| 单词 | finishing school |
| 例句 | I hadn’t promised Father I would stay at finishing school, only that I would go. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She was still delicious, and as graceful and composed as if she’d gone to a finishing school for white ladies. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “She was away at finishing school,” Father said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “They are my treasures. This is Hattie, and this is Olive. They are off to finishing school in a few days.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I told him I’d been at finishing school when Ella ran away, and I asked if he knew whether she was safe. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We passed through rich farmland on the final day of our journey to Jenn, the town where our finishing school was located. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z During my tenth year, a white woman’s kitchen became my finishing school. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I admire the daughter, Ella, but she has gone to finishing school, where I fear she will be made less admirable. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “If Father doesn’t send me back to finishing school, and if he doesn’t want me to travel with him.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She gave me her finishing school grammar book. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “It’s no one’s fault. Look, I don’t intend to keep badgering you about finishing school. And who knows what you’ll do when you finish. I wish you’d talk to me about it.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The wedding was to be in a week, as soon as arrangements could be made, and as soon as Hattie and Olive returned from finishing school. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But it was the same one I’d looked at in the carriage on the way to finishing school—of Frell, and no use to me now. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I may need civilized company to like you. I’ve made up my mind. It’s off to finishing school with you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Was finishing school so wearisome that you had to run away?” he asked. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And when he heard you were at finishing school, he was indignant. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I told them about finishing school, and they began to snore.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The Order Castles were prestigious finishing schools for the Nazi elite. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z On my way out, I said, “Perhaps small elephants cannot be admitted to finishing school. Perhaps small elephants cannot be finished. Perhaps they...” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Except for Areida, I had little pleasure from the society at finishing school. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She touched my neck, and it was hung so heavy with jewels that it took all my finishing school training to keep my head up. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “What did they do to you at that finishing school? No wonder you ran off.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “How kind of you to worry. A governess would be much more expensive. And I haven’t the time to interview governesses. In two days, you shall go to finishing school with Dame Olga’s daughters.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I told him I had run away from finishing school. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps I should send you to finishing school with her daughters. You might learn how to walk like the slip of a thing you are and not like a small elephant.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Grandma Fatima stayed with us and took care of Maha, Mother, and the new baby while my brothers and I were finishing school. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “If he could be the Minister of Education without finishing school, there’s no reason why he can’t be the Minister of Agriculture without ever having seen a cow,” Senator Trueba remarked. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where else can you go? You fled finishing school, and you’ll be in better society here than you would find with me. Including me. Don’t run off again.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z After finishing school, Heta spent 18 months at Camp Bondsteel, tending to the sports fields where American soldiers would let off steam. Indebted to America, Kosovo struggles to curb Islamist recruits 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z She was sent to convent and finishing schools, only to escape or be expelled. Leonora Carrington, the surrealist storytelling genius you've never heard of 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Sheeps are graduates of that most venerable of comedy finishing schools, Cambridge Footlights. New Edinburgh Act of the Day: Sheeps 2011-08-16T13:26:54Z Even Tillman, it turns out, who is attending what is effectively a basketball finishing school, an hour away from his poorer neighborhood in Rainier Beach, is less sure of himself than he seems. “American Vandal” Season 2 Goes from Poop Jokes to Adolescent Dystopia 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Let it be an embarrassment that goes unnamed if he’s unsuccessful in finishing school and an achievement to be celebrated alongside your marriage in the event that he is. Salon’s social bootcamp: Our mutual friend isn’t invited to her wedding? And how soon too soon to call him Doctor? 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z When she was 16, her parents sent her to a finishing school in Kent, in southern England, and in the early 1950s, she studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. At Tate Britain, Celebrating a Mischievous, Subversive Talent 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z A boy-meets-girl story set at a finishing school on the French Riviera, the show featured flapper dress and self-consciously innocuous songs like “I Could Be Happy With You” and “Won’t You Charleston With Me?” Sandy Wilson, Composer and Writer of ‘The Boy Friend,’ Dies at 90 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z After finishing school, he joined the British civil service, working in Burma, now Myanmar. Orwell’s ideas remain relevant 75 years after "Animal Farm" was published 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z She became more immersed in design, and interned at the Government Publishing and Printing Office in The Hague, where she returned after finishing school. Irma Boom’s Library, Where Pure Experimentalism Is on the Shelf 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z “Talk to me in the King’s English, Tarzan, just like they taught you in finishing school,” she says. In “The Feral Detective,” Jonathan Lethem Returns to Detective Noir for the Trump Era 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z There was no college and no finishing school, no slow courtship of traditional critical respect. The Secrets of Vera Caspary, the Woman Who Wrote "Laura" 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z A former preschool teacher with a pedigree of her own — boarding and finishing school, where she studied French, cooking and skiing — Tiggy was perhaps the perfect royal nanny for the young princes. Motherlode: The Nanny at the Wedding 2011-04-29T17:13:44Z To this end they attend a finishing school, Hereford Hall, which of course isn't even a real school, more a makeshift Stepford Wives academy from the 1950s set up in a stately home. Ladette To Lady needs to forget some of its reality TV etiquette 2010-07-21T12:28:00Z She left at 15 and was promptly dispatched to finishing school in Switzerland. Philippa Perry: Couch fiction 2010-04-17T23:07:00Z In the years that followed, she studied drama in finishing school, prep school, Yale University and the Actor's Studio. Julie Harris, Broadway star, dies at 87 2013-08-25T00:38:31Z Michael Tilson Thomas brings to New York an ensemble he helped found 31 years ago as a kind of finishing school for orchestral musicians. 6 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z When Sandra was just 6 years old, they sent her to live with her maternal grandparents in El Paso, where she attended a finishing school, ate on white tablecloths and studied Latin and Greek. An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z David Sedaris recounts his family’s summer vacations in Emerald Isle, North Carolina, and Alice Gregory visits the last finishing school operating in Switzerland. Sunday Reading: Summer Travel 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment is like a finishing school would be, were swearing actively encouraged there. This week's new live music 2011-01-01T00:05:40Z "There is more female empowerment at a Taliban finishing school than in this show," Palmer wrote. Critics pan "charmless" Spice Girls musical 2012-12-12T16:10:56Z His work has been to finishing school, and his hits, particularly from the ’80s onward, can be difficult to get inside and reconsider. Critic’s Notebook: Billy Joel’s New Year’s Eve Concert at Barclays Center 2014-01-02T22:33:44Z Perhaps down the line, Future Brown will be its own finishing school. Future Brown, Confident Song Collective, Cooks New Stews 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z And 3rd Ward in Bushwick is a veritable finishing school for the Etsy set, with classes on screen printing and welding. Brooklyn Brainery Offers Popular Courses 2012-04-04T21:47:16Z In the years that followed, she studied drama in finishing school, prep school, at Yale University and The Actors Studio. Julie Harris, Broadway star, dies at 87 2013-08-25T02:41:41Z Despite a raging world war, in 1944, my mother was sent to finishing school in Königsberg, until that August when she escaped Britain's fiery bombing of the city under a wet blanket. My grandfather was a Nazi. Our family's story of complicity shows where the road to extremism leads 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z “As Maxime Powell, who ran the label’s famous finishing school, used to say: ‘You girls are diamonds in the rough. The Untold Story of Supreme Style 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z In 2012, it emerged that the son of an Italian anti-immigration politician had received a degree from a private university in Albania a year after finishing school, without stepping foot in the university. The minister, his mentor and the fight against a suspect system in Serbia 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z At the time when I was finishing school and living in New York, those roles were not available in the mainstream. Is Stephanie Hsu the ‘Dark Horse’ of Award Season? 