BBC News 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “It’s sickening, it’s underhanded, it’s conniving, it’s crafty, it’s shady,” Mr. Parkinson said. Tennessee lawmakers lash out at colleague after mistakenly passing resolution honoring KKK figure 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Unaccountably angry and smug, the scraggy Smithers is Brutus’s cynical, conniving cohort. Eugene O’Neill’s Vexing Outsiders 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The premise of the movie is that a presidential impersonator stands in for the real thing, who is a typical conniving politician. Trump believes politics is stupid — and it shows 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s other mentor was the caustic and conniving McCarthy-era lawyer Roy Cohn, who counseled Mr. Trump never to give in or concede error. Why Letting Go, for Trump, Is No Small or Simple Task 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Once I brought it to him, like a conniving politician, he asked for three more orbs which would be found in shrines hidden in the far-flung corners of the Great Plateau. Review | ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ review: Unusually, hauntingly engrossing 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Lange, who has become an award-winning staple in Murphy’s television repertory company, portrays Crawford as a master manipulator who’s as conniving and desperate as she is charming and shrewd. FX's 'Feud: Bette and Joan' delves into the deliciously combustible rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Since that time, no one has been able to discover the photographs or any clear documentary evidence that would prove the intelligence services connived with the press to promote the corpse factory lie. The corpse factory and the birth of fake news - BBC News 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z In fact, conniving old Uncle Sam’s plan is to “save” Social Security by gutting it. Slayers of Social Security: Rep. Sam Johnson and other Republicans like Paul Ryan want to gut safety net for older Americans 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Her weak father, conniving stepmother and mean stepsisters all try to control her, until Ella finds a way to assert herself. What’s on tap on D.C. stages for children 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z A fixture on TV and in movies since the 1980s, Ferrer’s reputation as a scene-stealer began with 1987’s “RoboCop,” where he played Bob Morton, the conniving corporate executive who designed the film’s title cyborg. Miguel Ferrer, star of 'RoboCop,' 'NCIS: Los Angeles' and 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 61 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Li wrote how he and his colleagues had connived to steal an American rifle so they could copy it. ‘Dixie Mission’ Americans Scorned for Backing Mao Are Hailed in China 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z “I can’t actually deny that they didn’t. It wasn’t conniving on my part, but absolutely they influenced what I ended up doing on the project.” Scientists Loved and Loathed by an Agrochemical Giant 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Many saw the amorality, conniving and heartless commentary of the two principals as an insurmountable barrier. There's a lot of Jane Austen in 'Love & Friendship' but even more Whit Stillman 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z “The barangay captains connive or coöperate or extend assistance to terrorists and drugs,” he said. When a Populist Demagogue Takes Power 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z He won a supporting actor Emmy for his role as the conniving White House chief of staff in the 1977 TV mini-series “Washington: Behind Closed Doors.” Robert Vaughn, star of 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,' dead at 83 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Kevin Spacey’s portrayal of the conniving politician Frank Underwood is the perfect embodiment of the “inhumane face” of American politics, state television officials have said. Iran’s Latest Propaganda Tool: The Clinton-Trump Debates on Live TV 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z From what she can glean, Trump is an “idiot about a lot of things,” but Clinton is “a conniving little b---h.” Taking America’s political pulse: A deep anxiety sets in, but some optimism lingers 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z His notions of respect for women are based on their attractiveness, aggressiveness or ability to be as conniving as men. The time Donald Trump got groped 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Prominent among them are captains who have connived with terrorists and drug lords, he told reporters on Sept. 18. Special Report: In Duterte's war on drugs, local residents help draw up hit lists 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “There will be no indulgence or conniving,” the administration said on its website. ‘Botched’ Repair to China’s Great Wall Provokes Outrage 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z I see no other conclusion other than that the realtor connived to bring in a favorable inspector and made sure that sale was completed - no matter how bad