Sentences with phrase «faces of people holding»

This means that they are only able to appreciate faces of people holding them.

That's just far enough to clearly make out the face of the person holding him.

At first your baby can't focus farther than 8 to 12 inches away — just far enough to make out the face of the person holding her.

Not exact matches

Having a contrarian viewpoint seems sexy and is definitely in vogue, but holding that contrarian viewpoint every day and sticking to it in the face of people who think you're crazy is pretty hard.

When Bill Owens held the inaugural meeting of the American Distilling Institute in 2003, 86 people showed up, most of them old faces from the tiny world of craft distilling.

Republicans are faced with a choice — be on the right side of history and stand with the American people who support a free and open internet, or hold hands with the special interests who want to control the internet for their own profit.»

When looking at Uber's nearly 6,000 U.S. employees, Uber faces an uphill battle trying to diversify a homogeneous workplace, where people of color tend to hold the jobs at the lowest rungs and are shut out of more lucrative and respected jobs in technology or leadership.

Whoever, in the face of the martyrs» suffering and death, asserts that their monotheism and their confession of Christ is a source of violence, demonstrates a degree of thoughtlessness that holds people in contempt.

In face of the new challenge to the Churches their view of the ministry and the Christian faith was most successful in finding and holding the people of the west.

To me it is a sickening abomination of God's will that the most advanced nation on the face of the earth has to be held hostage to these willfully ignorant, dark - age dwelling crackpots, who turn concepts such as Capitalism into false religious idols which they expect people to worship mindlessly.

People hold Christianity's past right in front of our face every day, as a way to excuse the actions of Muslims, and I for one am sick of it.

The person who is secure in their acceptance is much more able to hold to their principles (as opposed to their pride) in the face of the opposition and displeasure of others.

«Truth is one, but men seek it in different ways depending upon their background, education and environment; the only reasonable way for any modern man to act when faced with this pluralism of ethical and moral thinking is to seek to know the truth held by the other person, but with love and respect and openness.»

In the face of this horrible oppression, Jesus holds out a message of hope to his people Israel: God will liberate Israel from oppression, placing the vineyard into the hands of tenants who know how to care for it lovingly, and who will enable it to fulfill its mission; only non-Jews who are willing to protect Israel and encourage it to bear fruit will be given control over it.

Once a few people get hold of it, it spreads like wildfire, changing the face of the world and becoming the most important movement in the history of humankind.

Forty years later the Court was faced with a question of whether citizenship could be denied a person because he held reservations about taking arms in defense of his country.

The first question is where he will play and I can fully understand the people that are saying that he does not suit our style as Arsenal are usually faced with a deep lying and determined defence and that is why the hold up and link up play, as well as the aerial threat and physical prowess of Olivier Giroud makes sense.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

That's why you'll often catch people (usually granny) holding a newborn for the first time pulling all manner of funny faces.

This is because he knows you and may not know the face or smell of the person holding him.

Hold the top and bottom parts of the mask to your face, and have another person use scotch tape to tape them together.

Amid an ongoing investigating into his fundraising activities, Mayor Bill de Blasio will face his staunchest institutional critics next week in person as Senate Republicans hold a hearing on the future of mayoral control of New York City schools.

He said, «Nigeria is facing a perilous time; our constitution has been technically suspended; we have now become a police state; governance has reverted to the nightmares of the 1984 era, when draconian leaders held sway and forcefully held our people under the grips of military Decree 2.

Marc Brunel - Walker (SE): If we do not succeed forcing a referendum in the Commons; if we fail to win in the Lords; if all other EU member states ratify the Treaty; and if an election is held later in this Parliament after the Lisbon Treaty has come into force we would be faced with the unacceptable situation of further integration having taken place without people being properly consulted.

Facing mounting criticism for mixing politics and the World Series, Gov. Andrew Cuomo canceled plans to hold a $ 5,500 per person fundraiser during two games this weekend at Citi Field when the New York Mets return to Queens for the start of their home stand.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said members of GOP Congress like Rep. John Katko, who are facing persistent criticism over their unwillingness to hold an in - person town hall, might consider adopting his philosophy about visiting constituents: «You got ta be around; you got ta be visible.»

«The RNDA wants to state that if any form of attack or destruction of oil pipelines and oil facilities happens in the creek of the region due to this shameless threat statement by the so - called Niger Delta Avengers, formed and coordinated by Tompolo and his cohorts, the people should hold Tompolo responsible for any harm or damage that the people will face.

