Sentences with phrase «almost apocalyptic terms»

Journalists have lately been writing about the Watergate syndrome in almost apocalyptic terms: as not merely the worst political disaster in U.S. history but also the nemesis of U.S. world power and effective leadership in government at home.

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Some of the sayings seem to distinguish clearly between Jesus and the celestial figure so named; one or two might almost be translated «man» in general, or «men»; some of them identify Jesus with a celestial apocalyptic figure of the end of days to such an extent that the term is little more than an equivalent for the first person singular; and others view the celestial figure almost without reference to Jesus.