Sentences with phrase «like old veterans»

Of course, like every other pregnant woman, I'd heard many well - meaning mothers recant their birth stories like old veterans retelling their war stories (and sometimes just as gruesome).

In fact, if you get mothers in a group they'll eventually start swapping birth stories like old veterans at a legion.

Not exact matches

Under the control of Disney veteran Daniel Battsek, Miramax continued to produce inexpensive but worthy titles like No Country For Old Men and The Queen for a while.

He added that he is working with employees on eliminating outdated, unsustainable policies and systems that are as much as 56 years old and have held back departments like the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department.

There are still places where survivors of that struggle gather, like old soldiers at a retreat for veterans, to nurse their wounds and tell war stories.

like who really expects not just a rookie, but a 19 year old rookie with only a dozen professional games under his belt, to just come into the playoffs against a veteran and physical team like the Heat and play really well?

Chambers is young and inexperienced, same as Bellerin, they need the supposed veteran leaders like the 2 above to help them out, but both the old men are washed up and not good enough for us.

The group right before them features Lee Westwood and Thomas Pieters, an old veteran on a Garcia - like major dry spell and a rising star who figures to be on the major scene for many years to come.

The La Liga giants have had to use players out of position to take the veteran Spaniard's spot in the centre of defence, with the likes of Javier Mascherano and Eric Abidal filling in for the 33 year old.

I respect coaches who aren't tape - watching automatons, who instead do things like take an old friend — Troy Aikman, in this case — to see the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers (90) doesn't move like a 38 - year - old NFL veteran.

The 29 - year - old gives the Sounders a veteran presence to offset what was starting to look like an exceptionally young bench

We are grateful to everyone, from the third - grader who prints better than I do, to the 9 - year - old whose brother beats up on him (he wins sometimes, though), to the veterans who remember what it was like to be far from loved ones during the holidays.

He was what Southerners call a «good ol' boy,» a 53 - year - old drywall contractor and Vietnam veteran living in Douglasville, Georgia, who liked to play jazz guitar, have a few beers, and hang out with the guys.

hi my name is Billy I am a army veteran lookin for am older woman to spend quality rime with and more i love any thing to do with the out doors and like to work on old truck and motorcycles

Holbrook steals the show as a crotchety old war veteran, but only a pair of cartoon - like German Tourists, and some ill - advised looking directly at the camera threatens to break the spell of beautifully naive and languid idyll that of course can't last.

A subplot involving Quill's old space - pirate buddies brings Sylvester Stallone into the fold as a veteran Ravager, making the picture feel even more like a classic adventure.

Veteran actors often settle for lesser films in their older age, like De Niro, Walken and Michael Caine, yet Stamp is the kind of actor, who only takes a role he truly believes in.

Logan Lucky is like watching a wizened, veteran, ornery old professional baseball player take three seasons off before then deciding, with no warning, to return in time for the World Series and subsequently hit rockets off every pitch thrown to him.

Sad and joyful, Mr. Turner offers a wonderfully rich tapestry of experience, digging deeply into a complicated, contradictory life.Timothy Spall — a veteran of Leigh's films — plays this eccentric, determined London bohemian like a bronchial, cantankerous, randy old toad with back ache.

Veteran character actor Ivanec, as an amoral scientist, is willing to do just about anything to get at Cole's secrets, including vivisection; and then there's the mysterious, murderous older gentleman (Tom Noonan, billed only as The Slender Man) who dresses like a genteel grandpa and covers his victims in flowers.

The 25 - year veteran might not have been the most obvious choice for Ryan Coogler's «Rocky» spin - off, but in films like «The Wrestler,» she has shown a propensity for the kind of realism the 29 - year - old filmmaker was after.

Jeff Goldblum wanders into episode two like an alien, arriving to a crime scene with a big smile on his face, bags full of food in his hands, and a breezy attitude that immediately puts off Detective Wheeler (Julianne Nicholson), a veteran of the squad (and the show) who is a little low on trust, thanks to losing her old partner (farewell, Mike Logan, we'll miss you) and her fiancé in the previous season.

The L.A. Riot Spectacular looks like it was filmed on a dusty old video camera looted in the actual Rodney King riots (for authenticity), yet it features, in addition to Snoop Dogg: Charles S. Dutton as Mayor Tom Bradley; Emilio Estevez and Christopher McDonald as two of the police officers who beat King; He's My Girl star T.K. Carter as Rodney King; the aforementioned Cox as Gates; Jerry Maguire tot Jonathan Lipniki as hate - mongering youngster Tom Saltine Jr.; Silence Of The Lambs» Ted Levine as Tom Saltine Sr.; Charles Durning — who in a more blessed time scored back - to - back Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations for To Be Or Not To Be and The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas — as King's Jewish lawyer; George Hamilton as the «King Of Beverly Hills»; veteran character actor William Forsythe as the man who videotaped the beating; and porn star Ron Jeremy as a Ron Jeremy - like porn star.

