10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRING-PULLER»
Discover the use of
string-puller in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
string-puller and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Power of a New Attitude
Either situation may produce a string-puller. When you identify a puppeteer or
string-puller, work hard not to overcompensate. Sometimes we let people think
they are making our decisions and then we do the opposite of what they want, ...
2
Studying the Jew: Scholarly Antisemitism in Nazi Germany
“The Jew,” they continued, “is not merely the beneficiary of crime, but is also the
boss and string puller of the criminal underworld.” Jewish involvement in
Bolshevism, they argued, should be understood as an additional form of criminal
activity.
3
A Dictionary of Japanese Loanwords
A38) The English equivalent would perhaps be godfather or string-puller or
kingmaker, but a kuromaku was more than all these. The word implied a person
of very special caliber, and more recently it suggested links to both organized
crime ...
4
The Rebellious Sixties? Yes, I Remember
4 Standing above him a white boy and top-floor string-puller found Joe toking on
the ground-floor bathroom near his new, wood-paneled desk, on the other side of
the wall. "Nothin' better to do" was his only excuse. 5 MEMO ONE: Joe was not ...
5
T&T Clark Companion to Nonconformity
To explore both use and strategy the focus will be an organization, some
theorists and a string-puller. The organization is a chapel-building society. The
theorists are a succession of essayists who expressed the Congregational mind
and its ...
Robert Pope, D. Densil Morgan, 2013
6
Common Phrases: And Where They Come From
To buy his silence, influential officials would often do favors for this puppeteer,
who was called “the string puller.” It wasn't long before the populace learned that
the string puller was the man to see for special favors. Even today the expression
...
Myron Korach, John Mordock
7
Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign
It is a violent film, but without a drop of blood and without a great deal of action —
a thriller where the camera is almost immobile, much like Therese, the
immobilized string puller. In fact, in this context, Signoret, as Therese, is the
embodiment ...
8
Compact Oxford Russian Dictionary
(infml) (достающийся по блату) obtained through string-pulling; (человек) string
-pulling;(язык, музыка) criminal, thieves'; (as n. б., óго) (пользующийся блатом)
string-puller; (связанный с преступным миром) criminal бл|евáть, юю, юёшь ...
The same idea is good for a lamp string puller. In making birds, animals or other
figures, you'll have to find shells that look like the parts of the figure you're putting
together. For instance, if you find a shell that looks like an elephant's head, put it ...
... the decoy suddenly popped up (the string- puller was hidden behind a tree or
clump of brush), the hunter had to decide fast: 1. Was it a rabbit or some- {To
page 87) Correct method of passing guns over a fence. Best method for carrying
a ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRING-PULLER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
string-puller is used in the context of the following news items.
True Detective, season two, episode six, 'Church in Ruins', review …
The murder of shady string-puller and voyeur Ben Caspere has so far felt routinely grim, lacking the disturbing drama and human interest of last season's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
When a Man With a Gun Is Upset That You Slept With His Sister
Colman, who wouldn't put anything past the crafty old string-puller, suggests they pinch him to make sure. Sure enough, the “corpse” leaps to life. There follows ... «L.A. Weekly, Jul 15»
Strengths and Weaknesses of Juventus Transfer Target Mesut Ozil
... noted by the Independent's Tom Sheen—has reported Juventus are interested in Arsenal string-puller Mesut Ozil, starting their bidding at €40/£28.8 million. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
Top Gear: 5 other things the BBC need to do
Where will the BBC find a string-puller with the same anarchic creativity? Evans has worked with Will “Wiiiiiillll” Macdonald and Suzi Aplin throughout his career, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
'Inferno': Felicity Jones, other global stars join Tom Hanks mystery
Knudsen will portray the head of the World Health Organization, Sy will play the leader of a disease prevention team, and Khan will play a shadowy string-puller ... «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»
Hutchison pulled strings for friends' kids and grandkids at UT
... a president less susceptible to political influence than Powers, Hutchison makes an unlikely figure to consult, as she has been an avid string-puller for years. «Watchdog.org, Oct 14»
Shiny cast, silly story in 'The Counselor'
Diaz portrays Reiner's inhumanly tough mistress, the cheetah wrangler, resident sexual fuh-REAK and apparent string-puller of half the globe's nefarious ... «Chicago Tribune, Oct 13»
Broken City
... and Crowe, so tanned and coiffed that he looks like he belongs on a copper coin, plays the mayor as a boss out of the '40s, a heartless string-puller who thinks ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jan 13»
Diva destruction
... Ziggler an Attitude Adjustment, Langston, who had been watching proceedings from ringside, clattered Cena, following swift instruction from string-puller AJ. «SkySports, Dec 12»
Reusse: Lynn was the chief string-puller
Reusse: Lynn was the chief string-puller. Mike Lynn won and lost many battles during his lengthy leadership of the Vikings, and one thing is clear: It was a ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 12»
