Sentences with phrase «national myth at»

During her lecture, «Why Democracy Matters: Education, Empowerment and the American National Myth at Home and Abroad,» former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reflected on what she called the great American myth that if one works hard, one can achieve anything.

During the lecture, «Why Democracy Matters: Education, Empowerment and the American National Myth at Home and Abroad,» cosponsored by the Askwith Forum and the W.E.B. DuBois Institute, Rice reflected on what she called the great American myth that if one works hard, one can achieve anything, even if coming...

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«We... feel obligated to go on record with the facts regarding Pollard in order to dispel the myths that have arisen from this clever public relations campaign... aimed at transforming Pollard from greedy, arrogant betrayer of the American national trust in to Pollard, committed Israeli patriot

Sadly, whereas there are agreements by everyone of the need to put anti-corruption war at the top of the agenda, the 8th National Assembly has been playing the role of a Janus and in the typical character of the famed double - faced Roman myth — the 8th Assembly has one face where it speaks of the importance of anti-corruption and another face, a face and symbol of corruption.

Paolo Viscardi, a zoologist at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin who was not involved with the research, says the new study helps debunk Ata's origin myths.

While The Myth of Laziness had some success, his 2002 book, A Mind at a Time, reached # 1 on the New York Times best - seller list and brought coverage by the national media, including (every publisher's happiest hope) an appearance on Oprah.

This message is at the core of a new report from the National School Boards Association's Center for Public Education titled Busting the Myth of «One Size Fits All» Public Education.

A close look at national data dispels some myths about the reasons for the high dropout rates among Hispanic students.

I expect these accusations will reach a fever pitch tomorrow, not just in light of my recent pictorial of PETA's brutal slaying of animals and its abhorrent defense of abusive shelters, but also because I will post an article called «The Lie at the Heart of the Killing: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation,» where I take to task the notion of national pet overpopulation, regional pet overpopulation, shelter overpopulation, and why the calculus doesn't change when you include the number of animals living on the street into the equation.

Bernard Cohen in conversation with David Leeson, learns from paintings in the Flemish room at the National Gallery, as well as from meetings with Barnett Newman, from the danger and purity in European painting, from the paintings and writings of Paul Klee, from Kenneth Martin saying «It doesn't matter what you paint so long as you build something», from Rudi Wittkower at the Slade, from Pueblo pottery, Albert Camus and the Myth of Sisyphus.

Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA Sweet Hearts of the Rodeo; Cowgirls in History and Myth, Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, WA Emerging Artist Exhibition and Margo Selski, Ellensburg Wine Works, Ellensburg, WA The Year of Chimera 5.o, Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA CWU Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA 2008 Roseville Arts Center Open Studio Invitation», Juried by Phil Linhares, Chief Curator at the Oakland Museum of Art, Roseville, MN Seven Painters, Republic Restaurant, Hollywood, CA 32nd Annual Open Show, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville Arts Center, Roseville, CA 26th National Small works exhibition, Arkell Museum / Tri-County Arts Council, Canajoharie, NY Moses Lake juried exhibition, Moses Lake Art Museum, Moses Lake, WA Temptation, Invitational Exhibit, Allied Arts, Yakima, WA Treasures from the exotic far west, glass garage fine art gallery, West Hollywood, CA 2007 Faculty Exhibition, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, CWU, Ellensburg, WA 2006 Planet Margo, Wine Works Gallery, Ellensburg, WA 2006 Central Washington Artist Exhibition, Larson, Gallery, WA 39th Annual Juried Exhibit, Allied Arts, Yakima, WA 2005 In the Balance, (two person exhibit) Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN Art Mob Collection, Weisman Art Museum.

If Chris Ofili's new work, unveiled at the National Gallery on Tuesday, offers a glimpse into a dreamlike world of myth and magic, its execution represents nothing short of alchemy, the miraculous transformation of watercolour into tapestry.

This argument undermines the guns - as - resistance - to - tyranny myth at the heart of the gun rights movement, and it needs to be part of our fevered — and deeply consequential — national debate on the true intent of the Founders.

To truth - test heating advice and unveil some myths, we sought help from Max Sherman, a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory overseeing research for residential energy efficiency.