Sentences with phrase «who stuck up for»

Mrs. Bazemore was a sweet, dignified, caring teacher, who stuck up for the underdog — everyone in junior high is an underdog eventually — and who let us know that she was there, anytime we needed to draw upon her quiet strength or wisdom.

Thanks to the folks who stuck up for me.

This is a joke; you don't know anyone who sticks up for the Big East, shut up, no really, shut up.

What they don't know is that their son often bullies a boy named Owen (Jacob Lofland), who sticks up for himself during an altercation that leads to a fatal accident.

Ellen Roseman is a journalist who sticks up for ordinary Canadians.

Not exact matches

But had Sony stuck to its guns and released the movie as planned, it would have made a strong statement about standing up for freedom instead of giving in to fear and threats as Ben Franklin once wrote, «Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.»

If you don't have a clue about who's in the game or the pool and what they're doing, the patsy at the party is most likely you (or it will be soon enough) and that's an unhappy and ultimately untenable situation that never ends well for the ones who end up with the short end of the stick.

I do my best to stick to some semblance of a schedule yet end up being thankful for having someone who rolls with the punches when a last - minute recruiting opportunity, networking event or client appointment arises.

In this video, they explain what traits they look for in their business partners to make sure you don't get yourself stuck working with someone who ends up hurting your business.

Investors who snap up a stake in a start - up they spot on Indiegogo are most likely stuck with it for many years.

Buffett, who is famous for his «buy and hold» mentality, stuck with his initial investment, which ended up losing more than $ 700 million toward the end of the year, according to CNBC.

Who do you really think stuck up for Jesus back then?

... i know your book says don't believe anything else before or after to protect its place in history, but just as you would read greek mythology and have incredulous thoughts about multigods ruling the earth water and the undergrounds, those who are not stuck on your wavelength, read your mythology and think how anyone in their right minds could ever fall for those idolatric stories... your belief in your creationist god is as unfathomable as an adult looking up the chimney and feeling the power of Santa Clause in them... does the power of Santa Clause compel you?

The world is black and white and anything else is seen as soft... I can tell you for a fact that he is viewed positively by a large majority of scheme people who find his views odd but like the fact he sticks up for himself against the posh establishment.»

Those who have the authority and responsibility to make these decisions — whether it be senior administrators, Boards of Trustees, or faculty committees, or some combination thereof — need courageously to stick up for their procedures and defend their decisions.

People who stuck with them through thick and thin are now heaping opprobrium on their heads, as though to make up for their previous oversights.

Jefferson in his many words is todays paul by basically testifying to a lost society by preaching «The heart «that is what God wants not the shell which will rott away.I can stand with this truth until the day I die because I also have had disagreements in my church about this same topic.I dispise religion and encourage salvation which come from having a relationship with Jesus.Many may ask how do i have a relationship with him?by simply asking God through prayer, not what we know as pray but simply given up and telling God he win.That is what being righteous means saying «lord your're right and i will believe and obey that.Last i will like to thank jefferson for this clip, becuase for so long I have been feeling like todays churches in not like the first churches.They are stuck into their four cornered walls preaching to those who already obtain the word and people who already think they are perfect, but what about the weak and the sinners who we are suppose to love, go after, preach to, help and deliver the same way as Christ camed for the sinners so do we also be like him.Jefferson basically telling all us young people and old no matter who have suffered in the world, the church, or no matter what party or the past that there is hope and «God wants that person» not the sin but the person.Jefferson wants us to know that God can become personal with us and we do exist or can exist in the christian world not because we are perfect but because «he is perfect and he saw our broken spirits and rescued us!

When I meet someone who identifies himself as Reformed, I make all kinds of assumptions — that he is stuck up, that he thinks Calvin must sit on the right hand of the Father, that he delights in the idea of people being predestined for hell, that he will call me «uninformed» and «unenlightened» when he finds out that I've explored Open Theism.

It is not a law of nature that young doctors who give up practice in the city for a quiet life in the country are unambitious or that everyone who leaves a walking stick in the room of someone on whom he has called is absent - minded.

A strong fire of dried sticks soon brought the pot to a furious boil; and the lieutenant Quaco — who appeared also to act as chef de cuisine — after repeatedly testing the contents, at length declared that the pepper - pot was ready for serving up.

Then stick it in the fridge and leave it alone for at least a few hours, up to a whole day»), should I / we / the - people - who - love - bread cover the dough once it's in the pan before putting it into the refrigerator?

I was just trying to stick up for a local chef who deserves to be credited for her creativity and hard work!

I love how he tries to make up for his mistakes, whilst others like Ozil just fall to the floor claiming a foul, or Giroud who rolls around holding his ankle with tongue sticking out.

But buddy, wen get picks the players, weber buts the players (or not as has been seen recently) weber sticks with those players when like Ozil last night, they don't perform, so yea the players didn't do what they should have BUT it's wen gers fault that we didn't have a mire clinical finisher up front who would have put away the chances that group missed, it's wengers fault that Arteta and canola were Un able to play the defensive midfield role; it's wengers fault that he didn't buy backup for coquellin.

Stefano Comini just held on to take the win from a charging Roberto Colciago, who had come up from ninth on the grid but just ran out of laps to make a move for the lead stick.

