Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads The Every Woman Biennial defies criticism, but not in the way art critics tend to mean when they use the term: saying an artist or exhibition "defies categorization" or "defies definition," as if being confounding is in itself a compelling virtue.
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What's different about Trump is that he defies the expected decorum for politicians at this level, or at any level; he defies expected decorum for most adults.
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The complex work of composer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith defies expectations.
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But it's also because Buster's Mal Heart defies easy description.
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As long as Brady defies time, this pick means little.
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Pose, out June 3 on FX, defies all those expectations.
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Infrastructure is a big, complicated subject that defies easy summary.
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But in other cases, he defies expectations by doubling down.
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This is a story that defies two strongly held beliefs.
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Like Rapunzel, Moana defies family to pursue her own quest.
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Once again, this is an election that defies historical norms.
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"This defies comment," wrote former National Security Advisor Susan Rice.
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But belief in a flat Earth defies all other models.
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Yet Alias Grace defies expectations for the true crime genre.
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The surge in maternal mortality in Texas defies easy explanation.
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It defies logic that unions could improve their working conditions.
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That we are at this stage defies any appropriate adjectives.
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He's one of those colorful characters that defies all labels.
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Its definition defies any meaning that is pinned to it.
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It is also confusing, a substance that defies easy categorization.
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The study of rorqual evolution also defies simple Darwinian theories.
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This defies the big lesson of the drug war's failures.
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Sorting out the logic behind these new policies defies reason.
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The president defies this large majority at his own peril.
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This percentage defies all commercial norms for sustainable debt service.
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The vastness of space almost defies conventional measures of distance.
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In person, Ms. Vestager's manner defies her tough enforcer reputation.
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Don't be surprised if even this brief moment defies expectations.
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Drug prices are soaring in a way that defies reason.
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It defies those kind of limiting frameworks, if you will.
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So to say they're on the run absolutely defies reality.
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" He said the Trump administration's position "defies facts and logic.
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His work continually challenges visual perception and defies traditional classification.
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In defense of their right to cleaner cars, 24 states announced a lawsuit Friday challenging the Trump administration's reckless decision, which not only defies science, but also defies public opinion and even market forces.
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At the same you're inhabiting a zone that defies such disjunctions.
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But personally, I think this game defies easy comparisons like that.
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Erotic content is also seeing a pegging boom that defies demographics.
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Tony Bennett is a walking piece of art who defies aging.
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A deer put in motion by desperation defies all these orders.
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Democrats have to because it defies their narrative, and that's tragic.
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A picture is worth 22,113 words, and sometimes it defies them.
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Gwyneth Paltrow defies 43 years on earth ... especially from the rear.
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"Working with Robin almost defies description," the Jason Bourne star responded.
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Wrigglesworth says the killing, even with some possible answers, defies understanding.
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The BMW M2 Coupe is so good, it almost defies logic.
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The beauty of Dishonored 2 is the way it defies description.
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The presser itself was so strange that it nearly defies description.
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Whenever we see a couple who defies all cynicism and logic.
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"It defies everything that this country was based on," she said.
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A 70% overnight jump in copper stocks, however, defies such interpretation.
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Speaker Ryan's call to defund libraries defies history, nature and logic.
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It defies rules of gravity and it's right in our face.
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The impact of the clothing industry on the environment defies belief.
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Without more explanation from the foundation, it "defies logic," White said.
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The pulp paper industry in North America defies easy national characterizations.
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Every step of the play and thus the movie defies expectations.
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Headlines Bridgewater's Pure Alpha defies markets with 15 pct gain on.ft.
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But his torture, in the end, defies the logic of argument.
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Even the way Mr. Journe creates a new watch defies convention.
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The business model itself defies both common sense and market realities.
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The Times's investigation is exhaustive and, to some extent, defies summary.
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There you have it: a patty melt that defies all expectations.
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It's a move that defies logic (and restricts range of motion).
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Then there's a spiritual or psychological component, which defies scientific explanation.
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My favorite film of hers, "Stories We Tell," even defies categorization.
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"The idea that it's so simple defies logic," Mr. Weil said.
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Adora is the ideal patrician Southern lady until someone defies her.
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Forcing people to sponsor speech they oppose defies the First Amendment.
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This one, in dirty orange, defies outmoded ideas of what's cool.
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He defies the postwar "fusion" of classical libertarianism and evangelical Christianity.
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In both style and substance, Mr Saied defies easy political labels.
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"This is a thorny problem that defies easy solutions," she said.
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Defies the law in a dozen different directions, all the time.
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But the geography of an exile's interior life defies traditional cartography.
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Sounds as if it defies the laws of physics, you say?
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It's a collection of photographs that defies legibility, bordering on contemptuousness.
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By Peele's own admission, the film in many ways defies categorization.
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But how this is Mueller's fault just defies logic to me.
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The agreed-upon bid schedule defies any sort of sane accounting.
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Given everything done in his name, Marx's legacy defies simple description.
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Branding professional journalists as fake news defies the logic of protecting America.
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While this may sound appealing to some, it defies law enforcement logic.
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He still defends Charles and Laura, even when it defies good judgement.
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She also defies Stone's wishes when she makes Naz take the stand.
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The movie not only defies all genre convention, but seemingly reality itself.
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America's trade deficit with China is so large it almost defies comprehension.
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It defies everything this country was based on, and it's just wrong.
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A mystery machine that emits harmful, silent waves defies any immediate explanation.
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In its current form, the idea defies physics, missile defense experts say.
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There's something raw and noble about it which defies the modern world.
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The Argonauts Maggie Nelson The Argonauts defies categorization in the best way.
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It's a comforting yet bold set of flavors that almost defies description.
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Or the Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving, who defies physics, more or less literally.
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However, procurement favoritism defies the dozens of trade agreements signed by Mexico.
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Their objection to protest and direct action defies generations of radical zeal.
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But that's just the usual partisan bickering that defies facts and logic.
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While I respect the professionals at the FBI, this announcement defies explanation.
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But a picture like "Wanda and Daughters" (2009) defies such easy sloganeering.
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Similarly, EPA defies common sense with its proposed Mercury Air Toxics Standards.
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Congressional intransigence on this issue by the Republican party defies common sense.
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What confuses the media about Trump is that he defies Washington's categories.
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"He defies all competition on 'the light fantastic,' " they wrote in Boston.
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How we don't break toes and ankles on every jump defies logic.
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In pretty much every conceivable way, Dubai's Burj Khalifa defies the imagination.
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But Dawson's assured success as a literal makeup newcomer defies that understanding.
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The building defies the conventional wisdom that office spaces cannot be inspiring.
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And now we come to this Messi: the Messi that defies categorization.
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The economic devastation of the past four years in Venezuela defies words.
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Unless Mr Netanyahu defies the polls, Israel looks set for further instability. ■
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It defies any common understanding of the right to a speedy trial.
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That defies the definition of a refugee," Walker told Fox News's "Hannity.
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It's strange and inscrutable at first, a black box that defies explanation.
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The Justice Department position on the scope of FIRREA defies common sense.
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"NYT says Putin defies 'the United States,'" Grenell wrote in March 2014.
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When Trump defies norms, his most ardent supporters exult in the transgression.
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But the image of Jimmy Carter as a weak president defies reality.
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For Washington establishment politicians, lobbyists and journalists, Stephen Bannon's crusade defies logic.
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They just can't remember what it does, because it so defies logic.
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Release date: April 7 What makes it great: Colossal actively defies categorization.
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It's a process that defies neat deadlines, and it requires uncommon patience.
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It defies the logic of it trying to be a stealth editorial platform.
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Her work has been called journalism or history, but it defies easy classification.
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But now we're here, and he's an underdog who continually defies people's expectations.
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What we just witnessed in Cleveland and Philadelphia defies our normal political vocabulary.
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Now, another storm that defies precedent is headed toward Florida and the Carolinas.
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But comfortable seating defies outsourcing: Britton said she would test the chairs herself.
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Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein is a 32-minute Netflix movie that defies reason.
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Curiously, Trump has one soft spot that defies easy characterizations: he likes dictators.
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What happened next defies description, so you'll have to watch it for yourself:
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But the idea that anyone is asking for 2202,2628 immigration judges defies reality.
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The older, and perhaps the heavier, Colon gets, the more he defies logic.
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It is particularly Philly in the pronunciation of "down," which honestly defies explanation.
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He talks to the crowd in an unspoken language that defies cultural differences.
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As Nixon learned, Congress will not abide a president who defies its subpoenas.
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Grace Notes The Mets are deep in a season that defies adjectives. Puzzling?
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One of the more surreal aspects of this is that everything defies comparison.
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There is a reason that Afghanistan's conflict, then and now, so defies solutions.
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It is a way of speech that defies the Reed-Kellogg sentence diagram.
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That my child is dead while I still live defies the natural order.
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Yet at the same time, the album title suggests how art defies intention.
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"It is categorically false, ignores the facts, and defies common sense," Lauer wrote.
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Fretting over it defies economic logic and the foundations of our market economy.
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It guts the system of checks and balances and it defies common sense.
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"It is categorically false, ignores the facts, and defies common sense," he said.
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As such, Gild Hall's after-work scene defies the neighborhood's somewhat stuffy reputation.
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In "My Life as a Russian Novel" he defies her, with predictable results.
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What happens if Mr Corbyn defies expectations and enters Downing Street next month?
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We visited the Mojave, where a "hide-and-seek river" defies the desert.
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Read… Wells Fargo's Artificial Intelligence Defies Analysts, Slaps "Sell" on Google and Facebook
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North Korea defies U.S. pressure, but can't get latest missiles off the ground North Korea defies U.S. pressure, but can't get latest missiles off the ground North Korea's latest missile test ended in failure after it exploded "within seconds" of launch.
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If Officer Porter defies the order, he could be jailed for contempt of court.
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His ordeal, which defies belief, was documented in this piece by the New Yorker.
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The webbed structure also defies any kind of grid or obvious unit of measurement.
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If a witness defies a subpoena, file suit in federal courts to compel compliance.
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Mr Navarro's views rely on crude arithmetic that defies the most basic economic logic.
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Sometimes MST3K enters a surreal world, one which defies explanation but still remains delightful.
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Anyway, what followed the disputed dispute is the sort of act that defies ambiguity.
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The various mysteries and conspiracies layer in such a way that defies easy explanation.
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The sheer number of mishaps at Brown, right from the start, defies easy explanation.
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Even for those of traditional faiths, death is a phenomenon that defies easy answers.
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He appears to be moving more cautiously than ever, yet he defies easy forecast.
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And by great, we of course mean so perfectly stupid that it defies belief.
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The "Spice Girls" performed a sort of version of "Wannabe," which defies words, really.
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Beyoncé's visual album Lemonade is a complicated and beautiful creature that defies conventional labels.
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Mr Macron's politics defies classification at a time when this is becoming an asset.
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Yet maintenance defies measurement; it's the glass pane that's visible only when it cracks.
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"It defies description; it could be a Hollywood movie," Portugal's José Fonte said afterward.
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The whirlwind disorients, defies gravity, upends things and leaves them in a new place.
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As the geography of the district defies easy generalities, so does its political identity.
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With this foregrounding of want, Chu defies a lot of trans theory and advocacy.
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"It defies comprehension and belief all these things could have happened circumstantially," Quigley said.
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On Beauty An hour with the celebrity facialist Joanna Czech defies all modern convention.
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Toners are often give the bad rep, but Clarins Toning Lotion defies the stereotype.
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That we have allowed to China to dominate their production and processing defies comprehension.
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"Their detention amid increasingly deteriorating conditions defies basic human decency," Pompeo said March 10.
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Anyone who defies the regulations in the future would be forced out of uniform.
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They can vote to hold someone who defies a subpoena in contempt of Congress.
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Living here, I also know how much of this life defies flyover-country prejudice.
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That has never made sense to me; it defies that sense of public service.
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"Grace defies reason and logic," as Bono, the lead singer of U2, put it.
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One reason Ms. Wojcicki defies easy characterization is that her core function keeps changing.
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The idea that his reputation has been harmed by this recent story defies credulity.
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President Obama's incomprehensible action in creating and relentlessly pursuing this Iran Agreement defies understanding.
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Beyond the cataloging of these facts and figures, the situation in Australia defies description.
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This is a shocking and momentous event that defies common sense and conventional wisdom.
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If Trump defies a final order, then that would be an undeniable impeachable offense.
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Although the M5S defies easy classification, that is not always true of its voters.
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"Why $1 trillion worth of value is not traded really defies explanation," he said.
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A girl defies her family for what she feels is right in "Brave" (2012).
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Or is it, instead, a breathless, endless silence that defies all forms of articulation?
