Sentences with phrase «trial by fire»

Ultimately that is what made the project a success, anyone can learn these processes if they are willing to go through trial by fire with a good legal team.

It was trial by fire with pretty high stakes for a college kid.

Many levels which could be completed in under five seconds become a true trial by fire if trying to pick up all those little gold squares.

In short, because it's very usable, will survive trial by fire and make recruiters want to talk to you.

My first year of teaching I was learning trial by fire.

Or you can go for the usual trial by fire that goes with the territory of walking out onto a new map.

Does your resume give due and proper credit to YOUR career trials by fire?

They simply had to learn through trial by fire.

He is still and unknown quantity and vacillates between sublime and mediocre but Hector Bellerin will certainly have his hands full — a true trial by fire for the young fullback.

The film might lose that sense of immediacy, but it's still more or less a successful tale of trial by fire and survival by resourcefulness.

I had to fight hard to rescure my publishing rights and then to learn how to self - publish as I did it (nothing like trial by fire!).

I managed to get my hands on the Powerbag Business Class Pack a few weeks ago and took it to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which turned out to be the perfect trial by fire.

Fischer has faced trial by fire, most dramatically as the deputy managing director at the IMF from 1994 to 2001.

Trial by Fire guest columnist Brendan Clancy is a third - year associate at Heenan Blaikie LLP in Toronto where he enjoys a broad litigation practice.

This sixth outing in the series (after Trial by Fire, 2009) offers an entertaining mix of sleuthing and human relationships.

In the Catholic liturgy, we remember «Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, etc.» The first two of these were third century women, who, after refusing to renounce their Christian conversions, endured being sent into an arena to be trampled by wild bulls and then having their throats slit by the Romans, as recounted in Bill Bennett's well researched new book Trial by Fire.

That last excursion was the Odyssey's longest, covering 2552 miles — eleven DVDs» worth of driving — for the ultimate trial by fire.

Launching your virgin race car there was surely mechanical trial by fire.

Synopsis: «Kimihiro Watanuki has passed through many trials by fire.

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I assume these lessons are generally trial by fire, unless you happen to learn through osmosis or have a helpful mentor.

Read stories about international summer internships from years past: Building a Coral Nursery in the Dominican Republic Water Issues in New Zealand On the Road in Southern Chile Trial by Fire in London and other international internships

I clerked for a bankruptcy judge and survived a very brutal trial by fire «training» period as an associate in a larger law firm.

As an avid reader of Trial by Fire, I look forward every month to Lindsay Scott's insights on the trials and tribulations of being a new lawyer.

Todd Phillips peddles gonzo male camaraderie fantasies in which lifelong friendships are forged and / or reinforced through trials by fire.

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was coming up, which would serve as the perfect trial by fire — the long flight across the Atlantic would let me test the tablet's entertainment functionality while the conference itself, from which I'd have to file stories, would serve as a good work scenario.

Debra Newell, Trial by Fire guest columnist this month, is an associate at Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP.

«For a lot of small business owners [starting out], it was kind of sink or swim — it was trial by fire,» says Espinoza.

That was a trial by fire for me as the new general manager in Canada, first with Target's announcement in January, which hurt us and continues to hurt us.

These findings might be comforting for teens (and their worried parents) currently suffering through the trial by fire that ninth grade can be, but it also has lessons to teach those of us who are decades beyond graduation, researchers studying the subject note.

Like a blacksmith's molding of a red - hot iron, adversity is a trial by fire that refines leaders and sharpens their game.

Francis offered to prove the truth of Christianity by submitting to trial by fire, along with the Imams, to see who would emerge unharmed by the flames, but the Sultan politely refused, realising that his religious advisors would probably not be keen on the idea.

I guess it's a trial by fire sort of thing.

Again and again Popes and Church councils condemned such crude practices of administering justice as trial by fire and water and by battle.

Thanks to this «trial by fire,» as Stefani LiDestri describes it, the Innovation Center allowed LiDestri to create strategic partnerships with other innovative companies, such as Newman's Own and Wegmans Food Markets.

Her first weeks on the job were trial by fire: «First was Super Bowl at her house.

That trial by fire was fine with McDonough, who sees Chriss as one of the more unique players in the NBA.

Kendall Marshall and Marquis Teague are interesting cases, as they will be given a trial by fire (assuming they are thrust into the starting lineup).

As I said before, it looks like Hugo Diaz is going to be the young player who will get a chance to get a trial by fire starting alongside Paudie O'Connor in central defence.

Throwing him into the Blackpool match against a team that sits just outside the playoff places would certainly be a trial by fire.

Financially, emotionally, physically and sexually, no aspect of your relationship is exempt from this trial by fire.

To this new mother very far from home, I was her trial by fire!

Learning to care for baby is the best example of «trial by fire» available.

We had our trial by fire when we flew from New York to Buenos Aires with a toddler who had just come down with a cold.

This «Trial by Fire» is sometimes what we are given, but we get through it, and our children grow and we grow as well.

It was definitely a trial by fire experience, as 24 hours before the show began, the freight company lost everything but the wall panels for our booth!

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss - Kahn, had earlier urged the EU to take co-ordinated action, saying the financial crisis was presenting Europe with a «trial by fire».

Instantly, Mr. O'Neill became immersed in his first major test as head of the nation's largest police force, a trial by fire no one would seek.