,» the Coens assembled a cast that mixes veteran members of the brothers repertoire like George Clooney («O Brother Where Art Thou,» «Intolerable Cruelty» «Burn After Reading») and Josh Brolin («No Country For Old Men») with newcomers including Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill and Alden Ehrenreich.

New providers like BetterLesson and LearnZillion are doing just this, offering teachers a freely available resource that's a huge step up from having to beg for boxes of old materials from the veteran down the hall.

This might seem like old news to veteran educators, but with email and social networking as the prevailing ways of communication, it is worth reminding leaders that there is no substitute for pressing the flesh.

In 2013, The Guardian's anonymous «Secret Teacher» column titled «There's an Insidious Prejudice Against Older Teachers» describes a veteran teacher's unsettling fear that Teach First, which sounds eerily like England's version of Teach for America, was being highlighted as the answer to education problems — older teachers were cast as culpOlder Teachers» describes a veteran teacher's unsettling fear that Teach First, which sounds eerily like England's version of Teach for America, was being highlighted as the answer to education problems — older teachers were cast as culpolder teachers were cast as culprits.

Asking 6 - year - olds to explain their reasoning might seem like a lofty goal, but it's working better than this veteran educator admits he would have predicted.

Furthermore, we make it a priority to give back to the community that has helped our Phoenix Toyota dealership grow, sponsoring worthy organizations and charities like Crisis Nursery children's shelter, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Madison Street Veterans Association and the Marine Corps League Old Breed Detachment # 757.

We had a wonderful, heartfelt conversation about veterans and pets, and it was like talking to an old friend.

With the Wii Remote controller turned sideways like an old - school controller, veterans and newcomers alike can run, jump and smash (Also known as «Wario Land: The Shake Dimension») Wario Land: Shake It!

With the Wii Remote controller turned sideways like an old - school controller, veterans and newcomers alike can run, jump and smash their way through hectic side - scrolling stages.

If you don't know, Two Point Studios is made up of gaming veterans from Bullfrog, Muckyfoot and Lionhead — as Bullfrog has a rich heritage of sim games, including Theme Hospital, you can see a fair amount of influence from Bullfrog's old franchise and it looks like it's meant to be a spiritual successor, of sorts.

Torchlight tapped into the psyche of the old - school PC gamer with its Diablo-esque hack - and - slash lootfest, adding just enough freshness to hook the Diablo veteran and hopefully snare new gamers with the joy of whacking the closest baddie, pinata - like, and having all multi-colored, unidentified magic goodness drop to the ground.

So here's an interesting thought on what made old Final Fantasy games special, from two veteran designers who have plenty of insight on what it's like to make video games.

The loss of Mira means that [i] BKO [/ i] doesn't have the surprising variety in «dungeon» areas that [i] EWatLO [/ i] eventually brought forth, and the re-treading of old stomping grounds might actually cause veteran BK fans to feel like there isn't as much newness to be found in this title.

Like Crown of the Sunken King, the Crown of the Old Iron King seems to have the same intricate level design that Dark Souls veterans hope to be punished in.

There's never been anything quite it like since the game was sunsetted to make room for the ill fated launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic, and veterans of the sandbox gold standard have clamored for a substitute ever since.

Veterans of older Halo games will be right at home with Halo 5: Guardians PvE combat; signature features like vehicular combat and weapon variety are all present and accounted for.

Gee's Bend quilt lovers young and old, near and far, newly converted and veteran, take note: the Souls Grown Deep Foundation has given 15 of those abstract wonders — by key figures like Mary Lee Bendolph, Delia Bennett, and Annie E. Pettway — to the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of a gift of 24 pieces that also includes works by Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley, and Bessie Harvey.

BlackBerry Messenger will lure in BlackBerry veterans; Content Transfer helps you move files from your old phone; BlackBerry Hub lets you see all your notifications in one place; and DTEK monitors and maintains your phone's security to keep your data safe, like anti-virus software.

Does it look like the resume of an old, seasoned veteran?

It is rare for a NBA team to rely a 13 - year old veteran like Dirk Nowitzki to lead them to an NBA championship.