Sentences with phrase «neophytes with»

The game starts by easing in neophytes with an imaginative DC Comics storyline and a large cast of recognizable characters.
At - risk children in these schools are taught year after year by a passing parade of neophytes with varying degrees of preparation.
The hope is that one day scientists will be able to train neophytes with virtual - reality displays that simulate environments of interest.
If there were no remains their stories spread, firing the neophytes with new zeal.
Trump has openly blamed McConnell for the failure to pass a repeal bill in the GOP - controlled Senate, while McConnell has implied the president is a neophyte with unrealistic expectations.
How this political neophyte with no resources met the stringent requirements to get on the ballot — she needed 1,250 signatures of registered Democrats living in the district — has raised questions whether Rangel operatives somehow are behind her candidacy.
He even co-chaired Conservatives for Mangano, which some have suggested provided the political neophyte with his margin of victory over Suozzi.
I am puzzled or rather feel quite the neophyte with this subject, astounding that we do not have more data readily available.

Not exact matches

It marries the experience of serial entrepreneurs in their 50s — whose companies have the highest survival rate of any age group, according to Carmen Cotei and Joseph Farhat, finance professors at the University of Hartford and Central Connecticut State University respectively — with the enthusiasm of neophytes.
That would have meant that a trader could control $ 5,000 with just a $ 100 investment (clearly, not for the faint of heart, or neophytes).
I am no economic policy expert, not really even a neophyte, but it always surprises me how few levers and metrics the Fed has to work with in monetary poloicy.
Don't get lost with «enough»

It's been said that for a neophyte to become a master, it takes ten thousand hours of practice and work.

