Sentences with phrase «after century passed»

But even in the corporate application which was originally intended, the principle became increasingly difficult to maintain, as century after century passed, and the Jewish people found themselves in a worsening situation of poverty and oppression, in spite of their endeavours to keep the law of God.

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«Since we began working ten years ago to pass effective tobacco measures around the world, global sales of cigarettes have declined after a century of steadily increasing.»

Over half a century after the US passed the Equal Pay Act, American women still face a substantial gender wage gap across the spectrum.

A Civil War income tax bill passed in 1862 included this provision, and then it became part of the code more than a century ago after the Constitution was amended to allow for an income tax.

Shortly after a correspondent sent me the link to this rather intemperate comment, another interlocutor passed along an interview with the late Walker Percy, one of American Catholicism's greatest 20th century literary talents.

Nearly half a century passed by after the destruction of Jerusalem.

Writing about a quarter of a century after the death of Jesus, he says that the tradition passed on to him, presumably when he became a Christian some twenty years earlier, contained the following statements: «that Christ died; that he was buried; that he was raised to life on the third day; and that he appeared to Cephas and afterwards to the Twelve.

here is my suggestion... Re model the Century 16 theaters to 13 theaters... change the name of the theater to MEMORIAL 13 name each room after each of the people killed and dedicate one to the injured... and their names and memory will live on... pass this on or share if you think this is a good idea

Passed Health Care Reform: After five presidents over a century failed to create universal health insurance, signed the Affordable Care Act (2010).

After the mention of Israel in Merneptah's inscription — only a passing reference and difficult to interpret — there is silence for the next two - and - a-half centuries.

It is of no surprise to us that Epiphanius (the Bishop of Salamis in Cyprus), writing in 375 - 378, [47] almost two centuries after the birth of the Montanist movement, in his book Panarion (Medicine Chest against all heresies), could pass judgement on the Montanists as follows:

what a funny story, this is a 4th century gnostic writing that this «scholar» is trying to tie to the 2nd century, at least 100 years after all the eye witnesses have passed away.

Today's Rhodes Must Fall march in Oxford will pass the statue of the Victorian colonialist in Oriel College, before stopping off at All Souls College's Codrington library, named after a 17th - century slaver, and the Old Indian Institute building, where Brits trained the Indian civil service.

After this debacle, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act, a law that many have interpreted as designed to bring voting practices into the 21st century.

For centuries after his death from fever in 1658, his severed head was ogled in tawdry exhibits and even passed around parties like a cheap souvenir.

In the federal government, Social Security's original retirement age of 65 was updated almost half a century after the initial act was passed (prompted mainly because of fiscal reasons).

On a June evening some years after the middle of the last century Mrs Eileen Connulty passed through the town of Rathmoye: from Number 4 The Square to Magennis Street, into Hurley Lane, along Irish Street, across Cloughjordan Road to the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer.

Several centuries after Huangdi came Emperor Yao, a wise ruler who passed over his unqualified son and named a modest sage, Shun, his successor.

After its completion in the early 16th century, the landmark became the largest cathedral in the world passing the Byzantine cathedral Hagia Sofia, -LSB-...]

After its completion in the early 16th century, the landmark became the largest cathedral in the world passing the Byzantine cathedral Hagia Sofia, which held this distinction for over a thousand years.

After a swim in the heated swimming pool, rent a scooter and explore the turn - of - the - century fishing village of John's Pass, which is home to a variety of shops, restaurants and activities.

Thirty years after her passing, A Dark Place of Dreams revisits the monochromatic assemblages of Louise Nevelson, one of the pioneering American sculptors of the twentieth century, alongside three contemporary artists: Chakaia Booker, Lauren Fensterstock, and Kate Gilmore

Now, nearly a quarter of a century after her husband's passing, Sydell Miller's commitment to Cleveland Clinic is reflected in the fact that it is acknowledged as the top - ranked cardiology and heart surgery hospital in the United States.

Over the past century or two, a practice evolved whereby legal publishers launched new editions of established works under the name of the original author long after that person passed from the scene.