Sentences with phrase «open act of»

The stories he had after his experience in court inspired her to open ACT of Communication: Consultants in the Art of Advocacy.

In his rigorous examination of the possibilities of perception, and his always renewed wonder before the world and the open act of seeing, Robert Irwin's career exemplifies the committed, moral, nondogmatic union of theory and practice.

For the - Panamanian - American, it's just the opening act of a great career.

Christmas is the opening act of a story that ends with a crucified and risen messiah, executed for treason, who conquered the devil by being conquered, who reigns victorious because He suffered, who embraced the blind and lame, Jew and Gentile, immigrant and citizen, female and male — who bids us to come die with him.

It's been an opening act of sorts that has started to change the outlook of the draft.

If Mayor Bill de Blasio's State of the City speech on Monday night was the opening act of his re-election campaign, one thing seemed clear to some critics: New York schools won't get much attention.

«We are only in the opening act of this play.»

The opening act of the film, in which we meet Davis and his band of beta sidekicks, who gush about the «kale bread» they made last night while he pacifies the beasts, is so transparently dictated by Johnson that I was tempted to feel embarrassed for him.

The opening act of Daybreakers, from writer / directors the Spierig Brothers (Michael and Peter), imagines just such a world with that kind of a visual sensibility.

Most of the opening act of the movie doesn't use boxing as anything but a backdrop for Balboa's life, as he tries to persuade the shy Adrianna, or Adrian as he lovingly calls her, to go out on a date with him.

When he gathers all of these oddballs in the opening act of the film, 100 % at odds with one another (one character even phones the villains their location to come and fight) he charmingly negotiates their foibles with wit and grace, but mainly invites everyone (audience included) to dance this little dance with him and enjoy the beauty and the fury of this wide universe.

When an obligatorily mysterious loner, Paul (Ethan Hawke), stops off at a bar in a town called Denton, he has an exchange with a bartender that's familiar to the opening acts of many westerns, in which the latter voices portentous suspicion of strangers.

During the opening act of Into the Storm you may ask yourself, «Why did I want to see this movie??»

It is a stand - alone opening act of sorts to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and will serve to introduce players to the new mechanics and story.

In the opening act of The Black Mages concert they played three arranged songs from Final Fantasy.

Don new Appearances (available for Credits or Crystals) inspired by the opening act of Star Wars ™: Return of the Jedi ™, with Lando Calrissian looking scruffy in his Skiff Guard disguise and Leia Organa donning the bounty hunter Boushh's gear and featuring brand - new voice - over.

Many people believe that something like this is the opening act of an ice age.

Not exact matches

After Verizon beat the FCC in court in 2014, then - FCC chair Tom Wheeler turned to Title II of the 1934 Communications Act to achieve his goal of mandating net neutrality (the court had said that, without broadband providers being classified as common carriers, the FCC did not have the authority to force them to maintain an open internet).

In other words, the simple act of opening for business is one of the most powerful ways a community can begin the process of overcoming its fears.

The latest lawsuit was filed Friday by Melissa Ferrick, the Massachusetts - based indie folk singer who teaches at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and rose to prominence as Morrissey's last - minute opening act on his 1991 tour.

YouTube has also opened the door to acting, which Akana now considers her primary area of interest.

Act II involves an even greater opening - up of ownership rules, but that part hasn't been staged yet.

ZenHub is a project management tool that acts as an add - on to GitHub, a database of open - source code used by developers to store and share their work.

Amid reports of the damage brain drain inflicts on the economy, Senators John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, Wednesday introduced the Start - up Visa Act, which would open up the U.S. to immigrant entrepreneurs.

Affirmative action opened the door to higher education for the pan-Asian community in the aftermath of the Chinese Exclusion Act — which was in force from 1882 to 1943 — and Japanese American internment during World War II, at a time when systemic racism barred our grandparents and parents from accessing a better life for themselves.

These locations will act as pilot stores ahead of the remaining 121 Canadian outlets set to open throughout the month of March.

