Sentences with phrase «for patronizing»

Feminism in the Law - At the Feminist Law Profs Blog, Elizabeth Nowicki seems skeptical that Spitzer will actually be prosecuted for patronizing a prostitute.

The campaign seeks to advance the awareness creation of GOIL and appreciate customers for patronizing fuel and lubricants and in return win prizes.

Comprised of interviews with finance types, individuals involved in the escort business, as well as Spitzer himself, Gibney's film traces the former New York Governor's career from his start as an attorney general determined to take down corruption on Wall Street, to his status as a political joke after he was forced to resign for patronizing the Emperor's Club VIP escort service.

The bill as it stands now would remove the need for prosecutors to prove that underage victims of trafficking were coerced into prostitution; elevate penalties for patronizing underage prostitutes to the level of statutory rape; and require that anyone under 18 arrested for a prostitution offense be tried in family court rather than criminal court.

He replaces former Dean Kenneth Kavajecz, who was dismissed last month after he was arrested for patronizing a prostitute in the town of Salina.

for The Greene Turtle to say thanks to local residents for patronizing its restaurants.

Not exact matches

The push in recent years to patronize small businesses for holiday shopping resulted in the creation of Small Business Saturday, and this year's holiday shoppers spent an estimated $ 5.5 billion at small businesses the day after Black Friday.

Do you, as a consumer, feel any responsibility for the purposes to which the companies you patronize put their profits?

Presents another avenue for sales The convenience and accessibility of a mobile app will encourage your customers to carry out transactions with your business rather than patronize a competitor who only has a website.

Knowing what media they consume, which times of day they're active online, which other brands they patronize, what they do for leisure are all important clues that help you sell better to your audience.

A few years ago, a pro-democracy legislator was arrested in Guangdong for «patronizing» a prostitute.

Watch out for phrases that can be read as potentially sarcastic, insensitive, passive - aggressive, or patronizing.

And if sellers have shown repeatedly that they're out for themselves and have been dishonest about what they're selling, investors are not going to patronize them.

Now closed, the bar was patronized for decades by employees of the company, many of whom called her «Mom.»

It's easy to watch the occasional news, shake our heads with (patronizing) sympathy at Haiti, and get the impression, «I guess we have to do it for them.»

BAC termed integration a failure and viewed as «patronizing» any provisions for white representation in the spending of these funds, or any fiscal accountability.

I am disappointed in my generational peers who look back upon «the»60s» with patronizing scorn, as if we ought to be a little embarrassed for having dreamed those dreams.

For example, in its November 1982 feature on «Living Longer, Living Better, Newsweek notes that «the wisdom of the elders is more often honored than consulted, and the patronizing compliments they are paid can betray a subtle bias.

I am all for a mother breastfeeding her baby discreetly, but for those who assume that there's nothing wrong with whipping out a breast to feed her child anywhere she wants, that I find just rude and patronizing to anyone around her.

His argument for «building constituencies for change» is a plea to move beyond the intervention mode that passes for «international cooperation,» beyond the patronizing practices of private aid agencies driven by business competition rather than by civil constituencies and emancipatory agendas shared with others.

But I do want one thing for the sake of humanity: That Muslims condemn all forms of religious bigotry — peripheral, patronizing, direct and violent.

To me, with my experiences and struggles, his prayer about / for Tiggy was condescending and patronizing.

But the patronizing nature of this article, from one lunatic condemning another for having different lunatic beliefs, is just beyond the pale.

She held him to account for his actions and his attitude, his patronizing and paternalistic habit of interfering when it suits him.

He unfairly patronizes the humble believers who believe in Indulgences for the Holy Souls.

His point about Jesus makes a lot of sense to me, and it forced me to confront a patronizing sense of pity, perhaps even condescension, I have for Christians who have, for whatever reason, chosen celibacy.

Postmodern efforts to «save» the play» to make it «relevant» to contemporary audiences» are often equally unsatisfactory and substitute patronizing pity of Othello for Rymer's unvarnished contempt.

The group patronized outstanding preachers like Bernard Ochino and Peter Martyr Vermigli who later seceded to Protestantism, and was responsible for the distribution of tens of thousands of copies of the notorious tract Beneficio di Cristo, written by a Cassinese protégé of Pole's, and which incorporated without acknowledgment swathes from the first version of Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion.

