| 单词 | operative |
| 例句 | The two operatives acting as cattlemen soon ingratiated themselves with William Hale, who considered them fellow Texas cowboys and who introduced them to many of the leading townsfolk. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Other Republican operatives like John Beckley, the Speaker of the House, were focusing on the political factions in Pennsylvania, another key state. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Lyddie worked her way through the jostling crowd of operatives crossing the yard. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z From then on, however, their operatives would watch his every move. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In addition, White brought on an experienced deep-cover operative who looked more like an insurance salesman—perhaps because it was his former profession. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The Agency was still smaller than its Russian counterpart, and its agents had to train hard to learn the techniques of spycraft—which Soviet operatives had been mastering for decades. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z At the outset, operative No. 10 asked Mathis, who’d been a juror on the inquest, to show him the crime scene. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The Pinkerton National Detective Agency was the more dangerous entity, but its operatives of late seemed to be spending most of their energy battling strikers at coalfields and steel mills around the country. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Psi subjects 3285 and 5312, who were taken from camp boundaries at approximately 03:34 by a Children’s League operative, are now believed to have been mistakenly identified as Green upon their initial classification....”’ The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She and several other operatives had formed study groups, one in Latin and another in botany. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Dear Sir,—You have been pointed out to me as an operative of the McNeil Detective Agency. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s gone from weary businessman to CIA operative. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Yes, why, then, should the operatives themselves fear us? It is, dear Lyddie, the nature of slavery to make the slave fear freedom.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z A month later under cover of night, operatives filled in the entrance to the tunnel beneath his house, per railroad policy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Or maybe he was a secret government operative whose mission was to befriend me and discover what I knew about the sluggers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Activist pastors from South Korean churches invented the escape trade in the late 1990s and early 2000s, hiring border operatives who greased the palms of North Korean guards with cash donated by parishioners in Seoul. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z William Harvey was an "American James Bond," in the words of Edward Lansdale—himself one of the most storied CIA operatives of the Cold War. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Let us next examine the question: Is Hardman the person he pretends to be—an operative of a New York Detective Agency? Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The operatives then went home and grabbed a few hours of sleep. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The other operatives were crowded about, jostling her as they all waited for the bell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z While No. 46 was working on Brown, another operative, No. 28, learned a seemingly vital secret from a young Kaw Indian woman who lived near the western border of Osage County. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z One of the Haganah operatives managed to get several crates of oranges at the French port. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z From New York to Virginia, American intelligence operatives like Armistead were bewildering the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s clad in the loose robes of his people and looks more like a kindly old uncle than a Resistance operative. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When the operative told her that he was looking to buy a house in the vicinity, she mentioned that William Hale “controlled everything” in these parts. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The lamps had been extinguished by the operatives as they left their looms, so at first her eyes could make out nothing but the hulking shapes of the machines. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a grim tale, but operative No. 28 was buoyed by the discovery. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “The operative words here are ‘past few days.’ Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It’s taken months for our operative to gain his trust If he doesn’t pick you for the Commandant, your mission’s dead before it begins. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As always, many of the New England operatives had gone home. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z One operative he met in Canada gave Booth letters of introduction vouching for the actor’s devotion to the Confederacy and requesting aid for him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Like all CIA operatives, Marti strapped to her body an SRR-100, a special radio receiver that allowed her to pick up the radio transmissions of KGB surveillance teams that might be tailing her. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They shared stories about the old days cowboying, and the operative accompanied Hale as he inspected his herds of cattle. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The operative reported that Hale seemed to be mocking investigators. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The Osage Tribal Council was the only governing body to publicly single out and praise White and his team, including the undercover operatives. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z That summer, the team of operatives hired by Mathis began to infiltrate Osage County. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She tried to wait, but the crowd of chattering operatives pushed her forward. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The agency’s operatives picked up his trail in Burlington, Vermont, and followed him to Boston, where they arranged to have him arrested by police. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She had been unmasked as a CIA operative, thereby rendering her useless as an undercover agent in the Soviet Union. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A week later, another operative from the team—No. 46—was sent to locate Brown in Ponca City, twenty-five miles northwest of Gray Horse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Our mission is to hit him,” Bernard Barker briefed his fellow operatives, “to call him a traitor and punch him in the nose.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z White sent Hoover a memo reporting that an undercover operative was on Hale’s ranch that very moment, spying. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Chun and several other Seoul-based operatives told me that given enough money they could get virtually any North Korean out of the country. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z With the help of other loyal operatives, she arranged for horses. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He said Devil One was supposed to get his so-called operatives to convince the army men to go against Lumumba. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Saxe was one of a new generation of CIA operatives who pushed hard to get more aggressive in recruiting Soviet informers. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He believes these same operatives planted an identification frequency in the Calm Control. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z After dark the operatives got back into their disguises. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One of the undercover operatives who was playing a Texas cattleman had slowly become close with Hale. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Within the office, a team of CIA operatives gathered at all hours around small desks, surrounded by maps of Moscow and photographs of potential meeting places and drop sites. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The speaker was kneeling on the floor beside Diana, offering her the dainty white handkerchiefs she had collected from the operatives. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Still, despite her craziness, Brigid was turning into a proper operative. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z One day that September, the undercover operative who was pretending to be an insurance salesman stopped at a filling station in Fairfax and struck up a conversation with a woman working there. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Despite its being unmasked by the Soviets, Operation Gold secured Harvey's reputation inside the CIA as one of its wiliest and smartest operatives. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z That same year, CIA operatives made contact with a senior official in the Soviet Foreign Ministry who was stationed at the Russian embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In communicating any religious belief, the operative word is faith, a concept illustrated by our very presence in that classroom. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Early the next morning, after the guard had unlocked the banquet hall, the exhausted operative returned to the hotel room he was sharing with Liddy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The LEP had several undercover operatives stationed there, most of them working in the Snow White exhibit. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It starred Paul Moses, a retired, ex-CIA "wetworks" operative, who is suddenly targeted for assassination by a new administration eager to bury his role in U.S. foreign policy. Comics: "Red" movie characters star in own miniseries 2010-10-19T21:20:00Z Disney sought the trademark rights on May 3, two days after operatives raided a luxury compound in Pakistan and killed the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. Disney withdraws Navy SEAL trademark application 2011-05-25T23:00:48Z “The best sportswear is on Blackwater operatives,” Maya continued, referring to the agents who were clandestine guns for hire in Iraq. M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z The show, in which the actor played an MI5 operative who wears a tux and orders martinis, was directed by In a Better World’s Susanne Bier. Tom Hiddleston: I doubt I'll play James Bond 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The operative word is, of course, "indoor"; it offers rides and respite from the desert's brutal summer heat. Las Vegas: Sights Beyond The Slots 2010-04-26T20:00:00Z The movies love it, of course: sex scenes are more alluring than mid-level operatives combing through phone records. Sexpionage! Why filmmakers can't resist a honeytrap 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Even highly trained operatives can’t be made immune to the most basic pressures of humanity: the desire for love, for security, for meaning. “The Americans” returns: The new season spins parenthood into a Cold War fable 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z “Do we want a full hour? Absolutely,” said one campaign operative, who like others spoke on background so as not to jeopardize ongoing discussions with CNN. Pick me! A big field of Democratic candidates waits for a turn in CNN’s town-hall spotlight 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “I think the operative thing here is awkwardness,” Dean said to the actors. Donald Barthelme’s “Snow White” Finally Comes to the Stage 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Shiv, once a Democratic operative, is horrified at the “nightmare” of a President Mencken. In ‘Succession,’ Democracy Goes Up in Smoke 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Former operative Valerie Plame is to write a series of spy novels with a female undercover espionage agent as the central character. Valerie Plame to write spy novels 2011-03-21T19:24:30Z He said much of the show's brutality derived from one of its central characters, Milner, an operative for the shadowy Network - played by actress Geraldine James. Utopia writer defends violent scenes 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z The operative theme is the lonely heart, trying to find companionship in the world, sometimes succeeding, other times failing even amid a crowd of happy eccentrics tumbling and stumbling along. ‘Pepperland’ is an ecstatic and provocative Beatles tribute — and like no land you’ve been to before 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The operative phrase here is “by all accounts,” because the Fatimid era came to a sudden end when Saladin conquered Egypt for the Sunni Caliphate. The Art Lovers Who Founded Cairo 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The chatter among his fellow Republican operatives hit a fever pitch when McGahn made his onstage debut with Trump. Trump’s own Beltway establishment guy: The curious journey of Don McGahn 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The operative’s mission is to investigate and possibly recruit both lover and employer. From Shanghai, Paris and Mississippi: new mysteries 2013-07-11T17:50:57Z “To a large extent, it’s our own fault,” says Terry Sullivan, a Republican operative. It’s not you, Nate. It’s us. (And maybe a little you.) 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z One of his operatives, posing as a student, would then coax an administrator into destroying this replica of our nation’s founding document. The Year of the Imaginary College Student 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z The show is about the adventures of a fictional counterterrorism unit called Section 20: sweaty operatives in the field directed from one of those cool-blue, all-seeing fantasy war rooms half a world away in London. | ?Strike Back?: In Between the Terrorist Threats, Plenty of Time for Hanky-Panky 2011-08-11T22:13:27Z It's quite an invasion of privacy for somebody who used to be an undercover operative. "Countdown to Zero": Valerie Plame Wilson's new anti-nuke crusade 2010-07-23T01:02:00Z Hugo Becker plays an operative for a French intelligence agency in this Cold War spy parody. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Rest in Power’ and ‘A Very Secret Service’ 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Mary is a hit woman for one drug cartel, Uncle was an operative for a rival one, and the scenario eventually spirals into a minor morass of misidentified killers and lethal paybacks. Review: In ‘Proud Mary,’ Taraji P. Henson Is a Hit Woman With a Soft Spot 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z It's not just that she's a Muslim woman, from a country best known for harbouring al-Qaida operatives – Yemen – but that she wears an altogether new kind of super-person costume: a burqa. Meet the Islamic superheroes 2010-10-23T23:03:00Z As Farrow recounts, Weinstein arrayed not just some big legal guns to thwart him and other reporters, but a host of black-ops characters: former Mossad agents, Ukrainian surveillance pros, European undercover operatives. Ronan Farrow overcame spies and intimidation to break some of the biggest stories of the #MeToo era 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z I sit down with Curtis Ellis, a Republican operative who first met Scaramucci on the Trump campaign and now works for America First Policies, a Trump-supporting super PAC. The Sub-Gatsby Phantasmagoria of Anthony Scaramucci’s Book Party 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z An FBI operative tasked with infiltrating a dangerous anarchist group finds herself bonding with the quinoa-munchers over their plans to bring down the Corporation. Are indie films just expensive blogs? 2013-01-17T18:30:01Z She employs her own covert force headed by rogue operative Kruger when the military can't keep up with invasions from Earth. 