Sentences with phrase «story about the circumstances»

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Under no other circumstance does a person interrupt himself by telling those about him «we read» or «we find in this story».

Most readers unobsessed with literalism find that these stories say very little about the mechanics of birth, but a great deal about the dimensions of faith in threatening circumstances.

A congregation concerned about the prosaic quality of its self - understanding might therefore begin to tell its story in circumstances that before had encouraged the other types of self - description: mechanist accounts of numbers and program, organicist projections of family, contextualist categorizations of age, class, and the like, and formist symbolizations of property or other important totem.

Maybe footballing greatness is, at heart, an uncertain exercise dominated by luck, circumstance, and imperfection to a far greater extent than those of us who like telling stories about it would ever care to admit.

However, the point I and PB were making (to be fair PB probably explained it a lot clearer than I did) was that it is highly unlikely that those circumstances will come about meaning that this story that has appeared in the press is as close to a non-story as you can get but it seems to have got plenty of the natives on here overly excited, hence my straw - clutching comment.

It's so important to find like - minded parents who can offer their «been there, done that» stories, emotional scaffolding, and specific suggestions for when you feel confused as to what to do about your child's behavior, or when you question whether this new thing you're trying, like positive discipline instead of spanking, for example, is going to work out in the long term, or how exactly to keep those family attachment bonds strong as your children grow, or how to move forward when your family encounters challenging life circumstances.

I tweeted Monica Eng, the reporter behind this story, to ask follow - up questions about this particular school's circumstances, but she hasn't yet replied to me.

Although she once spoke out about the story to a local blog, Coffman's now a bit reluctant to share details about the circumstances.

The New York Times has this story about the odd circumstances by which a Green Party nominee was elected to the Arkansas State House yesterday.

In the summer of 2014, after a series of news stories came out describing Cuomo secretary Larry Schwartz's alleged interference in the management of the governor's Moreland Commission to investigate corruption in the Legislature, Albany insiders wondered whether Schwartz might give up information about the governor to federal investigators in the Southern District U.S. attorney Preet Bharara's office, as part of a probe they had begun into the circumstances surrounding the commission's demise.

Both stories — that of the prophet who forbade people to talk about it and the accidental discovery by shepherds — make it clear that (1) kefir is very potent and (2) the surrounding circumstances made it difficult for anyone to really document how kefir was discovered.

Perhaps in this circumstance, you should consider sharing your own story first, thus making your date feel comfortable and at ease about revealing their own vulnerabilities and get you moving away from the forced small talk, common to dating culture.

This story of two families united by circumstance and, as the title suggests, bound by their debt to the land, is a micro version of a larger story about systemic racism in America — a mighty force that will not simply yield to a handful of the «good ones.»

There's nothing ordinary about the circumstances surrounding Kenny's rise and fall, and yet Gaghan treats it like every other rags - to - riches story.

We just saw a quick teaser for Disney's live - action Beauty And The Beast earlier this month, but tonight the studio aired a proper trailer alongside The Bachelor — another story about people falling in love under questionable circumstances.

And the film ultimately manages to pose questions about Germany in the present as much as it makes us wonder about the very circumstances that enabled this strange, indeed grotesque story to take place in 1945.

Generations strips out a lot of story and circumstance from the main game in favor of adding tons of new weapons, quests, armor sets, and just about everything else.

It's very close to his life story — about a boy who was brought up in very privileged circumstances, but he was, behind doors, being sexually abused by his father for years.

by Walter Chaw Jill Sprecher's 13 Conversations About One Thing, her follow - up to she and sister Karen's Clockwatchers, is an Armistad Maupin roundelay of intersecting stories tied together by circumstance and a basic investigation into why we can't be happy.

Annie Silverstein and Andrea Arnold both earned attention at the Cannes Film Festival for these coming - of - age stories about adolescent girls growing up in tough economic circumstances and learning to confront the sexual power wielded by men.

