Sentences with phrase «living as a columnist»

I read that the novel upon which John Slattery's directorial debut is based sets its action in Philadelphia, where its writer, Pete Dexter, made his living as a columnist.

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bestseller «10-10-10: A Life - Transforming Idea,» a decision - making concept she originally wrote about as a columnist for

On her own, she is the author of the 2008 - 2009 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller «10-10-10: A Life - Transforming Idea,» a decision - making concept she originally wrote about as a columnist for O: The Oprah Magazine.

«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

On Sunday morning David Miranda, the partner of Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald, was detained as he was passing through Heathrow airport on his way back to Rio de Janeiro, where the couple live.

A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred, by George F. Will (Crown Archetype): America's premier political columnist begins his latest reflection on the National Pastime with some charming, autobiographically - derived advice for Catholicism: after recalling that he became a Chicago Cub fan at age seven, «when I was still not as discerning as one should be when making life - shaping decisions,» the elegant Dr. Will notes that «The Catholic Church thinks seven - year olds have reached an age of reasoning» and remarks, «The Church might want to rethink that.»

In My Time: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life, Abigail Trafford, former health editor and now a columnist for the Washington Post, points out that Americans are enjoying a longer health span as well as lifespan.

Jim Murray, who reigns as America's premier sports columnist, keeps»em laughing despite a series of tragedies that have burdened his life

Starting life as a football columnist for his local paper in Dundalk, Cian has written for a number of media outlets with pieces published in The Birmingham Mail and Spain's El Mundo Deportivo.

As our national spokesperson, Laurie has helped to increase public understanding of food allergy and anaphylaxis and is a regular columnist for Allergic Living magazine.

As columnist Howard Jacobson wrote over the weekend: «It is as though I now live in the shadow of an unseen enemy.&raquAs columnist Howard Jacobson wrote over the weekend: «It is as though I now live in the shadow of an unseen enemy.&raquas though I now live in the shadow of an unseen enemy.»

Whatever earmark, power, and positioning promises were also made have yet to be reported — though, as News columnist Juan Gonzalez noted today, this will all be short - lived, because by now Monserrate has committed «political suicide.»

It's no easy feat to make a living as a writer, as any aspiring novelist, columnist, or poet will be happy to tell you.

In this week's instalment from High50's dating columnist Louisa Whitehead - Payne... We have lots to chat about as I grew up in Weston - Super-Mare and he lives nearby in Porlock.

From Colombia to Ethiopia, Jordan to Macau, Word Travels follows the real - life drama as freelance travel writer Robin Esrock and METRO travel columnist Julia Dimon battle deadlines, jetlag, and culture shock in order to find the next great story.

One of the most underrated films of Steve Carell's career, Dan In Real Life stars the funnyman as a widowed single father advice columnist who falls for his brother's girlfriend.

More impressive, though, is the trio of supporting performances from the women in Raymond's life: Anna Friel as the citric - sharp Jean, who puts up with too much for too long; Tamsin Egerton as leggily stunning and intelligent model - cum - columnist Fiona Richmond, who puts up with even more for not so long; and Imogen Poots, hiding in the shadow of her own fringe as Debbie, who, the film asserts, was spoiled by her father in the truest way possible — thus finding, amid all the daft interior design and humorous erotica, the story's tragic heart.

Flipping back and forth through time as Walls (Larson), a popular New York gossip columnist working in a posh Manhattan office circa 1989, ruminates about her and her family's nomadic life thanks to the wandering needs of her gypsy - like father Rex (Woody Harrelson), the movie is shaggy - eared melodrama that never earns the emotional connection with the audience it so clearly is aiming for.

Other than the general disconnect between test scores and later life outcomes (in both directions), I notice that the No Excuses charter model that is currently the darling of the ed reform movement and that New York Times columnists have declared as the only type of «Schools that Work» tend not to fare nearly as well in later outcomes as they do on test scores.

In a new introduction written for this edition, New York Times columnist Gail Collins calls the book «a very specific cry of rage about the way intelligent, well - educated women were kept out of the mainstream of American professional life and regarded as little more than a set of reproductive organs in heels.»

A lonely, overweight 20 - something is working a dead - end job as an advice columnist when someone unexpected enters her life and shakes things up.

John Banville won the Man Booker Prize for his latest novel, The Sea, and today you can read The Infinities — which BookPage columnist Robert Weibezahl describes as «a glimmering world that hovers between the lives of humans and the manipulations of the playful Olympian gods, exploring deep and ageless themes of love, loss and the meaning of time.»

He thought a handheld PDA would be too frustrating to use as a newspaper columnist, because «A writer lives through a keyboard.»

And as Value Added columnist Steven Goldberg recently pointed out in his discussion of low - volatility ETFs, it lives up to its name.

A long list of competing financial priorities — credit card or student loan debt, saving for a child's education or low wages — are cited as obstacles to saving for retirement, says Cameron Huddleston, Life + Money columnist for GOBankingRates.

Also inside are educational, fun facts about cats and crows, as well as real - life photographs of these two special animals at play Lisa Fleming, a former newspaper columnist and freelance writer, is passionate about animals and wildlife.

As a Certified Veterinary Journalist, blogger, columnist and award - winning author, his goal is to write meaningful articles, newsletters and books that will make a difference in the lives of pets and their people.

Emin's work is uninhibited in the way it absorbs and reflects her personal life - whether in seminal installations such as Everyone I Have Slept With 1963 - 1995 and My Bed, her early performances and videos such as Why I Never Became a Dancer, or her writings (which include a memoir, Strangeland, and a period as a newspaper columnist.

At a Guardian Live event, Gilbert & George joined Hans Ulrich Obrist, Guardian columnist Charlotte Higgins and Guardian Members to discuss their 50 - year career as living art, challenge the Tate and offer some advice for young artists

by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment As appearing in Fox & Hound To hear certain politicians, interest groups and newspaper columnists describe it recent decisions by the South Coast Air Quality Management District Board will condemn Southlanders to a return to 1970s levels smog with dire consequences to life and -LSB-...]

He poured his life into the fund, and in his off time worked as a contributing columnist for Smart Money magazine and co-founded the investment advice website TheStreet.com.

The Bercaws are nationally recognized relationship and sexuality experts, appearing regularly on Access Hollywood Live and Fox News as well as being Huffington Post columnists and cited in Men's Health, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, and the LA Times.