character-building

Is it really implausible to ask these men of alleged character -- leaders of the purportedly character-building Penn State football program -- to eventually come to their senses, follow up on what they fumbled in the moment, and ensure that children were protected from further abuse by a predator and bringing him to justice, if not in the critical moment, at least before others were hurt?

Urizenus Sklar: What Would You Do? Urizenus Sklar 2011

Is it really implausible to ask these men of alleged character -- leaders of the purportedly character-building Penn State football program -- to eventually come to their senses, follow up on what they fumbled in the moment, and ensure that children were protected from further abuse by a predator and bringing him to justice, if not in the critical moment, at least before others were hurt?

Urizenus Sklar: What Would You Do? Urizenus Sklar 2011

The second season did manage to deliver some pivotal, character-building moments like this, but unfortunately not as often as we might prefer.

Revisiting the Doctor: Looking Back at Doctor Who Season 2 2010

Another, Positive Coaching Alliance, emphasizes the character-building opportunities of youth sports, and helps parents focus on life lessons rather than the scoreboard.

Linda Flanagan: Adults Behaving Badly Linda Flanagan 2011

I agree with our Cheer for Community, once again towering over its Thursday comedy peers by mixing the snarky and the sweet, zeroing in on the real love story here: Jeff's character-building affection for his misfit study group, or in Professor Duncan's words "the six-headed ball and chain."

Matt's TV Week in Review 2011

The second season did manage to deliver some pivotal, character-building moments like this, but unfortunately not as often as we might prefer.

16 « April « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2010

Because “The Hurt Locker” is told in an episodic fashion, dominated by several extremely tense EOD situations, a lot of character-building happens in those “action” scenes.

Deceptively simple story works for visceral “The Hurt Locker” » Scene-Stealers 2009

It seems so worried about maintaining a breakneck blockbuster pace, in fact, that it skips out on drawing any kind of emblematic story or character-building in favor of VFX-filled action sequences that effectively amount to nothing.

“X-Men Origins: Wolverine” worst of the comic book series so far » Scene-Stealers 2009

Telling characters apart is made more difficult by the fact that Shepherd sketches a number of individuals with only a few strokes, concentrating his character-building skills on Sasha and the people immediately surrounding her.

REVIEW: Sasha: A Trial of Blood & Steel (Book One) by Joel Shepherd 2009

Another, Positive Coaching Alliance, emphasizes the character-building opportunities of youth sports, and helps parents focus on life lessons rather than the scoreboard.

Linda Flanagan: Adults Behaving Badly Linda Flanagan 2011