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In the ninth inning at Fenway Park last night, something happened that defies explanation.
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The jump defies a Chinese government crackdown on corruption that has cooled flashy spending there.
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Huawei's real target is not Verizon; it is any country or company that defies it.
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Her music defies hip-hop genre expectations, and she isn't afraid of making a statement.
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My thought bubble: Big Tech's place in the fight against climate change defies easy labels.
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"I think that everybody sort of defies expectation and stereotypes in this movie," Purser said.
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Tensions will only increase if Catalonia defies Madrid and declares independence over the coming days.
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And of course, an individual relationship can still thrive, even if it defies the stars.
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The timid Amy defies her nature and sets off to Europe to find her sister.
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To watch a leading man struggle so transparently defies the very nature of postseason stardom.
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It's the first piece Oculus has ever made that defies obvious comparisons with flatscreen media.
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But there's no precedent for what should happen if a president defies the Supreme Court.
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"Invisible Cities," Italo Calvino "Invisible Cities" defies every single rule that's generally applied to fiction.
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And the notion that we would start now, in this high-profile way ... defies logic.
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What he has written defies easy categorization in ways that are both admirable and exasperating.
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"MUSIC DEFIES BARRIERS," read the signs on actual barricades lining the perimeter of the museum.
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And yet Victoria's tent city defies its stigma as a place of crime and misery.
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Artist Lauren Gregory defies these expectations with her new series of improvised, finger-painted GIFs.
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This snake is so very dangerous because it defies the rules of nature (and gravity).
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Again and again, women try to set him straight, but he ignores or defies them.
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Since the 19667s, Lebel has developed a radical intermedia art practice that defies easy categorization.
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That pre-emptive shrug of a title almost defies us to take his book seriously.
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It defies our common-sense intuition about what things are and what they can do.
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He often defies contemporary expectations of theater by resurrecting archaic ones, like the Greek chorus.
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Now playing again, he, too, defies his height, as a rare 6-10 point guard.
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Then there's the mystery of Mr. López Obrador himself, a complex politician who defies stereotypes.
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His approach often defies the wishes of the State Department and the American intelligence community.
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Egypt, for instance, regularly defies American demands, knowing that Washington will always come crawling back.
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Why they gave the part of Corie to this pear-shaped, insipid hack defies reason.
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Yet the candidates participate only with the guarantee of a format that defies meaningful discourse.
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He typically buys clubs and then spends millions renovating them — and then defies golf conventions.
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They wear biometric vests that track their activity, and their aging defies common medical wisdom.
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When Snoke demands Kylo kill Rey, Kylo defies Snoke and murders him using the Force.
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His thick, gray beard, poking out in all directions, defies the confines of his face.
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The process of making a photo that defies reality without CGI is complex yet rewarding.
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"Daytona is Daytona because it defies description," boomed a baritone voice through the speaker system.
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None of that is true, but that's just one way in which this stuff defies expectations.
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The touchscreen keyboard, on the other hand, defies expectations of $1,000 laptops, especially ones from Lenovo.
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Here's the state of play following Tuesday's elections; Turkey's president defies US sanctions imposed on Iran.
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The outcome, for LME stocks at least, is a degree of volatility that defies fundamental interpretation.
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It defies putting a bunch of data into a computer and running a regression on it.
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Writer Jessi Klein has a word for those cool, artfully disheveled women who's demeanor defies convention.
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Anyone who defies the regime doesn't even get a trial, instead being sent directly to prison.
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Little, Big is a magical book that defies explanation, and should be experienced rather than described.
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Yet, at 30-years old, she both embodies and defies the stereotypes often associated with morticians.
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"It defies logic that nobody in the room among his staff took notes," she told CNN.
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This practice defies common sense, and runs contrary to our most basic understanding of due process.
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He can walk again, with difficulty, but to be doing so at all defies initial expectations.
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The intersection of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act and Dodd-Frank's CFPB provisions defies easy answers.
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Being LGBTQ+ means different things to different people, and by its nature, defies sweeping cultural generalisations.
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But another risk defies any attempt to legislate: that of politicised appointments to its governing council.
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When I spoke with Lapkus over the phone, I discovered that she, like Jess, defies categorization.
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This is a guilt-free destination fantasy that defies all logic and exists purely to entertain.
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Carole Radziwill is the first to admit that her body defies the assumed laws of nutrition.
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The California election system "just defies logic to me," Ryan said during a Washington Post event.
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Yet Indiana, which holds its primary on Tuesday, defies an easy picture of Rust Belt decline.
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Combined with the 90Hz screen I mentioned earlier, this thing simply defies the traditional smartphone experience.
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The double jeopardy case could well be decided in a way that defies the opinion molders.
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The twists never actually stop in this superhero story that defies all known comic book logic.
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In an industry that tends to concentrate its startup energy in Silicon Valley, Kryon defies convention.
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A presence that defies the need for bricks and mortar and feeds the longevity it deserves.
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It's also controversial, with some having publicly suggested that uBeam's technology defies the laws of physics.
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The landlord could not sue a tenant for eviction until the tenant defies the judge's orders.
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"This generation defies the stereotypes of young adults," in terms of risk-taking, Dr. Twenge said.
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This is art that defies conventions, challenges sensibilities, and breaks down barriers between comprehension and critique.
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SOCIAL Q'S A reader defies her sister-in-law's holiday wish lists — and faces the consequences.
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He defies divine authority, laughs at attempts to be controlled, and leaves chaos in his wake.
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This is a body of work that defies categorization and does not let your mind go.
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Arizona's bullpen defies the recent baseball cliché that every reliever throws 12.33-plus miles per hour.
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When defeat does come — and defeat always comes — it is met with rage that defies control.
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Indeed, the piece's comparatively modest Classicism defies showiness, with demands that are more intellectual than athletic.
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" This is a movie, he wrote, "that defies understanding even as it compels reverent, astonished belief.
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His style is sentimental gothic, and though it should be easy to caricature, it defies imitation.
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Trump's early descent in the polls defies some longstanding patterns about how Americans view their president.
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Sheltering mountains and dry winds from the continent preserve a frigid desert that defies all expectations.
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Dear Chip and Enrique, Your refusal to engage in mutual due diligence with Xerox defies logic.
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Nearly everything about Netdata, makers of an open-source monitoring tool, defies standard thinking about startups.
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By repeating the same day over and over, Murray's character defies death and even approaches omniscience.
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The second is to back up data in case the malicious code defies the existing patches.
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" "I think we've got a 'saliva purity' test now that defies any rational approach to things.
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So, too, is the aesthetic appeal of perceived counterculturalism: the idealized rebel who defies bourgeois social norms.
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Football can be a maddeningly complex sport that defies full understanding the way it's presented on television.
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It just defies all common sense and logic especially knowing the depth of American resources with energy.
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For those who equate theater with campy shows on Broadway, Pipeline Theatre Company's Beardo defies all expectations.
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If you think about it, having a great time at the theater defies logic in many ways.
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There's an essential goodness that defies even the most sadistic human efforts to corrupt their core beauty.
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The small council openly and unanimously defies Cersei, walking out when she insists on asserting her power.
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"The entire show defies stereotypes," Peyton Kennedy, who plays the role of Kate Messner, told BuzzFeed News.
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A movie with roughly 25 main and supporting characters kind of defies the basic laws of cinema.
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When a body defies any definition and develops a sense of ambiguity, this is attractive to me.
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The latest bill, a six-week abortion ban, defies all practical understanding of modern women's health care.
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But the idea is still far enough outside of the mainstream that it defies an easy label.
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Imani's account defies constricting stereotypes that people can't be queer and Muslim or a person of color.
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Every so often, however, there's a game that defies expectations and is just a damn good story.
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Any Republican who defies the president therefore risks serious damage to his career—so most will not.
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The house is too big to be structurally sound, but its architecture defies logic, let alone gravity.
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Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of spacetime that defies measure.
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And that problem is that the government's supposed inclination to protect the public defies fairness and mathematics.
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This defies economic logic; it is a bit like raising the minimum wage, but only on Fridays.
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And yet the doubt wrought by Mr. Trump, a rival who defies precedent and decorum, is real.
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That he would discuss an ongoing investigation that implicates the president's own associates, they say, defies belief.
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As befits a player who could never be described as conventional, his second serve often defies logic.
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Tim Cook, too, has been upping his visibility in recent months as Apple defies the FBI's orders.
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Alaska's program, intended to artificially inflate game populations, is unscientific, unsporting and defies traditional wildlife management principles.
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The director of the Wellin Museum, Tracy Adler, says that the exhibition defies stereotypes about African art.
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I admire this in him, the same way that I admire anything that defies laws of nature.
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The episode, named after the antibiotic the Jennings take, defies expectations and isn't simply a bottle episode.
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In those ways, Mahendraparvata defies the neat patterns that researchers previously attributed to cities in the region.
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The setup defies the assumption that athleisure clothes are for running around town more than actually running.
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"This defies logic," said Representative Robert W. Goodlatte, the Virginia Republican who leads the House Judiciary Committee.
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Sure, he hisses some, but he mainly defies death by staying the hell out of the way.
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The measure breaks a longstanding taboo, and in the view of many experts, it defies international law.
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Mulan defies the expectations of her community by stepping up and fighting in place of her father.
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Her attitude defies all stereotypes of a nurturing mother — not that she had one of those herself.
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But the iron rods, in an intervention that defies logic, complicate the impression conveyed by the sculpture.
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It defies the tired war-torn-Palestinian narrative with a message of hope, resilience, and fierce determination.
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Moreover, the USA defies the very values it claims to uphold by arming a Stalinist terrorist organization.
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It's one of the mysteries the Amargosa, the slender thread of a river that defies the desert.
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"It sort of defies the logic of how independent cinemas operate and actually work," the programmer said.
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A Chinese dissident speaks out, Elon Musk has an eventful week, and a hotel defies all odds.
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Mr. Trump's decision is not only an arrogant abrogation of science and cooperation but also defies logic.
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They are, after all, willing to murder – it defies logic that they will respect a gun law.
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Crime Sara Paretsky defies the old notion that regional detectives don't travel well outside their home turf.
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None of this is true, and it defies the conclusions of US intelligence agencies that Russia interfered.
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The solicitor general rarely defies the court by addressing an issue the court specifically refused to consider.
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He defies experts because he isn't one and cannot abide that others might know more than him.
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Much of the intermissionless, two-hours-plus show is conducted at a rushing tempo that defies comprehension.
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A few weeks later, Benchmark filed its lawsuit against Uber — a lawsuit Kalanick says defies common sense.
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Trump defies our theory of mind because he appears to lack a coherent, persistent self or worldview.
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Gender is socially (not naturally) constructed and, when recognized as a fluid concept in art, defies easy recognition.
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That is why most politicians are reluctant to do anything that defies or demoralizes their respective voter bases.
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San Onofre, California (CNN) Meg Roh defies many modern-day adult complaints that teens are difficult and unpredictable.
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If he defies the bookies' odds and his barrister's prediction, he would surely more closely resemble a phoenix.
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"It's about the portrayal of the landscape in a way that's fresh and defies the expected," he says.
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All of that, Obama argues, defies party allegiances, and even non-Democrats should join Democrats in rejecting it.
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It's a fitting place for it, considering the dramedy itself often varies in tone and largely defies categorization.
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Jiang is well aware of the fact that she defies most people's presumptions about who designs tech hardware.
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The presidential candidacy of Trump defies national comprehension, though the Republican establishment, for good reason, is not laughing.
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We will end sanctuary cities by cutting off taxpayer dollars to any jurisdiction that defies federal immigration law.
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Chairman Nadler said in a statement: Go deeper: Nancy Pelosi defies growing calls for impeachment after Mueller statement
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What they created together is an amalgam of internet history, GIFs, sculpture, and animation that defies strict definition.
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But even having these laws in place is something that defies the most basic expectations for LGBTQ equality.
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Trump is not an evangelical, yet he too routinely defies rational thought and is unabashedly skeptical of education.
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It's stranger and more enigmatic than its predecessor, with an ending that defies Get Out's relatively digestible takeaways.
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Carolyn fires Eve from her tracking job, but Eve defies Carolyn and goes to hunt down Villanelle anyway.
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Tuesday's contest, with Gray facing former Marine combat pilot Amy McGrath, defies the typical dynamics of Democratic primaries.
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She said it "defies logic" that filling out a two-page form was a substantial burden on us.
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"It also defies how we typically talk about disasters — we remember "Pearl Harbor," but not necessarily "20133/7.
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The president's refusal to comply with the Constitution, statutes, and established congressional oversight defies the rule of law.
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"While I respect the professionals at the F.B.I., this announcement defies explanation," he said in a Twitter post.
