Sentences with phrase «to derail one's career»

Goon: Last of the Enforcers Injuries derail the career of a hockey fighter, forcing him to sell insurance, but the call of the game is too great.

Will injuries continue to derail his career before he can ever get it really going?

Stearns could easily have turned this into a gotcha moment, the sort of paradigm shifting dramatic reveal that defined and eventually derailed the career of M. Night Shyamalan, but he is not so enamored with those aspects of the story to blow them up above the tone and the character of what came before it.

Former host alleges that Fox News CEO derailed her career after she complained about harassment

As for the performances, Sorvino is terrific in what was pretty much her last mainstream role before Harvey Weinstein derailed her career (looking back, the Sorvino vs. Giant Cockroach metaphor feels rather prescient), and she's ably supported by Northam, Dutton and Giannini, even if the film never quite figures out what to do with Goodwin's Chuy.

A 22 - week policy or «unlimited» time - off means nothing if women are viewed as less capable, regularly experience harassment, or fear that having children will completely derail their career.

It's pretty normal to worry that motherhood will derail your career goals, mostly because our patriarchal society has convinced everyone that a mother has to sacrifice absolutely everything in order to be a good mother.

The problem is that said baby is completely unauthorized, and could derail his career if he gets caught by his boss (Kelsey Grammer).

Few people realize that the loans they take out to pay for their education could eventually derail their careers.

I've had two literary agents, one of which was a soul - crushing scam and a complete debacle that derailed my career for several years.

In questioning common assumptions, the study authors determined that scientific misconduct typically, but not always, exacts a personal toll in derailing careers.

Since employers already offer maternity leave, women faced less stigma for taking advantage of programs intended to reduce their workloads — but doing so also derailed their careers.

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«It definitely derailed my career substantially.

Hollands had a nice thing going with the Phillies until arm issues and surgery derailed his career.

his career was just starting to evolve into the next level as an elite player in Europe when the snake bench then sold him which effectively derailed his career due to the psychological effect it had on him because he was their best player by a country mile..

The cocksure son of former major leaguer Clyde Wright seemed destined for greatness, but a series of right shoulder ailments quickly derailed his career: After a 12 - win sophomore season Wright landed on the disabled list twice in» 99, then had two shoulder surgeries in the next two years.

Marchisio will likely return to action in October but realistically will be back to full match fitness in November or December; not to mention that we can only hope that his heavy injury does not significantly derail his career.

The slow - motion sequence splices together two landmark moments in the skater's infamously derailed career: the 1991 Skate America competition during which she lands her first triple axel jump and (after a judge orders her banned from competitive skating for life) a boxing match in which Harding is knocked down by her opponent, her body arcing across the air, blood gushing from her mouth as she hits the floor with a thunderous smash.

On Sunday, March 11, ABC raises the curtain on Deception, a new crime drama in which Jack Cutmore - Scott plays Cameron Black, a world - class illusionist who's drafted into an FBI consulting gig after scandal derails his career.

The best that can be said about it is that it didn't totally derail the career of Ledger.

Affleck, after all, is a gifted actor who carved a circuitous path through indies (Gerry, To Die For) and bit parts in big films (Ocean's Eleven) and won a best supporting actor nomination in 2007 for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford before derailing his career with the bold but misconceived I'm Still Here.

As related in a framing device in which Chan looks back on his life, his uncompromising artistic integrity and the defiantly political nature of his work derailed his career, and most of his later efforts went unpublished.

Trigger Warning: If you're an author and you've separated from your publisher (whomever that may be) for reasons that don't include them bilking you out of your royalties or author copies or deliberately derailing your career as an author (or, because like me, you wanted to see your book IN PRINT), I'm asking the hard (er... nosy) question: WHY?

Many companies have created a situation where job seekers feel that an employment gap is going to derail their careers forever.

Poor communication skills can derail a career search in no time.

Working with a coach might well stop you from derailing your career and ending up with a resume that makes recruiters want to avoid you.

Diversity with purpose will add to your resume without derailing your career path.

Before injuries derailed his career, King was as dynamic a scorer as the NBA had seen.

The incomplete broadcast triggered a devastating backlash amongst Vereen's audience and followers and completely derailed his career.

They need fantastic teachers to guide them through the early challenges that could derail their careers before they become really good.

That way, when the time comes to make the change, you won't have to worry about environmental factors that can derail your career goals.

Following the accusations rolling in about Weinstein's attempt to blacklist Mira Sorvino and Ashley Judd — two actresses who have recently accused the disgraced movie mogul of sexual misconduct and threats to derail their careers if they spoke up — a friend of Priestley's took to Twitter to recall a rather heated encounter between the disgraced mogul and the former star of «Beverly Hills 90210.»

The new installation Until, Until, Until (2016), premiering at the List, examines Broadway legend Ben Vereen's controversial performance at the inaugural celebration for Ronald Reagan in 1981, which was televised nationally in a truncated version and derailed his career for decades.

The Times reporters also spoke to Arquette about an encounter with Weinstein in which he propositioned her and threatened to derail her career after she rejected his advances.

The Committee was in the midst of conducting its infamous witch hunt which would derail the careers of anyone who refused to throw somebody else under the bus.

Without a doubt, a lack of interpersonal skills can derail a career, no matter how talented and accomplished one might be.

And so if you become a lawyer, if you think about your skills, your gifts, what's transferable, you might find that there are many opportunities that create work for you and create productivity for you for the long haul where you're not subject to age discrimination or other kinds of issues that tend to derail careers.

He was the ONLY gunner to play in every game that season prior to the injury that derailed his career.

I have fond memories of the guy and I'm glad he made it back to the bigs after injuries derailed his career, but pass.

No one loves the game more than the Mercury guard, a leading contender for WNBA MVP, but even she didn't understand what hoops meant to her until a string of harrowing events threatened to derail her career

Why are we going to turn a blind eye to it when people are so quick to point out that those same injuries derailed their careers?

Ultimately, Shockey's injuries derailed his career and I think the Giants got a mid-tier draft pick for their troubles.

He may never again have the dynamism he showed before injuries derailed his career, but he's replaced that with industry.

But normal politicians won't be protected by a Trumpian aura, and their tweets can and will derail careers.

On the positive side, no spouse means no risk of an adultery scandal that could derail a career — or not, considering the state's recent history.

Edward Walsh, the Conservative Party's Suffolk County chairman and a county correction lieutenant, has risen to positions of power and influence despite incidents that could have derailed his career.

In dire cases, unchecked anxiety disorders can derail careers and even result in suicide.

Although 48 women reported using it, 41 did not?most out of fear that it might derail their careers.