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He also has to
contend
with an Uncle who wants control of the family business and a shifty lawyer (arn't they are?)
While in Chimayo Bill must
contend
with an annoying reporter who apparently broadcasts all of her stories in perfect English directly back to America.
Not only must Luc
contend
with ambitious reporter Erin, who won't leave his side, but Luc also must
contend
with General Radford, who wants to take extreme measures to stop SETH.
To set things right, Connery ventures to the scene of the crime, where he must
contend
not only with the passage of time, but a meddling sheriff (Laurence Fishbourne).
Set in faraway India, this six-fisted yarn dwells on the exploits of three rugged British sergeants and their native water bearer Gunga Din (Sam Jaffe) who
contend
with a bloodthirsty cult of murderous Indians called the Thuggee.
Jan De Bont had a PG-13 rating to
contend
with and I think that he held back a little too much.
I'm not going to argue which one is better, but I will
contend
to the idea that they share the same message.
Each has their own "thing" that they
contend
with.
I
contend
that whoever is ultimately responsible for creating/approving the trailer for this movie has completely blundered.
This movie is a credit to Farhan Akhtar who has since directed the spectacular movie "Lakshya".He is a true talent to
contend
with in Bollywood,and certain more experienced directors, can take a leaf off his book.
While the film sometimes relies on stereotypes (particularly with some of the minor characters), it also presents rich, fleshed- out characters that are clearly individuals with their own histories and experiences that they and those around them have to
contend
with.
The script by Martin Amis leaves the actors to
contend
with some bad lines and situations.
A sheriff(John Schneider, really stuck with some corner one liners when he blasts the monsters)must
contend
with several large crocodiles which are eating locals.
I do
contend
nonetheless that "The Prince and the Showgirl" is a delightful comedy in an interesting historic setting with hidden message underneath; a movie in which the supposedly empty-headed blonde looms a lot larger than her illustrious male costar/director.
With the help of three low-life's, an ex-cop robs a bank but the gang must
contend
with the vengeful man who is initially accused of the crime.
The Happy Valley Cheerleaders must
contend
with the disgruntled group of Blessed Virgin Reform School girls recruited by their scorned homosexual teacher(..he wanted to be a cheerleader and was denied).
A surviving human brother tends to the house, cleans up the bodies and blood and has an overacting, beer-guzzling, white trash adoptive family that want his inheritance to
contend
with.
In that classic, the B-52 commander (Pickens) ONLY had to
contend
with a malfunctioning A-bomb.
The crew talk and
contend
each other but also save each other from bombing and risks.
Joe Don Baker and some residents of a Pacific Northwestern town must
contend
with a pack of mean and wild dogs who decide that they've had it with man.
Taylor plays Tommy McCoy, a handsome boxer who has to
contend
with the mob, his drunken father, and the prospect of having his perfect pan punched to a pulp.
Meanwhile, opponents
contend
that a nuclear Iran would only destabilize the Middle East.
Instead of suppressing its diversity in the name of national unity, India acknowledged its pluralism in its institutional arrangements: all groups, faiths, tastes, and ideologies survive and
contend
for their place in the sun.
Today, however, these countries’ cities must
contend
with economic and social issues that are more acute, more urgent, and of a vastly larger scale than those that confronted European and American cities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The Gulf countries, despite their vast oil wealth, have taken in hardly any refugees; they
contend
that, because they are not parties to the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention, they have no obligation to do so.
It is the absence of such creative thinking that has led the economics profession into an impasse, forcing economists and policymakers to
contend
with the fear of “L.”
The problem is that 1999 levels are not enough, because producers now have China and other emerging markets with which to
contend.
After all, they contend, developing countries that have experienced a large-scale credit boom have all ended up facing a credit crisis and a hard economic landing.
The UK will also have to
contend
with China, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and even its most important ally – the US.
While Singapore’s leaders still
contend
that meritocratically selected officials should take a long-term view, rather than cater to electoral cycles, they recognize the need for greater equality and wider political participation.
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