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Any abortion provider who defies this law could face fourth-degree felony charges, including prison time and fines.
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The strength of this trend defies predictions from the Congressional Budget Office, and nobody can fully explain it.
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What Musk and Shotwell have accomplished already defies what traditional wisdom called impossible only a few years ago.
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But then three-quarters of the way through she sort of defies that cliche and becomes something else.
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In other words, she defies our traditional Beauty and the Beast expectations and remains in her "beast" form.
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From what I can tell, it seems like covering reality today is an act that defies common sense.
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The state has so much new housing, in so many different places, that it defies a particular type.
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In her new novel, "Patsy," the writer tells an immigration story that defies conventions of motherhood and sexuality.
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I think that the definition of "natural" is a constructed norm, which defies beauty in the human experience.
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The notion that everything President Trump is doing "works" and that his victory is inevitable defies the data.
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"Stephen puts elements out there and defies them to work together," said the photographer Larry Fink, a friend.
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A fudge factor is an arbitrary value that makes a model work, but which itself defies deeper explanation.
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Now it defies all of Mr. Spacey's serious gifts and hambone tricks to bring it to engaging life.
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The cheese pizza at Vace defies the laws of gravity and the rules of foldable New York pizza.
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But there's something about the labyrinth, and our complete dependence on its continued function, that defies total comprehension.
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Kardashian shared a very informative picture to Twitter on Tuesday, revealing to the world how she defies gravity.
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It confounds researchers, defies typical human logic and delivers laser-focused pain to a victim's friends and family.
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But murkiness in this investigation created by Saudi intransigence and at times obfuscation defies a simple binary analysis.
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The funding gap defies any simplistic explanation or solution, but from a business perspective, the opportunity is clear.
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The single director for-cause tenure protection defies the president's constitutional authority as head of the executive branch.
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This process defies the certainties of an effective drug, yet provides lifelong tools for health and self-care.
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Looking at Glover's career means looking at a body of work that, like Atlanta, very purposefully defies definition.
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"If, in fact, the Republicans in the Senate take a posture that defies the Constitution, defies logic, is not supported by tradition simply because of politics, then invariably what you're going to see is a further deterioration in the ability of any president to make any judicial appointments," Obama said.
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This is the stage which drives technicians crazy because it defies all the rules of logic and technical analysis.
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Images courtesy the artist Effervescence, a stomach-lurching video from London-based filmmaker Greg Barth defies explanation at first.
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What happened next defies standard logic – at least for the blood and thunder of a League One grudge match.
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The escape is a scene of hope: A North Korean defies all odds in search of a better life.
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"This defies the trend seen thus far (at rival firms)," Barclays analysts said in a note on the results.
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"This chart defies my own skepticism," said John Kilduff of Again Capital, who has been a crude market bear.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Defining "post-truth" is paradoxical, given that doing so defies the term's significance.
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This is art that defies conventions, challenges sensibilities, and breaks the walls down between around both critique and understanding.
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If he defies the president in public as the nation's top military officer, he may not survive too long.
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Su-ho's characterization as a virginal innocent defies belief, as does Mr. Kang's performance as a man approaching deafness.
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Next is the accusation that China defies the spirit, if not the letter, of the rules of the WTO.
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The idea that a few thousand immigrants are going to create a bump in that just defies the numbers.
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Rational behavior defies the assumption in many studies that people exhaust their savings and live in crisis, Banerjee said.
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That defies an economic model called the Phillips curve, which generally shows that when joblessness falls inflation will rise.
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And it defies political logic to think that a decision to walk out with no deal can be harmonious.
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Pitchers are not traditionally good hitters — though Arrieta somewhat defies that phenomenon — which makes the feat even more impressive.
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It defies common sense to strip coverage from 180 million Americans by outlawing private insurance with Medicare for All.
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Focused on workers' rights, its economic policies have veered from protectionist to free-market and it defies easy classification.
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Meanwhile, the Chinese team defies United Earth orders and hatches a plan to explode a jet thruster in Indonesia.
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"There is a part of my brain that defies logic," she writes in the latest edition of Lenny Letter.
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Elsewhere she craves love and defies authority in the equal measure that makes people want to overrate this band.
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Toy runs were common in the 1990s, but the Hatchimal success story defies popular assumptions about the toy industry.
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This is a ponytail which defies gravity and just, like, the laws of what's scientifically possible with human hair.
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His conversation with T.I. suggests he admires Trump as a fellow polarizing figure, someone who defies norms and expectations.
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It defies logic to require the government to get a warrant to look at its own lawfully acquired files.
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It also defies Hezbollah, which was part of his coalition and wanted him and the government to stay on.
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" As he puts it, "The reality of China is so outrageous that it defies belief and renders realism inert.
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In fact, the Israeli government does not recognize Palestinian refugees' right of return, a stance that defies international law.
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Part of the reason Casting JonBenét defies easy categorization is because Green has never felt comfortable in either genre.
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"It wasn't a crime to report the dead body, which kind of defies logic," Schuitmaker recalls in an interview.
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We've reached the point of the English Premier League campaign where Leicester City's title run no longer defies logic.
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There is a heightened, inexorable quality about these surfaces that defies a middle-class (bourgeois) reading of their art.
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Charles Dutoit led the so-called "dramatic legend in four parts," which defies categorization as oratorio, symphony or opera.
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She has a charisma that defies pity and a sense of poise that can be both intimidating and heartbreaking.
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"'The Star-Spangled Banner' is really about the underdog hero who defies the odds and wins," he told me.
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But its incentive agreement works out to an astonishing $230,000 per job, which defies a reasonable return on investment.
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Mate defies the logic of capitalism: It hasn't grown significantly in popularity around the world, but it doesn't perish.
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"It defies common sense for distributors such as AmerisourceBergen to be singled out," the company said in a statement.
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"As a business strategy, this defies common sense regarding the treatment of an establishment's paying guests," Mr. Maldonado said.
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Melania Trump's wearing of that jacket at that particular juncture completely demonstrates disrespect in a way that defies decency.
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"That defies the laws of nature," stressed Nicola Fox, mission project scientist of what's called the Parker Solar Probe.
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It also defies Hezbollah, which was part of his coalition and wanted him and the government to stay on.
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The logistics and weight of transporting so much material on one spacecraft, along with a crew, defies current technology.
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It just defies belief that a ship that goes to Mars could all of a sudden go to Neptune.
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The Center for Reproductive Rights praised the ruling, saying that the attempted ban defies decades of Supreme Court precedent.
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Trump—a media-created populist who has no such endorsements and is despised by Party insiders—defies that theory.
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Fighting injustice and the pressure from her father to join his prestigious law firm, Farah defies her family's expectations.
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There are also times where you enter an endorphin-induced state of euphoria that defies all kinds of logic.
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Yet Suto Orizari - born after the 1963 earthquake destroyed Roma homes in the centre - defies outsiders' tag as a "slum".
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I think of Frecon's shape as an abstract thing, a form that defies being turned into language or a message.
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While it's certainly too soon to declare Stitch Fix a long-term success, its short-term performance defies the odds.
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Policy changes are often complex, the economy is dynamic and defies precise prediction, and many policies are modified over time.
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And that brings us to the kind celebrity that defies all potential drawbacks and would win any election, any time.
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Kim's ownership over her own naked presentation defies the media's attempt to place her within a certain set of constraints.
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Like much of Kovács' output, the album skews towards the unorthodox end of the house spectrum, but defies easy categorization.
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Remy not only defies odds, but he overcomes his family's and society's expectations of him by entering the culinary world.
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Meredith and Christina gave us a whole new vocabulary for describing a close friendship that defies traditional boundaries: your person.
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In that sense, Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo defies one of the unwritten rules of gay cinema: Tell, don't show.
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TikTok, a short-form-video social media app that has been downloaded about 800 million times worldwide, defies easy categorization.
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To her, the most startling aspect of poor Black maternal mortality rates is the fact that it defies class factors.
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Her rhetoric usually defies what's physically possible, like never getting cold and getting butterflies in places other than her stomach.
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Transferring terrorists with the known risk of them returning to the fight – against our own troops no less – defies logic.
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Written with a clear eye after criss-crossing the continent, he offers telling glimpses of an Africa that defies stereotyping.
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Indeed, that the American right has transformed climate change into a partisan issue defies all reason and rational self-interest.
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While gun violence at schools defies an easy solution, it appears logical that improving economic circumstances play an important role.
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Trump, by contrast, almost never offers sustained straight talk about anything other than his emotions, and indeed often defies understanding.
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So it's slightly puzzling to come across a restaurant like Harvest Wine Bar, in New Haven, which defies obvious categorization.
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The multi-state campaign defies almost a half-century of Supreme Court rulings on abortion, but that's exactly the point.
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"In many ways, he defies a lot of the conventional wisdom on what you can and can't do," he said.
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President Trump's suggestion that Khashoggi's elaborately planned murder in the Saudi's own consulate was orchestrated by "rogue killers" defies reality.
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The most effective place to start defies conventional wisdom: it is building an international coalition for a ceasefire in Yemen.
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The fact that one of the country's highest-profile federal prisoners could even commit suicide defies all logic and belief.
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The character Sula defies gender norms and is hated by the town for disregarding social conventions and having interracial relationships.
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The new celebrity inmate, Judy King (Blair Brown), is another "Orange" character who simultaneously defies and lives up to type.
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The prehistoric crab dates back to 95 million years ago and scientists say it defies all the normal crab features.
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As a dunker, he's on the same level as Zach LaVine, Aaron Gordon, and everyone else who regularly defies gravity.
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Hiring someone who defies the modeling norms is often perceived as some type of personal proclamation, whether intended or not.
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I told them until you have an app that defies gravity, I don't think we have to worry about safety.
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Cramer said it "defies logic" that Trump Jr. would take a meeting under those circumstances without knowing the woman's name.
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Most of the artists acknowledge the influence of jazz and hip-hop in their music, even as it defies categorization.
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But anyone could tell, he writes, that Farrow's account of the alleged abuse was false, because it defies common sense.
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There is something about the film's brazen mixing of incompatible elements that defies categorization, imitation or even sober critical assessment.
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Invoking prosecutorial discretion, the Justice Department can decline to charge an official who defies a subpoena at the president's direction.
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The Trump administration—yet again—is poised to set a precedent that defies the law and the will of Americans.
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Japan defies whaling ban: The country said today that it would withdraw from an international agreement and resume commercial whaling.
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Kate Spade's aesthetic doesn't just transcend geography, it also defies the age gap that most fashion brands must contend with.
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Terenzi's latest offering is Sirrah and Mirach, a pair of unisex perfumes that defies the traditional pyramid structure of perfumery.
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Ugly painting — even expensive ugly painting — defies a bloated art market, in which inoffensive works all too often become trophies.
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His death, like others in the film, is indicative of a chaos that defies a simple black-and-white explanation.
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The NCSC&aposs comments come as Boris Johnson defies US lobbying to ban Huawei from the UK&aposs 5G networks.
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This is a highly dangerous game that defies the evidence and undermines the very norms needed for a negotiated outcome.
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It also seems to defy gravity as much as it defies any attempt by a batting helmet to contain it.
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An apartheid state legally and institutionally privileging the colonizers in historic Palestine defies international law, ethical principles and common sense.
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The current thinking around combat-related PTSD, nonetheless, defies the notion of the broken soldier racked with guilt and flashbacks.
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It's imperfect, but I'm glad to have spent time with this attempt to model a conflict that defies easy summary.
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But female athletics remain contentious, especially when the sport completely defies the established cultural and religious codes of Pakistani society.
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The data tells a story about political advocacy that defies most of what we think we know about women's history.
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Their chemistry defies even the rules of split-screen cameras, as they reach out to grab one another through the wall.
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Another problem not to be ignored, as VICE's Alvi learned in Iraq, is that the terror group increasingly defies simple categorization.
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"Connectedness" defies what our culture evolved to do, namely bond together in common pursuit as units measured in dozens or hundreds.
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Scenarios in which the AI defies intuition highlight both the power and the limitations of any system based on machine learning.
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Part of the reason your friends won't stop talking about Parasite is that it kind of defies any typical genre classification.
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Yovanovitch defies White House The White House and State Department apparently told her not to testify, according to Democratic committee chairmen.
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It allows all other elements to become more pronounced, resulting in something rooted in tradition that nonetheless defies any historical trappings.
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The letter from the White House is a political stunt that misinterprets the Constitution, ignores relevant precedents, and defies common sense.
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Home to more than 640m people, the variety of the region's 11 countries defies most analytical attempts at clustering them together.
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In any major campaign, particularly one that defies the status quo, there are elements that could prove useful for future candidates.