'Elysium' delivers action, destruction and a deeper message on life 2013-08-07T17:44:45Z But in a world where paparazzi hover outside celebrity doors, follow the rich-and-famous to the drycleaners and seemingly scrutinize their every move, I wonder if something else is also operative. She’s a trainwreck: new book speculates about the human propensity for trash talk 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z It means on the most fundamental level that the most trusted hero in the Marvel universe is now secretly a deep-cover Hydra operative, a fact that’s really only known to the readers and to him. Marvel Editor Explains How Captain America Was a Hydra Agent All Along 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Wilcox — a 35-year-old Republican political operative who took over as EPA spokesman after Bowman and two other colleagues left the job — declined to be quoted on the record for this story. The scandal at the EPA? It may be how its press office has handled all the scandals. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Broadly speaking, however, the world of “24: Legacy” is one in which Islam equals terror; radical Muslim operatives are everywhere; and no one can be trusted. Review: In ‘24: Legacy,’ Jack Bauer’s Gone. The Demons Are the Same. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z People sneak glances at each other, of course they do, but the operative word is "sneak". John Lanchester rides the London Underground 2013-03-02T08:30:35Z And doing so doesn’t make them Democratic operatives as their pro-Trump critics are sure to charge. Perspective | Tiptoeing around Trump’s racism is a betrayal of journalistic truth-telling 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Falco of “The Sopranos” and “Nurse Jackie” will star as a Democratic political operative struggling to defend her candidate, played by Michael McKean, from a tough primary challenge in 1970s Albany. Edie Falco and Alan Cumming Announced in New Group’s Lineup 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Despite this co‑operative impulse, Goulson unveils a vicious world of bee coups and revolutions. A Sting in the Tale by Dave Goulson – review 2013-05-18T11:00:02Z Her second Oscar nomination was for Zero Dark Thirty, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, in which she played Maya, the CIA operative who tracks down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Jessica Chastain: ‘It’s a myth that women don’t get along’ 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z And in a mischievous twist, the man behind a tabloid that purports to defend British values is a former high-level operative of the Irish Republican Army. 'Great Britain' taps phone-hacking laughs, but not for all 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z On the set of "The Losers," Saldana earned her fair share of black-and-blue marks as Aisha, a mysterious operative who joins an elite U.S. Zoe Saldana is one tough cookie 2010-04-20T13:35:00Z In the credit column is Aaron Eckhart, his alpha-male jawline doing most of the work required to portray Ben Logan, a widower and decommissioned C.I.A. operative now working for a high-tech security company in Belgium. Movie Review: ‘Erased,’ Directed by Philipp Stölzl 2013-05-17T01:02:49Z “You always know where to find me when you change your mind,” she adds, and when is the operative word. Snail Mail Turns a Bleeding Heart Into a Spectacular Album 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Of course, like Spooks, there are scenes where chiselled operatives navigate knotty plots on futuristic laptops in glass buildings. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 15-19 October 2012-10-15T07:00:00Z Beyond suing The Times, he recruited a team of former F.B.I. and C.I.A. operatives for clandestine operations intended to plug the Pentagon Papers leak. Watergate: The Scandal That Never Goes Away 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The “massive domestic propaganda machine” was somehow more disturbing than any Al-Qaida cell or rogue government operative. Homeland season six finale recap – America First 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “It was a moral obligation to do what you are capable of doing,” one of Fourcade’s operatives said. Remembering a Woman Who Was a Leader of the French Resistance 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z A former speechwriter, journalist and CIA operative, he drew upon his inside knowledge of power and espionage for narratives that were praised as eloquent and informed accounts of foreign policy and Washington intrigue. Charles McCarry, prescient spy novelist, dead at 89 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z “The President’s Daughter” is all testosterone and swagger, full of gritty operatives eager to rush into impossible situations using only their wits and their massive weapons. Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny Deliver a Page-Turner Part Sly, Part Sweet 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z President Paul Porter that Russian machinations could lead to World War III, and the operative is given pretty much free rein to thwart the Russian intelligence agency’s intentions. Review | Outspoken conservative Brad Thor takes aim at Russia in his latest thriller 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Michael Tracey, a columnist for Vice, tweeted: “The nomination was declared clinched based on unverifiable info that reporters obtained from operatives whose identities were concealed.” Did the media overstep by crowning Clinton the nominee? 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z To an unusual degree, the security operatives on the ground in Benghazi became a force in creating the “13 Hours” film, even before Mr. Bay agreed to direct it. ‘13 Hours’ Gives Benghazi Attack Cinematic Treatment 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Quentin is delivering direction to operatives dressed up as husbands and wives, mothers and sons, tourists and station attendants. Alan Ayckbourn’s Latest, ‘Arrivals & Departures’ 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Jolie plays a CIA operative who is accused of being a Russian spy in her upcoming movie "Salt." Jolie would not be worth her salt as real-life spy 2010-07-13T20:18:00Z A top CIA operative who went rogue a decade ago, Frost has been an embarrassment to the agency higher-ups, who can’t stop or find him. Safe House: Can Denzel Washington Ever Be a Bad Guy? 2012-02-09T16:00:14Z Trump, his new muse, says aloud what political operatives have always understood: Winning is the important thing. What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump? Ask Sean Spicer in a few months. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z The sound was nearly excruciating, almost as bad as in February when Paloma Faith screeched — and screeched being the operative word — through “Only Love Can Hurt Like This.” Burberry Gives a Garden Party 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z That does not mean that squadrons of public relations operatives don’t try to exert influence. Battling for The Hollywood Reporter’s Top 100 Women List 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z With interviews from insiders and political operatives, the film looks at how a custody battle over 6-year-old Elián González, a Cuban refugee, caused political chaos in Miami, which ultimately helped swing the crucial state. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Undoing’ and the Presidential Debate 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z I’m thinking of the test-kitchen operatives and freelance recipe developers who devise recipes meant for home cooks and often end up writing cookbooks of their own. How to roast a chicken? The answers are horrifying 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z In this case the official, heroic story has to do with what happened in cold war Berlin, where three Mossad operatives went on a secret mission to capture a Nazi fugitive named Dieter Vogel. | 'The Debt': ?Debt,? With Helen Mirren - Review 2011-08-30T12:00:00Z The footage, we are told, was shot by the filmmakers, the subjects and operatives in the underground network that helped those subjects escape. ‘Beyond Utopia’ Review: Exit Strategies 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z In Showtime’s “Homeland,” Claire Danes’s character is gaslighted by enemy operatives who swap her bipolar medication and send her spiraling into a full-blown breakdown. What we talk about when we talk about Donald Trump and ‘gaslighting’ 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The show he came up with moved the spy story to the 1980s and drew on his recollections of how working undercover affected the family lives of operatives he met at the agency. ‘The Americans’ With Keri Russell as a K.G.B. Agent 2013-01-24T17:00:00Z On the ABC drama “Scandal,” Borgia-like conspiracies coil around every Washington operative, and even the president and the vice president are ruthless killers. Television Review: Kiefer Sutherland Returns in ‘24: Live Another Day’ 2014-05-02T22:21:07Z Anonymous: Agreed, thanks — “and then deal with it” being the operative phrase. Carolyn Hax: How do you remedy your own passive-aggressive behavior? 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z In “Plays With Music,” the title of Brian Stokes Mitchell’s theatrically far-reaching show at Café Carlyle in Manhattan, the operative word is “plays.” Review: Brian Stokes Mitchell Blends Songs and Theater in ‘Plays With Music’ 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z After absorbing a couple of additional details and a pause, the operative shrugs. It’s Bobcat Goldthwait’s moment: With “Misfits & Monsters,” he’s not hiding anymore 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z “Argo,” about a C.I.A. operative who seeks Hollywood’s help to rescue Americans in Iran, was also a story about a character reckoning with false fronts and deception. Ben Affleck’s ‘Broken’ Batman 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The saving grace of Warhol’s best art is that a sense of critical morality is always, if almost by accident, operative. Art Review: Warhol Shows Open, on World’s Fair and on Jackie Kennedy 2014-04-24T12:00:01Z Bridges plays ex-CIA operative Dan Chase, a man who managed to disappear for decades until an assassin shows up at his door. Jeff Bridges on the Dude, making "The Old Man" and the experience of "dancing with my mortality" 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Stonebridge was the by-the-book British operative who would have had “COMPANY MAN” tattooed on his forehead if it didn’t violate protocol. Saying Goodbye to Strike Back’s Odd Couple 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z After J. Edgar Hoover was appointed the bureau’s director, in 1924, he sent a team of undercover operatives, including a Native American agent, to the Osage reservation. The Marked Woman 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z He moved to the UAE back in 2010 when Blackwater was in hot water in the U.S. for the excesses of its operatives in Baghdad. All the Presidents’ Spies: Blackwater-founder Erik Prince is the latest Trump cut-out to parlay with Putin’s men 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z It claims that the official explanation of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is a lie to cover up the “massive and central involvement in 9/11 by Israeli government, military and intelligence operatives.” Perspective | A hateful, conspiracy-filled book just got harder to buy. That’s no cause for celebration. 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z And that meant his loyal star, Matt Damon, wouldn’t be returning as the covert operative for the C.I.A. who unraveled agency conspiracies while he recovered his memory. Why Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass Couldn’t Quit Jason Bourne 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z On Sunday night, the network had to backtrack from an initial Brian Ross report that bin Laden had been killed several days earlier along with about two dozen other al-Qaida operatives. Bin Laden story shows changing media nature 2011-05-02T22:28:32Z A lucid, thorough, fascinating biography of Robert Ames, an important CIA operative who died in the Beirut embassy bombing, by a Pulitzer-winning historian. Here Are the 15 Best Books of 2014 (So Far) 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z The newspaper says she will team up with mystery writer Sarah Lovett on the books, which will feature a fictional operative. Report: Valerie Plame Wilson to pen suspense books 2011-03-19T08:31:04Z Fox was largely a reflection of its 76-year-old former chief executive, a veteran Republican political operative who hired Fox’s stars and shaped what they would talk about each day. Guess who’s taking aim at Fox News now? Conservatives. 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Will Cassel do any better than any of the previous operatives, such as Clive Owen’s doleful Professor, who have tried to take down our hero? Five things we learned from the debut trailer for Jason Bourne 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Political operatives, mixed with journalists, on panels shouting at each other. Perspective | ‘Birthing centers for polarizing rhetoric’: The outsize influence of Fox, CNN and MSNBC 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Fox spent her 20s working for the CIA, eventually becoming an operative, undercover overseas, trying to thwart terrorist networks. New in paperback: 13 September releases worth reading 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z “Potential” being the operative word, because there are no certainties, even with four-year degrees. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mom sets parameters for her son’s college fund to an extreme degree 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z In an early scene, she tells him it’s all over for him because of a slip-up in the operation to kill the South African operative Venter last week. 'The Americans' Recap: You Should Trust the Organization 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Experienced operatives who have closely watched Palin's meteoric rise and sometimes wobbly performances on the public stage are mixed about how she would fare. Palin and a real presidential run 2011-09-02T23:36:00Z Shows that posited cool, witty secret agents, like “I Spy,” “Mission: Impossible” and “The Man From U.N.CL.E.,” or bumbling operatives, like the parody “Get Smart,” made the unthinkable more manageable. 2010-01-15T04:09:00Z How to Feed Picky Eaters Delis and diners are two key operative terms. Taking the Kids: New York 2013-06-13T20:22:22Z On M∆tilda the melody creeps up on you, "creepy" being the operative word for such oddly unnerving music. New band of the day – Alt-J (No 1,275) 2012-05-24T15:26:10Z Mr. Weaver, who is bald, bearded and wears glasses, looks like many other Washington political operatives who roundelay on cable news shows. Will This Guy Shut Off the Lights in the Sanders Campaign? 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Russian operatives excelled, for example, at gaming Twitter’s list of trending hashtags. What the Covington Saga Reveals About Our Media Landscape 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Upon hearing the operative phrase OK Google, Google devices were supposed to spring to life and spout out an answer. 20 epic fails from the history of pop culture 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z What interests me here is the scandal of those dinosaurs, graceful, long-necked creatures whose interaction implies that something like divine grace was operative in the world long before humanity came into being. Arts & Leisure: Debated Movies: ?The Tree of Life,? ?The Future,? ?The Help? 2011-08-25T15:03:08Z Delicious is the operative word in several of the comments, and where wine is concerned delicious is the only thing that matters. A New Restaurant, Frenchette, Stands Up for Natural Wines 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Renner will not play Jason Bourne -- that character is presumably being retired with Damon -- but a similar operative from a covert government program. Jeremy Renner inherits "Bourne," and more action-hero talk 2011-04-22T15:55:05Z On J'gal the soldier asking M'Benga about the serum alludes to his past as an operative with the most confirmed hand-to-hand combat kills. "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" shows how war muddles the moral compass of two of its crew 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z The same operative, using a different identity and suggesting that she had information on Weinstein, met twice with a journalist to find out which women were talking to the press. Perspective | Chilling tale of Harvey Weinstein’s spies shows Ronan Farrow’s reporting chops — and compassion 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Could that be why he decided to write this strange apology for a white male CIA operative? Blood and Gifts: it's Afghanistan, Jim, but not as we know it 2010-09-20T11:04:00Z “Timeless” being the operative adjective — in the sense of paring away everything lighthearted, stylish or pertaining to the idea of the zeitgeist. Cook’s Illustrated’s Christopher Kimball Believes Cooking Is Ultraserious Business 2012-10-14T16:30:31Z For some viewers, the show’s appeal may be the age-old thrill of watching cool British and American operatives saving the world by killing shady people whose first language isn’t English. ‘Strike Back,’ on Cinemax, Returns to Overwhelm Bad Guys Everywhere 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z They buy or build second homes, and use them on the weekend or for a summer vacation—lobbyists, government workers planning to retire in the foothills, CIA operatives. