Sentences with phrase «as an outsider with»

There is much to reform in the Bronx Democratic party and much dysfunction to weed out — and Rivera seems to be playing his role as outsider with grudging insider support intelligently.

«I think people are looking for reform politics,» said Albanese, selling himself as an outsider with integrity who wants to deliver a better democracy to New Yorkers.

He's recruited as an outsider with a good aim by Vanessa, but his own back - story threatens to claw its way out, as he gets close with local prostitute Brona (a superb Billie Piper).

Instead of treating these groups as outsiders with whom they have to deal, schools can treat them as insiders who have useful information and expertise, can take on key roles and responsibilities, and can help the school expand its network.

His touching, hilarious memoir, Bad Kid, focuses on growing up as an outsider with a penchant for trouble in small - town America.

Her clients benefit from her unique perspective as an outsider with inside information.

Not exact matches

Internal consistency of facts and figures is just as crucial with a working plan as with one aimed at outsiders.

But Prabhakar, who first led a major federal office when she was only 34 and later spent time as a venture capitalist, is meeting the challenge with an outsider's enthusiasm.

They reinforced his image as an outsider, as someone in tune with «real» American values — as a «force for change.»

As one might expect, boards with fewer outsiders and boards at smaller firms are more heavily influenced by their personal relationships with the CEO when making firing decisions, according to Taylor.

Sanders, an independent from Vermont who began the presidential race viewed by many in the Democratic establishment as a kooky outsider, is reaching the end of it with unmatched influence powered by a massive base of supporters, some of whom had never before identified with the party, either.

During his 2012 campaign, Mitt Romney used his 25 - year experience in the private sector to position himself as a Washington outsider and noted that his time spent as CEO of Bain Capital helped him learn how America competes with companies in the international arena.

Thinking in terms of the crypto currency market as a whole, having multiple currencies with different strengths and weaknesses will make the market more resilient to outsider attacks.

The outsider campaigns of Trump and Sanders, along with the realities of many people and communities hurt by globalization, have elevated international trade as a major issue in this... Read more

The outsider campaigns of Trump and Sanders, along with the realities of the many people and communities hurt by globalization, have elevated international trade as a major issue in this election.

We are also afraid of being seen as the «outsider» in our social groups, so the people and groups we associate with have a lot of influence on how we think and act.

But there's another advantage for outsiders working with Alibaba Pictures: Alibaba's ecosystem of online shopping websites, entertainment websites, social media and mobile apps serve as publicity platforms along a vertical path that leads from pre-production to premiere to post-theatrical release.

While studies show that mergers and acquisitions as a group are value neutral or negative for shareholders (on average the selling company gets all the excess returns), The Outsiders explored how some management teams focused on driving shareholder value with their M&A rather than simply using it as a mechanism to get bigger, have shown extraordinary success.

It was some such vision of our country that Lincoln — a true «outsider» — evoked with his «mystic chords of memory,» which, «stretching... all over this broad land, will swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.»

While living as a homeless wanderer through Israel, Jesus was himself an outsider and spent his time with social pariahs: people who were in some way racially, financially, physically or morally different than those making up the majority in Judea.

Besides enjoying the planning, as an outsider I was attracted to the entrepreneurial clients, interesting men with a sense of themselves who were trying to make their mark and didn't mind challenging and dismantling rigid corporate empires.»

As you brought Paul up, what I will mention is what he talked of with grace toward and reputation with outsiders.

Though it is defined as the language that experts use to communicate with each other, it also tells those on the outside that they are outsiders.

It occurred to me yesterday (as I was skillfully avoiding an encounter with a certain someone at the grocery store) that the most frustrating thing about being seen as an «outsider» is knowing that when people talk to you about faith, they approach the conversation with the assumption that you have nothing to contribute to it.

These should be administered along with other evangelism programs with an eye to being as appealing as possible to outsiders and should always be accompanied by some form of invitation to discipleship.

The outsider can question another tradition's language as to its inner logic, argues Lindbeck, but to understand the realities being created and affirmed by that language — both the personal commitment and the worldview — takes more identification with it than most of us can usually manage.