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This 86-minute piece of work is the shiny, smooth output of a machine so cynical and uninspired it defies cognition.
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It's hard to describe Tiggs da Author because his sound is sprinkled in so many different flavours that he defies labels.
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Shannon's character regards the creature as untameable, other — a monster that defies nature — while Stuhlbarg's marvels at its intelligence and empathy.
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" Brown added that the Trump administration's executive order to dismantle the Clean Power Plan was a "colossal mistake and defies science.
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Here's Tom Price, arguing that this is a fork bill, not a chopstick bill, or something: The CBO report defies logic.
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For example, the Endangered Species Act rule declaring critical habitat for the endangered jaguar likewise defies common sense and the law.
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Efforts to spin it all as "fake news" a year after issuing a statement admitting to making the comments defies incredulity.
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But the idea that a President cannot face obstruction of justice charges in an impeachment proceeding run by Congress defies precedent.
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That might, in fact, be how we are trained to respond to a woman who defies our attempts to contain her.
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The American Psychological Association should be ashamed of itself for perpetrating this false and misleading stereotype of police that defies reality.
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This defies the approach advocated by all major public health organizations, from the American Medical Association to the World Health Organization.
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As the movie jounces along on florid pronouncements that overstate the obvious, "Fathers and Daughters" defies credibility and insults the intelligence.
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For those men in charge to decide that that collection of cells has more value than that child defies all logic.
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The second night of a two-night variety festival showcasing talent in comedy, music, dance and art that defies easy definitions.
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She defies racist Americans who would standardize the cultures of white people or sanitize, eroticize, erase or assimilate those of blacks.
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The work has turned Ms. Stark into a leading public face of a far-flung Bitcoin community that often defies organization.
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In this and other ways, "Birdcage Walk" defies and includes a number of genres; it steadfastly refuses to be one thing.
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Lutes also defies certain Expressionist conventions, with an emphasis on white rather than black and an avoidance of exaggeration or abstraction.
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Mr. Thaler established that people's behavior consistently defies economic theory — they refuse to pay more for umbrellas during rainstorms, for example.
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The notion that Spock (and Sarek) would keep this under wraps in numerous appearances throughout multiple movies and series defies belief.
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He willingly defies convention by running females against males, something rarely done in the United States but more widely practiced abroad.
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The spirited man defies death in battle, performs deeds of honor and is respected by those whose esteem is worth having.
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Henrietta, a fiercely independent Forge heir, defies her father by hiring a black groom, and soon falls in love with him.
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Scott's donation to Love defies the support from House Democrats' campaign arm, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, for Owens this year.
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First, she defies Bernard's attempt at reprogramming her by forcing him into a moment of self-awareness outside Dr. Ford's control.
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Make no mistake, though: Tears will flow, prompted by a love that defies time, space, physical reality and even death itself.
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At the same time, her résumé defies some of the caricatures that Republicans use to make swing voters suspicious of Democrats.
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What defies belief to many Americans is that the Trump administration does not believe that it is guilty of any wrongdoing.
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He said that Young's case "defies this elitist logic of scarcity" and that Young's prolific output was part of his allure.
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The fun, unifying power of thirst is that it defies any strict gender or sexuality binaries, so who the hell cares!
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This is a reality for me and my peers except for Johnna, who defies that perpetuated stereotype — in the U.S. Army.
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You emerge from it restive and itchy, as though a movie screen could give you sunburn, and the story defies resolution.
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He defies the Washington establishment, the news media, Congress, science, diplomatic norms, political correctness — and anyone who gets in his way.
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In "Virginia Governor, Ralph Northam, Defies Calls to Resign Over Racist Photo," Jonathan Martin, Trip Gabriel and Alan Blinder write: Gov.
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The longer he defies the Constitution, however, the harder it will become to cajole him to hold elections, and possibly leave.
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She also shows a broad curiosity for current events and history, which defies the assumptions about a tunnel-visioned tennis prodigy.
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The letter, supposedly written by Dr. Harold Bornstein of Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, is four paragraphs long and defies parody.
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I am not so pressed for crew that I cannot afford to lose one who defies my authority and resorts to blackmail.
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The sudden jump in job creation defies the panicked narrative on Wall Street that an economic downturn is right around the corner.
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What befell Mr O'Clery's relatives also happened to millions of others, in an age of collective suffering and survival that defies comprehension.
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Intense and deeply personal, the Japanese self-taught artist's work, now in its first-ever New York solo survey, defies easy labels.
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Instead, he depicts some of the less savory aspects of American culture with an eerie detachment that defies any form of argument.
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Fleishman Is In Trouble takes that fear, makes it thrillingly personal, and much like the very institution in question, defies all expectations.
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Kim appears determined to project the image of self-reliance as his impoverished country defies international condemnation by chasing its nuclear ambitions.
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"This watercraft defies the norm and creates a new standard," Jordan Darling, the vice president of Nikola's powersports division, said on stage.
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My point here is that, for its size, the S8 Plus is more impressive and defies more expectations than its regular counterpart.
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Maggie defies that model when she executes Gregory for the assassination attempt, but she chooses to imprison, rather than kill, the assassin.
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And if the president defies a court order, the constitutional crisis that some Americans have predicted since 2016 will arrive at last.
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The really puzzling thing is that Donald Trump defies every stereotype of a candidate you would typically expect Christians to vote for.
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The latest Chinese regulations allow the government to shut down sites putting out video content that defies "core socialist values," Reuters reports.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is even claiming that there are close ties between Al Qaeda and Iran, which defies all logic.
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Her work, in its eye-catching vibrance, celebrates the country and defies the narratives of constant struggle placed on it by outsiders.
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Down Below is another album on this list that defies many of the preset categories that metal fans love to squabble over.
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They're also commonly used against transgender students who dress in a way that defies the gender norms of their legally assigned sex.
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If it continues to operate, Uber could face fines of 10,000 euros (about $10,600) for each day it defies the court ruling.
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Related: New Cinema Hackathon: Dance with Your Face Dancer Defies Gravity with Stunning 3D Projections Heart Bot Turns Heartbeats Into Personalized Illustrations
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Maduro's administration has deemed any protests illegal, threatening anyone who defies the no-protest order with up to 10 years in prison.
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He is (probably) too loyal to run against Mr Hollande, if the unpopular president defies reason and seeks re-election next year.
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But a federal judge just blocked the law, saying it defies Supreme Court precedents and "unequivocally" infringes upon a woman's constitutional rights.
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The new film by Steven Spielberg, " The Post ," begins in the jungle, shifts to Washington, and defies us to tell the difference.
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Indeed, it defies the long-established precedent of the Article III courts that review decisions of the board and the attorney general.
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The figure defies the common wisdom that customers are increasingly abandoning their traditional cable video subscription to stream their favorite shows online.
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In its push into the fast payments arena, the Federal Reserve defies this classic Chandlerian insight at more than a century old.
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It's one of Fassbinder's most unusual and self-revealing projects, and it defies political shibboleths of the artistic milieu of the time.
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The Interpreter Experts on civil wars say there are several reasons Syria is "a really, really tough case" that defies historical parallels.
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Well, Callichimaera defies all of these 'crabby' features and forces a rethink of our definition of what makes a crab a crab.
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The panel's opinion is nonbinding, and the Polish Constitution does not say what should happen if a government defies the high court.
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It defies the idea that comedy has to feed into noxious stereotypes to be funny, and is so much richer for it.
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The talent of folks like this is so astronomical that it defies music industry moulds, and creates new ones in their stead.
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Andressen told NY Mag that the main argument against basic income was that people would stop working, but human nature defies that.
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As much as Mr. Trump's positions seem to be driving Asian-Americans into the Democratic Party, the group defies easy political categorization.
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Traditionally, in the West, serious art history likes its art made from durable stuff that withstands — or defies — the passage of time.
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From his early success "Forty Years On" (1968), Mr. Bennett has presented music as a vehicle for transcendence that defies cold analysis.
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The surprise announcement also defies a warning from Iran's supreme leader in September that he should not take part in the election.
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Whereas, on the surfaces, Soutine is not only too traditional in outlook, but he technically defies analysis of how to do it.
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How Tru navigates her alienating all-girls school and quietly defies the limits of girlhood is written with exquisite care and attention.
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The extinct ocean creature Tullimonstrum gregarium, popularly known as the "Tully monster," is one of those outsized weirdos that defies easy categorization.
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But this outsider faction of Sanders's coalition is probably not going to care all that much if Sanders defies the party's wishes.
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It defies logic for an American president to punish American consumers in order to prompt Justin Trudeau to be kinder to Canadians.
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In other words, it defies expectations, skewers stereotypes, and forces us to confront our own biases in ways that can feel uncomfortable.
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Clinton in the way she presents herself defies the stereotypes of women which are millennia old but can still call them on.
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This philosophy explains and contradicts their attachment to a pet that, in many ways, defies what we believe a pet should be.
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For decades, the media mogul has defied conventions and amassed a rare kind of fandom that defies racial, cultural and class boundaries.
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But there's been one bright spot: an economy that defies expert predictions by continuing to deliver jobs, growth, dividends and higher wages.
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Edna speaks at American universities, champions girls' education and defies extremists — and she's one of those inspiring me to do the same.
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The Bill Murray classic is an easy touchstone, but really, each Russian Doll episode's unbreaking cycle of death and rebirth defies comparison.
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As the Trump administration repeatedly contests and defies congressional subpoenas, House Democratic leaders have openly contemplated utilizing new enforcement mechanisms, including fines.
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Yet in expanding on Christina's story, Kline defies what some might see as the strength of Wyeth's work, its undercurrent of mystery.
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It defies logic for the drafters to have given a sole unelected prosecutor and grand jurors from one jurisdiction such unchecked power.
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In a post-ISIS Middle East, Lebanon's existence alone defies ISIS's apocalyptic vision of a black and white "us versus them" world.
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But when Albrecht visits her grave, Giselle defies her destiny to protect him from the Wilis, redeeming his actions through her love.
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His previous work — allegorical, satirical, anti-realist and metapsychological — defies genre labels and can seem scrubbed clean of any trace of influence.
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Even if the White House defies expectations and secures a big stimulus by August, the impact likely wouldn't be felt until 2018.
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"There is something about the film's brazen mixing of incompatible elements that defies categorization, imitation or even sober critical assessment," Scott wrote.
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"It defies both law and common sense" for the beliefs of a single district court "to somehow be mandated nationwide," he said.
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The piece that most defies traditional gender norms is a glittery silver turtleneck with both men's and women's sizes on the tag.
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"This rule defies the will of a bipartisan majority of Americans and fails to preserve a free and open internet," notes the group.
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Novartis said this change approach was appropriate because SPMS was a continuation of RRMS, in a disease area that defies strict diagnostic categories.
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Betty, the teenage daughter, defies her parents and teachers by going out to shadow a survey crew on her high school's career day.
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But if the Trump administration defies Democratic subpoenas and prevents witnesses from appearing, Democrats don't believe that will ultimately slow down their efforts.
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That's not the most advanced of topics in a movie about a woman who defies all odds to get into Harvard Law School.
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Relying on the Kurds is understandable for American officials who have struggled to get a handle on a war that defies simple solutions.
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" His definition of atheism defies that of contemporary atheism, where one adopts—oftentimes without question—the singular creed that "there is no God.
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But "Nothing to See Here," the third novel by Kevin Wilson ("The Family Fang"), defies an entry like that because it's wholly original.
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Kim appears determined to project the image of a self-reliance as his impoverished country defies international condemnation by chasing its nuclear ambitions.
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There was "perfect weather, a superlative dinner, a dance party for the ages, and a dress that defies adjectives," according to Goop's post.
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There is a widespread sense that technology, access to water, rent prices and the planet are changing at a pace that defies comprehension.
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Ultimately, what I admire about The Greatest Showman is that it defies the impulse that made all of those reality shows so successful.
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But the second time a purveyor of plastic straws defies the ban is when the heavy hand of the law could clamp down.
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If he fails, this could be an issue that haunts his administration and defies Trump's ability to emerge from the most damaging controversies.
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The 6-foot-long, 140-pound Chinese giant salamander is a being that defies belief—and seemingly the laws of the physical universe.
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And the work of building a machine that defies gravity means weight matters more than any other consideration, like the price of materials.
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Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal told CNN the Saudi explanation "absolutely defies credibility" and he called for an international investigation of Khashoggi's death.
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Maybe he glued on the hair (which by the way defies categorization because it's not quite a dreadlock and not quite a braid).
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All of which would make Lee look like a minor player, but there's a certain quality to Lee's play that defies the numbers.
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We're taught to be perfect and pretty and talk a certain way and act a certain way, and Miranda defies all those rules.