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The operative was commissioned by Trump’s Republican and Democratic opponents to conduct so-called opposition research. Trump’s first news conference since election blasts a usual suspect: the media 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z A not so thinly veiled truth about the music industry: Many songwriters and producers — its covert operatives — want to step into the spotlight with the stars they pen hits for. The-Dream, a writer of ‘Umbrella’ and ‘Single Ladies,’ continues to shine while solo 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The novel tells of top CIA operative Jonathan Chase and his battle against "Zero Directorate," which captures and kills agents. APNewsBreak: Publisher pulls debut novel 2011-11-08T19:40:09Z Instead of connecting us with a single protagonist like "24"'s Jack Bauer or Carrie Mathison's CIA operative on "Homeland," "Accused" offers a new traveler in the gray areas of morality every week. Marlee Matlin and Billy Porter help viewers understand the "Accused" in Fox's new crime series 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Through the 1930s and ’40s, Ching-ling acted as a covert operative for the Communists, becoming thoroughly Red, and throwing herself into toppling the regime over which her younger sister presided as first lady. The Famous, Feuding Siblings Who Helped Shape Modern China 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z To help avoid potential sabotage from Russian operatives, the companies behind “Navalny” have kept release plans quiet until the last minute. Ukraine war recasts ‘Navalny’ as a prequel to Putin’s aims 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Writing political profiles for magazines, he jabbed at political operative James Carville; he revealed that George W. Bush liked to swear. Perspective | Why does Tucker Carlson act like he’s the victim? 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Not only were the powerfully inventive styles of African masks a key to Western art's transformation; so were those masks' formidable, identity-altering functions — which are still operative today. Identity transformed in the Fowler's 'Disguise: Masks and Global African Art' 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Imagine, for a moment, that you're an operative in Fort Meade, Maryland. NSA surveillance: don't underestimate the extraordinary power of metadata 2013-06-21T11:00:02Z The monologue is delivered by Changez — a young Pakistani university lecturer grievously, possibly violently disenchanted with the United States — to an unnamed American who may be some kind of United States operative. Movie Review: ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist,’ Directed by Mira Nair 2013-04-25T23:17:37Z “Trail” is the operative word for these travel experiences, many of whose authors followed in the literal path of writers, artists and others who passed this way before them. These Authors Follow in the Footsteps of Earlier Travelers, Literally 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Not only feeding fantasies about improbably slinky eastern operatives filching secrets, it also propagates the idea of icy Russian disdain for the individual. Back from the red – return of the Russian baddie 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Not telling Philip and Elizabeth about Mischa’s epic journey to the United States to find his father was the first time Gabriel had lied to his favorite operatives. ‘The Americans’ Season 5, Episode 6 Recap: ‘I’m Going Home’ 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z But like a good operative, Ms. Wright’s lips were sealed when it came to revealing her character’s ultimate fate. Alison Wright on ‘The Americans,’ Martha’s Frantic Arc and Meeting a Famous Fan 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The victory for the United States during the 14 years, he says, is the decimation of Al Qaeda’s core of operatives who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks. Review: In ‘The Spymasters,’ C.I.A. Leaders Recount Tactics of the Post-9/11 Years 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z But they also suggest that the social hierarchies arbitrarily built on color are operative as a kind of internalized racism among African-Americans who privilege light shades of brown skin. Art Review: Carrie Mae Weems Charts the Black Experience in Photographs 2014-01-23T23:42:31Z With the IMF disbanded, secret agent Ethan Hunt and his team face off against a shadowy group of highly trained operatives hellbent on creating a new world order. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z In my Tree Paradise, the operative command — to humans, not trees — would be “stop,” as in: Dull fall may sharpen our tree planting skills According to Graff, Rose Mary Woods, Nixon’s secretary, believed that Butterfield, who installed the White House taping system, was a C.I.A. operative. Watergate: The Scandal That Never Goes Away 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The operative word in your letter, by the way, is “request.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: As my messy daughter’s landlord, should I evict her over cleanliness? 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z The operative word in office party is office. Modern Etiquette: Essential tips for the office party 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Republican operative and strategic racist Lee Atwater planted the seeds from which our modern version of partisanship blossomed by the time Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980, long before Fox came into existence. Fox News: 25 years of making everyone's lives progressively crappier 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z "You soon got used to it," a reconnaissance operative observes of hand-to-hand killing. Svetlana Alexievich's 'Zinky Boys' gives voice to the voiceless 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z This is how you get a professor of African American studies, on CNN, and the likes of GOP operative Karl Rove, on Fox, to appear to be arriving at the same sense of it all. Perspective | TV viewers want the world — and the George Floyd story — to make sense. Good luck with that. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z She planned every detail with the meticulous precision of a C.I.A. operative. Motherlode Blog: Girls ‘Dormify.’ Boys Just Move. 2013-09-01T12:53:10Z Likewise, she is part of a cohort of young operatives who are no longer content to subsume their entire identities to the advancement of their candidates. Symone Sanders Bet on Biden, and Herself 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The former political operative Tim Miller knows better than to try. ‘Why We Did It’ Is a Dark Ride on the ‘Republican Road to Hell’ 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Artemis’s name was itself a relic of Plame’s time being stationed in Greece as a CIA operative. Valerie Plame, America’s most famous ex-spy, finds her new identity 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Bean is as capable and sympathetic as always in his portrayal of Martin Odum, a deep-undercover operative who, as the series begins, is emerging from a six-month stint with a far-right militia. ‘Legends,’ a New Drama on TNT Starring Sean Bean 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z When Pitt’s Max Vatan—such a fabulously, ridiculously perfect name!—lands in Casablanca, his first order of business is to meet his fellow operative for the first time. Review: With Allied, the Old-School Wartime Melodrama Enters the Modern Age 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Smith laughs at that notion and says that the personal attacks on Carlson came from Ailes’s longtime private investigator and public relations operatives. The Sexual Harassment Defense Industrial Complex is growing in the #MeToo era 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The network received criticism for hiring a political operative for a journalism job with potential influence over how the 2020 presidential campaign is covered. CNN backs off plan to hire GOP operative for political desk 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z President Trump’s press secretary was speaking to reporters when one asked about his denial of reports that Russian operatives offered bounties to Taliban members who kill American troops in Afghanistan. The political theater of Kayleigh McEnany’s scripted walk-offs 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Last year as Eve, an everyday MI6 operative and assassin hunter, Oh became an international celebrity. Killing it: Sandra Oh’s rise from ‘quota’ Asian to Hollywood star 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z “Wasted” was always the operative word in the song; it put you in mind of a hard-luck guy with three days’ stubble getting happily stoned in some Caribbean dive bar. Review | Jimmy Buffett’s music comes to Broadway and, well, the beach party’s a dud 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Promise, however, remains the operative word, for “Go Set a Watchman” is an apprentice effort, and falls apart in the second half. Review: Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' reveals a darker side of Maycomb 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Basilio came across as the operatic prototype of a cynical, modern-day political operative whose repertory of dirty tricks has hardly dated. Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera, Too 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z She says that to Nate, the CIA operative played by Mr. Edgerton and the object of her first assignment, in Hungary. ‘Red Sparrow’ Review: Flightless Bird 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Clooney and his team have avoided identifying the flawed operatives in “The Ides of March” with any real persons, living or dead. George Clooney Presents ?The Ides of March? in Toronto 2011-09-09T23:58:39Z Roger Stone, a confidant of President Trump and longtime Republican political operative, is set to testify before the U.S. WATCH: Makers of documentary about legendary GOP operative Roger Stone say “it’s easy to be seduced by him” 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z These should be high times for conservative news outlets, what with like-minded officials and operatives in control of virtually every important office in Washington. A conservative news crack-up? Things just got real for some partisan personalities. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z People is the operative word here, a simple word yet one some feel uncomfortable using. Language is flexible, unlike boomers Bette Midler and Jordan Peterson 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z David Litt, who landed a dream job as a speechwriter for the Obama administration at just 24 years old, is not that kind of operative. David Litt, an Obama Speechwriter Who Wants No Credit 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z We will note, though, that Mr. Affleck’s film, in which he plays a C.I.A. operative trying to rescue Americans trapped in revolutionary Iran, is very much rooted in actual events. Critic’s Notebook: Four Days of Films at Telluride 2012-09-03T22:16:36Z In an early scene that is nearly incomprehensible, an operative in the genocide discusses in gruesome detail the necessity for the killers to drink the blood of their victims — or else risk insanity. ‘The Look of Silence’ changes the perspective on Indonesian genocide 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The outdoor staircase epitomizes the operative and symbolic logic of Mr. Piano’s design. New Whitney Museum Signifies a Changing New York Art Scene 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z In the new story, Black Panther receives an urgent message from a Wakandan operative who is in danger. Marvel Announces a New Black Panther Series 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Trump threatens to sue her and has claimed that Carroll is a some type of Democratic operative — apparently she was a time-traveling sleeper agent who waited two decades for Trump to become president. Eve Ensler on Donald Trump, rape culture and the "unreckoned history" of America 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z As the titular operative, George Clooney is torpid with the weight of his past. "The American": George Clooney's killer trip through Italy 2010-09-01T15:02:00Z Its operatives often befriend the organization’s targets using aliases and lull them into casual conversations in bars or restaurants that are then surreptitiously recorded. ABC News suspends correspondent David Wright after comments about Trump coverage, socialism, in Project Veritas sting 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z But now it seems as if the only operative distinction is between onscreen and off, the screen being where we work, socialize, shop, play and spiral into rabbit holes of anxiety and rage. We Watched Fall Film Festivals From Home. Here’s How It Went. 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z At the meeting, Elizabeth and Philip are in disguise as CIA operatives. “The Americans” recap: A daunting mission faces KGB spies 2014-04-03T16:03:00Z But competition is a good thing, says Brad Woodhouse, a longtime Democratic operative now fighting Obamacare repeal efforts with a group called Protect Our Care. Trump has been great for the economy. The anti-Trump economy, that is. 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z More than mere talking heads, they are experienced political operatives with gold-plated résumés, savvy networkers who have long known half of the District on a first-name basis and down both sides of the aisle. How two old-school Washington insiders became the cool kids of Trumpism 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z That reminded me of an apt West Wing episode, where a highly politicized, extremely conservative evangelical operative tries to get Josh Lyman fired and refers to his intolerable "New York sense of humor." How to Be a Jew in the Age of Trump? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Character: Former covert agent/survivalist/animal lover/pen pal Where do former covert operatives go to retire? Picking fights: Steven Seagal at 60 2011-04-11T17:15:59Z It's easy to come away from "Catch and Kill" relieved about never being a Weinstein or a Black Cube operative and leave it at that. Ronan Farrow's high-wire act: Why it matters that "Catch and Kill" is such a page-turner 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z We have it on good authority that Mr. Holland was immediately taken out back and shot by secret operatives of the “Five Myths About” media cartel. Gene Weingarten: Mythunderstood Loosely based on an 1894 terrorist incident in Greenwich Park in London, “The Secret Agent” offers disturbing portents about the rise of terrorist cells, covert operatives and bureaucratic complicity. Music Review: Retelling the Tale of a Terrorist Plot 2011-03-21T21:35:24Z Stevens’s troubling chapter about racism shows clearly how party operatives have capitalized on white resentment for decades. The Many Varieties of Donald Trump 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Except that "resting" proves to be the operative word – with the metallic miseries not as dormant as anyone thought. The Tomb of the Cybermen: Doctor Who classic episode #3 2013-03-18T15:29:00Z “Sincerely” and “root for” being the operative terms. Carolyn Hax: Niece’s post-college decisions are her own to make 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Amid a roomful of pollsters and operatives and politicians, it is Sue, the president’s unflappable executive assistant, who quickly and calmly calculates that if Virginia goes to O’Brien, then he wins. 