Sentences with phrase «at ideas of race»

The more I looked at ideas of race with my own life the less stable it all became and so my central character is somebody for whom all these categories are totally up in the air.

Not exact matches

Fujairah will be holding the Innovation Race, a competition aimed at finding ideas to improve local government services, open to residents of the city, and with a winning prize of AED 20,000 for first place, AED 15,000 for second place, and AED 10,000 for third place.

But over a career at the highest levels in corporate finance, Porat has been equally unflappable, navigating physical obstacles and fighting great metaphorical discomfort — the race - the - clock stress of the financial crisis, the tension of negotiations among big - ego executives, and now the culture clash of imposing financial discipline at tech's biggest idea factory.

This weekend, and in particular Sunday night's race (the Bojangles» Southern 500 airs Sunday at 6 p.m. ET on NBCSN) marks the third year of NASCAR Throwback Weekend, an idea hatched in 2015 by track officials to commemorate the race's return to its traditional Labor Day slot on the NASCAR calendar.

121:8.14 — While I, with the collaboration of my eleven associate fellow midwayers and under the supervision of the Melchizedek of record, have portrayed this narrative in accordance with my concept of its effective arrangement and in response to my choice of immediate expression, nevertheless, the majority of the ideas and even some of the effective expressions which I have thus utilized had their origin in the minds of the men of many races who have lived on earth during the intervening generations, right on down to those who are still alive at the time of this undertaking.

They took a word, with its accompanying ideas, which at first had possessed no ethical significance at all, and they made it one of the great words in the moral vocabulary of the race.

Honda does seem to have been getting on top of things in recent races, so it'll hopefully give us an idea of just how much this upgrade improves the cars performance at a power circuit like Spa.

Not everyone subscribes to the idea that lots of overtakes are needed for a great race, but there's definitely is a middle - ground between the lack of overtaking at the last weekend and a couple of rounds of Mario Kart.

And if you're going to complain about another season of Mercedes winning everything, Bernie, at least wait until a few races have passed and we have an idea of what's going to happen.

Capitalism, while harsh at times, promotes an ethos that the best idea wins regardless of race or ethnicity.

Still, because of their successes, stature and public images as well as the historic New Jersey - New York rivalry, political reporters salivate at the idea of a Cuomo - Christie presidential race in 2016.

Later, Cuomo poked fun at the idea of Nixon running by quipping he hoped celebrities like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie didn't get in the race, if name recognition was as important as reporters suggested.

The approval of Cuomo's plan, along with a similar free tuition initiative by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, is the latest evidence that Democratic Party's best idea of the 2016 race continues to advance at the state level.

The race essentially came down to two issues: Coleman's experience at the Capitol versus Wooden's claim of fresh ideas and energy and the proposed construction of a $ 60 million ballpark in Hartford.

In fact, recent surveys of the views of physical anthropologists suggest that most of them flatly reject the idea that humans can be divided into biological races at all.

«I wanted to look at what the limits are to the amount of downforce racing cars produce,» said Ben Jordan, 21, from Bury St. Edmund, who came up with the idea for the paper.

Sharon has a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Harvard University and teaches courses on Buddhism, gender, race, and social engagement at Seattle University and was thrilled by the idea of further exploring the connection between mindfulness and the body through her teacher training.

Dating someone of a different race is no longer taboo (at least in most circles) and the idea has finally become so commonplace that most people don't even give an interracial couple a second look.

It's a formidable Best Picture contender with a strong shot at nominations across - the - board with Kristin Scott Thomas more of a threat than people think for a Supporting Actress nomination (despite a now more robust competition than evident before Lady Bird and I Tonya crushed ideas about that particular race).

The idea of racing 15 of your friends at any given time instead of just ghosts or randomly generated computer cars does instill a little greater sense of competition.

Debuting in a time where discussion on race in American cinema is at an absolute fever pitch, Morris From America explores the idea of cultural and personal identity through the lens of a 13 - year old black aspiring free - styler living with his father (Craig Robinson) in the little white - washed German village of Heidelberg.

With little in the way of actual development (this season is curiously divided on the timeline as we've got maybe another month before more major titles begin screening), I figured it would be a good idea to keep things going on that front and take a look at the supporting actress race.

Most people we know who aren't into cars yawn at the idea of sitting down with a racing game where you actually have to brake.

I told this story to a group of two dozen or so of my fellow ed reformers last week at an American Enterprise Institute convening on «race, social justice, and school reform» because I wanted to make two simple (some will say simplistic) points: our expensive and aggressive ed reform efforts still focus far too little on what kids do in school all day; and we don't all have the same ideas about what it means to serve the cause of social justice — or whether it is even appropriate to place social justice issues at the heart of our efforts to improve outcomes for kids.

After some research, Wilson was certain the annual Iditarod sled dog race would provide a sled - ful of ideas she could use to teach skills such as math and teamwork to her students at Applegate Elementary School in Portland, Oregon.

Gonzales has also created an informal workshop at the Ed School called REMI (for those interested in issues of Race, Ethnicity, Migration, and Inequality), a space where students can work on paper ideas, fellowship proposals, conference presentations, and even job talks.