the house was. The Moral: Get It in Writing 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z When they raised questions, Mr Miller said, it was "vicious and conniving" behaviour. US election: Trump campaign acknowledges Obama was born in US - BBC News 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z It centres on claims that Mr Sarkozy's party, then known as the UMP, connived with a friendly PR company to hide the true cost of his 2012 presidential election campaign. Nicolas Sarkozy 'should stand trial' over 2012 election spending - BBC News 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Schwartz believes access to public beaches has been under constant assault since the day the open beaches law was enacted and that beachfront property owners are constantly conniving to keep the public at bay. At 90, Babe Schwartz still fights for Texas beaches 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Critics say Gulen is a conniving leader of what Turkish government lawyer Robert Amsterdam calls a “cult,” bent on taking over Turkey. He’s 77, frail and lives in Pennsylvania. Turkey says he’s a coup mastermind. 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z After a bungled operation in a subway station, however, shadowy politicos connive to replace Lau with Lee. ‘Cold War 2’: A satisfyingly low-key tale of intra-police rivalry 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z To listen to her critics, the real Clinton is a shape-shifter, with any avowals of authenticity dismissed as the expedient work of a conniving opportunist. What Makes a Politician ‘Authentic’? 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z In Clay Bennett, they see a conniving owner who stole their team and altered the fabric of this city. Oklahoma City’s pain in losing Kevin Durant is Seattle’s joy 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Nearly 12 months after the crackdown began, human rights groups say at least 20 of its targets remain in detention facing accusations that they connived to overthrow China’s authoritarian one-party system. 'I want to rescue my dad': children's heartbreak for the lawyers China has taken away 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Then again, even Chen is as conniving as he is chivalrous. ‘The Final Master’ is a smart and stylish martial-arts film 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Spacey and Wright play Frank and Claire Underwood, a longtime married couple that feeds on conniving and power plays as they game the political system. Robin Wright fought for equal pay on Netflix's 'House of Cards' — and won 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z In other words, Trump’s establishment supporters seem to be hoping that his authenticity is the expedient work of a conniving opportunist. What Makes a Politician ‘Authentic’? 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z The conniving Richard Hatch won the first season of “Survivor,” even though he was openly considered to be a snake. Donald Trump is following all the rules for a reality TV villain 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z This is the version of power we take for granted, the one explored, by means bloodthirsty and conniving, in such current cultural totems as Game of Thrones and House of Cards. How modern power works: less Game of Thrones, more Black Lives Matter 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Compliant bureaucrats and conniving businessmen allowed Mr Ben Ali’s clan to dominate the economy, though they produced little of value. Shadows from the past 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z But in fact for years the West connived in the silence: America, Britain and other countries were aware of the massacres. Open wounds 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, North Korea did not hide its discontent with Beijing, saying that it knew “which country connived” to enable the group defection. North Korea Threatens South Korea Over 13 Defectors 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z His rival and half-brother, Prince Hongshi, conspires with the conniving Minister Wu to grab power instead. A spring season of theater takes young audiences from China to the Land of Oz 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Elected officials refuse to do any work the few days they actually punch in and spend most of their time conniving how to gain more power and personal wealth. The Danger of a Runaway Antarctica 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z There is a playground bully, for instance, and a conniving, goblin-like dungeon creature. 