Sentences with phrase «by acquaintances»

Most commonly, the accused was the woman's intimate partner (includes both spousal and dating)(45 %), followed by acquaintances or friends (27 %), strangers (16 %) and non-spousal family members (12 %).

On April 24, 2014, my mother was taking a shower when I was sexually assaulted in my home in my living room (90 % of rapes will be perpetrated by acquaintances)!

This can include uninvited visits by acquaintances or sales visits.

«Greyhounds are docile, 40 - mile - per - hour couch potatoes deserving affection and longer lives,» said Snyman, who was dubbed «Greyhound Granny» by acquaintances because of her devotion.

The most painful part of his recovery has been coping with insensitive remarks made by acquaintances who have known him for years.

Strisower discovered self - directed IRAs in 2006, when he was invited by acquaintances to invest in Golden Valley Bank in Chico, his hometown.

The variety of persons and views engaged, I confidently expect, is far greater than what might be found at a Jesuit seminary in Berkeley where academics churn out reviews unhindered by acquaintance with their subject.

Moreover, this knowledge is empathetic, intimate, sympathetic knowledge, closer to feeling than to rationality.27 It is knowledge «by acquaintance»; it is not «information about.»

Of course I'd not suppose that we know the past without inferring, The specious present — the datum self — contains a time - span 0f present, past, future, which, by acquaintance, gives us clues to pastness, otherness, and inferential reason.

At a recent conference on the ethics of withdrawing nourishment and fluids from mentally incompetent patients, I was approached by an acquaintance who is close to retirement age.

But the icing on the cake was the unpleasant encounter from earlier that week, when I'd allowed myself to be bullied in public by an acquaintance.

Yet as one thinks of persons he knows to be unmistakably Christian, a certain pattern and quality of life are distinguishable, more readily discerned by acquaintance than defined in words, which give meaning and content to the term «personal Christian living.»

And the role of intuitions in Russell's view seems, on the face of it, similar to Bergson's in being foundational — they consist of knowledge by acquaintance, thus serving an indispensable role in epistemology.

Whether it be Wieman's general appropriation of James's «knowledge by acquaintance» in Religious Experience and Scientific Method, Meland's «appreciative awareness,» or Loomer's more narrative forms of gathering evidence, each purports merely to describe, but then evinces that the description is driven by rather specific personal and / or contextual definitions of what counts as religious experience.

For example, Proudfoot argues that James's descriptive «knowledge by acquaintance,» even though it claims to be acquired by an unprejudiced and radically empirical «sense,» is in fact heavily theory - laden, an intellectual hypothesis.

i.e., knowledge by acquaintance.

Gone are the days of meeting dates in packed nightclubs, and you've probably been swirling in the same social circle for years, so it's highly unlikely you'll be matched up by an acquaintance.

DateHookup.com is owned and operated by an acquaintance of mine in the industry, Dustin W.

Having, in his own words, too much fun, Reeves's mop - topped high - school senior Chris plays bad guitar in a bad band with his best friend, David (Alan Boyce), a type - A overachiever who succumbs to the pressures of pretending to like Gilbert & Sullivan, getting accepted into a great school, having a hot wooden girlfriend (Pamela Gidley), and being sainted by every acquaintance.

Stanley (Mr. Firth), a world - famous magician (who goes by the stage name of Wei Ling Soo, Orientalism being in fashion then) is approached by an acquaintance on a mission.

Chased from London's CCTV - bristling streets to the Home Counties, they are finally brought to ground by an acquaintance's betrayal and dragged off to an army base in a high - sierra American wasteland.

The above example is a line of credit used by an acquaintance of mine to consolidate his credit card debt.

I once reviewed the book Just What I Said: Bloomberg Economics Columnist Takes on Bonds, Banks, Budgets, and Bubbles, by another acquaintance of mine, the equally bright (compared to James Grant) Caroline Baum.

Weiss was in his twenties when he created these pieces, and they're clearly influenced by his acquaintance with Sigmar Polke but also by German Expressionism and Zap Comix.

While prices for Knoebel works sometimes hit six - figure sums — small fry compared to the stratospheric amounts commanded by his acquaintance Gerhard Richter (also of the Dusseldorf school)-- he remains largely indifferent to an art market he feels has got out of control.

Abstract Expressionist Franz Kline is known for his large black - and - white paintings that treat the medium of oil with a calligraphic freedom, influenced by his acquaintance with Willem de Kooning.

His new style was reinforced by his acquaintance with the Dutch artist Jan Toorop, who led the Dutch Luminist movement, an offshoot of French Neo-Impressionism.

Unfortunately it appears that Betts's critique was largely unencumbered by acquaintance with what we actually wrote.

In early December, a US man was robbed off his hardware wallet by an acquaintance at gunpoint and his Ethereum funds worth more than $ 1 M were stolen during the incident.

People are more likely to favor those who have already been deemed appropriate by an acquaintance.

Consider a recent «uncomfortable» article in the Toronto Star, The Curse of a Foreign Name, written by an acquaintance, Priya Ramsingh.

First Paragraph There are cases wherein you were referred to the possible employer by an acquaintance, friend of family member.

However, the more precise legal usage of international child abduction refers to the illegal removal of children from their home by an acquaintance or family member to a foreign country.

One third of victimizations against women are committed by an acquaintance.

Not exact matches

Driven by his domineering fathers disapproval at his illegitimate existence and his desire for serious wealth, Seth suddenly finds himself seduced by the opportunity to interview as a trainee stock broker from recent acquaintance Greg.

Tyler only netted about $ 3,000 from «a very loosely woven conspiracy» that involved selling acid to «friends, family and business acquaintances,» according to the memo prepared by his probation officer.

Financed by friends and family, they shipped 94 boxes to folks they signed up by pitching friends and acquaintances.

Yeary: I was introduced to Andrei and his co-founder, Joseph Sanberg, by a mutual professional acquaintance.

Nancy Lanza was described by friends and acquaintances after the shooting as a gun enthusiast.

That spark can be lit by a colleague, a friend, an acquaintance or even a complete stranger, and that last one is what TED — a nonprofit with a mission to spread ideas — does best.

By signing control of his farm to relatives or acquaintances, a farmer could resume growing tobacco.

Researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia found that those who talked to service providers — like a barista or a package deliverer — as if they were an acquaintance were left happier by those interactions.

When I stopped by the Horseshoe, he was buying drinks for everyone who showed up — friend, acquaintance or media — urging people to try out a bike or enjoy a complimentary taco and then settling in the back of the club when the music started: a couple of little - known local indie bands played, and Broken Social Scene member Brendan Canning — dressed as if he'd just arrived from Wimbledon's centre court — did a DJ set.

One of his hacker acquaintances was apparently suspected by the FBI of breaching a military network.

But users should be equally cautious with e-mails that may initially seem to come from acquaintances because malware often spreads by co-opting real e-mail addresses.

Most LinkedIn users leverage the site to boost their profiles and careers by looking up and connecting with new business acquaintances or search for job opportunities.

You might need to start with your own circle of acquaintances, but by asking those who attend your events to invite others, you can slowly expand your reach.

If you've been referred by a mutual acquaintance, do not save that for the body of the email, says Augustine.

In 2013, a friend and I were convinced by a tech - savvy acquaintance to invest in something called Litecoin — basically, Bitcoin's less expensive little sister.

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