| 单词 | pawn |
| 例句 | Percy didn’t play chess, but he was pretty sure that being a pawn was bad. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The way pawning works is this: You take stuff to a pawnshop. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The rings were pawned for a hundred and fifty dollars. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t even get a bunch of junky old jars to a pawn shop without ruining them. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The chessboard tumbled from her hands, and now all the other pieces joined the black pawn on the floor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z From Buschke’s, Bobby would sprint around the corner to the University Place Book Shop, just a pawn’s throw away. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Yes ... look ...” A white pawn had moved forward two squares. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As he spoke, he made a slight, unconscious movement of his head, an almost imperceptible nod, as if pushing the unseen pawn forward. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Juno can play her little games with Greeks and Romans, but in the end, you will be my pawn. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z One of the pawns was wedged between her teeth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Because, every once in a while, a pawn becomes a queen. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Your ends may well be right—I think I believe in the same ends—but you cannot use people as your pawns, Atticus. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It soon became clear that the Soviets meant to use Powers as a pawn in a campaign to embarrass the United States. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Unable to do so, she tried to pawn the colt off as a polo pony. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please, I need three hundred to get my son out of jail. I don’t have anything else. I’ve pawned everything!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Back when she and her husband had the pawn shop, Charity learned a thing or two about junk. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z THE district offices were located in a converted church structure, the main floor of which was occupied by a pawn shop, its window crammed with loot that gleamed dully in the darkened street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And without saying anything, I moved a pawn. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They had possessions they could pawn or sell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Kabuo took up a pawn in each hand and put them behind his back. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Babies were used as pawns, passed from one person to the next as they approached for registration. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Oh I suppose not,” she sighed, and she sat down to watch their chess match, which culminated in an exciting checkmate of Ron’s, involving a couple of recklessly brave pawns and a very violent bishop. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Where we may be treated as men and not as pawns,” the editorial said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He jabbed a page with a pawn in his hand. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z After an exchange of pieces, he emerged with a pawn ahead in an endgame that looked as though it would lead to a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The following day they pawned some of Granny’s meager belongings. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The hustler intended to pawn a suit for ten dollars to attend and patronize the bazaar. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The pawnbroker looked at it from various angles, and after a minute of intense inspection said, “I can do one fifty for pawn,” the pawnbroker said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Candy Man moved it back, and moved another one of my pawns. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The smallest suspicion that Herr Hitler, through our dear friend Herr Ribbentrop, has been manoeuvring his lordship like a pawn, just as easily as he manoeuvres any of his other pawns back in Berlin?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z No matter how hard up the Nolans were, the studs were never pawned. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had two grocery stores, one hardware store, one shoe store, one pawn shop and one dress store. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She was keeping it, she explained, to replace the wedding ring her mother had given her, the one Dad had pawned shortly after they got married. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Remember this one? It shows a picture of a chessboard with only a black pawn out of its original position, and it reads, ‘According to the rules of chess, is this position possible?’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z That night, we camped out behind a pawn shop that had a pair of old chairs and a ripped-up couch lying in its alley. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Maybe she still wants us as pawns. Maybe she was just saying things to mess with your mind.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They wanted everything perfect before the first pawn was moved on opening day. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He’d come to Moscow to play chess, to cross pawns with a serious Russian tournament player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I have always known it possible that he could have many minions and pawns surrounding a case, a swarm invisible even to the spy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I know he said that we didn’t have to play another game, but I picked up the two pawns, reset them, then made a first move. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There are eight pawns that, when you band them together, can be strong. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He chose the flavors: wild cherry for the black pawn and peppermint for the white knight. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a nine-and-a-half-hour marathon in which Fischer, even though a pawn ahead, had a difficult position right up to adjournment. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mammachi was devastated, but secretly pawned her jewelry and arranged for money to be sent to him in England. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They remained there, tucked into his memory, deep within a cave of abstract thoughts: information and ideas about pawns and squares to be used, discarded, or ignored—all in perfect cadence and synchronicity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Spassky concealed a black pawn and a white pawn behind his back in the time-honored fashion and then brought his closed hands forward across the board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He kept his finger on his queen, in danger of being captured by his opponents pawn. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked moving his tiger and elephant pawns through his opponent’s blockades, but he became furious if, owing to a toss of the dice, he was captured and sent back to “Start.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I can pawn it to help pay our rent.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “No, señor,” she said, shaking her head emphatically and pointing to the dictionary, the sole book to survive the pawning of items after Abuelito fell ill. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “They finally towed the Jeep back from Cutler Ridge. Two hundred bucks—I had to pawn my promise ring to pay for it,” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The queen was vulnerable on the quell board with no pawns to protect her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Nathan wondered how many people had been in their same position, pawning everything they had to make ends meet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He crossed the street and started down a block he hardly ever walked on, a block of low apartment buildings, a store-front church, a delicatessen, a pawn shop, and on the corner, a bar. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably because of the time I flushed Charlie’s entire line of black pawns down the toilet and told her Santa didn’t exist. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “I’m a chess piece. A pawn,” she said. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In his coat pocket is the forty-five he pawned his rifle for. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That evening, he and Lombardy went over the endgame position, which consisted of both Bobby and Bronstein having a rook, a bishop, and an equal number of pawns. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You think I want to pawn our stuff? I don’t! But sometimes we have to. That’s how we keep the lights on, that’s how we eat!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I noticed she was wearing only two silver hoops in each ear, and I figured that maybe she’d pawned all the others, like her promise ring. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The pawns are placed in their normal positions at the beginning of the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Other games and puzzles entered the household, and the chess set, with some pawns missing, was stored in a closet. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Finally I came upon a nearly deserted shop where, despite being tongue-tied at first, I succeeded in pawning a cup that belonged to my father. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And they do not know why; they are powerless pawns in a blind play of social forces. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The terrified mother pawned the cornet immediately and destroyed the pawn ticket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The triplets also wanted to know how much their coins were worth, and if they could pawn them. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The Capitol’s seal on the hovercraft, the lack of any attempt to blow the enemy out of the sky, and their long history of using children as pawns in their battle against the districts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The next page showed a picture of a chessboard, upon which all the pieces and pawns rested in their starting positions, except for a black pawn, which had advanced two spaces. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He suddenly realized he was on the familiar block of low apartment buildings, a store-front church, a delicatessen, a pawn shop, and on the corner, a bar. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The pawn was then tossed in the incinerator. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Spassky had a bishop and three pawns against Fischer’s five pawns. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I, too, awaited the king’s move, like his pawn on a chessboard. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was the chess set she’d had to get new black pawns for, because I’d flushed all the old ones down the toilet. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She’s knocking her rings together, topaz, I think, like the kind my mom once pawned when she wanted to buy Olivia concert tickets for her thirteenth birthday. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "Judge Ford thought her clues were an insult, and she said something about playing a pawn in Westing's game. And she had a clipping of the obituary on her desk. This obituary." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he played for a win, sacrificing a knight, but ultimately winning back three pawns in exchange. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I imagined him moving me around with the other pawns in his power game. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Except the player isn’t sacrificing a pawn to attack a king, it’s a parry, a feint, a foil shift to divert attention. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “A castle and a bishop and a couple of pawns, at least until you get the hang of it. Come on. It’ll be something new for us to do.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Mom had a collection of turquoise and silver Indian jewelry that she kept at Grandma’s house so Dad wouldn’t pawn it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Of course, he denies having anything besides what he took to the pawnshop. He claims the jewelry belonged to his grandmother. ‘Nothing wrong with pawning what’s mine,’ he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In the bank’s dire need for cash to keep it afloat, everyone became a potential pawn, even its best, most loyal customers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could be a sacrifice pawn,” she said to the press. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My mom could’ve pawned it by now and taken care of bills, filled our fridge, but she entrusted it to me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He turned a pawn on its side and spun it like he was spinning a quarter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She was still not completely sold on my claims of ignorance about that reporter’s death, and as soon as she heard Nazario mention Bodega I sensed she was sure he was one of Bodega’s pawns. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I could no longer pay the cook and the harper, and Lynesse grew wild when I spoke of pawning her jewels. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And then as mysteriously as he appears, Atzerodt leaves and pawns his revolver for ten dollars at a nearby store. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The captured chess pieces, knights and pawns and bishops, line up on the outskirts of the board. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z For decades the two of them owned a pawn shop, where Charity would handle the customers—she was always the cool-tempered one. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I had wanted to be the author of my tale, not merely a player in Hamlet’s drama or a pawn in Claudius’s deadly game. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z King, bishop, knight, pawn, all smudged with his fingers, polluted by his breath. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Travis opens the door of the pawn shop in town and waves me in ahead of him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The pawn did not stray too far from the queen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis are manoeuvring him like a pawn. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z By sundown, when the stores were closing, their pockets were filled with cash and the car was heaped with salable, pawn- able wares. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z One day soon after Brian was born, we were short on cash, so Dad pawned Mom’s big diamond wedding ring, which her mother had paid for, and that upset Mom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Trefusis leaned back to me and confided, “Your eyes, sweet child, hang out for all to see like the globes on a pawn shop.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z With the bicycle Zane had found parked against the dying hedge outside, he could be at the pawn shop in less than an hour. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z His face contorted with confusion, and she picked up her pawn, moving it diagonally, and easily knocked over the piece. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I try to think of other things I can pawn, but I barely own anything except books, and those you can only sell to used-book stores for like a quarter. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z In her hands, I always became the pawn. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the last few years, his lordship has probably been the single most useful pawn Herr Hitler has had in this country for his propaganda tricks. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m an absolute pawn when it comes to the weather.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z ‘A pawn did Gandalf say? Perhaps; but on the wrong chessboard.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “But in chess there is such a thing as pawn promotion, where a pawn can become a queen. Bobby-san is my king and I will become his queen.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bronstein lost a pawn and began to check Fischer’s king over and over again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “NO! I’m keeping it. If you don’t want it then I’m pawning it. We have at least four or five months’ rent here.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “We gonna have to go to the pawn shop right quick.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Eventually, it became clear that Spassky could queen a pawn. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A pawn in the monstrous bourgeois plot to subvert the revolution. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Bobby’s life now revolved around the Manhattan, there were other pawns to capture. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I just wanted the chain back, Malik. It was my family’s safety net. I figured we could pawn it if things got worse.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “That there’s mink. You should be able to pawn it for fifty, at least.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His vision returned and Nathan saw the dead pawns, beautiful rugs and dazzling jewelry. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Not that it would be, as Cain was little more than a pawn in a game to amuse the king, and certainly not a member of the royal guard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Four hundred? I spent a year on each one. I’m selling them to you, not pawning them,” Nali said, her voice loud enough that other people in the pawnshop looked over. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He smiles a little but never takes his eyes off of me as he reaches down and moves one of his pawns. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z In the past five years, Percy had been a pawn too many times. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It took him about ten minutes to move one pawn! Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Visualizing his white pawn in front of his king on an imaginary chessboard, thirteen-year-old Bobby Fischer announced his first move to his opponent, Jack Collins: “Pawn to king four.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z All the heroics—being pawns of the Olympians? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Do not be a pawn of the Olympians, my dear. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Things that a delinquent spiky-haired kid just might steal and sell at a pawn shop. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Has Peeta guessed, then, how the rebels used us as pawns? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She would pawn her wedding ring when the time drew close, as well as the other jewelry that Rasheed had given her the year before when she was still the malika of his palace. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “I’m going to pawn my jewelry and my mom’s rugs. I think it’s time I sell my rugs,” she said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z "The judge says she's a pawn and Otis Amber says he's the king, Crow's the queen— Oh well, it's probably just a coincidence." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Fischer, without hesitation, tapped Spassky’s right hand—and Spassky opened it to reveal the black pawn. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Another pawned her sewing machine and summoned an exterminator. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He’d say he was going to get her a ring even fancier than the one he pawned. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Redeem me like a pawn ticket worth little on the marketplace, but priceless in retrieving real value? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The male is always the pawn in a romantic comedy. Matthew McConaughey: from himbo to psycho 2012-06-28T19:00:03Z His downward-spiraling life is a series of incidents in which he is exploited as a pawn in a game of international political chess. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Catherine, though the pawn of her mother’s ambition, was also very ambitious herself. Robert K. Massie?s Latest Subject Is Catherine the Great 2011-11-09T22:40:21Z Is an angry voter a skeptic who sees through politicians’ lies, or a pawn in the hands of moneyed interests? The Power of Enraged Women 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Robinson’s comments were met with widespread scorn – one human rights activist accused her of being a “willing pawn” in Dubai’s public relations campaign. I tried to help Dubai’s Princess Latifa to escape – a year on, I dream of her release 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Maybe it's a pathway back to the middle-class existence he enjoyed growing up, or at least out of the pawn shop sell-and-buy-back cycle. Comfort TV: 9 comedies to binge as an escape from our nation's madness 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z By the end, Antoine has two trombones, having discovered that his own instrument, dearly owned since 1979, had been pawned by the cops who assaulted him. Treme: season one, episode five 2011-03-20T11:45:00Z One of the only powers Alicent may have, as a pawn in this invented universe, is controlling her body in the small way she can, wounding herself first before others may wound her. All is not right with Alicent: "House of the Dragon" and the King's choice 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z When Zwick shears off details about Fischer, it’s to reduce his situation to that of the title, a pawn sacrificed by cold warriors and chessthetes alike. Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z In more recent times, a dog may have been an unwitting pawn in a White House marketing campaign. Why doesn’t Trump have a dog — and should he get one? Experts weigh in 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z He is not a pawn in history so much as a great noticer in time, with astonishing skill at capturing the atmosphere in a room, matched by his talent with pencil and sketchbook. Escaping Slavery in a Hot-Air Balloon 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z To help pay for the recording, at Sun Studios in Memphis, Price pawned her engagement ring. The Unstoppable, Unsinkable, Uninhibited Margo Price 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z But by 2014, Ukraine—invaded and dismembered—was arguably the biggest victim of the Kremlin’s new ideology, under which Russia’s neighbours are pawns in a geopolitical game. The in crowd 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z A century after Lev Kuleshov's famous early-cinema experiments in how editing the same face with different shots triggers the illusion of discrete emotions, we might as well be pawns all over again. 'White God' gives the child-dog fable a thrilling twist 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z But at the same time, they have to think: “Well, what piece would D’Angelo be? He’s kind of a pawn like us.” ‘The Wire’ in Five Scenes 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Chichikov is not only in government: The squeaking wheels of his carriage are audible wherever corrupt nonentities pawn human lives for petty comforts. The Russian Comic Writer Who’s an Antidote to Mad Times 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z "My father, who has married my fiancee, has once more failed to send me my allowance and I have nothing left to pawn." Digested classic: Tarr by Wyndham Lewis 2010-06-04T10:05:00Z The second featured them, minutes later, going to a resale shop to pawn the shoes. The Twilights of Air Jordans 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z This season, Paige, as vanilla pudding as a girl can be, is likely to be at the center of the action — a pawn, to be sure, but one who is on everybody’s mind. 'The Americans' Recap: Mother Russia and Her Children 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Meeting those for whom the decision to pawn is often forced by desperation, divorce or bereavement, the friendly patter of Borro's sales team leaves a slightly unpleasant taste. Tonight's TV highlights: The Pawn King 2011-01-14T08:00:01Z Their fights quickly and inevitably lead to a breakup, after which Maisie becomes a pawn in a bitter game. Movie Review: ‘What Maisie Knew’ Stars Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan 2013-05-02T21:53:30Z "Minor-league players need to be looked at as investments, not pawns," one minor leaguer confided to a reporter for The Athletic in 2021. America’s next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z He is a pawn, and he is a kingpin. AMC's Breaking Bad: Elements of Style 2011-07-14T09:15:00Z Who refuse to dehumanize people and treat them as pawns in some Manichean struggle of good versus evil, us versus them. I thought I could reason with Antonin Scalia: A more naive young fool never drew breath 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z Rembrandt retaliated by accusing her of pawning some of Saskia's jewellery, and later got her sent to a house of correction. Rembrandt by Typex – review 2013-04-15T07:00:01Z Mueller, 33, checked into a drug rehabilitation center after some bizarre behavior last week, including trying to hock jewelry and a stereo at a pawn shop in Inglewood, according to TMZ. Charlie Sheen ex Brooke Mueller back in rehab 2011-04-18T12:19:00Z He was found several days later at a Broadway cafe after pawning the tuxedo. Touring Castle Williams on Governors Island 2012-08-02T19:28:27Z The reputation of the U.S. government was in tatters for young people, meaning the band looked, as the magazine put it, like “propaganda pawns — which is, more or less, what they were.” How Cold War Politics Destroyed One of the Most Popular Bands in America 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Once again, the soldier is a pawn, this time offered up as panacea for the dead soldier's mother and to salve the collective conscience of the military. 