Sentences with phrase «scarlet letters on»

She has to pay her mortgage by the date written in huge scarlet letters on her wall, or the shylock would cast an evil spell on her that would impede her ability to earn those fabulous Ultimate Rewards points (or other points for that matter).

You would think that asking for consent to feed formula in a health - care institution, or requiring hospitals to purchase it, is equivalent to putting a scarlet letter on the foreheads of bottle - feeders.

Also, I don't understand this line: «You would think that asking for consent to feed formula in a health - care institution, or requiring hospitals to purchase it, is equivalent to putting a scarlet letter on the foreheads of bottle - feeders.»

But it is putting a scarlet letter on bottle feeders.

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• And speaking of new shows... Amanda Knox, the American student who stood trial in Italy for the 2007 murder of her roommate, wants to draw attention to other women who were shamed for their sexuality and womanhood on her new show, The Scarlet Letter Reports, for Vice Media's Broadly.

Miley twerks against a guys crotch and we all go «scarlet letter» on her.

But will not listing them on the archdiocesan website inexorably tar these priests» reputations with the scarlet letter of priest - abuse?

And so once again the scarlet - lettered BC, the enigma of the litter, the basketball team from the hockey school, had snuck up on another opponent.

WHEN IT comes to quarterbacks, there's almost a scarlet letter M (for marginal) on guys who went undrafted.

A few seconds past 2:30 p.m. this Monday afternoon in Crosley Field in Cincinnati a young man — named Fowler, perhaps, or Nuxhall, or maybe Valentine or Baczewski or Podbielan — dressed in cleated shoes, flannel knickers, a peaked cap and a shirt bearing a scarlet letter «C» over the left breast, will stand for a moment on a low, hard - packed mound of dirt in the middle of a green square of grass, take a deep breath and then, with a violent twisting of his body, throw a baseball.

We are refusing to wear that «Scarlet Letter» that society wanted to impose on us.

Where will the scarlet letters be featured on their profile?

By 2010, Stone had earned top billing status, and was starring in her own comedy — a hilarious modern take on the Scarlet Letter called Easy A.

In this teen comedy, which is loosely based on the novel «The Scarlet Letter» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emma Stone plays Olive, a high school senior who's been a pretty anonymous pupil at a California high school until an overheard misunderstanding turns her into a social pariah.

Rather than correct the situation, she embraces it, embroidering the letter «A» on her new, sluttier wardrobe — symbolizing Hester Prynne's predicament in The Scarlet Letter, a book she is reading in English letter «A» on her new, sluttier wardrobe — symbolizing Hester Prynne's predicament in The Scarlet Letter, a book she is reading in English Letter, a book she is reading in English class.

Sort of «The Scarlet Letter» set in a Southern California high school, «Easy A» stars Emma Stone in a hugely charismatic performance as a whip - smart student who takes pity on geeky guys by letting them say they've had sex with her.

Ostensibly inspired by Hester Prynne, the adulterous protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's «The Scarlet Letter,» she even sews a red «A» on the corset she wears to a house party thrown by a classmate.

The «A» in the title is a reference to the letter worn on the blouse of Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's «Scarlet Letter.&letter worn on the blouse of Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne's «Scarlet Letter.&Letter.»

Five marks for misbehavior in a week puts a middle school student «on the RISE» (Restoring Individual Student Excellence), which entails wearing the equivalent of a scarlet letter, a white T - shirt instead of the uniform polo.

«With the - scarlet letter» gone, people with disabilities are given the chance to succeed, based on their abilities.»

Maybe it won't work, and the temptation toward dumbing - down and «relevance» and self - display on the part of the founder are a concern, but the simple fact of her focus on Hamlet, Great Expectations, The Scarlet Letter, etc. is worth some applause.

The National Council on Teacher Quality, in a lengthy report that largely praises Indiana and a few other states for their changes in teacher evaluation, calls this a «scarlet letter» approach and says it is bad policy.»

When She Woke is a riff on The Scarlet Letter.

I didn't adhere to The Scarlet Letter as much as riff on it.

When She Woke by Hillary Jordan This thrilling twist on The Scarlet Letter takes place in a theocratic future America where, instead of going to prison, a criminal's skin is dyed to match their crime.

In my 11th - grade English class, a beloved teacher known as «Carp» (for Carpenter, not the fish) was giving a lecture on The Scarlet Letter when he suddenly hopped onto a table — a makeshift scaffold — and became Dimmesdale reincarnate.

So now Mr. Market has adopted new this «kid on the block,» and while the so - named REIT, Global Net Lease, no longer has the scarlet letters - ARC - it does have a seemingly cozy association with its external manager.

My girlfriends and I have been fascinated by the Amanda Knox story and the strange press frenzy surrounding it since the story hit newsstands when we were in Journalism school, so we're all really excited for the new video series she's hosting for Vice on Facebook called the Scarlet Letter Reports.