Sentences with phrase «almost mythical story»

Humankind's brief venture to the moon just before the shuttle era has morphed into an almost mythical story, and feeble attempts to revive the old boldness in 1989 and 2004, by US presidents George Bush senior and his son, quickly fell victim to fiscal realities.

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Opening almost as an Indiana Jones - type adventure story that mixes real - life facts with mythology and urban legends, we begin with the intelligent and fearless Scarlett Marlowe (Perdita Weeks) giving us the necessary details on the story of the Philosopher's Stone (yes, this sometimes feels like we're watching a Harry Potter movie), a mythical bit of alchemy treasure that could be the greatest discovery in the history of mankind if she can get her hands on it.

Thanks in part to Dan, my career working with self - publishing authors would blossom in subsequent years, but at the time, my story unfolded in what now seems an almost mythical way.

While the construct of the story and the progression of the plot feel artificial in many places, once Harding finds his way into his long, introspective, almost mythical passages, his writing — particularly about death — is gorgeous.