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What we get instead from this character is a passionate love story that defies the conventions of traditional relationships in the best way.
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The discovery could offer clues about how huge, mature galaxies formed so quickly in the early universe — a process that defies theoretical models.
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Glaser said the current situation "defies the laws of supply and demand," but economist David Rosenberg said that's not going to last forever.
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But it does not want to be seen to be enriching a government that outlaws peaceful protests and jails anyone who defies it.
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And, worst of all, partisans of the forceful approach want to sink any craft that defies Russian mandates while traversing the Arctic seaway.
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"It really defies the law of supply and demand," Amy Glaser, senior vice president at Adecco Staffing, said of the muted wage inflation.
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When played at an elite level, soccer, like art, contains so much that is unquantifiable that it defies numerical ranking and subjective opinion.
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The number one song in the U.S. is "Black Beatles," a song that defies any analysis deeper than it being fun as hell.
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Fujifilm's new X-Pro2 is a tough camera to review by any ordinary metric — it's an exotic tool that defies rational purchasing decisions.
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He's probably playing a character that is unexplainably cocky or cool in a way that defies everything you're seeing or hearing on screen.
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The artist, who gave only his alias, defies tattooing as an artform and flies in the face of the subculture's decades of tradition.
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His place in the rock canon is confusing, in part because he defies some of the key principles that canon is based on.
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It defies all laws of time and space and traditional moviemaking by extension, in this ridiculous snow globe of a movie, anything goes.
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The whirling dervish joyfully defies convention, whether it's upending the traditions of Italian cooking or bringing pleasure into how we feed the hungry.
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The nine to one ratio of negative to positive stories about the Trump administration, however, is an imbalance that defies solid reportorial judgement.
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But the President's efforts to create an alternative reality are being badly outpaced by the facts of an emergency that defies political pressure.
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Mr. Washington stars as Hickey, the traveling salesman who defies the regulars at Harry Hope's flophouse to face up to their dissipated lives.
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This is a minor gripe for a novel that continually and subtly defies predictability as it tells a vital and remarkable life story.
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Her win defies conventional wisdom of how minority candidates must campaign in order to gain traction in districts predominately composed of white voters.
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So he practices in secret, with the help of a girl from outside the community, Charlie, who defies norms in her own way.
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Together, they stand as a kind of trio of city bards, fiercely loyal to a complicated area that defies cliché and casual explanation.
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The book that inspired this play is a densely literary work that defies classification and would seem to defy translation to the stage.
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Still, in this small, final, seemingly quiet but ultimately volcanic book of stories, Trevor denies and defies — maybe spites — the promise of decline.
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"Frankissstein," like its protagonist Ry, is a hybrid: a novel that defies conventional expectations and exists, brilliantly and defiantly, on its own terms.
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Bitcoin defies traditional currency and economic models, so it's ironic that these models are being used to support predictions of its ultimate demise.
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Despite a concept that defies simple description, this South Side story draws viewers in, while making Chicago a central character to what transpires.
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As a whole, this exhibition has a sweet sentimentality that defies presumed notions of what global Conceptual art should look like or address.
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Simone Biles defies gravity during her floor routine at the Women's Team Finals of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Read more " _____ From The National Interest: "It defies logic that if we have made a bad investment we must continue to do so.
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Crump says the autopsy defies a police narrative that Clark was menacing officers, who were heard yelling "gun!" repeatedly on body camera footage.
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Still, for many homeowners, tearing up roads defies logic and sets back the stature of a city that by many metrics is thriving.
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So there you have it: a tax "reform" bill that defies all five principles that made us great for two and half centuries.
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He'll lose much of his apparent power to tank the reputation of any Republican who defies him, like he did for Ted Cruz.
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London is celebrated as a multicultural city that supposedly defies the idea that people from different backgrounds can't get along in close quarters.
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He's suggesting that the rules of the road when it comes to men and women have changed, and he thinks it defies natural instinct.
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Seen on the likes of strong women like Issa Rae, Yara Shahidi, and more, the front bun defies the rules of symmetry and shape.
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It is an unruly stew of a book, which defies genres and expectations, but Mr Anderson's writing is good enough to pull it off.
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It defies the old adage that the simplest explanation is often the correct one, and will continue to haunt readers for generations to come.
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Japan defies international protests to carry out what it calls scientific research whaling, having repeatedly said its ultimate goal is to whale commercially again.
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I think what people are really responding to is the story itself, and the fact that it defies the uncomfortableness of the subject matter.
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An early scene involving a policeman, whom Chris defers to and Rose defies, evokes white privilege and identity politics effectively enough to be excruciating.
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"The inscrutable indie hip-hop group returns with an uncontainable record that defies genre and expectations at nearly every turn," says the Pitchfork review.
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Among them: an alcohol-free hair spray that defies gravity and a gel-like nail polish that last longer than most of our relationships.
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To the extent that your company defies those traditional norms based on its innovation, it will get a better valuation than its peer group.
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The new ship defies norms by placing the pool, normally found on the top deck, at ocean level with a promenade ringed in windows.
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Her voice is lush at times and full of raw edges at others, but it defies the typical expectations of female R&B voices.
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In every place in which Ngoc Lan's portrayal could have been modeled off portrayals of immigrant domestic workers we've seen before, she defies classification.
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This moment directly defies that idea of compulsory monosexuality, making it clear that Rosa likes who she likes and that's not going to change.
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A majority government can form — that could happen next if May's Conservative party defies the odds and breaks above the majority threshold of 326.
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"The Magnificent Bears of the Glorious Nation of Finland," by Finnish designer Annukka Mäkijärvi, defies much of what you would expect from a map.
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Mary becomes the only woman in his band of disciples and defies the prejudices of a patriarchal society as she undergoes a spiritual awakening.
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" Speculation over the reasons for Key's resignation would continue, wrote the New Zealand Herald's political editor Audrey Young, because the move "defies political gravity.
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The move defies U.S. President Donald Trump's demands for OPEC to help reduce prices while he toughens sanctions on oil producers Iran and Venezuela.
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How do you appeal to a growing generation of workforce that increasingly defies traditional norms and turns to internet for nearly all its needs?
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Tropical Storm Harvey THE SCALE: The sheer scale of the disaster that's unfolding in Houston and other parts of Texas right now defies imagination.
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Jazz is evolving with the help of a new breed of musicians who are creating an innovative sound that challenges convention and defies categorisation.
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Biathlon: Brooke Jarvis writes about biathlon and how the seemingly paradoxical combination of cross-country skiing and shooting defies human control — without intensive practice.
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This strategy of squaring the circle might seem odd: How can a country be committed to principles it routinely and pervasively defies and ignores?
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No, Johansson is clearly a narrator choice pitched to celebrity-dazzled adults, and to be fair, "Alice" is a book whose appeal defies age.
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"Cricket has shown especially through the IPL that it defies normal economics," Amrit Mathur, who ran an IPL team for five years, told CNBC.
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"We're getting out of the nation-building business," he said in a speech laying out a foreign policy that defies Republican and Democratic conventions.
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Unlike the 1980s, however, the current trend defies neat labels; the debate on whether there is a so-called gay ear is long over.
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"It is a scandal that Sweden ... openly defies the decision of an important U.N. body," Per Samuelson, a Swedish lawyer representing Assange, told Reuters.
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Trump's startling decision to pull troops out of Syria was a case study of a President who defies advisers, and the consequences be damned.
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In this harrowing memoir, Westover, the daughter of survivalist Christian fundamentalists in the Idaho mountains, defies her father and ends up at Cambridge University.
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Reliving 'a wild west shootout' To hear his colleagues on the field June 14, 2017, it almost defies belief that he's reached this point.
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"Dear Prudence" is one of those songs that defies words; simple and hypnotic, it beckons you out of your head and into the world.
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Facebook's user growth defies the usual trajectories for social media companies, which often start strong out of the gate and then sharply slow down.
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Nonetheless, Balvin and Bad Bunny benefit from their differences in approach, and their curated choice of guests represent a shrewdness that defies genre convention.
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His music defies predictable electronic pigeonholing, yet he has developed a signature of gently undulating synths, soaring vocal hooks and throbbing jolts of rhythm.
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Even in an era of cheap communication, this event – an epic assertion of natural rights, an inflection point for our Nation – defies easy words.
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"The Personality Brokers" is history that reads like biography that reads like a novel — a fluid narrative that defies expectations and plays against type.
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"This move defies any negotiating logic," said Evan S. Medeiros, the senior Asia policy director in the National Security Council during the Obama administration.
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Whatever the reason, the decision to withhold flu shots denies human rights, defies international treaties and legal conventions, and is epidemiologically dangerous and dumb.
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G.R. A trumpeter of smoldering grace, Leo Smith (now Wadada Leo Smith) defies standard technique or musical structure, but he always sounds fully embodied.
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"His Favorites" is primed to be a major work for the #MeToo movement, but rather than seek connection with readers, it stubbornly defies it.
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Authoritarian leaders from Russia to Venezuela grow stronger; Kim Jong-un of North Korea defies the world in his pursuit of a doomsday weapon.
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It's an uncommon story in many ways, not least of all because it defies many of the Silicon Valley stereotypes we've grown accustomed to.
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Because there is no light and only limited sources of energy in deep water, survival "defies the normal routes of life," Dr. Hampel said.
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He defies expectation, denies explanation, and excels at the most difficult aspect of storytelling: building a complex humanity for even his most deplorable characters.
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And in the case of the Israeli whistleblower, the situated testimony defies official accounts that the organization he represented had lied about the incident.
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Like a number of recent Trumpian narratives, this one too is founded in internet nonsense and defies both fact and Senate Intelligence Committee reports.
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According to the government's own data, the military kills far more combatants than it injures, a lopsided record that defies the history of war.
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That quick homage gives way to a cartoon of a girl singing with a daisy, which defies the short's title for a brief moment.
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It simply defies common sense to think that Justice Bork would not effectively do what he has built his career saying should be done.
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This Death Star Bluetooth speaker projects sound in 5.993 degrees for up to five hours while it seemingly defies gravity by floating above the base.
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Building on this work, Aujik released a test for an upcoming project titled Spatial clusters, in which architecture defies physics by snaking through the cityscape.
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FBI statistics on hate crime violence are thus grossly under-inclusive, as it defies logic to assume none of those localities experienced hate-driven violence.
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Netflix's animated comedy/existential drama BoJack Horseman is a show that purposely defies definition — which, unfortunately, undoubtedly hurts it as far as awards contention goes.
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I spoke with Abdelrazaq over e-mail and asked her how she characterizes her own work, which defies easy interpretation as either art or activism.
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Jovovich imbues the Dutchess with exaggerated, condescending smarminess, while Awkwafina offers a restrained take on Yu, one of the few characters who defies easy categorization.
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"Band of Robbers" is a goof that defies logic in its creation of a witty double vision of mid-19th-century and 21st-century Missouri.
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If Trump defies an order from the Supreme Court -- or any final order from a federal court -- then there are only two potential legal remedies.
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From the local beauty pageant to the affectionate gaze of local hottie Bo (Luke Benward), Will casually defies the behaviors typically appointed to fat girls.
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That visibility helped vault him to be the controversial face and spokesperson for the Black Lives Matter movement, a justice campaign that defies single leadership.
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There is something about the disjunctive presidency — the problems it faces and the tools it has to address them — that defies the comfort of history.
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Comey's mishandling of the Clinton email investigation was certainly a reason to fire Comey, but It defies common sense to believe it was the reason.
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The inherent intimacy of viral social videos helps explain why they often hinge on events so idiosyncratic and slight that their humor almost defies explanation.
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But it defies logic to conclude that broadband is being reasonably and timely deployed across this country when over 24 million Americans still lack access.
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North Korea is among the most isolated countries in the world and regularly defies the international community by launching test rockets and capturing political prisoners.
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The notion that Neanderthals could have made them defies long-held assumptions that these hominids were incapable of the complex behavior necessary to work underground.
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While the term might not seem very special at first glance, "9/11" — pronounced "nine eleven" — defies the way Americans typically refer to calendar dates.
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"It defies logic that we would use unreliable tools to decide whether refugees can reunite with their families," said Betsy Fisher, strategy director at IRAP.
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He has used all his brazenness and skill to make something that, once it leaves the ground, defies not only gravity, but time as well.
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The violation of basic dignity happening here defies the consistent refrain by the prophets and Jesus to do justice with an eye toward the exploited.
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Never mind the fact that he found a new way to skate a 2360-year-old skate-stopped spot in a way that defies physics.
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Ctiborsky believes the documentary is about rather simple idea: a guy who defies himself, taking risks to open up his mind and become more creative.
