Sentences with phrase «with uncomfortable subject»

«His works deal with uncomfortable subject matter with grace.

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People «are daunted by the task and believe it requires inauthentic, uncomfortable behavior and is an activity that is inconsistent with focusing on job performance,» says Jeffrey Pfeffer, a Stanford professor of organizational behavior, who covers the subject of networking as part of his Paths to Power elective course.

Recent subjects of her columns include «Leaning In Can Be Uncomfortable» and «How a Startup Can Compete With the Big Boys for Talent.»

Lewis admitted to being «a little surprised by how uncomfortable the financial media has been with the subject».

I still love Jesus and I agree with you that church folks are often some of the most lacking in love, especially when it comes to uncomfortable subjects like dealing with people who identify themselves as gay.

Our life with autism... I don't talk about this subject much and that is because it is very uncomfortable for me.

What I've said makes you uncomfortable so you want to change the subject — so you can be intellectually dishonest with some tu quoque fallacies.

Just use your instincts and feel out what your child can handle, but make sure you are comfortable with your answers first, as kids can pick up on all of your emotions about a subject if you are uncomfortable.»

WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show — a frequent venue for de Blasio — became hazardous territory this morning, with Lehrer and his callers subjecting the mayor to an onslaught of uncomfortable questions about the whirlwind of investigations enveloping his administration.

WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show — a frequent venue for Mayor Bill de Blasio — became hazardous territory on Friday morning, with Lehrer and his callers subjecting the mayor to an onslaught of uncomfortable questions about the whirlwind of investigations enveloping his administration.

Like sorrow itself, we seem a little uncomfortable with it, unwilling to broach the subject and preferring to dwell on the practicalities — the «call me if I can do anything,» the «let's take your mind off it,» the «are you looking after yourself?»

[8] In the modern world though, we are rarely subjected to cold temperatures for any real duration... Let's face it, who likes that uncomfortable frigid feeling that comes with cold, especially when we have access to warmth 24/7.

Altman honored genres by exploding them, discarding expository conventions to refine his character - centric impressionism, imagining the life that exists between the grand beats of oft - told tales, and lingering with especial acuity on subjects that are uncomfortable for American cinema: failure and disaster.

Portraying her subject in an overtly Christ - like fashion wasn't the most palatable choice in my estimation; when O'Connell pushes the beam up to the heavens overhead and roars with primal rage at his tormentor The Bird, the film abandons its anchor in reality and things get uncomfortable.

Her warping, self - interested exchanges with Claude, himself on the cusp of adulthood and subject suddenly to the full bore of his mother's psychological profiling (oh, how she loves to «diagnose» everyone except herself), form some of the most acutely uncomfortable moments, as Margot refuses to conform to any maternal stereotypes, despite Claude's steady, almost dazzled filial affection toward her.

Based on true events about the uncomfortable subject of abduction of Joy, here you are thrown into her world where you discover she is held captive in the «Room» with her now five year old son Jack.

If you're uncomfortable with your partner's academic or arts subject, try studying the content.

And that task is especially difficult in secondary schools, where many teachers are subject - oriented and uncomfortable with adopting new approaches and where students are often more cynical and less engaged than their younger peers, principals say.

She continued, «For many years now I've wanted to tackle the subject of immigration, and especially to try to be a little sympathetic with this side of the equation where you're the host population and you're a little uncomfortable with it.

There are stupid people and ignorant ones and those who are putting dogs in danger and not giving them fresh water, air, and subjecting them to hot cars no doubt about it the few who do this are making it difficult for responsible dog owners to travel with their dogs to errands and store for 5 - 10 minute stops which is unfortunate the few who have abused dogs and harmed them make it very uncomfortable for those responsible owners to enjoy traveling with their pets.

It is easy to imagine how Bacher's relationship with the subjects must change as a result of uncomfortable revelations.

To continue to make art about subjects that interested me at a young age becomes, with age, inevitably uncomfortable.

And for more than 40 years, her gorgeous, grimy, sexy, icky, sparkly, sweaty work — the subject of her first New York retrospective, «Marilyn Minter: Pretty / Dirty,» opening Friday, Nov. 4, at the Brooklyn Museum — has held an uncomfortable mirror up to our culture's obsession with a sensuality that seems to deny the human body.

The composed, smiling faces and even the fancy dress of some of the photographs» subjects are at an uncomfortable odds with the evident mess they are fenced in by.

More significantly, 55 % of these women partners reported they were occasionally or frequently denied their fair share of origination credit, two - thirds were uncomfortable with appealing their compensation decisions, and 30 % were subjected to intimidation, threats and bullying when they did express disagreement.

If you're uncomfortable about having a serious conversation about life insurance with your spouse and unsure about how and when to approach the subject, we hope the following suggestions will help:

Life insurance can be an uncomfortable subject to discuss with loved ones.

Most candidates are inherently uncomfortable with the subject — they don't want to come across as greedy or solely money - motivated.