Sentences with phrase «not in a quarter of a century»

Not in a quarter of a century have the Midwest's big colleges looked so small.

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For the past quarter century, the answer more often than not has been the Vancouver design firm of Osburn / Clark Productions — specialists in designing and building the most beautiful cabins (please, not cottages) in the most difficult spots.

More members of the U.S. House of Representatives are choosing not to seek re-election than at any time in the past quarter - century.

It might have been different if the U.S. church had chosen someone with, say, a quarter of a century of experience and a Ph.D. in theology, not someone «from a tiny diocese, and she's, what, a biologist?»

And unless the very availability of modern contraceptives by itself stimulates a revolution in attitudes toward family size — as over a quarter of a century of family planning efforts have failed to do in Nepal, and three decades of programs have not done in rural Pakistan — the demographic impact of family planning would be a discrete and self - extinguishing adjustment, as the previously «unmet demand» of motivated users is progressively satisfied.

I recall sitting in a classroom in a huge Southern Baptist seminary a quarter of a century ago, hearing my own favorite Professor John Doe explain all Mullinsism as being not only Southern Baptist but also «conservative [Wilhelm] Hermannian» (after a German theologian we had been taught to call an «I - theologian» more than a «God - theologian»).

The fourth period witnesses numerous attempts to answer these questions though it can not be denied that in some quarters little has changed in the pursuit of studies in our field since the turn of the century.

The honeymoon, that is, between the now enfeebled and increasingly remote souls who for over a quarter of a century had carped and sneered at Pope John Paul II (and by the same token at «PanzerCardinal» Joseph Ratzinger) but who had nevertheless hoped against hope for a Pope who would be somehow reborn if not as a fully paid - up liberal, as a Pope at least who would go easy on all that counter-cultural JPII stuff about being «signs of contradiction» and about continuity with the pre-conciliar Church and who had breathlessly found (so they thought) that, lo, it was even so, in the wonders of Deus Caritas Est. «On his election last spring,» carolled The Tablet, «the former CardinalRatzinger was widely assumed to have as his papal agenda the hammering of heretics and a war on secularist relativism, subjects with which he was associated as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.»

The varieties of socialism that attracted a flurry of interest in the second quarter of the i9th century, namely the theories of Robert Owen and Charles Fourier, were not revolutionary in any violent sense; they were easily reconciled with religious and idealistic philosophies; and they each gave a high consideration to individual autonomy.

As the chairmanship rotates between the Council of Europe's 47 members every six months, it will be a quarter of a century until Britain is in this position again so it is an opportunity that can not be missed.

After 50 years in politics, from militant protester to cabinet minister, including a quarter of a century an MP, it was not something I had imagined doing.

The voters could easily switch to the LibDems (Calamity Clegg he may be but he appeals to women whilst Vince Cable comes across as well informed and sensible), the Greens (the fruits of a quarter of a century of green propaganda in our state schools and the Greens are the only party not seen as sleazy), the BNP (as the depression bites and unemployment rises, immigration will become a huge issue) or UKIP (Nigel Farage, the ace communicator, dispenses common sense in a straightforward manner and UKIP will become prominent in the EU Parliament elections next spring).

For the first time in the quarter of a century the polls did not overestimate Labour support.

While you may read that frying foods in vegetable oils at high heat creates dangerous hidden trans fats, according to Mary Enig, PhD, a lipid researcher for 30 years, author of Know Your Fats and a primary voice for the dangers of trans fats for over a quarter of a century, that's not exactly true.

Heart issues are the focus of my quarter century of practice, but these lessons are true of other conditions (e.g., a bad headache not fully evaluated in the ER).

Happy Monday ♥ I am definitely having a case of the Monday Blues today... I spent this past weekend in Palm Springs to kick off my birthday week (I can't believe I am turning 25 on Friday... a quarter of a century old... it's all down hill from here right?

British novelist Mary Stewart's beloved «The Little Broomstick» predates J.K. Rowling's hit Harry Potter series by more than a quarter - century, which means the source material is original, even if its gorgeous big - screen adaptation feels a bit derivative in places — and derivative of not just Rowling's more richly imagined fantasy world, but also Ghibli's own «Kiki's Delivery Service,» which presents a similar plot, in reverse: There, a young witch with a flying broom loses her powers, whereas in this case, young Mary discovers a magical broom that whisks her away to Endor College, where she's celebrated for her newfound abilities.