'Veep' Season 4 Finale Recap: Ma'am Up 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z It seems an American abroad is always thought of as a C.I.A. operative, unless he’s on safari or sketching a French cathedral. T Magazine: Expatriot Games 2011-03-11T17:02:22Z It’s called the Moscow Project, which was a bummer for Zac Petkanas, another Democratic operative who wanted to call his own messaging start-up the Kremlin Project. Trump has been great for the economy. The anti-Trump economy, that is. 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The Doctor gets called in when intelligence operatives working for organizations are attacked without warning by strange alien forces that materialize out of nowhere. Before the first female 007 debuts, Jodie Whittaker's "Doctor Who" gets into the spy game 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Two other men — one a former political operative, the other a journalist — said they weren’t sure what to do when they heard her story more than a decade ago. The people she told: How bystanders grappled — or didn’t — with a story of sexual harassment 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z And "kill" is the operative word, with the series' notorious "fatalities" making a flamboyantly gory return. Review: Gory 'Mortal Kombat' as brain-dead as ever 2011-04-27T13:30:29Z It’s Sally, too, who concisely summarizes the savvy awareness of femme fatale operatives: “These men thought they were using me, but it was always the reverse; my power was making them think it wasn’t.” Review | In Lara Prescott’s ‘The Secrets We Kept,’ the CIA takes a novel approach to Cold War spycraft 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z In "All the Old Knives," Henry Pelham is the bitter party of one, a CIA operative in the agency's Vienna outpost. Olen Steinhauer's new novel reunites spies with a shared history 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Incidentally, Iridium seems also to be a great global surveillance tool, suggests Mr Bloom: half-a-dozen “government operatives” were stationed at the control centre of the reborn company. Highs and lows 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z And radio behemoth Rush Limbaugh, as quoted in HuffPost, jumped in with his view that Republicans don’t do this sort of thing, and a Democratic operative was the more likely culprit. Perspective | The connection between hateful rhetoric and terrorizing acts is glaringly obvious, but some refuse to see it 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z But I’ve been hung up on what, for me, is the operative word. Defining, and Proclaiming, a New Black Power 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Using the surveillance data supplied to them by intelligence officers, they’re going to sweep Medellín grid by grid, methodically purging each neighborhood of Escobar operatives before moving on to the next one. ‘Narcos’ Season 2, Episode 5: No Turning Back 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Feisty yet practical, Igor curries favor with the mistrusted CIA operative who turns up unexpectedly, while reminding Nicky it's just what they have to do. Review: 'Nikolai and the Others' bittersweet drama 2013-05-07T02:12:09Z Still, Bergman, a journalist based in Israel, managed to conduct a thousand interviews along the chain of command, from political leaders to intelligence operatives. ‘Rise and Kill First’ Shines Light on Israel’s Hidden Assassinations 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z In The Wire he played Norman Wilson, a newspaperman who became a political operative. House of Cards actor Reg E Cathey dies aged 59 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Advertisement She plays a C.I.A. field operative in Indonesia desperate to return home to her daughter, a meatier role than Ms. Rousey’s small part in “Entourage” this past summer. Ronda Rousey’s Next Fight: Body Image in Hollywood 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Neeson called the ex-boyfriend at his office and took on the persona of his "Taken" character, former CIA operative Bryan Mills. Liam Neeson uses his 'Taken' skills to help Maggie Grace 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z But some older issues are still in play, including the use of torture by sinister intelligence operatives who refer to their methods as “enhanced interrogation.” Television Review: Kiefer Sutherland Returns in ‘24: Live Another Day’ 2014-05-02T22:21:07Z He presides over a team of variously skilled operatives, and “Rabbit Hole” starts out looking like a “Leverage”-style variation on a caper series. In the Long, Paranoid Shadow of ‘24’ 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z It's based on the real-life story of US operatives who, with help from Hollywood, used a fake movie project to smuggle six US diplomats out of the Iranian capital during the crisis. Ben Affleck in Line of Sight for first-person military movie 2011-08-25T12:10:21Z The situation of the KGB operatives embedded in the suburbs of 1980s Washington is a scary, complicated mess. After Mad Men and Breaking Bad, what’s next for The Great American Drama? 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z The book begins in Afghanistan, where Israeli Mossad operative Talia Levine uses her relationship with defense contractor Bobby Taggart to orchestrate an attack on a high-ranking Hamas leader before disappearing from Bobby’s life. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels for March 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Soldiers go house to house in a war zone, searching for clues to the whereabouts of a top al Qaeda operative known as the Butcher, while Chris perches on a housetop looking for suspicious actors. Review: In American Sniper, Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper Are Right on Target 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z This is what political operatives refer to as some pretty big negatives, and is a further reminder of Trump’s deep divisiveness. Trump: The Man, the Meme 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Whether that’s a character growing stronger or growing into a more cynical political operative, I will leave to you to decide. How 'The Good Wife' Changed Feminism and Politics on TV 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Alexander, who described himself in a recent Facebook post as “a GOP communications operative,” first tweeted in late June that Harris was not an “American black” because she is of Jamaican and Indian heritage. After Trump’s ‘social-media summit,’ it’s business as usual for his online provocateurs 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The difference is that the operative question is no longer “when?” but “who?” What Is ‘Westworld’ Without Westworld? 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Having led one agency where some operatives wore T-shirts saying “Deny everything, admit nothing,” Hayden is nonetheless impassioned about the importance of empirical data to decision-making. Former C.I.A. Head Michael Hayden Warns of an ‘Assault on Intelligence’ 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z All but one of Flynn's 14 novels center on fictional character Mitch Rapp, an operative for the Central Intelligence Agency who targets Islamic militants and often takes extreme measures to achieve his goals. Vince Flynn, author of Mitch Rapp thriller series, dead from cancer 2013-06-19T18:30:42Z There are bright sparks such as Bobby Cannavale’s burger-loving operative who looks set to bring a New Yorker no-nonsense approach, which might add a bit of levity. Mr Robot or Mr Woebot? Why the hacker drama might need a restart 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The car, viewers of the three previous movies may recall, belongs to Frank Martin, an ex-military operative who rakes in euros helping criminals with getaways and other high-stakes errands. Review: ‘The Transporter Refueled’ Has a New Guy Behind the Wheel 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z He even hired a prominent former CIA covert operative to run a secret 8-year operation to spy on and divert an author who wanted to write a Feld family history. Ringling heirs go to trial over bereavement fight 2011-05-05T16:01:09Z CNN didn’t detail the allegations, which were contained in a series of memos written last year by a former British intelligence operative. Trump’s first news conference since election blasts a usual suspect: the media 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z "Zero Dark Thirty" is not unkind to the CIA: it shows the extraordinary lengths operatives and analysts went to to find the al Qaeda chief, with several dying during the manhunt. CIA officials invisible at Washington premiere of bin Laden film 2013-01-09T23:01:17Z And the latter two are moonlighting Republican operatives. Conventions often leave analysts star-struck 2012-09-08T16:16:04Z "This Means War": McG's new action film features Chris Pine and Tom Hardy as CIA operatives in a romantic triangle with Reese Witherspoon. Weekend Preview: Asian Night Market, Ellensburg cowboys 2012-02-15T20:29:05Z But it paved Ruddy’s path into higher levels of politics, as Republican operatives began tapping into his data-rich email lists to target potential voters. Chris Ruddy and Newsmax went all-in on Trump. Now they might pay a price for it. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z In 2016, a story twist made the hero an operative of Hydra, a Nazi-like organization that was out for world domination. Marvel Revises Comic in Which Captain America Called U.S. ‘Deeply Flawed’ 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z The movie stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham as an American operative and an English gun-for-hire, roles that became increasingly prominent in the ensembles of the last two “Fast and Furious” movies. ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Leads at the Box Office 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z In Mo, Channel 4's biopic of politician Mo Mowlam, realism is the operative word for Walters's performance as the "People's Politician". Young arts critics competition 2010: the winning entries 2010-10-20T22:00:00Z Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime Republican political operative who doesn’t mind playing rough, is back in the spotlight. Roger Stone Rides Donald Trump’s Well-Tailored Coattails 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Even on Tuesday morning, Bannon was preparing for the show, and he invited a friend, longtime political operative Patrick Caddell, to join him on a Wednesday broadcast to talk about immigration. Stephen K. Bannon leaves Breitbart after blowup over comments in Trump book 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Ailes produced a series of methodically orchestrated town halls jammed with audience members recruited by local Republican operatives. Master deceivers: When Roger Ailes met Richard Nixon 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z She plays a practising Christian and private security operative charged with infiltrating a shadowy eco-anarchist commune. The East star Brit Marling is a Hollywood connundrum 2013-06-28T13:00:00Z Ut was only 15 when his elder brother, another AP operative, was killed. The Vietnam war remembered in pictures ? review 2011-03-15T14:01:20Z The story still follows the exploits of McCall, a former covert operative turned guardian angel for the poor and exploited. A Queen becomes "The Equalizer": What it means when Black women take on legacy superhero roles 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z This action series was a hit for Cinemax over four American seasons — it followed British and U.S. operatives on high-risk, first-person-shooter missions in gorgeous locales around the world. What’s on TV Friday: Nas and ‘Strike Back’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z In this wily and often very funny story of double- and triple-crosses, a young CIA operative in Shanghai gets entangled with an enigmatic lover and an equally enigmatic businessman, either one or both possible spies. Adam Woog’s 10 best mysteries of 2013 2013-12-04T22:02:39Z He is also possibly a highly trained military operative/assassin. Four High-Octane New Thrillers 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Jessica Chastain, the winner at the Golden Globes, has been her main competition as a driven CIA operative searching for Osama bin Laden in “Zero Dark Thirty.” ‘Argo’ on a Roll with Big Win at SAG Awards 2013-01-28T11:03:01Z Political operatives would control the play-by-play from a corner office far from the action. 5 Election Comedies to Get You Ready for the Polls 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Or whether people want their data to be sold to political operatives. Mike Judge on ‘Silicon Valley,’ T.J. Miller’s Exit and How ‘Idiocracy’ Endures 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z “A lot of the people who joined Trump’s campaign weren’t the usual operatives, especially very early in the campaign,” answers Kaczynski, at work in CNN’s office in New York. Said something you’d like to forget? CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski won’t let it go. 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The operative flavor in this dish is not the potatoes, not the celery and not the dill. How to Make the Most of Those Cans of Sardines 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z “It doesn’t matter” is too close to “I don’t care what you are,” the operative words being “I don’t care.” Perspective | How Herman Munster can be so right about racism and still be a little bit wrong 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Hurd, a former undercover CIA operative and the only black Republican in the House, was once described by Politico as “the future of the GOP.” Can this PAC find more LGBTQ and minority candidates to run as Republicans? 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z A highly-trained assassin leaves a secret hide-out in Finland to eliminate a lethal enemy operative, risking life and limb to achieve a seemingly impossible objective. Young gun 2011-05-06T07:05:57Z Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone becomes embroiled in a case that involves a sect of warrior-monks and the election of a new pope. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Ford plays Rick Deckard, a burnt-out police operative charged with executing, or "retiring," androids that have defied authority and returned to Earth from a space colony. From the sci-fi mind of author Philip K. Dick to a movie screen 2011-03-05T00:27:18Z There was every reason to take these murderous threats seriously: the Bangladeshi Export Processing Zone Authority, which runs the free trade zone where the factories are located, is run by former military operatives. Sweatshops still make your clothes 2013-03-21T15:36:00Z The operative metaphor isn’t Han Solo’s sly courtship of Princess Leia. George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits 2012-01-17T16:33:29Z The operative metaphors in this case are the American Revolution and the colonial yeoman: Tom is an officer in a hastily formed militia that calls itself the Second Massachusetts, after the famous Continental Army regiment. Television Review: It?s Might Versus Right Versus Space Monster 2011-06-16T22:15:15Z And Wallace never asked Trump about his inaction on intelligence reports that Russian operatives offered bounties to insurgents in Afghanistan to kill American soldiers stationed there. Chris Wallace is uniquely qualified to interview Trump — and uniquely independent at Fox News 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z It quickly becomes a virtual city-within-a-city, its expanses demarcated into distinct zones of activity, all swarming with operatives. “Patriots Day,” a Police Procedural for the Age of Surveillance 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z “Interactive” is the operative word: Expect audience participation. Spare Times for May 9-15 2014-05-08T22:03:24Z Penn is in talks to star in Prone Gunman as an international operative named Martin Terrier, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Sean Penn set to star in film adaptation of The Prone Gunman 2012-11-13T11:01:28Z Neeson, 61, plays an ex-CIA operative in the series, which sees him taking bloody revenge a variety of thugs keen to mess with his family. Taken 3 to bag Liam Neeson $20m fee 2013-06-25T10:44:21Z While I’m not sure either party will be putting up any worthy presidential candidates in 2020, instating the popular vote is about more than the short-term apocalyptic scenarios most operatives are freaking out over now. Why doesn’t anyone know we’re incredibly close to replacing the Electoral College with the popular vote? 