Sentences with phrase «stories of families in»

«The stories of families in our community with need for basics such as food and clothes have surprised me,» says Lyndsey Kokoris, chairperson of Family Connection.

From writer / director Angus MacLachlan and Executive Producer Martin Scorsese, ABUNDANT ACREAGE AVAILABLE tells the story of a family in flux.

Meanwhile, Lukas Moodysson's «Mammoth,» a seemingly «Babel» - flavoured story of families in crisis, stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Michelle Williams, and has long been one of my most anticipated films of the year.

Telling the story of a family in 1630's New England whose lives are torn apart by the forces of witchcraft and black magic.

Eventually I realized my book was not so much a «dog book» as the story of a family in the making and the bigger - than - life animal that helped shape it.

A moving, deeply absorbing story of a family in crisis.

Daniel Isn't Talking is a moving, deeply absorbing story of a family in crisis.

A lot of people have pointed out the story of this family in particular and the mob in general has superceded the western as the core American mythological story.

Wry and guarded, Amanda tells the story of her family in careful doses, as anxious to hide from herself as from us the secrets of her own past and of that night.

From the author of The Nightingale, comes a story of a family in crisis and a young girl struggling to survive at the edge of the world, in America's last true frontier.

Joseph Sywenkyj says about this project: «Verses is the story of a family in Odesa, Ukraine.

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Whether the stories about the Bo family are true or the embellishments of political rivals, neither scenario inspires confidence in China's leadership and system of governance.

In alternating chapters, Godiwalla tells the story of her Persian - Indian Zoroastrian family in Houston, and her experiences with the culture of blue - chip investment bankIn alternating chapters, Godiwalla tells the story of her Persian - Indian Zoroastrian family in Houston, and her experiences with the culture of blue - chip investment bankin Houston, and her experiences with the culture of blue - chip investment banks.

Not everyone has friends (or family) in high places, but it is important to look at the back - story and social proof of the core team, and make any interesting differences obvious to journalists.

An excerpt on The Berghoff's official website says its history is the «quintessential American success story of an immigrant who built a hugely successful business that has stayed in one family for more than a hundred years.»

Apple's 2013 Christmas commercial for the iPhone tells the story of a young boy who used his iPhone to capture candid video clips of his family on Christmas day and then puts together a short video that leaves his mother in tears.

As a child, I often filled in these blanks with my very active imagination, and my poor mother would have to refute yet another wild story of mine about how I'd come to live with my family.

The movie was based on the true story of a wealthy Mississippi family that took in a local football player with a troubled past.

The hostages were found in a neighborhood of closely spaced one - and two - story single - family homes.

Now imagine the same information cloaked in the trappings of a great story, «a story about a family in South America that is being affected by changes in the global economy — a story about the father going to work in a foreign country to earn enough for the family, and the mother having to drive 100 kilometers for health care.»

The younger son of the media tycoon stepped down as the chairman of the - then BSkyB in 2012, forced out by his links to a scandal at the family's now - defunct News of the World newspaper which, among many other ethical outrages, hacked a murdered schoolgirl's phone in a search for its next story on the case, temporarily misleading the police and the girl's family into thinking she was still alive.

In addition to sharing stories about his work and family life, he invites community members to share their stories of how they've discovered their calling in life, and encourages them to celebrate their successeIn addition to sharing stories about his work and family life, he invites community members to share their stories of how they've discovered their calling in life, and encourages them to celebrate their successein life, and encourages them to celebrate their successes.

Some of his favorite stories looked at facial bias, the philosophy of Peter Thiel, Chinese ghost cities, self - driving car ethics, the average family on earth, Wikipedia hoax - hunters, income inequality, bleak futurism, cooking with MSG, global communication patterns, Somali pirates, the crucifixion of Tony Stark, and the worst hotel in New York.

What it's about: Another Disney hit, «Bambi» uses an all - animal cast of characters in a story about a white - tailed deer, his animals friends, and a haunting death in the family.

