Sentences with phrase «as a century of»

As centuries of missionary endeavour have shown, pagan and semi-pagan people can be taught, helped, and encouraged to live glorious Christian lives from inauspicious beginnings.

Let us look again at the atonement as the New Testament witnesses to it, and as the centuries of Christian experience have wrestled with it.

Future historians, it has been said, will look back upon the twentieth century not primarily for its scientific achievements but as the century of the coming - together of peoples, when all mankind for the first time became one community.

The 21st century is widely heralded as the century of biology.

In a history of humankind, the twentieth century will be marked as a century of violence: the two world wars and hundreds of local and regional conflicts occurred in it, with dramatic change in a profile of those who suffer in wars, which shifted from military to prevalent civilian victims (in some statistics, it is more than 80 % of civilians), beside to enormous level of individual violence happen daily all over the world.

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And as if that wasn't enough, Hulu — which is owned by Walt Disney Co. (DIS), 21st Century Fox (FOX), and Comcast's (CMCSA) NBCUniversal — took another swipe at its larger rival on Wednesday with the announcement that it will start offering a commercial - free version of its Hulu Plus premium streaming service, a service that will soon include a bolstered roster of movies, thanks to the Epix deal, in addition to Hulu's wide range of original and network television programming.

And so it is no surprise that a four - year - old gene - editing tool called CRISPR - Cas - 9 has been hailed as the biotech breakthrough of the century.

As of Sunday morning, Covenant, from 20th Century Fox (fox) and Scott Free Productions, looks to be the winner with a three - day estimate of $ 36 million from 3,761 locations.

The Bahamian - American physician and special adviser to the Carter Center is one of the key individuals responsible for the eradication of smallpox — a truly terrifying disease that in the 20th century alone killed as many as 300 million people.

The Rosenthals say that core ethos won't change as the Sunset Marquis enters its second half - century in business, but they're already exploring the next evolution of other assets in the Raleigh portfolio.

The tools for doing it have evolved continuously for a century, but the essence of marketing is the same as it ever was.»

In that spirit, the US Army has distributed reading recommendations so soldiers and civilians alike are able «to sharpen their knowledge of the Army's long and distinguished history, as well as the decisive role played by landpower in conflicts across the centuries.»

For a century and a half, epidemiology has been an effective strategy for tracing the root causes of infectious disease outbreaks — as John Snow demonstrated in 1854, when he painstakingly mapped cases of cholera in London and eventually traced them to a single contaminated well and water pump in the Soho district of the city.

Lauren and his eponymous corporation became synonymous with American style through his preppy line of Polo shirts, casual slacks and shorts in the 1970s and is regarded as one of the most influential designers of the 20th century.

Internal studies by a group of analysts within Shell known as the «scenarios» team had concluded that global demand for oil might peak in as little as a decade — essentially tomorrow in an industry that plans in quarter - century increments.

The business of trying to divine customers» desires has been around almost as long as there have been customers, but market research as an industry began with the advent of modern magazine ads and radio commercials in the early 20th century.

And in both this example from the early 20th century and the Carson example from the 1960s, industry used a very gendered attack as part of the post-truth campaign.

The fear of automation is centuries old, but as economics professor David Autor explains, it doesn't eliminate jobs, it changes them

As a result, many people believe Carson is a flat - out mass murderer - not a hero who beautifully blended care for human health and nonhuman nature in one of the most important and challenging books of the 20th century.

The importance of B2B collaboration is hard to ignore by an organization of this century as it is pervading into every aspect of how we transact business.

Although society has come a long way since a half - century ago, Buffett recalls a time when women were kept out of the workforce and predominantly told to depend on marriage as their path to livelihood.

By the 18th century, taco had migrated to Spain, where dictionaries listed its possible meanings as a ramrod, a billiard cue, a carpenter's hammer, or a gulp of wine.

As in the other cases, painful austerity policies have given wings to the CUP — and it finds itself possibly holding the key to the aspirations of Catalan separatists determined to sever centuries - old ties with Spain.

Supporters see the Telegram ICO as the blockchain investment of the century and an opportunity to back a product that poses an existential threat to Facebook.

Artwork from some Olympic Games, such as Munich 1972 (below), is considered to be a landmark example of 20th - century graphic design.

The Gutenberg Bible, for example, is described by the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library as epitomizing «the great advances made in printing technology in the 15th century.»

The twentysomethings below are some of my personal picks who are helping to determine how we talk about issues such as politics, culture and identity in the 21st century.

It's not as hard as people make it out to be — it's like being an auto mechanic of the 21st century,» he said.

