Novices

The dress of the novices is the same, only that the veil is white. ❋ Frances Erskine Inglis (1843)

The only attitude to take, Bunker tells novices, is to treat a fruit tree like your own child, enjoying every stage of its growth. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If you’ve ever owned or known anyone who’s owned a salt water aquarium, you know that one of the biggest maintenance challenges, especially for novices, is keeping pH levels in proper equilibrium. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It quotes the words of Pope Benedict XIV: "Some priests who are at first admirable directors of souls later lose their previous knowledge of moral theology, by neglect of study. so that from being masters of the science they can scarcely be called novices in it, since they retain only confused and imperfect recollections of its first rudiments." ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Others grumbled that trained journalists had lost out on news positions to big-name novices like Ms. Clinton; Jenna Bush Hager, another former first daughter, who is a "Today" show correspondent; and Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain, who is an MSNBC contributor. ❋ By AMY CHOZICK (2011)

This is palpably evident from I Timothy iii., for what divine among us, writing of episcopal proprieties, would think of saying that bishops "must not be given to wine," must be "no strikers," and must not be "novices"? ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

Though none of the Twelve had received a liberal education, [42: 2] it cannot be said that they were literally "novices" when invested with the ministerial commission. ❋ Unknown (1854)

He said he thought the debate had demonstrated Gordon Brown's statesmanship, in comparison to the two contenders whom the Prime Minister has referred to as "novices". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Only a short time ago Brown was able to declare that it was no time for "novices". ❋ Anthony Barnett (2010)

They were divided into two groups -- "novices," who had either taken yoga classes or who practiced at home with yoga videos for no more than 6 to 12 sessions, and "experts," who had practiced yoga one of two times weekly for at least two years and at least twice weekly for the last year. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Once the blood samples were analyzed after the study, researchers saw that the women labeled as "novices" had levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 that were 41 percent higher than those in the study's "experts." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The question evoked response from many knowledgable professionals from the self proclaimed branding "novices" … to the person who did her dissertation on this very topic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hopkins spoke with us about the survey, the differences between "novices" and "thought leaders," and why sustainability is really about collaboration and transparency. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With Britain facing a recession, the former finance minister has tried to portray the opposition as "novices" who lack the experience needed to pull Britain through the turmoil. ❋ Unknown (2008)

With crises of any nature often inspiring a small rallying round the current leader, the Conservatives seem to have decided after the events of this week not to push any further into Labour territory, the jibe about "novices" being by no means thrown back at all at Brown by Cameron's performance. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Aiming to seize back the economic high ground after Gordon Brown's jibe that the Tory leadership were 'novices', Mr Osborne issued a 40-page report setting out plans to restore stability. ❋ Unknown (2008)