Sentences with phrase «as housekeepers of»

These cells are best known as housekeepers of the body, clearing out dying and dead cells from the sites of viral and bacterial infections and injured tissues — very boring tasks, say Watkins.

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Among those were questions about his treatment of an ex-wife who once appeared in disguise on «The Oprah Winfrey Show» to discuss being physically assaulted and revelations about his employment of an undocumented immigrant as a housekeeper.

In an 11 - website page list of proposals, finance minister Yanis Varoufakis laid out programs to monitor government investing and struggle tax evasion utilizing students, tourists and housekeepers as undercover tax inspectors.

Lord Carlile also spoke to a woman named only as «Pauline» who had been the adoptive daughter of the Bell family's housekeeper and had lived within the palace itself, but was never interviewed by the original investigation.

According to Mobley, Montgomery's «domestic feminism» preached that because women are uniquely equipped to run the home» not in spite of the fact» they are specially qualified to lead as «municipal housekeepers» in public social spheres.

I sat down at the computer again to try to find a few words to say how I find God in this daily place and in this work, how I only learned to pray when I began to pray with my hands and my attention on purpose and how most of prayer to me now is listening and abiding, how I believe it would be nice to have a lovely housekeeper and a clean house and to create amazing soaring art with all of the white space of an uncluttered life and glorious heights of transcendent spirituality, I guess, but I need the God who sits in the mud and in the cold wind, in the laundry pile and in the city park, who embodies grief and joy, wisdom and patience, loneliness as companionship, renewal with simplicity and a good deep breath, and who even now shows up in the unlikeliest and homeliest of lives too, as a sacrament of and blessing for the ordinary things.

With this hope of adding a veteran housekeeper to the staff — nothing of a more personal nature, of course — Stevens sets off «through the pleasant countryside,» with a visit with Miss Kenton as the culmination of his journey.

Oh, I don't mean that my kids were doing that — that is what's been on the news as we followed former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's announcement of a love child with his long - time housekeeper, the revelations that former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss - Kahn allegedly sexually assaulted a hotel maid, and that former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner had been engaging in social media hanky - panky with a bunch of young hotties on Facebook and Twitter but not without lying about it first for 10 days before resigning.

Your goal is not to have a little housekeeper, it's to instill good habits now, so as your child gets older he'll understand the importance of pitching in.

Before serving in the Assembly, as Chief of Staff for then - City Councilmember and current Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Brian negotiated enactment of several significant new laws, including the Domestic Worker Protection Act, promoting the rights of housekeepers and caregivers, and laws to foster the use of technology to make government more accessible and efficient.

Something as simple as help with the grocery bill, supplements, a yoga membership, lymphatic massages, food preparation or even a housekeeper can make a world of difference to someone going through what could be the most trying time of their life.

Four weeks later, the housekeepers reported that they felt fitter as a result of their work.

His mother had to work as a housekeeper to feed the family, while Charles worked in a blacking factory: one of the lowliest jobs in Victorian Britain.

However, I heard about the countries where people raise women as a good housekeepers, mothers, friends, companions and of course wives.

Now I have to consider child care arrangements, how to actually get myself ready and out of the house in the minute window between bedtime and taxi time and, further on, how and when to introduce a new someone to the main (and infinitely less glamorous) role in your life as parent, housekeeper and general dogsbody.

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His wife Florence (Mary J. Blige) is no less burdened, but far more pragmatic, accepting a job as Laura's housekeeper and even developing a quiet understanding of her that she never thought possible with a white woman.

In B - pictures and 2 - reelers of the 1940s, she established herself as a less expensive Marjorie Main type; her range now encompassed society dowagers (see the East Side Kids» Mr. Muggs Steps Out) and Mrs. Danvers - like housekeepers (see Bela Lugosi's The Ape Man).

She takes a job as housekeeper for Percival Miller (Bob Peck), the reclusive master of Gulmington Mansion.

