Sentences with phrase «person stories lend»

Quizzes encourage self - reflection, and first - person stories lend an authentic voice to the advice offered.

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People brought up the Rikers Island story: in 2012 Goldman Sachs launched a $ 9.6 million social impact bond to lend the City of New York funds to reduce the rate of young criminals returning to prison.

It's the same story with this bailout of corporations who re-wrote the laws so that they could lend irresponsibly, while making it much more difficult for the «little people» to declare bankruptcy.

But now that more evidence and even proof is emerging showing that Julie's story has substance, people are now changing their minds and lending support to her.

Just because the stories about this person have survived for 2000 years, doesn't lend them any more credibility.

Each of our stories lends itself to creating or re-creating particular perspectives and views of other people and in sharing segments of our own narratives and our perceived role in the world.»

Platt (Working Girl) is an odd choice, given his character doesn't figure in to the story very strongly, and he doesn't lend much box office appeal, but I like his inclusion; it's good to see that at least one person had trepidations about the flat - lining experience after seeing how it affects the others.

Being a proud Southern and Northern Plains Indian woman from the Nations of the Comanche and Blackfeet people, my ties are to the rich tribal histories, culture, and language that lend to so many untold stories of the strength of Native people.

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«The stories [I'm telling] just haven't lent themselves to me doing a scene with only white people in it.

Malèna barely speaks a word in the film, but Belucci makes a role that is written as a symbol into a full - blooded person, thus lending her side of the story real pathos.

My only reservation is that the death of Micah True in March lends a poignancy and sorrow to this the story; he was a remarkable person, and his death is a loss for the world.

Kindle library lending was the biggest story of the year and people can now borrow library books and have them delivered to their Kindle e-Reader or Tablet.

The first - person narrative, poignant watercolor illustrations, and photographs of real people and places lend this story a sense of immediacy.

On March 7, 2018, Robert was cited in a story about why it's never a good idea to lend out your credit card to friends (even though 50 % of people do it).

Here, if you can write up a story compelling enough to get finance, there are people who might lend you money.

The existence of these programs — and the interesting personal stories in the article — perhaps show how crucial regulation of the high - cost lending industry is, as well as indicate how desperately many people want and would benefit from access to lower - cost lending options.