Sentences with phrase «background is in writing»

«Of course, I could write my own letters — my background is in writing and marketing,» says Sanders, «but I'm just not doing it, so why not let someone else do the work for me?»

While his background is in writing coffee table books like Classics: The Best The World Has To Offer,» babbling about Barbie dolls does not necessarily give one the chops to write comedy.

Not exact matches

If you go to an Ivy League school, «there are prestigious companies that will take a chance on you even if you majored in classics or medieval history,» he writes, but «the problem is that while we need lots and lots of people with humanities and social science backgrounds, in today's increasingly anti-intellectual climate, majoring in philosophy is becoming a risk that fewer and fewer people can afford to take.»

«Read through Zhang's apology and it is quickly apparent that this is a mea culpa made under extreme political pressure, in which Zhang, an engineer by background, ticks the necessary ideological boxes to signal his intention to fall into line,» David Bandurski, co-director of the China Media Project, wrote on the site.

While the words in the emails seem shockingly harsh, it's worth noting that the finer points of communications — tone of voice, body language or background on the histories of the people involved, for example — can't be conveyed through the written word.

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«Indeed,» Ritholz wrote, «wherever there has been a financial disaster in the world, if you look around, somewhere in the background, McKinsey & Co. is nearby.»

«As the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has emphasized, background checks have limited predictive value and can have a disparate impact on minority drivers,» Rogers wrote in a white paper on Uber that was published last year.

This is in part due to staffing issues; as Vox's German Lopez wrote, «the federal background check system is also notoriously underfunded, understaffed, and underresourced, allowing red flags to slip through.»

Though his background is in environmental writing, Turner finds blame on both sides of this ever - noisy and nuance - starved debate.

«The great thing about admin privileges in Messenger is they work in the background; if your group chat doesn't need that level of control, it won't get in the way of your group messaging,» wrote Facebook in a blog post.

As the debate has taken on a decidedly Asia focus, with some recent studies and popular media coverage pointing to investors from Asia as one of the drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy required?

«Beginning with my first day at Uber, I have been committed to building a diverse Business Team that would be widely recognized as the best in the technology world: one that is welcoming to people of all genders, sexual orientations, national origins and educational backgrounds,» he wrote, according to Recode, which obtained a copy of his email.

When told that the age - 21 limit was not included in a universal - background - checks bill written by Sens. Patrick J. Toomey (R - Pa.)

«We are disappointed to see that Uber has selected a team of insiders to investigate its destructive culture and make recommendations for change,» they wrote in an Medium post published on Thursday, referring to the fact that Holder's firm has close ties to Uber and he previously advocated against fingerprint - based background checks for Uber drivers.

You can easily identify the former because they have a lighter background, are written in italics, and include a Publication / Reshare icon.

McClung's non-financial background means he's writing for someone in my position and perhaps yours.

and jus a side not for critics of the bible, theres an interesting fact in which the bible has over 40 different authors from various backgrounds over a span of 1500 hundred years who wrote prophecies that were fullfulled to a t hundreds of years later.

He also felt that debate over the famous Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1785 formed the essential background to the First Amendment, and that the Virginia Statute was consciously written to guarantee full participation in public life on equal terms by «the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mahometan, the Hindoo, and Infidel of every denomination» (V: 85)

She holds a PhD in physiology and is a respected scholar who has been writing and teaching about the Jewish background of Christianity for the past fifteen years.

Students of old school, hard news, print journalism learn a writing method known as the «inverted pyramid,» in which the raw facts are presented up front, and are given the most real estate, with all the other information and background details trailing off behind them.

One of my favorite role - playing situations in conferences of ministers and priests has found me assuming the role of minister or priest, while two of the participants are given the roles of a husband and wife with some written background about their character and how they fight.

For example, the chapter on «The Historical Background of Paul's Letters» would have been a great chapter to provide details about the historical events, cultural issues, and sociological concerns of Paul's day which led to him writing what he did in his letters.

Trower comes out of a background in journalism and his writing is refreshingly free of the trammels of academicism.

It is a strange and engrossing work, written in a manner that many have compared to Tolstoy: stories within stories, huge chunks of raw material gleaned from the newspapers and agitprop pamphlets of the time, seemingly endless speeches by would - be rulers in the doomed Duma, and all against the background of a weak and ineffectual Tsar dominated by his wife and «our Friend,» Rasputin, with Lenin seething and scheming in Switzerland, waiting for his time to come round at last.

