Sentences with phrase «as a young man serving»

Author Bio: Charles Frankhauser is retired after experiencing life at sea as a young man serving aboard a surface ship and a submarine, followed by a long civilian career at a major university.

His experience with dog training began as a young man serving in the military.

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From the parable of the Good Samritan, to the several quotations attributed to the Teacher wherein he emphasizes that it is our treatment of our fellow man, and especially the poor, needy, downtrodden, sick, young, old, sinner & believer alike that will serve as the primary basis for our individual judgment come the Day we face our God.

As a very young man of thirty - three years, having already served in various political offices, Gregory was offered and accepted the highest civil office in the city of Rome — that of prefect.

The metaphysical «system» that (despite his strictures) I internalized as a very young man, that is, in my way of asking questions, has served me in very good stead down the years.

No longer the magnet for young talent just a tired old man trying to beat Fergies record for longevity, he's got the most FA cups which is unlikely to be beaten and longest serving prem manager will last for ever as it's unlikely to be beaten.

But suddenly the young man who says that he set his watch and dorm - room clock 10 minutes ahead to try to stay on schedule, who served as the Chiefs» co-captain, who spent time volunteering at last summer's Special Olympics and who had just appeared as one of nine varsity athletes on the university president's Christmas card, was being described as the instigator of a scuffle during an intrasquad scrimmage — a bad actor no longer wanted by his coach or teammates.

It is Artie who is most eager for a visitor to meet Uncle Jim Rooney, who after World War I served as one of the youngest men ever elected to the Pennsylvania legislature, and who went on to give away all the money he ever made to people who said they needed it more than he did.

According to The Times, in a 2006 article for the Asian newspaper Awaaz, written while serving as vice-chairman of the Conservative Party, Warsi described the Government's anti-terror proposals as «enough to tip any normal young man into the realms of a radicalized fanatic.»

He served a five - year term as president of the Manhattan Council of the Boy Scouts of America, is a director of the New York Police Athletic League and has also been active with the National Kidney Foundation, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the Young Men's Philanthropic League and the Alzheimer's Foundation.

Since World War II, the U.S. government has offered education benefits to veterans through a series of «GI Bills» both as an incentive to encourage military enlistment and as a «gesture of gratitude» to young men and women who serve in the military.

But the excess of men in China and India has led to new kinds of abuse — women being abducted from Bangladesh, for example, to serve as brides for single males in India, as well as the trafficking of young women within India.

Except for his background as a physicist, the young, straight - talking conservative who served President Ronald Reagan was a far cry from the seasoned, blend - into - the - background men (there's never been a woman in the job) who held the portfolio for Democratic Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.

H: I pursued medical training as a young man in order to serve in what I saw as a ministry, a calling — that's what I felt.

The current study included 23 young and healthy men and women who performed supervised one - legged cycling, where the untrained leg served as a control.

Deep yellow / orange butter from cows eating rapidly growing spring grass was considered a sacred food by the Traditional Swiss culture, a culture with young men so perfect and pleasing in physique, strength, and character that the Vatican favored these young men over all others to serve as the Papal Guard at the Vatican.

Although the matchmakers have seen men as young as 26, they tend to serve men between 38 and 58.

In today's society old women seeking young men to serve more as an equal partner than a silent one.

Based on the novels by Joe Lansdale, the six - part series stars James as Hap Collins, a working class laborer who spent time in federal prison as a young man for refusing to serve in the Vietnam War — Watch the trailer below!

SYNOPSIS: A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as guide.

As a younger man (now played by Jude Law, who also inherits voiceover duties from Wilkinson), he had visited a hotel by that same name in 1968, a semi-defunct and virtually unpopulated hulk in the fictional nation of Zubrowka that had once served as a glamorous mountain retreat for the uppermost of the upper classeAs a younger man (now played by Jude Law, who also inherits voiceover duties from Wilkinson), he had visited a hotel by that same name in 1968, a semi-defunct and virtually unpopulated hulk in the fictional nation of Zubrowka that had once served as a glamorous mountain retreat for the uppermost of the upper classeas a glamorous mountain retreat for the uppermost of the upper classes.

In spite of the bad reviews it's receiving now — mostly written by middle - aged white men — A Wrinkle in Time will serve as a turning point in sci - fi films for young adults and children.

Everything we know about Spider - Man: Homecoming suggests that Iron Man will serve in a mentor style role for the young Peter Parker, learning the ropes (or webs, as it were) as a freshman superhero in the big city.

As a man, the young Centurion's loyalty to Rome does give him an opportunity to serve in Britain where he proves his bravery.

The stories are stitched together by a loose narrative thread involving a man (Paul Rudd) serving as narrator who is leaving his wife (Famke Janssen) for a younger ditz (Jessica Alba).

If my memory serves me, Oscar is the young man who was arrested at a local Oakland - area transit station and then, as horrified onlookers watched, was shot in the back by a policeman who later claimed he thought he was tasing him.

Janusz Kaminski, who has served as Spielberg's director of photography for nearly 20 years, beautifully captures the soft gaze of a young man falling in love — his eyes, his smile — and the physical details as well: the boy's worn clothing; the gorgeous, open, rural setting.

But you might also get some clever responses, such as the one from a young man who brought in the flip - top from a discarded can; he talked about its decaying outward appearance and its inability to serve a purpose without being manipulated by some other force (and how he was able to serve a purpose on his own).

The Pride leader is the student's primary advocate within the school, and also serves as the primary liaison with families, ensuring that the school understands the dynamics of each young man's home life.

When we improve instruction and curricula for our students who have been the most ill - served by American public education — including for young black, white and Latino men — we are improving education for our high - performing students as well.

Mr. Correa began his career working with the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, where he served as the Assistant Director of a program that focused on helping young men cope with substance abuse and addiction.

Throughout his academic career, he has mentored many young, African American males through his national mentoring program, BMWI (Black Men with Initiative), serving as the third National President.

Interestingly, this man had actually contracted syphilis while serving in the military as a young man (Cohen tested him for antibodies to confirm).

Jim Gion sculpted as a child and later as a young man during wartime, serving in Vietnam.

Both men still serve as advisers, but Kimishima believes it's time for younger talents to have more decision - making power.

At the same time, Iceland serves as a literal and metaphorical example of the young earth — it is one of the youngest geological formations on the planet, and also the testing ground for these young men to find themselves.

The young men and women who serve in the Army are sometimes preyed upon by unscrupulous people who take advantage of their youth and inexperience, and entice them into making sometimes irresponsible financial decisions, such as purchasing vehicles and consumer appliances on credit terms they can not afford.

She has been serving as co-investigator on multiple longitudinal studies of at - risk adolescent populations, including two long - term longitudinal studies of at - risk young men and their romantic partners (Oregon Youth Study and OYS - Couples study) in which the etiology of and effects of romantic relationships on the developmental pathways of psychopathology have been examined.

While earning my BA in Corrections from California State University, I served as a counselor for young men incarcerated for drug - related crimes.

Weintraub was a child of the hard Depression years, and later, as a young man, he served as a clinical psychologist in the military during World War II.

A man who burst into the national consciousness in the early 1960s, when as a young heavyweight champion he converted to Islam and refused to serve in the Vietnam War, and became an emblem of strength, eloquence, conscience and courage.