She won lots of new fans and a Saturn Award for her role as the spooky housekeeper in The Others (2001) and this year she co-stars in the interlocking stories of Little Secrets, the Brazilian Oscar submission.

Here's the official synopsis: «Mary Poppins Returns stars Emily Blunt as the practically - perfect nanny with unique magical skills who can turn any task into an unforgettable, fantastic adventure; Lin - Manuel Miranda as her friend Jack, an optimistic street lamplighter who helps bring light — and life — to the streets of London; Ben Whishaw as Michael Banks; Emily Mortimer as Jane Banks; and Julie Walters as the Banks» housekeeper Ellen; with Colin Firth as Fidelity Fiduciary Bank's William Weatherall Wilkins; and Meryl Streep as Mary's eccentric cousin, Topsy.

It emerges as a kind of offbeat love story between Claire and her housekeeper (Adriana Barraza), the one person who seems able to withstand Claire's compulsive need to lash out.

We get to know Turner and his unusual methods of conversation in environments such as: the high society gatherings of the London art scene, at home with his aging father and uber - loyal housekeeper, and at the inspirational seaside community of Margate.

We meet Evelyn (Judi Dench) as the recent widow who discovers her beloved husband left her a mountain of debt; Douglas and Jean (Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton) a hapless married couple who have invested their savings into their daughter's internet company; Muriel (Maggie Smith) is a racist and longtime housekeeper for the rich who has been put out to pasture while in need of a new hip; Graham (Tom Wilkinson) is a high court judge who is fed up with responsibility and seeking to reconnect with a long ago lover; Madge (Celia Imrie) and Norman (Ronald Pickup) are the lonely hearts looking for love, or in his case, loving.

The strongest moments are when slapstick recalls the antics of Wallace & Gromit, but the script's packed with quips, ably delivered not just by the inspired parental pairing of Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins (their kids are thinly written, as stroppy or awestruck; Julie Walters» housekeeper is part Mrs Doubtfire, part Mrs Overall) but also by a sterling supporting cast culled from Peep Show, Spy and Sightseers by ex-Mighty Boosh director Paul King.

The Second Mother, from Brazil, stars Regina Casé as Val, a longtime live - in nanny / housekeeper in São Paulo who cares for a family and raises their son Fabhino as if he were her own, at the expense of her relationship with her own daughter, Jéssica.

When a brusque, reclusive fishmonger living a hardscrabble existence in the wilds of Nova Scotia employs Maud as his live - in housekeeper, the two social misfits find unexpected love and a lifetime partnership.

Bonnie Balke's ruminations on being a steelworker; her song about a veteran teacher who's hopelessly out of touch with the current state of education; and her star turn as a housekeeper who swears her daughter won't spend her life scrubbing floors are simply transcendent.

Dame Maggie Smith stars as Grace, a well - meaning sociopath who becomes the housekeeper in the house of schlub priest Walter (Rowan Atkinson), his frustrated wife (Kristin Scott Thomas), and his nymphomaniac daughter (Tamsin Egerton).

The cast is rounded out with a game Laura Linney as the shrewd housekeeper, her witty and intelligent son Roger played with a real zeal by Milo Parker, our before - mentioned Hiroyuki Sanada (elegant and electric as usual) and a moving performance by Hattie Morahan as the final subject of Sherlock's last case.

Sarah Gadon stars as a Canadian woman accused of the murder of her employer and his housekeeper.

Mr. Holmes looks to focus on the super sleuth in his twilight years as he spends his days tending to his bees, alone but for the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger.

