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As for the second, well, it's a bit more devious.
"It's more diabolic and more devious than we've ever seen," King said.
It's harder to see, but its actually more devious, and it's worse.
But what Russia has done in falsifying test results is surely more devious than not testing at all.
His previous job was investigating credit card fraud; the schemes he's seen on Amazon are more devious, more creative.
More devious genus of malware are succeeding at even duping advanced security tools that discover threats based on behavior analysis.
As the midterm elections heat up, such cons are likely to proliferate, along with more devious forms of information warfare.
She has become Yul Brynner in the original "Westworld," a robot hellbent on destruction, only infinitely smarter and more devious.
"Diabolic," itself a genetic experiment blending "I, Claudius" and "The Terminator," appeals to both our better and more devious angels.
Meanwhile, derivatives such as CryptoWall, KeRanger (for Macs), Citroni and Locky have appeared on the scene, each more devious than the previous.
But by 2011 both Democrats and Republicans had figured out how to game the system, and Arizona's experiment in bipartisanship devolved into ever more devious forms of ratfucking.
Phone security isn't the most rock-and-roll topic to ponder, but with nefarious types getting more and more devious, it's something worth putting a bit of thought into.
But according to Israeli authorities, the company's invasive mobile spy tools could have wound up in the hands of someone equally, if not far more, devious than its typical government clients.
"As someone who has seen these contracts evolve since last year's settlement with KBR, we have seen ever more devious ways that corporations try to undermine the Dodd-Frank whistleblower program," he said.
You probably know the basics—an excess of energy turns into storable fat cells, which causes you to put on weight, but the ramifications of a carbohydrate assault can be far more devious.
What Mr. van Hove and his adapters have done is to strip the texts down to their political marrow, concentrating on the dynamics of waging war and other, more devious modes of power seeking.
Others have gotten even more devious, such as a security researcher who added the symbol to his Uber handle, which would crash the app anytime a driver with an iPhone tried to pick them up.
Wesley later says this is because they don't want to kill anyone, which is confusing because they have killed Ghoulies and it seems like Burr is halfway to Ghoulie, but with an even more devious brain.
They'd often get their protagonist, meth-cooking schoolteacher Walter White (played brilliantly by Bryan Cranston), into a seemingly impossible-to-resolve dilemma, and then reveal that he was far more devious than viewers had ever expected.
One of the chief bad guys of WWE in the early 1990s (back when it was still the WWF), Yokozuna was billed as a representative of Japan, a sumo-wrestling monster who, when unable to defeat opponents through sheer size, would succeed through more devious routes.
Westeros has many societal rules in place, such as naming a bastard child "Snow," convincing them they deserve a monastic life on the Wall (at least until they're reborn), or lording their illegitimacy over them, leading someone like Ramsay Bolton to get his due through more devious schemes.
The show's second half tips away from these artist-as-investigator practices and embraces a more devious, more Kelley-esque mode, in which the conspiracy — a real form of hidden collaboration — becomes impossible to distinguish from the conspiracy theory: the more or less outlandish narrative that outsiders discover or invent.
There is nothing in the crude drawings by Abu Zubaydah, a prisoner captured in 2002 and still held by the United States in the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, that hasn't been described before in the various official and unofficial investigations into the moral travesty that was the C.I.A.'s program of "enhanced interrogation," one of the more devious euphemisms ever devised.
Symons, p. 168. A more devious tactic developed on 7 May, when Churchill requisitioned the bulk of the supply of the Worker's newsprint."The British Worker and Paper Supplies", The Times (8 May 1926), p. 4. Such provocative action compelled the Publicity Committee to reduce the paper's size from eight pages to four.
He sometimes uses Tarrant's headstrong approach to distract the enemy while he finds a more devious solution. Despite their conflicts, Tarrant goes out of his way on a number of occasions to save Avon's life. He tends to bully Vila Restal, for which Avon castigates him in "City at the Edge of the World". Tarrant's brother, Deeta, is killed by an android in the Teal-Vandor Convention.
He makes various equipment for invading the workshop, and snowman minions to help him. The Snowman changes from his usual self to a much more devious Snowman. The Snowman and his minions invade Santa's Village, but Santa sends his elves to fight back, in a chaotic battle. The elves attempt to melt and blow up the snowmen while the snowmen spew snowballs at the elves.
Hadmar III von Kuenring is alleged to have captured ships travelling downriver with an iron chain stretched across the Danube. This became too much for Duke Friedrich, who decided to storm the castle. But the castle was known to be able to resist any direct assault, so he resorted to more devious methods. There was a merchant from Vienna by the name of Rüdiger whom Hadmar had attacked too many times.
