10 QUOTES WITH «BATTERED»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
battered.
I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new.
In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.
I came to America at the age of 17 as an exchange student, and a year later, I was a student at Dartmouth. I would say that the rather weak foundation of my Christianity was effectively battered at Dartmouth. I've had mostly a secular career. But I became intellectually interested in Christianity again in my mid-30s.
I don't have interns. I don't have a manager. I don't have assistants. I don't have a secretary. I can't figure out Outlook Express. I'm the worst person in the world answering e-mails, and my phone is probably the oldest, most battered phone you can find. So I just talk to people.
Whether being battered by the surf or swimming through the gentle undulating surface of lakes, I find inspiration in the movement of water. Sometimes I think about the journey the water has traveled, reconnecting me to the larger cycles of nature.
I'll be in Los Angeles for two weeks and I'll have a laugh, get battered and have a buzz, but at the end of the day, I'll go home. It's just me earning a few more stories to tell everyone at home and all.
This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice.
I have a screened in porch, and it's nice to curl up with a book outside when it's raining, especially an old battered classic like 'Pride & Prejudice & Zombies.'
Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown with the years not just of Germany but of all continental Europe.
Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BATTERED»
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battered in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
battered and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The
Battered Woman Syndrome
This third edition presents updated data generated from the newly modified Battered Woman Syndrome Questionnaire (BWSQ).
Lenore E. Walker, Lenore E a Walker Edd, 2009
A study of wife beating in the United States, with reference to and victims' comments on the physical, psychological, and social effects of a complex problem
3
When
Battered Women Kill
A compassionate look at 42 battered women who felt "locked in with danger and so desperate that they killed a man they loved"; scholarly and compelling.
4
Battered Women in the Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Responses
For the first time, a study of the ways in which judges respond to abused women.
5
Battered Woman Syndrome as a Legal Defense: History, ...
"This book provides a comprehensive examination of the use of battered woman syndrome evidence in trials of abused women who kill.
6
Battered Love: Marriage, Sex, and Violence in the Hebrew ...
" This provocative work by a leading African American biblical scholar delves deeply into issues of intimacy and power, violence and control, seduction and betrayal, and is a searing indictment of the axial points of Israelite religion-its ...
Twenty of the book's thirty chapters are entirely new, while the remaining material has been extensively revised. The current edition is 40 percent larger than its predecessor.
Mary Edna Helfer, Ruth S. Kempe, Richard D. Krugman, 1999
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Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking
This important book examines the pathbreaking legal process that has brought the pervasiveness and severity of domestic violence to public attention and has led the United States Congress, the Supreme Court, and the United Nations to ...
Elizabeth M. Schneider, 2008
9
Helping
Battered Women: New Perspectives and Remedies
The book focuses on a full range of policies and programs which include case management service models, 24-hour hotlines and crisis intervention programs, social worker-police collaboration, mandated arrest of batterers, electronic ...
"A major contribution to this subject. She is thorough, practical, compassionate, and authoritative. It is a reading must."--Phyllis Chesler
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BATTERED»
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battered is used in the context of the following news items.
Battered 'Bait Dog' Rescued in Mobile County
A dog found wounded and abandoned in Mobile County got some much needed medical care Monday. The dog was found on July Fourth, ... «WKRG, Jul 15»
Rosetta mission comet's battered surface 'is more hospitable for life …
A comet shaped like a duck has already made history for being the first to be landed on by a spacecraft. Now scientists believe the comet, ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Cops: Florida Man Battered Ex-Wife After Accusing Her Of Cheating …
A Florida man battered his ex-wife after accusing her of cheating on him with a sex toy, according to police who arrested him yesterday for ... «The Smoking Gun, Jul 15»
Irish heroin addict battered two men to death with hammer and set …
An Irish heroin addict battered two men to death with a hammer and set fire to their flat to cover his tracks, a court heard today. Paul O'Shea, 37, ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
Road rage victim battered and bloodied
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – An apparent case of road rage sent one man to the hospital. The victim told police he was exiting Interstate 675 onto ... «WDTN, Jul 15»
Battered shilling real headache for CBK boss
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) new governor Dr Patrick Njoroge is set to chair his first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) today after assuming ... «K24 TV, Jul 15»
Battered soldier's body tells bloody tale of the Wars of the Roses
The battered bones of a soldier who fell at the Battle of Towton have been put on display at York's Richard III Experience. Archaeologists ... «Culture24, Jul 15»
Bandits battered in Polson
Head coach Paul Mrazek (right) visits pitcher Tyler Thorn (left) and catcher Brandon Ouillette (centre) during American Legion Baseball action ... «Cranbrook Daily Townsman, Jul 15»
Beijing rushes to the aid of battered markets
Chinese stocks jumped Monday after Beijing unleashed a wave of emergency measures to keep the markets from entering free fall. «Reuters, Jul 15»
Cops: Georgian Battered Beau Over Sex Denial
JULY 6--A Georgia woman is facing a pair of battery charges after she attacked her live-in boyfriend for refusing to have sex with her, police ... «The Smoking Gun, Jul 15»
