Sentences with phrase «often emotional stories»

A handful of pioneers began to change this in 1968 and four of them tell their humiliating and often emotional stories to Armen Keteyian about an unpopular chapter in the history of America's most popular sport.

It's a serious, often emotional story...

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Their stories often suggest the appalling extent to which the church tends not simply to ignore sexual, physical, emotional and spiritual violence against women and children as a major crisis, but actually to provide theological justification for this violence in its teachings about male headship, women's subordination, and the sinful character of sexuality.

The carefully crafted appeals to come forward at a crusade are often emotional in nature, based on success stories of people who converted, or tales of woe about people who did not.

The most successful viral crowdfunding campaigns often have specific emotional pulls: dramatic stories presented by video, the ability to track the progress of where your donation is going, or a sense of familiarity with the person in need (think sites like GoFundMe).

It is a story which, in its telling, offers lessons for all the stakeholders - parents, coaches, administrators, and state and national sports governing bodies, in this case USA Hockey - and cries out for action to be taken to stem and control, if not completely eliminate the emotional and psychological abuse that is, all too often, being inflicted on the children of this country in today's ultra-competitive, adult - centered youth sports.

Ostensibly, it is the story of a team of nine - year old hockey players in a Boston suburb, their coach, a former high school baseball coach and local sports hero, the all - male board of directors of the town's hockey club, a hockey mom concerned about her kids emotional well - being, and, at center ice, a set of adorable, identical, competitive, but sensitive twin boys who became, as is all too often the case in the adult - centered world of youth sports, the unintended but innocent victims of a real life power play.

Video often evokes a stronger emotional reaction than text or still images alone, making it a powerful way to tell stories or make a political point, but online video isn't television — the kinds of content that succeeds can be quite different, with authenticity (that word again!)

Video often evokes a stronger emotional reaction than text or still images alone, making it a powerful way to tell stories or make a political point, but online video isn't television — the kinds of content that succeeds can be quite different, with authenticity and topic typically more important than polished visuals.

Cephalopod researchers love to share the latest stories about clever octopuses or emotional cuttlefish — stories that often involve daredevil escapes from aquarium tanks.

It can be quite an emotional journey as the stories of the chups are often quite harrowing.

With a story bristling with an emotional frailty that is both overstated and jarring, Manglehorn is often just as awkward as the lead character's name.

Loosely inspired by the true story of the Niland brothers, and using a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to the mother of three brothers he had erroneously believed to have died in battle (only two actually died), Saving Private Ryan uses the theatre of war to explore the emotional impact of extreme military violence and danger on the often unprepared individuals called upon to serve their country.

Glitter - filled, chaotic, and often bizarre (one key emotional scene is acted out by two young girls playing with Barbie dolls, a nod to Haynes» earlier Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story), Velvet Goldmine nevertheless possesses a wonderfully observed humanity to go with its aggressive experimentalism.

Experimental film often eschews sequential narrative structure in favour of evoking an emotional journey; the viewer is meant to be engaged by the aesthetic or imagery rather than by the characters or story.

Translating emotional stories within the context of sports is often, much like the games themselves, very hit or miss.

In Daniel Craig's third outing as Bond, Judi Dench's character stands at the forefront of the story and creates an emotional connection that has often been missing from this series.

Because of that structure, critique groups are often better with writing craft issues on a smaller scale (clarifying sentences or paragraphs, scene goals, immediate motivations, dialogue passages, etc.) than on a story - sized scale (character development, plot flow, story goals and motivations, themes, emotional arcs, etc.).

Jill: A strong story hook or good story concept, interesting characters, strong emotional appeal, and, of course, strong writing that often comes through even in the query letter.

With every one of these aspiring author stories, there often comes tantalizing peaks along with devastating emotional valleys.

«Often muted and simplified, his prose underscores the emotional depression of his main characters; yet that same flatness tethers the tale, inhibiting lyricism; a heartbreaking yet subdued story.»

Enhanced by wonderful photos, Wesley the Owl is a thoroughly engaging, heartwarming, often funny story of a complex, emotional, non-human being capable of reason, play, and, most important, love and loyalty.

Rather than adopting emotional cues from the market, wise investors cast a skeptical eye toward the big news stories of the day because acting on them often leads to disappointment.

Now firstly, Remedy knows how to tell stories and as far as engrossing tales with a character - centric narrative and suspenseful, often emotional developments goes, Quantum Break is probably their best work yet.

These are the things Yakuza really excels at; Taking you through a tumultuous, often high - energy and emotional story, and then giving you these one - off lighthearted and hilarious side missions, all while keeping you completely invested in the very good crime boys.

Being somewhat limited in my freedom to be entertained as a kid, for many years of my life, gaming served as a diverse means of escape for me away from the trappings of a mostly mundane, repetitive life, at the end of the school day I would often think to myself «alright... so what are some of the good things that I have to look forward to when I get home...», one of the first things that I would do as soon as I got home after school was play FINAL FANTASY on PlayStation, I would eagerly walk home as quickly as I could just so that I could continue playing from the part where I had last left off the day before, as pathetic as this may come across, I can confidently say that many of the happiest moments that I have had in my life have been while being utterly enthralled by the developments in the games, I think that reminiscing about aspects of a video game with great fondness is a hallmark of an impactful form of entertainment, I would often be so «in the zone» while playing that anything aside from what was taking place on the screen would become completely null and void in my mind to the point where I forget that I was playing a video game, even though I did not live the events of the game, I can emphatise with them as if I had, that is the sort of impact that the emotional depth of the story, the characters, the music, the design and the overall world of the series have had on me, what appeals the most to me is that FINAL FANTASY allows us the luxury of divorcing ourselves of our current reality to assume that of a world of fantasy for a precious moment in time, which is a sentiment that makes me wish that our world as whole had a little more «FINAL FANTASY» within it so as to make us all want to wake up as soon as possible to enjoy another day

The story is unlikely to keep you logged in, and the missions will often feel annoyingly familiar, but if you connect with and really explore this high - tech world, there are plenty of virtual — and emotional — rewards to harvest.

McDonald's practice often focuses on site - specific «interventions» in historic house museums, libraries and gardens which investigate the sites and their stories to explore how these public places connect with personal histories and emotional states.

McDonald's practice often focuses on site - specific «interventions» in historic house museums, rare book libraries, cultural institutions, and botanic gardens to investigate the sites and their stories in order to explore how public places connect with personal histories and emotional states.

Often collage material carries a whole story or emotional content, and helps me start a painting.

I believe that individuals, couples, and families have the inner resources to enhance their emotional, mental, and behavioral well being, but often get stuck in unproductive stories and / or cycles or patterns of behavior.

«The news media is filled with horror stories about young people and the Internet, but what is often overlooked and not reported are the benefits that technology, the Internet, and Social media have in building and enhancing social - emotional skills.

I often use teaching stories to support clients in learning to think symbolically in the service of embracing the deeper work required to achieve emotional intimacy.

When we share family stories, we are often able to come to a deeper mutual understanding through emotional connection.

''... because we do nt often have a voice, and to me this is our voice and it's alot of stories we can connect to... we're sharing our stories and it's very heartfelt... we shared our emotional and spiritual wellbeing with everybody.»

I believe that individuals, couples, and families have the inner resources to enhance their emotional, mental, and behavioral well - being, but often get stuck in unproductive stories and / or cycles or patterns of behavior.

In 2012, a group of lawyers and family and financial professionals in Peterborough, Lindsay, and Cobourg decided they could do something about the emotional and financial devastation that often comes with the traditional divorce story.