'The Yellow Birds': Kevin Powers' novel of the Iraq war 2012-09-05T22:19:11Z Over the past two seasons, Littlefinger has groomed her into both his pawn and his partner, capitalizing on her vulnerability and fear to twist her into a special sort of bargaining chip. Littlefinger’s shame: Sansa’s confrontation was “Game of Thrones”’ oddest show-down yet 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z They rented a flat not far from Gilchrist, and Slater bought some tools to fix it up, pawning a brooch to keep himself liquid. When the Creator of Sherlock Holmes Exonerated a Convicted Murderer 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z If that means we’re pawns in his grand chess game, so be it. Recreational Adrenaline: Three Sizzling New Thrillers 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z In other words, they keep their women at home and they use them as pawns in the diplomatic game. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z Baby Doll A Mississippi cotton-gin owner’s teenage bride becomes a pawn in his conflict with a business rival in the West Coast premiere of this stage adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ screenplay for the 1956 film. L.A. theater openings, July 24-31: 'Baby Doll' and more 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z They might struggle with the yoke at the beginning, but ultimately they move as pawns on his chessboard. How similar to real life politics is House of Cards? 2013-07-04T02:13:44Z Vickers, a passionate monarchist who has written numerous books on the royals, said he was “not a pawn of Buckingham Palace” but was concerned about the public believing that everything it watched had really happened. 'The Crown' peddles subversive republican message, says royal historian 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z It is not like we were rustling sheep from the manger scene in front of the city auditorium, or absconding with the Three Wise Men, which I think would be hard to pawn anyway. Southern Journal: O Christmas Tree 2011-11-08T19:20:00.797Z "Chess is much more than a game - it provides a different perspective on the way we live. Talk of endgames, pawns and checkmate has become part of everyday life, war and politics," she said. Chess chat show comes to BBC Radio 4 2013-12-18T11:44:59Z She’d rather empower hosts than make them all pawns in her game. 7 Major Westworld Revelations 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z It was a heady message, that our sins against each other were a result of temptation, and we were just pawns in an eternal struggle between good and evil. My Steubenville 2013-03-28T00:00:00Z The pawns are outfielders, the queen is the pitcher, the king the manager . Motherlode Blog: The Jock (and his Dad) at the Chess Board 2012-07-29T11:00:43Z Yeah, she becomes another pawn or piece in this legend. Nia DaCosta on ‘Candyman’ and the Power of Terrifying Legends 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z But by far the most interesting co-star is Abraham Setrakian, a professor, Holocaust survivor and vampire hunter who runs a Harlem pawn shop. 'The Strain' recap: These vampires aren't sexy; they're just deadly 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z To make his case Mr. Harrison will talk about pawning as the oldest form of banking, with roots in Mesopotamia and Rome. Television: Redeeming Value of the Reality Show ?Pawn Stars? 2010-06-05T01:56:00Z "The audience is shifting, but consumers are becoming pawns in the larger game." Media monarchs have finally seen the future, and it is digital 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z It would be my job to set up the pieces, after he offered me to choose one of his fists enclosing a black or a white pawn. The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon – extract 2013-02-23T08:00:19Z Soon after the investigation began in earnest, the police learned that Oscar Slater — who had been on their radar for some time — was trying to sell a redemption ticket for a pawned diamond brooch. Review | Sherlock Holmes may not have been a real crime-fighter, but his creator was 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Olga realizes she has become a pawn in an international human trafficking scandal and must beg in subways. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Vera’ and ‘The Bachelorette’ 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z So highly were they prized, that when Leo X died within two years, deep in debt, some of the tapestries were pawned. Raphael Sistine Chapel tapestries and cartoons reunited at the V&A 2010-09-03T19:13:00Z He is a pawn, being manipulated by a power greater than his to send the message in this time of great emergency. What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z She visits Clemente to pawn jewelry and, after being hired to stop the baby’s crying, ends up as his live-in nanny. | 'Octubre': The Difference a Baby Can Make 2011-05-06T05:23:01Z But it’s a lesser “Macbeth” that so dramatically shrinks its king and queen to pawns. Review | The king feels more like a pawn in updated, political ‘Macbeth’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Nothing to argue with here, but the characters, who are used at times like comic pawns, aren’t always in on the jokes. 'Small Mouth Sounds': Playwright Bess Wohl's off-Broadway sleeper arrives at the Broad Stage 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z But isn’t using a black man as a pawn in a racist political game inherently, well, racist? Perspective | Trump’s ‘help’ in A$AP Rocky’s case is no different from his racist rants on ‘the Squad,’ Elijah Cummings and Baltimore 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The first pawn is a farmer who is tied to the castle because he provides food to the kingdom. In "The Queen’s Gambit" and beyond, chess holds up a mirror to life 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z "It's like we were pawns, like we weren't treated as human beings but like mechanical parts of a sausage factory," one former journalist said. France 24: 'medieval court' where rivalry with the Saxons fades as chiefs slug it out 2010-09-02T18:59:00Z Fans who feel they are defending Tolkien's legacy are being used as pawns to serve dangerous anti-democratic and anti-egalitarian agenda and siding, whether they mean to or not, with racist extremists. "The Rings of Power" receives racist backlash, but Tolkien’s work has always lured white supremacist 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z In a blink, she goes from naughty co-conspirator to helpless pawn — not the “Romeo and Juliet” she might have imagined, but the wedge Kansas City needs to break apart the Gerhardt family. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 5: The Butcher of Luverne 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z But Caruana methodically repairs his pawn structure, while a series of well-timed minor-piece swaps actually leave Black with the more problematic pawns. SANDS: Cadets battle as D.C. summer chess scene heats up 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z There’s a constant struggle for control over Everlasting as each member of the crew tries to push her own agenda, often using the contestants as pawns. How to catch up with … UnREAL 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z “But I was just a pawn in the chess game of the story line,” he said. Falling in Love With Another Model Was Never the Plan 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Among the check cashing locations, pawn shops and bodegas that lined the commercial thoroughfare when she was growing up, she said, were street vendors selling an assortment of books — from urban fiction to dictionaries. Coming Soon to the Bronx, a Long Overdue Book Festival 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z He came home with a little wooden pawn on a keychain - for getting the right answer to some chess problem. Motherlode Blog: The Jock (and his Dad) at the Chess Board 2012-07-29T11:00:43Z Each queen is, to some degree, a pawn, manipulated by opportunistic courtiers and politicians who proclaim loyalty to the sovereigns they seek to undermine. ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ Review: Sexy, Spirited and Almost Convincing 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The sole exception is the pawns, if they can survive. ‘The Wire’ in Five Scenes 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The movie is more interested in resurrecting the spirit of action flicks from the late 1980s, a time when men were brutes, women were pawns or eye candy, and declarative assertions passed for dialogue. ‘Panama’ Review: Welcome to the Jungle, We Lack Fun and Games 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Let's be sure not pawn that off so quickly. Budweiser Made in America fest: A scorching day, a barrage of branding 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z She explained that her music career began when she bought a guitar from a pawn shop in Milwaukee as a teen. New band of the day ? No 887: Matteah Baim 2010-10-14T13:23:00Z Even with the best intentions, he said, “the victims become the pawn or a game or a symbol.” ‘We Don’t Want to Relive It’: Jeffrey Dahmer Drama on Netflix Revisits a Painful Past 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Smith declared bankruptcy in 1997; by then, he had pawned his piano. Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans Rock ’n’ Roll Cornerstone, Dies at 89 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Cameras follow people as they bring in everything from gold coins to classic cars to pawn or sell at Las Vegas' Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on this History reality show. Small business reality TV shows at a glance 2013-05-08T10:35:07Z Eight months on, and the three million EU immigrants are still being used as pawns in a political game with no discernible rules. With a French partner, I’m scared for my family’s future post-Brexit 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z According to the officer, Ai’s high profile has made him an expedient tool for Westerners to attack China, but “pawns sooner or later all get sacrificed.” For His Father and His Son, Ai Weiwei Is Determined to Leave a Trace 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Same thing for nonfiction programming: History is one of cable's top networks now, and it's because of pawn shop operators and Arctic Circle truckers, not Civil War documentaries. New fall TV season? How about summer? 2011-07-05T22:01:05Z He was most animated when showing visitors the storeroom where pawned items are kept until they are redeemed or placed on sale. Television: Redeeming Value of the Reality Show ?Pawn Stars? 2010-06-05T01:56:00Z Both protagonists are eventually revealed to be pawns in a wider game – and forced to rely on each other in order to survive. Belfast-set thriller penned by ITN man Tom Bradby set for cinema debut 2012-08-20T17:13:14Z Though neither he nor Parks could have foreseen it, Flavio was about to become a pawn in a battle between two media titans: one in America, the other in Brazil. Perspective | Gordon Parks went back to Rio to save a boy’s life. What happened next was a lot more complicated. 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z In those days, Mr. Dunne either pawned or sold to friends a fair number of the objects that appeared in the Saturday sale. The Gimlet Eye: Trading on Sentiment at Dominick Dunne?s Estate Sale 2010-11-25T05:00:00Z To my detractors I represent the debasement of public forum, at best, a pawn, at worst, a perjurer. ‘It was just awful’: The Clarence Thomas hearings, in the words of those who were there 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Conveying Beth’s complicated inner life while sliding a queen’s pawn forward wasn’t a problem for her. ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Tries a Risky Play: Betting Chess Can Be Good TV 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Jodhaa resents being used as a political pawn and forced into a stranger’s home, but Akbar’s acceptance of her independence and religion slowly wins her over. What to Stream on Valentine’s Day 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z They were such a hit that they began scouring pawn shops for genuine Mexican instruments and really learning to play them. Chicano rock pioneers Los Lobos marking 40 years 2012-12-15T17:52:09Z All too often, ordinary Syrians are robbed of any agency, portrayed as pawns in a geopolitical game. Revolt in Syria by Stephen Starr - review 2012-10-05T21:55:07Z She told Frank that the person who gave her Caspere’s stuff to pawn was a cop. 