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It defies stereotype: Vegan food in America is supposed to be joyless and unfulfilling, seasoned only with the fermented tang of the moral high ground.
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"It defies logic, and it's unprecedented," AT&T's chief executive, Randall L. Stephenson, said in a news conference on Monday after the suit was filed.
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We know that among animals they are uniquely attentive to the human gaze, but their preternatural sensitivity to our emotions and behavior defies easy explanation.
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Susan Sontag did so much writing about nothing, she made a big patootie about something that was a minimal thing and that really defies definition.
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"How the special prosecutor can construe a 'code of silence' theory defies belief," Mr. Graham said after the charges against the three officers were announced.
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It is a curiosity that no team for almost a decade has managed to win back-to-back championships, a quirk that defies easy explanation.
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"The surge is so unprecedented in historical terms that it essentially defies efforts to forecast where the economy may go in the future," Yglesias writes.
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At only 22, she also defies the stereotype that women are reluctant mathematicians and coders, as her analysis shows her to be adept at both.
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What will become of France if Ms. Le Pen, the anti-immigrant, anti-European Union candidate, defies the polls and vaults into the Élysée Palace?
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And its system for complaints -- where judges police fellow judges -- is a world so closely controlled and cloaked in secrecy that it defies public scrutiny.
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He has lost seven consecutive times in the team format, a dreadful record that defies easy explanation, not that people will shy away from trying.
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A nursing student goes in for a heart transplant; two fishing buddies survive a helicopter crash; a girl defies her religious mother to play Nintendo.
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An even greater risk than real talk on free trade would be a populist challenger in the next election who defies the pundits and wins.
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Ko uses the voices of both the boy and his birth mother to tell a story that unfolds in graceful, realistic fashion and defies expectations.
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But since that defies the law of physics, you can see how Senpower's robot cleverly turns its torso around, to collapse into the right shape.
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Nat then defies Samuel, by baptizing a white man on the grounds of the plantation, and Samuel has Nat beaten within inches of his life.
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As a gay Black man, Yung Pole Master is ecstatic to dance at an event that defies West Hollywood's standards of beefy white gay masculinity.
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Outwardly austere, seething with inner drama, this is the only modern Passion that breathes the same air as Bach's, and its neglect defies comprehension. ♦
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"Why you would allow Indian Point to continue to operate defies common sense, planning and basic sanity," Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, told reporters in June.
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To suggest that I am willing to look the other way on preexisting conditions defies not only what I have stated [but] who I am.
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To believe that this Creator took on human vesture, accepted death and mortality, was tempted, betrayed, broken, and all for love of us, defies reason.
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The mainly conservative mayors who have imposed the ban say the garment, which leaves only the face, hands and feet exposed, defies French laws on secularism.
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Rated five stars, Flyte is a light that literally defies gravity using magnetic levitation, while the bulb is powered by the electromagnetic field and mercury particles.
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Related This Immersive Light Sculpture Visualizes Internet Connections as Laser Beams Dancer Defies Gravity with Stunning 3D Projections A High Fashion Dress Meets High Tech Projections
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What we have managed to do to it in a mere two hundred years, and to the American West in much less time, defies the imagination.
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"The PTAB's ruling flies in the face of core legal principles that govern the interference-in-fact inquiry, and defies common sense," the UC brief states.
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Some of the subsequent outrage was about the order itself, which, as the Atlantic explained, defies basic conventions of American cookery by mixing savory with sweet.
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Whenever an artist releases an ambitious, challenging project that defies immediate parsing and denies the listener instant gratification, a select coterie of fans bitch and moan.
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The partnership program defies stereotypes of the Frick as a bastion of Upper East Side exclusivity and the South Bronx as an incubator of underperforming kids.
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Jeb Bush is fighting for his political life in Saturday's primary there, and the more Donald J. Trump defies the party, the more his supporters cheer.
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A scrappy operation run by just five enterprise industry veterans, it defies convention in a number of ways, including setting up shop in New York City.
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Astrology is an imperfect science — and it's totally fine if your dearest friendship defies the "rules" (and we use that term very loosely) of the stars.
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Trump's threat, which defies our democratic traditions, went beyond anything Nixon ever said, even though he did seek to use the government to punish his enemies.
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Related: Bestiality and Surrealism Collide in Frightful Hyperrealistic Sculptures Impossibly Posed Fashion Photography Defies the Laws of Physics These Fashionable Watercolors Will Give You Clothing Envy
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Also like Papers, Please, Obra Dinn's art style defies the graphics arms race of so many other games, instead establishing empathy for purposefully low resolution caricatures.
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"The President's refusal to produce evidence or permit witness testimony defies not only the rule of law but the basic protections of our Constitution," Scanlon wrote.
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I struggle to explain Kotaku in Action every time I have to, because it truly defies explanation and has the many heads of a hydra collective.
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Area X defies explanation: nobody knows its origins or what happened to the people who lived in the area of the coast that Area X claimed.
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For the better part of the last two decades, he's been able to make timeless music that defies genres, but Man of the Woods isn't that.
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This argument, quite simply, defies logic and demonstrates how insufficient oversight has aided the industry in dictating the terms of resource development on taxpayer-owned lands.
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The dollar's rise defies the consensus from earlier in the year that the U.S. currency would go down as the Federal Reserve signaled fewer rate hikes.
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Why the bomb maker would himself become a suicide bomber remains one of the essential mysteries surrounding him and, much like his radicalization, defies simple explanation.
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"It defies logic that we would use unreliable tools to decide whether refugees can reunite with their families," Betsy Fisher, strategy director at IRAP, told ProPublica.
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Sophocles wrote an "Electra" whose heroine is a counterpart to his Antigone—a fierce virgin who defies convention in her obsessive quest to avenge family wrongs.
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But is the fact that we're fascinated by Holmes's bad hair because it defies our expectations of female public figures' appearances too charitable of an argument?
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For Mexican food that defies cliché, there's Atla, from the chef Enrique Olvera, more casual than Cosme, his big New York debut of two years ago.
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But as Tesla stockholders weigh several big questions at its annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, the cash-crunch scenario is one that defies an easy answer.
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Mel Chin was awarded for "harnessing the power of art to raise awareness of social concerns through a practice that defies categorization," according the MacArthur Foundation.
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Dr. Kacelnik said that instances like this, when data defies risk assessment theory, don't necessarily mean it's wrong; it just means the tests aren't sensitive enough.
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"It really defies the law of supply and demand," Amy Glaser, senior vice president at Adecco Staffing, said in early May of the muted wage inflation.
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If AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson really believes what he said Monday about how the government's move "defies logic," then this move really is about CNN.
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The rebranding of a man-made reservoir as a sea is all part of an outsize project that defies conventional, or at least Western, business thinking.
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"This absurd contortion of the Obergefell ruling defies all logic and reason," said Kenneth Upton, senior counsel in LGBT rights legal group Lambda Legal's Dallas office.
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South Korea's move to let its GSOMIA pact with Tokyo lapse defies mounting U.S. pressure to maintain a key element of security cooperation among the three.
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On DVD Something odder than a masterpiece, Orson Welles's "Othello" is at once a credible abridgment of Shakespeare and a jigsaw puzzle that nearly defies comprehension.
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As she tries to carve out a new place in the world, Marion turns out to be a delightful antiheroine and defies expectation at every turn.
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As Forbes has pointed out, it defies logic that payments already logged in one corner of this matrix would escape the attention of several other corners.
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Instead, the book's most memorable character may be Mongolia itself, a rugged physical and political terrain that defies easy generalization or the exoticizing accounts of Westerners.
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With her new book's title, Anne Waldman, whose writing, performing, teaching and activist career defies political and poetic convention, appears to promise feminist mischief and playfulness.
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"It defies reality, not to mention all appearances, to believe that he could make a truly independent decision" on the death penalty in Mr. Saipov's case.
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This is a dangerous precedent that defies all diplomatic norms and an assault on the Palestinian people's right to engage with the rest of the world.
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"In this small, final, seemingly quiet but ultimately volcanic book of stories, Trevor denies and defies — maybe spites — the promise of decline," Cynthia Ozick wrote here.
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The language deployed by Mr. Scaramucci, however, provided a new kind of challenge for news outlets navigating coverage in an administration that almost gleefully defies convention.
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It "defies a fundamental, centuries-old precept of our legal system: People cannot be punished for crimes for which they are not morally culpable," he wrote.
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Could there be a "girl group" or "boy band" that defies the conventions you just identified and still be considered a girl group or boy band?
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The HBO series — a semi-apocalyptic drama about the aftermath of the Sudden Departure, in which 803 percent of the world's population disappears — defies easy classification.
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Congress's continued failure to act on behalf of their constituents over these many years flagrantly defies the will of the people who they purport to represent.
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"The White House's argument defies the Constitutional separation of powers, decades of precedent before this Committee, and just plain common-sense," Cummings said in a statement.
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As such, despite the rush by some on social media to label Graham by our modern polarized culture, he remains a figure who defies easy classification.
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But Russian hacking defies easy categorization, American officials say, because the Russian government tacitly supports many private hackers and occasionally taps them for freelance government work.
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The 1563,000 jobs added in November is an important number since it defies expectations, at least for one month, that the labor market is slowing down.
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The actual and potential threats from Russia, China, North Korea and Islamic extremists are all serious, but giving the Pentagon another huge increase defies common sense.
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Smith bakes with an urgency that defies rational explanation, leading to pieces that are sometimes beautiful, often deeply weird, occasionally figurative, and just as often not.
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Beauty, for Beaton, is a dynamic ever-changing entity, a force so intent on expressing itself that it defies the established norms of expression and anonymity.
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And then there's someone like Donald Trump, who questions judges and defies democratic norms and attacks the press and any person or institution that challenges him.
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As Silver chases the man she loves, Golden defies their human hosts' fickle hospitality by preying on the men and women who fetishize her exotic body.
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Replete with goofy videos, throwback pics, and inspirational quotes, Brit's Instagram page defies curation and is heralded as a genuine online presence that humanizes the star.
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Critics often condemn lottery players as subverting the work ethic, that the pursuit of gambling defies a longstanding American tradition of getting ahead through work, not luck.
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The actors, who starred in Christopher Nolan's 2014 sci-fi thriller/family drama Interstellar, reunited in Serenity, a sexy-noir-thriller-tech-drama that defies all explanation.
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Miss Teen USA defies pageant beauty norms When Garris took the Miss Teen USA stage Sunday, she did it with confidence as she wore her natural hair.
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He stands out from the blur of contemporary country because of the hand-hammered authenticity of his music, but he defies certain character expectations of the genre.
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What I have learned from this experience is that even though there are statistics defining the odds in breast cancer, sometimes a story just defies all odds.
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The challenge that awaits Eliud Kipchoge, Zersenay Tadese, and Lelisa Desisa, the elite athletes who this weekend will attempt the first sub-two hour marathon, defies characterization.
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A "crisis of constitutional fidelity," by contrast, occurs when what the Constitution prescribes is clear, but one or more politician or branch of government willfully defies it.
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Some have compared Wang's style to Jacques Rivette's interest in experimental theater, but there is something uniquely American and original to Wang's work that defies easy categorization.
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This Canadian series, which becomes available on the streaming service Acorn beginning Monday, is a slow burn, and its pacing isn't the only thing that defies expectations.
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That could in turn also hinder their effort to offer the public a crisp, easily understandable case against a President who habitually defies limits on his power.
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Republicans are also arguing that the whole thing is a partisan plot that infringes on the Constitution and defies the will of people who voted for Trump.
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Republicans are also arguing that the whole thing is a partisan plot that infringes on the Constitution and defies the will of people who voted for Trump.
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Bernard MacMahon defies convention by beginning with an anachronistic culmination—Robert Johnson's mythic "Cross Road Blues" was cut in 1937, well after country blues's 78-rpm flowering.
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Elizabeth defies her family's objections to marry Philip and as the series progresses their marriage develops too, moving from lust and delight to bickering, jealousy and suspicion.
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But the government's interpretation defies its commonly understood meaning in computer security, which describes code that surreptitiously installs and runs on a device without the owner's consent.
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LIKE ITS mercurial name, which shifts between one imposed by British colonisers and another by its generals, Burma, or Myanmar, is a country that defies easy categorisation.
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To be sure, it defies logic that a child could be adequately supervised and still navigate the extensive obstacles put in place to prevent this very thing.
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Imagine the possibilities: Every year, the NBA sticks a plant in the audience, they rush the stage, and Jerome Pickett delivers a beating that defies the imagination.
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But The Sciences defies that notion by dragging the listener head-first into the cosmic bong and leaving them with their third eye half-open and bloodshot.
