Her parents know they're supposed to be exercising some kind of authority, but they lack the backbone, and -- the crucial ingredient that makes the comedy work -- they know they lack the backbone.
But if Brooks means the sort of arrangements that keep members of Congress, who are supposed to be exercising oversight, from pushing back after secret briefings, or that lead the President to tell us that the acquiescence of all three branches even when one is represented by a secret, rubber-stamping court should ease all doubts about a policy, then perhaps some damage is useful.
But if Brooks means the sort of arrangements that keep members of Congress, who are supposed to be exercising oversight, from pushing back after secret briefings, or that lead the President to tell us that the acquiescence of all three branches — even when one is represented by a secret, rubber-stamping court — should ease all doubts about a policy, then perhaps some damage is useful.
I've also always been confused about what, exactly, I'm supposed to be exercising down there.
"It's not supposed to be an exercise in public shaming, and it's not supposed to be an exercise in P.R".
It's supposed to be an exercise in disproving the value of horoscopes, but it ends up being an exercise in how to undercut promising young actors (Jena Malone, Brooklyn Sudano and Max Hartman as the three birthday-sharers) with a script that ends in a pileup of clichés.
Spectating is not supposed to be an exercise in poetic faith.
Initially these were supposed to be consultative exercises, green papers floating ideas for inclusion in the proper budget.
If election campaigns are supposed to be an exercise in coming to grips with our biggest problems, then the one we just went through was a dismal failure.
Nation-building isn't supposed to be an exercise in colonialism, but the relationship between the locals and the internationals is inherently colonial.
