Sentences with phrase «as confidantes»

We come to rely on them as our confidantes, our partners in crime, our allies when absolutely everything goes wrong.

According to Dr. Bawumia, his relationship with the late Kwabena Boadu was beyond a boss and a subordinate because they developed as confidantes.

Her research reveals that that people who are widowed but have a close friend as confidante do much better health-wise following their loss than those who do not — but having a family member as confidante was not associated with similar benefits.

Pairing with director Todd Haynes for his 1995 sophomore feature Safe, LeGros garnered more acclaim as a confidante / romantic interest for the mysteriously ailing character played by Julianne Moore.

Emma Stone, fresh from her role as Sophie in «Magic in the Moonlight,» about an Englishman called in to unmask a charlatan, is incredibly charming as a student in love with her much older teacher now serving as his confidante, while Joaquin Phoenix is ideal as a man who for half the movie is dead from the next down and who finds meaning in life only when he contemplates murder.

He poses as a confidante to the Princess, in the hopes of seducing her.

Burton also looms large in the Corvette world as a confidante and biographer of the late Zora Arkus - Duntov.

Miami's luxe hotels such as the Confidante, Stiles and Pelican Hotel offer Art Deco style, world - class amenities only steps to the beach.

Do not treat the psychologist as a confidante.

The right not to be used as a confidante regarding the divorce proceedings by one parent or the other.

But the way they point them out — by treating the child as a confidante — empowers the child to attack them.

Not exact matches

As a 2006 study in the American Sociological Review found, the number of close confidantes a typical individual has shrank by a third between 1985 and 2006, to about two from three.

I think knowing that he was a long time and very trusted confidante of Pope John Paul II, knowing he had experience as disciplinarian of the clergy, and knowing he had a clear (as any human can) understanding, and knowledge of scripture is why he was picked to be Pope.

The socially prominent couple lived on Wall Street and attended Trinity Episcopal Church, where Elizabeth's faith increased, thanks to her spiritual director, the Rev. John Hobart, and her devout sister - in - law, Rebecca Seton, whom she regarded as her «soul - friend» and confidante.

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The Confidante has 10,000 square feet of newly renovated indoor meeting space and 5,000 square feet of outdoor meeting space, which includes The 1930s House, a private, outdoor Spanish - style bungalow, originally built as a single - family home.

Giving out a Barbie doll as a perky blonde confidante and then spying on all the things your kid tells her is for one thing creepy, and for another a total invasion of the kid's privacy.

For one, children have an extended family of nonparental adults who care for them, often serve as role models and trusted confidantes, and remain in their lives even if they are no longer romantically involved with the child's mother or father.

A confidante can also serve as a checkpoint who can encourage you to seek help if he or she perceives that you need it.

Besides Lisa Percoco as a potential defense witness, lawyers Wednesday said they also plan to call Howard Glaser, another Cuomo confidante who was the governor's state operations director during part of the time Percoco was allegedly receiving bribes.

Legislature Chairwoman Terry Bernardo, a Myers confidante, raised the possible connection that the outspoken supervisor's husband got his walking papers a month later only, apparently, as a talking point.

Seen as one of Cameron's closest confidantes, he's as locked into the «project» as George Osborne is, and only marginally less influential.

The investigation also reportedly is looking at Joseph Percoco, Cuomo's longtime confidante and political enforcer who left his job as the governor's executive deputy secretary in January.

Patricia Lynch Associates, headed by the longtime Silver adviser and confidante of the same name, announced yesterday that it had hired Silver press secretary Weiller to serve as managing director for its public - relations unit.

A lawyer for a longtime confidante and top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his client accepted no bribes - or «ziti,» as prosecutors like to call it.

A lawyer for a longtime confidante and top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told jurors Wednesday that his client accepted no bribes, or «ziti,» as prosecutors like to call it.

Sources say Henry Wojtaszek, an attorney and close confidante of Maziarz and former chairman of the Niagara County GOP committee, has been deeply involved in the party's move to recruit North Tonawanda Mayor Robert Ortt as its replacement Senate candidate.

He came to work as my press aide, he became a friend, a confidante and a younger brother and we drew closer and closer through the years.

