Sentences with phrase «woman as a tragedy»

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Then, tragedy, as an Uber self - driving car kills a woman.

«I'd like to extend my gratitude to the brave men and women who work as law enforcement officials and emergency responders, who risk their lives every day for our safety, and to the police officers who are now doing everything they can to investigate this tragedy.

It was as if the original inwardness of the Lutheran position, driven to even profounder depths by the pain and passion and tragedy following the war, had become the defining element of the Christian faith to these men and women.

I see this happen a lot in the church when Black women suffer tragedies such as financial struggle, a terminal or fatal illness, and the death of a child or spouse.

I am not so religious as I once was, but the only explaination I can fathom why such tragedies are «allowed» is to serve as a teaching tool to warn other women from making the same mistakes.

It is just a tragedy and I see needless suffering from these mommies as if they have a personal failure because everything went wrong when they were told everything would go right, that it is natural etcetera and the reality is we have 22 % of women who either have primary lactation failure and / or delayed lacto genesis too.

I agree, any Homebirth tragedy in the news should be forwarded to the author so that she may consider that she may have provided an arguement for that woman, husband, and family to choose Homebirth as being safe.

But as we were treated to Mary Stuart at the Almeida theatre; a tale of two women ruling England and Scotland, judges allegedly not being fit to judge, the country north of the border choosing a different path to its contemporaries in the south, a leader wrestling with the will of the people despite being ambivalent of their choice, it is hard not to find strings of resonance in Robert Icke's wonderful adaption of Friedrich Schiller's tragedy.

Tragedy wore its usual look in Borno state on Sunday as a woman was killed by an explosive at a military checkpoint.

«This year will be remembered as the year of reckoning, when both the tragedy of mass shootings and cultural and institutional harassment of women became impossible to ignore,» Cuomo said in a statement.

Tragedy struck at Aule in Akure, the Ondo State capital, early Tuesday as a 52 - year - old woman identified as Opeyemi Babatola reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself...

Ten years after the tragedies of September 11th, the Green Party made history by endorsing a Muslim woman, in hijab, as a candidate for the Senate District 61 special election on October 18, 2011.

«This year will be remembered as the year of reckoning, when both the tragedy of mass shootings and cultural and institutional harassment of women became impossible to ignore,» said Cuomo in a statement.

«As the father of three young women, I can not imagine the pain and the anguish of such a tragedy.

«This year will be remembered as the year of reckoning, when both the tragedy of mass shootings and cultural and institutional harassment of women became impossible to ignore,» Cuomo said in a statement Wednesday.

Tragedy struck in Kadarko village, Kaura local government Area of Kaduna State over the weekend as a pregnant woman, including her two children, died over suspected...

She is now creating a project to train women of color as doulas to nourish and dissolve the inexcusable tragedy of Black Infant Mortality in Michigan and is currently creating her Perinatal Psychology practice and writing a book on becoming a mother.

«As soon as I got up and out of my wheelchair, I knew I wanted to help other women with chronic illness turn their tragedy into triumpAs soon as I got up and out of my wheelchair, I knew I wanted to help other women with chronic illness turn their tragedy into triumpas I got up and out of my wheelchair, I knew I wanted to help other women with chronic illness turn their tragedy into triumph.

While there are artificial elements to the story, there is a genuineness to the characterizations that allows the film to take hold and emerge as a winning comedic drama about women finding the strength to cope with tragedy and move on with their lives, even well into adulthood.

Moors, a commercial and music video veteran, takes a psychosexual view of the tragedies, depicting John Allen Muhammed (Isaiah Washington) as a virile man who observes women as subjects to be conquered, fools to be shown a light that only he can comprehend, despite his abstract teachings to the young teenager he's taken under the fold.

But in a stark contrast to every character depicted in this movie, our casual, everyday usage of the Internet did not result in horrible tragedies to all involved, unless sitting through Men, Women & Children counts as such.

As a young woman, Katherine (Tara Reid) used a Ouija board at an off - limits family property where a tragedy once occurred, barely escaping... Continue reading →

But tragedy looms ahead, as Samantha becomes stricken with one of those mysterious cancers that only victimize attractive women in movies.

Playing the shadowy figure of Amanda Waller, Davis is there at the beginning of Suicide Squad (which seems to begin shortly after Batman v Superman ended in tragedy) and she's there again as the final credits roll, having a cosy chat with Ben Affleck and generally setting things up — I think — for Justice League, the Batman / Wonder Woman mash - up due out next year.

