Sentences with phrase «code of silence»

The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time - honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk!

But nobody went public with allegations, because of an unofficial code of silence known among lawmakers as the «Bear Mountain Compact,» the insider said.

But the lingering taboo in the workplace is being enforced by a kind of code of silence.

Haggerty, as you'll recall, was indicted in the ongoing Bloomberg / Independence Party investigation by Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr., and had made clear he'll gladly spill secrets of the mayor's successful campaign for a third term last fall (breaking a traditional code of silence adhered to by Bloomberg acolytes).

In the film, Giuseppe, a 13 - year - old boy, suddenly vanishes, but Luna, his classmate who is in love with him, refuses to accept his mysterious disappearance and begins a desperate search that disrupts her family and the rest of the inhabitants of the small village who live by a fearful code of silence regardless of their involvement with the mafia.

South Is Nothing, Fabio Mollo, Italy / France Miriam Karlkvist took a well - deserved Shooting Star award at the Berlinale for her portrayal of an androgynous teenage girl negotiating life in a mafia - controlled town whose code of silence is destroying her family.

(In Swedish with subtitles) The Sicilian Girl (Unrated) Mob drama, set in Palermo in 1991, recounting the plight of a feisty, if ill - fated, 17 year - old (Veronica D'Agostino) who broke the Mafia's code of silence following the murder of her father and brother.

A school with a culture of «two - way listening» encourages and empowers students to break the ingrained code of silence.

Despite the Vatican's code of silence on this matter, painstaking research by David Alvarez resulted in a detailed treatise on this subject: Spies in the Vatican: Espionage &...

Sondra Perry delivers a stern one on the «blue code of silence» and the «blue screen of death,» a connection lost to me.

Bryant also formally accepted the «Code of Silence Award», which was awarded to him in 2006 by the Canadian Association of Journalists for having the highest fees in the country for accessing court records.

The intervention effects for the remaining two measures (rejecting codes of silence and Sources of Strength coping) were non-significant.

«The indictment makes clear that it is unacceptable to obey an unofficial code of silence,» Holmes said at the time.

Why the code of silence?

Only if he or she observes a code of silence and being a father myself, that is highly unlikely.

I am just horrified that the other people in your story swept abuse under the rug but given my own family history, that is exactly what they do and I am still being punished for «breaking the code of silence.»

They say that NPD households are one of the least researched because there's usually a code of silence in the family as a result of emotional manipulation.

He broke the Pope's code of silence and was reprimanded.

This is still a stealth secret for many parents - and we hate to break the code of silence, but the Lincoln Park Zoo has one of the best indoor play spaces in the city.

I was really interested in hearing how exactly they proposed to do that, especially in terms of changing the macho culture of the sport and breaking the «code of silence» that continues to prompt players at every level of football, whether it be N.F.L., college, high school or youth - to hide concussion symptoms in order to stay in the game and avoid being perceived as somehow letting their coach, their teammates, or their parents down.

Let's break the code of silence.

Police officers often share a code of silence, which means that they do not turn.

The scene ends with a tragic lesson on what happens when the family's code of silence is not adhered to.

Arnie isn't the only one who fails to tread new territory, as director Andrew Davis has made vehicles similar to this in THE FUGITIVE, ABOVE THE LAW and CODE OF SILENCE.

The Globe won a Pulitzer for its coverage of the scandal, and many credit that first exposé with breaking the code of silence and encouraging countless victims the world over to come forward.

Rather than a thorough examination of the sociological effects of frat life on young men, Frat House is an expose of a world hitherto unexplored, due in part to a code of silence maintained by the people who go through the system.

The cover is blown on seemingly benign professional friendships to reveal a code of silence as the real bond.

The General's Daughter is a slickly - directed and competently - acted thriller that fails to be a good film due to the many similarities with other military whodunits (primarily A Few Good Men and Courage Under Fire) as well as heavy - handed political statements regarding the treatment of females in the military and the code of silence that is so pervasive.

The video quality on both «Code of Silence & Lone Wolf McQuade» are very impressive.

MGM dug into their archives and have delivered two classics from the films of Chuck Norris, «Code of Silence» and «Lone Wolf McQuade», which is easily one of his best films.

In «Code of Silence», Chuck stars as Eddie Cusack, a Chicago police officer whoaims to take down a drug gang.

When two rival gangs go at each out, it is up to Cusack to take let since no one at the police force is willing to help him since he who broke the code of silence by testifying against a fellow cop.

Take a strong, but caring, stance against the code of silence.

Analysis of types of threats & why students make them, overcoming «code of silence», using protocols, defining staff roles, intervention strategies, risk assessments and developing behavior support plans.

students to abandon the code of silence with their peers when faced with information about potential threats.

Afraid to go to the police (the robbers were wearing cop pants), Cooper convinces his friends to enact a code of silence.

I find it interesting that some former senior people at the Fed are breaking the «code of silence.»

Of her works, Campbell notes: «As we approach the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Red Summer, and other race riots that took place across the country, I offer this installation to ponder the architecture of our country and its relationship to justice, reparations, accountability, privilege, civic responsibility, codes of silence, generational trauma, tradition, legacy, apology, national inheritance, and reconciliation.»

By projecting his projects in public spaces, like at the Hirschhorn later this week, Wodiczko relies on communities themselves to «break the code of silence, to open up and speak about what's unspeakable.»

What would the world we inhabit look like if scientists like Galileo adopted a code of silence, speaking only about scientific evidence which was politically convenient, economically expedient, religiously condoned and socially correct?

When a former law clerk to 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Dolores Sloviter writes a novel that her publisher promises «breaks the code of silence surrounding the clerkship... and boldly takes us into the mysterious world of the third branch of the U.S. government,» lawyers» ears perk up.

She has written a novel, Chambermaid, which is about a young law school graduate breaking the code of silence surrounding the clerkship and the inner workings of the judiciary.

Better to appear apathetic and keep the code of silence.

Breaking the law clerks» code of silence: the sexual misconduct claims against Judge Kozinski, Reuters

«How the special prosecutor can construe a «code of silence» theory defies belief.

Liptak explains that 50 years ago, Justice Rehnquist — who began his own career as a Supreme Court clerk — broke the clerks» code of silence to express his concern that his fellow law clerks were shifting the Court's views to the left.

UN report demands Vatican stops letting «code of silence» interfere with justice for child sex abusers, Reuters