It's not clear at the end that Mr Fletcher's store has really been saved, just as it's not clear at the end of It's a Wonderful Life how much has really changed in the small-minded, oppressive little town that we've seen spoiling so many lives.
- If the doors are made of dark wood and make the room feel small and oppressive.
But a report published today by Dame Anne Owers, Chief Inspector of Prisons, says that this would provide "prison-type accommodation, in small and somewhat oppressive cells – at odds with the atmosphere and facilities in the current centre".
For six seasons, Ramirez, a three-time All-Star, endured small crowds, losing teams, oppressive heat and late-day showers.
He turned against England because it had become smaller in his mind, oppressive and corrupt, no longer the center of civilization that he had come to love.
In his view, if left to their own devices, people would organise into smaller, more equitable, less oppressive communities that would enable humanity to flourish beyond our wildest dreams – a hopeful, if naive, perspective.
In his view, if left to their own devices, people would organize into smaller, more equitable, less oppressive communities that would enable humanity to flourish beyond our wildest dreams a hopeful, if naive, perspective.
His small force, burdened by the oppressive weather and located 800 miles (1,300 km) from their base at Kabul, was surrounded by powerful foes.
Alternatively, you can resist the temptation to coast and push a professional agenda that is now less oppressive and, no small thing, more likely to yield money.
The boredom had grown oppressive in the small apartment that she and her husband eventually rented, interrupted only by people-watching at Walmart and card games at a senior center.