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z The patriarch is a former CIA operative who, despite his prickly exterior, is a decent enough fella— just don’t mention his son-in-law. Hello, Neighbor: Ranking Our 10 Favorite Movie Families 2013-09-19T17:03:15Z As she slides into decline, Katherine travels to Bonn to research why Beethoven devoted so many years to his famous Diabelli Variations — the subject of her monograph and the operative metaphor behind Kaufman’s play. Actors Co-op's fine revival of Moisés Kaufman’s '33 Variations' 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z “I’m through with people making decisions for me!” she said to Eli Gold, her husband’s political operative. Julianna Margulies on Alicia Florrick: 'She doesn’t give a damn any more' 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Smith orders a Bud Light, then slides into a side table with a couple other campaign operatives and a reporter or two. Biden’s spin doctors, Beto’s flop, a sea of sweat: The madness after the Miami debates. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z In three tries, over three visits, I am repeatedly a cryptologist, passed over for ‘‘intelligence operative,’’ ‘‘spycatcher’’ and other action roles I coveted. I Spy at New York’s Museum of Deception 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The world of Special Ops seems to be a new trend in publishing, but author Brad Taylor, a former Delta Force operative, knows how to unveil the behind-the-scenes action. ‘Days of Rage’ is fast-paced thriller 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z But when a trailer for “Irresistible,” a political satire written and directed by Jon Stewart, showed a Republican campaign operative licking the face of a Democratic rival, the gag was met with stony silence. The Last Picture Show? Moviegoers Cautiously Take a Seat 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z Confidence is the operative word here — coupled with an understanding that Albanians live by a rhythmic, improvisational code: Fill space when it’s free. Tirana, Breaking Free From Communist Past, Is a City Transformed 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Perhaps the creators of “Organized Crime” will find a way to showcase Meloni on his own terms, rather than reducing Stabler to a standard international-procedural operative. Review: The Return of Elliot Stabler 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Houghton, whose doctorate focused on the history of intelligence, says he discussed Alvictus with a few former Russian and American operatives, whom he declined to identify. Spy chic: What made this couple fall in love with a (possible) former safe house? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z In “To Be or Not to Be,” members of a Warsaw theater troupe pretend to be high-ranking Gestapo officers and Nazi operatives, and even Hitler himself. When We Laugh at Nazis, Maybe the Joke’s on Us 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Chastain won the Golden Globe best dramatic actress prize last weekend for and is considered the Oscar frontrunner for her role as the CIA operative Maya. Jessica Chastain tops US box office with Mama and Zero Dark Thirty 2013-01-21T17:20:41Z One woman said he appeared wearing only an open robe when a young campaign operative was summoned to deliver information to his hotel room. ‘I don’t want to sit on your lap,’ she thought. But, she alleges, Mark Halperin insisted. 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z No character is more of a cipher than the shadowy government operative Matt — which in part prompted Mr. Brolin to turn down the role at first. Emily Blunt Plunges Into the Drug War’s Morass in ‘Sicario’ 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Bill Paxton, who plays a ruthless, southern CIA operative who pries information from suspects about the missing money through games of Russian roulette, described Washington as "a great comedic actor." Who knew? Denzel Washington reveals comedic flair in '2 Guns' 2013-07-31T18:39:05Z Cultural “optimization” is also a part of the club’s makeup; anyway, there is an amorphous operative notion that members share what Mr. DeRitis, the cultural curator, calls a “sensibility.” Portals to Power 2011-06-17T19:58:06Z Her story was politicized from the start: It was seized by a Republican operative, who urged her to go public at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the right’s annual activist spectacle. Paula Jones, Reconsidered 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z She inspired Juliana, the heroine of “High Castle,” who has no trouble slashing a Nazi operative’s throat, as well as a number of shrill, carping, unhappy wives in other books. Anne R. Dick, Memoirist and Writer’s Muse, Is Dead at 90 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z They would not have been able to turn them on anyway, because in advance of the assault CIA operatives had cut off electricity to the entire neighbourhood. The death of Osama bin Laden: how the US finally got its man 2012-10-12T22:00:09Z Revealed as a political instrument invested in controlling access to elite services and positions, the university’s task is to reproduce dominant sociocultural structures commonly understood, however vaguely, as the operative hierarchies of “power.” The ivory tower doesn’t exist: Mizzou’s boycott victory can’t be dismissed as just another “campus p.c. culture” controversy 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z That reminded me of an apt West Wing episode, where a highly politicized, extremely conservative evangelical operative tries to get Josh Lyman fired and refers to his intolerable "New York sense of humor." How to Be a Jew in the Age of Trump? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z They just happen not to be operative at this moment in time. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z The company is now weathering a problem with Captain America, who is currently an operative of Hydra, a Nazi-like organization. Black Panther Spinoff Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates Will Be Canceled 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Farragut North Political operatives maneuver during a presidential campaign in Iowa in this drama from “House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Sept. 3-10: 'Once' at South Coast Rep and more 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z In this age of instantly tweetable snark, warmth and kindness seem to be the operative terms at the new "Late Late Show." James Corden plans to inject warmth into late-night snark arena 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z A canny Cambridge police superintendent refers to Sir Aidan as “one of yours” — meaning that he was most certainly an undercover operative working for Joe and investigating something fishy. ‘Diana’s Altar’ by Barbara Cleverly beckons fans of P.D. James 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z But in such films the focus is on the Americans characters, whether soldiers, C.I.A. operatives or businessmen, rather than the society itself or the interaction of Americans with local people and their customs. Film: Hollywood Ignores East-West Exchange 2011-03-18T20:48:41Z The books, the first of which will be released next year, will draw on many of her own experiences as a former undercover operative, as well as invented ones. In Novels, an Ex-Spy Returns to the Fold 2011-03-18T22:32:52Z Desperate to help her sister and protect her baby son, Tessa is dragged further and further into a shadowy, dangerous world of weapons caches, undercover operatives, police informants and bugging operations. They Hooked Up at Her Bachelorette Party. Now He’s Stalking Her. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z C.I.A. staffers deride and disregard the operatives, and play down the dangers in Libya. ‘13 Hours’ Gives Benghazi Attack Cinematic Treatment 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z I asked him if the operative word in that sentence was “settle,” and he agreed. He was up for another date, but was she? 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The early episodes of “Snowfall” tread lightly over the subject, following a CIA operative who’s painted as more of a freelancer than the tip of some larger spear. With FX’s ‘Snowfall,’ John Singleton returns to 1980s South Central L.A. 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Now Gary Oldman takes the role of the misnamed Smiley; if this stolid operative were to crack a grin, his face would surely shatter. Postcards from Venice: 10 for the Show 2011-09-09T02:50:00Z In this lacklustre movie, plays the brilliant CIA operative Evelyn Salt, who goes on the run after being denounced by a Russian defector as a long-time mole planted in the US as a child. Salt 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z But the weeks leading up to the Iowa caucuses proved the perfect setting for the start of Alex’s relationship with Republican operative Derek Flowers. 12 dates in 12 states: Finding love on the campaign trail 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Cut off from the embassy, they flee to Rafiq's home, where his family sizes up Alex to decide if he's secretly a CIA operative. Aasif Mandvi bridges East-West gap on 'Daily' basis and now HBO 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z The operative word here isn’t American or Chinese but Disney. ‘American Born Chinese’ Review: We’re All Walt’s Children 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z National Bird includes its own drone footage, a re-creation of the killing of more than a dozen innocent people by drone operatives who mistook them for insurgents. 'The PTSD stems from this dirty work': new film documents regretful drone pilots 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Some political operatives might cynically use the possibility of de-extinction to advance more logging, mining, or oil drilling. De-extinction won’t make us better conservationists! 2013-09-06T12:40:00Z Its operatives often have gained access to their targets by using false identities and by lying about or failing to disclose their actual intentions. Analysis | What the latest James O’Keefe video leaves out 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z But that may not be necessary for any veteran operative, whose main concern may be staying alive long enough to enjoy retirement. In its final mission "Archer" takes a hard look at whether this agent deserves to be called super 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Many local political operatives declare their region the key to victory. All eyes are on Wisconsin, the state that’s gearing up to define the presidential election 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z He also received a commendation from the Central Intelligence Agency for the disguises he created for operatives. The Carpetbagger: De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson Are Supporting Actor Hopefuls 2012-12-19T23:28:11Z The book draws the attention of comics nerds and of a pair of nondescript but lethal operatives who do a lot of damage at a convention where the “Utopia” manuscript is offered for sale. ‘Utopia’ Review: Alice in Pandemic Land 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z It’s a shift from the last midterm campaign, when it was clear to Democratic Party operatives that the first lady was reserving her popularity for her husband’s reelection bid. Michelle Obama out in full force for ‘Barack’s last campaign’ It's something the operative explains was supposed to happen years ago – at least since 1992, she says, when the wars were originally supposed to occur. "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" ventures into the wrath of Khan's legacy through his descendent 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z For instance, their film is rooted — more by cinematic choice than by historical necessity — in the experience of a young American intelligence operative, Maya, who is portrayed by Jessica Chastain. ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ by Kathryn Bigelow, Focuses on Facts 2012-11-24T01:19:03Z At the height of the Cold War, a CIA operative and a KGB agent join forces to stop an international criminal organization. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z It’s possible — more likely, certainly, than a set of wedding guests unwittingly divided between C.I.A. operatives and Russian sleeper agents. Dangers Close to Home: Four New Domestic Thrillers 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement “I am not a rich person,” he tells a political operative at one point. Review: ‘Narcos’ Follows the Rise and Reign of Pablo Escobar 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Sulky, petulant, wary — all these initially seem true of Barbara, so much so that you may forget that this unflattering, condescending characterization has been made by a Stasi operative. Movie Review: ‘Barbara,’ Directed by Christian Petzold 2012-12-20T21:52:52Z The singer Ericka Kingston goes off against an anonymous bully operative, her voice so enraged it sounds like another guitar. New Albums: Blackball’s Stylish Distortion, Lesley Flanigan’s Choral Hypnosis 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative's memories and skills are implanted into the mind of an unpredictable death-row inmate so he can complete the mission. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z When the National Republican Senatorial Committee heard that Sullivan lived next to Manchin, the Republican operative says, they asked if he might have any intel to share. Washington’s hottest club is Joe Manchin’s houseboat 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z As he relates, Russian operatives spread false, inflammatory stories through social media. The Rivalry That Forged the Cold War 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Jenn Charles, the young security-firm operative who helps recruit Gibson for a special project, is put off at first by his hostile demeanor. ‘The Short Drop’ review: Deadly politics 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z That included working as semi-skilled operatives, teachers and saleswomen — just to name a few common occupations at the time. "How to Fix a Pageant" director on 2022 Miss USA scandal: "It was clear something was not right" 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z But Mr. Sheridan, who also avoided injecting a romantic theme into his script for “Sicario,” in which Emily Blunt played an F.B.I. operative, has different, more serious reasons for making this character a woman. Review: Murder Mystery on the Reservation in ‘Wind River’ 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Could, for example, corporate lobbyists or political operatives sign on and seek to influence the Times’s coverage? The New York Times will fly you around the world for $135,000. Is that a problem? 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z "The Player," starring Wesley Snipes and Philip Winchester, is a thriller set in Las Vegas about a former military operative working as a security expert. NBC renews 'Mysteries of Laura,' orders 'Game of Silence' and 'The Player' 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z Back in the day, some operatives bested one another with card and coin tricks. Four Books About the C.I.A.’s Exploits and Secrets 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z At the same time, as a favor to a powerful sometime lover famed for his business prowess and hard partying, she’s dispatched a pair of bickering yet deadly operatives to Hong Kong. Four High-Octane New Thrillers 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z A festival operative standing in front of the stage, hollering praise during the music like a running commentary. Music Review: McCoy Tyner Helps Claim a Corner of a Harlem Park for Jazz 2010-08-29T22:37:00Z “We’ve all had times of twisting in the proverbial wind,” says Donna Brazile, the longtime Democratic operative currently serving as her party’s interim chair. What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump? Ask Sean Spicer in a few months. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z But she reached hundreds of sources who did want to talk: longtime conservative campaign operatives, business associates, political opponents and political finance scholars. ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Hayley is one of those preternaturally talented solo operatives skilled in every endeavor, from her physical stamina to her administrative competence to her Jason Bourne-like cool in the face of near-death experiences. Four High-Octane New Thrillers 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z While 52 others were held hostage at the embassy, the six Americans were hidden by Canadian authorities, who worked with U.S. operatives to concoct an elaborate scheme to get them out of the country. Affleck thanks Canada with 'Argo' at Toronto fest 2012-09-08T22:31:04Z It requires teamwork and networks of operatives and in one instance a lamp moved on a windowsill to send a signal. Review: It’s 1996, and Jack Reacher Is Playing Nice With Others 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z “Once an operative has broken into the plane, he will likely be able to take off and fly away without attracting any notice,” Emerson claims. 4 books to get you ready for anything in the new year — from bears to spies 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z But Saul contends there is “compelling evidence” that an ISI operative was involved. 'Homeland' recap: Uncovering conspiracy is 'game changer' 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z "Impending" is the operative word here, because actually the diss never comes. New band of the day – Zebra Katz (No 1,338) 2012-08-24T17:02:24Z “It’s important to show,” he wrote to me, “that, for many of the operatives pretending to back the president here, this is just a grift.” Perspective | How to cover a coup — or whatever it is Trump is attempting 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z For much of the liberal U.S. press here, the former covert operative at the center of the Bush Administration CIA leak scandal is the definition of star quality. Countdown to Zero: Valerie Plame at the End of the World 2010-08-02T16:30:00Z Charles Boxer, ex-cop and soldier, is a private operative specializing in resolving kidnappings. Crime fiction from Sicily and Britain, and true tales of famous corpses 2013-03-07T20:45:06Z Ever since, this Mr. C — played by MacLachlan with long hair and tough-guy leathers — has become some kind of criminal kingpin, with operatives spread across the country. ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episodes 1-2: Back in Style 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z As their best bits circulate online and get picked up by TV pundits and campaign operatives alike, they help drive the political debate. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z One can’t help but note the operative “if” in all this: If I ever. Perspective | Ellen DeGeneres is sorry. ‘Ellen’ the talk show is still forcing a smile. 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z When a work is seen firsthand in a museum gallery, however, fluctuating visibility is part of its operative dynamic. Tuning Out Digital Buzz, for an Intimate Communion With Art 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z While at its core "All the Old Knives" is a poignant reunion between a couple who were once passionate lovers, it is also a tense cat-and-mouse game between skilled operatives. Olen Steinhauer's new novel reunites spies with a shared history 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z She’s been betrayed by a fellow operative and imprisoned in a German concentration camp; she has returned a burnt-out case. In Simon Mawer’s ‘Tightrope,’ a Female Spy Masters the Tools of Her Trade 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The operatives even have a “Men in Black” quality, at one point donning sunglasses and flashing something like a neuralyzer at bystanders as they stride away from a scene — though it’s probably just a cellphone. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “During the campaign, I viewed myself as a political operative who viewed things as open warfare,” he said. Why BuzzFeed teamed with a far-right figure to break the John Conyers scandal 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z News of the World operatives reportedly deleted some messages from the phone's voice mail, giving the girl's parents false hope she was still alive. Britain's News of the World publishes final edition 2011-07-09T23:40:04Z Admittedly, that is far less startling than other theories floated over the years, which attributed the theft to Vatican operatives, Irish Republican Army militants, Middle Eastern emirs and greedy billionaires. Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Dunn spent five years as a field operative in MI6, so we must assume the tradecraft in his debut novel is authentic. Thrillers: John O'Connell's choice ?reviews 2011-08-12T21:55:12Z Like the original, big is the operative word at this high-energy burger joint and bar in the Elements complex. You won't leave Bellevue's Lunchbox Laboratory hungry 2012-04-12T20:15:10Z Based on the assessments and my key spy qualities — determination, empathy and having a “team player” mentality — I was predestined to be an intelligence operative. From undercover to underwater: Four new Times Square attractions offer a variety of immersive experiences 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Returning repeatedly to the notions of deception, betrayal and performance — the movie’s three philosophical pillars — he coaxes Cornwell through his spectacularly unsettled childhood to his career as a young operative in the British Secret Service. ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ Review: Thinker, Player, Searcher, Spy 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z In truth, there are few sights more grimly portentous than an erstwhile Mouse operative under the impression that they are going rogue. Miley Cyrus has bared her breasts, hoping to break free of Disney 2013-05-02T17:47:50Z Reporters Oliver Steeds and Will West were there to investigate why the operative word in that sentence is "see" and not "treat". Unreported World 2010-10-01T22:00:00Z Meantime, there's yet another plot to foil as, on a ship in Tangier, handsome Lucas joins battle with terrorists led by a Somalian al-Qaida operative. Tonight's TV highlights 2010-09-20T07:00:00Z For most of these places, “tiny” is the operative word. Fawning over fauna: A guide to Tokyo’s menagerie of animal cafes 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Neither is the notion that if one, or two, or 10 went off the reservation, government operatives would be on top of the situation enough to keep tabs on them, if not stop them entirely. USA’s Bourne spinoff “Treadstone” feels retro and exactly what’s needed today 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z In the war of movies about heroic CIA operatives fighting Islamic bad guys in Western Asia, the nicer one took the big prizes at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 70th Golden Globe Awards. The Golden Globe Awards: Big Wins for Argo and Les Misérables 2013-01-14T09:59:52Z Under territorial imperatives long operative at the Met, Mughal material falls within the purview of the Asian — as opposed to Islamic — department. The New Season: Asia Dominates New Season of Art Shows 2011-09-18T04:00:09Z Comedy duo Ed Gaughan and Andrew Buckley play Mr Davis and Mr Bennett, two bickering operatives for a psychic cleansing company wandering the Peak District. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z Will Smith could only attend through video message to tease Ang Lee’s “Gemini Man,” an action film about an assassin facing an operative who “can predict his every move.” Paramount brings ‘Rocketman,’ new ‘Terminator’ to CinemaCon 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Penguin Prison, a dance-pop operative, presumably aiming at happy feet rather than "bird". Pop in 2011: a preview 2011-01-02T00:05:13Z And so he considered the possibility of operatives lurking nearby. Make wine and kill the king: The legendary vineyard at the heart of a grand European conspiracy 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Conversation between the men is monitored by a team of C.I.A. operatives. What’s on TV This Week: ‘144’ and ‘Pride’ 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Steinhauer is justly celebrated as the creator of the TV series “Berlin Station” and the author of several spy novels, including a series centering on an operative named Milo Weaver. A New Thriller Imagines a Revolt Against the Corporate Order 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z This is the real deal, the author seems to growl, the stakes are life and death, and let me tell you life is cheap to these international operatives/organized criminals/mercenary thugs. “Whisky Tango Foxtrot”: A techno-thriller with a soul 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z His operatives believed that Maine's libertarian streak, its antipathy toward government and the increasing strength of tea-party-affiliated voters in the Republican Party would be a good fit for his views. Mitt Romney wins Maine caucuses 2012-02-11T23:35:00Z In the show's title, "Revolution in the Making," the operative word is making. New gallery adds another dimension with its spacious 'Abstract Sculpture by Women' 1947-2016 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z But that statement raised its own set of questions, such as: Why was it “disgusting” for a political operative employed by CNN to try to help a candidate she has promoted on CNN? CNN chief says Brazile’s leaks to Clinton camp were ‘disgusting’ 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Zero Dark Thirty is a thriller about the killing of Osama Bin Laden, focusing on the role of a female CIA operative in the hunt for the al-Qaeda leader. VIDEO: Zero Dark Thirty's Oscar buzz 2012-12-11T01:09:49Z “Developed by highly trained operatives who regularly face life-threatening conditions, these skills push the limits of human endurance, precision, and ingenuity,” Emerson proclaims. 4 books to get you ready for anything in the new year — from bears to spies 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z The operative word is “presence,” which Beans has plenty of. ‘Bold Enough to Go Full-Tilt’: Gabby Beans Is Playing to the Balcony 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Whether the antagonists are Russians or Islamic fundamentalists, the cat and mouse game is fundamentally the same — elaborate set-ups, secrets traded, lies, betrayals, covert operatives, criminal acts. A new era of secrets and spies in Hollywood 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The father’s release complicates Doron’s mission, which is to find the boxer’s cousin, a Hamas operative. ‘Bosch’ and ‘Fauda’: The Platonic Ideal of the Tough Guy 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The operative idea seems to be that all art is fundamentally political and artists will find their own themes. 3 Knockout Art Shows to See in Los Angeles Right Now 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z While “enemy” may give the title its juice, the operative word is “know” — and, possibly, emulate? Two ‘Leftist Bros’ Dive Into Conservatism to ‘Know Your Enemy’ 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z In a later scene, an undercover Mitchell observes Bill at a rally and concludes that this operative must actually be invested in the movement — either that or he’s a terrific actor. ‘Judas’ Is the Latest Political Movie to Punt on Politics 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z At the International Spy Museum in Washington, visitors are turned into operatives and sent on a mission around the city to stop agents from selling classified information to foreign spies. Group Adventures, With a Sense of Play 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Southern New Jerseyans refer to it exclusively as pork roll, which is a debate for another day, because the operative word in all of this is: order. This 2-ingredient spread makes any egg sandwich so much better 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Nearly 5,500 of them went to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington in 1981, including the famous “cracked plate” portrait of Lincoln, a one-off outtake by Gardner, one of Brady’s operatives. Yale’s Beinecke Library Buys Vast Collection of Lincoln Photos 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Gardner: In most 9/11 narratives, the perpetrators — Al Qaeda operatives, plotters and financiers — are often absent. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z Guests kept calling the lefty political operative’s house “the white palace.” It’s not a party without Joe Biden: Scenes from the correspondents’ dinner aftermath 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z So he hired a Mississippi operative to organize a campaign for the imaginary candidate, Hal Philip Walker, whose hollow platitudes are pumped over a loudspeaker throughout the film. Why Robert Altman's brilliant 'Nashville' never had a sequel 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Rose Valland, whose role is depicted briefly by Cate Blanchett in the film, was a French Resistance operative who spied on the Nazis and showed herself able to shoot and drink with the boys. Not All Monuments Men Were Men 2014-01-29T18:13:42Z Mr. Hammett, we understand, was once a Pinkerton’s operative, and he probably knows there is very little romance about the detective business. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The procedure will be operative through at least May 31, then potentially adjusted or extended depending on the latest developments of the COVID-19 outbreak. Social distancing: Delta starts back-to-front boarding process during coronavirus pandemic 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The group also instructs its operatives not to lie to federal officials, or to engage in forgery, or to carry fake identification cards, he said. Is it okay for James O’Keefe’s ‘investigative reporting’ to rely on deception? 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z This question keeps Democratic operatives lying awake at night. What Is Georgia’s Political Future? 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z It then indicted the I.R.A. for interfering in the election, as well as other Russian operatives for hacking the Democrats. Why the Mueller Investigation Failed 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z From the beginning, it would have been easy to center "Homeland" exclusively around Carrie, the bipolar but essentially valiant CIA operative even when she became determined to unmask recently rescued POW Brody as a traitor. 'Homeland' and Carrie still fighting the good fight 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Its operative definition seems to transform, according to who is uttering it, to the point of incoherence. “Real Americans” vs. “Coastal Elites”: What right-wing sneers at city dwellers really mean 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Hollywoodization, voluntary or not, is the operative word when it comes to both “Joy Luck Club” and “Pachinko.” ‘Pachinko’ Review: K-Drama, American-Style 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The operative literary device is the double entendre. ‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’ Review: Cinema Pinot Grigio 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z By the mid-1980s when the main story is set, these caped crusaders have either quietly retired, defied the ban and kept going, become shady government operatives, or leveraged their celebrity into business. Auteurs assemble! What caused the superhero backlash? 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Members of the undercover unit, career operatives in their late 30s and 40s, show tenderness toward their children and lovers at home, and then go off and commit torture and worse. ‘Fauda,’ an Israeli TV Hit, Lets Viewers Escape — Into the Conflict 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z "People are scared to death" about the direction of the country, said a longtime GOP operative who works for another candidate. Palin and a real presidential run 2011-09-02T23:36:00Z After a short stint as an analyst, she was selected as an operative. Perspective | The 10 books to read in October 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z But direct conversations with the operatives persuaded him otherwise. ‘13 Hours’ Gives Benghazi Attack Cinematic Treatment 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The entertainment company stepped back after the Navy moved to protect the naming rights for the unit of elite operatives that killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. Disney withdraws Navy SEAL trademark application 2011-05-25T23:00:48Z Hoffman plays an anguished German intelligence operative in the movie, who’s trying to prevent further terrorist attacks without stomping on anyone’s human rights. EXCLUSIVE: Watch Philip Seymour Hoffman Talk About His Last Film 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The outcast intelligence operative on “Burn Notice” on USA is cheekier than James Bond in the Roger Moore years. 