But, there is life after death: «Today, in an act of radical design surgery, Randhurst is being remade into an open - air, mixed - use development that will have many features of a traditional downtown, including shops, movie theaters, offices and a hotel,» the Tribune writes.

Association president Gary Smith, of Brookfield Financial, opened the conference by imploring federal and provincial governments to play more of a role, lauding those provinces like Ontario that have launched venture funds, and taking credit for the repeal of Section 116 of the Income Tax Act in the Harper government's spring budget.

And while many startups and tech companies that depend on open access to the Internet have cheered those rules, which reclassify Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as public utilities under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, cable and telecommunications industry representatives have already filed several lawsuits that challenge the regulations.

Just as Android really isn't about the phones, this isn't about how many Facebook users Google Plus can poach, but how it might act as a catalyst to move the social web beyond the «walled garden» of Facebook and back into the open web, which Google's search engine bestrides like a colossus.

As we wait for the JOBS Act to clear the way for anyone to invest in businesses via SEC - approved crowdfunding platforms, entrepreneurs can post on some websites that are open only to accredited investors, which under SEC rules includes individuals earning at least $ 200,000 a year or those with a net worth of $ 1 million or more.

SoMoLend anticipates opening up the funding of its loans to the general public in early 2014, when the JOBS Act is fully implemented.

Example: I intend to show acts of kindness today, opening myself to any possibility to bring joy into the life of another.

He is renowned for his ability to «command a room and work a crowd,» not surprising coming from a one - time member of a hip hop band that opened for acts like the Wu - Tang Clan and Naughty by Nature.

«It's a mysterious juggling act that requires not only a thorough knowledge of the time - honored laws of the game but also an open heart, a clear mind, and a deep curiosity about the ways of the human spirit.»

If the manager, say, disciplined the employee or fired the employee due to performance that could be attributed in some way to the condition, this could open the manager or employer up to accusations of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act, Segal says.

Damon said that he never witnessed any of the behavior that the women describe, saying that Weinstein «didn't do it out in the open,» but that he knew about Gwyneth Paltrow's claims that Weinstein had acted inappropriately with her when she was a 22 - year - old.

The JOBS Act became law on April 5, 2012, with the promise to open a new world of funding for startup businesses through equity crowdfunding.

Jeff Howe, a journalism professor at Northwestern University, who was one of the first professionals to use the word, defines it as «the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.»

In his opening chapter, Gladwell writes that «the act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.»

All employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act will have to provide employees with notice of state - based health insurance exchanges, or marketplaces, by Oct. 1, when open enrollment is set to start, Marathas notes.

The second act of the film opens with Jobs preparing to introduce the NeXT computer, in 1988.

Speaking of the conference — more than 100 biopharma executives signed a fascinating open letter released Wednesday imploring the industry to get its act together when it comes to gender diversity.

Opening online equity crowdfunding to anyone with cash and willingness is one of most popular provisions of the JOBS Act.

The top Republican in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, said he was open to suggestions from experts on how to prevent terrorism suspects from acquiring firearms and called the Orlando shooting a «calculated act of terror.»

Day trading refers to the act of opening and closing stock positions within a trading day, with the hopes of making quick profits from small intraday price movements.

The president's decision to reconsider one of his first acts in office — withdrawing from the 12 - nation Trans - Pacific Partnership — opens up another potential line of attack for some Democrats ahead of critical midterm elections in November.

Beyond the battle over at least the temporary future of the CFPB lies a legal question: Which federal law decides who will lead the CFPB — the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which gives the president the ability to fill many open positions in the executive branch, or the Dodd - Frank financial reform that created the bureau in the first place?

When the financial system comes under stress, a central bank may need to calm financial markets through open market operations or act as the lender of last resort to financial institutions to forestall bank runs.

End Illegal Immigration Act Fully - funds the construction of a wall on our southern border with the full understanding that the country Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost of such wall; establishes a 2 - year mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for illegally re-entering the U.S. after a previous deportation, and a 5 - year mandatory minimum for illegally re-entering for those with felony convictions, multiple misdemeanor convictions or two or more prior deportations; also reforms visa rules to enhance penalties for overstaying and to ensure open jobs are offered to American workers first.