Sentences with phrase «as voices of the past»

As a consequence, their voice was not really heard in the leadership election, and the views of my generation were easily and cynically dismissed as voices of the past.

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The community can then speak to the individual through the voice of the inherited past, when recognized as worthy of repetition and sanctioned by the individual's choice of hero.

As has been true in the past, the next pope will have to provide a moral voice to a range of challenges.

(Other speeches in the past, for example, had Obama as the one voice of civility in a climate of political incivility, or the one post-partisan in a world of partisanship.)

Discerning mission goals requires that we listen to a variety of voices from the past, as well as take seriously the wide range of voices acting today.

Sister Weisenbeck is an officer and past president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, a canonically approved membership organization which exists as a support system and corporate voice for leaders of religious institutes of Catholic Sisters in the United States.

Again and again, now in the hot, slow dog days of summer, Mike can sit dangling on his porch swing, his tape recorder blasting at his ear, gazing happily into the past as the authoritative voice of KKOY's Jerry Pryor shouts:»... the ball goes to Mike Peterson!

This is only possible by first confronting the EU's links to the colonial past of its member - states as a first step in a process in which the EU starts to open up to the perspectives and voices of its international partners.

However, as ERS research reveals, Two Member First Past The Post would deny thousands of Welsh voters a voice in the National Assembly and disproportionately benefit Labour.

A reformed institution will give a proper voice to the whole of the UK and act as an effective complement to a House of Commons which — because of the first - past - the - post voting procedure — does not fairly represent our citizens politically.

Austin Shafran, who has served as the tough - talking voice of the Senate Democrats for the past three years, has landed a job with the Cuomo administration.

And, by extension, online donations give small donors a much larger voice than they've had in the past, since a distributed army of excited activists can yield as much money as quite a few $ 1000 - per - plate dinner donors.

Past government attempts to address extremism have been criticised for relying on older men as the «voice» of communities.

Should Cuomo adhere to past practice and schedule the Assembly district election at the same time as the primary, the residents of the 103rd Assembly District would be left without a voice in state government for six months, including during the time when the state Legislature adopts a budget.

And while I sympathize with his frustrations regarding «the holes in his roads and in the county budget», for most in the community know that I, as a minority legislator, have been one of the most prominent voices in county government trying to stop financial missteps over the past few years.

Tunde Ajaja Trying to put on a smiling face as he ushered our correspondent into his modest apartment, his blue disposition and near inaudible voice showed he had yet to recover from the trauma of the past few days.

For the past five years, GOP senators have trusted him as their voice during weeks of public hearings and debates over New York's state budget.

As the Arab Spring played out over the past year and a half — as Egypt's first free presidential ballots were totaled up in late May, and Morsi faced off against a former general, Ahmed Shafik, in June — social media gave a platform to the competing voices and points of view silenced for decades under the jackboots of various Arab regimeAs the Arab Spring played out over the past year and a half — as Egypt's first free presidential ballots were totaled up in late May, and Morsi faced off against a former general, Ahmed Shafik, in June — social media gave a platform to the competing voices and points of view silenced for decades under the jackboots of various Arab regimeas Egypt's first free presidential ballots were totaled up in late May, and Morsi faced off against a former general, Ahmed Shafik, in June — social media gave a platform to the competing voices and points of view silenced for decades under the jackboots of various Arab regimes.

I've used the Nike + system in the past, and though I never took advantage of the online training programs or the global community, I did enjoy having a built - in distance and calorie tracker right on my iPod — not to mention that voice coming through my headphones, counting down the minutes and the miles as I ran.

I feel as though the chains have been unlocked and now I'm free from my negative mindset and voices in my head (all of that past, negative self - talk).

We begin our practice on our mats, observing our thoughts as they dwell in the past or race toward the future until we hear the soothing sound of the teacher's voice inviting us back into the room, and into present moment.

tFS: Do you feel as though models have more of a voice in the fashion industry now, like collaborating with the design process, than perhaps they did in the past?

In the past dozen years, he has mostly got stuck in a loop of romantic comedies, deploying that low, indolent drawl of his as a tool of come - hither charm; it's no less effective in «Killer Joe,» but the snares in his voice are now baited with money and lust.

Unfortunately, neither ever proved to be as dependable as the filtering of present light through that moving strip of celluloid which projects past images and voices onto a screen.»

Titled «Voices From the Past,» the clip comes from Yahoo and was originally meant to come after Black Panther's opening flashback as a counter point of view to those tragic inciting moments.

«Just as the camera tracks past the chair on the lower right,» the voice said, «the chair moves out of the way.»

As soon as the film started, it was clear that July's voice as a filmmaker hasn't changed that much in the past five years — the same irreverence, black humour and playful charm abounds — but the film lacks the bounce of her first featurAs soon as the film started, it was clear that July's voice as a filmmaker hasn't changed that much in the past five years — the same irreverence, black humour and playful charm abounds — but the film lacks the bounce of her first featuras the film started, it was clear that July's voice as a filmmaker hasn't changed that much in the past five years — the same irreverence, black humour and playful charm abounds — but the film lacks the bounce of her first featuras a filmmaker hasn't changed that much in the past five years — the same irreverence, black humour and playful charm abounds — but the film lacks the bounce of her first feature.