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This seems to fly in the face of financial aerodynamics, much as Mr Bolt's towering figure (too tall for a sprinter, apparently) defies physics on the track.
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Indeed, some of the court's reasoning seems so far-fetched, particularly to any reporter who was in Croatia and Bosnia at the time, that it defies belief.
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To them the news that SoftBank, a telecoms and internet firm, paid its former, Indian-born president, Nikesh Arora, ¥31.5 billion ($300m) in two years defies comprehension.
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"He defies the traditional stodgy image of politicians and mostly goes without a tie, works standing behind a desk and flies economy class," the Associated Press reports.
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"One hundred percent renewable energy defies the laws of physics," said Tom Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research, a fossil-fuel-backed conservative think tank.
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My best groundstrokes are down the line, especially on serve returns, but that defies conventional wisdom in doubles, which emphasizes hitting across, away from the net person.
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It is a scene reminiscent of other countries and other times: An angry candidate defies the will of the voters and hurls venom at the democratic process.
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"It defies common sense that a similar protection has not been put in place for seniors, especially with the rise of high-cost prescription drugs," he said.
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There are some principles of law where people would say that it defies sort of the ideas of justice for someone to be able to pardon themselves.
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" (In the movie, Dickinson defies the principal on religious grounds, and flees home.) There were pages of Dickinson's manuscript poems, written in pencil—"How have they survived?
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It's both cleaner and richer, with a whisper of salt as it hits your tongue and a burst of fat so singularly succulent that it defies description.
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"People like my father are too often turned into single-note stereotypes by the world around them, and I like that my dad defies that," he says.
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She defies physics with languid ease, as agile as a modern day Neo and with the weightlessness of the zero gravity heroes of a Chris Nolan film.
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" He said that when the opposite happens and officers communicate calmly, "it defies the expectation of those individuals, who expect the cops to roll up like stormtroopers.
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Shortly after, we meet the hero of the story, who defies the statement and who segues into a relationship with a woman met through a dating app.
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It defies explanation for any government to react to new details about systemic advantages for the rich and powerful by cutting taxes on the rich and powerful.
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So to leave the thing people are thinking unsaid not only defies expectations, it also reveals a fearfulness that has never been the foundation of great art.
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The hairstyles are works of art in their own right, especially from the 1730s on, when combs and hairpins proliferate and hair defies both expectations and gravity.
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But even if it does not come to that, Mr. Trump faces a loss of credibility if Mr. Maduro ultimately defies American pressure and holds onto power.
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It defies one of the explicit checks and balances set out in the Constitution, a provision designed to protect us all against the centralization of government power.
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Seeking to upend the male-dominated canon but directed by a man, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema defies some hierarchies while reinforcing others.
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Though college is often depicted as a place of sexual exploration, and dating apps seem to encourage passing from one relationship to another, my generation defies that.
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Trump's almost obsessive habit of pushing Russia's foreign policy goals is one of the most curious aspects of a presidency that almost daily defies belief and convention.
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The judge scheduled a Monday hearing on the issue, but it is unclear what sort of consequences the Russian firm may face if it defies the court.
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Books of The Times Edith Sheffer has written a book that defies easy categorization — an appropriate, if perhaps inadvertent, response to her fascinating and terrible subject matter.
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Ms. Jawara defies the stereotype of the kind of African migrant — typically rural, male and married — who sets off on the so-called back way to Europe.
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DES MOINES — They are a mix of campaign veterans and political rookies, deeply committed to a complex Democratic process that defies most accepted tenets of representative elections.
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The deal defies expectations that no investor would dare buy a share in the Russian asset, given Western sanctions against the government of President Vladimir V. Putin.
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But Apple is putting up a fight and said the tax bill "defies reality and common sense" in a new statement to a European court this morning.
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The sweeping tax overhaul awaiting President Trump's signature is fueling trade tensions abroad, even as, domestically, it defies the economic odds on creating jobs and raising wages.
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This problem defies easy solutions and it would be unwise to think that we can simply revitalize overnight communities that lost thousands of jobs over past decades.
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It is spineless to fail to challenge this president on a blatant, authoritarian-type power grab that defies the Constitution that the senators have sworn to uphold.
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But it's Kennedy's distinctive voice — a peculiar drawl that defies simple linguistic classification — that presents the greatest challenge for any actress who might attempt to imitate her.
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The switch to a queen hasn't made much difference, he said, except in the part of the show when she rebukes the sexist knight who defies her.
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But the nature of A Thousand Thoughts defies this, incorporating what you could call "active editing" to introduce a dynamic element to the preordained nature of cinema.
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It makes sense that a robotic car may not understand how to handle that situation because, by the very rules of the road, it defies all logic.
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"A company thinks very hard before it defies the government," said Nicole Wong, who was Google's lead lawyer when Google resisted a Justice Department request for user data.
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One state defies any easy red wave or blue wave characterization in the 20143 elections: Alaska, big, remote, and the home to the midterms' most interesting governor's race.
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"Governor McAuliffe's executive order defies the plain text of the Constitution, flouts the separation of powers, and has no precedent in the annals of Virginia history," Howell said.
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Judge Gorsuch is such an interesting choice because he's an intellectual who writes like a novelist and a "conservative" judge who defies expectations of what conservatives are like.
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Not stupid fun, to be clear, just fun that defies rational analysis — in this case, a full-body haptic suit created for the cult musical shooter Rez Infinite.
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In February, they opened this unassuming place with a user-friendly four-course, $65 tasting menu that offers multiple choices and achieves lofty goals but defies thumbnail description.
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It is not as diverse as some neighboring inner-ring suburbs, but it is part of a demographic shift that defies all the traditional notions of suburban voters.
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Brady is 38, but he defies age with his long list of dos and don'ts for a quarterback trying to play when others have long retired or crumbled.
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But if it gets to that point, Bonetti said, the court will surely "rule against the decree eventually, as the decree defies many of the European laws too."
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" In a rather infamous Elle profile from May 2017, she's quoted as saying she's "gay for the purposes of activism," but ultimately defies classification: "My sexuality is Abby.
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Trade lawyers say the ascendancy of China's aluminum sector defies commercial logic as it faces higher bills for energy - the biggest input cost - than the U.S. and Europe.
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It's deep burgundy in appearance, and it's got a mouthfeel so rich and deep that it practically defies description and causes Clovis to spontaneously hump the wine barrel.
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And we've shown, year after year, organic growth in that 3-plus percent level — 4 percent for us this year — that defies what the naysayers have to say.
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In a letter to Verma this week, more than 30 House Democrats warned the move "defies Congress" and threatens care for some of the country's most vulnerable people.
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What's truly outstanding, however, is that this still feels familiar, in that way that defies explanation when you pick up an old favorite game for the first time.
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The horrific alleged event defies the pattern of campus sexual assault as described by Candice Jackson, the acting assistant secretary for civil rights in the Department of Education.
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The portraits feature a mélange of individuals caught in domestic moments to capture a provocative, elegant otherness that defies commonly accepted notions of race, gender, age, and individuality.
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"This strategy defies both law and logic and puts hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars and Warfighter mission needs unnecessarily at risk," he wrote, according to the Post.
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Near a series of lithographs about the Black Panthers, Pike brought up Radio Fresh, a Syrian station that defies a ban on female journalists by distorting their voices.
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But few have gone as far as Trump in creating a different dimension that blurs established fact, defies accountability and knocks the rest of politics off its axis.
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The KN-14, Schiller and other analysts agree, is far superior to the "old flawed design," and so it defies logic that both would still be in development.
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Related: Pierce the Veil of Andrew Thomas Huang's 'Interstice' [Exclusive] Dancer Defies Gravity with Stunning 3D Projections 8 Projection-Mapped Performances That Have Us Dancing with Our Computers
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But Orban, who cultivates his image at home as a maverick who defies Brussels, has said Fidesz might have to leave the EPP and seek an alternative alliance.
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However, it defies all logic and rules out all objectivity to discard this side of the argument/narrative when you are dealing with a brainwashed, deranged Muslim radical.
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Most of these plans, in turn, have many moving parts and Vox's individual explainers on them are long enough that the overall Warren policy agenda somewhat defies summary.
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McKeown said the rule "defies logic," given how the concept of access has become "increasingly diluted" as more songs become available on Netflix, Spotify, YouTube and other platforms.
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The book is "history that reads like biography that reads like a novel — a fluid narrative that defies expectations and plays against type," our critic Jennifer Szalai writes.
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Practically speaking, it defies logic that Honduras will be able to fairly adjudicate thousands of potential asylum cases, when our own government has been overwhelmed by the task.
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In the end, "The Overstory" defies its own prediction about fiction's limits, making the contest for the world feel every bit as important as the struggles between people.
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The idea that some of the biggest American corporations would not be made to cover a substantial portion of the opioid bill defies common sense to some people.
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The Parallel Reality board is a digital display that defies logic showing multiple viewers different information while everyone is looking AT THE SAME SCREEN AT THE SAME TIME.
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Flatland is a great way to introduce kids to the concept of dimensions, a technical concept in physics and mathematics that defies our everyday notion of physical space.
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Musically, it's so unique and diverse (do I hear guitars with effects pedals on top of a purely synthetic beat?) that it defies genres — and it's just catchy.
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Second, the Constitution authorizes Congress to exercise its inherent contempt power to jail an individual who defies an order to testify, until the individual complies with congressional demands.
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That scenario would involve a series escalation of the conflict and beg the question of what happens if Assad defies the US and continues to use chemical weapons.
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Here is a place that defies easy stereotypes of red and blue America, a mostly rural county in central Wisconsin that split nearly down the middle between Mrs.
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READ: Bill de Blasio defies New Yorkers and runs for president Almost immediately after the NYC mayor dropped out of the race, Trump jumped in to mock him.
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The Trump administration's cruel obsession with ridding our military of dedicated and capable service members because they happen to be transgender defies reason and cannot survive legal review.
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The thing that makes "The Light" so appealing is that it defies expectations of a melody — your mind doesn't quite know what's going to happen next in the song.
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Westbrook's conduct might be unremarkable were there not a man who defies every norm of civil society—and represents the very worst of manhood—living in the White House.
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Popov said fine would be imposed on anyone who defies the ban, which police said was needed because the veils - which cover all but the eyes - hampered quick identification.
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The idea that anyone could legally consent to sex while in police custody defies moral logic, but in New York, as in much of the country, it's the law.
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In an era when many politicians, including Clinton, instinctively back away from any statement that defies the standard party line, Trump seems willing to do so with reckless abandon.
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He is thought to be unlikely to win, but if he defies expectations it would prompt fears that Mongolia might yet again renegotiate the terms of big mining projects.
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It's especially rough when the artist in question is Joan Osborne, whose rich and varied CV completely defies the relative simplicity of "One of Us," her massive 1995 hit.
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The small successes of a hardworking postwoman who fosters her wrecked family's children, or of a recovering drunk who defies the mini-bar, appear heroic amid the general failure.
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Yet the idea that Mr Obama would have been more successful if he had tried to do the left-wing things his critics falsely accused him of defies reason.
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For this reason, period sex can seem like a feminist act, as it defies the societal expectation of women to hide, or be ashamed of, this awful fucking thing.
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Tyrone 'Rone' Woods (Badge Dale), the Navy SEAL and contractors' de facto commander, ultimately defies that order and mounts a rescue operation — but, spoiler alert, they arrive too late.
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"It really defies logic that the state would continue down this path with Aramark when we can see so clearly that it hasn't worked since they privatized," he says.
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It defies reason that a country, after enduring four and half decades of repressive communist authoritarianism, including a crushed uprising in 1956, would roll back its hard-won democracy.
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Any Uber-registered cars that defies the suspension order will be fined and impounded, lawyer Aileen Lizada, a member of the transportation board, told Reuters in a text message.
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Related: Ominous Photos of Creeping Limbs Reaching Out for Human Contact Impossibly Posed Fashion Photography Defies the Laws of Physics 15 Photography Students Take on the Meaning of Disorder
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We are singling out men, women, and children on the basis of their faith - and we are doing all of this with a randomness and capriciousness that defies reason.
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Birds of a Feather, a new Sichuanese eatery in Williamsburg, whose Chinese name is Mandarin Duck, indulges chili devotees and blithely defies preconceived notions about Americans' low heat tolerance.
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"Her legacy will live on every time some underdog, outmatched and outgunned, defies the odds and delivers a win for the people," the Republican presidential nominee said at Mrs.
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"While I respect the law enforcement professionals at the FBI, this announcement defies explanation," Ryan said in a statement, warning it could put the nation's secrets at future risk.
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"Websites and apps are not utilities and it defies logic to tax them like electricity, water or gas," said Noah Theran, spokesman for the Internet Association, a trade group.