For a story on NJ.com, Steve Politi tracked down the Thacker family of 1112 Stanley Drive, a house flush in the middle of Gate 6 - A and the only one that all Augusta National's money can't buy.

The trailer for Miyubi which was released Thursday, previews the story of a Japanese home robot that is gifted to a family in 1982.

They might want to... If they feel like they've locked in their future earnings to take care of their kids, or families, sisters, brothers, whatever, then I think people should really look into their story and see how football is affecting their life.»

Former Exec VP of Disney Lee Cockerell shares his life story, how he grew up in a dysfunctional family, and important leadership lessons.

He didn't respond to comment for this story, but on Tuesday said this on Twitter about the grand Disney Infinity experiment: «I'd like to think that we contributed to the legacy of Disney in some way and created memories for you, your friends and family w / our game.»

But if the story told by the film - makers is even close to accurate, the world the workers live in is anything but sane, and they're struggling, after all, to feed their families without the help of the power - brokers who see them as mere pawns in a very high - stakes game.

Their stories of personal sacrifice in order to support their families, so that their spouses can protect our country, are truly inspiring.

Amid other reported robberies earlier this year, stories surfaced of thieves breaking into the home of a cryptocurrency trader in England and holding the investor and his family at gunpoint, demanding he transfer his bitcoins to them.

But it is a different story if we use the low income measure, which looks at the gap between poor children and the middle class, calculating the number of children who live in a family which has less than one half of the income of a comparable middle income family.

When the junior engineer can veto a hire or a bunch of employees can reject the employment of a co-founder's family member (like in the story below), values become something more than words on a poster.

At the time of submitting his story, Jeff and his family had just returned from a spring break trip to the Sacred Valley in Peru, where they visited Machu Picchu, Cusco, and Ollantaytambo.

«The point of this story was not in my view sufficient to offset the embarrassment to the subject and his family,» Denton wrote in a lengthy statement issued on Friday afternoon.

Created to compete with A Wedding Story and A Baby Story, HGTV has always had its roots in a quiet social conservatism, a world where houses are containers for families and where the center of a family is a marriage.

Sharing real - life member stories of health scares and deaths in the family, Angel emphasized that in times of crisis, «People don't go hug their desk for comfort.

Wedged in the story of a collapsing real estate market is a new reality that many families are craving lower priced properties.

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He also worked for Miriam Development, a family company in NYC, managing more than 200 workers and the construction of more than 150 ground up 3 to 4 story townhouses, which includes close to 500,000 SF, throughout Brooklyn, Bronx and part of Manhattan.

These inspiring stories from some of the most successful family businesses in the world provide key learning points for other family businesses.

It's a story based on events not in the deep South, but in the Pennsylvania suburb of Levittown, when William and Daisy Myers moved their family into the all - white community and were rocked by riots, threats and violence that lasted throughout the summer of 1957.

Much of the negative publicity was quickly wiped away, however, when the first pictures of an adorable Suri were published in Vanity Fair's October issue, with an accompanying story on the family's still - unwedded bliss.

Called The End Is Now [here's our review], it tells the story of the Henderson family and what happens when their small town becomes the test market for the rapture — the spiritual event in which some Christians believe they will be taken up to heaven prior to Christ's second coming.

Hawthorne places his story in a cosmic setting with the intertwining of two family histories (the Pyncheons and the Maules) and their development over two centuries.

MoJ's Rob Vischer uses this story about the culture of marital infidelity in Russia to raise questions about the relationship between law and cultural norms in maintaining general public adherence to the practices constitutive of healthy family life.

This story was about a family that did what was right in the midst of mindless murder.

Also, remember, Gersten is the reason this article was written in the first place: because he wrote the Jewish Historical Society in Poland and told the story of the the Polziec family's heroic deeds.

Doctors haven't given an actual prognosis yet and are urging caution, but the Reyna family has been encouraged by the story of Kali Hardig, a 12 - year - old in Arkansas who recently became only the third known survivor of this infection (generally, it has a fatality rate of well over 99 %).