Sentences with phrase «modern marvels of»

Depart Las Vegas with your Travel Director to one of the most famous modern marvels of our time - the Hoover Dam.

The modern marvels of technology.

Made by the ancient back weaving method the scarf is just a modern marvel of an age old process.

Other available features like a 19 - speaker Harman / Kardon audio system, a wireless mobile device charging pad, and 360 - degree view camera system can also be included to turn your Ram 1500 into a modern marvel of connectivity and mobile entertainment.

The Copper Canyon, Mexico train ride is operated by Ferrocaril Mexicano along stretch of Chihuahua - Pacifico Railway, a modern marvel of engineering completed in 1961.

This modern marvel of engineering was completed in 1961.

When Yoshis Island first came out many of its ads centered on the built - in Super FX 2 chip, a technological advance that would make YI a modern marvel of a platformer.

In the early 21st century, this modern marvel of engineering faced an ancient enemy: prolonged drought in the American Southwest.

Details: - 8 bedrooms - 15 bathrooms - 16 - car garage - Infinity pool - Wine cellar - Candy room - 24 - seat movie theatre - 2 bars It's a stunning modern marvel of a home that's rumoured to be going for eight - figures.

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At this point, most grandparents have learned to use such marvels of the modern world as laptops, smartphones and even social media, right?

You realize as all of these modern marvels are spinning and moving around you, that you're one of the few living the good life.

Fiber optics technology is a marvel of human ingenuity, not to mention physics and design, and with it comes high - capacity digital communications for a modern age.

This modern scientific revolution — together with its practical consequences in the marvels of the machine age — has been a triumph of reason, probably the major one in all history measured by brilliance and by transforming power.

He said the pessimist in him mocked his receipt of a degree in law when «law is ever more a hollow word, resonant but empty, in a world increasingly dominated by force, by violence, by fraud, by injustice, by avarice — in a word, by egoism»; when civil law permits «the progressive and rapid increase of oppressed people who continue being swept toward ghettos, without work, without health, without instruction, without diversion and, not rarely, without God»; when under so - called international law «more than two - thirds of humanity (exist) in situations of misery, of hunger, of subhuman life»; and when agrarian law or spatial law permits «today's powerful landowners to continue to live at the cost of misery for unhappy pariahs»; and whereby «modern technology achieves marvels from the earth with an ever - reduced number of rural workers (while) those not needed in the fields live sublives in depressing slums on the outskirts of nearly all the large cities.»

Indeed, most cultures in human history have generated no such marvel as the modern scientific movement, and even in our own culture, scientifically oriented as it is supposed to be, most people accept the benefits of technology and use the vocabulary of science but do not in fact choose to abide by the disciplines that alone make scientific productivity possible.

The technical marvels of the modern age are dependent upon scientific knowledge, which has been gained by educated people.

Modern physicists marvel more than anyone about the mysteries of nature.

The mechanics of diminutive Tim Lincecum — looks 18, throws 98 — are more than an act of violence, they're a marvel of modern science.

Aside from the basics and generic marvels of modern invention (roof over my head, car, cell phones, internet, elevators, dishwashers, tampons, etc, etc), in my own life and particular circumstances I'm especially grateful for my Ergo baby carrier, very involved and very good Grandparents on both sides, a very involved and very amazing husband, and the luxury of eating out more often than I should.

It's ultrasonic, which means you won't hear a peep from this quiet - as - can be marvel of modern technology.

Drones are marvels of modern technology, packing cutting - edge engineering and science into a very small frame.

LINDA FISHER is the chief sustainability officer at DuPont, one of America's oldest chemical companies and the source of modern marvels such as neoprene, Teflon, and Lycra.

I think it should be on that show «Modern Marvels» because it's one of the world's most complex machines.

Public transportation in Singapore is something of a modern marvel.

Technically, the film is one of those modern marvels in which it's impossible to tell where reality ends and CGI takes over.

An emotionally heavy and truly moving film, Dawn is an absolute marvel of modern science fiction, building upon the strong and unmovable foundations Rise of the Planet of the Apes had left earlier.

Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine is available now in print and ebook from Penguin Random House.

So using the marvels of modern technology we emailed Sir Ian on the set of the Rings in New Zealand and put the question to him.

Whether he is quizzing networking pioneers — men around his own age who still marvel at having been present at the creation — or listening to the testimony of «modern - day hermits» living off the grid and away from pervasive electromagnetic radiation, Mr. Herzog communicates compassion and astonishment in equal measure.

The jaw - dropping manifestation of this universe is a marvel of modern technology, fashion, and special effects.

Ben Wheatley's «Kill List» is a marvel of modern British Cinema.

The History Channel's «Modern Marvels» series has put into the spotlight wonders that include the pyramids of Egypt, the Eiffel Tower, and the Space Shuttle Columbia, among a long list of others.

Christian Petzold's latest film is a marvel of modern romantic cinema, precisely written and directed with a keen sense of time and place.

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His best friend is called up and the two celebrate by checking out the Stark Industries Modern Marvels pavilion at the World's Fair (lots of in - jokes for the «true believers» here).

Just about every modern home or building is a scientific marvel, with most of the cool stuff hidden in the walls — but not all of it is hidden.

One of the big themes in the Star Wars series is the battle between technology and tradition: the Empire with its Death Star, Imperial Starfleet, and other modern marvels versus the Jedi with their ascetic lifestyles and primitive Force.

What You Need to Learn (Or: All Hail Modern Technology, But Don't Ignore the Basics) We spent most of our time in brand - new Land Rovers, computer - aided marvels that do everything but clean the mud off your boots.

Dozens of vintage vehicles and modern marvels were here for the launch of the Hot Wheels 50th Anniversary Tour.

Get behind the wheel of a Prius V at Continental Toyota just down the road from Elmhurst, IL and see first hand just how well this modern marvel performs.

Automotive journalists, having driven the M760, expose the modern marvel that is its 12 - cylinder, super graceful, turbocharged - anger of a powerplant.

It has long been a marvel of modern engineering, with its lightweight and powerful turbocharged engine to its wealth of tech innovation inside.

The 200 - bhp FA20 flat - 4 is legitimately modern — utilizing both port and direct fuel injection — but it's not a marvel of engineering.

With twin intercoolers, fresh - air induction and dual stainless - steel exhaust tips, the 124 Spider is truly a marvel of modern engineering, all wrapped up in a drive that provides stellar responsiveness wherever the road ahead leads.

From its biturbo V - 8 performance to its class - leading innovations in safety, luxury and driver assistance, the S550 is a marvel of engineering wrapped in a masterpiece of modern design.

Next came the Jeep Cherokee in 1984 and then a bevy of modern day marvels culminating in this year's brilliant 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit 4 × 4.

In other words, the EcoBoost is a marvel of modern engine building.

All in all, the 2014 Infiniti Q50 is a marvel of modern car making.

The Porsche Macan is a marvel of modern automotive engineering.

The modern automobile is a marvel of convenience and engineering, and thanks to rapid technological advances over the past decade, the average new car is safer than ever before.