Although the prime minister is on holiday in Switzerland, she has contrived to feature in the headlines almost every day, and her latest contribution takes the form of a letter to the Chinese president and prime minister, hand-delivered by the UK's Asia minister during a visit to Beijing.
Although somewhat contrived, it features a lovely performance by Christopher Denham as a lonely soul starved for intimacy (2 25).
Brothers In Arms: Earned In Blood PC, PS2, XBOX Two years ago every second game seemed to feature stultifyingly contrived stealth elements.
This is less an in-depth investigation into the Church of Scientology than an entertaining but highly contrived string of scenes featuring Louis Theroux kicking an anthill and then watching the inhabitants react.
It is less edgy than Baron Cohen's previous two films, featuring big, conventionally contrived gags and a colossal central turn from the man himself.
Compared to her earlier work, many of the stories in "Dear Life" feature tightly plotted — even contrived — narratives and more closure than in the past.
Strangely, Mielekamp also insisted the yellow was a nod to cancer charities, which seems contrived considering yellow is hardly a new feature of the jersey.
Combined peening factors by Kim et al. are applied to the 3D symmetry-cell originally contrived by Meguid et al. To describe the feature of multi-impacts, concepts such as FE peening coverage, impact sequence and cycle-repetition are introduced.
The figures in Mannerist works frequently have graceful but queerly elongated limbs, small heads, and stylized facial features, while their poses seem difficult or contrived.
A jolie laide with hard, bony features and a startlingly long nose, she contrived through sheer force of will to persuade audiences that she was a great beauty with an even greater voice.
