Sentences with phrase «such indignities»

Such indignities include refusing to permit a scientist to take or return to work after maternity leave, or even to have time off for a parent's funeral.

Like Kareem, Reggie, Billie Jean, O.J., Arnie and Pelé, Martina has outlived the need for a surname, which is just as well, because few athletes have suffered such indignities of mispronunciation as she.

Owners of luxury cars won't have to suffer such indignities, since the higher price tag paid likely would have already included an internet connection.

Why would anyone submit to such an indignity?

Not exact matches

There are other examples of speculation such as some European junk bonds trading at yields so low that no company should ever have to suffer the indignity of bankruptcy but for pure entertainment value you can't beat Jesus coin.

Such anger can be provoked by a glance» think of the bar brawl inspired by a dirty look» or an intricate argument that catalogues a series of indignities.

Such stalwarts in the profession as former presidents Theda Skocpol of Harvard and Henry Brady of Berkeley pointed out the indignity of asking great scholars to stand in competitive elections and invoked the old conservative saw that «if it ain't broke don't fix it.»

It's about basic respect for laboring women as people and patients, not inanimate objects who should submit cheerfully to any pain (such as the chronic pain associated with my C - section scar) and any indignity at the hands of doctors who threaten and abuse their patients.

Such is the nearly undeniable power of Amour, in which Haneke trains his merciless rigor — leavened, for perhaps the first time ever, with deeply felt tenderness and compassion — on the most universally heartbreaking aspect of the human condition: old age and its myriad indignities.

The passage of time certainly hasn't diminished the indignity: A joyless jumble, this box office dud is almost as wretched as the Michael Bay live - action sequels Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon, with cheap - jack animation and a waste of such talents as Leonard Nimoy, Eric Idle and, most of all, Welles.

Although such acts of indignity garner ornate headlines and self - righteous accusations about the lack of moral character, to which there is truth, given the inescapable unintended consequences of high stakes schemes, such corrupt behaviors and distortions of a given professional practice are inevitable and of no surprise.