In addition to the film lacking the previous entries' black comedy, Nathan Rabin also said that Addams Family Reunion has little of the anarchic satire of the Sonnenfeld films; according to Rabin, the only satirical aspect of the film is that the "normal" Addams family, whose reunion the Addamses mistakenly attend, "turns out to be far more devious, conniving, and evil than the morbid but basically good Addams clan".
He can also be a bit more devious with practical jokes or witty schemes. Likewise, he can be equally sly in getting people out of a scrape or just helping out a friend. He is divorced, and makes disparaging comments about "the former Mrs. Truelove" (who evidently feels the same way about him, judging by the reaction of her new husband, who appears in one episode, to Truly).
Besides a new rank and Christian name, Burnside acquires a new outlook. The sneering and sinister loner divorced man is replaced with a darker and more devious side of himself. His apparent corruption is explained away by Inspector Christine Frazer as a result of Burnside having worked undercover on Operation Countryman, forcing Sgt Bob Cryer to swallow his pride and welcome Burnside to Sun Hill. However, Roach is far harder to win round.
Its most notorious guest was the Marquis de Sade. The Bicêtre is most famous as the Asylum de Bicêtre where Superintendent Philippe Pinel is credited as being the first to introduce humane methods into the treatment of the mentally ill, in 1793. The Bicêtre is referenced in the last chapter of Foucault's Madness and Civilization titled "The Birth of the Asylum." In it, Pinel's methods are classified as more devious than humane.
Sometimes also referred to as "Original World of Darkness" or "Old World of Darkness", the original World of Darkness line was created in 1991 with the release of Vampire: The Masquerade. Support for it ended in 2004 with the release of Time of Judgment. The theme of the Classic World of Darkness is described as "Gothic-Punk" by the developers. The World of Darkness resembles the contemporary world, but it is darker, more devious and more conspiratorial.
Armed with a demon-infused Nightcrawler, the laws of Limbo can't be apply to her anymore so she just teleports her army right to the front door of the X-Men's headquarters, catching the mutants completely off-guard. What makes this attack all the more devious is that it took Colossus, Domino, and Madelyne Pryor out of the equation. By invading Limbo with their forces, they've essentially trapped themselves there. Now they can't aid the X-Men in any capacity.
Nick, who now owns Forrester, makes divorcing Stephanie a condition of selling the company back to Eric. During a Forrester fashion show, Stephanie convinces Thorne and Felicia to lock Donna in a steam room while she wears the showstopper gown, hoping to ruin the show and make Donna look responsible. Stephanie prepares a more devious plot after she is shot and discovers who shot her: Donna's brother, Storm Logan. She conceals her knowledge from the police on the condition that Donna leave Eric.
However, Rinzō, who is not only a master of disguise but also Matsudaira's natural son, may have an even more devious plan of his own, including subverting the Shogun's own ninja and using opium to ensnare and enslave the Shogun himself. This series also introduces non-Japanese characters into the plotlines. Dark Horse began publishing the follow-up series, under the title New Lone Wolf and Cub, in June 2014; as of December 2016, all eleven volumes have been released.
With vast economic growth through rapid industrialization and modernization, the role of men and women took a new aspect. With advent of democracy and capitalism, women started to do work in public space, participated in political activity which their suffrage was legitimized in the 1948 Constitution, and gained more opportunity to pursue higher education including college and university degree of education. However, cultural growth does not coincide well as the economic growth. Under this seemingly improved condition, long entrenched gender discrepancy was held even more devious ways.
One of Kenny's most frequent helpers is Dr. Goldfield, a herbalist, who gives him tips for many of the show's endurance competitions. Another recurring person in the show is Bobby Patton, a mutual friend who participates in two episodes. It is clear that as the show progressed into the later seasons, Kenny and Spenny's friendship deteriorates. Kenny's pranks and schemes become progressively more devious and harmful, and Spenny's tolerance of Kenny, and his willingness to be civil, diminishes as his animosity for his "best friend" swells.
Other sources said that the crafty, old sultanate had its basis of creation as a result of both political intrigue and economic maneuvering prompted by a sultan of Borneo named Bolkiah. According to the story, Bolkiah was not able to bring about his objectives militarily. By then, he sought for a more devious approach on how to neutralize the Kingdom of Tondo’s stranglehold trade with China. He arranged a royal marriage between a Royal Prince of Brunei and High Princess of the ruling dynasty of Tondo.