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z “People know somebody who is couch-locked, not finishing school, not getting a job and it is like, ‘Wait a minute, this is not harmless’,” he says. Dreaming of the billion-dollar high in California’s marijuana green rush 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Jim McNeely, the pianist and composer, mentored Mr. Argue and a slew of other rising bandleaders during his years at the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a sort of finishing school for young composers. ‘They’re Doing It Out of Love’: The Big Band Rises Again 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Image is so important that the N.B.A. now sends new players to an extra training camp: finishing school. ‘Survivor’s Remorse,’ a Comedy About a Basketball Star 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z It didn’t help that Finch maintained a reputation as a finishing school long after it had gone from a two-year college to four. ‘Where Out-of-Town Girls Could Come Feel Safe in New York’ 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z "Looks like somebody needs to go back to finishing school," the host says to laughs when the protester is escorted out. The best parts of Starz's Watergate series “Gaslit” are the characters history cast aside 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z As Evangeline, Ms. Blood is perhaps a bit too finished to suggest a girl fresh from finishing school, but she acts the role with a convincing sincerity and sweetness, and does a fine British accent. Theater Review: Cole Porter’s ‘Nymph Errant’ Is Revived 2012-07-13T22:47:11Z She was educated at Francis Holland school in Regent's Park and went to a finishing school in Switzerland. Zo? Dominic obituary 2011-01-18T18:28:56Z She pored through troves of literature and poetry, while taking classes catered to her intellectual interests, knowing she eventually planned to join Heart instead of finishing school. Heart’s Nancy Wilson finds her voice with first true solo album 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z I had a dated fantasy of the place as a prim, WASPy finishing school for artistically inclined girls. My ironic sorority disaster 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Lipa took a gap year after finishing school and resolved to find a manager. Dua Lipa’s Unplanned, Uncertain, Unprecedented Album Launch 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z The best thing my dad ever did for me was when I was finishing school. Danny DeVito: I still miss my father 2012-06-15T23:05:18Z But the story of a dewy Englishwoman fresh out of a Swiss finishing school looking for adventure abroad apparently was judged to have little American appeal, and the musical was never produced on Broadway. Theater Review: Cole Porter’s ‘Nymph Errant’ Is Revived 2012-07-13T22:47:11Z After attending a small finishing school in Oxford, studying languages and art history, she spent a year studying art at the Louvre. Emma Tennant, Who Wrote Beyond the Fringe of Realism, Dies at 79 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, Gaines recalls the place as a sort of magical finishing school, a round-the-clock dinner party attended by the most interesting people you could possibly imagine. ‘Inside My Head I’m a Girl’: Three Ways of Growing Up Gay 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Salon spoke to Prinstein by phone about adolescent pecking orders, the popularity of and ire toward our 45th president and why we don’t all need to go to finishing school as grown-ups. Doomed to relive high school? Science that says who we were at 16 still defines us 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The majority of my classmates either went to finishing school or they just left high school and married shortly thereafter. The head of the Madeira School reflects on being a change agent 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Or maybe a Michael Moore who went to finishing school and learned how to charm rather than intimidate the people she talks to. Review: ‘Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?’ Explores Campaign Contributors 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z Somewhere in the book, I wrote in the margins “Does everybody just need to go to finishing school and read Dale Carnegie?” Doomed to relive high school? Science that says who we were at 16 still defines us 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Gilbert's mystical retreat is really just the latest form of charm or finishing school, like carrying a book around on your head. Valentine's Day: let's hear it for Hollywood's odd couples 2013-02-14T08:01:01Z She reported for military service two weeks after finishing school. A third-generation Israeli soldier has been missing for over a week. Her family can only wait. 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z Now Mr Malema is seen as something of a trendsetter, with an increasing number of politicians and celebrities finishing school while others are furthering their studies, though none have cited him as an inspiration . South Africa's Julius Malema celebrates 10 years of the EFF 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z After finishing school, she would sometimes get lifts from team-mates - but she would often have to take public transport to make training and matches. The kid with the cheeky smile who became a leader 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z It then saw periods of use as a hunting lodge, World War Two convalescent hospital and a finishing school owned by a New Zealand-born spy who survived imprisonment in Colditz. Bob Dylan puts Highland mansion retreat up for sale 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Gracie's also achieved a lot in the last five years, including finishing school and getting a 2:1 in film production from the University of Salford. Laura Nuttall's sister Gracie: 'It feels like losing a future and a sibling' 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Ever since finishing school, Mr. Sandage said, “I’ve deferred payments because it’s the cheapest option,” even though he’s known that, except during the federal pandemic payments pause, interest has been accruing. Retirement-Age Money Issues: Planners Weigh In on Your Questions 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Liberal arts advocates have long argued that they serve as a “finishing school” for careers in business, law and medicine that often require additional graduate degrees. Liberal arts programs face mounting challenges, from soaring costs to waning interest 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Advocates for the liberal arts have long argued that they serve as a “finishing school” for careers in business, law and medicine that often require additional graduate degrees. College students follow the money into STEM education, killing off struggling liberal arts programs 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Consider, too, that some contacts may appreciate working with someone who isn’t another cookie-cutter finishing school graduate. Advice | Work Advice: Does this worker need coaching, or am I just biased? 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z "If breaking into the team is the foundation, the Champions League and the upper echelons of the Premier League are the finishing school." Is Southgate right about the lack of English players? 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Ms Clifton was born on 16 March 1915 in Lambeth, south London, and after finishing school she followed her passion for fashion, working as a clothing cutter and before joining her daughter's printing business. Advice for a long life from Orpington 108-year-old: 'Work hard but party harder' 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Contemptuous of tradition and lineage, massively successful despite not having been educated in the finishing schools of Fleming’s youth, McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr brushed off British propriety as a relic. Forget the Stones: Beatles vs. Bond was the real British rivalry, per a new book 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Hudson’s son lost help with his homework and a support system she didn’t have the capacity to offer as a single, working mother of two who was finishing school. You’re not getting child tax credit checks anymore. Here’s why 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Its other roles include being used as a war time hospital, a ladies' finishing school and a training centre for the Conservative party. Ashridge House: How the former home of Henry VIII is branching out 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z The woman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, said she is the main breadwinner in her family — supporting her elderly parents and her husband, who is just finishing school. Taliban bars women from working at NGOs in Afghanistan 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z After finishing school he went on to Oxford to study philosophy, politics and economics, before studying for an MBA at Stanford University in California. Rishi Sunak: The Star Wars fan turned political force 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z In one recorded after finishing school exams, she says: "Nothing feels better than freedom." Iran protests: Nika Shakarami's mother says her daughter was murdered 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z They are concerned about finishing school or keeping their job, or they say they can't afford to a baby right now. Herschel Walker is a ridiculous person — but his ex is a typical abortion patient 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z When they met, each at around 22 years old through mutual friends, Flanagan was trying to get a clothing brand off the ground, while Muro was finishing school and getting into styling. As it turns out, Mom n Dad do know a little somethin' somethin' about vintage 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z A finishing school in Switzerland prepared Camilla for life as a debutante in London society. Camilla, the new Queen Consort 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z After