That losing streak is almost certain to be ended in February, this film and this year being the obvious vessels to recognize not just a fearless, committed, and physical performance full of snot and beard but a body of work over the past quarter - century seemingly unrivaled by any other actor.

It gives the idea of consumerism run wild the short shrift that it deserves (and the cynicism that an intervening quarter - century demands), touching on the original's explanation of the zombies» affinity for the shopping mall and the human heroes» delight at their newfound material wealth before becoming a bracing action film that, like Marcus Nispel's reworking of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the source of which didn't need updating as much as Dawn arguably did), is more firmly entrenched in the James Cameron Aliens tradition than the Seventies institution of disconcerting personal horror film.

But if the parking charge has gone up to $ 3, the admission price of $ 5 hasn't changed in a quarter of the century.

Ain't In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm Director: Jacob Hatley In Ain't In It For My Health Levon Helm finds himself thrust into the musical spotlight for the first time in a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick DankIn It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm Director: Jacob Hatley In Ain't In It For My Health Levon Helm finds himself thrust into the musical spotlight for the first time in a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick DankIn Ain't In It For My Health Levon Helm finds himself thrust into the musical spotlight for the first time in a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick DankIn It For My Health Levon Helm finds himself thrust into the musical spotlight for the first time in a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick Dankin a quarter century, but a Grammy nomination and ever - growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band's demise: Throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of bandmates Richard Manuel and Rick Danko.

Indeed, those who are still sentient a quarter - century later may well read an exposé of social - emotional learning by a journalist, perhaps containing another telling quote that one isn't supposed to utter in front of one's students.

If increases in high school graduation requirements during the last quarter of the 20th century contributed to the stagnation in graduation rates, why did rates rise during the first decade of the 21st century, a period in which high school graduation requirements were not reduced and in some states were increased?

Even if you were to manage the difficult importation of a non-street legal car, the 22B would not see public roads for the next seven years until it turns 25 in 2023, per U.S. laws that only allow import of foreign cars that are over a quarter - century old.

Limited to just 100 examples, the blue - chip F1 must surely be the ultimate halo car of the last quarter century, although critics might say the need for a halo wouldn't truly appear until the arrival of the F1's follow - up in 2003, the higher - volume SLR, a joint venture with former McLaren stakeholder Mercedes - Benz.

With a four - generation legacy spanning a quarter of a century, the Lexus LS may not be the riskiest, most cutting - edge vehicle in its class but its devotees don't mind — the reliability, near perfection of design, and pronounced bent toward comfort and luxury make it a sure bet for those with a preference for the predictable and stalwart.

And having worked in IT as one of my «other duties as assigned» for the gubmint going on a quarter century, I can not bring myself to trust either mobile devices or the cloud for safe secure storage of several thousands of e-books in a host of formats.

It is not until the late 14th century that Gaston De Foix, a rich and powerful lord of Southern France who was a warrior famous for his hunting feats, wrote his immortal hunting classic «Livre de Chasse» (Book of the Chase) in 1387, in which he describes hunting dogs in their work as quartering in front of the master, flushing game and retrieving from land and water - all very like the behaviour and work of the English Springer Spaniel we know and admire today.

It is not impossible for an F1 game to cover historic seasons as F1 Career Challenge on PS2 officially covered the 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons within the same game and Grand Prix Legends on PC successfully recreated the feel of the 1967 season, while a more recent example in other motorsports would be SBK Generations on PS3 which successfully integrated the 2009 to 2012 FIM Superbike World Championship seasons and even venturing into other sports such as WWE Legends of WrestleMania which successfully showcased a quarter of a century worth of wrestling action.

Now more than a quarter century after his death, in 1980, galleries can not get enough echoes of street art and graphic novels.

Produced over a quarter of a century beginning in 1964, the maquettes offer a unique view into the sculptor's creative process: some illustrate the origins of compositions for monumental works, while others document ideas not realized ultimately in large scale or provide fascinating examples of early sculptural ideas that underwent significant transformation as they emerged as full - scale sculptures in the exhibition chronicle Arneson's evolution as an artist and the development of his freewheeling creativity and prodigious imagination.

In fact it wasn't until 1995, a quarter of a century and four children later, that she enrolled as a mature student at Grennan Mill Craft School («the most stimulating year of my life»), after which she trained as a potter through the Crafts Council of Ireland Pottery Skills Course.

But all of the 15 teams offering projections say ice extent will remain well below the average for the last quarter century and a downward trend in summer ice around the North Pole has not abated.