This is a story that brings us any number of dark places — CIA conspiracy theories, the MK - Ultra LSD trials, the Korean War, biological warfare — but what resonates about it most of all, over 240 minutes of Morris-esque archive fever and extended interviews, is Eric Olson's lifelong obsession with the circumstances of his father's death.

She offers a series of questions that helps readers begin to think about their history and create a «brag bag» (a collection of information on accomplishments, passions, and interests) with «brag bites» (snippets of information expressed in a short, pithy manner that ensures people walk away with something to remember) and «bragologues» (stories that can be told in a variety of ways in a variety of circumstances).

While we have great understanding of the circumstances and experiences of some of the most marginalized and vulnerable in our education systems, we know very little about each other, our stories, and how we impact each other every day through interpersonal interactions.

Russakoff tells inspiring stories about some teachers and students doing remarkable work in impossible circumstances, and the much - ballyhooed KIPP charter schools actually seem to be living up to their reputation in Newark.

The activities that follow ask students to reflect on the basic human behavior of applying categories to the people and things we meet and to think about the circumstances in which «single stories» about others can be harmful or even dangerous.

I ask because I learned about this school via a story on Public Radio International's The Takeaway, where co-host Celeste Headlee investigated the trying circumstances of America's working poor and homeless families in the run up to the 2012 election.

When we're talking about our worldview outside of stories, we can think about what ideas or thoughts resonate with us, even in circumstances unrelated to storytelling.

That sorry circumstance is captured in the story about a writer who came home much earlier than usual to find his wife in bed with his literary agent.

There are three story arcs that are a good read on their own: issues 1 - 5, in which the staff investigates the disappearance of another reporter and ends up unmasking the Green Goblin; issues 11 - 13, in which Jessica has her baby during rather tumultuous circumstances; and issue 14, the final issue in the series, in which she tells her baby about one other time she tried to be a superhero, but set it aside to protect two children who were left at a crime scene.

The Electors began as a nonfiction book about presidential transitions, but it became clear to me that the real fun would be in telling a story that was sensationally possible, in fact could happen, under the right circumstances.

While hanging out in the hotel bar at a writers conference, an FBI agent told me the story about an obese female who'd died under suspicious circumstances.

I greatly enjoyed Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit years ago, and here she again proves she can write and tell a powerful story about triumph against terrible circumstances.

I strained hard to retain everything in case I decided at some future point to write a story about a girl in her last year of high school, desperate to escape her circumstances: she passes this window with a sign, army recruiting women today, and inside is handsome Major Marjac with her welcoming smile.

McCullough has a way of drawing in the reader to care about his subjects, so that the circumstances move the story along.

This may result in elements of the story being changed in a way that is not desirable to the author, and in extreme circumstances, a publisher might make decisions that cause controversy and distress for an author for example, the cover of the US version of Justine Larbalestier's, Liar featured a white girl while the story was about a black girl.

They receive hundreds of calls per week with heart wrenching stories about stray and neglected animals, or animals that families must find a new home for due to the most difficult of circumstances.

It's not the overdue bill, traffic jam, or fight with our spouse that causes stress — it's our thoughts and the story we tell ourselves about an event or circumstance that create the emotional upset, racing heart rate, shallow breathing, and other symptoms of the stress response.

It was one of the most talked about stories in the industry at that time, and rightfully so based on the circumstances surrounding it.

The story of how the New York based artist ended up there involves a fluid and somewhat unbelievable set of circumstances, like hearing about a rent - controlled two bedroom in the West Village.

But this isn't the whole story — it's not just about accommodating personal circumstance, it's about changing the culture of legal work to stop accepting burnout as an inevitable price to pay for being a lawyer.

Some of these women spoke to me in private, sharing their stories so I could warn others about him, but refuse to come forward in public to make the claim, those who work with rape victims will know how hard it can be on women to come forward after a rape, and the circumstances of these rapes likely make it even harder for these women.

The child will be able to understand his / her adoption story better because you have more information about why they were placed for adoption and the circumstances of the birth parents.

But before I share this story, let's talk about how my confidence never waned despite the rather unusual circumstances.