leaving school at 16, she spent time at a finishing school in the Swiss Alps and worked as a nanny and preschool teacher while living in London. Diana’s death stunned the world — and changed the royals 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z After leaving school at 16, she spent time at a finishing school in the Swiss Alps and worked as a nanny and pre-school teacher while living in London. Diana’s death stunned the world — and changed the royals 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Roberts conceded the pitcher still “can get considerably better” and that “there’s a lot of finishing school that needs to happen.” Dodgers' Dustin May continues to impress, but Marlins' Sandy Alcantara outpitches him 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The daughter of a wealthy banker who served in Royal Horse Guards, she grew up in an aristocratic world of Swiss finishing schools and an ancestral estate in Wales and later opened a nursery school. BBC Apologizes to Royal Nanny Swept Up in Diana Reporting Furor 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z After finishing school in the early 60s, Terry left Haverfordwest to join the Royal Navy and lost contact with his old school friends - but not before donating his books and stationary to the school library. Terrence Higgins: A name that gave hope to those with HIV and Aids 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z For two particular graduates this year, earning a diploma was not just a mark of finishing school, but a symbol of perseverance for them and their families. Persevering through pandemic hardships, two members of the class of 2022 earn their diplomas 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z He wanted her to keep the fetus, he said, and planned to take on a job while finishing school so that he could support a family. The Voices of Men Affected by Abortion 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Born in 1935 in Lisbon into a prosperous family, Dame Paula was sent to an English finishing school as a teenager. Dame Paula Rego: Celebrated Portuguese-British artist dies at 87 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z He moves so gracefully, has great feet, remarkable vision and looks like he's learned to play his football at some finishing school for geniuses. Who has transformed a side? Garth Crooks' Team of the Season 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Leigh, nee Vivian Hartley, was the Kolkata-born daughter of a British stockbroker, shipped off at an early age to a U.K. convent, then to European finishing schools. Review | Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier: A tale of love and madness 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Herrera began painting as a girl, went to finishing school in Paris and returned to Cuba to study architecture at the University of Havana. Carmen Herrera, minimalist artist who found fame late in life, dies at 106 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z “And then I was finishing school — this was back in July last year — and I thought, actually, this is the perfect time to do something crazy and fly around the world,” she said. Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford becomes the youngest woman to fly solo around the world 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z After finishing school at 17, Mr. Stoddart wanted to become a reporter, but the local newspaper, the Berwick Advertiser, only had an opening for an apprentice photographer. Tom Stoddart, British photojournalist who portrayed human dignity amid the fury of war, dies at 67 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Halyna was just finishing school at the American Film Institute, and whenever I was invited to an industry party, she wanted to go with me. Appreciation: She was a supernova. Filmmaker Rachel Mason on her friendship with ‘Rust’ DP Halyna Hutchins 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z "There isn't the same structure going on over there. It's a lot more fun than staying at home and finishing school and doing normal activities with your friends." Charlie Sheen's child support ruling has left Denise Richards' husband Aaron Phypers 'heartbroken': report 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Probably not, but it will work handily for prep for all your meals while finishing school and getting started at your first place. 16 starter kitchen essentials everyone should own | Provided by ST Content Studio 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The jockeys’ room here is a cross of a sorority house, a sweaty gym and an equine finishing school. No Need for Speed 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Form most in Wales, the current so-called heatwave coincides with children finishing school for the summer holiday. Child sunburn cases at Swansea's Welsh burns hospital prompts warning 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Alexandra, who wants to work in computer programming after finishing school, likes popular Greek songs and the piano. Technology helps disabled student play the harp with her eyes 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z I was finishing school and a lot of my friends were leaving, knowing that we might never come back. Maisie Peters: Meet the singer who's been snapped up by Ed Sheeran 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z After finishing school in her hometown of Naples, she moved to Bologna at the age of 20 to study computer science at the Institute for the Blind. Valentina Petrillo: 'Better to be a slow happy woman than a fast unhappy man' 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Gibbs began as “part finishing school and part party school,” where girls “could escape for a year between college and getting married and let their hair down.” Review | The hotel that nurtured ambitious women and their New York dreams 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z For his senior season, he transferred to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, a boarding school with a track record as a finishing school for top recruits. Battle of Illinois highlights 2nd round in NCAA Midwest 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z And Madison wasn’t about to back down from finishing school on time, even when her mom questioned whether she was pushing herself too hard. Student’s medical setbacks fuel passion for nursing career 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z “It really erodes that idea of Europe being the finishing school of human evolution,” Nowell says. This 45,500-year-old pig painting is the world’s oldest animal art 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z “We’re not rich, and finishing school is my only way to repay my parents for raising me.” Scaling roofs and mountains, Philippine students battle to take online classes 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z After graduating from a Swiss finishing school she jobbed around – a bit of secretarial work, managing a McDonald’s – before moving into therapy in her late 20s. Philippa Perry: ‘Most parents are not evil - they're lovely people with the wrong tools' 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z He knew he was fortunate, selected among a group of two dozen boys who were given coveted places living and training at France’s national training center at Clairefontaine, arguably the world’s leading soccer finishing school. Young Players, Blurred Boundaries and a Coach on the Move 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Kobayashi, he said, had envisioned the school as a place for “wholesome family entertainment” and as a finishing school for women from “good families”. A revolution is sweeping through Japan's Takarazuka Music School 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z A girl falls in love with her finishing school headmistress, who feels the same but tries to suppress her desires. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z At this point, finishing school would be an impressive achievement. The Mars Rover and the Story of a Curious Little Girl 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z At the time, he was informed that there were a large percentage of kids dropping out and not finishing school. After successful career, basketball star happy to give back 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z “Upon finishing school, like many people, I focused on building my career and businesses,” she said in a statement. Nevada congressional candidate has not voted in 12 years 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Perhaps that’s not surprising, given that these students are finishing school not only in the midst of a pandemic but also surrounded by extraordinary political polarization. Can Biden Expand the Map? 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z The WWE Performance Center is a finishing school of sorts for wrestlers. Pro wrestling ‘essential’ under Florida governor’s order 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z “Almost on the way to finishing school. I want to be in the medical profession.” Season Interrupted: Palisades hoops star Jane Nwaba finds inspiration at home 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z One tells him she is just finishing school. Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z When she convinced him that it was a finishing school, he relented. B. Smith, Model Turned Restaurateur and Lifestyle Guru, Dies at 70 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z After all, the club lives off its reputation as the finishing school for Europe’s very best players. Haaland and Sancho shaping Dortmund’s young and hungry team 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Chambers was born Dec. 1, 1919, in Dayton, Ohio, and attended Finch College in New York, a former finishing school for women in New York. Anne Cox Chambers, media heiress and former ambassador, dies at 100 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z But he was incredibly clumsy: he made me look like I’d been to finishing school. ‘I sliced the tops off four fingers’: what my worst kitchen accidents taught me 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “I was just going to focus on getting my degree and finishing school,’’ he said. How receiver DK Metcalf overcame a ‘heartbreaking’ injury to become a Seahawks rookie sensation 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z “At first I never saw myself getting a job or even finishing school,” Washington-Tribble said. Two Houston teenagers get Hopkins/Stills shopping spree 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z They teach us to view college as a finishing school and as a consumer good that one buys, rather than an enlightening experience. The piecemeal welfare state 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s thought of as a bit of a finishing school for diplomats and for State Department types. Transcript: Roberta Jacobson 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z After finishing school in the early 1990s he moved to the capital, Baghdad. Who was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Paradise Hills A young woman from a wealthy family is shipped off to a futuristic finishing school on a remote island. Movie openings in L.A. this week: 'The Current War' and more 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z The 32-acre enclave was once a private finishing school for girls and an annex for Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Just north of Silver Spring, it’s a neighborly day in the beauty wood 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The Arizona Fall League is considered a finishing school of sorts for prospects. Angels reinstate shortstop Andrelton Simmons from the injured list 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z After finishing school last year, Nyo and her classmate, Phyu, who are being identified by their nicknames because they are minors, decided they wanted more than what this impoverished army outpost offered. Teenage Brides Trafficked to China Reveal Ordeal: ‘Ma, I’ve Been Sold’ 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Fourth priority goes to 21-year-olds who are finishing school and need day services to maintain skills and pursue economic self-sufficiency. Nebraskans with developmental disabilities wait for services 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Campos was finishing school at the University of Texas at El Paso, working to become a teacher. A couple married for 60 years, a veteran, a teacher: the lives cut short in El Paso 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Campus life seemed closer to a finishing school than to an institution of learning. Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dead at 88 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z “Willie is a bit of a finishing school for some of the people in his orbit,” the local observer told me. Kamala Harris Makes Her Case 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z After finishing school, I applied to the Emergency Services Training Institute and continued my training. Pilot, lawyer, medic: meet the people who turned video game careers into real ones 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z For much of their 700-year histories, these institutions had trained young men for ministry in the church, or acted as finishing schools for their more aristocratic classmates. The society that turned Cambridge into a scientific powerhouse 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z He is the embodiment of the rich, clever, self-replicating people from the governing classes who’ve been to the finishing schools of the governing elite and think they know everything. Just who are the gilets jaunes? 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z She was good enough at tennis to consider junior Wimbledon but ended up being sent to an equally miserable finishing school in France. Obituary: Baroness Trumpington 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z After finishing school Mr Koolen studied mechanical engineering at a university in the city of Eindhoven. 'I broke 22 bones and lost a year's memory' 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z About 88 percent of teens said they then stay up too late finishing school projects, with 59 percent saying delayed sleep occurs on a weekly or daily basis. Long school days and heavy workload impacting sleep in teens: Survey 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z One afternoon in an upstairs classroom, Neri told me, “My mother never liked the term ‘finishing school.’ Lessons from the Last Swiss Finishing School 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Becoming a U.S. citizen enables her to “do great things in life, like finishing school at the university to become a doctor and helping others that are in need,” she said. New citizens take their oaths in Seattle and around U.S. amid tightening immigration rules 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z After finishing school as a teenager, Kipchoge helped support his family by collecting milk from neighbors and selling it at a market. Eliud Kipchoge Is the Greatest Marathoner, Ever 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z American colleges and universities were once little more than finishing schools for the wealthy. Opinion | Back-to-School Advice for College Trustees 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z I maintained steady employment in journalism since finishing school, and in 2016 I was hired as an editor at the New York Times. The inescapable weight of my $100,000 student debt 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z In America, too, many finishing schools closed, and the few that remained open, such as Miss Porter’s, in Connecticut, and the now defunct Finch College, in Manhattan, elected to emphasize rigorous academics. Lessons from the Last Swiss Finishing School 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z After finishing school she became a doctor and volunteered at the Muslim free hospital. 'Why are we afraid to say vagina?': Myanmar learns to talk about sex 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z After finishing school she worked as a hairdresser for three years, but then retrained as a nurse, eventually specialising in surgical nursing. 'I've been an NHS patient for 70 years' 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z That piqued my curiosity about the quality of the Mets’ finishing school. The Mets Are Deeply, Thoroughly Broken 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z If you’re a natural entrepreneur with dreams of being your own boss and controlling your income, you might want to launch a business immediately after finishing school. 8 big career mistakes that new college grads should avoid 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Housed in a traditional chalet, built in 1911 for a Dutch baroness, the institute bills itself as the last finishing school in Switzerland. Lessons from the Last Swiss Finishing School 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The decision to withhold Justify from competition as a 2-year-old, skipping the traditional finishing school for thoroughbreds from whom much is expected, wasn’t a decision at all, as Baffert explained. Justify’s path to cusp of Triple Crown is unusual. But so is training a 1,380-pound athlete. 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Once he settled into his career and raising a family, finishing school was no longer a priority. WW II veteran to graduate 68 years after leaving college 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z After finishing school, Morrison tried his hand at sketch comedy with the help of the staff of the former LynnCam television network. Lynn man’s film will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The niece of the Front National leader, Marine Le Pen, is opening a finishing school to train the future leaders of France’s far right. Marine Le Pen's niece to open training school for far-right leaders 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Unaccredited, expensive, and, typically, family run, Swiss finishing schools took the place of men’s university education for many wealthy Western European women with matrimonial ambitions. Lessons from the Last Swiss Finishing School 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z They needed several decades of finishing school before being deemed well-mannered enough to join the band indoors in the 18th century. A hearing-loss lawsuit raises questions about orchestras’ duty of care 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Denver was Miller’s finishing school, where he eventually graduated to Gwozdecky’s No. 1 assistant. Ohio State’s Secret Weapon? An Assistant Coach 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z "Her odds of finishing school decrease while her odds of being abused by her husband and suffering complications during pregnancy increase. There are also huge societal consequences, and higher risk of intergenerational cycles of poverty." Child marriages declining, says Unicef 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z “They were saying, ‘You’re not a real woman,’ and I was saying, ‘I will still be a real woman one day,’ ” finishing school, marrying and having children, in her own time, she said. She Ran From the Cut, and Helped Thousands of Other Girls Escape, Too 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z She admired it quietly and explained that she would like to start her own finishing school, perhaps in Ethiopia. Lessons from the Last Swiss Finishing School 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z She said they’re looking for creative solutions and services to help students overcome challenges to finishing school. Indiana’s Ivy Tech plans to increase enrollment, degrees 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Known as the Colonial or Gate house, this home was once the Phi Delta Psi sorority house at the National Park Seminary, a private finishing school for young women. Former sorority house at National Park Seminary undergoes painstaking renovation 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z But the league is providing a stage and a finishing school. A Premier League all-star XI: young, energetic and upwardly mobile 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Prisons, he decided, were simply “finishing schools for crime.” Charles Halleck, conservative D.C. judge turned progressive firebrand, dies at 88 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Ajax was his finishing school; his ideas on the game were confirmed and reinforced when, after a hugely successful stint at PSV, he joined up with Johan Cruyff again at Barcelona. Ronald Koeman’s Everton story exposes shortcomings of the post-Cruyffians 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z A handful of companies are building corporate finishing schools to attract and keep the skilled workers