'True Detective' Recap: Full Moons and Sex Parties 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Celebrities are starting to drift into the pawn shop. Stars of Reality Show ‘Pawn Stars’ Meet Asian Fans 2013-08-23T14:55:05Z They are pawns of the Wilfords, who look after careers, not lives. On the Met's James Levine, and the age-old debate of separating the art from the artist 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Forsyth is convinced that not all the pieces came to the Wandsworth pawn shop, tied up in handkerchiefs and stuffed into pockets – and she hopes some may turn up as a result of the exhibition. Cheapside Hoard of 17th-century jewels set to dazzle at Museum of London 2013-06-04T14:40:41Z "I'm taking this off after the show, and I'm going to pawn it," she joked. Vieira makes farewell appearance on "Today" show 2011-06-08T18:11:22Z I was mainly like, I’m just about to start writing about this culture war, and I feel like I’m being made a pawn in it. The 1975’s Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z So this is the story of a cop who loves and trusts his wife, yet puts her life in jeopardy by using her as a pawn to get his man. Raavan: Scandal over a Bollywood King Kong 2010-06-24T04:35:00Z A tour through robot takeover movies might lead us to believe that William’s just a pawn in Dolores’s calculating game to be free. Here Are 11 Key Revelations From Last Night's 'Westworld' 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Or, perhaps the thief planned to return a very good fake to the museum anonymously and pawn off near-perfect copies for sale as the original. Happy Birthday to the Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa and Took It to Italy 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z He just as quickly becomes the pawn of anarchists and hired goons, too. Jess Walter’s New Novel Revisits a Turbulent Era Much Like Our Own 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Scott Wilson is a heck of an actor and his line about pawning off the watch for a night of drinking he no longer remembers might be as good as we’ll see in this show. The Walking Dead Watch: Judge, Jury, Executioner 2012-03-05T13:45:16Z Shaw and his troop were kidnapped and brainwashed by Chinese and Soviet Communists who sent Shaw back to the United States as a pawn for their plans of world domination. ArtsBeat Blog: Critics' Picks Video: 'The Manchurian Candidate' 2011-12-06T16:33:53Z Slow your roll there, board freak — didn’t the United States reach peak pawn when Bobby Fischer became world champ in 1972? Review | Can chess be bad for your health? One author found out. 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z In "Asian Tiger", Sonny, a rapidly declining golf pro lured to work for the Burmese military junta, becomes the pawn of crooked businessmen and government officials. Brief Encounters with Che Guevara by Ben Fountain – review 2013-06-29T08:00:19Z Grey, cream, the size of a pawn or perhaps a queen, each stone has some visual affinity with the chess set but each is naturally unique; and the same suddenly seems true of each square. Mark Wallinger: Site; Yoko Ono: To the Light – review 2012-06-23T23:05:31Z But in his quest for power and wealth, he also uses them as pawns for political advantage. Sarah Dunant’s ‘Blood & Beauty’: tales of the Borgias 2013-07-11T21:33:10Z Here the villain is marginalized and ridiculed; two women he tried to make pawns get control of the chessboard. Lecher Actress Victim Spy 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z To pay for the recording session for “Midwest Farmer’s Daughter,” she and Ivey sold their car and pawned her wedding ring. Listen to Margo Price 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Hollywood actor Fredric Stahl – "mostly he played a warm man in a cold world" – has come to the city to make a film, a pawn in a trade-off between Warner Brothers and Paramount. Thrillers: review roundup 2012-06-08T21:55:07Z Just like the pawn she converts in her final game, Beth becomes a figurative queen only with the help of others. In "The Queen’s Gambit" and beyond, chess holds up a mirror to life 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z The second pawn is a blacksmith, who makes armor for the knight. In "The Queen’s Gambit" and beyond, chess holds up a mirror to life 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z Morgan pawned his clothing to buy drugs; Heath recalls Morgan saying that he’d prefer to get high rather than play music. A Documentary About the Life and Tragic Death of the Great Jazz Trumpeter Lee Morgan 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z But Daenerys, who started the show a pawn sold against her will, did eventually fall for Drogo and he for her. 10 Actually Happy Things That Happened on 'Game of Thrones' 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z That this group portrait of image-manipulating politicians and their pawns was presented only days before the latest American presidential election gave Mr. van Hove’s production a searing timeliness. A Cutting-Edge Impresario Leaves BAM: What Was His Best Work? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Or was Mr. Manson a pawn for government agents? Journalist Misses His Deadline on Manson Article. By 20 Years. 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z George Beshara, the owner of the The Gold Exchange pawn shop – a store that sits between two boarded-up shops, was also born and raised here. Outside coastal bubbles, to say 'America is already great' rings hollow 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z To help this holiday season, Oliver crafted a guide to re-gifting, which he describes as “the easiest way to pawn off something you can’t stand aside from sending your child to summer camp.” Here Are John Oliver's Tips For Re-Gifting 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Pew is a blank pawn inserted into the gender wars. In ‘Pew,’ a Mysterious Stranger Tests a Small Town’s Tolerance 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Mitchell’s quartet would eventually become a collective, calling itself the Art Ensemble and then — after Lester Bowie pawned his furniture to fund a full-band move to France in 1969 — the Art Ensemble of Chicago. 50 Years On, the Art Ensemble of Chicago Is Still Transforming 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z The entire bird world, chagrined to be the pawn in a devious woman's game, gets its revenge. What's wrong with Hitchcock's women 2010-10-21T20:30:00Z The guitar went unnoticed for so long mainly because of a Chicago ordinance that requires pawn shop owners to lock items in a vault for 30 days after they are brought in. ArtsBeat: Stolen Guitar to Be Returned to Zakk Wylde 2014-05-05T17:53:56Z Tabloid newspapers and television dramas have sharpened our appetites for horror stories about family businesses, of Machiavellian parents seated on the thrones of their capitalist empires manipulating their power-mad children like chess pawns. What’s in a Name? For These Design Brands, Generations of Expectations. 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z George Lorio’s “Pawn” is a large wooden silhouette of a person studded with chess pawns. Review | In the galleries: 21 artists explore and expand notions of recovery 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The car is available on eBay through Jan. 7 and is being offered for $1.75 million by a south Florida pawn and auto loan company. Last-minute gift idea: 'Miami Vice' Ferrari on eBay for $1.75 million 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Crazy Eyes, was being manipulated into self-worth by a mother figure who then used her as a pawn in a sociopathic power scheme. Emmy Paradoxes 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z According to a BBC obituary, the children became "pawns in a bitter custody dispute." Royal bride Middleton is no Diana, experts say 2011-04-07T16:33:05Z Though the set was clearly long gone, researchers used the pawns to track down an identical set in London from the same period. ArtsBeat: On the Chess Board With the Founding Fathers 2011-02-04T19:22:31Z Hired killers are moved like pawns around a board controlled by various organized crime bosses. Why do women love John Wick? (It's not just the puppy) 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z “Not as pawns in your fraudulent art market where the royalty of Wall Street rule.” Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z “You’re just a pawn in the game, you know,” a public security officer summarily informs Ai Weiwei, China’s most controversial — and to the Chinese Communist Party, its most dangerous — artist. For His Father and His Son, Ai Weiwei Is Determined to Leave a Trace 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z The original show let us progressively discover the characters’ distinct personalities through actions, words and songs; now they are archetypal pawns in an op-ed. ‘The Life’ Review: Turning More Than a Few New Tricks 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Nichols, who pawned her jewelry to self-produce the Broadway run after failing to interest commercial producers, created and perpetuated a “nevertheless, she persisted” aura around both her and her play. The Smart Set Sneered, but the Play Won the Day 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The Television Academy just released a delightful pawn shop reality TV parody, “Barely Legal Pawn,” starring Cranston and Paul as seedy brokers and Dreyfus as herself. Watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus pawn her Emmy off to Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z That’s partly to do with his chosen location, an island that’s a colonialist pawn, and also with his use of contemporary language. Review: ‘The Maids’ in Puerto Rico, With Shifts in Power and Gender 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z A few months ago, an elderly man traded pawn moves with a school-age girl. In Toronto Cafes, Board Games Rule 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z He runs away and pawns his mother’s equipment. Review | How Dorothea Lange ended up capturing the Great Depression — and becoming an influential photographer 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Too late: Stahl is now in play as a political pawn. Books of The Times: ‘Mission to Paris’ by Alan Furst 2012-06-03T22:37:20Z He was getting – not a new knife, but it was a pawn shop; he was getting a replacement knife. "I'm not quiet, but my voice still warbles": Amanda Shires on her new album and owning her strength 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Paige, even more prized as a pawn than usual this week, is smothered with unaccustomed admiration by both parents. 'The Americans' Recap: In Over Their Heads 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Fischer is a pawn sacrificed on the chess board of history, his mental health and emotional balance being counted as secondary to his propaganda value in defeating a Soviet player. Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z He sells mugs, T-shirts, bobbleheads and refrigerator magnets, in the back of his Las Vegas pawn store. Reality TV's new stars: Small businesses 2013-05-08T10:39:11Z And naked castaways, Long Island princesses, breakaway Amish, storage warriors, pawn stars and pickers. PBS: Acting like a network as well as service 2013-07-29T13:11:18Z Tiffany Jenkins at The Scotsman says the move has turned art into a political pawn. Roundup: Art, money and Art Basel, plus taco gentrification 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z This, of course, allows the unwitting pawns of history who are its characters to come up with variations on the question, “How long do you think it will last?” Theater Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Medieval Play’ at Signature 2012-06-08T02:05:00Z Kim uses her as a pawn whenever she argues with her parents, which is all the time. Television Review: ?Monster In-Laws,? Reality Show on A&E - Review 2011-10-23T21:45:11Z People may not think that it requires much stamina to move chess pieces and pawns from one square to another. Myths and unknowns about chess and the contenders for the World Chess Championship 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z He wrote most of the politicians to be bumbling pawns or racist conspirators, incapable of resisting deals with wealthy, egotistical businessmen. One politician’s post-government pivot? Conspiracy theory novels. 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Janie, who is too young for a license, nervously drives his car into town and pawns his guitar for bail money. | 'Janie Jones': ?Janie Jones? With Abigail Breslin - Review 2011-10-27T23:09:29Z I happened to walk into a pawn shop with my dad. "I'm not quiet, but my voice still warbles": Amanda Shires on her new album and owning her strength 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z So the couple decided to start a business, and pawned her engagement ring for start-up capital. Paul Ash, President of Music Store Chain, Dies at 84 2014-02-11T02:14:50Z Dirt poor and struggling, they pawned everything of value. Diana Serra Cary, Child Star ‘Baby Peggy’ of Silent Films, Dies at 101 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The scene illustrated another truth about “Pawn Stars”: While the Gold and Silver is primarily in the pawn business, the transactions on the show are mostly straight sales. Television: Redeeming Value of the Reality Show ?Pawn Stars? 