Sentences with phrase «who prodded»

Nevertheless, there is the Holy Spirit, who comforts us in our epistemological uncertainty and who prods us to think, paint and preach, in our hope to find the truth.

A particular selling point is William Hurt as Costner's imaginary friend, the devil on his shoulder who prods him to keep killing.

While Max is besotted with Connie, it's chilly, Estella - like female twin Chloe (Missy Keating) who prods the boy's sexual awakening.

Not exact matches

Alabama will be the site of a new $ 1.6 billion Toyota Motor Corp (tm) and Mazda Motor Corp (mazda - motor) auto plant, a victory for President Donald Trump who had prodded manufacturers to build new U.S. facilities and threatened tariffs on foreign production, sources said on Tuesday.

The committee is also calling on the Liberal government to better protect the personal data of Canadians who purchase and sell products online through enhanced cybersecurity, modernize federal e-commerce legislation, and come up with ways to fuel telecom competition to prod Canadians» use of mobile devices to make online purchases and sales.

Taxpayers who qualify as real estate professionals generally have been able to get a bigger tax break for those losses, which could prod some people to try passing as one for tax purposes.

Prodding your people to be less conflict adverse can lead to real benefits, according to Thompson who cites recent research that shows, «brainstorming groups that engage in open debate, challenging each other in benevolent ways, perform better than groups that don't have any debate at all.

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My son, Cliff, who was then 18 years old, had earlier come to a deep awareness of the global problem and had prodded me from time to time to think again.

There once was a jealous old god Who gave Joe's wife Mary a prod For she was so sultry He practiced adultery While Joe was asleep, the poor sod.

To all of these, God gently guides me to the conclusion of the book of Job and He prods me with this question: Who is better at my job?

It has been men, who have been prodded by God ever since to smarten up.

And it was a reporter from The Boston Globe, at the prodding of his editor who had once worked with Pearl, who reached out seeking info on his status, the results of which created the latest hubbub.

The sacrifices of Mormons who've spoken out before her also help prod Brooks along.

My seminars have indicated to me that the religious organizations that address the issue of alcohol and drug abuse usually are prodded to do so by one person who is convinced of the need and will not take No for an answer.

In the film, Jon Favreau is a chef who's lost his passion and, subsequently, his job and, at the prodding of his ex-wife (Sofia Vergara) starts a food truck where he makes great street food... like Cuban sandwiches.

Eventually after some prodding from my cousin Shawn, who told me that «food that tastes good should necessarily look good», I decided to try to work on my camera skills.

Strikers Yannick Carrasco and Antoine Griezmann showed flashes of a partnership but it was the hosts who created the first chance when Shinji Okazaki prodded Vardy's cross high and wide after 20 minutes.

So, Arsene Wenger, who revolutionised diets of Arsenal and brought many innovations that elongated the careers of players like Tony Adams needs to be prodded at press conferences to «investigate» the cause of a problem that he has been having over 5 years?

Lallana back - heeled ball into Firmino who found Milner bursting through, and the former City player collected the ball beautifully before prodding past Hart.

Zenon Stylianides, who had assisted Miller for Tottenham's first, played in Marcus Edwards and his deflected cross set up Pritchard to prod into the net.

Eriksen received a pass from Dembele 30 yards out and found Dele, who turned away from his marker before slipping a superb ball inside right - back Jack Stephens for Son and his low cross was prodded in by Kane.

Eric Dier's offside trap went horribly wrong, and it was Dier who failed to clear the ball, allowing Jeremy Perbet to prod home and send the Gent fans into pandemonium at Wembley.

But Bayern paid for defensive errors in the 15th minute when Lionel Messi brilliantly cut open the German rearguard to feed Luis Suarez, who unselfishly crossed for Neymar to prod home the equaliser on the night.

The opening goal arrived when Moussa Sissoko and Trippier combined to set up Dele, who was alert to the latter's low cross into the box and prodded home from six yards.

On the day of surgery, you can pull that stuffed animal out of the bag at the same time the doctor comes in, which might help calm a child who has already come to expect that the doctor is here to poke and prod him.

Keep your strokes and tickling as soft and light as possible, instead of using the firmer prodding motions you'd use when tickling a preschooler who's already wide awake.

