Sentences with phrase «young it flies by»

Enjoy the children when they are young it flies by.

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Jackson has heard bullets fly through her front door; lost sleep due to the noisy drug - dealing going on nearby; shared her small apartment for months at a time with children taken from crack - addicted mothers; calmed hysterical young women beaten by their drunk boyfriends; wept at the funerals of young boys; and battled obstinate government bureaucracies to get a swingset for the rusty and littered «playground» at the center of the Smith Homes.
In The Philosopher's Pupil (1983) a man's life is changed by his vision of a flying saucer; a key episode in The Good Apprentice turns on what appears to be the effects of a love potion; a young girl in The Green Knight exerts an involuntary telekinesis over the stones that she has collected in her room; in the same novel the goodness of a man named Peter Mir (Mir meaning, in Russian, both «world» and «peace,» as several characters note) seems to be contagious, bringing sweet dreams and love to those with whom he comes in contact.
That young redbud tree delicately budding in my front yard in early spring, that golden haze in which the rolling hills close to my home are bathed on a summer morning, that lovely pond on my walk home from work out of whose rushes a red - winged blackbird almost invariably flies up as I pass by in early autumn, that winter belt of trees across the street transformed by an ice storm into a glittering fairyland — all those beauties of which nature is so achingly and serendipitously full are likewise my modest sources of healing and renewal.
The RAF's young fighter pilots often flew four or five missions a day, in the most physically and mentally taxing circumstances imaginable; fully one - third of them were killed, gravely wounded (often by horrible burns), or captured during the Battle of Britain.
The young men relax — one battered, the other sympathizing — linked by friendship and their efforts to fly.
Selling now, as the article points out, could be the perfect opportunity for the Rangers to reload on the fly by supplementing the young talent discussed above with a major haul through a series of trades.
In 2001 he washired by Armstrong, who describes him as «arguably the brightest young mindin this fight» and who cheerfully tolerates his chief mission officer «ssingle shortcoming: Ulman is afraid to fly.
At last in the 27th minute a great move down the right started by Di Maria when he played the ball out wide to Antonio Valencia who in turn lashed in a wicked cross which was met at the far post by the impressive Young who let fly with a shot that O'Shea managed to get a touch on and in doing so diverted the ball onto the crossbar and out of danger.
Arsenal's signing of Kelechi Nwakali may have largely flown under the radar this summer, especially as the Gunners brought in high profile name such as Shkodran Mustafi, Granit Xhaka and Lucas Perez but the young Nigerian is most certainly very highly rated by the Gunners.
«With the younger ones, there will always be nerves flying about but they get excited by these occasions.
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Especially when we are immersed in the wonderful flurry of taking care of young children, it is so easy for the days to fly by in a way that feels like time is out of our control.
Next time you're on the road with young children, try these simple, entertaining car games to make the miles fly by — no...
This is not because flying poses a greater danger for a younger baby, but because by 2 weeks both you and he will have recovered sufficiently from the birth and have overcome any early difficulties, such as problems with breastfeeding.
For example, what would it take for people to adopt different approaches to, for example: taking young family members by car to football practice, flying off on holidays abroad, visiting relatives in other countries, or driving to the supermarket because the weekly grocery shopping is bulky and heavy?
This «imprinting» means the team can later teach the young birds to fly south for the winter by leading them in ultralight aircraft.
The team has already patented three alkaloids from young leaves that show promise against leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by flies.
Nine representatives of young scientists in the Netherlands, six from Italy and one each from Germany, Poland, and France, flew on Monday, 30 August, to attend the official opening of the Genomics Momentum 2004, which was attended by Dutch Minister Maria van der Hoeven of Education, Culture, and Science, mayor Ivo Opstelten of Rotterdam, and NGI director Peter Folstar, among others.
This claim struck me as odd because I could have sworn that while flying a red - eye across the Atlantic (the ocean) I'd read an article in The Atlantic (the magazine) by Virginia Postrel declaring that science is in fashion and that more young people than ever were choosing to study it.
In medicine, the fly's young offspring are sometimes used in «maggot therapy» to prevent infection of open wounds by selectively consuming dead tissue and secreting enzymes that kill bacteria.
The reproductive biology of the tsetse fly is particularly unconventional: unlike most insects that lay eggs, it gives birth to live young that have developed to a large size by feeding on specialised glands in the mother.
Entitled «Neptune All Night,» the PBS television coverage enraptured a young Cynthia Phillips, who recalls watching the fly - by in her Boston home, late into the night until «caught» by her parents.
Boyle and Wong started by comparing the number of stem cells in young (1 - 2 days old), middle - aged (30 days old) and old (50 days old) flies.
When I was younger, one year seemed like forever, and now, the days seem to fly by.
You might have passed your driving test with flying colors and never text while driving, but it turns out there are a lot more bizarre things that can A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.
A young witch stole them from a great tree on one of the islands above the clouds, and after being attacked by some flying fish - like creatures, the witch fell to the earth, scattering the glowing seeds of the flowers in the woods.
British novelist Mary Stewart's beloved «The Little Broomstick» predates J.K. Rowling's hit Harry Potter series by more than a quarter - century, which means the source material is original, even if its gorgeous big - screen adaptation feels a bit derivative in places — and derivative of not just Rowling's more richly imagined fantasy world, but also Ghibli's own «Kiki's Delivery Service,» which presents a similar plot, in reverse: There, a young witch with a flying broom loses her powers, whereas in this case, young Mary discovers a magical broom that whisks her away to Endor College, where she's celebrated for her newfound abilities.
