Reporting on casualty counts hinges on conflicting and sometimes unreliable reports; headlines are only shorthand; border definitions are often in dispute but, as in the case of the Golan Heights reference, should be treated as carefully as possible and corrected when necessary.
An eerie psychological thriller about a convent in the Himalayas, the film hinges on the conflict between two nuns, one repressed (Deborah Kerr), the other overwrought (Kathleen Byron).
Virtually everybody's health care hinges on that conflict, yet nobody in politics is talking about it.
But the plot hinges on distant conflicts that have no immediacy, and the real issue seems to be whether Maisie will find a way "to move on, to dance with life again" — and, one hopes, to recover her original vocation.
"Broadcast News," which remains the prophetic primer on the modern news industry, hinged on that conflict.
| Chase vote may hinge on director.
"But the game hinged on two things.
That's a worthy and difficult question, and it hinges on choosing among conflicting societal preferences: supporting sustainable agricultural practices and family farms, protecting and restoring wilderness, maintaining historical and cultural values, and other difficult and highly subjective factors -- precisely the things that make public discourse, discussion, and debate important.
Many of Cha's plot points hinge on such conflicts, tucked between flashier punch-'em-up scenes.
Some nomination fights (like Bork's) have hinged on ideological conflicts, as was the case when Republicans in the Senate mounted a filibuster to prevent the liberal Abe Fortas from becoming chief justice.
Camille LeBlanc, Haiti's justice minister, said that these high-profile cases, in which attacks were aimed at entire communities and were witnessed by many, were easier to prosecute than crimes against individuals, where the trial would hinge on the conflicting testimonies of two people.
