Sentences with phrase «ancient powers at»

Uncover the plans of the ancient powers at play and make difficult choices that resonate throughout your journey.

Battle - scarred lands and peoples, ancient powers at war, star - crossed loves and hints of racial and refugee themes give this a solid place on library shelves.»

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Whereas ancient man felt himself to be at the mercy of capricious forces seated beyond his control in an unseen world, Israel came to recognize that man himself has been given power and responsibility to act decisively, and that it is on his own moral decisions that his life and destiny largely depend.

Ancient rules and customs will have little power over a mind that can soar thousands of miles at the speed of light.

At its greatest, just before decline set in about the middle of the seventh century, the empire included within its borders the ancient imperial powers, Egypt, and Babylonia, besides much else that made up the total area from the Persian Gulf in a great arc through western Iran and Armenia as far as Cilicia, and all of Syria and Palestine.

Not only its aesthetic value, which is apparent in the power of its expression, in the depth of its sensitivity, and in its monumental structure; but also its content — the bold and colossal struggle with the ancient, and at the same time always new, human problem of the meaning of suffering — all this puts the work, in its universal significance, in a class with Dante's Divine Comedy and Goethe's Faust.8

Here is the seeming paradox that a people, freely recognized as supremely the religious people of the ancient world, at the same time were without a peer in the power and scope of their critical intellectualism.

The nonreligious or antireligious social analysis assumed by Indian «modernists» at least since Nehru failed to recognize the continuing power of ancient traditions and faiths.

Therefore Jesus puts no special stress on his miracles, and at any rate is never greedy for miracles and does not, like other ancient and modern Messiahs, revel in his power of performing them.

Human sacrifice took place at one time or another in just about every ancient civilization in which someone had the rank and power to decide who died, until the rise of Judeo - Christian and Islamic religions that condemned it.

«We wanted to test if the conquest of Alexander the Great and other foreign powers has left a genetic imprint on the ancient Egyptian population,» explains Verena Schuenemann, group leader at the University of Tuebingen and one of the lead authors of this study.

«These results are transformational in that they demonstrate the power of ancient DNA research and suggest that some members of a particular matrilineage formed an elite hierarchy with far more prestige than most members of the society,» says Robert Hard, an anthropologist at the University of Texas in San Antonio, who was not involved in the research.

At last, the enormous power of modern technology is penetrating the mysteries of an ancient disease, a disease that continues to kill millions.

The Scorpion King races to protect an ancient power from an evil foe who will stop at nothing to acquire it.

«The as - yet - untitled film will tell the tragic love story between imperial consort Yang, one of the four famed beauties of ancient China, and 8th century Emperor Xuanzong, the longest reigning monarch of the Tang Dynasty, who ascended to the throne at the summit of the dynasty's power and influence.

If there are two more perfect people in this world than Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston, I've never seen them, so it's only fitting that Jim Jarmusch would cast them as the elegant and ancient vampiric power couple at the heart of Only Lovers Left Alive.

Though Strange is skeptical at first, the Ancient One opens his mind to the infinite power and knowledge that the universe contains, ultimately taking him on as a student of the mystic arts.

At about 370 hp and 430 lb - ft of torque, the twin - turbo V6 delivers more power than Ford's ancient 5.4 - liter V8 (310 hp, 365 lb ft).

Powered by a 200 - horsepower, fuel - injected version of Ford's ancient - but - trusty, 351 - cubic - inch, 5.8 - liter V - 8, the Silver Anniversary Bronco has enough torque and power at slow speeds to tow nearly anything.

Her books weave together ancient artifacts, relics of power, international locations and adventure at the edges of faith.

She is particularly adept at exploring the aspects of ancient Rome that still bedevil us today: class inequality, the oppression of women, terrorist conspiracies, the dangers of too much power and the difficulties of maintaining a true democracy.

Year of the Hyenas is a brilliant, original, and unique murder mystery, set in ancient Egypt at the height of that kingdom's glory and power.

Not even her three best friends know of the power she could wield, given the chance.So, when she's sent back to her homeland to steal an ancient samurai sword, she jumps at the chance to secure her freedom, only to get caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the most dangerous crime syndicate in Japan.Can Akiko escape with her life and...

Not even her three best friends know of the power she could wield, given the chance.So, when she's sent back to her homeland to steal an ancient samurai sword, she jumps at the chance to secure her freedom, only to get caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the most dangerous crime syndicate in Japan.Can Akiko escape with her life and her soul, or is true freedom as elusive as the Aether she was born from?

Special commendations to many the people of the business trying valiantly to keep things from unraveling — Jeremy Greenfield holed up on an ancient Mac at a friend's place to get a note out to DBW operatives, and Bowker's Laura Dawson rigging up an extension cord to a neighbor to try to power an online connection from her dark house.

At the spas of the Riviera Maya, healing wisdom and relaxation therapies from around the world are blended with indigenous organic elements and ancient Mayan beliefs in the powers of earth, wind, water and fire.

The Spa at Las Ventanas is internationally acclaimed offering a full range of holistic therapies and treatments inspired by the ancient healers of Baja who tapped the powers of the Four Elements.

GrimWar is an easy to play game you can pick up at any time that lets you explore a gigantic tower where you must survive against monsters, ancient powers and traps all while amassing great treasure.

Set across two centuries of bloody historical warfare from 280 B.C. to 25 B.C, Field of Glory 2 has you fighting for control of the Mediterranean Sea, the centre of European power at the time, as you endeavour to rule over the ancient civilisations that dominated the region at the time.

Make your way through all manner of beasts, warriors, and demi - gods to arrive at the feet of the maleficent Olympians and unleash the power of the people in epic boss battles set against ancient ruins before they were ancient!

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«The unstable identity of the present begs for the return of power of the mask from ancient times, when it was used as a form of protection, disguise, performance, or just plain entertainment», states curator and artist Bogomir Doringer in the catalogue for his newly opened exhibition Faceless II at the Freiraum Quartier21 International of MuseumsQuartier Wien.

The round shape of the cake connects to the sun and moon and annual cycles - ancient people offered them to the gods and spirits who exercised powers at certain times of the year.

The ancient Chinese mask - changing dance that I saw here Tuesday night (at a dinner for participants in a meeting on science and sustainable development) came to mind in considering the unraveling of news a few hours earlier of an official Chinese plan for a firm cap on emissions of carbon dioxide, hard on the heels of President Obama's proposed carbon pollution rules for existing American power plants.