Sentences with phrase «held a conversation for»

Have you ever write listening to someone who held a conversation for 10 minutes seemingly without ever taking a breath?

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Yet when a Gizomodo reporter tried to call, instead of a conversation, he got put on hold for half an hour.

This method, however, won't prepare you for holding a conversation.

«If you ask for input frequently and hold the conversations face - to - face, idea sharing will feel less ominous and more natural,» claim the authors, who report that this small change can make a remarkably huge difference.

So, where previously it did matter if you were holding all Fidelity funds or a mixture of index funds and actively managed funds, now, regardless of what you «re investing in, you come in the door, you have a conversation about your sort of needs, your long - term goals, et cetera, and a wealth manager sort of puts you in the funds that they deem appropriate for you.

Conservatives who have begun to speculate about the party's future can expect to be chastised by others for daring to hold these conversations in public.

Bishop Stephen continued: «As I hold responsibility for granting him a licence to enable him to carry out his duties, Archbishop Justin has asked Lord Carey to talk to me and we have agreed to meet in the coming days for that conversation.

As for the non-believers, many of you are more willing to hold a legitimate conversation than the vast majority of bloggers.

Anyone who is that blind to their own bigotry, who is that narrow minded and holds that much hatred and contempt for other people, just because of who they are, can't possibly come to their senses in a short blog conversation.

It's family blood that thickens and holds and pumps in every life and it's friendship that needs no words, only a raised eyebrow, for an entire conversation to happen because really what is family but this and all of us in this together?

As the conversation turns to the state of our nation's political discourse, let's remember that as followers of Jesus, we should make this a time of reflection and repentance rather than finger - pointing, for Christ's definition of violent rhetoric holds us to the highest possible standards:

He would have his staff members pass a «prayer rock» around the table, with the one holding it charged to pray for whatever topic of conversation was at hand.

Here is the curious thing: As I interact with people of other religions, and through the course of conversation find out why they hold their beliefs, I find that nearly all people of all religions have these same four basic arguments for why their beliefs are true.

For example, a tweet conversation between me, Rachel Held Evans, and Darrin Patrick ended up being retweeted and passed around, well, a lot.

I can understand what you mean by the term you use and at the same time can have a different definition for that term and we can still hold a conversation about the thing in question.

Perhaps we should think of the participants as carrying along with them their sincerely held beliefs about the good and the true but agreeing, for the sake of consensus, not to put forward those beliefs in the course of the conversation.

Remember, that holding two - way conversations with invisible fairies would generally earn a diagnosis for schizophrenia... it's just that religious nuts get a pass if they are talking to THEIR imaginary fairies.

For Ozick, however, the literary critic is herself the architect of literary tradition, arranging works, authors, movements, and trends in conversation with one another, «teas [ing] out hidden imperatives and assumptions held in common, and... creat [ing] the fertilizing conditions that underlie and stimulate a living literary consciousness.»

After being prescribed Aricept and later Memantine, which stops the destruction of brain messengers responsible for memory and learning, Jennifer found she could «hold a proper conversation again» and begin to regain control of her life.

And I view them with pity, I have stopped trying to hold coherent philosophical conversations with them (in person) for a long time, and avoid them at all costs, because what disease they have is surely contagious, especially at a young age.

I know I shouldn't wish away these years, but I'll be honest... I often have trouble convincing myself that this is, in fact true, and long for the days that I can hold a conversation with everyone at the table, all eating the same meal, at the same time — tears, messes, and wet wipes BE GONE.

As for Gabriel's lack of English, (even if he can't hold a full blown conversation) I'm sure that he must have picked up the basics needed (for a defender) by now!

They remain in a number of conversations as they search for a back - up central defender and a holding midfielder, but currently it looks like nobody will be arriving at Emirates Stadium.

In the conversations, he bragged about the power and influence he holds over Italian soccer's governing body and trumped - up his role in securing a recent television contract for the league.

Holding a space, setting a tone, interacting one - on - one in real and meaningful conversations, and... (best part of all, for me anyway), watching the connections between people that happen when they gather in a space of likeminded individuals.