In effect it tells us that they are somehow lesser citizens who wouldn't possibly do the right thing unless they were prodded, punished, or cajoled into doing so.

The Naperville Park District is poised to reopen Sportsman's Park next month, prodded by trapshooting fans who complain they have been deprived for the more than two years it has been closed.

The battle to create progressive change goes well beyond any one candidate or campaign, and it demands the development of institutional and independent power to the left of the Democratic Party — power that can prod politicians like Cuomo to govern on behalf of the people who elect them.

But for people who do have a faith, their faith can be a helpful prod in the right direction.

After losing the GOP's top contender, Harry Wilson, Cox specifically mentioned Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who went on not 24 hours later to announce he's no longer considering a run; Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco; and — with a little prodding — Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb.

Sometimes, politicians give up the money without a lot of prodding, as did Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who has refunded at least $ 850,000 since he quit the Republican Party last year to become a Democrat.

And de Blasio is doing so as Cuomo finds himself prodded by other liberal Democrats, too: Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who once responded with timidity to Cuomo's efforts to undercut him, recently ridiculed Cuomo's attempts at ethics reform as «tinkering around the edges» and proposed his own ethics agenda.

Mr. de Blasio had pleaded and prodded lawmakers to act — unsuccessfully — while Mr. Cuomo, who prides himself on deal - making, failed to lead the parties to an acceptable agreement.

Brooklyn Democratic Party website came to be in a similar way, with some prodding from progressive reform - minded district leaders Josh Skaller, who is party of the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats, and Nick Rizzo of the New Kings Democrats.

Skelos is facing federal charges of using his political influence to prod interest groups to enrich that son, Adam, who is also facing federal charges.

With the weather serving as the prod for some to put on their running shoes or keep others at home, the scientists got a good idea of who socially infected who with the running bug.

The first steps toward the international move began about 15 years ago with some gentle prodding by a group of leading international reporters — from New Scientist, The Economist, Nature and The Guardian — who had been urging an expansion of the program.

You mean to tell me that people borrowed precious money, people paid for and got paid to research for countless hours, to poke, prod and engorge humans with various foods — some with whole grains, others with soy by - products, others with pork dogs and who knows what else?

SCMP - Feb 9 - Baihe's latest TV commercial features an attractive young woman, who, after years of prodding from her aged grandmother, decides to get married to fulfil her elder relative's wish.

Spielberg's «Lincoln» tries to work the middle ground between the two, but it can't help coming down on the side of Lincoln the Saint most of the time, painting him as a font of wisdom who flits about the White House dispensing the wisdom of the ages as he pokes and prods men to do the right thing and tries to keep his hands clean in the process.

I don't know who's to blame: exec prods, directors, writers, etc but more than one of them worked hard to mess up a good thing.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962 USA 123 mins) Prod Co: John Ford Productions / Paramount Prod: Willis Goldbeck, John Ford Dir: John Ford...

It gives you a decent prod along its critical path for those who need it, but as mentioned earlier this game appears to be at its best when you take your time and meander, which is incredibly easy to do.

In its barest form, Fathom appears to be a rape fantasy involving a helpless, screaming, occasionally castrating Welch (though, tellingly, the only person she kills is another woman), who plays a variation on her standard cocktease and — naturally — deserves getting prodded about by a bull while a collection of bad guys poke at her with phallic shunts.

Now, this inhuman prisoner is being abused with an electrified cattle prod by an agent named Strickland (Michael Shannon, making the pain inside his glare speak volumes), who calls the prod his «Alabama how - dee - doo» and sees the monster as a freakish affront to God.

The Farewell Party (Israel) Israel's Oscars, «the Ophirs,» have heartily embraced this dramedy about senior citizens who accidentally and after much prodding become crusaders for mercy killings of their terminally sick friends and spouses.

DOUBT (repiloted from last year) Picked up to series STUDIO: CBS TV Studios / Timberman / Beverly Prods TEAM: Tony Phelan (ep), Joan Rater (ep), Adam Bernstein (d, ep), Carl Beverly (ep), Sarah Timberman (ep) LOGLINE: Centers on a smart, chic, successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm who shockingly gets involved romantically with one of her clients who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.

To complete her circle of agony, Aline Brosh McKenna wrote in Kevin (James Marsden), a belligerent wedding columnist who verbally pokes and prods Jane to no end for what seems like an eternity.