Bitterly she studied the list of 200 other universities offering her scholarships and searched for a team with no dictator, no system to submit to, somewhere she could play the splashy, spinning, behind - the - back - and - between - the - legs game she loved, light it up for 30 a night and stick it to that cruel lady who...

The funny thing is Giroud who does track back would never be made to play in another position for a string of games to try and develop him, Wenger would stick with him up front and will do even with Welbeck's superior movement and pace.

Funnily enough Wenger always sticks up for managers who get sacked, all but Moaner here.

«Anytime your best players stick up for one another I think it goes a long way in the locker room,» said defenseman Erik Johnson, who went after Rinaldo in defense of his teammates.

And when you look back at the last decade, none of those youngsters have progressed in the way that they were hyped up to and yes I'm talking about the likes of Ramsey, Walcott, Jack Wheelchair and the Ox who all had a one season wonder of some sort, during one point in their Arsenal careers, thus far and We can't keep using this excuse for not buying ready made quality, which would instantly improve our chances of winning a major trophy or two, but No, Wenger wants to stick with a theory which clearly isn't working for us on the pitch, but he doesn't really care, as long as it works out well for saving the penny's and the pounds, in the place where it matters most for Arsenal fc, in the bank.

oh and fans need to get thier heads out of Koscielny backside YES it was him who was at fault for the goal not Mertasacker, Koscielny did nt push up & Boy am i glad Keown addressed it on MOTD & shut some fans up who always luv sticking blame on Mertasacker.

So far so good not bad up till now when it comes to @arsenal transfer, so happy for the loyal fans who sticks by the team through good and bad times, keep the support #glory glory arsenal

Wilshere is a damn fine player who didn't get enough protection from refs along with the rest of the Arsenal players at a time when they where young and also having few teammates who could stick up for them.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

A club we beat on aggregate this season again and do nt stick up for spuds on this forum please they finally make top four after failing for so long and you praise them yet disgrace our manger who still wins trophies and competes for cup finals who made top four 20 years straight thats not much thinking there mate

It is not universal condemnation though — the issue appears to be that those who don't rate him have a problem with those that stick up for him.

But they change managers looking for success, we are stuck with same lying, old, out favor, tactic inept, stubborn, manipulative expired veteran who won't leave his post for us to try with someone who can take us to another level, surely the old one will never do that, his time is up.

even when he suffered a serious knee injury, instead of accepting the fact that he would never stick his legs into the spaces that were crucial for someone with straight ahead speed to succeed, the club actually contemplated giving him a chance to play up top where his lack of physicality, size and holding up play talents would been on display for all to see... these are not the actions of a club that really cares about winning at the highest levels, but they are the actions of a club that wasn't interested in spending the necessary resources to purchases a world - class striker, which is usually the most expensive position on the pitch... instead we adopted the horrible phrase «like a new signing» and proceeded to allow this ridiculous experiment to carry on, which ultimately caused some discomfort on the training pitch and inside the locker room as players battled for a position that shouldn't have been theirs for the taking in the first place... don't get me wrong, I believe that Walcott is a talented player, who can help a team reach their goals, if their goals are relatively modest... just look at the teams who supposedly expressed interest in his services and they weren't the kind of clubs who aspire to win at the highest levels... as for the reasons why he hasn't been bitching and moaning about moving on just look at the wage benefits he receives from our club and his obvious desire to enjoy the societal advantages that come with playing in North London for a club with worldwide appeal... so instead of continuing to try to fix a coat with a broken zipper simply move on and buy a new and better coat

He thinks he can get Arsenal playing like the 1970s Ajax team that he's obsessed with unfortunately for Mr Wenger they had Johan Cruyff, Rudd Geels, Johan Neeskens and Johnny Rep etc we have Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, and Alex Iwobi not exactly in the mould of those greats but try telling this dried up old has been that, the same man who stuck with Manuel Almunia for years even though the poor chap looked like crying at any moment..

Ditto that for Snellville (Ga.) South Gwinnett CB Terrell Smith, a 6» 0 corner who passed up interest from bigger programs to stick with the Gophers.

Still, I appreciate you sticking up for a Gunner who's been around a good number of years, and is on edge of retirement.

But with his conference all but consigned to the dustbin of sporting history, commissioner Dan Beebe never gave up, feverishly working the phones, crunching the numbers, promising fat TV payouts in the not - so - distant future for those who stick it out with him.

Giroud (also a Frenchman) is sticking up for, and sucking up to, the man who currently determines his future.

But equally there ain't no - one who is able to name that striker who is in the shop window, available and ready to up sticks and sign on the dotted line for us for a price not smacking of extortion.

I'm not sticking up for Wenger I just pointing out that once he has gone don't expect anything to change cos the board wont be employing anyone who wants to change it anytime soon.

I am an Arsenal fan who has stuck up for our Germany international many times since he signed for the Gunners from La Liga giants Real Madrid over four years ago.

8:55 p.m. ET: Rookie Cody Bellinger, who only stuck around on the Dodgers because injuries kept a space on the roster for him and his ridiculous rookie season, is next up.

For a manager who once fought off a pack of wild dogs whilst back - packing in Romania with just a walking stick, you'd imagine Pearson wouldn't put up with knitwear.

He was always one of those managers you could talk to, and is one of those sort of guys who will always try to stick up for his players.»

Arsenal are looking for an enforcer who wants to play dirty football, roughen the opponent up, get stuck in... but it seems clear that there's no one out there to cope with the modern game now.