2010-06-05T01:56:00Z As a pawn of capitalism, I work like labor laws don't exist: late nights, early mornings and Sundays are as normal to me as $0 income tax bills are to billionaires. You deserve to eat everything on vacation — here's how I learned that I do, too 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z But "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" has grander historical importance: it’s a collection of stories within a story, conveyed through clues, suggestions, and uncanny connections that make its principal characters pawns in a larger game. "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre": A metaphor for Nixon-era mayhem 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z All the characters become shockingly dense pawns, with the women most notably getting caught in the cross hairs. ‘Every Breath You Take’ Review: The Therapist as Trauma Victim 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Everybody, though, turns out to be but a pawn in the eternal, unwinnable game against the Machine. Theater Review: Garry Kasparov Faces Deep Blue in ‘The Machine’ 2013-09-08T21:17:12Z In fact, assuming artists are just pawns used in a game of chess by those in power is to do them a disservice. Is 2010 the first grime election? 2010-05-05T13:46:00Z He goes so far as to distinguish pawns by trade and to connect each to its "royal" partner. In "The Queen’s Gambit" and beyond, chess holds up a mirror to life 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z "I don't think he was comfortable with Bond being a pawn in the Wall Street gamble," Broccoli said. Bond movies have beat do-or-die odds for 50 years 2012-10-03T15:16:08Z Mr. Zidane was a player whose rare talent largely kept him from being used as a political pawn, the child of immigrants who moved to France while Algeria was under colonial rule. In Soccer, Power’s Always in Play 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Last year, Cin Ali became a pawn in allegations of result-fixing in the annual university entrance exam, a scandal that the political opposition used to hammer the government. Turkey struggles to preserve childhood cartoon 2012-05-24T06:21:08Z The simmering status quo finally becomes untenable when the royal cousins square off during their combat training, in the process becoming pawns within the larger drama. ‘House of the Dragon,’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap: A Scandal Spills Over 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z So we tell her to pawn the car for the money. Who says sex work isn't compatible with a happy home life? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z For Jonas, there are no pawns, just as there’s no acceptable human level of collateral damage. 'Homeland' Season 5, Episode 3 Recap: Willful Madness and Creativity, Together Again 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Just as she had to do in Michigan — when she was typecast as Mitt Romney’s clone — McDaniel had to convince her members that she is supportive of Trump but isn’t his pawn. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is trying to hold together a party that Donald Trump might want to tear up 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z A first-rate art-house thriller, “Miss Bala” tells the strange, seemingly impossible story of a Mexican beauty queen who becomes the accidental pawn of a drug cartel. | 'Miss Bala': Gerardo Naranjo?s ?Miss Bala? Depicts Drug War - Review 2012-01-19T23:29:20Z But unfortunately I seem to be a small pawn in this big chess game where there are albums to sell. Alison Balsom: The top brass 2010-10-07T21:45:00Z My brother escaped into his world of drugs and bad friends, and piece by piece, the valuables in my room were stolen and pawned. My awful past keeps me from writing 2013-02-25T01:00:00Z But earlier, as one of the CNN panelists reminded him, he’d said Ford was being used “as a pawn in a bigger chess game.” Perspective | ‘Gut-wrenching’: What it felt like to watch Ford and Kavanaugh testify 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Throughout “The Dumb Girl,” Weber shifts between intimacy and spectacle, but in the end this story — and its scale — becomes larger than Fenella, who’s a tragic, sacrificial pawn. Lois Weber, Eloquent Filmmaker of the Silent Screen 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Caught up by a storm, the honeymooners become pawns in a chess game — at once ludicrous and unrelenting — between Lugosi’s hysteria-prone Hungarian psychiatrist and Karloff’s lisping Austrian architect. In ‘The Black Cat,’ the Titans of Terror, Karloff and Lugosi, Face Off 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Here are a handful of films that tackle the subject of the player who also becomes the pawn. In Films Like ‘Nerve,’ Players Become Pawns 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z In 2009, when we decided to go on the road, she pawned her jewelry so we had gas money to get up to New York. Jay Pharoah Is Ready to Play Superman 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z He tried for moves with symbolic heft, like an exchange of pawns or a queen sacrifice. ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Tries a Risky Play: Betting Chess Can Be Good TV 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Poor Gustav soon finds himself quarantined in the poisonous chamber where Alice and Edgar circle and taunt each other, and he becomes a prized pawn in their increasingly violent games. Theater Review: ‘The Dance of Death’ by August Strindberg 2013-04-19T21:15:39Z They hint that Mr Snowden is a hypocrite, the pawn of a regime which practises the abuses which he and his supporters say are looming in America. Knowledge is power 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z He’s good at his job but gets zero recognition; instead, when he angers his bosses, he’s demoted and shoved in a basement to work on the pawn shop unit – for 13 years and four months. Larry David to Lisa Simpson – life lessons from TV's top role models 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Funds are so tight that they indulge an obsession with buying guitars by visiting pawn shops. Ian Hunter's diary of Mott the Hoople 2010-06-25T22:59:00Z Zwick said audiences should not be intimidated if they don't know a pawn sacrifice, a Sicilian defense or any other move. 'Pawn Sacrifice' film captures chess drama of Fischer-Spassky face-off 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z Qxd7, and Black resigns as he’s down two pawns, and his king is toast after 28. SANDS: Fourth time a charm as Troff captures U.S. junior chess title 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z And, as happens routinely in any polarized media environment, real people enduring real predicaments were reduced to pawns in a propaganda war. Perspective | Gordon Parks went back to Rio to save a boy’s life. What happened next was a lot more complicated. 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z He also made her a pawn in his battle against Calvinism, to argue for the Unitarian ideal that humans would naturally come to spirituality without Biblical indoctrination. Kimberly Elkins’s ‘What Is Visible,’ a novel about Laura Bridgman In Seven Wells and beyond, the men are the power brokers, and the women are the pawns. ‘The Women’s War’ Is an Epic Feminist Fantasy for the #MeToo Era 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z To pay his Lynx membership dues, Dud borrows money, at usurious rates, from his pawn broker. “Lodge 49,” Reviewed: Channelling Pynchon to Capture California’s High Hopes and Deep Loss 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z “Let her pawn the car,” I repeat, pulling the plug. Who says sex work isn't compatible with a happy home life? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Dancers are pawns in his game, and he uses music like a movie soundtrack. Dance Review: At City Ballet, a New Work Looks to Ellington for ?That Swing? 2011-01-30T23:49:35Z While some try to make him a pawn in office politics, it is Marcelo who ultimately controls the board and forces checkmate. Kathryn Erskine's top 10 first person narratives 2012-02-09T12:13:49Z His instinct was to flee, enraged, “that music had been made a political pawn,” as his son Robert recalled in a 1988 article for The Strad magazine. Jascha Heifetz in the Case of the Violinist and the Fanatical Doorman 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z "In a bad economy, I didn't ever expect someone to turn them in," Daniels said, adding that she'd compiled a list of area pawn shops to scour. Lost wedding bands come full circle 2011-11-19T15:27:00Z She told the Wall Street Journal that the character is starting to become “a leader, rather than a pawn in someone else’s game.” Sansa Will Finally Stand Up for Herself in 'Game of Thrones' Season 6 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Regina, searching out the Author at Mr. Gold's pawn shop, sees that the Dark One's heart is giving way -- actually turning black and weaker. 'Once Upon a Time': Maternal instincts aren't all alike 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Did they treat young teenagers as counterterrorism pawns, Moaveni and the girls’ families wonder, rather than victims needing urgent rescue? Inside the Minds of the Women Who Joined ISIS 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Is he a stand-up guy or his grandmother’s pawn? You’re Going to Want to Join this Odyssey Through Postwar Japan 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z I think it was the pawns that had to draw their swords. ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ at 20: The Film That Started It All 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Fremantle's wonderful scene with the frogs is one instance of Katherine's exercise of her "gambit", the chess move in which, to challenge your opponent, you sacrifice a pawn. Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle – review 2013-04-06T10:00:01Z He loves this woman so deeply that when he begins to catch on that she’s a pawn in a spy operation, his fury seems to scald him even more than it does her. An actor transcends age: John Douglas Thompson melts away the years to play Hamlet at A.C.T. 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Police say a housekeeper stole and tried to pawn thousands of dollars worth of jewelry belonging to Food Network star and celebrity chef Paula Deen. Police: Paula Deen housekeeper charged with theft 2010-06-09T00:16:00Z Even though its over-familiar bestiary, dungeons and city folk in need of favours are so routine they're almost invisible, taking on the game's battles involves a novel twist in the hired hands called pawns. This week's new games 2012-06-01T23:06:07Z Fischer may be a pawn in Lombardy’s aesthetic scheme, but he’s also a pawn in Paul’s geopolitical one—and in the geopolitical ambitions of the United States at large. Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z In the past, Mr. Franzen tended to impose a seemingly cynical, mechanistic view of the world on his characters, threatening to turn them into authorial pawns subject to simple Freudian-Darwinian imperatives. Books of The Times: Jonathan Franzen?s ?Freedom? Follows Family?s Quest 2010-08-15T21:30:00Z And those sincere dancers turn into pawns in Mr. Shechter’s controlling game. Review: Doom, Doom Everywhere (and Just a Drop of Joy) 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z There was no sudden rock bottom for me; no car wreck or flash of awakening after pawning a family member's jewelry. The sobering truth about quitting my job: I was addicted to high-stress, nonprofit work 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z US culture site Vulture said Missandei “dies as a pawn rather than a person”. 'No one gets beheaded!' – Nathalie Emmanuel on life after Game of Thrones 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Gradually though, we see his weakness, his desperation and his status as a pawn in a much larger military and geopolitical game. Review: ‘Beasts of No Nation,’ a Brutal Tale of Child Soldiers in Africa 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Directed by Sidney Lumet, the movie tells of a concentration camp survivor running a pawn shop in Harlem who suffers flashbacks of the horrors he witnessed. Marketa Kimbrell Dies at 82; Brought Theater to the Forgotten 2011-07-14T01:01:42Z He said in movies he felt like a pawn. Jackie Chan's son prefers music to movies 2010-06-15T08:39:00Z It’s a ground-level view of a Cold War chess match that has deep sympathy for the pawns. The Best TV Shows of 2016 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Others supplemented their income by stealing small items they could sell at pawn shops for a few precious pennies. Motherlode: Parenting in a Prison Colony 2011-04-08T16:53:27Z They, like me, haven’t wanted to fall prey to the hype, or feel like a pawn or stooge in all this ballyhoo. This “Star Wars” fan is worn out: The nonstop marketing machine has turned fandom into a grind 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Searching for the stolen diamond brooch, the police heard of a man attempting to sell a pawn ticket for exactly that, and they thought they had hit the jackpot. When the Creator of Sherlock Holmes Exonerated a Convicted Murderer 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z She clumsily attempted bass; I struggled to learn chords on the red Fender I’d begged my father to buy at the pawn shop. My “Ghost World” years: Confessions of a teenage AOL catfisher 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z There is a strange power to using a child as a pawn, whether it’s an estranged spouse, gangsters and extortionists, drug cartels, terrorist groups, child-kidnapping syndicates or the state machinery. “We have come to take your daughter”: An immigrant parent’s traumatic separation from her c... 