Sentences with phrase «abbreviated careers»

After abbreviated careers in medicine and law, CEO Brandt Louie's sons Stuart and Greg have returned to the family business, an empire launched by their grandfather in 1903 with the opening of Hok Yat Louie general store in Vancouver.

Contrary to popular belief that Pollock was a solitary genius, the artist — whom Life magazine posed as the «greatest living painter in the United States» in 1948 — was keenly aware of what other artists were doing and was influenced by those he befriended and worked with throughout his abbreviated career.

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Someone should point out to Peter King that Old Waterbuckets took leave from his 25 - year «tryst» with wife Jane Russell long enough to lead the Rams to two NFL titles in his abbreviated, injury - ridden eight - year career, and that he was among the league leaders in punting, was an excellent placekicker and was a 60 - minute man who also played safety.

Gillan's coast - to - coast move coincides with major career milestones in a year in which she's already starred in «Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,» a December release that blossomed into one of the year's biggest box office successes, flexing comedic chops alongside costars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black — only she did it all backwards and in abbreviated short - shorts.

The Broken Tower (Unrated) James Franco stars in this bittersweet biopic recounting the abbreviated life and career of Hart Crane (1899 - 1932), a celebrated gay poet who took his own life by jumping off an ocean liner right after being assaulted for making a pass at a crew member.

Achievement in science subjects is an essential foundation for many careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (often abbreviated to STEM), and a host of other non-STEM related careers.

In N.Y. public charter schools, accountability will begin with an abbreviated course of study but, as has been the practice, will continue throughout one's teaching career.

Pat Jordan, ballplayer - cum - writer, provides a running essay on how he was instilled with a love for the game, from his days as a little leaguer through his abbreviated professional career.

When you have selected your preferred duration of each session in career mode; you can customise your driver profile with 20 male faces to choose from with varying preset facial features for your driver's avatar; 22 crash helmets which are customisable via a colour palette for the hue, saturation and luminance of the base colour and two sets of detail colours; nationality; as well as a first name, surname and an abbreviated name.

Marc Straus, Founder and Owner of the Lower East Side gallery, said, «Too often the careers of abstract artists are abbreviated.

On returning to London, he developed a style of abbreviated forms and strong pastel colours that he has continued to use throughout his career.

Abbreviating information might be tempting, but note that career counselors (and writing experts) at Purdue and Virginia Tech universities prefer the long form.

This article provides an abbreviated description of a qualitative study of the Succeeding in School (SIS) program, an Internet - based intervention designed to help students reflect on key elements of academic and career success.