But he is comfortable with Mr. Ahmadinejad because he can count on him to preserve the system and to roll back political, economic and social changes that conservatives feared were insidious steps toward a velvet revolution, those interviewed here said.
Last month, Jason Blum ("Paranormal Activity," "Insidious"), Jon M. Chu ("G.I. Joe," "Step Up 2: The Streets") and Scooter Braun, the brains behind Justin Bieber, announced that they were teaming up to bring a "modern day, live action, reinvention" of the series to theaters.
Reportedly, the bad guy role has been offered to Firth, and if he were to accept, he'll be shedding his sweetheart exterior and stepping into the insidious role of Adrian, opposite Josh Brolin.
This ubiquitous, insidious ennui plucks at our sleeves– but technology steps in, and we bury our boredom under a heap of gadgets.
In recent years, the N.B.A. has endured a plague of flagrant histrionics, a practice that grew so insidious, particularly in the playoffs, that the league stepped in this season with an anti-flopping rule.
Although the swooped-hairdo logo is not as obnoxious as the giant JUICY stamped across the voloured bottoms of MILFS a half-step behind, it's just as insidious.
Today's "media scrum on the courthouse steps" is a far smaller problem than the insidious advance of video into every aspect of life.
Somehow, if we are with them every step of the way, the process doesn't seem so insidious.
Thanks to an insidious piece of stigma-reinforcing "journalism" from The Sun, today saw a huge step back in the fight to change attitudes and perceptions around HIV.