2010-01-15T04:09:00Z "November Man" stars former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan as an ex-CIA operative recruited for a mission that pits him against a former pupil. 'Guardians of the Galaxy' wins weekend, tops this year's box office universe 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z It even begins exactly where the most recent season of “The Americans” ended, with a female Communist operative looking in amazement at a TV carrying Ronald Reagan’s “evil empire” speech. Summer TV: New Series, Mini-Series and Movies for Those Bored With the Beach 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z He came of age as an operative for Richard Nixon in the ’70s and has since lobbied for and worked with Lee Atwater, Ukrainian politicians, casino operators, and various other GOP outfits. Politics is a “blood sport”: Roger Stone on his CNN ban, the “real” Donald Trump and the billionaire’s scheme to lure delegates 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The Tea Party, a supposedly independent group of fiscal conservatives outraged by Obama’s profligate spending plans, fell prey to the hysteria Republican Party operatives whipped up over end-of- life counseling. GOP insider: Religion destroyed my party 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z Ms. Zimmer, who played a world-weary political reporter on the Netflix series “House of Cards,” here perfectly captures Republican operatives’ contempt for a press corps they view as in the tank for the enemy. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom’ Returns, With Some New Faces and Issues 2013-07-12T21:33:38Z Lloyd Owen, as a CIA operative on whom past derelictions in Iran weigh heavily, is both forceful and wary, using his wonderful rumble voice to suggest an edge of unearned authority. The Human Comedy; Blood and Gifts; Accomplice 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z The message, according to prosecutors, was an attempt by Mr. Stone, a Republican political operative and longtime adviser to President Trump, to advise his associate to mimic Pentangeli’s obtuseness. The Lore of ‘The Godfather’ Resurfaces at Roger Stone’s Trial 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z He snapped up several key Pawlenty staffers, including the ex-candidate's top state advisor and four field operatives with great knowledge of the state's political workings. Campaigns in high gear in Iowa 2011-09-30T05:17:00Z While training a new operative, Malotru tells her: “You don’t recruit. You describe.” ‘Occupied’ and ‘The Bureau’: Two Gripping European Thrillers 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z “I’m sorry, but when you’re out on the streets and you think a terrorist might be following you,” she continued, referring to her time as an undercover operative, “you’ve got to be emotionless.” This Democrat thinks his opponent has an advantage because she’s a woman. Is he right? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Aaron, who’s as ingenious and lethally skilled as Bourne, is one of a handful of enhanced operatives to come out of Outcome. Movie Review: ‘The Bourne Legacy’ 2012-08-09T16:33:27Z This reporter scanned the room somewhat desperately for political operatives and located Donna Brazile, the Democratic strategist. James Comey’s Book Party Was Larded With Journalists 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z The true story of the primitive efforts of an underground group of operatives is what both Bell and Silverstein think will surprise audiences. George Washington's spy ring comes alive in AMC drama 'Turn' 2014-04-04T22:28:17Z But none sparked controversy like Zero Dark Thirty, in which he plays a CIA operative for one scene. Oscars 2013: six memorable cameo performances 2013-02-22T07:00:00Z Delicious is the operative word in several of the comments, and where wine is concerned delicious is the only thing that matters. A New Restaurant, Frenchette, Stands Up for Natural Wines 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Those considerations, more than any particular fine-arts aesthetic, are the operative factors in "The Talent Show." The Henry's 'The Talent Show' winks at the camera 2011-07-07T19:29:04Z Actor Carter Hudson, who portrays a CIA undercover operative, says it was “really weird” to be there without Singleton. ‘Snowfall’ cast remembers late producer at Season 3 premiere 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, private, idiosyncratic and even paranoid belief systems are operative. Inspiration Made Concrete in ‘Self-Taught Genius’ Exhibition 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The operative lesson from the past, at least from this curated offering of former metropolises, seems to be that human culture is a plastic thing. Searching for Our Urban Future in the Ruins of the Past 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Action comedy My Spy stars retired wrestler Dave Bautista as a “hardened CIA operative” who finds himself looking after a precocious nine-year-old after he is sent to spy on her family. Big man, small kid: why the bodybuilding babysitter is a recipe for movie success 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z And “man” is the operative word – it was the actors’ hulking physiques, torsos bared at every turn, that were the stars of the show. Brawn again: why Hollywood's muscle heroes are bigger than ever 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z But the biggest mystery is why the FBI’s “most naturally gifted deep-cover operative” would drive the same suburban-dad car every time he goes undercover. TNT's New Spy Show Legends Stars a Hyundai 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Subtlety and finesse are the operatives in what will be one of the best recordings of the work for some time. CD review: An enlightened new recording of de Lalande 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z "Mincemeat" features some of the same characters, eccentric British intelligence operatives with exceedingly vivid imaginations. Great writers of spy fiction have often been spies themselves 2010-05-21T20:12:00Z Nixon is despised by his colleagues in Congress and the White House, and his closest and most enduring ties are to a pair of KGB operatives, Arkady and Tatiana. In Austin Grossman's supernatural novel, 'Crooked,' Richard Nixon meets H.P. Lovecraft 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The operative word in this definition is “thinking.” How to deal with parent-guilt in a million easy steps 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Goldstone is not exactly a savvy political operative. Rob Goldstone, Trump Intermediary, Likes Silly Hats and Facebook 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z The operative word in this latter world, we learn, is “inappropriate.” Perspective | NBC’s questioning of Ivanka Trump was more than appropriate. It should be just the start. 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Josh, a former C.I.A. operative, is tasked with extracting information from a dangerous double agent. Theater Listings for Nov. 14-20 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z They assign a Section 20 special female operative from MI6 to pose as a doctor, pretend to find him irresistible and, well, give him a free shag basically, on the MoD. Chris Ryan's Strike Back and Timothy Spall: Somewhere At Sea 2010-05-06T07:00:00Z Are there Democratic operatives out there right now video-splicing together a reel of all his references to “my trustee”? The Morning After: To the Moon! 2012-01-27T15:29:37Z One foil he sometimes cites for “Show Me a Hero” is “The West Wing,” an “aspirational” show populated by impossibly clever White House operatives whose intrigues bore little resemblance to how political sausage gets made. David Simon of ‘The Wire’ finds drama in public housing. But will the public tune in? 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Out of the mayhem emerge three “witches,” a woman and two men: American-sounding covert operatives spreading unrest and looking for a puppet to be their next tin-pot dictator. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z She plays Maya, a CIA operative—based on a real-life person—dedicated to following the lead that eventually would guide agents to Osama bin Laden. Jessica Chastain: The Oscar-Nominated Star Talks About Playing the “Girl” Who Got bin Laden 2013-01-11T13:00:20Z His scarred operative deals with the traumas of combat and his politician brother. This week's new films 2011-03-12T00:07:12Z When the Tennessee factory becomes fully operative this summer, Puritan will be able to increase total monthly production to around 300 million swabs. It’s the golden age of the swab, a 99-year-old invention that has never been more crucial 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z “Covert Affairs” is a spy show about a blond operative who can speak Russian. | 'Covert Affairs': USA?s ?Covert Affairs? Evokes a Cold War Feeling 2010-07-12T21:49:00Z Four of the five operatives, Mr. Stoff said, joined the writer and producer in presenting the project to Hollywood studios. ‘13 Hours’ Gives Benghazi Attack Cinematic Treatment 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z G. Gordon Liddy, the swaggering campaign operative who masterminded the Democratic National Committee burglary, is 86 years old, and Dean hasn’t heard from him in three or four years. John Dean experienced Watergate from inside. He’s watching Donald Trump closely. 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z In “The Black Minutes,” which first appeared in Spanish in 2006, Mr. Solares offers two memorable Mexican variants on the hard-boiled operative struggling to maintain his integrity in a moral cesspool. Books Of The Times: Noir in Sunny Mexico, Mart?n Solares?s ?Black Minutes? 2010-05-31T23:37:00Z First, let me say that despite how Hollywood depicts CIA operatives, it's truly a team effort. "Countdown to Zero": Valerie Plame Wilson's new anti-nuke crusade 2010-07-23T01:02:00Z The film’s depiction of Mr. Faraj being cornered by male operatives disguised in burqas, he said, closely adheres to his reporting. ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ by Kathryn Bigelow, Focuses on Facts 2012-11-24T01:19:03Z And now, some of its key operatives are seeking another endorsement: not from their partisan peers, but from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Perspective | The 2020 Democratic National Convention won with viewers. Now its organizers hope to win an Emmy. 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine another sound that could better reflect the operative word of the tune’s title, French for “shards” or “sparkles.” The Playlist: Drake Preps for a Return, and 12 More New Songs 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s estimated that fewer than 100 of these original operatives are still alive, and Pinck, a private investigator by day, devotes more hours than he’s willing to quantify to ensuring that they are remembered. As the last WWII spies die off, a private eye hopes to build a museum to keep their legacy alive 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z At the same time, some studio operatives — in carefully cloaked conversations — are trying to capitalize on accusations in pursuit of awards. As Red Carpets Roll Out, Spotlight Stays on Harassment 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Next up is the David Ayer action thriller Ten, in which Schwarzenegger will play the commander of an elite squad of DEA operatives. Arnold Schwarzenegger lines up Toxic Avenger reboot 2013-05-14T10:57:46Z Despite the album's title, Allen is less a covert operative than a revered ambassador. KEXP World Music Festival features Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen 2010-06-17T20:20:00Z We watch as Paige, whose brother died in the Iraq War, develops from a marginal figure in the movement to one of its shrewdest operatives. 'American Subversive': A suspenseful novel of domestic terrorism 2010-05-12T23:21:00Z Drawing upon a wealth of research, he argues that certain professions tend to attract people with psychopathic tendencies: physicians, special forces operatives, police officers, spies, lawyers, journalists and also politicians. 'The Wisdom of Psychopaths': coldhearted and competent 2012-11-20T21:35:24Z It’s 1961, and Frank, a former C.I.A. operative, has been living in Moscow with his wife for years after defecting from the United States. Paperback Row 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z But Mr. Holzer, a historian and former Democratic operative in New York, found Lincoln fascinating enough to write or edit 52 books about him, with two more in the works. A Trove of Lincoln Artifacts Heads to Auction 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z As April, the errant daughter of a corrupt political operative, Lohan makes her entrance in "Machete" passed out on a filthy mattress in a drug den surrounded by gun-toting ruffians. Lindsay Lohan returns to theaters, as naked junkie 2010-09-01T11:50:00Z His cavorting at a Time magazine gala — documented in the celebrity selfies he posted on social media the same night Trump virtually locked up the nomination — irked many despondent Republican operatives. What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump? Ask Sean Spicer in a few months. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Political operatives in Florida are as aware as anyone that language is a powerful tool. Perspective | Fans of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill have a new favorite word: ‘grooming’ 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z By Neil Smith Entertainment reporter, BBC News, in Cannes Actress Naomi Watts has revealed she suffered physical abuse as part of her preparation for a new film in which she plays a former CIA operative. Getting tough 2010-05-20T14:50:00Z I was so frustrated with how female operatives are portrayed. Valerie Plame welcomes new breed of fictional female spy in Zero Dark Thirty 2012-12-15T16:11:14Z Among the handful Oliver Stone’s “W.” looked at George W. Bush, and George Hickenlooper took aim at Republican politicians and operatives with “Casino Jack” last year. Political Plotlines in Liberal Doses 2011-06-22T22:13:03Z Yet under everything this pessimistic operative is also an idealist, someone who gets personally involved. Taut 'A Most Wanted Man' showcases Hoffman's final performance 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The Republican operative has long expected to be indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, and FBI agents raided Stone’s home early Friday morning — and court documents revealed new details about the probe. Meghan McCain takes down "bastard from hell" Roger Stone: "He is a traitor who should rot in jail" 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z When the accusations first surfaced this summer, it shocked many feminists that Ms. Estrich, of all people, would represent Mr. Ailes, a take-no-prisoners political operative and the guiding force of Fox News. The Curious Case of Susan Estrich 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The mission goes wrong, in an escalating series of disasters that include a violent confrontation with a family of Brazilian wrestlers and a crucial operative’s dropping dead after a racquetball match. Review: Amazon’s ‘Patriot’ Takes the Spy Thriller to a New Place 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The only operative politics I could detect was Lookism: as in, this looks better than that, which doesn’t inspire large ideas. New York Fashion Week: Male Models at the Line of Beauty ? NY Fashion Week 2011-09-16T23:20:18Z She married Shawn Steel, a prominent Republican operative, with whom she has two kids, and has a long history in Orange County government, including the Board of Supervisors. An Orange County House race has become an Asian American culture clash 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z As readers of spy fiction know, every secret agent has a handler, the person to whom the undercover operative reports. 'The Green Prince' is a real-world spy thriller 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z But it took decades of social conditioning before “walk” became the operative syllable in sidewalk. The death of the sidewalk 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z He covered C.I.A. operatives in Pakistan, famine in Somalia, double agents in Northern Ireland. When Some Critics Reject the Film That’s About Your Life 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z So yes, it’s fun to see Jonah get knocked down hard yet again at the end of this episode, even if its at the hands of political operatives as odious as Teddy and Bill Ericsson. ‘Veep’ Season 5, Episode 7: Do a Little Dance ... 