Sentences with phrase «woman at the stand»

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The average American woman, standing at just over 5 feet 3 inches tall, is around five and a half inches shorter than the average American man.

In comparison, just 18 percent of computer science graduates nationwide are women — a percentage that's been shrinking since 1985, when it stood at 37 percent.

The woman then stood up, turned around and threw a cup of water at him, the official says.

Called My Intelligent Communication Accessory, or MICA, the snakeskin bracelets are aimed at fashion - conscious women and are an attempt by the two companies to stand out in a growing field of often - clunky smartwatches and fitness brands that have yet to catch on widely with consumers.

On a recent Friday afternoon when I stopped in, an elderly woman stood ready at the cash register in front of a row of neatly hung plastic bags, all filled with prescription medications ready for pickup.

To visitors, the most front - facing of these workers are the men and women who stand at either end of the road holding signs instructing cars to either stop or go.

Lori Cheek has found that, as a woman, she stands out at tech events — but at least the bathroom line is always short.

But, Trump boasts a large group of voters who will stand by him no matter what, and at least a sizable number happen to be women.

While this reporter was waiting for his coffee at a Starbucks Wednesday morning, he stood behind a group of six twentysomething women, all of whom were wearing tights.

Nike's women's business stands at $ 5.7 billion today, and the world's largest athletic - gear maker expects that figure will grow to over $ 11 billion.

The woman had told our employee, Cesar Larios — who was on the job for our moving company at the time — that she was physically unable to stand for a long period of time.

The brave stand to go on the record by three female founders is forcing the venture capital & start up community to take a hard look at why unwanted sexual advances toward women in the workplace continue to be an issue.

At this week's Oscars ceremony, Best Actress winner Frances McDormand stood on stage and called on all the women in the room...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared at the Summit along with Academy Award - winner Viola Davis, who was interviewed by MSNBC host Joy - Ann Reid, contributing writer at The New Yorker Ronan Farrow moderated a panel with Italian actress Asia Argento and Italian model Ambra B. Gutierrez, two women who stood up to disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.

In fact, since 1997 there have been an average of 608 net new women - owned firms launched each and every day — and the rate just over the past year stands at 887 per day.

«Together we can send the unambiguous message that the women of UBC have supporters everywhere who will stand against sexual violence — that the rape chants that students at the Sauder School were participating in are deplorable and must be properly dealt with as a violation of women's human rights; that repeated sexual attacks on young women on campus are a crisis with which we should all be concerned.

Media figures, operating in a larger landscape where women are doubted and disbelieved, especially if they're seen as promiscuous, are primed to laugh at her and everything she stands for.

9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

The women stood at the foot of the cross to bear witness to the truth of the evils in this world.

Julie's story obviously stands out, but each story of pain and suffering at the hands of men and women who claim to be «called by God» contributes to a narrative whole that must never be forgotten.

How much the men and women of our time need to reappropriate this fundamental truth, which stands at the foundation of society, and how important is the witness of married couples for the formation of sound consciences and the building of a civilisation of love!»

During the meal, «a woman of the city, who was a sinner,... brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.»

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea - washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles.

Only a blind man can not see we are at end times, third world countries with nuclear arms, a finacial system that is about to collapse, global disasters becoming more prominate, Godlessness that would try to redefine nature, men marrying men, women marrying women, mothers killing their babies rather than loving their babies and those who would mock the only one who could save them, JESUS, all that will hear prepare to stand before him let him be your savior rather than your judge, just a little while not much time is left before this world learns his wrath.

In one of my discussions with the youth of Malaipallaiyam they brought out the idea that the goddess is situated at the boundary of the colony because she stands as a warning to those persons who may cast an «evil eye» on the people (particularly, the women and the children), land and property of the Paraiyars.

Back in the early nineties, during a mid week service at a church I used to attend, a women stood up and denounced the Internet.

And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.

Back in 2008 I wrote a post called «A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Polls» to address how surprised I was at the way Conservative Evangelical Christians were embracing the idea of a woman for Vice President while at the same time standing against women being ordained as pastors.

Here was Alyssa Rosenberg at the Washington Post claiming that the whole point of Wonder Woman is that she's a role model for prepubescent girls, a kind of «Fearless Girl» avant la statue: «[T] he movie... argues that it's... little girls all over the world who stand to gain if they can grow up free of the distorting influence of misogyny,» Rosenberg wrote, with a schoolmarm's didacticism.

