Sentences with word «prod»

In addition, she (along with the support of prodding of Cuomo) is pushing for a system in which these scores would «trump all,» and in which a teacher rated as ineffective in the growth score portion would be rated ineffective overall.

WITH A GOOD DEAL OF PRODDING by by advocates and the City Council, the de Blasio administration committed $ 47 million to train 100 teachers in restorative justice practices this year and will train all schools in Brooklyn's District 18, which includes Flatbush and Canarsie, in restorative practices.

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933 USA 97 mins) Source: Chapel Films Prod Co: Warner Bros..

Although he mostly shows it with snippy dialogue and rigidly controlled schedules, Daniel Day - Lewis» Reynolds Woodcock is a fussy little dude, something made especially clear in a deleted scene that Anderson recently released to promote the film's upcoming home release, showing the Woodcock siblings descend from prodding at each other into a full - on food fight.

So with prodding from friends, he submitted a 10 - minute audition tape last October and was accepted.

Perhaps we are witnessing the point in time where the dating industry, with prodding from academics, the media, and singles, starts to realize how important matching systems really are.

Since the Supreme Court declared school segregation unconstitutional, 28 millions of Black Americans and many whites, including tens of thousands of clergy and hundreds of thousands of youth, have marched, sat in, demonstrated and picketed, gone to jail, suffered beatings and the thrust of cattle prods in the struggle for human decency and equality.

Prowling corridors, clutching a stiff cattle prod by his side one can't help but think he may be compensating for something.

When prodded for more information on subsequent rumors of follow up devices to the Tab line, Samsung executives said that the company will probably launch several more Tab models next year, possibly with different screen sizes, to target different audiences.

Where I found myself, in other collections, hopping from game to game aimlessly, here, I'm gently prodded into learning the intricacies of each selection, and it's immensely satisfying.

When prodded as to whether African American characters were given a fairer shake in earlier drafts of his screenplay, McDonagh does note that there were other scenes with actress Amanda Warren that didn't make the finished cut.

On the equity side, some funds add «best of the worst» companies to encourage better corporate behavior via proxy voting, such as prodding energy companies to produce more renewable energy.

Steve Sidwell put Mark Hughes» men in front early on after prodding home from Peter Crouch's knock down from Marco van Ginkel's corner.

Bake for about 1 hour (cover with foil if beginning to brown too much), or until firm to a gentle prod in the centre.

Sharing and taking turns comes more easily now, even without prodding from adults — though not always when it comes to their favorite toys.

to help me unload the dishwasher, he helps set the table, and he cleans up his toys with little prodding on my part.

Just a little prod of encouragement and a necessary re-shuffle of formation and

By today's standards the narrative seen in Modern Warfare is nothing special, yet for the time it was unusual to see that much emphasis placed on story within a shooter, especially one which gently prodded at touchy subjects.

For the most part, though, RTTT just prodded states to promise to plan to make reforms, and even things like lifting charter caps do little good when the problems go much deeper.

But here's the thing, I don't need prodding in order to find reasons to be excited: Coogler is a fantastic young filmmaker.

With upfront advice and image consulting, Patti prods people into presenting themselves in the best possible light so that any date will be instantly impressed.

After much prodding by a Bronx - born friend, this past weekend I finally checked out the borough's Belmont section — a.k.a. Arthur Avenue, named for its... Read More

When evidence emerged of baby calves being kicked, thrown and shocked with electric prods before being killed, Animals Australia submitted formal complaints to authorities.

When prodded about the possibility of the sequel arriving on other platforms, design director Jonathan Biddle coyly responded, «We're just talking about Wii U today,» which is the standard industry euphemism for, «Yeah we're making this game elsewhere as well, but our contract only let's us talk about this one today.»

Alternatively, China's exit from the Treasury market might just prod Washington into real action on cutting its deficit.

And we really think that Google needs to push out those updates and also prod manufacturers for new devices fast, because there is a whole new breed of manufacturers that are coming out with Android devices with very innovative interfaces that actually are more feature rich and easy on the eye that the stock Android one sees on Android One and Nexus — Cyanogen on the Yureka, MIUI on the Xiaomi Redmi Note, and the Vibe UI on the Lenovo A6000 are only three examples.

Le Cercle rouge (1970 France / Italy 140 mins) Source: Potential Films Prod: Robert Dorfmann Dir, Scr: Jean - Pierre Melville Phot: Henri Decaë...

While the tactic doesn't fix the problem, it does prod players into learning all the nuances of the combat system.

Maybe, if prodded, I'd give it a shot again just to see if I could eat everything on my plate eventually, but it's probably for the best for both my health and my dignity if I don't.

Her sculptural practice centers on hyperreal and meticulously constructed every - day objects like body parts, pieces of fruit, domestic animals, or ordinary household objects which she then prods into the surreal by manipulating scale, color, and placement.

Alice (1987 Switzerland / Czechoslovakia 86 mins) Source: ACMI / NLA Prod Co: Condor...

Renewables such as windmills promote trade and market integration by prodding governments to link up national grids, says Peter Brun of the Danish wind - energy firm, Vestas.

It was a similar AURA report, in 1996, that eventually prodded Congress and NASA to fund and build the 6.5 - metre Webb.

When prodded during follow - up Q&A sessions with the press, BlackBerry did say BlackBerry 10 would come to the PlayBook «later this year.»

Another disappointment is that those screens aren't quite as sensitive as we've come to expect from the iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab, and often needed a few finger prods before they would take action.

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The Paramount prod, based on Mitchell Zuckoff's book, fixes on the attack on the U.S Special Mission Compound in Libya in 2012.

Cuomo in recent days has also prodded lawmakers on the first passage of a constitutional amendment that would strip officials convicted of corruption of their pensions.

That's about to change as the IRS begins prodding domestic exchanges.

In Brookline, TheCountry Club, under prodding from such distinguished members as ArthurHunnewell and G. E. Cabot, appropriated $ 50 for the construction of anexperimental six - hole course.

The Great McGinty (1940 USA 81 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Paramount Dir, Scr: Preston Sturges Phot: William Mellor Ed: Hugh Bennett Art Dir:...

City Girl (1930 USA 88 mins) Source: NLA / ACMI Prod Co: Fox Film Corporation Dir: F. W. Murnau Scr: Berthold Viertel, Marion Orth from the play...

Shareholder Proposals on Information Requests Only Shareholder proposals have rightly played an important role in prodding companies both to adopt governance measures and to disclose campaign spending, often following a model developed by the Center for Political Accountability.

But if, as one hopes, there will be 150 or more schools that are authentically Catholic in the manner envisioned by Ex Corde Ecclesiae, that will be in no small part thanks to the thoughtful and firm prodding of Archbishop Michael Miller.

Federal nudges keep prodding states along in ways that are good for the country.

Vicente Iborra had two efforts, the second saved by Caballero as far as Vardy, who prodded in.