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Still, no matter how proud that photo might make him, Frank is such a savvy politician that it defies believability to think he would not have had it destroyed.
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This piece defies convention, challenging what a film can be and how an artist can relate to their audience, and it complicates conventional discussions around representation and gender diversity.
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But the proposal, which mentions "decreases in sea ice coverage" (still not explicitly stating "climate change"), defies President Trump's refusal to acknowledge climate change as a national security issue.
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Related: A Robotic Sofa That Can Balance On One Leg Precarious Cut-Stone Sculptures Convey a Sense of Delicate Balance Impossibly Posed Fashion Photography Defies the Laws of Physics
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The so-called dramatic symphony, which the soprano Barbara Hannigan performed with the pianist and composer Rembert de Leeuw last weekend at the Park Avenue Armory, defies operatic grandeur.
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Their optimism defies gloomier predictions from chief financial officers, nearly half of whom predicted in a Duke University survey last year that there would be a recession in 2019.
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The novel recounts the love of Izel and Adar: she, the adopted daughter of a wealthy Avignon priest; he, a young genius who defies the stupidity of the age.
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"Rocketman" defies precisely none of the genre's clichés, but the ascendence of young Reginald Dwight into the pop legend better known as Elton John is a satisfying arc nonetheless.
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He has shown her what he is prepared to do to enforce his will if she defies him — this being, in effect, the most basic form of patriarchal governance.
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The cities of Cannes and Villeneuve-Loubet have banned the burkini, arguing that the garment, which leaves only the face, hands and feet exposed, defies French laws on secularism.
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"I identify nontheistically with a Miltonic Satan that defies all subjugation, exalts scientific inquiry and promotes Humanistic, pluralistic values," Temple co-founder and spokesperson Lucien Greaves wrote in 2017.
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"The rule defies the will of a bipartisan majority of Americans and fails to preserve a free and open internet," Michael Beckerman, the association's chief executive, said on Friday.
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Tamburlaine, another sheep-farmer from an uncouth foreign land who defies convention and morals to rule half the globe simply because he can; the comparisons are too irresistible to ignore.
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He may have been referring to the unique ownership structure, but the combination is also complicated because it creates a new type of oilfield services firm that defies easy comparisons.
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"I don't know how many of you have a farming background but I can tell you right now that notion even defies barnyard logic ... the barnyard knows better," he said.
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The play (pictured top) defies expectations the moment a seemingly ordinary usher (the charming Jocelyn Bioh) moves from explaining the origins of the play to inhabiting the voice of God.
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" Unsurprisingly, meat industry trade associations like the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the North American Meat Institute were quick to pan the finding, and claim that it "defies common sense.
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Part of what I find so jarring about the media's insatiable appetite for polls right now is that it defies our past resolutions to go on a desperately needed diet.
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That defies historical trends and is leading more investors to take short-sell bets that the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX), which tracks big, unexpected moves in the market, will decline.
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Lone woman defies neo-Nazi march: 'I was angry' The number of far-right demonstrators were outnumbered by counter demonstrators, some of them playing music and singing, Czech media reported.
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And in Transdimensional Serpent, Rafman uses an Oculus Rift to take viewers into a virtual reality experience that defies time and space, with results that are both beautiful and disturbing.
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Tesla's making a bet on its production process for the Model 3 that defies accepted industry know-how – which is not at all an unusual strategy for the young carmaker.
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But the rest of the album is all laughs and thrills in which sweet clarity defies a panoply of beaty techno sound effects at different junctures every time you listen.
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There is a moment in Andy Samberg's new comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping that defies comedy expectations and/or R-rated vulgarity — depending on your level of cinematic sensitivity.
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What they fail to realize is that secularism defies human rights; where it liberates one from forced religious practice, it oppresses the other that chooses to freely practice their religion.
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The state has rolled out the most audacious anti-Obamacare proposal yet, one that openly defies the fact that the Affordable Care Act is still in effect and in force.
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Carly Rae Jepsen + M83 + Oasis I like it when you sleep… defies categorization by design, but its core sits somewhere near the sentimental, dewy male pop music of the '80s.
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"It defies belief that media organizations are held responsible for comments made by other people on social media pages," a spokesperson for News Corp Australia told the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Take Kristin Chenoweth, for example: The multi-hyphenate star has a larger-than-life voice that defies her 4'11 frame and some of the most voluminous waves in the business.
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A feeling that defies physics and rationale; one that is as firmly rooted in an unknown thing as it is unfurling its grip on permanence at the same damned time.
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"It defies common sense that pilots and engineers would fly an aircraft that does not meet safety standards, and risk their own lives," PIA said in a statement on Friday.
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"The failure to crack down defies not only the White House priorities and congressional demands, but logic and common sense," Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, said in an interview.
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Just one of the difficult content moderation issues embedded in the businesses of sociotechnical, planet-spanning social media platform giants like Facebook — hate speech — defies a top-down 'global' fix.
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What emerges from the interviews is a complex, at times contradictory portrait of a wealthy, well-known and provocative man and the women around him, one that defies simple categorization.
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Even the term "exercise pill" is an oxymoron, along the lines of "jumbo shrimp"; the idea that swallowing a pill can harmlessly "mimic" a vigorous half-hour swim defies logic.
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After frustrating and undermining Tata at every opportunity this season, Hermilda needles her about the family's lack of spiritual well-being and defies strict orders not to attend public mass.
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Linda Sánchez (Calif.), head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), said that "raiding people's homes to forcibly break families apart" simply defies America's role as a refuge for the dispossessed.
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"It defies logic that if you're going to rescind money that's not being used, that the only place to look is [nondefense program such as] Medicare and Medicaid," he added.
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"The President's refusal to produce evidence or permit witness testimony defies not only the rule of law but the basic protections of our Constitution," Scanlon said Tuesday in a statement.
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It defies reason that in 2017 we have this online-connected device equipped with a microSD expansion slot, and yet there's no way for paying customers to protect their data.
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That could be true; even the 7th Circuit acknowledges its decision defies precedent established by virtually every other court that has decided whether sexual orientation is covered by Title VII.
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Individual foreigners are barred from spending to sway elections; it defies logic to allow groups of foreigners, or foreigners in combination with American citizens, to fund political spending through corporations.
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Kent Jamz, J.I.D, and Buddy join BJ on "Get Away," a J Dilla-inspired song that defies song structure, with the four bouncing around the frenzied track as they please.
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"It defies both law and common sense for DACA ... to somehow be mandated nationwide by a single district court in San Francisco," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement.
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Trusting your own feelings is sometimes necessary because expert information is hard to access—published research articles are often locked behind paywalls—or written in a way that defies comprehension.
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On a recent Wednesday night, Ms. Shang, 40, sat patiently at a downtown Beijing branch of Haidilao, a restaurant chain that defies China's well-earned reputation for lousy customer service.
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"The comedy plants itself four square on the stage of the Broadhurst and defies its author, director and players to make it make sense," Walter Kerr wrote in The Times.
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WASHINGTON — Congress gave swift approval to a $22 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government open through September but broadly defies the Trump administration's wishes to reshape it.
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But as he is about to become the oldest quarterback in Super Bowl history, Brady's approach to the game defies the way aging in the N.F.L. is expected to work.
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Trump and Sessions's "tough on crime" push defies some of the evidence we've seen over the past few years, which has found that tougher criminal justice policies aren't very effective.
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Still, until that final moment, the video chronicles a slow-moving scene that defies the notion that tense police encounters with the mentally ill generally escalate out of control quickly.
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She breaks the law; breaks social convention; defies the advice of her brother, who tells her to just stick it out; and she gets herself the hell away from him.
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Trusting your own feelings is sometimes necessary because expert information is hard to access – published research articles are often locked behind paywalls – or written in a way that defies comprehension.
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That's why this week on the MashReads Podcast, we read and discuss Kurt Vonnegut's book Cat's Cradle, a novel that defies description partially because of how absurd the plot is.
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Neumann's buyout, which includes a $185 million consulting contract and a $500 million loan to repay a credit line, defies any logic and gives new meaning to the word excessive.
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And teachers are the most powerful force behind his campaign -- putting at the center of his House race an issue and core group of supporters that defies national partisan dynamics.
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" Kerri Kupec, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department, said the vote "defies logic" given the department's efforts to cooperate with the committee, and "undermines Congress's credibility with the American people.
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The sheer volume of allegations lodged against Mr. Trump and his circle defies historical parallel, possibly eclipsing, if they were all proved true, even Watergate, the nonpareil scandal of scandals.
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While they are both bound to the rules of their chosen genre (which ironically, their subject systematically defies and rejects) each author has a very different relationship to the subject.
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The inspiration is visible in the way her rope both defies and conforms to gravity, sometimes appearing to crush form upon form, other times to support itself with its own weight.
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Made by consumer electronic brand Plox, the 5-watt speaker can play music for up to five hours while it seemingly defies gravity by floating in mid-air above the base.
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After Jon beheads someone who defies his commands to show he means business, other members of the Night's Watch slowly turn on him because of his affection for the Free Folk.
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It's also a surprisingly subdued insurrection movie, a science-fiction feature about revolution and resistance that defies genre expectations and focuses more on a personal story than on big action beats.
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Union members found themselves legally bound to fight only for themselves, which defies one of the foundational tenets of union membership: that an injury to one is an injury to all.
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" He might also say: "It defies common sense that Hillary's trillion-plus-dollar tax hike will boost the economy, and that her multi-trillion-dollar spending will succeed where Obama's failed.
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Henry is the younger brother of the Kingdom fighter that Morgan failed to protect back in episode 13 of last season, and he defies Carol and Morgan's orders to stay put.
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Related: Now You Can Explore a Fully 3D Fractal Universe with Oculus Rift Dancer Defies Gravity with Stunning 3D Projections You're a Drug-Fueled Party Animal in This Interactive Music Video
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The specter of an inexperienced president, engaged alone in a lengthy, private exchange with the cunning and seasoned leader of an adversarial nation defies every rule of diplomacy and good sense.
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Related: Thermal Cameras And Net Art Surrealism: Daniel Sannwald's Fashion Photography Impossibly Posed Fashion Photography Defies the Laws of Physics [NSFW] Photographer Inserts Her Own Nude Self-Portraiture into Classical Paintings
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The House can vote to hold anyone who defies a subpoena in contempt, but Democrats so far have not pursued such action out of a reluctance to delay their impeachment proceedings.
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"This strategy defies both law and logic and puts hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars and Warfighter mission needs unnecessarily at risk," he wrote in the letter leaked to the Post.
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That defies expectations that an upswing in capital spending would lay the groundwork for the recovery, fueled by President Michel Temer's business-friendly reforms as well as sharp interest rate cuts.
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A strategic alliance is emerging that defies all conventional wisdom and that has the potential to reshape — in a very good way — the balance of power in a very troubled region.
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"No one thinks that people should go into a nightclub drinking and carrying firearms — that defies common sense," Chris Cox, executive director of the N.R.A. said on ABC News on Sunday.
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"This absurd contortion of the Obergefell ruling defies all logic and reason," said Kenneth Upton, senior counsel in Lambda Legal's South Central Regional Office in Dallas, an LGBT rights legal group.
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Bulldozing tradition, Trump either ignores or defies established practices of governance and personal transparency, seeking to maximize his personal influence and consolidate power inside the White House while resisting outside scrutiny.
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" House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: "The President's decision to follow his misguided and uninformed campaign promise to destroy the successful Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action endangers global security and defies comprehension.
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Well, perhaps where others see a company that flagrantly defies regulation and inspection, you see an agent for disruption that is beset on all sides by haters and blood-testing incumbents.
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The game defies genres — so much so that it coined its own, dubbed "rhythm hell" (a combination of "rhythm" and "bullet-hell" — playing to the beat while micromanaging a trillion dangers).
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The Obama administration ended the same way the Bush administration came to a close, with liberals exploiting the U.S. courts to achieve an outcome that defies the will of the people.
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Several have spoken publicly about how they are uncomfortable being in a place that openly defies Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for gatherings to stop the spread of coronavirus.
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It all adds up to a work that defies normativity pretty much in every way, as she moves with a kind of vulnerable virtuosity from one illuminating entry to the next.
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It is one thing to know that a billion dollars is one thousand million dollars, but what a number that size actually represents does not just beggar belief; it defies understanding.
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"This rule defies a fundamental, centuries-old precept of our legal system: People cannot be punished for crimes for which they are not morally culpable," they wrote in a 2018 brief.
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It defies reason that Georgia Engel, doing Georgia Engel, should seem so uncommonly fresh in the generally stale new musical "Half Time," which opened this week at Paper Mill Playhouse here.
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