Sentences with phrase «serves as a circle»

As Rodz explains it, each peer group serves as a circle of advisors to help guide decision making in the early stages.

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Other areas where Target will redouble its efforts this year in offer gifts under $ 15 meant to serve as easy, affordable gifts customers can get for people outside their closest circle, such as a teacher or a second cousin.

Elaine Pagels, among others, has argued that the success of the affirmation of a bodily resurrection was due to the way it functioned in the early Church, as it served to legitimate the authority of a narrow circle of bishops.

If objectivity were a reality in theological circles, Bonhoeffer's view could conceivably serve as a basis for an ecumenical «happening» between the institutional idea found in Roman Catholicism and the «called out» emphasis of Protestantism.

So that Ted and Robin, who never made any sense as a couple, could reclaim the blue French horn and bring everything full circle, reviving the dysfunctional relationship that served as the characters» main obstacle to happiness from the get - go?

«We are about to come full circle with the liturgy as dance and with the art of movement which might serve the dance,» observes Deitering.

1) Mix flour, butter and icing sugar in a bowl using two knives to cut the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs 2) Add in the egg yolks and vanilla extracts and mix well, then add iced water until the dough starts to come together 3) Shape the dough into a ball on a cool, flat, floured surface 4) Flatten dough into a disc and then wrap in plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes 5) Meanwhile, peel, core and slice the apples into as thin slices as possible 6) Mix sugar and ground cinnamon powder with sliced apples and let it rest for a while 7) Pre-heat oven to 180 deg cel 8) Once dough has chilled, roll pastry dough on a sheet of parchment paper until it has expanded to the size of the tart mold (I used a rough mold the size of a large pizza) 9) Leaving at least an inch of dough free, arrange apple slices by overlapping them slightly in the shape of a circle, starting from the outermost part of the circle, until you reach the inside 10) Fold the edges of dough over the filling and then sprinkle the dough with a bit of sugar 11) Bake for about 40 - 45 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the apples are soft 12) Serve warm, with a side of whipped cream or ice cream (optional)

If serving as an appetizer, spoon the hummus into the center of a wide, shallow serving bowl and spread it out in a thick circle.

Use a fork to twirl the carrot strands into a large clump, then pull the clump off your fork and flatten to form a rough circle — this will serve as the bun for your burger.

Thanks to this person, the commissioner must enter a labyrinthine phone - tag maze, maintaining multiple circles of communication and serving as this individual's personal agent and spokesman.

Sources close to Hermann Neuberger, the West German who's a member of FIFA's inner circle, say that at a critical stage in the negotiations Jo √ cents o Havelange, the Brazilian who serves as FIFA's president, received a call from a prominent USSF member.

Woods, with four victories in seven PGA Tour events in 2013 — including winning his 300th career start at The Players after doing so in his 100th and 200th as well — has served notice on McIlroy and other comers that the road to the winner's circle once again goes through him.

Jurgen Klopp, meanwhile, circled back to September's 5 - 0 capitulation at Manchester City as he instructed Liverpool to serve their opponents with «pay back in a football way.»

If you and your friend are in a similar circle of friends, her hurt might be further reinforced as your shower gifts and baby gifts serve as constant reminders.

Ickes, who chaired Clinton's presidential campaign in New York in 1992 and served as his deputy chief of staff, has been a member of the Clinton circle for many years.

Governor Paterson has finally filled a senior and long - vacant position in his inner circle, appointing lawyer Peter J. Kiernan to serve as his chief counsel, according to sources close to both.

The Syracuse mayor made a name for herself in political circles for being the Democrat brave enough to criticize Cuomo's policies and lack of attention to financially troubled (non-Buffalo) upstate cities, despite the fact that she was serving as his hand - picked state Democratic party co-chair.

Outside the chamber, in an ornate stairwell that served as the arena for supporters and opponents throughout Friday, most shouted «Yes We Can» while a smaller group stood in a circle with heads bowed in prayer.

Mr. Bratton is well - regarded in law enforcement circles and served a previous tour as commissioner under Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — After teaching middle school English, he spent decades in politics, serving as a U.S. Congressman and Hamburg Supervisor and council member, but Jack Quinn says taking the job as Erie Community College president brought his career, and personal life, full circle.

To do this, start by cutting a 3 - inch piece of string to serve as the radius of the circle.

«The great news is that NASA has the tools to do that,» said Christensen, who also serves as the principal investigator for the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) aboard NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter currently circling Mars.

Dr. Stark is dedicated to her teaching, and served as a teaching assistant at Tufts and at CIRM (Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques) in Luminy, France, as well as outside the academy, where she led Math Circles for elementary and secondary students, and volunteered at the Museum of Science in Boston.

Together the circles are part of one unwinding spiral, which serves as a fitting metaphor for the long - term course of the Earth's temperature.

Femtosecond laser - assisted cataract surgery, called a capsulotomy, cuts circles in lens capsules that are 12 times more precise than those achieved by the traditional method, as well as leaving edges that are twice as strong in the remaining capsule, which serves as a pocket in which the plastic replacement lens is placed.