The event at 6:30 p.m. March 23 at Oswego City Hall will be Katko's first public meeting of the year, and comes as he has faced protests for not holding in - person town hall events.

Corbyn's jumble of unhappy reflection on past foreign policy and declarations of long held positions will have seemed utterly esoteric to the practical issues facing most people in Britain today.

CLAY, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said members of Congress like U.S. Rep. John Katko — facing persistent criticism over his unwillingness to hold an in - person town hall — might consider adopting Schumer's philosophy about visiting constituents.

«Even persons who were facing criminal prosecution prior to the 2015 presidential elections who are now members of the ruling APC and other members of APC who are overtly known to be involved in known cases of corruption were excluded from the list whilst persons who have never been charged with any crime and who in fact have not held any previous government portfolio including myself were listed as «looters».

The warning, from CBI director general John Cridland, came after David Cameron admitted on Friday that he now faced an uphill struggle to convince the British people to remain inside the EU, in the runup to an in / out referendum which he has promised to hold by the end of 2017.

«The middle classes» (the phrase is flawed, but so are its competitors) are facing a double whammy - namely a combination of the Treasury's short - term drive to eliminate the structural deficit and its long - held desire to concentrate welfare payments and tax help on poorer people.

Even Harold Wilson didn't always succeed in early elections - the 1970 General Election which the Conservatives won unexpectedly and the October 1974 General Election despite Edward Heath being still Conservative leader only had limited success - in fact the only time that such a strategy of holding an early election has worked since 1945 for a government has been for Harold Wilson while Edward Heath was Conservative leader, because it worked people assume that somehow Harold Wilson was some kind of elections genius when in fact he might just have been lucky that he wasn't faced by someone more electable.

She excavates the hidden beliefs people hold by measuring how fast they make value judgments when shown a rapid - fire succession of stimuli, such as photographs of faces.

She argues that scientific narratives can help people to reconsider long - held beliefs in the face of new findings.

So if you are getting exposed to lots of gasoline or gasoline exhaust fumes for example, maybe your work is — maybe you're the person that holds the construction sign on the highway, you know, and you're breathing in fumes all day long, or you're a dental hygienist in Europe being put in the face of chemicals all day long, like we get to see those things but more importantly we are seeing pesticides that are used either in the yard or in the garden.

While grouping a diverse range of people into «generations» is never going to result in absolute, clear boundaries, each 2050 cohort highlighted here will broadly speaking face their own singular challenges, display different attitudes and hold diverging priorities.

In any way you can face the extravagance in description of merits of women or lack of details that is understandable because people prefer holding their private life in confidence and escape placing a lot of personal data within the Internet space.

An incredibly slow drama that has a good point where right is meant to be right regardless of the hard times people face, in relationships where the children are held as pawns in their insecurities..

Like so many films consumed with the minutiae of daily journalism, «Spotlight» is a magnificently nerdy process movie — a tour de force of filing - cabinet cinema, made with absolute assurance that we'll be held by scene after scene of people talking, taking notes, following tips, hounding sources, poring over records, filling out spreadsheets, and having one door after another slammed in their faces.

Sure, some people suspect a PC port may come down the line, however we're not holding out hope seeing as neither RDR1 nor Red Dead Revolver got the PC treatment, even in the face of massive popular demand.

They barely register at first, as the camera holds on an extended shot of everyone in attendance — faces in a crowd of regular people preparing to enjoy a familiar, communal pleasure.

ends where it started, with the characters having huffed and gnashed their teeth and changed nothing — and whereas their great movies side with loser heroes, turning failures into studies of people struggling to hold on in the face of apparent meaningless, this one seems to be out to teach them a lesson to leave well enough alone.

The public hearings being held by the Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth is an important step in further addressing the needs of young people who daily face hostile environments in our schools.

Holding people accountable requires that they face significant consequences as a result of their actions.

For any young person that is currently uncertain about what their future holds in the face of academic disappointment, my advice is simple: keep going, try again, and persevere until you achieve what you need to reach your own personal goals.

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.

Just to give you an idea of what you'll be facing - it's extremely drawn out, there are multiple people involved (sometimes not communicating with each other), mountains of paperwork, and lots signatures that can't be missed or else they can hold up the entire process.

What these working and hunting people are looking for is a dog that has the grit to face a full grown boar head on and still hold its ground, or face a herd of scattered cattle and have the wit and forcefulness to gather them up, hold them, or drive them to a specific location.