Sentences with phrase «as a story of»

Eggers's novel hits shelves just as stories of the dark side of the tech industry seem to be multiplying.

As the stories of Okamura, Natori and Ganahl teach us, If you're willing to work hard and take action, anything is possible.

She added that the Gamergate incidents, as well as the stories of sexism in the industry described by many female game developers, have spurred some women to tell Edwards that they're thinking about leaving the industry or discouraging their daughters from working in it.

I guess you could see this as a story of fairness, but, you know what?

The latter is particularly important as regulatory approval for new drugs hinges on accurate data, and public trust in the pharma industry has ebbed and flowed over the years as stories of fabricated results make headlines.

Democrats will be telling it as a story of Republicans rewarding their rich friends.

Therefore her satatements are just as speculative as the stories of the so - called martyrs.

All that is being pointed out is that it likely wasn't as widespread as the stories of early Christianity make it seem.

@Laughing: If you read the Genesis story, it does not strike one as a story of a meticulous Designer who used some form of omniscience to look into the future and predict what was going to happen.

The greatness and inviolability of a subject have never yet exempted those who endeavor to find expression for it from the effort of giving their very best from the artistic point of view; and to fail to fulfill this demand when a religious subject of such a sublime nature as the story of Our Lord is involved, is not merely an aesthetic sin.

The Bible has the same authority or bearing as much as the story of Santa and Alice in Wonderland etc..

The religions of today are more sophisticated, more carefully constructed in such a way that they have managed to survive the increased knowledge we have of the world, but they are just as much fairytales as the stories of Thor or Zeus, and with no more evidence to support them.

It announces itself as the story of the Son of God, but it doesn't begin with glory.

As an adult, I now interpret it as a story of oppressed becoming oppressors.

We can diagnose their performance as a bad case of libido dominandi, in which their own egos have been written so large that they must depict history as a story of progress culminating in their own genius.

Likewise, there is much in the historical books of the Bible that is spiritually and morally applicable in its own right, such as the story of Joseph in Genesis or of David in 2 Samuel.

I suppose it isn't as > controversial < as a story of someone who wants to get over a personal issue without having to rely on a two thousand year old irrelevant system of authority disguised as morality.

However, I do not imagine it as a story of one religion dominating the world, as many do.

In fact, the entire history of science could be told as the story of attempts to devise methods by which mistakes can be «good» ones; that is, mistakes which are reversible and from which we can learn something.

kermit4jc The Gospels are full of the same outlandish doings as the stories of Hercules.

All of us have had qualified failures — most of which we relate as stories of the unqualified failure of a community's willingness to be led.

The parable in barrenmind's post (7:01 pm) could be quite easily be read as the story of men who have rejected different elements of the teachings of God, yet have not given up faith.

As the story of the Tower of Babel illustrates, homogeneity glorifies us; unity glorifies God.

The Abraham story has always appealed to me as a story of obedience that defies culture, custom, convention.

If we could learn to see the universe as the story of the unfolding of God's promise we could then integrate our hope in the promise with the vigorous environmental concern that is needed today if life is to survive on this planet.

To fight back, to insist on one's own «rights,» would certainly lead to banishment or death, as the story of Vashti shows.

The cosmos itself appears now as the story of an adventurous quest.

The history of man is viewed as a story of naked power, destructiveness and cruelty.

They provide winterization supplies, diapers (a huge need for refugees) and basic food items, as well as the story of Jesus through resources and personal sharing.

The poem can be read as the story of young Lycius's loss of an erotic Utopia with an entrancing transmogrified serpent because of the jealous hostility of Lycius's mentor Appolonius, whose unanticipated appearance at the wedding «in philosophic gown» and «with eye severe» results in the vanishing of Lamia and the death of Lycius.

As Jesus» action at the wedding at Cana reminds us we, like the water, need to be transformed into wine, and as the story of the Samaritan woman at the well shows we are all wounded people in need of healing and love.

The apocalyptic literature should be regarded as the story of politically oppressed people about the dominating powers.

Generally speaking, the American public is well accustomed to the concept of tissue and organ transplantation, as stories of life - saving heart and kidney transplants, or American Red Cross blood drives collecting blood and platelets for transfusions have become commonplace.

As the story of man's Salvation in Scripture begins with his solitude in a garden, so it ends with his life in fellowship in the Heavenly City.

After restoring J's missing creation account, suppressed in favor of the Priestly version in Genesis 1, Bloom turns his attention to the Garden of Eden story, reading it not as a story of sin and punishment, not even as, in Paul Ricoeur's phrase, a myth of deviation, but as a lovingly and playfully ironic account of the unsatisfactory state of affairs in which we find ourselves and, more specifically, in which the author found herself in the twilight days of the post-Solomonic era.

As the story of Israel proceeds thereafter the material becomes more and more historical.

As stories of this «miracle drug» reached Mocha, Omar was asked to return and was made a saint.

As stories of heroism reached campus, Sheppard and teammates talked about wishing they could have been in a position to help the airline passengers in their struggle to overcome the terrorists.

She weaves in her personal story, having been tongue - tied and being the mother of two formerly tongue - tied children, as well as the stories of many other families into the science, creating both a readable and credible book.

As stories of extreme bullying make headlines, it's important to remember that this often starts with «harmless teasing» among young children.

Try such classics as The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf or Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans.

Even if the blackfriday and the cyber monday helped our collective to get back on track selling several baby swing chairs (since in September our good old Etsy shop was shut down and our business has really suffered) we really believe to use sales as opportunities to invest in quality pieces and not as the story of this rodent, unrelenting questing for happiness and fulfillment.

Some inspiring stories she shares are the intimate, personal ones, such as the story of her natural birth and the letter to her daughter.

The 50 - year - old lawyer, visibility emotional, characterizes his campaign for State Senate as the story of David and Goliath, fueled by fear of mortality and a desire, while he's still around, to be «fighting for the little guy.»

As the stories of these three young group leaders returning to the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary illustrate, the struggles Eastern European scientists find back home depend on when they left, the country they're coming back to, and their ability to get funding.

As Oppenheimer himself remarked, «Taken as a story of human achievement, and human blindness, the discoveries in the sciences are among the great epics.»

As the story of Toumai Sahelanthropus tchadensis unfolds over the coming days and weeks, check Sahelanthropus.com for updates.

Even supporters of inflation, still the leading Big Bang theory, acknowledge its incompleteness as a story of how and why the universe began.

It can be quite an emotional journey as the stories of the chups are often quite harrowing.

We're taking a look at some of the risks of online dating — as well as the story of one prominent... «He gave stories about him being on an international work trip...