Sentences with phrase «as character witnesses»

Before ruling against joint custody, the court may also consider hospital and police records (in cases of abuse or where allegations of abuse are present) as well as character witnesses.

Cue the mandatory humiliating interview in which Dave pleaded to be let off the hook by the good people of Yorkshire, citing Dickie Bird and Geoffrey Boycott as character witnesses.

Before ruling against joint custody, the court may also consider hospital and police records (in cases of abuse or where allegations of abuse are present) as well as character witnesses.

And polls show that Trump may need to call on Melania as a character witness.

He was the most sought - after person as a character witness in court for one of his parishioners.»

However, he will still be available to the Blazers as a character witness.

Nigro testified for the defense at Bruno's trial as a character witness for the former senator.

The source for the quote meant to serve as a character witness for Latimer may be the family dog walker but presenting her to readers as the family dog walker without mentioning she is a reporter for the Rye Record and former employee of Craig is like doing a story about serial killers and presenting Dennis Radar as an alarm system installer without mentioning he is the BTK Killer.

At the very least maybe ben can be called on as a character witness.

As far as I can judge, Gavin S. at RealClimate is saying that Harry (neé Gill) had but a cameo role as a character witness in the re-trial of «Antartica Actually Cools» versus «CGM's predict Rapid Antartica Warming / Cooling / Change» Consequently, Gavin claims that Harry's removal from Eric's much publicised «findings» has zero - impact on the «Steig Supposition»

At the hearing before the College's Discipline Committee, the registrant Golomb had called a Minister as a character witness.

A representative of Miss Woodward's college attended as a character witness and highlighted her academic abilities and high career aspirations, which may now be unattainable.

Fool me 42 times, put me down as a character witness.»

Except in unusual circumstances where the demands of justice require, a judge should discourage a party from requiring the judge to testify as a character witness.

[1] A judge who, without being subpoenaed, testifies as a character witness abuses the prestige of judicial office to advance the interests of another.

A judge should discourage a party from requiring the judge to testify as a character witness except in unusual circumstances when the demands of justice require.

A judge should not testify voluntarily as a character witness.

Testimony as a character witness injects the prestige of the judicial office into the proceeding in which the judge testifies and may be perceived as an official testimonial.

Not exact matches

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, writing from prison shortly before his death, addressed his godson, Dietrich Bethge, on the occasion of the infant's baptism, which he could not witness: «Music, as your parents understand and practice it, will help to dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibility, and in times of care and sorrow will keep a ground - base of joy alive in you.

All music in some way is sacramental and all public performance has some religious character, but Jackson cultivated his image as a lay practitioner of pop spirituality more than any performer in his market segment, through the soppy universalism of «We are the World» as well as through his identification with the Jehovah's Witnesses and, according to recent rumor, with Islam.

Like a jury in a court case listening to witnesses, we should ask if politicians in their tweets are telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth (or as much as you can in 280 characters).

Such Q texts do not yet have in view Jesus as the Judge but rather envisage him, among the character witnesses who testify, as the crucial one in the view of the Judge.

This may refer to his rugged character and appearance, or it may refer to his position as a foundation of the church, an early witness to the resurrection.

As Barth told Bultmann, «there is no need for us to have a guilty conscience» about recognizing and proclaiming the gospel in all of its mythical character, for if all myth were removed from the gospel, it would be impossible to witness to Christ.

OLDTEASER: And am the same mime, you have been witness to the deeply anal character of Western Man — or Woman — as in Brown.

In addition, «Bob», regarding the possibility that Josphus witnessed the execution of the character «Jesus», there is sufficient skepticism among scholars as to the possible editing of Testimonium Flavianum to render your assertion unfounded.

(26) Rogers, in emphasizing the first level, is consistent with his theological mentor, G. C. Berkouwer, who wrote: «Every word about the God - breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ....

The Catechism teaches that «like Baptism, which it completes, confirmation is given only once, for it too imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual mark, the «character» which is the sign that Jesus Christ has marked a Christian with the seal of his Spirit by clothing him with power from on high so that he may be his witness».20 Baptism, confirmation and the Eucharist are seen as forming a unity (CCC 1306).

And the moral behavior mandated in the holiness code prepares God's people to become involved as witnesses to God's character and God's rule.

The main character gets to witness this biological development first hand as she goes on her journey.

Just as you can gain an insight into someone's character by witnessing how they treat wait staff on a date, so too can you glean information by observing how others are treated on a dating profile.