Disney, Pixar, and the Hidden Messages of Children's Films author M. Keith Booker called Meg Hercules' "version of Kryptonite", Superman's weakness. Describing Meg as "cynical and articulate," The Independent's Judith Welikala stated that the character "shows a more devious side normally confined to villainous females," unlike her predecessors. Sabina Ibarra of Moviefone identified Meg as "one of Disney's few lady anti-heroes", representing "a reluctant hero" until she encounters "someone who brings out the good in her". Meg resents being referred to as a damsel in distress, particularly by Hercules when they first meet.
Overkill returns in G.I. Joe: Sigma 6, he is now inside a rejuvenation tank and wearing new armor, appearing far more robotic than when he last appeared. He is also revamped from a monotonous automaton lab assistant to Cobra's chief scientist. He is smarter and more devious, with a free will of his own. Overkill is still attempting to overthrow Cobra Commander with his new B.A.T.s, this time in secret, and has a new more powerful BAT called Overlord Vector, which he uses to kidnap General Hawk's son, Scott.
When he was promoted to lieutenant- general in July 1916, unlike all other Grand Dukes who attained that rank, he was not appointed as an aide-de-camp to the Tsar with the rank of adjutant- general.Crawford and Crawford, p. 225 Michael admitted that he "always despised Petrograd high society ... no people are more devious than they are; with a few exceptions, they are all scum."Letter from Michael to Natalia, 5 August 1916, State Archive of the Russian Federation, 622/21, quoted in Crawford and Crawford, p.
She asks Luke, and when he urges her to speak to Noah, realizes the truth. She breaks off her relationship with him. Colonel Mayer does what he can to prevent the young men from coming together, even threatening Luke's mother Lily, but just when he thinks Noah is safely reconciled with Maddie, he comes upon his son and Luke sharing their second kiss. Colonel Mayer disowns his son but later launches a more devious plot to kill Luke and get him out of Noah's life - a plot that is thwarted by Noah and Luke's parents.
Punnu's father and brothers were against his marriage to Sassi (Punnu being a prince and she being a washerman's daughter) and so, for their father's sake, Punnu's brothers traveled to Bhambore. First they threatened Punnu but when he didn't relent, they tried more devious methods. Punnu was surprised to see his brothers supporting his marriage and on the first night, they pretended to enjoy and participate in the marriage celebrations and forced Punnu to drink different types of wines. When he was intoxicated they carried him on a camel's back and returned to their hometown of Kech.
Liam immediately realizes that Vanessa stole all the money in the cash register and took their production company money. In the fourth-season finale, Vanessa comes back to tell Liam that his movie got selected for a sequel and it starts shooting in Bolivia in three days. She also tells him she's attached as his manager/producer and hopes this can be her second chance. In Season 5, Vanessa becomes more devious, greedy, possessive and controlling of Liam, demanding a bigger cut of his movie pay as well as leasing an expensive beachfront house and passing herself off as his fiancée.
Though, seemingly harmless at first, he becomes more devious over time and demonstrates a tendency towards violence. His lost adventures are revealed to be assassinations of people that the Joker or the Clockmaker want him to kill; he helps Julius Monrey collect clocks from people who have died while killing those who get in his way. Ace is one of the first characters to admit that he has no romantic interest in Alice, though that changes shortly after he says it. Despite confessing to love Alice, she notes how he used her as a shield when Peter threatened to shoot him.
" Terri Schwartz of IGN reviewed the episode positively, saying, "While Westworld didn't offer any true resolutions to some of its biggest questions, it teased them out in an interesting way and offered a lot more context to major characters like Maeve and the Man in Black." She gave it a score of 8.7 out of 10. Scott Tobias of The New York Times wrote in his review of the episode; "Thandie Newton has become Yul Brynner in the original Westworld, a robot hellbent on destruction, only infinitely smarter and more devious. Her liberation is the show's, too.
However, upon earning it was a misunderstanding, he bowed his head and apologized to Kanata, demonstrating he truly did not mean harm and wanted a fair competition. In contrast, the Nozomu in the manga is far more devious and low as he purposely altered the picture to make Kanata look bad, showing he didn't mind cheating to win. ; :A budding manga artist, Mikan often sports a tangerine on her head (as do her relatives, including her pet Scottish fold cat) and her eyes are almost always shut. She is a very good friend of Kanata and Miyu, both of whom she helps; in turn, they help her with her manga.
" Marsh also discussed her character's personality during an interview with Inside Soap magazine stating that she thinks her character has a more devious side because she is part of the Connor family. Going on to say that her character has got quite a temper on her and that she enjoys portraying her tough side. During a magazine interview, Marsh spoke about the effect her relationship with Steve had on her character stating: "I'd like to see a lot more of the old, feisty Michelle. She became a bit too dependent on Steve and now she is an independent woman again I think she needs a bit of a challenge.