But, he also says: «teams offering projections say ice extent will remain well below the average for the last quarter century and a downward trend in summer ice around the North Pole has not abated,» and we readers are then linked to his October, 2007 article and an August, 2007 image of a «warmed over» Artic.

His position: • No evidence of increasing lake clarity as a result of secchi measurements since 1946 • The interplay of stratification and plankton productivity are not «straightforward» • Challenges O'Reilly's assumption on the correlation of wind and productivity - the highest production is on the end of the lake with the lowest winds • A strong caution using diatoms as the productivity proxy (it is one of two different lake modes) • No ability to link climate change to productivity changes • More productivity from river than allowed for in Nature Geopscience article • Externally derived nutrients control productivity for a quarter of the year • Strong indications of overfishing • No evidence of a climate and fishery production link • The current productivity of the lake is within the expected range • Doesn't challenge recent temp increase but cites temperature records do not show a temperature rise in the last century • Phytoplankton chlorophylla seems to have not materially changed from the 1970s to 1990s • Disputes O'Reilly's and Verbug's claims of increased warming and decreased productivity • Rejects Verburgs contention that changes in phytoplankton biomass (biovolume), in dissolved silica and in transparency support the idea of declining productivity.

As evidence, consider that there are tens of thousands of non-medical scientists in the UK; yet in the past quarter century, there do not seem to have been any convictions for fraud.

If a linear increase in the first half of the century is «natural variation», then there is no way to decide whether an equal rate of linear increase in the last quarter of the century is or isn't «natural variation».

As time and the solar / climactic cycles march on, natural changes ahead might end up putting a - not insignificant dent - in the harvested energy (measured in kwh / yr) of a larger 20MW PV system over a quarter century.

Today, six decades after the IWC formed, and a quarter century after its adoption of the moratorium, it is not only legally valid, but abundantly justified by current environmental circumstances, for the IWC to place greater emphasis on conservation rather than maintaining a commercial whaling industry which has so thoroughly run aground in terms of its acceptability to the global community.

«If you think about the thicknesses of the ice - 200 - 300m thicknesses, in some cases up to 400m thick - and if you're losing ice at the rate of a metre a year, or let's say double it to two metres a year, you're not going to get rid of 200m of ice in a quarter of a century.»

«Although the Earth's average surface temperature rose sharply by 0.9 degree Fahrenheit during the last quarter of the 20th century, it has increased much more slowly for the past 16 years» In the last 25 years 1980 - 2014 it has increased 0.9 F (0.5 C) too, but he didn't say that, and it is more relevant.

I hope that we may well be nearing the brink of having within humanity's grasp, not only strong inferences about the recent, relative decadal reduction in the rate of surface warming (compared with the final quarter of Century 20), but also with a more compelling story about the true pause which stretched across the middle of that cCentury 20), but also with a more compelling story about the true pause which stretched across the middle of that centurycentury.

«Simons understands that the actions it takes today can impact future generations, which is why, when we think of our business, it's not in terms of the next quarter, but the next quarter - century.

Yet in a quarter - century of daily interaction, Lindzen has failed to persuade fellow MIT climate scientist Kerry Emanuel that global warming is «not a big deal.»

«The old labour market was much different» in that there was more stability and security in the workplace; it was not unusual for employees to stay with one company for their entire working life and retire with a good pension after a quarter - century or more of service.

This is also an area, I've discovered, it's been the same since I started practicing a quarter century ago, which is there's a whole lot of stuff that's not written in immigration law.

A quarter of a century spent listening to lawyers obsess — or pretend not to be obsessing — about what everyone else is supposed to be earning in a given year is enough to send anyone demented, and I'm afraid I may finally have cracked.

Jordan — don't be shocked, but I think if you asked Bill Stanbury about the real process of drafting competition policy laws over a quarter of a century, you would find that much of the detail happened in the boardrooms of major law firms.

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy was founded more than a quarter century ago, and in the words of the former first lady, «If we don't give everyone the ability to simply read and write, then we aren't giving everyone an equal chance to succeed.»

In the conversation below with REM senior editor Kathy Bevan, Polzler says his company is not going to be content to rest on its quarter - century laurels — Re / Max is targeting a 40 per cent market share, regionally and nationally, in all of Canada's major real estate centreIn the conversation below with REM senior editor Kathy Bevan, Polzler says his company is not going to be content to rest on its quarter - century laurels — Re / Max is targeting a 40 per cent market share, regionally and nationally, in all of Canada's major real estate centrein all of Canada's major real estate centres.