It can trigger similar conversations about diversity, prejudice, standards of beauty, etc, all of which are important topics for adoptive families to hold on a regular basis.

Second, for trans - racially adopted children, this book might open a conversation about how his birth mother might have held him and sung similar feelings.

Look for teachable moments and hold ongoing conversations about the importance of respecting privacy and not keeping secrets.

I'm embarrassed to admit that after working a full day, caring for our 4 children, then tackling household minutia, I struggle to even hold a conversation with my husband.

We don't need promises anymore; we need conversations and contracts that hold people accountable so marriage isn't something to fear for men or women.

Prizes include copies of Dr. Sue Johnson's latest books, -LCB- affiliate links -RCB- Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love and Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships, an iPad mini, and a romantic couples cruise on Norwegian Cruise Lines.

BOND will create a place to continue the conversation with professionals about babies and their need for touch, and to be held close safely, securely, and comfortably.»

I was in Target a few days ago and a woman held a conversation to me for several minutes without realizing I was nursing my baby in my sling.

Hold me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson, 2008.

It can be really easy to relax our hold on civil conversation in the heat of the moment and hard to make up for it afterward.

And James Titcombe continues to be trolled by midwives - currently he is being criticised for daring to hold a conversation with Kirstie Allsopp (a UK TV presenter and business woman who is very vocal about having had C sections and refusing to be upset about it).

A good rule for measuring how hard you should be working during exercise is to gauge how easy it is to hold a conversation.

He had delayed his holiday to work for a resolution, and in the past few days has held conversations with Mr Bush, Russian president Vladimir Putin, UN secretary general Kofi Annan, French president Jacques Chirac and Lebanese prime minister Fuad Sinora.

Based on numerous conversations around the Capitol the last few days, here is part of the problem: Some of the rank and file members of the Democratic Assembly wanted to hold up the budget in exchange for a better deal on Raise the Age — an issue that is deeply important to them.

«As leaders of unions representing over half a million working New Yorkers, we held a conversation with the Speaker candidates so they could hear our members» concerns and share their own plans for the future of working people in our city.

The last thing Cuomo needed the conversation to be in 2014, when the gubernatorial election would be held, was anything resembling a new tax — particularly if there was a perception that it would be imposed on everyone in the state to pay for yet another benefit for the people of New York City.

On hold for nearly nine months, the trial of two Buffalo police officers accused of using excessive force against four teenagers is moving forward and may reveal for the first time what was said in a secret hallway conversation between the defendants.

Based on not - for - attribution conversations with at least four members of the 2016 class of the Florida Senate, other Senators, and key staff and lobbyists close to Passidomo, Hutson, Galvano, and Simpson, it appears that Passidomo holds a one - or two - vote lead over Hutson within the nine - member class of Republicans.

Mahoney said the plans for the state fair came from conversations she and Cuomo held during his annual visits to the midway: The governor, Mahoney said, remarked on how «the fair hadn't changed at all since he came here with his father,» a perspective she shared.

Also at noon, NYC Councilman Ben Kallos Liz Accles, the executive director of Community Food Advocates and Monique Lindsay, a public school parent leader and food advocate hold conversation on universal free lunch, food access and nutrition for New York City's public school students, NYSHealth's office, 1385 Broadway, 23rd floor, conference room, Manhattan.

A spokesman for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Tuesday denied a conversation with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was ever held to discuss the release of a cover story for the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal.

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday evening in a close to 25 minutes phone conversation spoke the Golden Eaglets and their officials, urging them to strive for victory tomorrow in the final of the Under - 17 FIFA World Cup holding in Chile.

This week's episode of «New York Now,» the award - winning co-production of WMHT and the Times Union, features Karen DeWitt of New York State Public Radio in conversation with State University Chancellor Nancy Zimpher, who's about to leave the post that she has held for eight years.

At 5:30 p.m., Hillary for America holds a «Conversation with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand» fundraiser, on behalf of 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Manhattan.

De Blasio also talked serious with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who held onto the small of his back for a minute of conversation.