Sentences with phrase «dropped out of the field»

When I was teaching at the New School already 50 years ago, graduate students were dropping out of the field because they couldn't fit reality into the curriculum.

Brad Edwards, who co-authored the 2003 book, The Space Elevator, that has since served as a template for all elevator discussions, dropped out of the field after years spent trying to make it a reality.

When a ball drops out of the field, a Kurūn challenge begins.

Not exact matches

Plus, once you get past three or four fields, your conversion rates (or the number of people that fill out your form, sign up, etc.) will start to drop off.

Zingales asserts that the fact that women are not equally celebrated for their equal performance is one reason why women may drop out of math and science fields.

We are not powerless and fearful, not us: and so I pray and I work; I make coffee in the morning and hot meals to gather around the table at suppertime; I worship and sing out words of promise and praise; I raise children and read good books; I pray for my enemies and write letters and send money and show up to fold clothes and drop off meals with an extra bag of groceries; I advocate with the marginalized and amplify the oppressed and antagonize the Empire with a grin on my face; I will honour those who get after the work of the Kingdom and celebrate; I learn how to listen to those with whom I disagree; I abandon the idea that we can baptize sinful practices in the name of sacred purposes; I will stand in the middle of the field near my house with my face turned up to the rain and consider it a minor baptism.

However, Thoreau had left the seclusion of Walden Pond in order to pace the fields of history, sorting out the artifacts that people had dropped along the way.

some dumbass'll be out in a field just fuckin about and sees a ball drop out of the sky.

Amerson (yellow circle) started off covering Moncrief up the field initially, but then the guy with maybe the least amount of awareness on the field all day noticed Hilton running the out - and - up and decided to drop off Moncrief and get over the top of Hilton's route.

I think Le Boss will have a selection headache when all his top drawers central attacking and defensive.mid - fielders of: Oezil, Mkihi», Ramsey, Wilshere, Kolasinac, Xhaka and Iwobi are available to play as he can only start 4 out of the 7 and drops 3 to the bench.

How did such a talented young player drop out of the game or just become average after so much time on the court or field?

The home side played further up field instead of dropping deep, and ran their hearts out to deny Chelsea any room to build up attacks.

A candidate drops out of a crowded field to run for another position and Fact Free Phil equates that to the Blue Wave cresting... man is clearly delusional.

That's actually more of a threat in Arcuri's case, where the WFP has actually had discussions with a potential challenger, Les Roberts, who dropped out of the 2006 primary to clear the field for Arcuri and improve the party's chances of winning a long - held GOP seat.

Rep. Tom Garrett, R - Va., has attracted a competitive field of Democratic challengers; one of them, Roger Dean «RD» Huffstetler, dropped out of the race Thursday.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Republican state lawmaker Brian Kolb dropped out of the race for governor on Friday after only two months, leaving the GOP field with two candidates hoping to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the November election.

The entry of Dylan Ratigan, a former MSNBC host and entrepreneur, into the crowded field last Wednesday shook up the race and led to two candidates dropping out within 48 hours.

Funiciello has added to Woolf's stress by calling for the Democrat to drop out of the race and clear the field for the Green Party contender, insisting that he can make a stronger campaign against Stefanik.

According to this reader, the questions compared Weiner and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who pretty much bigfooted the field when he dropped from the mayor's race into the comptroller contest back in November, pushing out two term - limited NYC Council members — Domenic Recchia, of Brooklyn, and Dan Garodnick, of Manhattan — in the process.

«If there still is a field — because candidates will drop out of this race — I think it will be a far more narrow field and we'll have a better picture of who is poised to be the nominee in time for that primary,» he said.

Republican state lawmaker Brian Kolb dropped out of the race for governor on Friday after only two months, leaving the GOP field with two candidates hoping to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the November election.

(For the record, Samuels called on Pilgrim - Hunter to drop out of the race, noting at the time the more narrow the field against Espada the better the chances are of ousting him).

The decision by Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker to drop out of the contest in favor of Rep. Mark Green clears the Republican field and further endangers Doyle.

Pennsylvania (D): The Democratic field grew smaller on Thursday when Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty dropped out of the race to run instead for the state Senate.

Haggman dropping out of that race would help clear the field for the frontrunner Donna Shalala, a former Clinton Foundation chief and past University of Miami president.

The standard drop test is a good approximation of linear forces, or direct hits, but out on the field most hits are not head - on.

Decades ago, it wiped out thousands of cotton acres annually, showing up first as brown spots on leaves, stems and even bolls then spreading until a plant — indeed entire fields of plants — dropped leaves and stopped growing.

The majority of minorities entering science and engineering are from the middle - and upper - income families, but considerable debt and modest earnings (compared to business, law, and medicine) may deter even some high - achieving minority students from choosing these fields.1 Up to 25 % of academically qualified low - income students either do not apply to college2 or drop out, unable to keep pace with escalating prices.3

In contrast, it is in those fields in which women are well - represented, such as LPS, that they tend more to drop out of the pipeline.

These balls are then dropped onto a token field, which they are slowly pushed out of as more tokens build up.

After the murder, poor Aunt May (Sally Field, looking nothing like the iconic character) practically drops out of the movie.

Though Ng dropped out of film school with one semester left for the chance to document Willard's journey to the screen, I can't imagine she'll live to regret it: She's the best I've seen at compiling on - set footage with momentum since David Prior and should find steady employment in the specialized field of DVD production.

But the role wasn't just handed to her; Field lost the role when an actor dropped out of the project, then had to test for the part — twice.

She leaves behind a legacy of ever - improving test scores, high graduation rates, low drop - out rates and a new practice field for students.

Speaking of drop - in, there's a neat drop - in, drop - out co-op feature that lets you and a friend take turns batting and working together on the field.

Touch the screen to drop a burst of sneezing powder into the field of floating Sneezies and watch as they sneeze themselves out of their bubbles in a marvelous chain reaction.

Dropping out of university in 1932, Bess worked for several years roughnecking in the Beaumont oil fields, and also made several trips to Mexico.

You dropped out of the Studio School scene, and you didn't feel like you belonged to the Color Field scene or with the African - American painters working that way.

This flagship deal is indicative of the appetite for investment in the North Sea, to squeeze the last drops of oil out of the fields.

While you enter much of the same information, the process is full of drop down menus and narrow text fields that make filling it out seem like a chore.

I dropped out of college in my junior year when my fitness business started making more money that graduates in my field would have.