Since September 2016, when the corruption charges were brought, a key question in Albany has been how was such a close confidante to Cuomo able to engage in a scheme as alleged by prosecutors.

As Capital previously reported, longtime Cuomo confidante Joe Percoco — whom the governor has described as a «brother» — saw his salary rise to $ 169,000 when he re-joined the administration after managing Cuomo's re-election campaigAs Capital previously reported, longtime Cuomo confidante Joe Percoco — whom the governor has described as a «brother» — saw his salary rise to $ 169,000 when he re-joined the administration after managing Cuomo's re-election campaigas a «brother» — saw his salary rise to $ 169,000 when he re-joined the administration after managing Cuomo's re-election campaign.

Gillibrand's grandmother Polly Noonan earned a reputation as a close adviser to Democratic Albany Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd, a relationship that led many to wonder if they were more than political confidantes.

The State Department, under Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, created an arrangement for her longtime aide and confidante Huma Abedin to work for private clients as a consultant while serving as a top adviser in the department.

Top Clinton confidante Huma Abedin played no formal role in a radical Muslim journal — even though she was listed as an editor on the hate - filled periodical's masthead for a dozen years, a campaign rep claimed.

Mulrow will definitely bring a different style to the job than Schwartz, just as Jim Malatras, a wonky policy expert who cut his teeth in the office of former assemblyman Richard Brodsky, has to the position of director of state operations, which he took over after the departure of a longtime Cuomo confidante, Howard Glaser.

Trump — who likes to surround himself with friends, confidantes and media - savvy supporters — recently hired former CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow as his economic adviser and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for his legal team.

The trial of Gov. Cuomo's long - time aide and confidante Joseph Percoco may be causing consternation behind closed doors, but the public image the governor sought to project last week was business as usual.

The Wall Street Journal in 2014 named her a person to watch as an «influential confidante» of the governor and a possible candidate for lieutenant governor.

«The upstate Onondaga County executive, a Republican, is an influential confidante of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and is seen as a potential lieutenant governor candidate.

And another Kennedy confidante said that Kennedy allies are getting frustrated about what they perceive as the governor's insiders slighting her.

In 2014, Ganim's longtime political confidante, Democratic town chairman Mario Testa, was quoted as saying, «As far as I know, he doesn't intend to run for anything again.&raquas saying, «As far as I know, he doesn't intend to run for anything again.&raquAs far as I know, he doesn't intend to run for anything again.&raquas I know, he doesn't intend to run for anything again.»

Two of the governor's closest confidantes, who have served both father and son Cuomo, were instantly singled out as subjects of interest.

Hesitatingly, he had revealed to a few other natural scientists his godless theory, over a period of nearly two decades: «It is as if one were confessing to a murder,» he wrote to his closest confidante, the botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker.

Relying less than ever before on his comedic chops, Hill has been cast as Michael Finkel, the disgraced New York Times reporter who became Longo's unlikely confidante.

High marks also go to the supporting performances from Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford as oppressive board member Arthur Parsons, and Tracey Letts as Kay's confidante Fritz Beebe.

Over the years, he has served various functions as part of Dice's crew: Body guard, gambling partner, confidante, drinking buddy, or plus one.

These include his adult contemporaries, such as lady friend Oonagh (Simone Kirby), various old confidantes and a number of teenagers eager to explore the sensibilities of a distant world.

As chief adviser and confidante to the addled monarch, Struensee exerted a strong influence on the young man, introducing Enlightenment values to a country that previously rejected them.

He'll be the first to tell you that there plenty of other pilfered aspects of his past in the mix as well, ranging from Greta Gerwig's older art - school mentor to Elle Fanning's late - night confidante.

In addition to the above, Aladdin features Navid Negahban (Homeland) as the Sultan, the ruler of Agrabah who is eager to find a proper husband for his daughter, Jasmine; Nasim Pedrad (Saturday Night Live) as Dalia, Princess Jasmine's hand maiden and confidante; Billy Magnussen (Into the Woods) as Prince Anders, a suitor from Skanland and potential husband for Princess Jasmine; and Numan Acar (Homeland) as Hakim, Jafar's right - hand man and head of the palace guards.