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Even so, Kidwell says she is frequently grilled on whether she is collaborator or pawn. Art and race at the Whitney: Rethinking the Donelle Woolford piece 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z But Europeans quickly transformed the "shah" to a king, the "vizier" to the queen, the "elephants" to bishops, the "horses" to knights, the "chariots" to castles and the "foot soldiers" to pawns. In "The Queen’s Gambit" and beyond, chess holds up a mirror to life 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z New photos show a cavalcade of humans and aliens, mostly dressed in varieties of sleek yet flamboyant monochrome, like extra-terrestrial pawns on a giant, boho, high society chess board. What we learned from Vanity Fair's Star Wars: The Last Jedi issue 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Even though the performers were presented as individual characters, Mr. Beamish never showcased them as dancers: They registered as underpowered pawns in his inexplicable game. Ballet Today, the Good and the Bad, on Display at the Joyce 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z She describes shoplifting and doing coke at the age of 13 and breaking into neighbors’ houses and stealing things she could pawn in town. Books of The Times: Remembrance of Flavors Past 2011-02-24T16:00:29Z In an age when women were pawns in geopolitical alliances, Eleanor was recognized for her authority, diplomacy and political sagacity — a legend in ballads even in her own time. In the French city of Poitiers, Eleanor of Aquitaine’s influence is everywhere 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z A pawn to her parents and later to the royals, Alice balances on a tightrope as the king's mistress: power and privilege on one side, uncertainty and insecurity on the other. 'The King's Mistress': re-imagining the life of the consort of a medieval king 2010-07-01T20:39:00Z They have been used as right-wing pawns and left-wing punching bags. Paula Jones, Reconsidered 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z That book ended at the Berlin Wall with one character left to die, a pawn sacrificed in a game le Carré seemed to despise. Perspective | John le Carré didn’t just invent the characters in the foreground of the spy world. He designed the entire set. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z People close to Kelly privately suggest another theory: that both Carlson and Kelly were pawns in a larger power play by Lachlan and James Murdoch. Who brought down Roger Ailes? A new movie stirs up an argument over former Fox News stars. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z The pawns — i.e., them — die early, advance rarely and win never. ‘The Wire’ Stands Alone 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z I offered him my fists, each clenched around a pawn, to choose; he picked the black one. The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon – extract 2013-02-23T08:00:19Z He had a visceral dislike of former Marxists who supposedly saw the light and became cold-war pawns, subsidised by the CIA via the Congress for Cultural Freedom – the magazine Encounter was a particular bete noire. Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic by David Caute – review 2013-06-20T07:00:34Z Moreover, as Leonard manipulates the pawns on this chessboard, the film's few "surprises" are hardly startling. Mark Rylance is the one reason to try on "The Outfit," a crime drama that looks better than it feels 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z If she doesn’t pawn the car, though, then her threats are seen for what they are: a power play in the control game. Who says sex work isn't compatible with a happy home life? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z He says he does this to free nerdy demon pawn Bernard of his guilt trip, but it’s really just to keep him loyal and in the dark. 5 Illuminating Westworld Discoveries 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z As the grandson of the late U.S. oil billionaire, J. Paul Getty III was used as a pawn when he was kidnapped for ransom while a young man. Troubled grandson of J. Paul Getty dies at 54 2011-02-08T17:03:22Z P: A lot of kids with divorced parents feel like pawns in an ongoing skirmish to see who is the better parent. 'What should I have done differently?' A conversation with my son about divorce 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z In some cases, Ukrainians have humanized Russian soldiers in a way that divorces them from the faceless juggernaut, instead making them seem like vulnerable pawns themselves. In wartime battle over imagery, so far it hasn’t been close 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z "They claim she was a pawn in the hands of her handlers and doctors who kept her in a drugged state to control her and her money." Judge criticizes prosecution in Anna Nicole case 2010-08-20T21:43:00Z Mr. Fishman is interested in the Brighton Beach pawns recruited as stand-ins for Holocaust victims: What did these seniors think they were doing? ‘A Replacement Life,’ by Boris Fishman 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Their small spiral pad, pawned off by a stranger at an airport, has its own plot twists. Two Filmmakers Write Their Own Love Story 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z “He has to make this marriage deal to show that he’s a force to be reckoned with, and the children — for they were teenagers — are pawns in his scheme.” Cloying Royals Scheme for Greater Glory 2010-05-19T13:38:00Z He bought a cornet from a pawn shop and began taking lessons. Lionel Ferbos, New Orleans' oldest jazz musician, dies at 103 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z I really like him, but I need him to be able to recognize that his own actions are what’s causing him trouble, and to not try to pawn them off with a plea for sympathy. Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend struggling to get past father’s death “People who pawn don’t want to be on TV,” Mr. Harrison said. Television: Redeeming Value of the Reality Show ?Pawn Stars? 2010-06-05T01:56:00Z The level of control that Ms. Wintour exerts can chafe, with guests complaining of feeling like pawns in her business. It’s Called the Met Gala, but It’s Definitely Anna Wintour’s Party 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z In a spirited but silent exchange, he quickly lost a rook after moving a pawn forward without anticipating the opening. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Who Plays Aquaman’s Nemesis, Gets Schooled in Chess 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z They're the operators of Barely Legal Pawn, a pawn shop that deals in shady goods that also happens to be the subject of a reality series. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul re-team for pre-Emmy video 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z She tried to pawn some rolls off to family and friends, but no one wanted them. The Year of Buyer’s Remorse 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z In this case, since threatening to pawn the car didn’t work, she’s threatening to call CPS, because she thinks that my job will get Kay taken away automatically. Who says sex work isn't compatible with a happy home life? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Their dance of betrayal played sons, spouses and business partners against each other, pawns in a game for two. 'Empire' Season 2 Premiere Recap: Gorilla Suits, Lesbian Financiers and Chris Rock 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z The kings and queens are squirrels; the pawns, frogs. ArtsBeat: Chess Gets the Artistic Treatment in a New Saatchi Show 2012-09-03T15:46:07Z Western audiences had to weigh the moral compromise of attending such propaganda events against the rare, perhaps never to be repeated opportunity to see truly great artists, themselves pawns of the regime. 2010-02-03T21:58:00Z And yet, even as he wrote the book, he was an MI6 officer, recruiting those very pawns himself. Perspective | John le Carré didn’t just invent the characters in the foreground of the spy world. He designed the entire set. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z I did not stop, relaxing only when the Strip petered out — after five interminable miles — into downtown, a homely zone of small casinos, pawn shops and derelict motels. Lost in Las Vegas 2011-02-04T19:55:00Z Or rather, as in other Naharin works, they look like pawns in this choreographer’s game. With Batsheva, Politics Inside and Outside the Joyce Theater 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z “Sword of Trust” is a comedic drama of paths, trends, and histories crisscrossing in and around a pawn shop in Birmingham, Alabama. “Sword of Trust,” Reviewed: A Mumblecore Comedy That Takes on the Pro-Confederate Right 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z He recalls the way his mother was forced to pawn the family’s blankets after each winter. Books of The Times: A Cautious Memoirist Who Ends With a Laugh 2011-05-10T20:49:38Z In Israel, Bissell looks for the place where Judas committed suicide after betraying Jesus, wondering why an omniscient God would turn the apostle into a pawn who would endure endless scorn. Tom Bissell's 'Apostle' takes a ride-along through unanswerable questions about Jesus' disciples 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z History has until now had it that Indians were pawns or pieces moved about and wielded by various colonial empires. Two new Native American histories -- one tragic, one a revelation 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z And: the villains' coerced labor force may, from the heroes' perspective, be viewed not as humans but as pawns who can be dispatched without thought for the human lives behind them. The labor laws of the superhero universe amount to disturbing propaganda 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Whether we were pawns of fate or unwitting participants in a chromosomally arranged marriage, Jess and I quickly bonded. First I Met My Children, Then My Girlfriend. They’re Related. 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Ray Milland walking up Third avenue with his portable typewriter, looking for a pawn broker so he can hock it to buy alcohol. Tom Hanks: By the Book 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z LARAMIE, Wyo. — Two books ago, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher passed through the southeast corner of Wyoming in his efforts to track down the owner of a pawned West Point ring. Jack Reacher Is Still Restless. But His Creator Has Settled Down. 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z You might have 5 rooks and 10 pawns, or you might have 6 queens. WATCH: 2016 proved that gaming isn’t just for gamers — here are the 10 best games this year 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Another is Martin Wood, who was born in Atlantic City and runs a pawn shop that was established in 1927. What Happened to Atlantic City? 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Of course, it’s obvious that Ai also regards the officer as a pawn, one who, in serving an oppressive regime, has sacrificed his freedom to speak for himself. For His Father and His Son, Ai Weiwei Is Determined to Leave a Trace 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z “She’s more focused on the federal level than the state level, which concerns me a bit,” he said, perturbed that she pawned him off onto someone else. Michele Bachmann, queen of the tea party, searches for what’s next Betty, on the other hand, risks much more by using her daughter as a pawn. Mad Men Watch: Eating and Competing 2012-05-14T10:45:51Z Notorious presents sexpionage as morally dangerous, emotionally poisonous – a job suited only for a pawn or a cipher, not a real woman, but Bergman’s warmly passionate performance makes Alicia tangibly real. Sexpionage! Why filmmakers can't resist a honeytrap 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z In other words, NASA, with its men in ties and lab coats, were unwitting pawns in a witches’ long game. Moon-landing conspiracy theorists aren’t all the same. Meet some from the Pacific Northwest. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Even when I worked at a bakery, I always pawned off my gingerbread-decorating duties on someone with more artistic talent and hand dexterity. 