Sentences with phrase «white faces as»

Commenting on the event, Osuntokun said: «Walking into a boardroom of white faces as a black lawyer can be daunting, particularly when you are more junior.

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Potdevin, who has the weathered face of a snowboard dad, wore black - and - white slip - on shoes made by Toms, the company he'd led as president since 2011.

Huawei has faced increasing headwinds in its push to make inroads in the U.S. market, as the White House and Republican lawmakers target Chinese tech companies, citing national security concerns.

Whether it's in the White House, the board room or any company in America, sexual harassment is the dark reality that has faced us forever as women.

Marc Faber, the Hong - Kong based, Swiss - born financier, known as Dr. Doom, faced severe backlash this week for suggesting that the U.S. prospered because it was settled by white people rather than black people.

Silicon Valley is facing an identity crisis — once the poster child for futuristic innovation, it's increasingly seen as a bunch of rich white guys chasing money at the expense of everybody else, including their employees and society at large.

President Donald Trump will not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unless Pyongyang takes «concrete actions,» the White House said on Friday as it faced criticism for agreeing to talks that would boost Kim's standing.

Photos of Grumpy Cat, her brown and white face in a constant scowl, have become a constant presence on Facebook and other social media, often accompanied by crabby messages such as «I don't like days that end in Y» or «I'm listening, I just don't care.»

By the early 1930s, the area along 42nd Street, directly north and south of Grand Central had become known as the «Valley of the Giants,» home to three of New York City's six tallest skyscrapers: Walter Chrysler's silver spire, real estate king Irwin Chanin's eponymous building across from the terminal and the white - faced Daily News Building.

The Uber CEO had faced criticism for his agreement to work closely with the Trump administration, as well as the company's response to the White House's recent travel ban.

The declines came while President Donald Trump discussed fraught international issues with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House, such as the Iran nuclear deal, which faces a key deadline next month.

Part of that is because «spending» has become a dirty word in Washington, D.C., as the White House faces budget woes.

As President Trump faces pressure to deliver on his promise to revive manufacturing in the northern «rust belt» states that put him in the White House, his biggest challenge may not be Mexico or China, but the southern U.S. states that form the other pillar of his political base.

Make your bedroom as dark as possible, turn the face of the alarm clock away from you and use a white noise machine or fan if you live in a loud neighborhood.

Sanders faced difficult questions on Thursday as reporters pressed her on the contradicting stories out of the White House regarding the hush money paid by lawyer Michael Cohen and reimbursed by Trump.

Donald Trump said he's disbanding two advisory groups of American business leaders, after CEOs quit this week as the president faced blowback for failing to sufficiently condemn white supremacists.

An older gentleman stands in front of a temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, gazing up in wonder as sunlight glints off his white hair and wizened face.

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, is potentially facing years in prison as federal agents look into payoffs to a pair of women who claim they had affairs with Trump before he won the White House.

As negotiators stumbled toward an end - of - the - week deadline to fund the government or face a federal shutdown, House Speaker Paul Ryan dashed to the White House amid concerns Trump's support was wavering.

Mr. Trump, who has often struggled to express empathy in the face of tragedy, appeared moved by the personal stories, even as he asked repeatedly whether anyone in the ornate room at the White House knew how such horrors could be prevented.

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

America is too tough and racist to be living as an eastern christian now a days.You have to be white to be living as a Christian in US, in a bid to accomodate all the religions of the world, America has been a failure of its assimilation of Eastern Orthodox Christians in this country who are faced daily with intense bigotry, racism and total denial of their own existance.

The poll basically breaks white Americans down into three categories: white people who believe they face discrimination and have personally experienced it (NPR spoke with an individual who fell into this category, although he struggled to think of specific examples for some reason); white people who believe they face discrimination but have not personally experienced it (NPR also spoke with a man who fell into this group, who hastened to say he believed other racial and ethnic groups faced discrimination as well), and white people who don't believe they face any discrimination at all.

They saw him transfigured, his garments white as snow and his face aglow with the presence of God.

Jackson faces the elephants in the room of whites and blacks having deep, meaningful relationships very quickly, especially in book two when one of the White main character's husband, Denny, is mistaken by, MaDea, an aging African American woman who is suffering from dementia, as one of the men who brutally lynched her brother nearly 70 years ago.

«His face shone like lightning, his garments were white as snow.»

I'd say uneducated, unsuccessful bitter racist white - trash fundamentalists (who are all about as sharp as a marble) are always the ones drawn to the KKK, John Birch, and fundamentalist «churches»... they're easy to amp up with hatred of a common enemy... which is what you see «churches» like Westboro Blabtist do... just look at the combination of zeal and hatred in their faces when they're on the news.

The prominent display of pictures and murals of a white Jesus in black churches is a slap in the face to those who understand Jesus as the liberator of oppressed blacks.

In Matthew's Gospel, the face of Jesus shines «like the sun,» while his clothing becomes «white as the light» (Matt.

Such efforts give the lie to what is accurately described as the racist slander that black Americans are incorrigibly incapable of facing the truth about their situation, are perpetually parasitic on the larger society, and have no other strategy than to exploit white guilt in order to continue the free ride that blacks are getting on the wagon that others pull (to use Senator Phil Gramm's ugly image).

