Sentences with phrase «years as a young man»

«I wish I became Head of State when I was a governor, just a few years as a young man.

Keynote speaker Emmitt Jolly, a schistosomiasis researcher, noted that he was the son of a preacher and janitor, and worked in Alabama cotton fields for 2 years as a young man, but was still able to become a professor at Case Western Reserve University here.

In winter 2014, the show tours on to the Musée des beaux - arts de Montreal, to a city where Doig spent a few years as a young man between degrees (odd - jobbing as a colour mixer and painter for a theatrical scenic artist) before completing his art education in London.

Not exact matches

The next year, on Gemini 10, Young and Mike Collins completed a dual docking and other maneuvers as prelude to the Apollo program's quest to put a man on the moon.

Video games have come under close scrutiny in the last few years as critics have pushed back at the overwhelming skew towards young white men in game characters, themes, and ideals.

A few years earlier on the speaking circuit, she had been at yet another dinner event, feeling a bit overwhelmed as a young Asian woman in a sea of suits, when she spotted another misfit — a middle - aged man in cargo pants, with wildish hair tucked under a sideways baseball cap.

As a young priest, Basil Romaniuk, the future Patriarch was an outspoken dissident, a man who spent twenty years in the Gulag and in exile in Canada.

As a young man fighting in the Polish resistance, Wiernicki was captured by the Germans and spent almost two years in Auschwitz.

«As a young man of fourteen years, Joseph already had a desire to find the truth.

But as the years pass and memories fade, it becomes ever more valuable to reflect on how such a young man (he was 39 when he was killed) without official position gained so much power.

The followers of Joey Smith, a man who was married to over 57 women at the same time, some as young as 14 years of age, and some a mother - daughter combo is your Mormon prophet.

There are three other members of the professional staff: a young man called two years prior as associate pastor, administrative assistant and a 30 - hour - per - week director of music.

I believed in the deity of Jesus as a very young man, but I definitely did fall away in willful sin after knowing the truth and I fell miserably for many many years.

The secret call as always remains important, but in the conception of the ministry that is emerging out of the Biblical and systematic theology of the day and out of the personal reflections of young people and their pastors, the divine action whereby men are chosen for their station and calling is less spiritualistically understood than was the case for the past hundred years.

And if he does not essentially develop with the years, nor yet sink into sheer triviality, that is to say, if he remains pretty much a young man, a youth, although he is mature, a father and gray - haired, retaining therefore something of the good traits of youth, then indeed he will be exposed also to the possibility of despairing as a youth over the earthly or over something earthly.

He had many contacts with both Jews and Christians in his traveling about the country with caravans as a young man, and in his contacts with Jews and Christians in Medina and Mecca during his maturer years.

It was the summer of 2009, and I had just completed an almost 11 - year sentence in federal prison for my role in five bank robberies I had committed as a foolish young man.

As a very young man of thirty - three years, having already served in various political offices, Gregory was offered and accepted the highest civil office in the city of Rome — that of prefect.

They call them «Elders» but the men have been as young as 19 years old.

The metaphysical «system» that (despite his strictures) I internalized as a very young man, that is, in my way of asking questions, has served me in very good stead down the years.

Responding to the claim, he acknowledged: «I said some foul and offensive things whilst tweeting years ago at a time when I was young and proudly ignorant... Very hurtful and discriminative views that I've unlearned as I've grown up and become a man.

Spend your younger, more energetic years doing things you can't do as a married man or woman!

In the coming years, as today's young men and women take up their responsibilities and seek to make sense of the world, it will not be adequate if Catholics who are worried - as we all ought to be - about the sexual mayhem that has been created in recent years simply denounce the evils of extreme feminism or even of the ghastly contraceptive, anti-life culture with which it has been associated.

We all know Joseph Smith was a con man who committed bank fraud, had 87 wives one as young as 14 years old and died in a shot out because he was going to be arrested.

Modern education offers little help in grasping this, as is brought out in a letter from a young mother, a few years out of an American college: «I have come to realise that I was educated to be a successful man, and now must learn by myself how to be a successful woman.

Chris — the man who often gets mistaken as my younger half, is now forty years old.

I remember going as a young child to a family friend's home on Hanukkah and a grandfather - looking kind of man that was there pulled a silver dollar out of his pocket for every kid at the party, year after year.

With an average age of 32 years, Flowers describes his five - man sales team at Lone Star Citrus as young, energetic go - getters that want to expand the company's business.

«I'm getting 18 - year old young men and helping them grow as people.

«In the five years that you have been head football coach... you have impressed all of us as the kind of young man Notre Dame aspires to produce.»

The young defender looked accomplished on his senior bow in the Community Shield and Arsene Wenger may well be ready to use the former Southampton man in a relatively prominent role, not least as the 19 year old displays maturity beyond his years but also because he can fill in effectively in a number of roles.

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

I have seen you once in 10 years, and that was to apologise for my repulsive behaviour as a young man >

As a raw, fat and clumsy man he went through a war with McDermott and arguably should've lost, improved and stopped John a year later, beat a young Chisora, got fat, lost weight, was dropped hard, got up, was on the road a couple of times and mixed around Euro / fringe world level with Cunningham and Hammer, where he refined his style.