'Love You to Bits' is all about robot love and letting go 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z “And both of these women, Nancy and Edith, were good at keeping away these conniving, predatory people, whether they were office seekers or lobbyists.” Nancy Reagan remembered for her forceful, private style 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z As it turned out, watching him desperately cling to power was a lot less rewarding than watching him connive to gain it in the first place. House of Cards' fourth season and the meme-ification of Frank Underwood 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The GOP's constant conniving is just a gift that keeps on giving! Donald Trump Finds Ally in Delegate Selection System, Much to G.O.P.’s Chagrin 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z There have been departures within the GOP, of course, such as the conniving and divisive policies and vengeful attitudes of Richard Nixon. Decoding Trumpism 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Much of what deferential courts do is connive with state governments in the pretense that there is some explainable public good beyond transferring wealth to the politically connected. It’s time to break the teeth-whitening monopoly 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z This clip shows a group of businessmen gleefully conniving to get their hands on public money. Six decades of Egyptian history in six movies - BBC News 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens earlier this week cited Nayeri's troubled and conniving past when she labeled him as "most probably the mastermind" of a stunning jail break that blindsided authorities. The man whom authorities are calling the 'mastermind' of a mind boggling jail escape in California was awaiting trial on horrendous allegations _ including torturing an alleged victim with a blow torch _ and has struggled with bipolar disorder 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The GOP's constant conniving is just a gift that keeps on giving! Donald Trump Finds Ally in Delegate Selection System, Much to G.O.P.’s Chagrin 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The Muslim Brotherhood connived with Scaf against all secular revolutionary powers. ‘I was terribly wrong’ - writers look back at the Arab spring five years on 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z To them, the DPP consists of conniving opportunists spreading discord for political gain. Here's What's at Stake in the Taiwanese Elections 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z He epitomizes an American dream of thankful success in public, but is conniving – some might think criminal – when the boardroom door slams shut. Showtime TV bets 'Billions' with drama on Wall Street power brokers 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z It was a bizarrely violent story, starring a scheming Little Claus who was at best conniving and at worst murderous. A life well ended 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Nor is Trump exactly like the fascistic media mogul either––he’s conniving, true, just not evil. This is the bluster of a phony: Donald Trump represents rage and rudeness, not populism 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z It is not hard, after all, to picture him conniving at the Congress of Vienna, or plotting murders in the Medici court. The Machiavelli of Maryland: adviser to presidents, prime ministers – and the Dalai Lama | Thomas Meaney 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z It can also involve broad conspiracies of coaches, athletes and allegedly corrupt administrators conniving together, with the knowledge or even active support of officials in government, to hide doping. Column: With more FIFA arrests, sport turns corners for 2016 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Some fear the jihadist threat will lead to a power grab by the security sector, parts of which are seen as conniving with entrenched businessmen and mafia-like figures. The great Arab hope struggles 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z “The commission, by defining ‘connive’ and ‘corrupt,’ did not state a new policy, implement a new rule, extend the existing rule, or apply or interpret the rule in a novel manner,” Benjamin wrote. Court upholds 2009 suspensions of 7 Charles Town jockeys 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The commission suggested that the two countries had connived in the two firms’ manipulation of transfer prices, the notional amounts for which different subsidiaries of the same firm sell goods or services to one another. State raid 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z It didn’t help our national security that, at the same time I was protesting outside the Iraqi embassy about Saddam Hussein’s brutality, Tory ministers were secretly conniving with illegal sales to his regime. Part of Corbyn's speech 'first written for Miliband four years ago' - Politics live 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Many of them believe that climate change is a fake problem invented by conniving liberal academics, and that any U.S. action would give China an upper-hand on the world stage. China's initiative gives Obama's cap-and-trade deal gets a second life 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z He winds up posing as the castle executioner in a barony now covertly run by the conniving Milus Corbett, played by Stephen Moyer of “True Blood.” Fall TV Preview 2015: Every new show, the schedule for every returning show, and what’s worth watching Bordeaux hurtle forward but Sakho brings an end to their conniving. Bordeaux v Liverpool: Europa League – as it happened 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z In fact, she was so out of the loop that the camera crew connived her into sending a message to Neville Longbottom, a fictional friend of Harry Potter from the magical series by J.K. Can you name one member of Congress? Just one. 