However, when the situation is reversed and the film concerns women dressing up as men, the movie is habitually a drama bordering on tragedy: «Yentl,»...

The woman, a spinster in her forties with little hope of a lasting relationship with a man, certainly tries her best anyway, and in the hands of director and co-scripter Atsuko Hirayanagi in her freshman full - length feature which has been expanded from a 22 - minutes thesis short, we can accept that a movie starting as absurdist comedy turns to melodrama and even tragedy.

The tragedy of their situation is conveyed through subtle expression - a sorrowful glance here, a pained look there - as she fully embodies the role of a traumatised young woman struggling against her chains to be a protective, loving parent to her son, her only attachment in their dismally cramped Room world.

The obvious differences between the two films go beyond the mere fact that «Carol» centers around two women in an urbane»50s New York setting; unlike «Brokeback,» Haynes» film is not framed as tragedy.

I believed audiences were ready to witness real drama and real tragedy, as it happens every day in every land; real love and real hatred of real men and women who were proud of their passions.

In the end, there were four scenes: A serf's house where the men discussed the tragedy while a mother nursed a dying child; an apothecary's store, where members of the medical profession debated cures for the plague; a church, where monks considered causes of the illness while they worked on illuminated manuscripts and where a priest was indifferent to a parishioner's pleas for help; and finally, a central market square where traveling Franciscan monks declared their beliefs about the plague, flagellants whipped themselves and blamed the Jews, and an old woman went crazy as she ranted about «the end of the world.»

The men and women of each family relate their versions of events and we are drawn into their lives as they become players in a tragedy on the grandest scale.

A barnstorming novel of the Gilded Age, and of a woman's public triumphs and personal tragedies, The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is the irresistible epic of a heroine who conquered the country with a heart as big as her dreams - and whose story will surely win over yours.

She had known tragedy as a small child and then again as a young woman, but she was determined to forge a life for herself and her children.

What happened to Placidia as she struggled to be a resilient woman during a time where only the strong survived during adversity, pathos, tragedy, suffering, and war?

After having four children, she started to chronicle her adventures in cooking, ranching, homeschooling, photography and home repair on a blog, The Pioneer Woman — and in just three years, Drummond, or «P - Dub» as she is often called, became an Internet phenomenon, à la Dooce's Heather Armstrong or Greek Tragedy's Stephanie Klein.

For those who were born outside of communism, The Bathing Women sheds light on some of the Cultural Revolution's tragedies and effects on young people, but it is not political strife that marks this work as noteworthy — it is the careful exploration of love, loss, and the challenges of friendship and sisterhood that extend across time and culture which leave a lasting impression.

Anne's life as a married woman is not all happy, and she faces a tragedy in the early years of her marriage.

A woman touched by tragedy as a child lives a quiet life, keeping others at a distance.

With a supporting cast of such Jazz and Depression - era heavyweights as Lucky Luciano, Harry Houdini, FDR, and Fanny Brice, Karen Abbott weaves a rich narrative of a woman who defied all odds to become a legend — and whose sensational tale of tragedy and triumph embodies the American Dream.

Wieland's art often addresses themes of disaster and tragedy, as in Young Woman's Blues, with its references to some of the personal difficulties that plagued the actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Cronin gathered hundreds of articles of women's and girls» clothing from around the world to represent three specific tragedies: brightly - colored saris symbolize two Indian girls who were kidnapped, gang - raped, and lynched from a tree at the edge of their village; hijabs signify 276 Nigerian Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram in 2014 — over 200 of whom still remain missing; and gray and white aprons & uniforms symbolize those worn by «fallen women,» in forced labor at the Magdalene Asylums and Laundries in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the U.S. Moving from the marble alters and sacred architecture of Venice's sixteenth - century Chiesa di San Gallo to the secular gallery context of FLAG, Cronin will present the same three fabric sculptures, here piled on top of their shipping crates to now address human trafficking as well as human rights issues.

Described by some as a hidden crisis, Dawn Lavell - Harvard, former president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, refers to MMIWG as a national tragedy and a national shame.

If your spouse mans up or womans up and engages in their own personal growth work, as well as giving you what you need to heal and rebuild trust, you have the potential to have a better marriage than ever before on the other side of this — a better marriage than most people who have not experienced affairs in their marriage, because of the openness and honesty you will develop in your relationship as a result of this tragedy.