Sentences with phrase «idealistic young»

(This is by far the show's most gimmicky element, but I enjoyed the visual metaphor of idealistic young founders descending to level of reality TV.)

The optics are great — brave and idealistic young CEO sacrifices himself so that the company can live on.

And a career path for idealistic young lawyers who want to help them is over.

He says Lawler, who is fresh out of Harvard Law School, is «not some sort of a political hack on a vendetta against Swanson, but an idealistic young lawyer who happens to believe in unions.»

In the opinion of the idealistic young activists involved in this movement, fossil fuels are passé.

Stage Door presents a new production of Bill C. Davis» two - character play about a complacent elderly pastor and an idealistic young deacon.

Bird's Eye View is the unforgettable story of an idealistic young Canadian woman who joins the air force in the Second World War and becomes an aerial photographic interpreter.

She has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an idealistic young doctor, ran afoul of the sultan's grand vizier and arrived to serve the poor fishermen.

A memoir of race, inequality, and the power of literature told through the life - changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and her gifted student, jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta.

I recall first coming upon it around the same time as Flaubert's Sentimental Education, and the vaguely twinned themes — of idealistic young men trying to navigate the vast and arcane social and professional labyrinths of the metropolis — seemed to strike a chord (as did George Gissing's New Grub Street and George Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying, for somewhat related reasons).

TFA is a non-profit whose mission is to close the socioeconomic achievement gap by recruiting especially smart, driven, and idealistic young people for a two - year teaching commitment.

Because TFA, which places idealistic young teachers in tough - to - staff schools, takes funding from the Walton Foundation, which of course is the philanthropic arm of Walmart, which, according to USAS, is trying to privatize public education, which it shouldn't do because it will cost the teachers unions countless members, which will destroy their bottom line... or something like that.

Lewis is saying that TFA, an organization that places exceptional, idealistic young teacher - leaders in the most challenging schools in the country is responsible for killing kids.

While critics argue that two - year stints aren't long enough for idealistic young adults to have a real effect before heading off to, say, law school, nearly two - thirds of TFA alums remain in education, half of those as classroom teachers.

, Kozol presented himself as a non-political, idealistic young man shocked by a glaring injustice.

The sad truth is, there aren't enough Einsteins or former military officers — or even idealistic young graduates — who want to become public school teachers.»

The nation's capital had become something of a magnet for well - educated, idealistic young teachers like Christopher, many of them drawn to the rapidly expanding network of public charter schools.

Set against the backdrop of a spectacular Moulin Rouge show, an idealistic young writer is drafted into a bohemian entourage and falls in love with an ambitious but doomed showgirl who is caught between the hero and a ruthless duke.

In Georges Bernanos» novel The Diary of a Country Priest, a sickly, humble, and idealistic young priest pays the ultimate price for the spiritual lethargy of his parish, while Father James Lavelle (Brendan Gleeson) in John Michael McDonagh's brilliant...

It's a bitter sweet experience watching this idealistic young couple's relationship evolve as we know the devastation that inevitably awaits them.

Cast: Manish Dayal, Matt Czuchry, Emily VanCamp, Bruce Greenwood, Valerie Cruz Producers: Amy Holden Jones, Hayley Schore, Roshan Sethi, Oly Obst, Antoine Fuqua, Phillip Noyce Premise: An idealistic young doctor begins his first day under the supervision of a tough, brilliant senior resident who pulls the curtain back on all of the good and evil in modern - day medicine.

Maybe idealistic young trader Shia LaBeouf, who's dating Gekko's daughter (Carey Mulligan) will have to find out the hard way.

For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women.

In this version Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), an idealistic young M.D. - in - training at Miskatonic University, is covertly romancing Meg Halsey (Barbara Crampton), the daughter of the med - school dean (Robert Sampson), when the arrival of transfer student Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) starts to put a strain on their relationship.

Strongly encouraging him to do just this is another new character, an idealistic young detective (the superb Joseph Gordon - Levitt) who grew up in a boys home himself and relates to Wayne as one orphan talking to another.

As the trail gets hotter, McIntosh (Lancaster) attempts to teach an idealistic young lieutenant (Bruce Davison) that the only way to fight the Apaches» escalating brutality and violence is with even stronger force.

When the idealistic young Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) winds up appointed to the United States Senate, he gains the mentorship of Senator Joseph Paine (Claude Rains).

He is almost the opposite of his idealistic young detective in Training Day.

From IMDb: «An ex-con tries to get back custody of her son with the help of an idealistic young public defender and at the same time falls into a romantic fling with a traumatized former US soldier.»

After meeting an idealistic young vicar's son bent on changing society, he and Belle help shape Lord Mansfield's role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England.

It centers on a tough, brilliant senior resident who guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern - day medicine.

Radcliffe here is Nate Foster, an idealistic young FBI analyst with little field experience who is handed a tough assignment by boss Toni Collette.

Based on a true story, an idealistic young employee (Theo James) working at the UN investigates the grisly murder of his predecessor and uncovers a vast global conspiracy, that may even involve his own boss (Ben Kingsley), in this gripping and timely thriller.

Atwell's Schlegel is an intelligent, idealistic young woman who is courted by the older Henry Wilcox (Macfadyen), a self - made conservative businessman, after his wife Ruth Wilcox (Julia Ormond) dies unexpectedly and he becomes owner of Howards End.

As played by a shyly serious Kate Mara, Kopechne is a bright, idealistic young woman who wants to give herself to a cause — and finds men who only want to take advantage.

The story of an idealistic young journalist who falls in love with a troubled 19 - year - old girl.

In an age of open racism, fervent nationalism and anti-establishment passion, two politically engaged and idealistic young lovers, Marcus Hill and Jas Mitra, fight back against the injustice and deep - rooted prejudice they face on a daily basis.

John and Jane Mason are an idealistic young couple whose marital commitment is challenged at every turn.

The fate of the country and it's most powerful family now lies with one idealistic young man torn between the needs of the people, the greed of his father, and the undying love of woman.

An ex-con tries to get back custody of her son with the help of an idealistic young public defender and at the same time falls into a romantic fling with a traumatized former US soldier.

Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young...

Seen through the eyes of an idealistic young guard, this movie avoids casting the participants in either strictly good - guy or bad - guy roles.

Follow a group of idealistic young men as they join the German Army during World War I and are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

O'Donnell stars as idealistic young attorney Adam Hall who takes on the death row clemency case of his onetime Klansman grandfather, Sam Cayhall (Hackman).

In the aftermath, we get a rather accelerated account of Bradlee and Graham euphorically fighting their case up to the supreme court, outside which a stream of idealistic young women gaze respectfully at Graham, conferring on her a feminist status that may not have been apparent at the time.

«Old Joy» helmer Kelly Reichardt plays to her strengths in Wendy and Lucy, a modest yet deeply felt road movie about an idealistic young drifter, her faithful canine and the wide - open spaces of the Pacific Northwest.

Michael Gottesman, deputy director for intramural research at the National Institutes of Health, points to one possible effect of the drug industry's problems on idealistic young life scientists.

Kathy Weston reflects on how she went from being an idealistic young scientist to jumping out of academia before she was pushed.

Nick Balletto, chairman of the state Democratic Party, said his favorite movie is «Mr. Smith Goes To Washington,» the story of an idealistic young man appointed to the Senate who launches a filibuster of his own.

Idealistic young teachers may be attracted to the challenge of charters — but bills pile up and payday is payday.