John Meier writes (p. 220):» [Matthew], with his OT background, understands [perfect] in terms of whole - hearted, complete dedication to God... «If you wish to be perfect» is parallel to «if you wish to enter life»... and means the same thing....

It is hard to read because it contains a lot of the Scriptural backgrounds and exegetical research for what is written about in the other two books.

Out from this old background, however, the first writing prophets can be seen moving, by a road familiar in the history of religion, toward monotheism.

Since I am under a major deadline for my cookbook, I asked my husband to use his medical background to research infrared sauna benefits in the medical literature and write about it below.

The book is written in an honest and down - to - earth voice, with stories and recipes based on Bea's French background and other places she has lived or traveled to such as Denmark, New Zealand and Boston.

Some of you may know I used to be a copywriter and writing is in my professional background.

Real Chocolate written by Chantal in 2003 was one of the first chocolate books I ever owned; reading the background and history of this most wonderful of substances, got me hooked (if it was possible to be even more hooked than I already was).

But when I sat down to write this post, at 7 am on a Saturday morning, with my 3 year old cuddled by my side and Clifford playing in the background, I couldn't help but giggle.

And removing Clark from his role as executive director doesn't necessarily mean players want him to be gone from any kind of leadership position, either: as Rosenthal writes, many players «believe the union would benefit from Clark's intelligence, passion, and playing background in another role even if he were removed as executive director.»

United have reportedly seen a bid for Dier rejected this summer but the report says talks have been ongoing in the background, which could be the truth or a loose fact used to write this article, giving supporters hope something is happening.

You are a brave person to write publicly about this, but it's wonderful that you have, since the vast majority of us parents have background issues and baggage that can realy impact negatively on the quality of life for everyone in the house, even pets.

My freelance writing career was short - lived; who can make business calls with a baby, newly awakened from his nap, screaming in the background?

And we talked about the lessons we can learn from arranged marriages (not forced or child marriages), where common backgrounds, interests and goals matter more than love at first — although as some women in arranged marriages wrote us, love occurs when you see your husband caring for your children, being a good provider (OK, I have some thoughts on that but I'm just quoting here) and treating his family with respect and kindness.

Of course, my focus is on the show, but I really do like reading some of the supplemental links you have: they provide a lot of good background material for my own writing, and in many cases confirm what I felt was going on while watching the show.

So, her name is Angela and this apparently, the mom is Angela, and this photo has been shared as of when this article was written which I was a few weeks ago, it has been shared thousands of times and it was actually taken at a community event, but if you look at the photo it is a mom who is obviously breastfeeding her baby, it has the fire truck in the background, she is in uniform, not completely suited - up, because again, this wasn't like they pulled up at a fire and she's like why would that person have her baby there, right?

«If they're hiring you in a way or paying you to write the review, you may consider asking them for some background information on the product.

It's written by Gina Rau, who has a background in the food industry and who now helps families feed themselves better.

Rainbolt has a background in family therapy and is an experienced parent educator, yet her writing style is personal and a joy to read.

When I sat down to write this month's piece, I planned to write about one of those topics, but my daughter was fussing in the background as my husband took a turn bouncing her around the house.

When I sat down to write this month's piece, I planned to write about one of those topics, but my daughter was fussing in the background -LSB-...]

I'll let you be the judge of that though, as this article is currently being written with the sound of lightsabers clashing in the background...

If anyone in your group has a media or PR background, that's the person to court, but really anyone who is comfortable writing can learn to do this.

With a background in language acquisition, SLP's can play a critical and direct role in the development of literacy in children as the connections between spoken and written language are well established.

... have the kids make art for the nursery - frame it in cardboard painted a nice color... if you know the name (or wait until you do) have the religious background written out nicely for framing (my sister gave me the first bible passage featuring my son's name to frame, she color copied it out of a fancy illuminated manuscript type book - i'm not even religious and it floored me)

Bloomberg's state legislative affairs director Wendy Saunders writes in the city's opposition memo that the bill could be intrepreted to include a child's religious background and «lead to inappropriate placements.»