Most of his screen characters seemed destined for an early and unpleasant demise, as witness the duplicitous Dr. Kemp in The Invisible Man (1933) and retired gangster McKay in G - Men (1935).

But Hostiles seems less interested in character development; Bale, Studi, and Pike are all playing people who have witnessed terrible brutality and seem somewhat detached as a result.

... We only wish that naturalism was as evident in the writing, which, as the episodes unfold, introduces an unwieldy number of characters, witnesses, conspiracies, theories, and cover - ups.

Another character we are witness to includes the great Imelda Staunton as a depressed middle - aged woman who comes to Gerri for professional guidance.

As Brown's aged, long - estranged mama, Davis — with the aid of terrific star Chadwick Boseman and some pretty expert makeup artists whose numbers Clint Eastwood should find immediately — manages to reinvigorate a set - up familiar from any number of tortured artist - biopics (i.e. absentee parent comes groveling years later to abandoned child - turned - superstar at the peak of his fame) with the same smart, electrifying clarity of character and tender yet tough - minded emotionalism that should be long - recognizable by now to anyone who has seen Doubt or Antwone Fisher or Solaris or Won't Back Down, or else Fences, King Hedley II, or Seven Guitars on Broadway, or, more likely, witnessed Davis» extraordinary, one - woman rescue job on Taylor's The Help.

The Ballad of Lefty Brown Rated R for violence and some language Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80 % Available on Disc and Streaming Yet another decent Western this year, The Ballad of Lefty Brown stars Bill Pullman as the titular character: a cowboy who witnesses the death of his partner, only to be blamed for the crime and forced to both prove his innocence and bring the real criminals to justice.

Joan probably remains the most opaque character in the film — The Squid and the Whale is in part about the children's re-discovering of their mother after all — but Linney puts in a heartfelt performance every bit as good as the one we witnessed in You Can Count on Me.

We learn Lena, Ventriss, and the other explorers» back stories as they encounter mutant creatures and witness The Shimmer grow; none of these characters have an optimistic look on life.

While it's quite fun to witness all the offbeat combinations of characters as they either meet for the first time or are reunited, all the fighting does add up after a while.

It's impossible to reconcile the idea of a son alive with that of a son dead, so he shows the mother in bubbles of congealed time, invested in futile pursuits, as in the moment when, drowned in darkness, she calls a woman she does not know on the phone to ask her to be a character witness for her son.

While I do think, from a story standpoint, it's a shame that Garrigan wasn't limited to being a mere witness to the events of the Amin era, as he was portrayed more in the book, instead of a constant catalyst for Amin's rage, considering he is a fictional character, we'll just chalk up his constant missteps as dramatic license taken by the screenwriters in drawing out Amin to commit some of the most heinous acts of torture shown in film this side of a Mel Gibson directorial effort.

As we watch the character's compulsion to prepare — both literally and figuratively — for an impending inclement weather event that only he can see coming, we bear witness to a harrowing and heartbreaking rendering of the increasing physical manifestations of his mental issues.

The film, a character drama starring Anna Paquin as a traumatised witness to a bus accident, with Mark Ruffalo and Matt Damon in support, was -LSB-...]

The fast paced nature of the story means that a lot of the emotional beats and character development that are seen in the anime lose their impact here, but it also makes it easier to experience the game if you are playing it as a fan, just to witness some of the epic boss fights.

It sounds bleak, and it often is, but as the story unfolds, we bear witness to a town full of cleverly developed characters who all have something intriguing to throw into the debate.

Let's face it, when you're spotted a trio of Oscar - nominees for the lead roles right off the bat, namely, Thomas Haden Church (for Sideways), Melissa Leo (for Frozen River) and Elisabeth Shue (for Leaving Las Vegas), plus have a couple of veteran character actors like Keith David and M. Emmet Walsh at your disposal as well, it's reasonable for your audience to expect to witness something special.

She's a proven warrior yet mostly serves as witness to the events, a point of view character and the moral high ground in a war where the rules of engagement are at best ambiguous.

Watching Jordan subtly shift body language as he transitions his character from menace to charmer is to witness a bit of poetry in action, and it's moments like this that Fruitvale achieves its mission: capturing the nuances of a young Black man who was simply and complicatedly human.

I'm a big fan of Hank Azaria, for no good reason, I guess, beyond his long - term involvement with «The Simpsons», but cast herein as the titular shrink (Craig «Huff» Huffstodt) who witnesses a gay patient (Noel Fisher) commit suicide in his office in the pilot episode, Azaria finds more than just his character neutered and ineffectual.