Over the years as the man in charge of the Gunners, for better or worse, Wenger has developed a reputation, probably well warranted, of being partial to the signing of young and unheard of players, especially if they happen to be French.

(as a 2 - year option if we didn't manage to get a younger one) Even he is kind of short but he is a beast and a real anchor man.

Rose may be advanced in baseball years, but the best he could do as a younger man was a streak of 25 games in 1967.

The dislike between Young and Lethal dates back nearly a year, and the 38 - year - old, Wisconsin - bred Young, who refers to himself as the «Last Real Man», is out to prove he belongs in the conversation of ROH's elite talent.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

It's got so sad I'm thinking Jonny Evans be good signing because I'm thinking he's better than wat we have sad but true mustafi is a lerk one min good next min tackles fresh air, BFG is a wheelchair it's embarrassing kos is injury away from retirement oh but we have Monreal great player but not center back it's joke wenger loves football so that's why going forward we look good but defending not he's game bring back George graham just as defensive coach jez even Sam allardyce has Everton a lot tighter it's fact we can't defend for years I'm sick saying wenger is and will always be arsenal great always in my eyes but he has go for good of everyone we need young fresh manager and not someone mr wenger hand picks and he goes upstairs won't work can't work we need let new coaches do there job and let new manager do he's and please give him money spend and laugh if ye want but the man for new job has be allergi has be if can't get den Luis Enrique if not him get Henry with vieria wat a buzz it be with them 2 my point.

Wenger will look to replace Bacary Sagna with Arsenal looking likely to lose the experienced right - back and the Gunners boss has identified young Toulouse defender Serge Aurier as the man for the job and is ready to make a # 10m move for the 21 year old.

Taylor as a young man played basketball, football and, until a few years ago, tennis.

Maybe the reason is that LSU, in the past 50 years, has had nothing like Billy Abb Cannon and 11 other young men known as the Chinese Bandits.

Ashley Young and John Carew both spent four years at Aston Villa as key men, between 2007 and 2011.

As Luke Shaw faced Yeovil and as Ashley Young put in a man of the match performance in the reverse fixture I assume the 32 - year - old gets the nod for this onAs Luke Shaw faced Yeovil and as Ashley Young put in a man of the match performance in the reverse fixture I assume the 32 - year - old gets the nod for this onas Ashley Young put in a man of the match performance in the reverse fixture I assume the 32 - year - old gets the nod for this one.

To summarise what has happened in the last two years, we've had Alhambra Nievas refereeing an Olympic final and being recognised as the World Rugby Referee Award recipient in 2016, our Olympic Diploma, the men qualifying as a core team on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, our team going to Women's Rugby World Cup 2017 and recently being crowned European champions with a young, inexperienced team.

Just the name makes me tingle exactly as he did when I watched him as a young man from the West Enclosure all those years ago.

Why can't people for God sake understand the angle the young man was coming from, this is a guy who has come out to suggest what he feel will be of great glory to the team, futbol is about winning trophy not the samba, champaign, tick taka or jambody style Of playwill be accredited to ur cv after retirement, every professional player will wants to be identify with a medal, mind you he have limited years to his career, therefore we should not allow sentment or affections we have for our various teams erode the basic objective of the game.we should also think about their future too, this guys are proffessionals which young lads are looking up to and questions will be ask tomorrow about theirs playing days.can people tell me why pele and some other famous players in the world both present and past are been celebrated today the answer is simply cos they are successful in their career and have trophy to show for it in their respective clubs or countries, why the complain in nigeria?its simply cos our team for quite a while now has not recorded any troph to her glory, fans should learn how to call a spade a spade in order to balance situation and also for better performance of the team.why then did arsene wenger hurridly went to buy more experienced players after the poor outing he had at the beggining of last season?this players know beta cos they are at the centre of it all, we don't have to trash what they say, we fans are only watching from screen, in as much as we beliv in arsen wenger, we should also know that without the boys no arsen wenger, fans should try to reason along with the players too.an hypotetical cases of similar to rvp has been tested by some players and have put them right over the coach and the team.so, whatelse does the fans needs to prove that futbol has gone beyond living in the past.for example, fabrigas and nasri were able to prove their critics wrong.thank God for them, we should always be objective in our submission, how else do we expect players to show their commitment to a team that was in 8 on the log table and later fought their way back to 3rd this boys are commendable and deserve to be encouraged, I think is high time the manager and the mgt board of arsenal futbol team get to know that game of futbol has gone beyond two teams domination, its now like a pendilum which can swing either way only with a powerful insrument called money.you can't eat ur cake and have.

Ronaldo Vieira seems to be a forgotten man in the Leeds United midfield, as the young player hasn't seen as much of the pitch as would have been expected of him, given his performance in his breakout season last year.

The 31 - year old winger also believes that the Italian play maker, Francesco Totti could yet go on for a couple more years and that the one - club man should be seen as a role model by young and upcoming footballers to nail the fact that age does not really matter as the Roma legend has made more than 760 appearances for the club.