Yet there's also a telling, caught - on - the - fly moment in which Love is shown being verbally harassed on the street by young kids who, while probably meaning no harm, are already showing signs of ingrained anti-LGBT hostility.
This game is definitely aimed at the younger Pokemaniacs, but older fans like myself can still get enjoyment out of it if they keep an open mind, it's not as good as the first PokePark game do to looser controls and by just not being as much fun, but it manages to expand on what the first game offered in the way of new content, for instance this time you don't just play as Pikachu but also Tepig, Snivy, and Oshawott after you meet them, and you can switch between them on the fly anytime you want, and you'll need to use each of their special abilities in your adventure, it also adds side - scrolling sections and a few other new features to keep things fresh, it also has some multiplayer attractions to play with so that's also nice, and you'll still be befriending all sorts of Pokemon just like the last game, you also get free roam after the main quest so you can make sure to befriend them all, and it's all adorable do to the cute graphics and world, even the loading screens are adorable, and as a gamer who typically plays more serious and violent games it was nice to spend time in the lighthearted PokePark with some of my favorite Pokemon, I recommend it and I definitely see myself returning in the days to come.
Per Fly's Backstabbing For Beginners (2018) is a more known scandal uncovered by a young man anxious to make a breakthrough in politics and government and lands up at the U.N., following in his father's footsteps.
The sparks fly as Fairbanks and his buddy clash over the love of the young woman, portrayed by Rose Hobart.
Beginning with «Easy Rider» (photographed by Kovács), they helped redefine the way movies looked, from grabbing shots on the fly for young directors making personal films on low budgets to using natural light to give a heightened realism to their studio productions.
A young girl who loves wild geese is the main character in the film Fly Away Home, which was also directed by Carroll Ballard.
On the winter's day that we meet him, his young wife leaves him, his mistress, the college chancellor (a marvelous Frances McDormand), tells him that she's pregnant with his child, and his editor (Terry Crabtree, played with a superlative amount of comic verve by Robert Downey Jr.) flies in from New York to find out what's happened to Grady's long - long - awaited follow - up to «The Arsonist's Daughter».
Duets is the first feature about karaoke I've seen, and Byrum uses it as a suggestive metaphor for the dreams of three sets of characters who've lost their way in terms of their personal and family identities: a karaoke hustler (Huey Lewis) who meets his daughter — a Vegas showgirl played by Paltrow — for the first time at the funeral of her mother; a traveling salesman (Paul Giamatti) who flips his lid after flying to Houston instead of Orlando and then going home to an indifferent wife and kids, and who eventually splits and hooks up with an ex-con (Andre Braugher); and a young cabdriver (Scott Speedman) who reluctantly agrees to drive a waitress and part - time hooker (Maria Bello) out west.
When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast rubbish - dump called Trash Island, young Atari Kobayashi (newcomer Koyu Rankin) sets off alone in a miniature Junior - Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard - dog, Spots.
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Fly me to the moon indeed, though there's a method to Lanthimos's portrait of madness, as it serves as a surreal portrait of corrupting power, of the malleability of the young and the authoritarianism of their elders, of the incestuousness of familial bonds (here epitomized by the son's eventual coupling with his sister), and finally, of the rotten underbelly of the middle - class unit.
On the night of her best friend's wedding, she discovers her father (Jeff Garlin) cheating on her mother and flees from the scene of the crime to encounter Annika (Chloe Grace Moretz), a young, fly - by - the - seat - of - her - pants teen - rager who asks if she'll buy her and her underaged posse some brewskis.
Locked away in the attic by their tyrannical grandmother (Academy Award ® winner Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest), it falls to older and sister brother Chris (Jeb Stuart Adams, The Goonies) and Cathy (Kristy Swanson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) to care for their younger siblings.
Directed by Chris Walas, Fly's chief makeup whiz, the sequel was partially saved by Christopher Young's massive orchestral score, which itself is given generous time in the DVD's making - of featurette.
Bereft by the loss of his best friend, Kobayashi's gap - toothed young ward Atari (Koyu Rankin) flies to this «junktopia», where he encounters «a pack of scary, indestructible alpha dogs» whose Anderson-esque battle cry is: «Let's take a vote!»
House of Flying Daggers (its title in Chinese the loaded «Ambush from Ten Directions» — essentially an ambush from everywhere) is at its essence an allegory for rape and the Chinese tradition of concubinage that Zhang has already explored to varying degrees in Raise the Red Lantern, Ju Dou, Shanghai Triad, and, of course, Red Sorghum, in which a young woman played by Gong Li (Ziyi's predecessor as Zhang's muse) is saved from rape by a young man with whom she later runs a winery.
It depicts an ethereal young woman being flown like a kite by the seaside.
But the conceit of a young woman teaming with her knight in shining armour is complicated in House of Flying Daggers by the fact that she is more than capable of taking care of herself, except, fascinatingly, when the attacks against her are sexualized.
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All thoughts of romance fly out the window, though, when Sheryn begins to have disturbing episodes where she is visited by what seems to be the ghost of a pretty young teenager in a pink T - shirt, who can only wail in distress.
In the lovely and thoughtful new picture book Only a Witch Can Fly by Alison McGhee, the Halloween moon beckons to a young girl who longs to fFly by Alison McGhee, the Halloween moon beckons to a young girl who longs to flyfly.
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