Sentences with phrase «doffing of»

«Tusk» opens with the sound of two men laughing at their own jokes, so I guess a doff of the cap is due to the filmmaker for encapsulating his movie so efficiently, right from the jump.

Not exact matches

The conflict: On the campaign trail for Austria's upcoming election, 80 - year - old Frank Stronach doffed his shirt for a photo op, declaring that he needn't be ashamed of his body.
Yet the battle that cost them most wounds was probably that which they fought in defense of their own right to social veracity and sincerity in their thee - ing and thou - ing, in not doffing the hat or giving titles of respect.
Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself.
As such, I doff my cap in the direction of my illustrious forebears... Suffice to say that a perusal of the bibliography at the end of this volume will identify those scholars upon whose shoulders I have stood in order to gain the perspective contained herein.
He casually strolled to the center of the ring, doffed his hat and held it aloft for a moment, then circled before the crowd in gratitude before tossing it in the sand and turning toward the gate where a 695 - kilo bull awaited entry.
His salt - and - pepper hair is cropped close, but you'll have to take our word — the onetime star of the «fro show politely refused to doff his cap for the photo.
Now, in spite of the fact that the players still line up, doff their caps and bow at each other before every game, the spectators have discovered the true appropriateness of vocal ebullience and downright derision, which add considerable color to their contests.
Velez and his teammates, most of them either too young or too old for other teams» tastes, had been prepared to accept adversity graciously and entertain their fans in ways other than winning, like doffing their caps after homers or dandling infant spectators on their knees.
Leaders of CUNY at first walked a fine line regarding Cuomo's proposal, with chancellor James Milliken at first refusing to term it a cut and suggesting it was «revenue - neutral» because it presumed New York City would pick up any costs doffed by the state.
«For the first time, people wanted to throw the supreme law of the land — the constitution — aside because of some parochial interest... She's one of the most vilified public officers ever seen in this country in recent times, but I doff my hat for her that she stood very tall in all this and did her work effectively.
The video below, provided by CDC, gives an idea of how volunteers scheduled to help fight Ebola in West Africa learn the cumbersome and clumsy process of donning and doffing the suits.
Speaking of hats, I doff mine to your husband for being such a willing and instrumental participant in your blog; he captures every little detail so well!
His mother (Anne - Marie Duff) was brain - damaged by an accident (she was struck by the door of a moving train), and now she's a mentally ill free spirit who sits around, doffing her clothes, painting and cooking and babbling — not quite there, yet she's like a hippie ahead of her time.
A couple of scenes (Ana doffing her top outside at a resort and some risky public car sex) indicate that the plucky heroine might have a thing for exhibitionism but, rather than explore that avenue, the movie falls back on trysts in the red room and stale drama like (SPOILER!)
When Cindy is summoned to have her body digitized at the centre of operations (an arresting sequence, and not just because Dey doffs in her clothes in what has become a ritualized act of rebellion for former child stars), Dr. Larry tags along and gets a fifty - cent tour of the facilities from evil R&D head Jennifer Long (Leigh Taylor - Young, still lovely, still Spock - browed).
Together they arrive at the conclusion that the best way to drum up a little extra business is by hiring the openly - gay winner of postwar England's version of «American Idol» (Will Young) to headline — him and a bunch of young girls willing to doff their clothes.
Dressed in a 2 - foot - tall Phil Spector wig, Léaud radiates vulnerability, doffing his hat with the assistance of a valet for an audience of courtiers.
Following an inventor who is fascinated by the techniques of Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer might not sound enthralling, but Tim Jenison's sheer tenacity — learning Dutch before travelling to Vermeer's home, for example — and inspired level of innovation as he throws himself into his task will make anyone with a shred of intellectual curiosity drop their jaw and doff their cap.
Yet though hats are respectfully doffed, this is a four - woman show, deftly managed to allow all the leads — McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones — a chance to showcase their own distinct brands of comedy.
But that deconstructionist argument also tears down any semblance of artistic merit within the work itself: If everything is fictional and false, then there's no nobler rationale for the bare flesh, and thus the nudity in Killer Joe and Compliance is, pure and simple, sheer exploitation — of no greater value than the top - doffing teens of Project X, the bathing beauties of Piranha 3DD, or the softcore action of a vintage Shannon Tweed vehicle on Cinemax.
Natasha Henstridge, heretofore best known for doffing her clothes through two Species films, is equally as winning as Lorna, a children's TV hostess also coming off of a bad breakup.
The opening shot is of Kidman's character, former art gallery manager (not psychiatrist nor medical doctor) Alice Harford, doffing her duds and baring nearly all.
They may prepare for the reading of Act I by providing the definition «to remove» so that students will understand the meaning of «doff» when Juliet speaks from her balcony, «Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself» (II.ii.45 - 52).
Don't doff the driving gloves When one thinks of light hatchbacks, the common perception is that these are cars designed to be so easy to drive — since they're the first choice of inexperienced drivers.
Several of us, myself included, left your world to become Indies purely because we were not prepared to doff our metaphoric caps in your presence, or be treated like low paid minions who should know their place within your writer stables any longer.
His head was still lowered, his hand still on his hat — he might have been waiting for the right opportunity to doff it — and he peered around at her from under its brim as if from under the rock of another life.
Feel free to tip your allies for setting up a kill, or even doff your hat in admiration of a maddeningly effective enemy smoke gank.
«The dust jacket doffed and donned in the 20th century... There is a glorious cast of subjects ripe for rediscovery» The Art Newspaper
By late in the day, several skiers, some of whom had doffed their Mylar tights and shirts, had burned bright red.
Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself» I think that there might only be two climate categories.
Won verdict and appeal on behalf of workers in Delaware chicken processing plants who were owed wages for time spent donning and doffing protective gear, resulting in a payment of $ 975,000.
Judge Land also denied Tyson's summary judgment motion based on the Portal - to - Portal Act because «there is a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the donning, doffing, and sanitizing activities are «integral and indispensable» to Plaintiffs» principal work activities.»
Ms. Webber's past successes include In re Tyson Foods FLSA MDL (M.D. Ga.), a collective action involving Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims at over 40 Tyson chicken processing plants, which ultimately resolved the claims of 17,000 chicken processing workers who had been denied compensation for donning and doffing required safety and sanitary equipment.
Schumacher has extensive class action experience and focuses primarily on wage and hour class actions and collective actions, including Fair Labor Standards Act, meal and rest period, donning and doffing, vacation and regular rate of pay claims at the state and federal levels.
I am naturally all in favour of caps being doffed to academics.
Mark L. Wolraich, Warren Lambert, Melissa A. Doffing, Leonard Bickman, Tonya Simmons, Kim Worley; Psychometric Properties of the Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating Scale in a Referred Population, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Volume 28, Issue 8, 1 December 2003, Pages 559 — 568, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsg046
The selling part (sales talk designed to influence) will be quickly dealt with ideally on a «just - the - facts - ma» am» professional basis, and then left behind as that hat is doffed in favour of moving forward as a real professional.
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