Here are three typical answers: «He is as much a necessity to my spiritual existence as the elements of pure air are to my physical system»; «If I were convinced that there is no God, I fear a sense of loneliness would become intolerable»; «As for any repose, or ability to face life and death with composure, any incentive to be perfect in things hidden from outsiders, any exhilaration in living and trying to do my best — I can not conceive it without the idea of God.&raquas much a necessity to my spiritual existence as the elements of pure air are to my physical system»; «If I were convinced that there is no God, I fear a sense of loneliness would become intolerable»; «As for any repose, or ability to face life and death with composure, any incentive to be perfect in things hidden from outsiders, any exhilaration in living and trying to do my best — I can not conceive it without the idea of God.&raquas the elements of pure air are to my physical system»; «If I were convinced that there is no God, I fear a sense of loneliness would become intolerable»; «As for any repose, or ability to face life and death with composure, any incentive to be perfect in things hidden from outsiders, any exhilaration in living and trying to do my best — I can not conceive it without the idea of God.&raquAs for any repose, or ability to face life and death with composure, any incentive to be perfect in things hidden from outsiders, any exhilaration in living and trying to do my best — I can not conceive it without the idea of God.»

What was really going on in response to this self - created situation was that companies were cooking the books, with the help of outsiders such as lawyers, investment bankers, commercial bankers and, yes, accountants and auditors.

The unique gestures and turns of phrase that an outsider is liable to dismiss as insignificant are often loaded with a meaning that defies paraphrase and explanation.

It's all very 21st century: we are no longer in a Victorian age, where authority figures were painted as benevolent, and rogueish types were commonly the outsider, the foreigner, or anyone else who tampered with societal norms.

On the other hand, the number of Christians who consider themselves members of this group is so remarkably large that it must startle the innocent outsider who, preoccupied with the problems of modern life, is apt to underestimate the number of those who cultivate their Christian traditionalism with a loyalty as curious as it is admirable.

Coming as it does from one who considers himself an outsider and an amateur in regard to process thought, his essay nevertheless, or precisely for that reason, provides those of us working on «process hermeneutics» with illuminating analysis and criticism.

We want you to strive hard to keep calm, to mind your own business, and to work with your hands, as we ordered, so that you may both make a good impression on outsiders and also find your own (economic) needs supplied.

-- «Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.»

I shall take Michael Kinnamon (MK) as spokesperson for the insider or establishment protesters and the so - called Princeton Proposal (PP), with which I was involved, as representative of the outsiders.

As an outsider not privy to psychic, celestial conversations there is no way for anyone to know if it was God who spoke with those people, Moses, Joseph Smith, David Koresh etc ad nauseum or if it was mental illness.

As if we're the brilliant insiders with all the answers and «they» are the outsiders with all the questions.

The Gunners come into the match on the back of successive wins, while their opponents come into the match with successive failures to win, but we still remain as the outsiders to pick up a win.

And if implemented as I drew it up at Football Outsiders a couple of years ago, it would allow the bowl structure to continue to function, meaning teams who don't get a spot in the bracket still get rewarded for good (or average) seasons with bowls.

With zero live game experience it's next to impossible for us as outsiders to truly gauge Trask's level of «goodness» as a college QB.

The Gunners are seen as outsiders for the title by 888sport, but they have done no harm to their chances whatsoever with the signing # 46 million striker Alexandre Lacazette.

Given a list of recent Alabama players, the 6» 4», 320 - pound Robinson — who currently plays for the Lions — is the guy most outsiders would select as the person with whom one should absolutely not trifle.

Football Outsiders» F / + rated USC as the second - best team in the nation at the season's conclusion, with Penn State fifth and Alabama eighth.

Spurs will be hoping to replicate the stunning performance that secured them a 5 - 3 win over Chelsea, with the memorable victory being the last time they went into a London derby as outsiders.

My point of contention with the football outsiders article was their use of a rested defense as a gauge to winning but then muddying the waters with meta data analysis that in my mind results in smothering / soothing any waves.

A 75/1 outsider before the tournament, LSU have destroyed two of the nation's elite programs with their crippling interior defense as the Tigers rank No. 7 in the nation in defensive rebounding.

Sean Dyche and Roy Hodgson had been favourites with the bookmakers whilst De Boer appeared only as an outsider alongside Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini.

Despite Brighton having some solid home form, the Seagulls have been priced up as the 15/2 outsiders here with Betfred.

To the outsider looking in, it seems no stone has been left unturned as England aim to compete with the more favoured nations for glory this summer.

Chelsea come into this game as slight outsiders, as they're priced at 21/10 with Betfred, while the draw is 5/2 with Ladbrokes.