Sentences with phrase «almost boring place»

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Wealthy families start buying their children's way into elite colleges almost from the moment they are born: music lessons, sports equipment, foreign travel («enrichment» programs, to use the all - too - perfect term)-- most important, of course, private - school tuition or the costs of living in a place with top - tier public schools.

In the first place, there is a wide zone of obscurity at the level of the zoological surface of hominization, seemingly impenetrable to our most searching methods of investigating the past, in which we can discern almost no outward evidence of the distinction between Irreflection and Reflection, although this had already been born.

While Peter almost certainly visited Rome for what looks like a brief period of time, if there was any city that represented or epitomized his authority in a special way, it would not be Rome, the place of his murder, but Jerusalem, in which the Church was born, or perhaps better yet Antioch, in which he long served as a local leader.

The editors appear to put mother hood almost at the bottom of self - fulfilling choices, just one place above unemployment or a boring job.

Not long before his death, in a work entitled On the Church of Christ (1970), he wrote: «It seems to me, very significant that these two events of such great bearing — on the Jewish side the return of a portion of the people to the Promised Land, on the Christian side the Second Council of the Vatican — took place at almost the same time, the first in 1948, the second in 1962 — 1965.

The Blues have had a deal in place for the Brazilian - born Spain international for some time, and many believed that the move would be completed upon the defending world champions elimination from the tournament almost two weeks ago.

For the baby, instrumental delivery can increase the short - term risks of bruising, facial injury, displacement of the skull bones, and cephalohematoma (blood clot under the scalp).24 The risk of intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding inside the brain) was increased in one study by more than four times for babies born by forceps compared to spontaneous birth, 25 although two studies showed no detectable developmental differences for forceps - born children at five years old.26, 27 Another study showed that when women with an epidural had a forceps delivery, the force used by the clinician to deliver the baby was almost twice the force used when an epidural was not in place.28

In fact, astronomers are beginning to consider them twins, albeit fraternal, born in the same place at the same time but separated almost immediately after birth.

Focusing on the title girl's desperate, almost feral search for a job, Rosetta revealed how the desire for employment becomes a fight to find a place in the civilized world through claustrophobic, hand - held long takes that literally bore down on the anxious rituals and movements defining Rosetta's losing battle with a society that has no use for anyone on the margins.

By that point, the film was almost a decade old (I wasn't even born when it opened in June 1988), part of the Golden Age of Murphy's Hollywood career that included works such as 48 Hrs., Trading Places, and Beverly Hills Cop.

Outstanding acting and music, I almost felt nostalgic even though I was not even born yet during the period this takes place in.

No, it's no BMW or Porsche or Alfa Romeo «sport / activity vehicle,» and that may place it in your mind on the wrong side of Automobile's «No Boring Cars» credo, but if like me, you're wary and weary of those European automakers and their attempts to defy their centers of gravity to make their SUVs handle «almost like a sports car,» you might see the 2018 Buick Enclave Avenir as a worthy do - almost - everything garage mate for your Toyota 86 / Subaru BRZ or Miata / Fiata or Porsche Boxster / Cayman.

If it's boring to the point you'll stop listening or tune out halfway through, then you'd almost be better off not listening in the first place.

There are areas where it fails a little: the levels look pretty damn boring on most places, but almost everything has a great vibe to it that suits the humour and insanity of the story, especially when it comes to the bursts of colors and hearts during combat and other little touches.

Juan Canela was born inland but since a young age has lived (almost always) near the sea, in different places.

There's almost a sense of interchangeability among the pieces here, and while the works have been meticulously placed, any work on view feels as if it may potentially work in conjunction with any other respective work, a point that bears testament to the gallery's cohesive vision, and the unified interests of the New York artists on view.

«There are many programs and supports that were either born of or impacted by the tragic death of Jordan Manners at C.W. Jefferys Collegiate and were important to put in place so students could be safe and have an opportunity to learn, but that is almost 10 years ago,» she says.