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z It didn’t help our national security that, at the same time I was protesting outside the Iraqi embassy about Saddam Hussein’s brutality, Tory ministers were secretly conniving with illegal sales to his regime. Part of Corbyn's speech 'first written for Miliband four years ago' - Politics live 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z It’s rare to find an actress of Chau’s beauty and youth who’s willing to go the distance and play a conniving cipher so unashamedly. The Woman Changing the American Stage 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z He is something to see, Sir Ben, with his shaven pate and Egyptian-drag eyeliner, peering through the undulating bodies of dancing girls with conniving menace. 'Tut' miniseries brings us fun with a pharaoh 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Bordeaux hurtle forward but Sakho brings an end to their conniving. Bordeaux v Liverpool: Europa League – as it happened 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Like The Bachelorette, it's a show starring a woman, but it's really about scummy, conniving, and judgmental men. ABC completely misses the point, invites Amy Schumer to be The Bachelorette 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The Ghanaian Times reports that a government minister complained that chiefs "condone and connive with such criminals" - referring to Sakawa boys. Inside the world of Ghana's internet fraudsters - BBC News 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z “But then you also hear, ‘calculating,’ ‘conniving,’ ‘yesterday’s news’. This is how GOP hopefuls want to take on Hillary Clinton 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z "Shelly is thrilled with this decision. It is a victory for the Sterling family to recover millions that Donald lavished on a conniving mistress," said attorney Pierce O'Donnell in an emailed statement. Judge rules wife of former L.A. Clippers owner owed $2.6 million: lawyer 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Though set in the distant past, the project reinforces contemporary media messages: just as the British connived to undermine Russian interests in 19th century Persia, so, too, are the Americans meddling in Ukraine. Putin’s ‘Fair and Balanced’ Propaganda Coup 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z In this telling, Ms. Pao is less a victim of discrimination than a difficult and conniving employee who rejected advice to improve, and whom Kleiner clearly wishes it had tossed overboard sooner. Kleiner Perkins Portrays Ellen Pao as Combative and Resentful in Sex Bias Trial 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z On the Hellenic left, it is axiomatic that Greece suffers from being a pawn in western strategic games which connived at military rule from 1967 to 1974. A semi-guided missile 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z So if when you misstep, are you better off being honest and ignorant, or more clever and conniving? Americans Get 'F' For Tax Knowledge. Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card For Tax Evasion? 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z “He who relies on the Americans relies on an illusion. You rely on someone who is stealing from you and conniving against you,” he said. Lebanon’s Hezbollah acknowledges battling the Islamic State in Iraq 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Apple’s late CEO Steve Jobs is depicted as the conniving ringleader of a scheme designed to minimize the chances that the top computer programmers and other talented employees would defect to other technology companies. Apple, Google, other tech firms to pay $415M in wage case 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Dieunison was a conniving rascal, yet a useful helper — ever ready to hold the end of a tape measure when I needed a length. Guest: A lesson from Haiti’s forgotten children 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z But if you misstep, are you better off being honest and ignorant, or more clever and conniving? Are You Willful Or Ignorant About Taxes? (Hint, Ignorance Is Safer) 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Bush administration official who condemned “dynamic scoring” as a sneaky and conniving political move. The GOP's Magic Accounting Trick 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The defense painted her as emotionally unstable and conniving. After an epic fall from grace, McDonnell is 'deeply sorry' 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Her sophisticated and conniving heroines serve as a catharsis for her own experiences and subvert a genre that usually portrays women as victims. South Africa’s high crime rate inspires novelist 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z The government's view is that Lopez pretended to appeal to peaceful demonstrators fed up with crime and widespread shortages, but was actually conniving with students and the United States to overthrow the government. Jailed Venezuela opposition leader rattles cage 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z He was not, counsel urged, a conniving criminal thwarting tax responsibility. Seventh Circuit Will Not Let Tax Protester Blame His Lawyer For Conviction 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z He added: “If the U.S. administration connives at and patronizes the screening of the film, it will invite a strong and merciless countermeasure.” Intrusion on Sony Unit Prompts a Shutdown of Messaging Systems 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Then it’s on to a rich and famous scientist, his dopey adopted daughter and her conniving homicidal stepmother. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Dumb and Dumber To,’ ‘Beyond the Lights,’ ‘The Theory of Everything’ Tuesday’s oral arguments might indicate whether the court will at last resume a properly active engagement in the defense of individual liberty against abridgements by governments that connive with rent-seeking factions. Supreme Court has a chance to bring liberty to teeth whitening This Finnish-German internet tycoon poured money into a new political party and accused the government of conniving in mass surveillance under New Zealand’s “Five Eyes” intelligence partnership with America, Australia, Britain and Canada. The puzzle to the key 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “He’s conniving, he’s sneaky, and he’s very good-looking and he uses that against us.” ‘The Voice’ returns Monday with Pharrell, Stefani 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Like the conniving Frank Underwood, Netflix’s ambitions only continue to grow. Netflix Has a Plan to Take Over the World 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The scientists—the ones to whom they pretend to defer—are suddenly dismissed as “grant-grubbing” hoaxsters, conniving with liberal politicians to “expand the role of government.” Republicans and Science: A Relationship Gone Bad 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z To Pascucci, he says he wrote: “You are a manipulative, conniving thief. Please do not call me.” Doctor sues NY strip club over credit card scheme 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The conniving queen, a ruthless king, a valiant knight, and ice zombies. 'Deeper Than Swords': 10 Reasons We're So Addicted To Game Of Thrones 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z “If the U.S. administration connives at and patronizes the screening of the film, it will invite a strong and merciless countermeasure.” Inside the Ring: N. Korea on The Interview: Kill Kim? Die, USA! 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The milieu of the book paints a picture of a treehouse where like minds connive and look for an opening. Michael Hastings’s ‘Last Magazine’ Shows War as Career Opportunity 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z You have to think about how others perceive your intentions so you don’t come across as pushy or conniving. The Absolute Worst Question To Ask: How Can I Help You? 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z But tourist fun connives at all the flag-waving. Why everyone wants a piece of Antarctica 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z GOP leaders can also connive with the Democrats to pass legislation over Republican objections, as Boehner and Cantor have done on several occasions, most recently in April. Eric Cantor’s Demise Exposes the Tea Party’s Weakness 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z For Jeremy Paxman, though, it is an art form that has "connived at its own irrelevance", as he believes that poets today have stopped talking to the public and are only addressing each other. Jeremy Paxman says poets must start engaging with ordinary people 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z But with revenues of perhaps $1m a week at stake, officials inevitably connive. No wonder they still try 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z When a conniving young man in “Mrs. Independent” decides to change his ways, he throws a designer jacket to the floor and declares that he no longer needs to wear fancy clothes. Playwright Priest Tyaire wants to be more than the next Tyler Perry She was intrigued by the fact the audience immediately "got" the plot of a conniving husband trying to push his wife to the brink of insanity. Mad-doctors and inconvenient people 2014-04-29T13:47:27Z Martin Freeman will be tackling Shakespeare later this year in London’s West End, when he stars as the conniving king in Richard III at the Trafalgar Studios. Martin Freeman To Play Richard III on London Stage 2014-04-04T13:06:52Z "I think poetry has really rather connived at its own irrelevance and that shouldn't happen, because it's the most delightful thing," said Paxman. Jeremy Paxman says poets must start engaging with ordinary people 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday it was outraged by lawlessness in eastern Ukraine, blaming the far-right paramilitary movement Right Sector for "conniving" with the new government in Kiev. Futures edge lower after record high, China data 2014-03-10T11:35:40Z After her disappointing performance at nationals, Wagner begged her coach to allow her to bring back the conniving Delilah of Samson and Delilah fame, who she played last year, in a slightly reworked routine. The Secret Behind Ashley Wagner's Suit of Armor 2014-02-18T10:50:23Z It also pitches him against a U.S.