Create stacks of your two complimentary fabrics for petals and some quarter - sized felt circles to serve as a base to your flowers (I ended up with 17 flowers).

Decked out in an interlocking circle stitch design, the bright coral bedding is great on its own or serves as the perfect layering piece to add to your bedding.

Circles is also attempting to limit overexposure, as users are served Facebook «snapshots» of potential matches, and they can just click «yes,» «no,» or «skip.»

His fame and prestige did nothing to quench his personal combustibility; notorious in cinematic circles as the only prominent director who ever actually shot a film critic, he later served six months of a four - and - a-half year sentence for manslaughter after killing a farm laborer during an argument.

Flower patches arrange themselves in neat and even circles, and the Giant Tree serves as a home for all the little Punios.

And so, in choosing it as the film from the past ten years I would most like to discuss in the context of the future of the medium, I might be asserting, against my better judgment, the primacy of the auteur over and above national cinemas and identity art — the ferocious and aggressively confrontational cinema of Lucrecia Martel serving as evidence that an ethos long - since debunked in serious academic circles still has credence or at least value in the second century of the movies.

Coming full - circle from the wry noir of Blood Simple and Fargo and presenting itself eventually as of a piece with a later Coen noir, The Man Who Wasn't There (just as A Serious Man is a companion piece to Barton Fink), The Big Lebowski serves as the transition point in that process while also moving the brothers from broad genre takedowns to a very specific kind of literary adaptation.

Phantom Thread, meanwhile, was a surprise Picture / Director movie and, while proving incredibly popular with critics and Paul Thomas Anderson partisans (a Venn diagram that is essentially a circle), this will likely only serve as further ammunition for when PTA finally does get his Oscar in some future year.

Known in education circles and beyond as an aggressive agent of change, Barr has been in talks with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about how to boost failing schools and whether Green Dot's methods can serve as a blueprint for fixing schools across the country.

Kearns, who had previously served as deputy secretary of education in the Bush administration and as CEO of Xerox, was widely respected in political, education, and business circles.

If students are familiar with socratic seminars, these could serve a similar purpose to the fishbowl discussion or could be used periodically during Literature Circles as a way to re-establish class norms and debrief difficult texts and issues as a class and with increased teacher presence.

Those of us in the business understand that sales of both blockbusters were driven by techniques outlined in a book called PyroMarketing by Greg Stielstra who gained fame in book publishing circles when he served as the marketing director for The Purpose Driven Life, the best - selling hardcover book in history.

Also called a Huskeranian in some circles, all pomsky puppies bred by reputable breeders will be sired by the Pomeranian with the husky serving as the dam.

Gold medalist Misty Hyman (victor in Sydney's 200 - meter butterfly — a remarkable underdog win still talked about in competitive swimming circles) serves as swim coach at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain and shares her four top tips for a strong and healthy body this summer:

These procedurally - generated pyramids serve as proving grounds that test players» proficiency at old - school FPS techniques like circle - strafing and bunny - hopping.

Encounters with other players are purely comical, as you strafe and circle each other, wildly firing off shots and hoping that the aim - assist will do the rest, while in the co-op mode, your compatriots only serve to get in the way, obstructing corridors and making the simple task of opening a door close to impossible as you both mash the open / close button, neither willing to back down.

Your role in it may change, but whatever ending you get, it's made quite clear that the Hunt continues, the circle never breaks, and yet more Hunters will come — poor desperate souls who, in their own twisted way, served as the first Links.

The critic Robert Hughes has pointed out that David Hockney's The First Marriage (A Marriage of Styles I), in Tate Britain, cheekily adapts Noland's concentric circles to serve as the bride's breasts, her earrings, and the sun in the Egyptian sky under which she is being married (as it happens, Hockney knew Noland and also borrowed the technique of staining acrylic into raw cotton duck).

Established shortly after the Wexner Center's opening, this core group of approximately 20 individuals serves as an executive committee for the Donor Circles and plays an important role in the development of individual and corporate partnerships among the Wexner Center, the University, the community, and beyond.

Wehr, an undergraduate at the time, happily accepted the opportunity to serve as a stand - in music composition tutor for Tobey and over time became friends with him and his circle of artists, becoming a painter himself, as well as a chronicler of the group.

It serves as a thematic focal point in today's exhibition, emphasising one of the artist's core forms: the circle.

Kandinsky's talismanic Several Circles will appear in the exhibition in many different forms, serving as connective tissue among the objects and images on display.

He also serves as the Artist - in - Residence at New Roots Public Charter School, focusing on social equity and environmental justice, and is a trained facilitator for Talking Circles On Race and Racism, at the Multicultural Resource Center, both in Ithaca, NY.

Though these artists may have been familiar to art - world circles, this show served as a kind springboard for their eventual acceptance as heirs to the already - waning popularity of the 1950s Abstract Expressionists.

Lo and behold, one of the images on a monitor was of Harbor Lights Supper Club, the façade of which, at least, served as «The Bar,» bringing me back, full circle, to a past I thought I had circumvented.