On March 3, 2010, a Disney press release announced a made-for-television film, based on Phineas and Ferb entitled Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension. It aired on the Disney Channel on August 5, 2011. The film concerned Phineas and Ferb accidentally helping Dr. Doofenshmirtz with an invention of his, which takes them to a parallel dimension. There, Perry reveals his double life as a secret agent to them, and, to save their friends from an alternative Dr. Doofenshmirtz, who is far more devious and threatening than his prime counterpart, they team up with their alternate dimension selves to stop him.
In Children of Dune (1976), Alia becomes progressively more devious and power- hungry as she slowly succumbs to Abomination. Falling under the influence of the persona of her deceased grandfather, the Baron Harkonnen, Alia abuses her powers as Regent and becomes a ruthless tyrant. She allows the Baron access to her senses in exchange for his help fighting off the other personalities within her, but his sexual proclivities soon control her, compelling her to engage in sexual acts with one of her aides. During the exercise of his Mentat powers, Duncan comes to the realization that Alia has fallen into Abomination, and helps Jessica escape Alia's murderous plot.
Sweetie Pie (voiced by Candi Milo) is a young, pink female canary with a light blue ribbon bow in her plumage. She is based on Tweety Bird; specifically, the Bob Clampett version that depicted Tweety as colored pink and more devious and active in dispatching his feline enemies, compared to the Friz Freleng version, where Tweety often relies on outside forces (such as Sylvester's constant failing, Granny, or Hector the bulldog) to protect him. Sweetie is regularly pursued by Furrball as Tweety is pursued by Sylvester. Sweetie, in turn, chases Bookworm (based on a nameless bookworm character that was featured in Chuck Jones' Sniffles the mouse cartoons) with about the same success as Furrball.
In the 2005 remake, Denham is much less sympathetic and more devious; characterized as a con artist willing to lie, steal, and cheat to get his film made, whatever the harm this causes anyone else. He cares for people only insomuch as they are of use to him, and has no respect for human (or any other kind of) life. He buys the starving Ann a meal only because he wants her for his film. After vowing to donate the proceeds of the film to the family of a colleague killed by Skull Island natives, Denham repeats the same eulogy for his cameraman Herb, killed later on by a Venatosaurus because Denham cared more for the camera's safety than Herb's.
The passes first became known to the outside world when the Romans crossed them to raid or conquer the region beyond. Romans, once having found an "easy" way across the chain, did not trouble to seek for harder and more devious routes. Hence, passes that can be shown as certainly known to them are relatively few in number: they are, in topographical order from west to east, the Col de l'Argentiere, the Col de Montgenèvre, the col du Mont Cenis, the two St Bernard passes (Little St Bernard Pass and Great St. Bernard Pass), the Splügen Pass, the Septimer Pass, the Reschen Pass, the Brenner Pass, the Plöcken Pass, the Pontebba Pass (or Saifnitz Pass), the Radstädter Tauern Pass and the Solkscharte Pass or Sölk Pass. Of these the Montgenèvre and the Brenner were the most frequented.
He was positive towards how going back to An Unearthly Child allowed Aaronovitch and Cartmel to "showcase their new, more devious master-planner version of the Doctor", as well as the action and the character moments for Ace. DVD Talk's J. Doyle Wallis, reviewing the original DVD release, gave the story three and a half out of five stars, calling it "a good ... adventure" and noting the shift in the Doctor's personality. Alasdair Wilkins of io9 called Remembrance "by a pretty wide margin the best anniversary special the show has ever done", praising the return to the 1960s and the various continuity references. Patrick Mulkern of Radio Times praised the serial for "attempting to honour the programme's roots, even if, sadly, the effect is more of the present clomping all over the past", and questioned how the Doctor could have known about the Daleks in 1963 if he did not meet them until he left.
Unfortunately, this connection resulted in their damnation, and Yū became a homicidal maniac as a result. Not only that, but he also became a massively powerful Qwaser with the element, oxygen, which allowed him to walk in the air with impunity, create pressures of enormous proportions, air currents capable of large destruction and more devious acts, such as suffocating anyone he wished with no more than a thought or incapacitating them by saturating their surroundings with oxygen. His sister, Aoi, contacted Sasha and begged him to kill Yū and stop his rampage, though initially both him and Ekaterina were no match for someone who could oxidize their metal with a whim, rendering them powerless. However, when Sasha fought him for one last time it was revealed that there was no Yū, as he died long ago, it was Aoi all the time: deemed unfit for combat as a Qwaser, the Adepts wanted to use her as a supply of Soma, and when she was about to be assaulted, she unleashed her powers in self-defense, slaughtering her assailant only to discover, to her horror, that it was her brother.

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