No, the real story is that motherhood has become a stress - laden and guilt - ridden project due to the societal veneration of stay - at - home moms, the workplace requirement that women be overachievers just to stay even with their male colleagues, economic anxiety about class standing and, above all, government and corporate refusal to devise family - friendly policies.

An example... a young woman in her 20's... a new believer... coming to terms with her life, which had been one of abuse of every kind imaginable... she'd had a breakdown at 20 and was often suicidal... was standing outside church after the service... crying and smoking a cigarette.

Sometimes resurrection feels like standing in front the Table of the Lord at church, right before a man and a woman who love Jesus, too.

This insight moved Williams to advance the possibility that in black women's identification with Jesus as surrogate Lord they risk being «passive to the oppressive operation of surrogacy in our lives» and «oblivious to forces at work influencing us to stand in somebody else's place, to be at the beckon of somebody else's call and to forever service the needs and goals and tasks and responsibilities of somebody else.

I thought about the women who followed Jesus through his ministry and then stood with Mary at the cross when all but one of the male disciples had fled for their lives.

Next time you're in line at the grocery store, read the headlines on the women's magazines that are shouting at little kids standing in line with their parents.

One woman after another, sometimes in the background, sometimes in the kitchen, sometimes in the pulpit, sometimes in a home, sometimes singing a song, sometimes on the street with her stand of mangoes to sell, sometimes at the blackboard wearing a blue uniform, sometimes sitting in the classroom.

Among the martyrs at Lyons in 177, was the domestic slave, Blandina, of whose death - being finally killed by having her throat cut, after surviving horrible tortures including ruthless scourging, being roasted on a red - hot griddle, and being gored bloody by a bull while bound in a net - it stands recorded that even the pagans themselves admitted that none of their women had ever endured so many terrible tortures.

17:35, the women grinding at a mill).52 If Jesus» parables and actions lifted women to a status equal to that of men, and if in the Gospel narratives certain women stand out, the sayings of Jesus makes it clear that it is not of their sex that women or men are important.

Using Jesus» encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well and the parable of the Good Samaritan, Carroll argues that Jesus models for us the appropriate response to those neighbors who stand outside our communities.

The same source said he once noticed an oddly cropped photo of Lasseter standing between two women at a company function.

The Gospel Coalition stood by them both, refusing to alter or take down the post, even after prominent and respected evangelical leaders — both men and women — asked them to take it down or at least amend the language.

You're not better than her, she is a far better woman than you'll ever be because she at least has the guts to stand against the church and stand for women's rights.

the bible says: Jhn 8:9 And they which heard [it], being convicted by [their own] conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

- You're not better than her, she is a far better woman than you'll ever be because she at least has the guts to stand against the church and stand for women's rights.

How can I communicate the reality of Christ's kingdom to the guy at the fish stand, the woman at the café, or my wife's grandfather.

Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby (Gen 18:2 NIV)»... Furthermore, there is a good reason to study the old Orient, the rituals and cultures of the Middel East, especially at that time,,, i myself being Half Egyptian and having been raised there, am blessed with this foreknowledge for certain things that are still the same way now as they were at th etime of Jesus and earlier,,, where Men kiss to greet one another for example,,, so when King David talks about the love of Jonathan being greater than that of a woman,,, and at the same time knowing that the Hebrew litreature (as the Arabian culture to quite an extent still is) was very poetic and used éndless symbols and parabels to express an idea,,, one might do himself a favor not jumping to conclusions which satisfy only his very own ideas and thoughts,,, the biggest problem with Bible interpretations lately is Verses ripped out of the context and interpreted in such a way that has nothing to do with its original context... «To the law and to the testimony!

It's the first week of class at the University of Southern California, and a young woman named Sarah is standing on a soapbox in Hahn Plaza giving her testimony.

No more standing in line at a store, behind horrible smelling women in burqas.

A woman had stayed at a hotel, and when she got home, she realized that she had left her diamond earrings on the bedside stand.

To her embarrassment, her son was also there, but he was standing with the women who just had an abortion, and yelled at the protesters: «You who are without sin, throw the first stone!»