Sentences with phrase «of years of abuse»

She, again, fed the GAL a line of years of abuse.

The total number of years of abuse by their partner, years since they separated from the abusive partner, and years of living separately were 9.5 (SD = 5.7; range = 0 - 25), 6.9 (SD = 5.2; range = 1 - 19), and 6.8 (SD = 5.5; range = 1 - 19), respectively.

In that system, an articulated defence can not be found for Nicole Ryan who, as a result of years of abuse and threats, acted contrary to the law because she could not act in any other way.

Under Bond's deft pen, Ruby becomes symbolic of the years of abuse and neglect suffered by both her race and gender.

This film looks utterly haunting in it's look into the impact of years of abuse by our religious leaders.

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For years, Twitter has been criticized for focusing more on freedom of speech and anonymity than on curbing abuse and harassment of its users.

«So I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue.

He's on a crusade to rescue 35 - to 55 - year - old women and men from the perils of pinching their long - abused feet into ill - fitting shoes.

This year, the United States ranked No. 18 — falling four spots from last year and five from two years ago — «in part because of the ongoing epidemics of obesity, substance abuse and untreated depression,» according to World Happiness Report co-editor and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs.

Meanwhile, an investigation by CNN focused on the dark side of ride hailing drivers, finding 103 U.S. Uber drivers accused of sexual assault or abuse in the past four years and and 18 drivers for Lyft.

Of 60,000 adoptees from Russia to the U.S., only 19 have died from abuse or neglect in the last 20 years, according to The Christian Science Monitor.

The Tories are committing $ 44.9 million over five years to expand the focus of the National Anti-Drug Strategy from illicit street drugs to prescription drug abuse as well.

Frankly, if Twitter wanted to adopt a «no world leaders» rule now and then quietly drop it in three or seven years» time, that would be perfectly consistent with the company's history when it comes to safety and abuse, which is one of inconsistency.

His role came under harsh scrutiny this year over his handling of the controversy surrounding ousted White House aide Rob Porter, who was accused of domestic abuse.

And then when I watch the trials and tribulations of a business like L.L. Bean, whose good - faith commitment and lifetime guarantees to customers have been shamelessly abused for years by flea market phonies, eBay a-holes and other crafty resale store shoppers, I remember that things become clichés, not because they're pithy phrases, but because they're sadly too true.

As a result, the number of people who say they have used heroin in the past year jumped by more than 50 percent between 2002 to 2011, according the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

After experiencing years of abuse from family members and friends, Winfrey ran away from home and bore a child at age 14 who died shortly after birth.

Allegations of abuse had shadowed the athlete for years.

But Zuckerberg himself has said being too «focused on the positive» for the first 10 years of Facebook's existence blinded the company to much of the abuse it was enabling as well as to emergent effects of social media like hyper - polarization.

Voters in the city approved legislation last year requiring that hotels provide such devices for workers and keep track of guests who have been accused of abuse.

This story is part of #Project97 — a year - long conversation about sexual assault, abuse and harassment.

However, members of the tech diversity community — who are often the victims of the most severe abuse on Twitter — said it is a feature that has come too many years too late.

In a lengthy letter to the judge, Weiner said that he «can't ever imagine not feeling regret» for his abuses and said that his «continued acting out over years crushed the aspirations of my wife and ruined our marriage.»

I've been on the other end of a phone call from my team asking for my help, because we had received a call from the Department of Homeland Security telling us that a seven - year - old girl was being sexually abused and that content was being spread around the dark web and she'd been being abused and they'd watched her for three years and they could not find the perpetrator.

TechCrunch reports that Michael Goguen, a now - former managing partner at Sequoia Capital, is the target of a breach of contract complaint that includes allegations of sexual abuse over the course of 13 years.

Mackey has spent the lion's share of his 62 years recovering from that food abuse.

Sheldon Richardson: DT, New York Jets (4 games; substance abuse): The 2013 defensive Rookie of the Year was already set to miss four games of the season for violating the substance abuse policy but could now be facing an increased suspension after being arrested for allegedly resisting arrest and speeding at up to 143 miles per hour in St. Louis before the start of training camp.

Earlier this year, the committee's Republican majority attracted significant scrutiny when it released a controversial memo alleging that the FBI and the Justice Department abused their surveillance authority when it monitored Page ahead of the election.

In a passionate address Thursday, Mrs. Obama said that after years of working to end «this kind of violence and abuse and disrespect... we're hearing these exact same things on the campaign trail.

«We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform and we've sucked at it for years,» Costolo, who has come under investor scrutiny of late given Twitter's sluggish user growth, wrote in an internal memo obtained by The Verge.

Dan Price, the Gravity Payments CEO who has become a national symbol of corporate good after raising his employee pay this year, is denying claims in a Bloomberg Businessweek story that he physically abused his ex-wife while they were married.

The petition, created by an anonymous person on Tuesday, reads: «If you believe The Weinstein Company should completely dissolve after 30 years of sexual abuse against innocent women please join me in signing this petition to honor the victims and their bravery.»

However, Delta claims steep increase in the number of animals on flights over the last few years reflects an abuse of the policy.

Founded nearly 35 years ago, DARE — Drug Abuse Resistance Education — grew out of a partnership between the Los Angeles Police Department and the city's schools.

The iPhone maker has accused Qualcomm of abusing its monopolistic position in certain phone components and the two companies have been trading legal blows all year.

Some venture capitalists» abuse of power has come to light in recent years.

For anyone trying to grapple with the complicated issue of sexual harassment and abuses of male power and privilege, the 44 - year - old Lewinsky's recent essay in Vanity Fair magazine comes at the perfect time...

Somehow, with little consequence except the continued appreciation of British children, the puppet Mr. Punch has managed to commit domestic abuse, infanticide and other slapstick crimes for 350 years now.

Universal has aggressively increased market share in South Florida over the past two years while numerous companies, citing losses from claims abuses and increased litigation, have redlined parts or all of the tricounty region.

While there are still abuses and incidents in some areas of the world, I can tell you that all the major mining companies have adopted much higher standards in the past 20 — 30 years.

On the last day of Yom Kippur, Zuckerberg atones for his own failings in a Facebook post but also mentions unspecified instances of others abusing Facebook for divisive means: «For those I hurt this year, I ask forgiveness and I will try to be better.

Something we really never had exept over the last 15 + years is the abuse of derivatives and the creation of a whole new sectors of them.

Questions about ties to Butler add to the scrutiny of Michigan State that began when Dr. Larry Nassar was charged in 2016 with abusing scores of gymnasts over 20 years while he had an office on campus.

This is not the first time that a developer has violated Facebook's policies, as reports of developers abusing Facebook apps first surfaced years ago.

But she apparently missed all the cautionary tales of abuse heaped on beauty brands such as SheaMoisture, Dove, L'Oreal's Elvive and more in social media the past year over slights against women of color — either real or highly enhanced by the outrage machine.

Nassar, a former faculty member and physician at an on - campus clinic at Michigan State University was sentenced in February to up to 125 years in prison after some 200 young women testified about decades of abuse at his hands.

The ensuing years were instead better defined by arrogance, entitlement and abuses of power.

Bill C - 25 would also eliminate the potential for abuse of board discretion following these elections and would restrict directors to one - year terms.

This is not the first time one of Facebook's software algorithms has been abused in the past year.

For years, Mr. Brownlee and his small team had been building a case that the maker of the painkiller OxyContin had misled the public when it claimed the drug was less prone to abuse than competing narcotics.