Sentences with phrase «for erudite»

Eric Miller of Perkins Coie LLP is well regarded for his erudite nationwide appellate practice, which features notable work in sectors ranging from transportation to technology.

As Selya's former law clerk Frederick A. Brodie observes this week in The National Law Journal, among practitioners, the jurist «is best known for his erudite and arcane vocabulary, which has provoked frequent head scratching by counsel.»

Johnson is a gifted writer with a knack for erudite and colorful dialogue, and his sense of time is immaculate and visceral.

And obviously, a great deal of the credit also goes to McDonagh for his erudite script.

Well thank you George for your erudite comment.

Not exact matches

One insider compares working for McKinsey to «being recruited into a very intelligent, erudite army,» and it's an apt analogy: the high - minded goals, the unforgiving hours, the pressure to conform to the McKinsey way.

Erudite enough to write reviews for The New York Times and to quote Wallace Stevens from memory, he also had a strong affinity for physical labor and a history of writing stories for and about men.

Sylvania, for example, was «erudite and fond of literature» (a kind of patron saint for female seminarians); day and night she read the ancient Christian commentators, three million lines of Origen and two and a half million lines of Gregory, Basil, and others.

The latest issue of Modern Age (Winter 2009) is now available for general consumption and features a symposium on Remi Brague's amazingly erudite book The Law of God.

For though my theologic bent is bounded by this century I'm of a temperament so fearless, plucky and adventur - y You must admit that as an erudite elite dialogist I am the very model of a modern ultramontanist

Then I can write decrials of a medieval mentality and open letters calling for civil collegiality In short as such an erudite and excellent dialogist I am the very model of a modern ultramontanist

The summation you will grasp from this person's tirade is someone to be pitied, someone clearly who has been so wounded that all they have left is to hide behind a moniker on a blog and attack others for not living up to this persons erudite ideas.

Again, here at pomocon what we really want is for you to read all 28 erudite pages of Jim's piece.

Most often, however, they dismiss anti-Enlightenment ideas that come out of humanities departments as erudite lunacy — the enemy of the quest for truth.

He was positive, attractive, intelligent, erudite, holy, and he produced a large volume of material that stimulated Catholic scholars across disciplines and promises to keep graduate students well occupied for decades.

If you have never encountered author, reviewer and essayist Edward Short, you are in for a real adventure in the pages of this book; and if you know his work already, you know what to expect from this erudite, articulate writer of both catholic and Catholic interests.

Heinrich Ewald (1803 - 1875), enormously erudite and possessing the fervor of a prophet, was for a generation esteemed the outstanding expert on the Old Testament.

wittiest, erudite and most entertaining blog for a long time — and with a serious undertone, a graphic description of what being a true supporter means.

After all, not many historians have the intellectual range to produce erudite essays on Primo Levi's novels, yet also turn their attention to US diplomatic history or a profound analysis of current events for The New York Review of Books.

On the reasons for the disparity, the considered, erudite peer is scathing.

The Board of Trustees, Members of the Advisory Council and Staff of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) wish to commiserate with Nigerians on the death of an erudite scholar, a selfless personality and brilliant political scientist, Prof. Abubakar Momoh, who was a Member of our Advisory Council and Director - General of the Electoral Institute until his death.

Thankfully for his fans, the erudite MP for North East Somerset has indicated that he could indeed be interested when the vacancy arises - if he can put his Tory convictions to one side and win over a few fellow parliamentarians.

This has got the erudite MP for North East Somerset into a bit of a lather.

The appointment is a coup as Coleman is known as an erudite and talented operator who worked for Ken Livingstone in City Hall — and was recently employed by Corbyn's team as «director of policy and rebuttal».

OK, so the 20 % of the electorate that is Republican, plus what percent of the Independents leaning Republican, don't like Obama and can regurgitate every Party eruction (that's a belch, for the WAPO's less than erudite dictionary) on a moments non thought.

The Board of Trustees, Members of the Advisory Council and Staff of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) wish to commiserate with Nigerians on the death of an erudite scholar, a selfless personality and brilliant political scientist, Prof. Abubakar Momoh, who was a Member of our Advisory Council -LSB-...]

