Sentences with phrase «class folk with»

The Beach Boys were a pretty good model of what thoroughly middle class folk with no blues or country apprenticeship possibilities can aspire to do, working to keep a rhythm n» blues feel while trying to work something fresh out of elements (barbershop, surf instros) that reflected their backgrounds.

But this handset caters to the appeal of the busness - class folks with something with a more official finish rather than the coloful ones.

Not exact matches

One of the biggest miscalculations among Democrats has to do with the level of suffering among disaffected working class and middle white folks.

Dalahäst He wasn't at odds with the priestly class, just the common folk, and the priestly class had an interest in keeping everyone else in check, right?

The NT wasn't written by the priestly class, it was written by lay folks who clashed with rabbis over proper synagogue observance.

In a commencement speech, Admiral William McRaven provoked graduates from the University of Texas with this exhortation: «If every one of you changed the lives of just 10 people, and each one of those folks changed the lives of another 10 people — just 10 — then in six generations this class will have changed the lives of the entire population of the world, eight billion people.»

Funny how folks continue to question Obama's religion but are comfortable with a Mormon Bishop that treats women as second class citizens and believed blacks weren't human until 1978...

Funny how folks continue to question Obama's religion but are comfortable with Mormon Bishop that treats women as second class citizens and believed blacks weren't human until 1978...

Most folk are in one of these two classes: barbarians with penitent and wistful interludes, or good men with unconquered mutinies.

When I used to teach classes, folks were always wanting to tinker with recipes, especially ice cream, replacing the cream with what - have - you.

There's some serious revisionist history going on, based on the eventual careers of these folks, but they were not all World Class when that season happened.And Mourinho won in his first season with the club, DOMINATING the Prem, that had Wenger and Fergie previously dominating it.

Of course, the thing that is tough for some folks when we have these conversations is that I see every single QB in this class as flawed with Darnold, Rosen, and Mayfield having the least and Jackson and Allen as having the most.

Have a little dignity, my man... go out with class and retire (which is actually tied for the most plausible outcome according to the good folks at MyBookie.)

And I'm making a quick cowl with Mindful Folk Farm Fiber as a test knit of sorts for an upcoming learn to knit class that Taproot is hosting here in Portland (find the details here).

Merry Music Makers offers the time - tested Music Together classes in mixed ages (from newborns to 5 year olds), and babies - only classes, and even a session with a «Spanish twist» — introducing niños to español through vocabulary and folk songs.

The studio's French singalong class is taught by a native speaker who engages a mixed - age group of kids and parents with French folk songs and music games.

By the way — the folks who run BlogAds.com are a class act, very willing to help with advice, and it's been a pleasure working with them to help launch some of these campaigns.

DC's political class may be preoccupied with Boehner's «Plan B» disaster, the fiscal cliff and the (now - overdue) Mayan Apocalypse, but some folks are focused on a longer game.

The quartet - a middle - of - the - road folk band with a big, predominantly middle class following - have attracted attention for their privileged backgrounds.

With the economy in the shape it's in, intelligent people want to create jobs, this jackass wants to take jobs away from productive working class folks while continuing to let the lazy slobs sitting on their asses collect welfare as long as they wish.

World - class functional medicine doctors mentioned it in their mbg classes, and it showed up in conversations with other wellness - minded folk at events and, eventually, at my desk here at mbg.

We have all sorts of professionals in class together, from practitioners with 20 plus years of experience to folks still in school.

Sure, Carver has lost his moral compass when it comes to shady dealings with struggling working - class folks, yet he's believable when relaying a speech about being forced into such bottom feeding when circumstances threatened his own livelihood.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

In the squandered sci - fi tale In Time, the rich subjugate the poor by equating one's lifespan with money — something lower - class citizens don't have — and the paycheck - to - paycheck folks literally run out of time and expire.