As the first decade of the 21st century ended, VW was enjoying accolades and healthy sales for its green diesels.

This includes being treated with respect and dignity, reducing conflict, improving cooperation and collaboration, and even going as far as enforcing civility (at Micrel I banned swearing, much to the consternation of the rough and rowdy semiconductor sales teams of the late twentieth century).

While Americans were buying their first cell phones, about a quarter - century ago, Estonians were shut off from the world as an outpost of the Soviet Union.

The philosophy of stoicism, founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC, asserts that virtues (such as wisdom) should be based on behavior, rather than words.

As one of a handful of female physicians in California at the turn of the 20th century, Peters occupied a tenuous role as a health authoritAs one of a handful of female physicians in California at the turn of the 20th century, Peters occupied a tenuous role as a health authoritas a health authority.

As you're probably well aware, Oprah is the richest African American of the 21st century, and with a net worth of over $ 3 billion, she is regarded as arguably the most influential woman in the worlAs you're probably well aware, Oprah is the richest African American of the 21st century, and with a net worth of over $ 3 billion, she is regarded as arguably the most influential woman in the worlas arguably the most influential woman in the world.

What not to miss: As the home of the state government, Austin boasts the Texas Capitol, a towering 19th - century building that sits atop one of the city's highest points.

«I think of these as high - tech Beanie Babies or 21st - century tulips,» says Robert Hockett, a law professor at Cornell who gained notoriety after the financial crisis for proposing that cities use «eminent domain» to buy out underwater mortgages.

As much as the fall of the Berlin Wall or the rise of social media, the astonishing decline in world - wide poverty stands as one of humanity's greatest achievement over the past quarter centurAs much as the fall of the Berlin Wall or the rise of social media, the astonishing decline in world - wide poverty stands as one of humanity's greatest achievement over the past quarter centuras the fall of the Berlin Wall or the rise of social media, the astonishing decline in world - wide poverty stands as one of humanity's greatest achievement over the past quarter centuras one of humanity's greatest achievement over the past quarter century.

Admirers of the tradition see the centuries — old spectacle of bullfighting as more of an art than a sport.

The press release on Race Together bizarrely leads with the subheading «It began with one voice,» painting Howard Schultz as a visionary progressive for daring to discuss race — something others, especially people of color, haven't exactly been silent on in recent months or the last couple centuries.»

The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday that Bob Iger could stay on as CEO beyond 2019 to «bed down» any acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets.

As I've argued before, self - awareness is also the meta - skill of the 21st century: Among other benefits, self - aware people are happier with their careers and relationships, are better students, perform better at work and run more profitable companies.

The most recent round of funding for fuboTV included Sky UK, a telecommunications company with 11 million United Kingdom customers as of 2015; Scripps Networks Interactive, the parent company of HGTV, Food Network, and Travel Channel; 21st Century Fox, whose stable of entertainment properties includes the Big Ten Network, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports Regional Networks, and the YES Network; and Northzone Ventures, a London - based venture capital firm that mainly invests in early stage software and technology companies.

The streaming site previously signed similar licensing deals with a range of movie studios, such as 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, Viacom's Paramount, and Comcast's NBCUniversal, among others.

And the story of why the LePeres are now paying as much as their mortgage payment on insulin, even though they have insurance and even though there are competing drugs on the market, is really the story of what has happened to the healthcare industry in America since the start of the century.

In a statement provided by 21st Century Fox, founder and executive co-chairman Rupert Murdoch said: «To ensure continuity of all that is best about Fox News and what it stands for, I will take over as Chairman and acting CEO, with the support of our existing management team under Bill Shine, Jay Wallace and Mark Kranz.»

«The 20th century's Thomas Edison has stepped from the stage... the scope of the technologies that sprang from or were transformed by Jobs's Apple laboratories — the Mac, the mouse, the laptop, Pixar, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, iPad — is awesome, as was that from Edison's Menlo Park.»

These sorts of odd - ball questions — logic puzzles, brainteasers and riddles — have been favoured by some employers as a means of testing problem - solving and communications skills for over half a century.

While it's good that manufacturing firms think that the United States is a great place to do business, their success in America will not have the same impact, in terms of providing a huge number of well - paying jobs, as they did a half - century ago.

«The one thing I will fight to my death, this will not be laid on Jack Welch,» said Langone, whose effusive praise of Welch as «CEO of the century» contrasted his veiled criticism of Welch's successor, Jeff Immelt.

In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan promised to spend a whopping $ 3 billion of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's extensive capital over the next 10 years, as it works towards its lofty goal of curing, preventing or managing all diseases by the end of the century.