Sentences with phrase «as poignant reminders»

Ada and Stefan are representative of the families, friends, and lovers separated and destroyed by the wall; their grandmothers serve as poignant reminders of the toll WWII took on the European population.

And while both are laced with product placement for Coca - Cola, this acts as a poignant reminder of the varying quality of life for those living in the modern age.

Adding a new angle to the Nativity story, this thoughtful tale serves as a poignant reminder of what Christmas is about: the spirit of giving.

The tephra at Brooks Camp can certainly serve as a poignant reminder of the explosive tendencies of Katmai's volcanoes, but what is not so clearly accessible is what lies underneath Novarupta's ash.

The Yorta Yorta case [9] stands as a poignant reminder of the injustice contained within the common law's recognition of native title.

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Eva Marie Saint, at 93, got an ovation for mentioning, «I'm older than the Academy» — although as the star of On the Waterfront, she was also a poignant reminder of Marlon Brando in his pre-mailbox-banging days.

Given out as a prize to a member of the audience at the end of a children's entertainment show, this rocking horse is a poignant reminder of the disaster that occurred on 16 June 1883 in the Victoria Hall, Sunderland, when 183 children were tragically crushed to death.

As fantastic as it is to dip your toes into Honda's past with the CRX Si, it's somewhat of a poignant but sad reminder that cars like this don't exist anymorAs fantastic as it is to dip your toes into Honda's past with the CRX Si, it's somewhat of a poignant but sad reminder that cars like this don't exist anymoras it is to dip your toes into Honda's past with the CRX Si, it's somewhat of a poignant but sad reminder that cars like this don't exist anymore.

The good - natured spirit of these animals serve as a gentle and poignant reminder of the legend that is Bowie.

Sombre memories of its troubled past are marked with poignant reminders, such as the Shoes on the Danube memorial.

At a moment in which the place of the humanities and the arts are coming under heavy attack within the United States, Muntadas» project is in itself a poignant reminder of the powerful way in which art can be practiced as a critical tool and how it is important that it continue to be a major component of academia, nurtured and fostered within the university.

Hirst thus raises the question of whether his chosen imagery should be considered to represent that which is beautiful, poignant and uplifting or perhaps merely acts as a reminder that all existence, while it may be beautiful, is ultimately fleeting and fragile.

Chipotle did it again last week, releasing «The Scarecrow», a hauntingly poignant commercial that works as both a strong critique of factory farming, as well as an inspirational reminder that there is always another, better way to live, w