With Man Down, following the jarring, harshly lit opening sequence, Montiel plays with three time periods, the first being the picaresque, Apple - pie glow afforded white, suburban middle class folks who follow each other through familiar life trajectorWith Man Down, following the jarring, harshly lit opening sequence, Montiel plays with three time periods, the first being the picaresque, Apple - pie glow afforded white, suburban middle class folks who follow each other through familiar life trajectorwith three time periods, the first being the picaresque, Apple - pie glow afforded white, suburban middle class folks who follow each other through familiar life trajectories.

For his folks are Black Irish, the designation commonly applied to those of his lineage with lower - class roots generally associated with drinking, fighting and underachieving.

Woody is often sharp with character study and Jasmine is something else, but his portrait of San Francisco working class folk is less convincing and carried only by the strength of a typically excellent cast (it also co-stars Louis C. K., Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg) and an honesty and commitment that the socially poised rich of the film lack.

Kyle represents the work - class folks who are simply fed up with the lies and manipulation for which the media and Wall Street seeming conspire on a regular basis.

The melody of children's voices fills the morning air as a kindergarten class at Woodstock Elementary School here begins the day with a folk song.

Another consideration: choice in education already exists (as any real - estate agent knows well), but is so highly correlated with socioeconomic status as to preclude low - income (and some middle - class) folks from availing themselves of the choice — and the resulting social and political capital — which others enjoy.

Taking classes with «those policy people» or «the leadership folks» gave me new perspectives on my own field, too.

But, hey, the good folks in the «reform» side claim that class size is not a factor for success and that a good teacher should be able to effectively teach the multitudes as well as score all their tests, papers, etc, with ease.

These folks must know that students with disabilities will eventually be bounced out of class altogether.

As a vice principal, I have the wonderful opportunity to spend time in many different classes over the school year and I always find it so exciting to see what folks are doing with their students!

The folks at Cadillac like to think that the STS compares with the likes of the Mercedes S - class, the Audi A8L, and the BMW 7 - series, but we believe they are deluding themselves, because while it is close in physical size, it doesn't have the presence or the interior quality of these three luxury - car standouts.

A dozen working - class folks, both genders, they'd staked out a spot on the cement with a prison - window - sized view of the hairpin.

The folks at Mercedes - Benz are recalling nearly 253,000 C - Class vehicles in the United States to correct an issue with the tail lamps.

The folks in Stuttgart nailed it with their brand new S - Class, the company's flagship model.

With airline - style tray tables that deploy from the center console, large LCD screens to surf the Net or watch videos, cupholders that keep your beverages cool or hot, a built - in footrest and a remote (or iPhone app) to commandeer all the controls from the driver, it's such an easy place to get work done (or just lounge) that it wouldn't surprise us if more folks bought S - classes in which to be chauffeured than to actually drive (read: China).

Why Infiniti needs a subcompact crossover that shares its platform with the Mercedes - Benz GLA - Class is a mystery that only the folks at Nissan HQ know the answer to.

And with Amazon aggressively trying to keep the Kindle in the lead with its recent price cut and international version, LG will have to hustle to find a class of very heavy readers (or very environmentally - conscious folks) to market this to.

Agility classes are for those folks wishing to compete in agility, or for people who just want to do something different with their dog.

All pups need to develop good social skill by being in a group class with other folks and pups.

Originally a companion of rich folks, the dog fell out of favor with the aristocracy around the 19th century but found loving arms in the German working class.

I like booking Virgin Australia award flights online, rather than with Delta agents, because Delta's telephone agents have been known to book the wrong inventory class on these awards since they're not always very familiar with them, with folks thinking they're getting business class but actually having phone agents put them in coach.

Some folks like the Alaska card because it comes with a certificate for a $ 99 companion ticket which, unlike many such certificates, is actually good on any flight, including first class flights.

With the early release of Star Wars: The Old Republic under a week away, we take a look at how the good folks at BioWare have designed their class system and attempt to clear up any confusion.

While the current exhibition of British folk art at Tate Britain politely avoids the issue of class conflict and appears more like a jolly country fête, this exhibition shows with force and clarity how subversive folk art can be.

On Saturday morning (East Coast time), I'm planning to host a Google Hangout on Air to connect students in my School of The New York Times class on climate science and policy with folks in Paris.