5 ways to decorate cookies like you actually know what you’re doing 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z On both sides of Jones' lawsuit, she and other women are treated as little more than political pawns. From Monica Lewinsky to Paula Jones, "Impeachment" shows how testimonies are used to humiliate 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Meantime elder daughter Sansa, the obedient beauty, is stuck in King’s Landing, a pawn in other people’s schemes. Motherlode Blog: Five Key Parenting Lessons from ‘Game of Thrones’ 2013-06-09T22:00:43Z In the style of many young conductors, he says he is eager to lead education and community events, rather than pawn them off on assistants, and to help with fund-raising. To Conduct Its Parks Concerts, the Philharmonic Taps a Rising Star 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z “There are already so many logistical pawns in producing events and now that is double.” Have You Satisfied Your Covid Compliance Officer? 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z But is the King merely the pawn in a wager between Lucifer and God to test the loyalty of the latter's favourite son? Theatre picks of the week 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z But, every move on “Empire” is part of an elaborate chess match, and Anika understands she has a priceless pawn in her possession. ‘Empire’ Season 2 Finale: Enough Is Enough 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z But what King describes as the "weaponized" deployment of CPS is a particularly insidious practice, because just like family separation, it uses children as pawns in a vindictive game. Weaponizing CPS: Shaun King says a troll called in a phony child services complaint on his family 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z His business model was similar from the start: Record music using unknown bands in by-the-hour studios and then pawn the songs. Kim Fowley rocked industry as a salesman of sounds 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Wade have taught us anything, it’s that it is very easy to make that imaginary woman a political pawn. “There’s so much shame and stigma”: “Abortion Stories” director Tracy Droz Tragos pulls back the curtain on “super complicated” issue 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z They frame the obvious paradoxes, such as how conservative support of Lorance entails casting the troops who testified against him as liars or pawns. Review: ‘Leavenworth’ Puts the Army on Trial 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z At one point Lanegan pawned his own band members’ gear for drugs. In remembrance: Seattle music legend Mark Lanegan, who died Tuesday at 57 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z They very much became collaborators rather than pawns to be moved around. Kidnapping Alice 2010-04-26T09:10:00Z At Richie’s Pawn Central — in business since the early 1950s, though Vance mistakenly wrote it had “long since closed” — sales employee Terry Stephens grumbled that the federal stimulus checks have slowed down the pawn business. ‘Hillbilly’ to Capitol Hill? Author eyes Senate bid in Ohio 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z You will recoil at being used as a pawn in the battle for territory. How to help kids survive divorce 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z On closer inspection, they realized they were pieces of pawns. ArtsBeat: On the Chess Board With the Founding Fathers 2011-02-04T19:22:31Z “We are mere pawns in this huge game of academia,” he said. College Is Everywhere Now 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z And yet we went, driving south a half-hour, leaving behind the sun-washed shingles of Sea Girt for tracts of concrete and neon dotted with liquor stores, pawn shops and motels advertising prom specials. ?Jersey Shore,? Reality Versus Reality TV 2011-09-09T18:55:00Z In both movies, a grief-stricken woman with mental health issues finds herself a pawn in the grand scheme of some sinister, ancient clan dedicated to perpetuating itself at all costs. Midsommar: what the hell just happened? Discuss with spoilers 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Here, the story is about women as pawns in a game men play. ‘Zero Hour: Tokyo Rose’s Last Tape’ at Japan Society 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z But ultimately he concluded that she was an idealistic child who became a symbol of strength, hope and resistance as well as a pawn of political and military forces. ‘Joan of Arc at the Stake,’ Distilled to Her Essence at the New York Philharmonic 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Neighbors later pitched in to buy him a trumpet from a pawn shop. Clark Terry, Influential Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 94 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z This didn’t change even when the pawned brooch turned out to be Slater’s own; it had never belonged to Gilchrist. Review | Sherlock Holmes may not have been a real crime-fighter, but his creator was 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z How would he then find the 20 francs he needed to retrieve his dinner jacket from the pawn shop in time for Fraulein Liepmann's party? Digested classic: Tarr by Wyndham Lewis 2010-06-04T10:05:00Z In high school she formed the Melody Ranch Girls, singing and playing a bass fiddle that her parents had paid for by pawning furniture. Jean Shepard, a Female Country Voice With Muscle and Ambition, Dies at 82 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The field agents are disposable pawns in a head-spinning power game, and loyalty only seems to mean making sure you’re on the winning side. Back from the red – return of the Russian baddie 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z In earlier times, the space that became Rhubarb hosted a pawn shop and an adult bookstore; these days, barn wood, Edison lights and spoon collections forge a cozier environment. Postcard From Tom: Asheville’s more than just the foothills of Southern cuisine Sadly, none of the pawns in this scene did. ‘The Wire’ in Five Scenes 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z As regular theatregoers we must accept that we are all but pawns in the century-old battle between the performing arts and the human bladder. On theatrical timeliness 2011-01-03T15:21:31Z Among History's top shows is "Pawn Stars," set in a family-run Las Vegas pawn shop. Season 5 of 'Downton Abbey' will begin airing in the U.S. on Jan. 4 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Washington has even less to work with: a pretty pawn in a stream-set dream sequence. Django Unchained: Tarantino Frees the Slaves 2012-12-12T16:04:56Z There, migrants largely from the Middle East have become pawns in what European Union officials have called a “hybrid war,” a conflict that she dramatizes with formal rigor, deep feeling and palpably restrained outrage. In Toronto, Films That Will Break Your Heart (and Heal It, Too) 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z The floor is a gleaming black-and-white chessboard, while giant playing cards swoop across the ceiling, and red pawns prop up the checkout counter. "Nope" and the Fry's Electronics UFO sighting that almost wasn't 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z In Season 1, Daenerys goes from being an innocent pawn in a marriage bargain to the determined would-be warrior known as Khaleesi. Daenerys Tells All! 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z In Chicago, where she lived for decades, she refused to give film processors and pawn shopkeepers her real name, instead handing out fake names all over town. Vivian Maier and the Problem of Difficult Women 2014-05-10T04:00:00Z And that real people — especially sensitive designers — deserve not to be treated as pawns in someone else’s game. Everyone Is Guilty for the Fashion Muddle 2012-02-26T18:31:49Z He portrays himself both as selflessly loyal and as ferociously independent, and when asked whether he sees himself as the master or the pawn of events answers both and neither. Movie Review: Deciphering Donald H. Rumsfeld in ‘The Unknown Known’ 2014-04-01T22:00:03Z Nagaland and the Naga tribes remain pawns on a global chessboard. India's final frontier 2010-12-11T00:06:21Z Mason dismissed Poitier’s films as “a schizophrenic flight from historical fact” and the actor as a pawn for the “white man’s sense of what’s wrong with the world.” Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Don’t try to pawn off your Ikea or Pottery Barn stuff here. Selling your used furniture? These companies can make it easier. 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The desk becomes a pawn in the struggle between father and daughter. Great House by Nicole Krauss ? review 2011-02-19T00:05:23Z Any city hollowed out by boom and bust bears the scars: abundant “for lease” signs, pawn shops, tattoo parlors, teenagers with bad posture and too much time on their hands. T Magazine: Origin of Country 2012-03-12T16:45:50Z “Democrats used an innocent girl as a pawn.” Perspective | The right-wing sliming of Douglas High students can’t be ignored. It’s too disgusting for that. 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z But he’s delivering the unfortunate news that sometimes orphaned children don’t get to save the day; sometimes they’re just pawns in a chess game played by corrupt ideologues. Alain Mabanckou's 'Black Moses' is an orphan story with biting humor 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z “Game of Thrones” has long treated women as objects and pawns in its scripts, but this episode written by series executive producers D.B. Taking heed of the women on “Game of Thrones” 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z In this version of the tale, Orfeo and Euridice become pawns in the hands of capricious godly and allegorical characters: Venus and Amore, Pluto and Proserpina and personifications of Jealousy and Suspicion. Juilliard Stages an Orpheus Rarity From Opera’s Early Days 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z In the end, though, obliged by poverty in old age “to pawn my tomb,” as he lamented, the memoirs appeared soon after he died in 1848, at the age of 79, in Paris. The French Revolution Made Him an Exile, and a Writer 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z In 1991, the system that spawned and sustained it — making national heroes and political pawns of its members — collapsed, an event that altered the course of global sports, along with everything else. ‘Red Army,’ the Rise and Fall of a Soviet Hockey Dynasty 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z He is mainly a pawn in the machinations of his temperamental father the King and a fussy Grand Duke. Cinderella Review: Disney Rekindles Old Magic 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z A mind-controlling sociopath embarks on a battle of wits with the one man he can’t control, using bystanders as disposable pawns. Top 20 Japanese horror films – ranked! 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The narrative in “Feud” — that the two of them were pawns in a male-dominated game — does a disservice to these fearless and pushy pioneers. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 5: Taking the Stage 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Bannister is sent to fetch the dog himself, putting an end to Bertha's social-climbing scheme – at least until the next time Pumpkin or another dog becomes a pawn between the two houses. The value of Pumpkin on "The Gilded Age," descended from a breed that's all about the good life 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Martin was marking time a little bit in Feast for Crows, pushing his pawns up the board but leaving his big pieces alone. George R. R. Martin's Dance with Dragons: A Masterpiece Worthy of Tolkien 2011-07-07T03:45:00Z Next Friday or Saturday . . . they would hand over their wages to Mr Price in return for whatever they had pawned today. Rereading: Love on the Dole by Walter Greenwood 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z Boxer Santaros is a pawn in a conflict between fascism and socialism, religion and science, and love and death. Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly: 'Sometimes films need time to marinate' 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Also unlike Lewinsky, however, Jones offered herself up as a pawn for Trump to use during his first presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, appearing in the hours before to remind the public of Bill’s indiscretions. The jagged hindsight of “The Clinton Affair”: 20 years later, it looks like a different story 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Girls, particularly, were little more than dull collections of moral qualities, pawns in authors’ lofty allegories.” ‘Little Women’ Marches On: Fans Celebrate the Novel’s 150th Anniversary 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z A television played “Hardcore Pawn,” a reality show about a pawn shop in Detroit. Frugal Traveler Blog: Miami After Dark (Without the Swells) 2011-11-15T18:58:13Z The show, which follows people as try to sell or pawn items ranging from gold coins to classic cars, also stars Harrison's son, his father and an employee named Austin "Chumlee" Russell. Reality TV's new stars: Small businesses 2013-05-08T10:39:11Z But it will be interesting to see if the walkers start being employed as pawns between groups of human beings. The Walking Dead Watch: 'No Sanctuary' 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Indeed, the question of whether Tom is the pawn of the Fates, or their secret agent, is not resolved until the film’s final scene. The Woman in the Fifth: L'amour and la mort in Paris 2012-06-14T17:45:32Z And are Nat and Ruth merely pawns in his tawdry con game? ‘Mr. Splitfoot’ review: A gothic tale in the woods of New York 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The history of Strasbourg — the capital city of the political pawn zone between France and Germany — is fascinating to contemplate. Visit Strasbourg, one of France’s most intriguing cities 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Even Don seems happy for her – "Don't worry, I'm not going to ruin this for you" – until he realises that Betty has been a pawn. Mad Men: season one, episode nine 2010-05-25T17:15:00Z I’ve sadly seen how people are sometimes used as pawns in this industry, and I’m just not about that. Brotherhood, love and vulnerability: Lanre Malaolu on filming The Circle 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Rd1 Rfc8 — White is still a pawn up, but his imprisoned king’s bishop and rook might as well not be on the board. Finding sanctuary in a chess library 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z But to view their role as a simple reflection of necessity is to rob women of their agency, reducing them to mere pawns in a man’s game. In some Latin American drug cartels, women are the violent new overlords 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Smith was tried and found guilty the following year for knowingly selling and pawning his forgeries. Fake Robert Burns manuscripts make millions 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, more than 400 of the country’s top military leaders have become pawns in his protest. Sen. Tommy Tuberville's political posturing threatens national defense | Editorial 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z His artwork on display at the exhibition is of a graveyard where veterans' graves are replaced with pawns from a game of chess and a homeless veteran is depicted as a pawn. Armistice 2023: Art bringing solace to traumatised veterans 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z On 2 September, she pawned three of his rings for £200, the court heard. Frank McKeever: Couple convicted of murder after forced 'confession' 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z I was used as a pawn by Donald and whoever the idiot was that told him it would be a good idea. Michael Cohen: Trump will go broke and may face prison — "it's going to hit him hard" 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., argued on social media late Monday that "House Republicans are using aid for Israel as a political pawn in order to slash taxes for their wealthy donors." House GOP wants to pair Israel military aid with IRS cuts that help rich tax cheats 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Bg5, Black’s material edge is now two pawns but it is White with the dream attacking array. American chess stars in the hunt for coveted Candidates’ slots at FIDE Swiss fight 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Moldova, wedged between Ukraine and Romania, has for more than 150 years been a pawn in struggles between Moscow and Bucharest as part of either the Russian empire or Greater Romania. Moldova president says church must work for European integration 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z "People who think that this is a chessboard and they can move a few pawns here and there and have a checkmate move at the end. This isn't going to happen," she says. Israel has no plan for Gaza after war ends, experts warn 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Once living at the flat, he set about pawning Ms Inglis' possessions including a watch she received for her 21st birthday and her son's PlayStation. Man who murdered new girlfriend jailed for 23 years 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Black gets himself in trouble the classic way — grabbing a pawn at the expense of development: 8. Caruana claimed third U.S. chess title by holding off the young guns 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The more she was perceived as a product and a pawn of the music industry, the easier it became to erode her autonomy. Britney Spears' memoir is an angry, cautionary tale 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z “Children should never be regarded as pawns in the theater of war,” it said. Live updates | Aid starts moving into the Gaza Strip after 2 weeks of war 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Yet, astonishingly, there is no public outcry when renowned intellectuals propose the same fate for Eastern Europe, as though we are not people but mere pawns on a global chessboard. "Putin's Western fan club" wants to force Eastern Europe into a Russian bearhug 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Bf1 in this Queen’s Indian, Suleymenov’s king is safe and his pieces and pawns are in ideal positions while Black is still trying to get into the game. Caruana romps, Yip survives in U.S. chess title tournaments 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Ne4! wasting no time stopping to recover the pawn; already threats like 15. Caruana claimed third U.S. chess title by holding off the young guns 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z “Any idea that somehow I’m a pawn to anyone is just not the case,” she said, adding “I can’t control those people.” Davis, Rivera compete to represent Seattle’s District 4 on City Council 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z But regardless of political affiliation, Venezuelans are increasingly feeling like pawns in a geopolitical game that ignores their empty wallets. Evolving crisis fuels anxiety among Venezuelans who want a better economy but see worsening woes 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z "This is an unbelievably difficult situation. But Hamas's decision to take innocent hostages and to use them as pawns in a game of terror is absolutely unconscionable," he said. Canada supports Israeli right to defence under international law - Trudeau 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z "These people are not pacifists; they have intentionally or otherwise become pawns of the aggressor," Wang wrote. Taiwan sets up task force to study Israel-Hamas war 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Hamas officials have already threatened to use the unprecedented 150 military and civilian hostages it captured in recent days as negotiating pawns as Israel ramps up its military response. Signs point to ground war in Gaza as scale of Hamas atrocities emerges 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z ATF agents were on hand at a pawn shop in Jonesboro, Georgia, on June 15, 2022, when Cannon bought nine weapons for Samuels. Feds bust illegal immigrant in gun-buying conspiracy 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z In a great King’s Indian positional battle, Yip offers up a pawn for open lines against White’s castled king. Strong fields, tight battles as U.S. national chess tourneys kick off 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z She told the BBC she had previously pawned two chains and two bracelets due to rising prices. 'I pawned my wedding rings for £200 to pay my bills' 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Chobe has sold or pawned off just about everything in his tattered home and is reduced to his underwear. Japan auteur Yamada sticks to exploring the human condition after 90 films 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Bond investors "are rather powerless pawns in this interest rate chess game," he told Reuters by email. Analysis: Bond vigilantes circle battered US Treasury market 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z A gallery rep for sculptor Maren Hassinger writes that the artist feels like “a pawn” and wouldn’t have agreed to the terms had she known them up front. Artist Alexandre Arrechea on architecture's hidden stories and that Black Sabbath ballet 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Now White’s king can high-tail it out of there and Lee would have remained a pawn up after 33. Strong fields, tight battles as U.S. national chess tourneys kick off 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z He said he has had to pawn "nearly everything" to be financially stable. 'I pawned my wedding rings for £200 to pay my bills' 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Many consider the mate in three from today’s diagram to be one of Shinkman’s best — and most difficult — creations, finding in the simplest of positions a key that relies on three different pawn promotions. IM Jeremy Silman, top-selling chess author with engaging style, dies at 70 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z He pawned the guns, according to court records. Florida man who murdered women he met in bars set to die by lethal injection 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Austin also seemingly referenced foreign actions in Africa by Russia and China, saying that “other countries may see African countries as proxies or even pawns.” ‘Almost insurmountable’ task: Africa emerges as unstable hot spot for terror, coups 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Rc1, White is just a pawn up and Black is struggling for the draw. Strong fields, tight battles as U.S. national chess tourneys kick off 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z "I know full well I've got jewellery indoors that if I need to pawn, these people will help me out." 'I pawned my wedding rings for £200 to pay my bills' 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z “So let’s stick to the facts: When thousands of asylum seekers arrived at Governor Abbott’s doorstep in pursuit of the American Dream, he chose to use them as political pawns.” After sending busloads of migrants to NYC, Texas governor visits city to fault Biden for crisis 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z He then stole her television, VCR and purse and tried to pawn the electronics. Florida man who murdered women he met in bars set to die by lethal injection 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z “So let’s stick to the facts: When thousands of asylum seekers arrived at Governor Abbott’s doorstep in pursuit of the American Dream, he chose to use them as political pawns.” After sending busloads of migrants to NYC, Texas governor visits city to fault Biden for crisis 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z White gets a passel of pawns and the Black king is left completely exposed. Martial Gambit: Real-life warriors do battle at the chessboard 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z "These are my precious possessions that I've had to pawn because there's no help, there's no support." 'I pawned my wedding rings for £200 to pay my bills' 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z “Unfortunately, Ukraine and its people have become a pawn in the great game of the West to preserve its own global hegemony,” he said. Belarus’ top diplomat says he can’t imagine his nation entering the war in Ukraine alongside Russia 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The pawn shop suspected the items were stolen and Zack fled and hid in an empty house for two days before being arrested, according to court records. Florida man who murdered women he met in bars set to die by lethal injection 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z As I drove along Santa Monica Boulevard, the voice alerted me, “Go into that pawn shop.” L.A. Affairs: Our relationship was broken. Would a three-way proposal end it for good? 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Qh7+ and White’s three extra pawns will carry the day; Black resigned. Martial Gambit: Real-life warriors do battle at the chessboard 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z However, if you still have your doubts, you can always visit a coin or pawn shop. How To Check Silver Authenticity 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The disadvantage of using a pawn shop is that they usually pay less than a coin dealer. How To Sell Silver Bars 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Rg7? is an understandable attempt to activate the rook, but only results in the loss of a pawn after 32 … Ke7 33. Marshall was a matchless chess champ — and not in a good way 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z With a presidential election looming, Hunter Biden, 53, has transcended being a mere distraction and has now become a pawn in the country’s partisan political wars. Column: Shed no tears for Hunter Biden, who exploited the family name but also broke the law 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z “We don’t need to be using military families as political pawns,” Ms. Haley said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Nikki Haley: Tuberville’s military hold using service families as ‘political pawns’ 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z |
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