Though he studied law, at his father's insistence, and even practiced briefly, the occupation was never more than a cover for what really interested him, which was writing poetry and falling in love.
Francis acknowledges that there were concrete norms which the Church once condoned and even practiced and which it now finds reprehensible: "Let us think of when slavery was accepted or the death penalty was allowed without any problem.
That said, I know that for many even extremely practiced and disciplined Rules Girls, the "no texting" rule can be one of the most challenging to follow.
Even a practiced director would have a tough time cramming all the novel's themes and devices — transference, parents and children, love and loss, and a now-jettisoned subplot that becomes something of a clue — into one movie.
In fact, four seems to be about the limit of what even a practiced mind can do without straying from the beat.
I PRACTICED medicine in Swiss hospitals for seven years, and I loved it.
Is democracy as practiced today dead or dying?
I have a practiced ear for comedy clichés, and there are definitely a lot of those here, even if Carlin was the originator of them.
I have a practiced ear for comedy cliches and there are definitely a lot of those here, even if Carlin was the originator of them.
After the first days, after I kind of practiced shooting, it was exactly this feeling.