Starring: Alyson Hannigan as Julia Jones, Adam Campbell as Grant Funkyerdoder, Sophie Monk as Andy, Jennifer Coolidge as Roz Funkyerdoder, Fred Willard as Bernie Funkyerdoder, Meera Simhan as Linda Jones, Eddie Griffin as Frank Jones, Marie Matiko as Betty, Judah Friedlander as Nicky, Carmen Electra as Anne, Tony Cox as Hitch, Mauricio Sanchez as Eduardo / Housekeeper, Charlie Dell as Justice of the Peace, Beverly Polcyn as Old Cat Woman, Scott Bridges as Sam, Dana Seltzer as Wedding Planner / Receptionist, Tom Lenk as Frodo, Valery M. Ortiz as Jell - O, Tom Fitzpatrick as Gandalf, Susse Budde as Jewelry Store Clerk

Grace was soon hired by Nancy Montgomery (Anna Paquin), the housekeeper of independent farmer Thomas Kinnear (Paul Gross), who jealously guarded her position as his mistress.

And of course Hank Azaria is unforgettable as Agador Spartacus, a flamboyant housekeeper who can't seem to walk in shoes without falling over.

And as Mrs. Wilson the housekeeper says of herself, «I am the perfect servant.

We are introduced to Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) the daughter of Russian immigrant housekeepers living in a futuristic Chicago, where she works with her mother and aunts as housekeepers.

Acclaimed Brazilian actress Regina Case stars as Val, a working class live - in housekeeper / nanny to a wealthy family in Sao Paulo, where she has become like a member of -LSB-...]

Acclaimed Brazilian actress Regina Case stars as Val, a working class live - in housekeeper / nanny to a wealthy family in Sao Paulo, where she has become like a member of the family and second mother to the family's son Fabinho (Michel Joelsas) whom she has practically raised.

That's not to mention sterling turns from Jackie Earle Haley as the Collins» housekeeper and Bella Heathcote as the object of Barnabus» affections.

Sherlock's days of sleuthing are behind him, as he now lives in a sleepy Sussex village with his housekeeper and son, an amateur detective in his own right.

Nicole Kidman is at her icy best as a wealthy woman who hires on a trio of housekeepers to help with the raising of her two children.

It showcased some of Britain's best actors — from Hugh Bonneville's lovingly exasperated patriarch, to Sally Hawkins» eccentric yet caring mother, and Julie Waters as the comic relief housekeeper.

Nominated for best actress were Annette Bening as a 1930s London stage diva in Being Julia; Catalina Sandino Moreno as a Colombian woman who takes on a perilous job as a drug mule in Maria Full of Grace; Imelda Staunton as a housekeeper who moonlights as an abortion practitioner in 1950s Britain in Vera Drake; Hilary Swank as a boxer whose life turns tragic in Million Dollar Baby; and Kate Winslet as a woman who has erased memories of her ex-boyfriend in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

This one also involves some extraneous strands, including Eva's co-opting of her daughter's best friend as an empty - nest replacement and Toni Collette as Eva's best pal, a therapist who clearly might benefit from getting psychiatric help, given her furniture - rearranging obsession and passive - aggressive relationship with her inept housekeeper.

She's at the end of her rope by the time she scores a job as the housekeeper for the Callahan family.

For several years I supported my writing habit through a variety of dull, poorly - paid, and sometimes horrible jobs (the weirdest was probably my stint as a research assistant / housekeeper / dogsbody for an egomaniacal self - help author whose elderly husband spent much of his time in the basement with his huge collection of Hustler magazines).

The lives of the various characters, like the daughter adopted out of Romania who saw her parents shot by soldiers before her as they tried to flee the Nazis or the young survivor of a raid on a Jewish home who was only saved when the housekeeper took him in and raised him as a Christian, are so interwoven with the struggle to remain true to their Hasidic beliefs while living in a world that is trying to move forward following the Holocaust.

Isabelle confesses that, as a willful teen in 1930s Kentucky, she fell deeply in love with Robert Prewitt, a would - be doctor and the black son of her family's housekeeper - in a town where blacks weren't allowed after dark.

Leaving his studies, he takes on a variety of menial jobs while Pingping works for a wealthy widow as a cook and housekeeper.