So it was with the delight of a neophyte that I recently came upon this from G.K.:
Still, The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus is an excellent guide for the neophyte or advanced student who wonders how one might reconcile modern biblical scholarship with the claims of faith.
@hamm - the fact that you even allude to Dawkins - perhaps with some subtle implication that his neophyte popularization of «atheism» is supposed to be taken with some sort of intellection and reverence - just rendered your point lightweight.
From then until the emergence of Protestantism, with its revolt against monasticism, it was usually monks who bore the chief brunt of introducing the faith to new areas and of instructing the neophytes.
At the immersion, beginning at cockcrow, the bishop was assisted by presbyters and deacons, one of the latter going into the water naked with the neophytes After the neophytes had dressed themselves and joined the larger company, the bishop confirmed them with the laying on of hands and anointment with consecrated oil.
In view of their close association with the neophytes, deacons frequently baptized in the absence of priest or bishop (though the practice was forbidden in the Apostolic Constitutions).
Now the Bird gets up early in the morning in St. Petersburg, Fla., puts on jeans and goes to Huggins - Stengel field to work out with Detroit's team of neophytes in the Florida instructional league.
Avalor is a mythical pan-Latin country ruled over by a neophyte but plucky teen princess with a magic wand and a brave and loving set of advisors including her grandparents, her best friends and a Dr. Smith - type foppish foil of a cousin.
There's concern about her money - raising capabilities and some discomfort with running a political neophyte and relative unknown who doesn't offset those negatives with the ability to self - fund.
On the surface, it's a surprising win for a political neophyte who is not known outside of conservative activist circles against two other candidates with clear geographical bases who are also current officeholders.
It tapped another political neophyte, Eric Dinallo, for AG, splitting with much of the newspaper establishment, which has backed Sen. Eric Schneiderman to succeed AG Andrew Cuomo (the Post, it should be noted, went with Sean Coffey).
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — With four open Council seats this fall, a group of neophytes and millennials are vying for voices on the city's top lawmaking body.
And this spring, with corruption scandals placing two neophyte leaders atop the State Senate and Assembly, the lobbyists could wield even more influence in shaping state policy.
Several observers said Cuomo also may select a political neophyte, tapping someone with a management background who would be less of an asset during the campaign but, should Cuomo find himself incapacitated, would offer voters a reassuring hand to guide the state.
I spoke briefly with Antonacci, and while he declined to disparage Wilson, he also questioned whether the political neophyte would be able to garner sufficient rank - and - file GOP support to get onto the ballot at the convention.
Nominated for several Oscars, including one for Bridges» adapted screenplay, The Paper Chase turned neophyte actor Houseman into a star, complete with a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
It's all great fun, and the idea of putting a hard - nosed, highly competent journalist into situations where she must deal with neophytes and no - talents is rife with possibilities, especially since Bergen plays Murphy Brown as a complex, intriguing neurotic.
Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
Usually, such films are handed to relative neophytes or filmmakers with a background in music videos or commercials.
But it's impossible to stay safe amidst the explosive color, hypnotic superimpositions, and lurid intertitles, and while Maddin neophytes may find the experience of The Forbidden Room akin to a brain aneurysm (in a good way), movie lovers with any sense of humor will gleefully lap up the overflowing bounty of cinephilic pleasures and polymorphous perversities.
Despite his claim that he was a good b - boy back in the day, his interest and experience with the material is probably even less than the neophyte character he portrays, with both are just doing it for a paycheck.
So when we were thinking about the year's major breakouts in terms of direction, we tried to strike a balance between those who we can see moving on to $ 200m budget spectaculars and those whose next modestly - priced, heartfelt piece of personal expression we can't wait to see — essentially, we've tried to mix in industry breakthroughs with neophyte arthouse filmmakers and even a few better known names who have seen a quantum level leap in terms of their profile in 2014.
It's true that Landecker can hardly be considered a neophyte, and just recently played Louie's Mom in the flashback episodes of «Louie,» but «Transparent» gives her her most nuanced central role yet, as ostensibly the most well - balanced of this dysfunctional family, yet also the one who effects, along with her father, the biggest life change of any of them when she leaves her husband for her lesbian college lover.
Taking a break from his space cadet typecasting, Steve Zahn stars as a neophyte Hollywood screenwriter enjoying a honeymoon with wife Milla Jovovich in a lush, tucked - away Eden in Kauai, Hawaii.
While the problems of Sony's prestigious game studio with a staff of hundreds might not seem comparable with a those of a lone neophyte developing out of his apartment, each one carries weight in its own way.
The disc includes a thorough commentary with producer / director Tom Ford, who explains his every concept and his execution of same, as well as his experience as a neophyte director tackling the production's various demands and working with his experienced cast.
It's finally clear that Jodorowsky's Dune stands as a superior making - of documentary, with the surprisingly accessible nature of the movie ensuring that it'll play well with fans and neophytes alike.
That this notoriously thorny and treacherous territory is negotiated with real intelligence and sensitivity tells us that, if there's any justice, it will be as much a breakout for its neophyte director as for its lead.
Working through the neophyte filmmaker's genre playbook, director Ana Lily Amirpour follows up her vampire movie A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night with this dystopian flick most reminiscent of the Australian strain in terms of vibe / aesthetics, what with its shantytown sets, symbolic names, and obligatory feral child.
For a film noir, Scott's widescreen compositions are usually quite colorful; the ultra-modern posh homes and hotels in which the counselor lives and works are contrasted with the dusty, brutal desert to further illustrate the idea that these wealthy neophytes believe they can remain above the violent fray.
«I enjoy working with the neophytes.
(An e-Interview with Harry and Rosemary Wong) Whether you're a nervous neophyte facing your first day of school or a skilled veteran facing another first day of school, The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher, by Harry and Rosemary Wong, is a must read.
In the excerpt below, he truces the roots of the strong rapport his fictional Hilary Coles, a neophyte English instructor, is building with her students.
With any new technology comes the hucksters in the form of author / entrepreneurs on the one hand selling the false dream of self - publishing your own book and getting rich, and dodgy publishing companies on the other, taking advantage of neophytes by cashing in on their ignorance.
Harris counters these and other impediments with practical advice on starting — and sticking with — a meditation regimen, and he offers easy techniques for neophytes.
Though he's a neophyte in the acting department, Horn has experience with being precocious — and fearless.
That said, I wish the older guys would have handled the issues better, and not made a neophyte deal with tough issues without advice.
Even the FOMC blinked, with a neophyte Greenspan, with no serious crisis imminent, thus beginning his career of throwing liquidity at small problems, and leaving the consequences for later.
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