As a white, middle - class woman living in California, rarely have I faced real pain as a result of complex systems, and strongly held societal, cultural or political traditions and beliefAs a white, middle - class woman living in California, rarely have I faced real pain as a result of complex systems, and strongly held societal, cultural or political traditions and beliefas a result of complex systems, and strongly held societal, cultural or political traditions and beliefs.

They're the minority in the House and Senate, have been shut out of the White House entirely and face uphill climbs at the local level as well.

He had full white hair and trim features; one imagined him as a sweet - faced, athletic lad 60 years ago when he was growing up in the Punjab, the son of missionary parents, and when he joined the mission himself in 1944.

Our cat, a new mother, put a paw under my foot, as I held a tray, her face went white, she streaked screaming through an open window, an affronted woman.

The brethren walk about in hatsAnd up they go and down they go.The brethren's hats are black as bats, Their faces are as white as snow, And up they go and down they go.Amen amen they say and thenThey turn their faces to the wall.As if they were not there at allThey turn their faces to the wall.They....

In a cinematic era where blond - haired, green - eyed Emma Stone can be cast as part Chinese and Marvel inexplicably replaced an Asian man with a white woman in Doctor Strange, it will be a welcome change to see more diverse faces in entertainment.

Thus when criticizing feminism as a white, middle - class movement, one must keep the limitations of that critique carefully in mind and analyze one's own motives in voicing it: Am I trying to protect my own world from disruption or to trivialize the movement's ideas to avoid facing the threat?

«Particularly those of us with white faces must be seen to speak of love, inclusion, acceptance and respect for others who may be the same as, or may be different from, who we happen to be.»

As a mostly white man (I'm also a Cherokee citizen by birthright, but with a very caucasian bone structure to my face) it's difficult to make the statement «growing up, I didn't see people who look like me on TV.»

His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.

As hallowed as the doe or white - faced owl; as basic as black - standard - bearing banners; as crucial as the Cross and cleric's cowl are these to you, who have no other place of peace except in syndicate of fairies, etched - glass affections, unpretentious grace, waxen, lit wicks, remorse, and pale Hail MaryAs hallowed as the doe or white - faced owl; as basic as black - standard - bearing banners; as crucial as the Cross and cleric's cowl are these to you, who have no other place of peace except in syndicate of fairies, etched - glass affections, unpretentious grace, waxen, lit wicks, remorse, and pale Hail Maryas the doe or white - faced owl; as basic as black - standard - bearing banners; as crucial as the Cross and cleric's cowl are these to you, who have no other place of peace except in syndicate of fairies, etched - glass affections, unpretentious grace, waxen, lit wicks, remorse, and pale Hail Maryas basic as black - standard - bearing banners; as crucial as the Cross and cleric's cowl are these to you, who have no other place of peace except in syndicate of fairies, etched - glass affections, unpretentious grace, waxen, lit wicks, remorse, and pale Hail Maryas black - standard - bearing banners; as crucial as the Cross and cleric's cowl are these to you, who have no other place of peace except in syndicate of fairies, etched - glass affections, unpretentious grace, waxen, lit wicks, remorse, and pale Hail Maryas crucial as the Cross and cleric's cowl are these to you, who have no other place of peace except in syndicate of fairies, etched - glass affections, unpretentious grace, waxen, lit wicks, remorse, and pale Hail Maryas the Cross and cleric's cowl are these to you, who have no other place of peace except in syndicate of fairies, etched - glass affections, unpretentious grace, waxen, lit wicks, remorse, and pale Hail Marys.

His face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as light.

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I remembered while I rolled out white flour - y goodness that she'd faced challenges as a new mom, and we would eventually be okay.

In a letter to Mr Turnbull, the chamber argued the move flies in the face of the Coalition's Foreign Policy White Paper which talks about the importance of a «globalised world of individuals» as it would force many Australians to stay at home instead of working in the region.

This white paper will take a look at the hiring challenge that today's industry faces, as well as the changing attitudes about work and compensa... Read more

Given, now, a handsome señorita, with fine oval face and large, soft eyes, and broad, low brow and a strain of pure Castilian blood, to show red - warm through olive cheeks, a white kerchief over her bosom, and a glimpse of amber or gold beads about her throat, and the low, gray, wide - roofed adobe, scarlet - hued with festoons of red peppers, the whole seen against the burnt umber or yellow of the hills and under the pearly haze of a morning in September, and you have a grouping of such splendid color as would delight the heart of a painter.

Dairy UK has published the White Paper report for 2017 which details the opportunities and challenges that the industry is facing over issues such as Brexit and consumer confidence in dairy foods.

Suhr's face is flushed from the heat, and White looks as if she went five rounds with Marvin Hagler.

To be clear, other than the size of the loan — which is way out of the normal range for a typical Apollo loan — nothing on its face suggests anything nefarious... but at the very least, there are some ethical questions with Kushner using the White House as a place to have meetings with people that then turn around and invest in Kushner's private business ventures.