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We can begin to see the underlying narratives that propel us forward and tell us about what's going on.
Jimmy Kimmel posted this tweet that would eventually propel the video to be as popular as it would become.
But I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors.
Success motivates us, but a near win can propel us in an ongoing quest.
I am a visual artist, and I make revolutionary art to propel history forward.
And it has led me to think that perhaps these questions are the ones that propel people to cross the line, and that some affairs are an attempt to beat back deadness, in an antidote to death.
As with many of the thinkers we just met, sometimes our wildest guesses lead to wonderful and humbling answers and propel us toward even more perplexing questions.
The high cost of maintaining resting potentials in all 86 billion neurons means that little energy is left to propel signals down axons and across synapses, the nerve discharges that actually get things done.
Her father explained to her that fish swim by quickly wagging their tails to propel themselves through the water.
It took 10 years of research and development to come up with a novel wing concept that only uses three watts of power to control and yet can propel a vehicle all around the globe with seemingly unlimited autonomy.
So if you think of a hot-air balloon, or you look at this picture of lanterns in Thailand at a festival, you can see that hot air can propel gasses upward.
It uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles like protons faster and faster along a spiraling path.
I brought it to Paul MacCready's company AeroVironment to do a feasibility study, and they analyzed it, and came up with a lot of innovative ideas about how to propel it.
If they do so, the energy will propel them further upwards.
They talk to them about how when they die, they will be received up with lakes of honey and milk, how there will be 72 virgins waiting for them in paradise, how there will be unlimited food, and how this glory is going to propel them to become heroes in their neighborhoods.
Not much to recommend here, even the title seems to propel it into obscurity.
The truth is, there is not enough I can say about the confusing senseless plot, the really atrocious acting (I'm talking nasty here folks), or the random images of violence toward women that make up the chaotic pastiche of radically horrendous film-making mistakes that propel this affront to all that is good and decent in the world of cinema, nay, human culture.
The Skeleton Man rides a horse and has the ability to propel to and fro using a type of dimensional portal, and seems unaffected by bullet-fire and explosives.
It's badly written and not funny at all, and it doesn't even really have a plot to propel things along.
It didn't serve or propel anybody's career or reputation, and is forgotten because it's a surprisingly bad film from such a pedigreed group.
Good drama movie about a child custody case with great performances by all the actors.A good example of what an excellent script can do to propel a simple story to a much higher quality.The screenplay was just average though and this is what kept the movie from the list of the all time best dramas.Still,the great acting makes this movie a good one to see if you are a fan of court dramas or a big fan of the lead actors.The movie really should have been a tad longer though for more excellence but that would really be nitpicking......
Fine dialogue and first-rate casting propel this low key, noirish journey into the girl's search for the meaning behind the word puzzles that keep appearing in her life.
I would imagine that Vera-Ellen took this role thinking that it might finally propel her to the status of a major musical star.
This excellent series, narrated by Laurence Olivier, brilliantly, it should be said, charts the beginning to the end of World War 2. The origins are not entirely examined fully from Germany's fall at the hands of the Versailles treaty which helped propel Hitler's demonic rise, but as one reviewer says, that must be hard to do, in a 26-part series with so much to cram in.
I enjoy watching young actors get their due, and felt like this show would propel their career further along.
The way Garai indicates Charlotte's confused emotions - torn between different impulses that propel her towards being a daughter, a sister and a lover - is remarkable.
Brilliant execution and top-notch acting from Hogan and Christopher Lloyd are examples of what propel this film to the top of cinematic history.
In the Family Dog, Brad Bird was already demonstrating the brilliance that would propel him to greater fame with The Incredibles.
From the acting on impulse as some have said to the manipulating of the office of the president, to propel a sideways political agenda, to racial-profiling, finding, weeding out those who wish to kill Americans and dance and party all night afterward, I say, this was interesting.
The added cast of Rickey Smiley, Anthony Johnson and Natalie Desselle propel the film and veteran Burton Gilliam adds an over-the-top element that actually helps ground the story.
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