-based Turkish cleric with strong influence in the police and judiciary, accused by Erdogan's backers of conniving at the investigation. Erdogan rallies Turks to thwart 'plot' against nation's success 2014-01-01T15:37:04Z Across Egypt, the US has been accused both of being in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood and of conniving with the military for the removal of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. US seeks to repair relationships with Arab allies 2013-11-05T14:06:26Z And he can do dirty and conniving and hypocritical, all of which should elicit two reactions. Sadly, Hansen’s tactics not out of the norm 2013-08-18T02:23:17Z The court criticised the government for "conniving" with the tobacco lobby when people are "daily dying of cancer", the report adds. Indian media: Rahul Gandhi warns party leaders 2013-07-23T07:03:44Z They help cast Russia as a bulwark against the conniving West, and that resonates with an electorate bred on the imagery of the Cold War. Standing Tough on Syria Helps Putin at Home 2013-06-11T08:05:28Z At his trial this week, Manning will be portrayed by the prosecution as a conniving turncoat who knowingly endangered fellow soldiers by giving sensitive information to al Qaeda via WikiLeaks. Viewpoint: Our Real Secrecy Problem 2013-06-05T10:31:04Z The play portrays Newton, performed by Haskell King, as brilliant but also self-absorbed, conniving, immature, defensive, manipulative, hostile, competitive, judgmental and deceptive, on a regular basis. Comedy about Isaac Newton Enlightens 2013-02-28T23:15:05.053Z Most people do this every week, if not every day, and not because they are conniving. The Lesson of the Bush Family Email Hack: Be Worried 2013-02-08T16:35:26Z “That lying, conniving Obama crowd can kiss our Constitution!” he would call out to applause. America's New Gunfight: Inside the Campaign to Avert Mass Shootings 2013-01-17T10:35:29Z J.R., the conniving scion of a Texas oil family, was not meant to be the star of Dallas. Larry Hagman, 1931-2012: The Dallas Legend Remembered 2012-11-24T16:35:33Z Brainy scientists and conniving spies drive this fast-paced thriller, which happens to be true! Best kids books of 2012 2012-11-13T23:49:07Z “It was the same sibling rivalry, the same conniving, the same circumstances.” Joan Stein, Theater Producer, Is Dead at 59 2012-08-13T23:50:55Z When the Council began questioning his hiring, the mayor came to a meeting and accused members of “conniving” against him. Woeful Trenton Sees Mayor Add Insult to Injury 2012-07-21T01:58:40Z It shows that senior Welsh government officials, the Welsh NHS Confederation and Prof Longley connived together to produce a report with a pre-determined conclusion to pre-empt the unpopular reorganisation of health services across the country. NHS report 'dodgy dossier' claim 2012-07-10T05:48:05Z Libya released a team of International Criminal Court lawyers detained in the town of Zintan for nearly a month for supposedly conniving with the imprisoned son of slain dictator of Muammar Gaddafi. Libya Releases ICC Lawyer, but Will Justice Follow? 2012-07-04T03:35:22Z Government's role should be to protect citizens and not connive with exploiters. Letters: Casino capitalism must face its judgment day 2012-07-03T20:00:03Z It's imbecile to suppose that quasi-democratic governments don't connive under pressure. Is there too much press freedom? Ask 72 dead journalists 2012-06-30T23:05:53Z When you surround yourself with conniving multi-millionaires engaged in shadowy acts of nepotism, it's important to show a common touch, which is why the prime minister pretends to support Aston Villa. The Fiver 2012-06-25T15:01:59Z In doing so, she also maligned the characters of two of the accusers, calling one “clingy” and another “conniving.” Sandusky Trial: The Defendant Will Not Testify 2012-06-20T21:05:15Z He was very demanding and he was very conniving. Jerry Sandusky trial live: Will the former Penn State assistant take the stand? 2012-06-20T12:57:00Z She described Victim 1 as "clingy," Victim 9 as "a charmer" and Victim 4 as "very conniving, and he wanted his way and he didn't listen a whole lot." Testimony nears end in Sandusky's abuse trial 2012-06-20T13:00:11Z J.R. wasn’t meant to be the star of the original Dallas, until his conniving and Hagman’s charming swagger forced him into the role. TV Tonight: Dallas Returns, 20 Years Later 2012-06-13T12:05:41Z That she was conniving, that she was an insubordinate woman. Nuns the Vatican Love to Hate 2012-06-08T08:45:00Z In a system of colorless men, he was charismatic, conniving and political. Bo Xilai and the Return of Politics 2012-05-04T14:58:04Z What is to be done now is rendered doubly difficult, and I suppose I must of course connive at your escape. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z I dislike borrowing things and yet I’m borrowing memories, borrowing time, those bronzes, our return, our boat bucking seas, sending us north, ice off the larboard, back to reality, debts, conniving. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z How English officers can reconcile it with their honor to connive at such a deception—even though it be to please the Brahmins—I leave them to explain. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z |
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