they need. These Companies Will Pay You to Learn Your Job 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Diana’s handwritten French vocabulary book from her time at a Swiss finishing school sold for more than $15,000. Princess Diana’s silver card case sells for almost $21,000 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Miss D’s criticism hurt at times, yet Sermak realized that graduating from the Bette Davis finishing school had its advantages for a woman of her generation. Book Review: Memoir is bittersweet farewell to Bette Davis 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Ferguson helped to train about 50 young writers before his retirement, and during his tenure, the Topeka bureau was sometimes referred to as a “finishing school” for reporters. Lew Ferguson, esteemed AP Kansas political reporter, dies 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Blanche had private tutors and attended a finishing school in England. Mistress and muse of James Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming, dies at 104 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The travel agency's customers are predominantly 20-somethings, many of whom are taking a gap year, after finishing school or university. Where's hot? This summer's most popular holiday spots - BBC News 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Payton would later join the military after finishing school and, after completing his deployment, he came to Galesburg, but didn’t plan to stay. EXCHANGE: Remembering a gospel music group of the 1960s 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Lincoln Cricket Club captain and India native Karthik Vepuri joined the local club after finishing school in Kansas and moving to Lincoln. Cricket brings together diverse students in Nebraska 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z The life he described sounded claustrophobically circumscribed, but Lozada told me that his main regret was not finishing school. Colombia’s Guerrillas Come Out of the Jungle 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z In addition to not finishing school, Jackamonis worried about possible removal from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department Explorer Post, which introduces young people to the law enforcement field while teaching them discipline, accountability and responsibility. Richland deputy who turned troubled life around shares story 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z America’s premier universities, long the gatekeepers for the elite, have changed greatly since their days as glorified finishing schools for scions. Skipping class 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “College Cup, finishing school, the D.C. offer,” he said, “it was a whirlwind.” Like father, like son: Ian Harkes signs with D.C. United 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Stephens later went on to work in the City after finishing school. Omen star Harvey Spencer Stephens sentenced for road rage attack - BBC News 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z From an early age, she flouted conservative English norms by quitting a finishing school and breaking off an engagement to a family friend. Clare Hollingworth, reporter who broke news about start of World War II, dies at 105 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Reynolds is a product of the MGM finishing school, one of the last classic Hollywood stars with a wholesome image she managed to preserve despite a turbulent personal life, including her notorious split from Fisher. ‘Bright Lights’ review: HBO film profiles the complex bond between Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z She left Havana to go to finishing school in Paris and returned to study architecture at university. Carmen Herrera: 'Men controlled everything, not just art' 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z But lest anyone think Brown’s group is a superficial course just about etiquette or an old-fashioned finishing school - once considered an aide in landing a wealthy husband - that’s not the case at all. After-school program turns girls into sophisticated ladies 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Off the field, he’s building a unique finishing school for athletically gifted young men. UW football coach Chris Petersen pushes players on and off the field to success 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Behind them is Cody Bellinger, a power-hitting first baseman who is playing in the Arizona Fall League, a finishing school for baseball’s top prospects. Corey Seager could be just the start of another long run of top young Dodgers players 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z But Ms. Murillo, a poet who had attended a British convent school and a Swiss finishing school and was fluent in English and French, wanted a bigger role. Wife, First Lady and Now Running Mate: Amassing Power in Nicaragua 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z The Orlando facility, closed to the public, is a kind of wrestling finishing school in which skills and moves are honed under ultra-slow motion footage. Tim Wiese goes from Bundesliga to WWE: ‘I’ve got trash-talking in my blood’ 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Soon after finishing school, Price said, she went on welfare. On 20th anniversary of welfare reform, D.C. still foots bill for longtime recipients 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Off the field, he seems to be building a unique finishing school for athletically gifted young men. UW football coach Chris Petersen pushes players on and off the field to success 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Still, the body and the clothing made it hard for Dodds to have a legitimate job in the business world after finishing school. ‘We just want to be accepted.’ At a vigil, transgender people mourn one of their own. 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Essentially, the Indians sent Wright to a knuckleball finishing school, with Wakefield as his professor. Steven Wright Snagged an All-Star Spot by a Fingertip 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z The Douglas Education Center was founded in 1904 as a finishing school for high school graduates headed into corporate jobs. A Town’s Past and Its Future Rest in the Husk of an Industry Long Gone 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z He has a girlfriend, is just finishing school and is nervous and excited about living by himself for the first time in an assisted living facility on Massachusetts' Cape Cod. 'Life, Animated' follows an autistic boy's astonishing journey back to the world with the help of Disney movies 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z “It was sort of a two-year finishing school in clock repair where we learned the idiosyncrasies of various schools of clock making: French, English, American, German,” Salamini said. Charlottesville’s Clock Shop of Virginia is winding down 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z “The house itself, as the finishing school for Polish agents, remains an important historical link in Polish resistance during world war two.” Silent, unseen but not forgotten: Poland's resistance fighters honoured 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z In the book, Selingo praises a Seattle startup called Koru, which runs a kind of finishing school for recent college grads that trains them to be ready for the workforce. Advice on how -- and whether -- to go to college 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z “We help them with their self-sufficiency, help them with their goals like finishing school.” Program pairs first-time mothers with nurses 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Then there is the timeout, which for coaches becomes a finishing school to prove their brilliance. N.B.A. Should Cut to the Chase: Best of 3 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z “I was looking forward to finishing school. You really feel you have a job coming up?” Florida woman sees Governor Rick Scott in a Starbucks and offers him a piece of her mind: “You’re an asshole! You don’t care about working people” 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z It is not happening in Europe, home to many of the world's best-known finishing schools. A look inside China's first finishing school - BBC News 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z But Karpeh couldn’t shake her dream of finishing school and becoming a nurse, Kennedy said. Minnesota nurse returning to Sierra Leone to be midwife 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z He calls the Shrine a “finishing school for men” and a place that “makes good men better.” Osiris Shrine brotherhood leader promises exciting year 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z A few seats over, Rich Bowen, 69, a retiree, agreed that Trump needs “to go to finishing school and be a little more polished.” With Trump leading in Virginia, Rubio makes a big play 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z Kids missed school to cheer for their graduating moms and dads; skipping one day is worth learning the importance of finishing school, their parents said. He's 48, just graduated from high school and owes it all to the library 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Welcome to Institute Sarita, which it claims is China's first finishing school. A look inside China's first finishing school - BBC News 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z She was fast tracked through the system, finishing school four years early and starting university at 14. How starting early helped Deb Weidenhamer build a business - BBC News 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z I thought it would stop me from finishing school but once I told the administrators my issue they told me to bring him to school with me. Photo of Teacher Babysitting Student's Child Goes Viral 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z It was supposed to be a finishing school for the Galaxy's academy players and a halfway house for older players making their way from college to MLS. For Galaxy II, it's no minor feat to reach league title game as it develops players for major club 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The institution dominated the higher-education landscape well into the 1970s, serving as the finishing school to groom city elite and civil servants. Academic freedom at risk? Prof who backed Hong Kong protests denied post 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z For Patterson, a quarterback who won state championships the previous two seasons at a high school in Louisiana, IMG Academy is serving as a finishing school. High School Football Inc. 