Sentences with phrase «back centuries»

Tea itself is a very old drink that goes back centuries in many cultures.

Whether or not it will be successful remains to be seen, but a track record that dates back a century offers hope.

It was candle lit and festive and I felt that I had gone back centuries in time.

Well, you're wrong, nothing is new, most of what we do traces back centuries.

You could really imagine that you were transported back centuries!

The subjects had historic ties to their regions dating back centuries.

Depending on how one defines drones, their history goes back centuries.

Though the tradition has roots that reach back centuries into history, and there are many cities that boast a weather - predicting woodchuck, the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania has become the mecca for fans of the late - winter holiday.

Democratic Staten Island DA Michael McMahon removed portraits of previous borough district attorneys spanning back a century — because he despises his Republican predecessor, Dan Donovan, and didn't want to stare at his mug every day, according to insiders.

As paleontologists with access to the archives of the American Museum of Natural History, we have a unique opportunity to look back a century later on his discovery of the world's most famous dinosaur.

The Floreana Island giant tortoise was wiped out in the 19th century, but close relatives found on other islands might be key to bringing it back

I feel somewhat out of touch being white bread American, with roots extending back centuries in this country.

In the case of Germany, where nuclear power is being phased out and fossil fuels are taboo because of plans to decarbonize, the only option may be to accept periods without electricity putting a civilized nation back centuries.

Anglicans, who had a strong Rogation Days tradition that dated back centuries also de-emphasized the observance in their 1979 Book of Common Prayer.

«While I'm proud of the strides the Church has made over the past eight years, from thwarting AIDS - prevention efforts in Africa to failing to punish or even admit to decades of s.exual abuse of children at the hands of clergy, it has become evident to me that, in this rapidly evolving world, I now lack the capacity to continue guiding this faith back centuries.»

We no longer put leaches on infected arms, burn old ladies as witches, or sail in scurvy ridden boats, but for some reason, when it comes to religion, we are happy to entertain comical old fools whose minds are cast back centuries as somehow respectable.

Three years later, when 50 percent of all mp3 players sold in the United States were iPods, the cult of appreciation for Jobs's pricey, glossy take on consumer tech was primed to embrace the iPhone (in 2007) and the iPad (in 2010), of which a less iPod - happy world might not have been quite as enamored, given the price tags, a virtual keyboard that set typing speed and typo rates back a century, and, in the case of the phone, less - than - stellar voice reception.

The civil - rights movement might have ended segregation and beat back centuries of slavery and oppression, but let's save a slow clap for well - meaning white folks with the moral courage to put themselves at the center of the narrative.

Soak up ancient Chinese heritage at the nightly candle ritual, harking back centuries to the Li tradition of using torches to guide fishermen back to Sanya's beaches, and a nod to when Paris began lighting street lamps for safety in the 1700s.

Dating back centuries with remains of the founding Roman settlement still visible to this day, the district fuses a rich heritage with an injection of modernity, creating a charismatic base from which to explore the metropolis.

Coral reconstructions extending back centuries provide a link between the period of instrumental observations of the past 50 — 150 years and coarse geological archives that do not relate to human scales.

It pits a family whose farming history goes back a century in Southwestern Ontario -LSB-...]

According to climate records stretching back a century, southern Greenland has warmed three degrees Celsius in just the past 20 years, driving melting that may help lubricate glacial flow along the bedrock, the two speculate.

Democratic Staten Island DA Michael McMahon removed portraits of previous borough district attorneys spanning back a century — because he despises his Republican predecessor, Dan Donovan, and didn't want to...

(4) I suppose that temperature records are the only data we have that allow us to look back a century or more but it seems to me that total atmospheric heat energy is what we're really after, not temperature.

Century After Extinction, Passenger Pigeons Remain Iconic — And Scientists Hope to Bring Them Back

The 20 - to -30-pound breed goes back centuries in Hungary, where it herded cattle, sheep, and swine.

There are historic grievances, some of which date back a century or more, unresolved.

We have seen periods of time, particularly if you go back a century or two, where there were real markets, say, in the UK, and you typically had inverted curves and that reflected a number of things.

Our economic and cultural ties with Japan date back a century.

Authored by Phillip Giraldi via The Strategic Culture Foundation, False Flag is a concept that goes back centuries.

Olson argues that if you went back a century or two and talked to British or American legal scholars, «they'd say of course these things would be used by the rich and powerful if you allowed them.»

In an analysis of some 350 mass killers going back a century, about 22 percent were found to likely have had psychosis; the rate in the general population is closer to 1 percent.

The Board believes it important to increase engagement moving forward, and notes that the precedent for this relationship and two - way communication goes back a century, to the direct benefit of all citizens and businesses in Metro Vancouver.

You're a product of the Catholic church's brainwashing (who have been «in bed» with government and the money - handlers going back centuries.

In this deeply researched and adroitly argued book, Robert Reilly shows the extent to which the normalization of homosexuality has deep roots in philosophical debates that go back centuries.

The Christians live peaceably and faithfully, their presence stretching back centuries.

These omnibus bill provisions are likely just the next step towards this relentless economic development at the price of our environmental sustainability and the covenantal relationship we've had with First Nations stretching back centuries to the Crown's agreements of the late 18th century.

My personal experiences are part of a larger tapestry of other stories of black life in the United States that dates back centuries.

It has held us back centuries.

It can not go back centuries, and we do not have any animals that can go that far back.