Macron presented his plans in a lengthy speech peppered with erudite references and touches of humor at the end of the «AI for Humanity» conference in Paris.

Dawkins begins one chapter of the book with a witty and erudite introduction to the platypus, an animal renowned for the ducklike bill grafted onto its mammalian body.

I, too, long for the ideal of science shared openly and impartially, its utilization in the marketplace — or lack thereof — based on the sanctions of an erudite majority.

Utilize the grand opportunity to meet people, yogis, erudite of similar taste and, build meaningful connections for life.

The town also continues to nurture and nourish several yogis, sages and erudite to its divine land for undergoing spiritual, mental and physical transformation through deeply refined yogic practices and training.

It is soooo clearly and consistently all about really helping people, not about chest - beating or competitions of who can appear the most erudite or who can write in the most scientifically esoteric manner to obfuscate what would be really helpful information for people to know and to be able to use in their own lives.

Along with the learning and practice of 200 - hour TTC, you shall be immersed in the detailed teachings of these two traditional forms for complete transformation as Yoga erudite and teacher.

Athletic, erudite black man whose on the look for the curvature of the moons, both here on Earth and beyond.

Outgoing, intelligent and erudite, over sized kid, looking for a local resident of Rhodes to go out «to play» with..

You know you're in for a long haul when Kate Winslet's clipboard - wielding Jeanine, leader of the Erudite faction, comes off less like a Hillary Clinton than a weary Applebee's supervisor at the end of a 14 - hour shift in this plodding sequel to «Divergent.»

Shailene Woodley's Tris Prior is not afraid as she fights back against Jeanine and the Erudite clan in a TV spot and photos for Insurgent.

It begins with a propaganda - filled monologue from Erudite leader Jeanine (Kate Winslet), claiming our heroes, Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James), are the ones responsible for the Abnegation massacre rather than her own corrupt faction.

The villainous Jeanine (Kate Winslet) of the Erudite faction tells us this box holds the secret to the society's future, left for them by their founder, and only to be opened by a «divergent».

It's action - packed in the extreme, as Young Heroine Tris (Shailene Woodely) and «Dauntless» hunk Four (Theo James) run from the armed, motorized thugs that the smug Erudite elitists send after them, with barely time for a betrayal, a moment of weakness and a break for Shailene Woodley to pile on more makeup and lip gloss.

In this sequel teens who have abandoned their assigned societal factions, along with one Divergent who can think for herself (Shailene Woodley), battle the powerful Erudite government.

Eloise braved the heat to talk some film with us for an hour, and for the sake of audio quality we had to turn off the air conditioner and the fan and swelter as we tried to be erudite about all aspects of cinema.

Jeanine (Kate Winslet), the leader of «Erudite» (intelligent people — i.e. villains), has taken over the city and is searching for individuals who are «Divergent» (they have qualities belonging to more than one faction), because one is needed in order to open a mysterious box which contains a vital plot device of some sort.

Deighan and Ellinger prove to be as erudite, inventive, and free - associative as Altman himself, and their commentary makes for an essential listen.

In order to effectively run its insular society, the government has chosen to divide its citizens into what they naturally do best: the meek who look out for the well - being of others are in the ruling faction of Abnegation, the happy / friendly people are in the agricultural community of Amity, those who speak the truth work within the law as Candor, those who seek adventure and thrills enforce those laws and protect the community as Dauntless, and the highly intelligent folks serve the city as Erudite.

She simply mentioned, «Thanks for coming to the party,» and he wrote this pretty erudite e-mail.

Jeanine (Kate Winslet), the leader of Erudite, has placed the blame for the killings on the rebellious, nebulous clan of Divergents — those members of society whose personalities are too well - rounded to fit in a single faction.

Upon its recovery, the box is taken to Erudite, where Jeanine claims that she believes it to contain a message from the city's founders, and the means to end the Divergent problem once and for all.

Summit Entertainment debuted a new TV spot for The Divergent Series: Insurgent, which shows new footage featuring Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) as they continue their fight against the nefarious Jeanine (Kate Winslet) and the Erudite faction.

What they got in those brief minutes at the end of each program was less debate than verbal sparring matches between two erudite intellectuals attacking the political philosophy and public record of the other and they were out for blood.