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Most important, perhaps, they received what the school calls ‘‘mandatory and intrusive guidance’’ from counselors who helped them choose classes, get through rough patches and focus on the long-term benefits of finishing school. Is College Tuition Really Too High? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The AFL is a finishing school for baseball's top prospects. Scott Van Slyke comes close to pitching in Dodgers' extra-inning game 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z After finishing school in 1944 she began training to be a medical assistant, a program she was unable to finish due to the chaos of wartime Germany. German Heiress Johanna Quandt Dies at 89 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z After finishing school he started traveling the world, exploring underground music scenes in Brazil and Japan and showing off his discoveries on a series of mixtapes. Inside Diplo's big summer: Las Vegas, 'Lean On' and Justin Bieber 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z A finishing school for those who with to join that European technocratic elite. Mom's Apple Pie Isn't So Good And By The Way, I'm A Satanist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Glad you asked—after finishing school in England, he tried to attend college and hated it, quitting after a month. Who is Danny Willett? A primer on a surprise British Open leader: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z A few weeks before finishing school, he also received an associate degree in computer systems technology. Business high school 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Lady Rozelle Raynes was resigned to finishing school and life as a debutante until World War Two intervened. Been and Gone: The voice of the moon landings and the father of trainspotting - BBC News 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z After finishing school, Jennings joined the Sunday Times in London, where he got a taste of investigative journalism. How a curmudgeonly old reporter exposed the FIFA scandal that toppled Sepp Blatter 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z “At that point I just felt really comfortable. With deciding to come back, just talking to my parents, that was probably the biggest influence, finishing school, getting my education.” Georgetown’s Smith-Rivera discusses return 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z After finishing school at Shawnee Community College, she couldn’t find full-time employment, she said. EXCHANGE: Popular hot dog cart expanding to storefront 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z “I was finishing school in ‘77 - Harvard Divinity School - and got a degree, master’s of divinity. Man who challenged power plant resists easy labels 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z It was like going to finishing school — 25 women under 35, all articulate and well dressed. She asked God, ‘Are you serious? If you don’t want me to do this I will stop.’ 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z LaSharen knew how stable housing could change her family’s life: She could concentrate on finding a job and finishing school, confident that her children were in a safe place. Northern Virginia’s Homestretch is a program to help homeless families 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Kids also are much less likely to run away and they’re much more conscientious about finishing school. Are kids getting more virtuous? While in college, she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and, after finishing school and working as a flight attendant, she moved to the Salt Lake City area. Mia Love’s Immigrant Rhetoric 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z “That’s why we have to be here,” she said, adding that European teams are often viewed as finishing schools. Argentina, Soccer’s Feeder System, Feels Talent Drain at Home 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Though she hated her boarding school, the young Jean was good at French, and this was boosted when she was sent to a French finishing school aged 15. Profile: Lady Trumpington 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Friedman recently watched Seager play for the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League, a finishing school for baseball's top prospects. Corey Seager, 20, is making a push to be the Dodgers' shortstop 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Seager, 20, is one of the youngest players in the AFL, which is a finishing school for baseball’s top prospects. Dodgers prospect Corey Seager named Arizona Fall League all-star 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z It may have transformed into a finishing school for aspiring investment bankers some time ago, but the LSE managed to retain a certain amount of trendy lefty Bolshevik cachet nonetheless. It’s not ‘lad culture’, it’s misogyny – just look at the LSE rugby club 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z "I consider this season as a bit like a finishing school or the final year at university," he said. Meet the 28-year-old Scot in La Liga 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z "I'm concerned we're becoming a finishing school for other countries," added Taylor. 'Resistance' to black managers - PFA 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z ON THE FARM: Top infield prospect Corey Seager will play in the Arizona Fall League, a finishing school for baseball's top prospects. Dodgers batter Diamondbacks in 9-5 victory 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Upon finishing school, everyone is assigned a vocation. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Giver’ Exactly how long a child should live at home after finishing school depends on individual circumstances. How to Get Your Adult Children Out of the Basement and Into a Career 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Art schools, which have always provided an escape route for smart working-class kids, are now in danger of becoming finishing schools . Tory fundraising parties are a sad sight. Are rightwing people more uncultured? 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z For three weeks this spring, Davis said, he “shut down the business entirely” and devoted his energy to finishing school and taking finals. Sublette youth driven to succeed 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z P.S. attended a fancy finishing school in Vermont, and when asked what he wanted to do for a living, his left brain bid him say “Draftsman,” a respectable career. True Stories of Trauma and Madness—and Why Portrait Sitters Tend to Face Left [Excerpt] 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Hultzen is among seven players from the organization selected for the six-week Arizona Fall League, which is regarded as a “finishing school” for top prospects. Mariners’ prospect Hultzen pitches in simulated game, will play in Arizona Fall League 2013-08-28T05:41:01Z Jordan Silverman, who is the company’s only full-time employee, holds down the company’s Manhattan office while Bryan Silverman is busy finishing school and juggling the marketing and sales efforts. You're the Boss Blog: Ads, Coming to a Bathroom Stall Near You 2013-08-23T11:00:04Z Scottish government statistics showed almost 90% of leavers were still in "positive destinations" nine months after finishing school. Better prospects for school leavers 2013-06-25T12:27:46Z And while there may be no workshops on elocution or silverware usage, some of the advice at the government’s most exclusive finishing school is about how to present oneself. State Department’s ambassador ‘charm school’ is in 2013-06-12T18:45:00Z "Ten years out of society means not finishing school, no job training and not learning how to drive," he said. A month after Cleveland women found, help flows for captive victims 2013-06-06T22:31:30Z Recent ascents suggest that the young Czech achieved an unstoppable momentum – and all this in the first year that he has been able to climb full time after finishing school. Adam Ondra: a rock star at the height of his powers 2013-02-17T00:06:04Z And my children would be finishing school in the United Kingdom in a few years, so my family and I thought it was a good time to move. Turning point: Patrik Rorsman 2012-12-12T18:22:20.797Z "In a sense, every school is a finishing school these days and teachers have to lead the way," Ms. Khan said. India Ink: In Bangalore, a 'What Not to Wear' for Teachers 2012-11-22T05:54:05Z If we don't do more to encourage our young people to art and design, Frayling tells me, the RCA will find itself simply "a Chinese finishing school". Can good design save the economy? 2012-11-21T12:02:01Z Having been an apprentice with Malmo, the next stage of Ibrahimovic's footballing evolution took him to Ajax, one of the great finishing schools. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is much more than an off-the-cuff maverick 2012-11-15T13:29:36Z He believes the higher education revolution is coming soon and will happen fast—perhaps fast enough to keep the next generation from finishing school with debts they may never be able to pay. Why College May Be Totally Free Within 10 Years 2012-10-12T15:05:40Z Designed as a "finishing school" for young people seeking jobs in the city's tech start-up scene, the program's inaugural six-week session graduated 72 students this month. You’re the Boss Blog: A Start-Up Tries to Prepare Students to Work in Start-Ups 2012-08-28T11:00:47Z To reminisce about an era when English domestic cricket was a finishing school for up-and-coming overseas players, not the men in white coats. The Guardian world cricket forum: Counties have lost their Imran Khans 2012-07-19T16:36:05Z After finishing school, I found a job, and a work visa, and then another one. Quebec students mark 100 days of tuition protests 2012-05-23T11:45:00Z He told the school’s athletic site that he was pushed to get his degree by his former Hoyas teammates, and that finishing school was a a “weight lifted off my shoulders.” Jeff Green on graduating from Georgetown 2012-05-17T15:20:00Z But the shy girl’s life began to change when, at the age of 15, she attended a London finishing school. Exploring Your Inner Neophiliac (Part 1): Winifred Gallagher 2011-12-12T18:33:54Z And consider what we are satisfied with in our finishing schools,—our universities. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z But Italy was the finishing school for 18th-century artists, and so, in 1750, he made his way to Rome, on foot. | Connecticut: At Yale, Redefining an Observer of the British Colonial Empire 2011-12-03T01:16:12Z It was not a democratic institution, but the finishing school of the future legislators and experts in the science of government. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z "It was just one of those things I couldn't control," said Franklin, 20, one of a handful of Mariners minor-leaguers here for the annual Arizona Fall League, a finishing school of sorts for top prospects. Mariners prospect Nick Franklin toils to work on his game, not live up to the hype 2011-10-19T03:08:04Z What can’t be seen from the air are the dockside finishing schools that apply the final touches to half a million vehicles that pass through each year. Manufacturing: Far From the Factory, Adding Final Touches 2011-09-23T19:38:55Z There were three wasted years in a finishing school back East. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z Cup final, has Wenger’s model seen the Emirates become more of a finishing school than a place to achieve? Goal: Arsenal Fights a Rear-Guard Action 2011-07-05T03:19:48Z First, it was boarding school, then finishing school, then a woman companion of the smart sort. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z "We don't want to end up as a finishing school for rich students from around the world," said Professor MacMillan. Oxford votes to reject Willetts 2011-06-07T16:11:12Z The culture of the military is in part a finishing school of sorts. What Happened to the Start-ups? 2011-05-10T15:45:00Z That would be the one who went to finishing school in the States. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z The partner round whom he whirled was Oberon’s youngest daughter, just come from a finishing school in the Evening Star, and brought out for the first time. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z Practically all our institutions of learning are finishing schools. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z She was not so strict in regard to chaperonage and all that as the New York finishing schools; she had no need to be. Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z But the touches of the "finishing school," it appears, from the same authority, were still requisite, and were obtained. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z Dad sent me to finishing school in the States. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z "Oddbins was the finishing school of the wine trade," said wine critic Jonathan Ray, who worked in its Covent Garden store in the 1970s. Oddbins seeks to uncork rescue funding 2011-03-04T18:50:33Z A Parisian finishing school is for English girls like putting French polish on British oak. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z After a year at a finishing school in New York, she had returned home, to find out that popularity in a small set is not everything. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z Instead of sending the girl to a school where she would have been quickly and efficiently trained to earn her own living, the foolish aunt sent her to this exclusive finishing school for young ladies. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z So, as part of a $2 billion improvement plan, the airline is sending its ground staff to finishing school. Sick of Surly Airline Staff? Delta Sends 11,000 Employees to Charm School 2011-02-10T17:20:00Z For no work in a finishing school or in college English can ever give him what he will get of his own accord by having good books as his companions during his public school life. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Our plan now, Sally, is to put you into a conservative, rather obscure girls’ finishing school in the South. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Others, like Performance Gaines, are truly finishing schools that help a player transition to the athletic, nutritional and organizational grind of becoming an N.F.L. professional. The Fifth Down: Day 1 of N.F.L.'s Unofficial Convention: The Senior Bowl 2011-01-25T11:03:08Z Jack has the idea that because she isn’t the product of a finishing school, she is beneath notice. Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z Two years of an Eastern finishing school, where I learned to dress better than we can afford, to sing and play a little, and to speak French with a fair accent! Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Adversity was to be the finishing school of his studies—nature the book presented. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z During her last term at the finishing school she obediently paid a great deal of attention to her dancing, to drawing room deportment, and to her own beautiful young body, learning to groom it expertly. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Major-college programs are minor leagues for pro teams, finishing schools for athletes and a great source of campus entertainment. Sports of The Times: N.C.A.A. Made the Right Call on Cam Newton 2010-12-02T16:42:00Z Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, previously proud to use the competition as a finishing school for his youngsters, now says he is going to use all his resources to try to win it. League Cup Embarrassment Leaves Liverpool Reeling 2010-09-23T09:50:00Z Fearing that such deficiencies are hurting India's leadership potential, companies are spending millions of dollars on corporate finishing school for tens of thousands of workers. In ambitious India, workplace etiquette rounds out the coursework 2010-07-06T04:00:00Z The three dead children, missing since finishing school on June 1, were aged between 8 and 11. Floods and landslides kill 53 in southwest China 2010-06-07T07:38:00Z But Sally’s heart had not changed, no matter how radically Enid’s money, the finishing school and Europe had altered her, mentally and physically. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Take, for example, a young person finishing school who is encouraged to start a business around “something they are passionate about.” Is Your Passion Turning Your Business Into a Job? 2010-06-01T07:58:00Z Mr. Cameron then went to Eton, the traditional finishing school for Britain’s ruling classes, where it was reported that, as punishment for getting caught smoking , he was made to copy 500 lines of Latin text. | David Cameron: Cameron Faces Challenges Beyond His Coalition 2010-05-12T01:49:00Z The location redefined the university just as the university was beginning to redefine itself, as a first-rate university rather than a finishing school for Egypt’s elite. Cairo Journal: A Campus Where Unlearning Is First 2010-05-06T01:49:00Z As Dravid and many others have said, the county circuit is a good finishing school for developing talent. Stopping county adventures of Indian players makes no sense | Dileep Premachandran 2010-04-02T12:46:00Z By that time she was in the finishing school which Courtney Barr had chosen for her, and was herself becoming prominent in school activities through her talent for dramatics. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z That would be Eton, the traditional finishing school for the aristocracy, and the alma mater of most members of Mr. Cameron’s inner circle. Election Looming, Tories Put Posh Foot in Mouth 2010-03-23T01:20:00Z A suburban-Chicago couple has given her a full scholarship, enabling the otherwise impossible goal of finishing school. 2010-01-07T18:00:00Z I wished to become a landscape painter, and, after finishing school, to travel in Italy for several years. A Divided Heart and Other Stories She was then seventeen years of age and attending a finishing school in that city. The Home Life of Poe The paper next to this would be on the finishing school for girls, and will raise the questions: Are the standards of education sufficiently high? The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. The house in which I was living was a finishing school for every sort of dissipation, and all who frequented it were people who only lived for pleasure. That Boy Of Norcott's Known as Coomb's Cottage, it was a finishing school for young girls and boasted a roster of approximately one hundred young ladies from both the north and the south. A History of the Town of Fairfax "I used to be a short order cook when I was finishing school," I told her. Let'Em Breathe Space The boy, after finishing school in Egypt, entered the Polytechnic in Zurich, after which, having secured his diploma, he was engaged in the construction of tunnels in Switzerland. In Desert and Wilderness That twin sister to a society girls' finishing school? The Pathless Trail What in the world has your way of going through these finishing schools done for you?” The Gorgeous Girl It was incongruous to hear the English of a girl's finishing school from the mantilla'd young woman who beamed mischievously at him. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 “Please to remember that this is a finishing school!” mocked Ardiune. The Madcap of the School There was a letter on the desk that day from a young woman in one of the big finishing schools. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation The governor promised Mabel a trip round the world as soon as she got through with the finishing school. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour As for the finishing school in America––well, we had a wonderful sorority.” The Gorgeous Girl Their cultivation is the last touch added at her finishing school ere she makes her bow to the world. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Yes, didn't Roderick tell you that I went to a finishing school? The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea If you were to remain with us, I should take you; but, as you are to be married, I shall, instead of engaging a private governess, place my children at some good finishing school—— Well——? Her Mother's Secret Father wanted us to have a year's schooling in England; and we were coming to Devonshire to live with Aunt Sabina, and get a little polishing at a finishing school. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls The girl had to be put somewhere until she could be admitted to a fashionable New York finishing school where she had been entered as a baby. The Cricket After finishing school he married, but continued in the employ of the school and Booker Washington and is there yet. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 Oh, I do like pretty clothes, but Mrs. Barrington made out a list that seemed very plain for a high-up finishing school—don’t you think so?” The Girls at Mount Morris But that is mostly for young ladies, a kind of finishing school. A Little Girl in Old Boston Perhaps you’ve done well to send her to that idiotic finishing school.” The Squirrel-Cage The project took away his sister’s breath, for Mrs Howard’s was a finishing school of repute, to which only Mrs Bulteel among Cullerne ladies could afford to send her daughters. The Nebuly Coat Perfected himself in scoundrelism in the competent finishing schools of the Far East. From Place to Place Either the Paris "finishing school" or the Bath air had gone to her head. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Eudora Chapman went to a "finishing school" this autumn, and Doris accompanied her—poor Doris, who had not mastered fractions, and whose written arithmetic could not compare with Betty's. A Little Girl in Old Boston State laws say nothing about compulsory hygiene in military academies, ladies' seminaries, or other preparatory and finishing schools. Civics and Health The girls should be sent to finishing schools, and the boys given a thorough training to equip them for their fight in life. The Fortunes of the Farrells Dreda was going to a finishing school in Paris this term, and I had a resident governess. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story We are going for a year to a finishing school in Paris, but mother doesn’t approve of exams, for girls. A College Girl She was then fresh from finishing school, and he was one of the very few men she had been allowed to meet in any more intimate way than merely to shake hands with in passing. The Triflers What Ginger needs is a finishing school, and he's going to start right in attending one this very day. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods The only practical occupations were keeping house and nursing, and if a girl was obliged to do such things, she did not seek the aristocratic "finishing school." One Woman's Life They usually stay a year or so and then they go to Mrs. Singer's finishing school. Homeburg Memories I'll bring her out with a ball when she has had enough of her finishing school. The Henchman In other words, we urge upon you the wisdom of keeping in mind that the real finishing school for screen writers is the picture theatre itself. Writing the Photoplay When Fall comes I mean to take you East and put you in some good finishing school. Bob Hampton of Placer At certain finishing schools, lessons in deportment include training in how to enter and leave a vehicle gracefully. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada And Dave must have received his extra money, for after the Christmas holidays, Margery tearfully departed for the Eastern finishing school. Lydia of the Pines They were again in Annapolis, where Miss Merlin was passing her last term at the finishing school, but they were to go to Washington at the meeting of Congress in December. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Even in the colonial period, there were emancipated women, as we have seen; and in the last half of the eighteenth century several schools were opened for girls, which were more than polite finishing schools. Woman in Modern Society She sadly needs the help of a finishing school, my poor little girl! The Baronet's Bride The early appearance implies no college career; the later, that, she has spent several years at college or finishing school. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Yes, yes, child; you shall go of course to a finishing school. The Girl from Montana "Why, that's a finishing school!" exclaimed Bill, knowing of the fashionable establishment. Patty and Azalea A year later, after I had been confirmed, I was sent to a finishing school at Geneva at Von Brincken's expense. The Dangerous Age Helen hadn't been going to finishing school for nothing. Mary Minds Her Business He dreaded the morbid selfishness which grows from isolation, and sought a finishing school in the companionship of practical men. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories This is a finishing school for young ladies. The Girl from Montana You know, the way they clip and trim them at finishing school. The Vertical City As I was saying when interrupted,"—he looked at her reprovingly—"I had at first thought of sending you to some finishing school. The Purple Heights If Charles had consulted me, or shown the least willingness to accept my advice, I should have insisted upon the finishing school. Deadham Hard With no facility to train journalists in the state, trainees here look towards the Press Room as some kind of a finishing school! Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press Mrs. Brady was taken off her guard; else Elizabeth might have found entrance to her grandmother's home as difficult as she had found entrance to the finishing school of Madame Janeway. The Girl from Montana Any seasoned dining-room girl could give lessons in walking to the Delsarte teacher of an Eastern finishing school. Buttered Side Down: Stories The culture of a nineteenth-century finishing school for young ladies was divorced from intellect; genuine civilization is always informed by intellect. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations Titania is really a very charming girl, and if only we can get some of the "finishing school" nonsense out of her head she will make a fine woman. The Haunted Bookshop That isn't a very polite thing to say—but you can't expect me to have any manners; a foundling asylum isn't a young ladies' finishing school. Daddy-Long-Legs In a sense these schools were finishing schools for Roman youths who went to any school at all, much as are our high schools of to-day for the great bulk of American children. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization I am headmaster in a forest finishing school, to teach them gentle manners! Autobiography of a Yogi This came mostly from Jean's imposing education; there had been, in addition to the politest of finishing schools, college—a woman's concern, Bryn Mawr—and then post-graduate honors in a noteworthy university. Linda Condon I wondered if this could really be an inheritance from her well-nerved father or the result of her years as teacher in a finishing school for young ladies. The Boss of Little Arcady "I dislike the term 'finishing school,'" she had once said. Betty Gordon at Boarding School The Treasure of Indian Chasm He had not Conroy's faith in the fashionable finishing school; but what he lacked there, he made up in conviction as to Johnnie's deserts and abilities. The Power and the Glory A couple of years in a New York "finishing school" for young ladies had served greatly to modify Miss Calhoun's colloquial charms. Beverly of Graustark Some of this is acquired at fashionable finishing schools or from foreign secretaries and servants. The Log-Cabin Lady — An Anonymous Autobiography That Hudson River institution was indeed a finishing school; not only had it polished off Barbara, but also it had about administered the coup de grace to her father. Flowing Gold "If you weren't out, I'd see that you had at least two more years in a finishing school." Out of the Primitive She finished in a finishing school, had musical ability and charm, and soon married and made a happy home—an unusual home, until the birth of the first child. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness A finishing school would be of no advantage at all to our Patty. Patty in Paris A girl out of a finishing school wouldn't be of any use to me. Dr. Jonathan But at the age of fifteen, and three years prior to the opening of this story, under the kindly guardianship of her uncle, Lizzie Heartwell entered the popular finishing school of Madam Truxton. Leah Mordecai Here's Barbara, home from a finishing school and six months abroad. The Story of Julia Page Philip—dear me! it seems like a lifetime ago!—came to visit us, and I came home from an Eastern finishing school. Saturday's Child "It would finish me entirely, papa; your college scheme is bad enough, but a 'finishing school,' as you call it, presents to my fancy all sorts of unknown horrors." Patty in Paris Under the old, the jail was a finishing school of felony and petty larceny. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Page was at her finishing school at Geneva Lake, within two hours of Chicago. The Pit And there were the girls like Joan, newly released from the exotic atmosphere of those fashionable finishing schools which no sane country should permit. Who Cares? a story of adolescence The place has become a collection of finishing schools, in fact little better than a huge board for the examination of big boys and girls. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 She must have three or four years at a good finishing school at Sydney. For the Term of His Natural Life I suppose the first real work one does after finishing school always means more than any position following could possibly mean, don't you think? The Re-Creation of Brian Kent "Pater is trying to make the Dutchman think I am being taken as a pupil to a finishing school in Germany." Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 Aura May, in a tone they don't teach in finishing school, said, "They will bring some hot water as soon as they can make it." Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' The majority of those who came did so not because they contemplated purchasing extensively, but because they wished to see what effect the fashionable finishing school had had upon the girl. Mary-'Gusta The 'finishing school,' wherein young ladies were taught to be graceful, is a thing of the past. Yet Again It is a great aid in this direction if one happens to have spent a year or more at one of our leading eastern universities or "finishing schools." Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises They are called finishing schools, and the name tells accurately what they are. The Story of an African Farm, a novel I have said that the North Sea was my finishing school of seamanship before I launched myself on the wider oceans. Notes on Life and Letters Mary-'Gusta went to her room that night declaring she would not leave her uncles to attend any finishing school. Mary-'Gusta |
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