The Lovely Bones and little Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) certainly tell us what she's learning while watching her family and murderer shuffle around on the mortal coil in a near - constant voice - over, but those words of denial and anger growing into acceptance don't reveal themselves in her limited actions in her stop on the way to Heaven (This might also be attributed to the fact that the story is told in the past tense, which lessens its overall impact as she has already seen and discovered these things; she's telling her story as opposed to living it, if you pardon the metaphysical contradiction in the wording).

He has the type of voice that screams «authority figure» and as such, he has mostly played cops and lawyers in his past series (almost always just for one episode), although he has worked in some criminal roles, as well.

From the creators of «Robot Chicken,» a stop - motion animation comedy featuring the voice of Bryan Cranston as Titanium Rex, a veteran superhero who is faced with leading a team of past - their - prime superheroes.

As such, it's a testament to Benyamina's arrival as a fully - formed voice that there aren't more of these sort of minor freshman flourishes to get pasAs such, it's a testament to Benyamina's arrival as a fully - formed voice that there aren't more of these sort of minor freshman flourishes to get pasas a fully - formed voice that there aren't more of these sort of minor freshman flourishes to get past.

Taking place just as the long - essential studio system was undergoing massive changes, the film positions Johansson's gravelly - voiced synchronized swimming star as emblematic of a system still woefully stuck in the past.

He still stands tall as one of the greatest directors in America and one of the most individual voices in cinema, its just that his work this decade is mediocre compared to what he has accomplished in the past.

As they cruised past 10,000 feet in the air, the voice of Nintendo's iconic Mario announced a big early - holiday surprise for all the passengers.

Terminator Salvation stars Christian Bale as John Connor, Sam Worthington as Marcus Wright (man reborn as robot - man), Moon Bloodgood as Blair Williams (who has a crush on the robot - man), Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Serena Kogan (the voice of Skynet), Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese (John Connor's past / future father) and Bryce Dallas Howard as Kate Connor.

One can listen, free of charge, to the voices of contemporary English - language poets, as well as poets from the past.

As a team and family, we use the power of our voices, our stories, and our writing to create a world that honors our past, transforms our present, and liberates our future.

At the same time, as technology makes self - publishing ever easier, the industry will hear new voices from around the globe and from places that have been underrepresented in the past, giving readers a greater variety of indie titles than ever before, but making it more vital for authors to find a way to stand out from the pack.

The second is an unnamed man masquerading under false pretenses as a teacher who is intent on bringing the school to ruin The third voice belongs to a young adolescent boy thirteen years in the past who, as the son of St Oswald's caretaker but destined to attend the scruffy local state school, finds himself drawn to the august corridors of St Oswald's.

O'Leary disagrees with voices that insist no user wants to pay for news, and he suggests that journalistic media might have done better for themselves over the past decades if they'd taken early signs of subscriber displeasure as prompts to repackage.

Linked to seasons of the year — representing past, present, and future - and utilizing varying narrative voices and verb tense, chapters overlap and at times collide with one another, as Grace - and, by extension, the reader - grows increasingly unmoored from everything she thought she knew.

As with years past, the rankings and the underlying survey they're based on, provided a unique window into the collective voice of Canadian self - directed investors and their perceptions of Canada's online discount brokerages.

Shamanic Journey - Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Listen to the ancient voice of the drum as our Shaman guides a journey to retrieve energies from the past and future to be fully present in the now, creating the power to achieve our greatest dreams.

Of course thanks to Kojima's past hijinks there's still many wondering if this isn't all a ruse, citing the fact that Kiefer Sutherland did indeed lend his voice to Metal Gear Solid V, but as another character, Ishmael, during the GDC demo.

While that wise / quirky old sage couldn't completely come out for his voice this time around, I did get to keep the slow, calming pace to his speech as well as the touch of Ye Olde English enunciation hinting at ages past.

The game's default character is the anime's bland protagonist Kirito, and it becomes quickly clear that the game assumes you'll just roll with the default; your fellow cast of characters will wax lyrical about past exploits, Kirito's betrothed Asuna will always treat you as her boyfriend, and all characters will refer to you as a male, even if you changed your gender — your character's voice in cutscenes will even be Kirito's Japanese voice actor, unless you dive into the settings to turn it off.

The soundtrack is impressive, as with past games in the series, and although there aren't any radio stations this time around, the voice acting is top - notch, as Daniel Dae Kim reprises his role as Johnny Gat, while the rest of the cast does a fantastic job.

Covering a great deal of Jodie's life, Beyond sets the bar for giving life to a virtual character, looking past the phenomenal character models and voice work, the story that unfolded had captivated me into not only making decisions I thought were good for the story, but also for Jodie as a person.

We've seen games in the past omit the campaigns before, such as Titanfall and Star Wars Battlefront, but there is always a group of players who voice displeasure with that plan.

That being said, I was not overly - wowed by everyone: Laura had the obvious sound of an older woman playing a child and as I've mentioned in the past I'm not fond of Mary Elizabeth's deep voice for Mary Sunderland.