Sentences with phrase «against the glass ceiling»

Brief biographical essays provide background on the lives and accomplishments of these iconic individualists, who, as Shen puts it, «knocked up against that glass ceiling and made a tiny fissure or full - on crack.»

So for those designers who feel they are banging their head against a glass ceiling, there is a clear path to move up — stop making game designs that suck.

Not exact matches

A «retro - lit» blue glass sign and reception desk — a nod to the company's ubiquitous use of blue glass — set against floor - to - ceiling white marble walls, signal arrival at the elegant eatery.

Like a stance against misogyny and the glass ceiling.

Transitional bathroom clad in gray marble chevron floor tiles boasts light gray upper walls holding a polished nickel towel rack over a seagrass x-stool sat against a white subway tile backsplash in front of a walk in glass shower fitted with a gray marble chevron floor and ceiling tiles and a polished nickel shower kit mounted on a large beveled white subway tile shower surround finished with stacked corner shelves.

The brilliance of Changing Lanes is that it measures each step in the pair's microcosmic conflict against larger issues of racism and the economic and social glass ceilings that dictate each character's decisions.

BALL STREET STUDIO: Sony Pictures TV Studios / Showtime TEAM: David Caspe (w, ep, sr), Jordan Cahan (w, ep, sr), Seth Rogen (d, ep), Evan Goldberg (d, ep) LOGLINE: Set against the events of October 19, 1987 — aka Black Monday, the worst stock market crash in U.S. history — it's the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue - blood, old - boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world's largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine, Don Henley's birthday party and the glass ceiling.

I held out hope that Johnson could break through the glass ceiling that's been constructed above blockbusters, especially those produced by Disney, and while he slams against it and generates some cracks, the ceiling has held.

I am against bad design that forces you to use air conditioning all the time; things like floor to ceiling glass, no cross-ventilation, or lack of shading because as Cameron Tonkinwise put it,

Represent a group of disabled employees of the Social Security Administration in a class action case that alleges that the Social Security Administration discriminates against employees with targeted disabilities by creating a glass ceiling and limiting promotions and other career advancement opportunities.

You've got hair loss of epic proportions, not from premature balding, but from repeated friction caused by that glass ceiling you keep bumping your head against.

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Monochrome walls that bleed into the raftered ceiling and farmhouse cabinetry are contrasted against the Hollywood Regency styleof the living room, with its brass «n» glass furniture, velvety fabrics and classic wingback chair.