Harper, Provost Professor in Education and Business at USC, listed 10 ideas during the first segment of the session «Big Ideas on Equity, Race and Inclusion in Education,» which focused on issues education journalists were urged to cover in more dideas during the first segment of the session «Big Ideas on Equity, Race and Inclusion in Education,» which focused on issues education journalists were urged to cover in more dIdeas on Equity, Race and Inclusion in Education,» which focused on issues education journalists were urged to cover in more depth:

When Duncan's testimony broached the broader idea at a March Congressional hearing, the House Appropriations Committee chairman, David Obey, a Democratic representative from Wisconsin — which finished 26th out of 41 entrants in the first round of the Race — reminded Duncan of the states» dire need for basic funds and signaled his skepticism about the Race reforms, declaring, «When the sailboat is sinking, my top priority would not be to put a new coat of varnish on the deck.»

I don't know how the V - 6 would handle towing my race car, but the idea of keeping the inside of the van stocked with spare parts and still having room to work inside and be shielded from the sun when I'm at the track is pretty appealing.

Mors: the true story behind the legend — In the first of a two - part series, Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges tells the story of the highly successful Mors racing cars / «Compare and contrast...» — Having owned examples of both, John Warburton explains the allure of the 30 - 98 Vauxhall and compares it to the sidevalve Aston - Martin / Impressions of an immortal — Karl Ludvigsen casts his mind back to the summer of 1961, when he drove a Mercedes - Benz W196 Grand Prix car when it was still quite new / Documenting decay — American photographer Brewster Moseley has made a special study of decaying Detroit iron in a Montana scrapyard, and shares some of the results / Made in Logansport: the Revere — Michael Worthington - Williams looks at the littleknown Revere of the late teens and»20s and its shady promotor, Newton van Zandt / Back on the Road — Neil Tigwell wanted to build his idea of what a post-war Riley Lynx could have looked like.

Former race boss Jean Todt had just become CEO of the car division too, so the transfer of ideas, technology and engineering from F1 to the road car programme — always present as a strong undercurrent at Maranello — had gained a new, arguably defining, impetus.

The idea of racing the GT at Le Mans was brilliant.

When Olly lined up for the start of his first American Le Mans Series race at Road Atlanta, the day after his 28th birthday in September 2000, he had no idea that some 12 years later he would be celebrating a very special Centenary.

For one this isn't a wide body conversion, the overall width of this Aventador remained the same, but that's about all that remained original, the entire front section, rear section and side sills are totally new, where the DMC Aventador Molto Veloce is a very stylish aerodynamic package and the DMC Aventador Spezial Version is the Stage 2 limited edition evolution (all 10 units are sold out in fact), this Stage 3 takes styling to a totally new level... the E-GT does take a lot of styling ideas from GT racing, just take a look at that massive clear carbon fiber rear wing.

Introduced at last year's SEMA Show, the 2014 Corvette Stingray Pacific Concept was Chevrolet's idea of customizing the C7 Corvette to look like a race car, without applying any powertrain modifications or taking its road - legal status away.

Chances are the concept will be nothing more than eye candy to draw more people into the Toyota Gazoo Racing booth at the show, but the idea of a Le Mans - inspired road car is undeniably cool.

All of a sudden restrictor plates have allies.Once the most dreaded two words in stock - car racing, the device used to slow cars down at the Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway doesn't seem so bad after all - especially compared with some of the alternatives.Recent testing at Daytona has given NASCAR some other ideas on ways to keep speeds from topping 190 mph.

While the idea of seeing a new Supra lapping the high banking at Talladega running fender - to - fender with Ford and The General's latest muscle cars sounds intriguing, we're also hoping Toyota commits to taking the Supra endurance racing, too.

The idea of young people, of any race, taking off to work, study and travel for years at a time is relatively new.

With this focus on just a single brand comes a sort of expectation that Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends should be a love letter to Ferrari, a in - depth look at the storied history of the famous Prancing Horse and a passionate recreation of how its many cars perform on the track so that we can all finally get some idea of what it would have been like to drive the old classics, as well as the modern greats.

It might seem silly to consider the idea that an entire race of people are ALL wearing the same kind of headgear at all times, but it makes sense in the context of the Mario universe.

Familiar cities and landmarks from The Statue of Liberty to the Grand Canyon are here for your racing pleasure, and I love the idea that you can pull out to the map view at any time and instantly transport to the city you want to race in.

It was time to combine nearly 15 - years of racing game pedigree and a rapidly evolving, connected gaming landscape — this seed of an idea was ready to be realized and the buzz at Evo was unstoppable.

In the same way as Red Game Without A Great Name; Green Game: TimeSwapper also does not feature any multiplayer modes, although local multiplayer could have provided a race between two mechanical birds to survive the traps and compete for who reaches the box at the end of the level in the fastest time, while pass the Vita multiplayer could have produced the same idea albeit as an individual time trial rather than being on the same screen.

One particularly appealing idea, would be for each faction or race to have an entire army, complete with a few primary hero troops that fight at the head of battles.

On Saturday, November 11, The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) is launching a series of free creative conversations and social events that brings together nationally recognized artists, writers, and thought - leaders to consider key ideas at the intersection of art, race, and social justice — and imagining the futures we want.

The show looks at artists from the sixties up until today who deal with notions of identity and ideas around gender, sexuality, and race.

It also focuses on the evolution of conceptual art in subsequent decades as a tool to deconstruct existing precepts regarding gender and race, and as a strategy in presenting ideas regarding the complexities of contemporary society and how artists skillfully negotiate these complexities as it relates to themselves and the community at large.

Since his groundbreaking exhibition at the Maryland Historical Society in 1992, Wilson's work has challenged assumptions of history, culture, race and ideas of display.

In a statement from the artist, Treviño says, «I challenge traditional ideas of race and sexual orientation but at the same time am compelled to make thoughtful and beautiful work.