For me, life is too short to try and keep track of the politics, religious, or other opinions of every single business I choose to patronize.

When I was looking for bed and breakfasts to stay for our honeymoon, I really appreciated websites showing a pink triangle or rainbow — so I Wouldn't patronize them.

Who's mandating that you, I, or anyone else work for Hobby Lobby or patronize their stores?

The tone was condescending and patronizing, almost apologizing for the pope's inept disturbance of our wonderfully dialogical relationship with our Muslim brothers and sisters.

Southerners can see through a phony like Romney and see him for what he is, a patronizing, psychopathic, bully who will use his personal wealth to spread lies intended to demean and humiliate his opponents.

If anyone is offended, I guess some will show their distaste for it in drastic ways and get themselves in conflict with the law; I say, just don't patronize establishments that are purveyors of offensive materials; let people with values that appeal to that sort of thing keep them alive, if they so desire....

This surreal experience is what people secretly hope for when patronizing celebrity boîtes; I can hit a hot - spot, eat amazing food, and maybe, just maybe, chill with Justin Timberlake or Michael Jordan or Mark Wahlberg.

As part of the popular Maryland - based chain's Funds for Friends program, individual restaurants team up with local organizations or local branches of national organizations, select a specific benefit date and donate 10 percent of that day's total sales to the organization in exchange for the organization having encouraged members, friends company profile and family to patronize the location on that date.

But most of theses are animals are bred for sport which isn't different from owning an abattoir where we all are happy to patronize, I really doubt animals are happy to be killed in any case, field or slaughterhouse.

To better understand the compulsive sports talk caller — to find out what makes him tick, what makes him willing to rot on hold for 30 minutes, an hour, two hours, just so some self - important host can interrupt him, patronize him, hang up on him, flush him down an imaginary toilet, blow him up with imaginary ordnance — I ventured into the Jungle.

It's the deepest field of the year, with no large chunks reserved for open qualifiers or teaching pros, and whether it's the money or its import to the Tour, the best players from all over the world continue to patronize the event.

Not only does his update speak of a bloated ego, which I never thought he had but also cries out to other clubs to come and get him, with a patronizing «guys» added in there for good effect.

Maternity Store — Mothercare Stops A Mom From Public Breastfeeding In an unbelievable but true and unfortunately quite common incident, UK's famous store for moms, babies and kids stopped a mom from publicly breastfeeding her baby in their store.The mother in question, Zoe Frangou was disgusted by the treatment meted out to her in a store at Bluewater, Kent and was afterwards patronized by the complaints department.Zoe Frangou posted on Mothercare's Facebook page about the incident, which occurred in September....

For the sake of your own sanity, though, let me tell you that the Go Diaper Free handbook remains one of my favorite baby gear purchases I have ever made - and I'm so crunchy that I never buy books if I can help it, as I prefer to patronize my local library — so take it from me that it's a worthy purchase!

(Sorry, FDA, but if you can't figure out a «safe level» of melamine for infant formula, then don't patronize us by telling us it's probably OK.)

I have seen hordes of American poor whites packed in single houses begging the landlord for mercy month after month, while legions of Indians strolled down gleaming Seattle streets, patronizing malls and coffee shops and enjoying the fruits of high civilization in the deep of a recession.

Ferraro, who represented Forest Hills and parts of western Queens for six years in the House, lived in the same Forest Hills Gardens house from the beginning of her congressional career in 1978 until the early 2000s, and patronized the restaurant belonging to lifelong friends the Abbracciamento family.

Most politicians disgrace themselves by poorly representing the interests of their constituents, pandering to them, and patronizing them, while working for a small segment of (usually wealthy) interests upon whom they depend for election cash.

Ayade, who is also the initiator of Mediatrix Development Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization concerned with health of women and children in the state, however, regretted that despite the free health care programme for pregnant women and children under five years in the state, some women still patronize unskilled birth attendants.

Nigerians should not be cajoled to buy Made - in - Nigeria goods in order to build our economy and for the sake of national pride, but we should derive optimal value and customer satisfaction whenever we support our kinsmen by patronizing them.»

The blockbuster report, which followed a series of stories in The Post, began a long slide that continued for Spitzer until he resigned amid revelations he patronized prostitutes.

They are also asking for $ 10 million more in the state budget to help fund the hundreds of food pantries and soup kitchens in the state patronized by around three million New Yorkers.