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Douglass contends that JFK was assassinated by operatives in the U.S. intelligence and military communities. Local books: histories of Seattle City Light and Seattle Children's hospital 2010-12-20T23:23:04Z “It’s very normal in the political operative world.” Diamonds and Campaign Trails in Houston 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Instead of returning Victor to his owner, the feds trained him to be a “soul catcher” — an undercover operative working for a clandestine branch of the U.S. ‘Underground Airlines’ imagines a modern U.S. where slavery is still legal 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Cut to: a key scene, in which a political operative played by Dave Foley asks this presidential hopeful if there’s anything that he needs to worry about. It’s Bobcat Goldthwait’s moment: With “Misfits & Monsters,” he’s not hiding anymore 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Landler and the Times are part of the golden circle of reporters and news outlets that are regularly sought by White House operatives for background briefings, separate from the rest of the press corps. White House background briefings: Good journalism or anonymous government spin? “Suggest” being the operative word: That he does that same thing every visit means you’re beyond needing an email to notify you of his plans. Carolyn Hax: What a hostess without the mostest wants from her guests 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Christian Slater, who voices a CIA operative in some seasons, wrote the forward. The art of “Archer”: “The arc of the character of Archer is really interesting” 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Or maybe we’re to assume that, indeed, the entire office is staffed by other operatives? ArtsBeat: ‘The Americans’ Recap: Eight Things About the Show That Don’t Make Sense 2014-05-01T03:12:25Z Condor joins forces with one of his minders, an attractive young woman named Faye, a former CIA operative who is lethal with her Glock or her bare hands. Book World: James Grady’s ‘Last Days of the Condor’ 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z In “The Capture,” he’s a cool operative running an off-the-books surveillance operation in London and pulling the strings of his peers in the British spy and police services. Can’t Match Netflix? At Least You Can Buy Some British Shows 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Jessica Chastain, the winner at the Golden Globes, has been her main competition as a driven CIA operative searching for Osama bin Laden in "Zero Dark Thirty." `Argo' on a roll with big win at SAG Awards 2013-01-28T12:54:11Z The picture makes the most of its premise, in which valuable CIA operatives must return to action after having settled, or not, into various stages of retirement. Bruce Willis spies a good time in "Red" 2010-09-30T00:48:00Z Transformation, restoration and preparation are the operative forces at play. Environmental warning as art exhibition: The Harrisons at Various Small Fires 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Set in Japan, the series followed a team of unlikely political operatives, including a 14-year-old boy and his robot, Baymax, who fight evil. How to Build a (Softhearted) Robot 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z News organizations must show the volunteer credential panel that they aren’t owned or controlled by an organization that lobbies Congress, a step designed to prevent political operatives from acting as journalists. Committee rejects Breitbart application for congressional press credentials 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z “Surprise” seems to be the operative term that many critics take. The sexy ’70s, re-imagined now: The empowering seduction of “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” a coming-of-age fantasy that couldn’t be set today 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The lab operative James is played by novelist Alan Bissett, who has a natural ear for Burke's comic rhythms even if he sometimes lacks physical authority. Battery Farm | Theatre review 2010-03-17T23:20:00Z And heard, by the way, is the operative word. Review: ‘Attorney Street,’ a Gothic Elegy for a Fleeing Here and Now 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Of course, “home” is the operative word here. Social Q’s: Photo Op 2013-08-29T22:37:59Z Another Oscar-winner, Robert Redford, has just signed on to play a senior operative in the next Captain America film, The Winter Soldier, also for Marvel. Benicio del Toro to appear in Guardians of the Galaxy 2013-06-04T11:04:23Z I honestly didn’t start suspecting Jared until he and Elizabeth were alone in the woods, just before the murderous American operative Larrick — who was always assumed to be the killer — appeared. 'The Americans' Recap: Season 2 Ends With an Answer (Jared) and a Question (Paige) 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z “Fear is the operative emotion in this town,” she says. Reel dilemma: are we condoning the conduct of Hollywood's tyrants by watching their films? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Despite their names, the Facebook campaigns were run by professional Washington political operatives who work for a group called the Israel on Campus Coalition, according to promotional materials obtained by ProPublica and the Forward. Pro-Israel group secretly ran misleading Facebook ads targeting pro-Palestinian activist 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The film’s operatives openly question inadequate security measures at the diplomatic compound in advance of the attack. ‘13 Hours’ Gives Benghazi Attack Cinematic Treatment 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z That secretiveness inspired him to write the role of the government operative Nikita for her. Scarlett Johansson Gets Superpowers in Luc Besson’s ‘Lucy’ 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, the campaign may be aiming to highlight its criticism of the mainstream media and to blunt suggestions that it colluded with Russian operatives. Trump campaign sues Washington Post over opinion columns asserting link to Russian election interference 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z They assume that only certain kinds of establishment-vetted individuals — specifically, professional political operatives, politicians, pundits and reporters — have standing to promote political causes. Skin-heads eye Euro 2012 2012-06-08T16:15:00Z Spooked … Robert Redford set to play senior government operative in follow-up to Captain America: The First Avenger. Robert Redford lined up for Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2013-03-25T16:56:48Z The debate rages on; rage being the operative word. Is Nicolas Cage the most maverick actor since Marlon Brando? 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Prescott, who once worked as a political-campaign operative, obviously knows her stuff, but she’s less adept at drawing individual characters than at conveying the women’s groupthink. A Debut Novel Reimagines the C.I.A.’s Efforts to Promote ‘Doctor Zhivago’ 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The last scene showed Carrie at C.I.A. headquarters to receive a promotion and attend a private ceremony to commemorate fallen operatives. The TV Watch: Shock but No Awe in ‘Homeland’ Season’s End 2013-12-16T23:02:44Z That suited Russians just fine, as Mr. Putin, the old K.G.B. operative, instinctively understood. Review: ‘The Invention of Russia’ Examines the Post-Soviet Path 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Olivia has a team of devoted operatives, and most of them, like her, are lawyers by training who call themselves “gladiators in suits” and have adopted their mentor’s relentless mien. | 'Scandal': ?Scandal,? ABC Political Drama With Kerry Washington 2012-04-04T22:18:40Z I'm telling you, Dom will be a "bad guy," however that ends up being defined. i'm guessing Dark Army operative. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 Finale: Fade to Black 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z When, in September 2008, about 175 operatives for the Gulf cartel were arrested by US authorities, 10 were in Calabria. Mexico: How arrest of the last don heralds ruthless new drugs era 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Ostensibly an espionage thriller told through the fragmented biography of an operative known only as the Agent, “eL/Aficionado” is the second installment in the tetralogy “Now Eleanor’s Idea.” Review: An Espionage Opera Remains Enigmatic and Urgent 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Elizabeth and Philip are sympathetic in many ways–but we also soon realize that they are ruthless operatives who will do terrible things, even to innocent people, for their cause. TV Tonight: The Americans 2013-01-30T13:00:11Z It’s disturbing, to us and to him, not just because Kimberly is underage and vulnerable, but specifically because she so recalls daughter Paige, whom the KGB also wants to develop as an operative. Fake It When You Make It: The Sad Sex of The Americans 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z There’s also a “Patty Buchanan”—a satire of the arch-conservative commentator and political operative Pat Buchanan, who upended the Republicans with his hate-filled speech at the convention—and “Johnny Weed,” a.k.a. When Hillary Was a Black Man 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Lake Bell plays his wife, while Pierce Brosnan plays a government operative who tries to help. Watch Owen Wilson Run for His Life in the 'No Escape' Trailer 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The organization acknowledges that its people posed as political donors to trick the two Democratic operatives into speaking with them for the “rigging” videos. Is it okay for James O’Keefe’s ‘investigative reporting’ to rely on deception? 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z All but one of the core operatives have seen it, he added. ‘13 Hours’ Gives Benghazi Attack Cinematic Treatment 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z “The kidnappers did a clean job,” a Mossad operative says. Review: With ‘False Flag,’ Israel Exports Another Fine Thriller 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z A hollow battery in which an MI6 operative could store reels of miniature film. Looking Past the Gadgets, and Into Spies’ Minds 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The show still begins in total darkness, interrupted by the startling flame of someone trying — “trying” being the operative word — to light a cigarette. Review: Michael C. Hall Probes the Despair of ‘Thom Pain’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z As an intelligence operative, Lansdale personified the view that the key to victory in Vietnam lay in winning the hearts and minds of the people. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Thus, even when this boudoir pedant has Marie bound, gagged and twisted into a pretzel, the operative word is not abjection but ambivalence. ‘Romance’: But What Does She Really Want? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Her mission, however, is strengthened when a fellow female operative is lured into an ambush by putting too much trust in dubious sources. Zero Dark Thirty – review 2013-01-27T00:06:09Z We have a President who's an operative for a foreign nation at our helm. Mark Duplass faces backlash over endorsing conservative Ben Shapiro, James Gunn comes to his defense 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z But operatives continued to communicate with her as late as 1978 with the hope of reactivating her. Bulgaria Says French Thinker Was a Secret Agent. She Calls It a ‘Barefaced Lie.’ 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z “Nothing was beneath him,” said David Urban, a consultant and Republican campaign operative who was the third member of the small campaign team. Trump lawyer Pat Cipollone was a camera-shy Washington Everyman — until impeachment made him a star 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z But for the most part, “13 Hours,” with its focus on “ground truth,” is an unabashed celebration of the armed operatives, who were defying orders when they moved to defend the diplomatic compound. ‘13 Hours’ Gives Benghazi Attack Cinematic Treatment 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z But screenwriter Mark Boal said the film is a non-political account of the actions of the undercover operatives who hunted down bin Laden and eventually killed him. 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Author Leonard dislikes eBooks, still loves movies 2010-10-15T19:51:00Z He also found success playing his hard-bitten screen image for laughs, in such comedic roles as an insecure mob boss in “Analyze This” and a retired CIA operative in “Meet the Fockers.” De Niro takes shot at Trump as he accepts SAG lifetime award 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Bergman, a journalist based in Israel, conducted a thousand interviews with political leaders and intelligence operatives for this history of Israel’s secretive program of targeted assassinations. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The guest cast included the Democratic operative Donna Brazile, making her third appearance on the show; she hasn’t gotten any better at playing herself, and the stunt casting doesn’t add anything. ArtsBeat: 'The Good Wife' Revisits Some Core Themes 2012-03-12T05:00:38Z Though widely condemned for perhaps exposing both civilians and government operatives around the world to mortal danger, Private Manning, in Mr. Gibney’s view, deserves empathy. ‘We Steal Secrets’ Is First of WikiLeaks Films 2012-12-19T23:14:47Z She was “assisted” by Andropov’s deputy and two KGB operatives brought in as “technical advisers”. Russia's answer to James Bond: did he trigger Putin's rise to power? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z And while she was there, a C.I.A. operative, Raymond A. Davis, shot two Pakistanis on a Lahore thoroughfare, stoking anti-American sentiment in the city and across Pakistan. Long-Delayed Show of Buddhist Art From Pakistan Is to Open 2011-07-26T22:48:05Z The talent pool for hits on operatives must be small. In 'The November Man,' Killing Is Political and Personal 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Abigail Spanberger, a former covert operative in the CIA and now the next representative from Virginia’s 7th District, grabbed an office down the hall from Crow. Max Rose came to Congress to do big things. But first, he has to do dumb things. 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z In the gulf between them lives Black Washington: a professional class of reporters, lobbyists, business executives and political operatives who are not fully at home within either scene. How Roy Wood Jr. crushed the toughest room in comedy 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z “Annie is like this generational force,” said a young political operative known as Memes. John Fetterman’s TikTok Whisperer 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Among other things, she expressed concern that Nixon operatives would leak information — whether true or not — about his or her personal life, Bradlee said. The Ben Bradlee we knew: Friend, fierce editor and a truth-seeker above all His moniker derives from his job: He’s an “operative” or detective, who works for the Continental Detective Agency. The nameless detective who launched Dashiell Hammett’s career 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z “Later, political operatives of one kind or another started making ads, because it was lucrative. But Jeffrey brought the intimate visual and storytelling skills of the documentary film world into politics.” Jeffrey Tuchman, 62, Dies; Directed Clinton ‘Man From Hope’ Film 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z “But they know me and they love me and they forgive me, and that’s why I feel safe. The word ‘safe’ is such an operative word at this moment.” Scenes From a Marriage, Patinkin-Style 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Valerie Plame’s career as a CIA operative was cut short when her cover was blown by George W. Bush’s White House. Exclusive: An Excerpt from Valerie Plame’s Upcoming Spy Thriller 2013-05-28T19:43:55Z |
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