Sentences with phrase «most local character»

While Trawangan or «Gili T» is the most developed, Gili Air offers the most local character and is closest to the large island of Lombok.

Not exact matches

All the talk of networking, webs, computers, and globalization causes Taylor to overlook one of the most important aspects of college and university education: its local character.

As Temecula's most famous resident for 35 years and known to many locals as «Uncle Erle,» Gardner is widely recognized for creating the character in the murder mystery novels made famous in the «Perry Mason» television series from the 1950s.

It is so diffusive in its character, that it never produces any local lesion, or induces permanent inflammation; yet its counter excitation is of the most salutary kind, and ample in degree.

Most of the decisions that govern the health and character of our land are made at the local level.

Mr. Halloran is one of the most colorful characters on the City Council, and his bio includes the fact that he is the leader of a local Pagan group, had a videotaped confrontation with a ticket agent, and sparked a Department of Investigations inquiry after he claimed that he personally knew of sanitation workers who deliberately sloughed off snow removal during a blizzard to protest Bloomberg administration policies (the investigation found no truth to the claims).

Most of the local adult and swinger clubs are of discreet character.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

Most of the comedic moments revolve around Robert Downey Jr.'s character and supporting cast member Dax Shepard as the local inexperienced defense attorney.

Once in the backwoods, Melanie: reunites with sour Ma (Mary Kay Place) and dour Pa (Fred Ward), both actors modeling their characters on Grant Wood's necessarily two - dimensional painting «American Gothic»; «outs» poor Bobby Ray (Ethan Embry)-- in the real world, they'd probably have been hung from the same pole flying the Confederate Flag outside the local watering hole; and delivers the most embarrassing monologue since Phoebe Cates's in Gremlins to, of all things, a license plate marking the burial spot of a «coon dog» named after legendary Crimson Tide coach Paul «Bear» Bryant.

And yet, there's an earthy beauty to Carey Mulligan's Laura McAllan, the most relatable character in the ensemble, despite the fact Laura herself accepts her domestic servitude with the same unquestioning devotion as the local sharecroppers do their work arrangements.

In this regard, legends that have come out of Philadelphia are referenced both by dialogue from the characters within the film, and within the soundtrack.The most notable needle drop occurs when Creed arrives in the city, a quick montage unfolding to «The Fire» by John Legend and The Roots - not just a great song about ambition and drive, but also by Philly's local boys done good.

Before tackling the most significant school challenges, schools need to build their own local resource expertise in the model of a professional learning community that builds competence and networking regarding school culture and climate and social - emotional and character development.

Today's Venice, though, is most famous for the quirky goings - on along its iconic beachfront boardwalk, where street entertainers and vendors create an unforgettable scene of local characters and happenings.

During this extensive At Leisure trip you will meet local characters in Ireland's most iconic cities.

If you can accept this game as something you'd find in a local arcade, or simply don't care about single - player content in fighting games most of the time (like I don't), then the larger - than - life power fantasy presented with this roster of beloved Square Enix characters can provide hours of entertainment simply from its scant selection of modes.

One of the most heart - poundingly tense is a part late in the game, where the players are separated, and in the local co-op mode, there were many times when it was actually just one player on the screen, going through their character's sequence.

Following an invitation by the owner of the largest Casino in Las Vegas and Godfather of the local most influential crime family, each character will face the other participants in a face off game of cards.

One of the most exciting features being local multiplayer with new playable characters from Tim's family!

They work with a range of local photographers, artists and writers to create quirky but elegant books that celebrate the character of London's most exciting neighbourhood.

A very long lunch and short walk around town followed, not without some interesting local characters: an old man that claimed to be the only one called Robinson in the island and that sold one of the crew members some lobster and the most adorable labrador dog that accompanied us all afternoon among them.

States still conduct their own character and fitness evaluation, and most require a shorter, less burdensome local education requirement.

For example, SEAs can disseminate information about effective programs, and they can train consultants to work with individual districts as they figure out how SECD can be addressed most effectively in their local contexts (Elias & Leverett, 2011; for an example of such a consulting organization, see New Jersey Alliance for Social, Emotional, and Character Development: njasecd.org).

«A lot of people say they want a new house with old character, but most aren't willing to wait for just the right piece,» says Mandy, who let the bathroom go mirror - free for months before scooping up the room's curvy pistachio - green piece at a local antiques shop.