Sentences with phrase «background theme of»

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During the show's six seasons, fans of all backgrounds, walks of life, and world views debated Lost's many themes and finer details on the website's message boards.

Several introductory chapters on the Court and its work, the historical background of the First Amendment and the American experiment in religious freedom, and a few of the leading themes help to put the (mercifully) heavily edited excerpts of the Court's opinions in context.

The past two years have seen the appearance of an informative Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (4 vols., edited by Leonard W. Levy [Macmillan]-RRB-, several outstanding studies on its intellectual background (including Forrest McDonald's Novus Ordo Seculorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution [University Press of Kansas] and Morton White's Philosophy, The Federalist, and the Constitution [Oxford University Press], at least one pathbreaking effort to trace the document's role through the years (Michael Kammen's A Machine That Would Go of Itself The Constitution in American Culture [Knopf]-RRB- and a gaggle of good books on its religious themes (see Martin Marty's review in The Century [«James Madison Revisited,» April 9.

In Liberation Theology and Its Critics: Toward an Assessment, Arthur F. McGovern, a Jesuit and a professor of philosophy at the University of Detroit, aims to provide an overview of liberation theology, its background, history and major theological themes.

Hence, in attempting to address the theme of the symposium, my objective will be to explain the epistemological standpoint (as well as the cultural background) underlying my interest in process thought, a standpoint which makes me regard it as a conceptual framework.

Three major themes are rooted in Judaism without which Christianity, especially at this moment in the life of the church, would be adversely, perhaps fatally, affected: the Jewish sense of history as God's arena, the Jewish passion against idolatry, and the Jewish background which illumines the New Testament.

As I read more and more books on Jewish backgrounds, this type of book organization (or lack thereof) seems to be a common theme.

One is the «man on horseback» theme: While thumbing through Peter Gay's Weimar Culture, with Wagnerian music playing in the background, and between shots from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, I see the parade ground of Nuremberg, with banners flying.

It is obvious, then, that their history fulfilled that sine qua non of great historiography, that it must be written against a great background — an epic theme, as it were.

Here the logic of otherness goes most deeply awry, setting up a biblical theme of murderously jealous brothers that is the background for the duality of Israel and the nations (who do so much killing of one another).

I like this place because: it is multicultural; the music is excellent (they played with the Houston Symphony a few months ago); there is lots of laughter; everyone from every conceivable background is accepted; there is never judgment or shame spoken from the pulpit; the preaching / teaching is generally inspirational with the main theme being the hope of Godâ $ ™ s kingdom breaking through the shit barrier most people know as life.

Whether by accident or design, the royal commission's background paper, titled Some Features of The Australian Banking Industry, echoed themes raised in a draft report released days earlier by the Productivity Commission, which noted that the last time Australia's financial system was fiercely competitive was in the early 2000s.

With the enthralling view of world famous Mayon Volcano in the background, everybody was in high spirits and looked forward to a fruitful conference on the theme «Public - Private Partnership for Sustainable Agricultural Research, Development, and Extension.»

But it wasn't until we introduced her to the theme of the shoot — ballet inspired — that we learned of her background as a ballet dancer.

Parents love to share photos of their kids with family and friends, and now with FOTOBOX Plus, both novice and computer - savvy parents can edit their photos, apply themes and add background music and narration to slideshows, then upload to YouTube or Facebook.

Theme and palette includes a scatter print of ABC letters alongside the classic book's Ichabod and Peter Pepper characters along with large and small letters in Barn Red, Cornflower Blue, Mango, Avocado and Chocolate on a White background.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

I sometimes shuddered imagining the sort of advertisements that would be run on this theme, if money and time were no object: «Let's have Oliver Letwin in the foreground spouting gangster rap at 120 words per minute, and in the background we'll have Nicholas Soames and John Redwood break - dancing... yes, perfect!»

Planning board chairman Drew Boggess, a Rotron engineer and manager, was nominated by his wife Judith and again seconded by Horner, who noted his background as someone familiar with technical aspects of modern life... a theme quietly played out over the evening as some noted Rozzelle's unfamiliarity with and distaste for voice mail, cell phones and email.

Tell us what this singularity is supposed to be for anybody who is coming into the story without a background, and then tell us what the whole overall kind of theme of your special issue is.

This variety of themes, models and techniques makes this laboratory a kind of unique environment that, also thanks to its link with the International PhD Program in Cognitive, Social and affective Neuroscience, is populated by scholars with different historical and geographical background.

A lot of the backgrounds include patterns of hand drawn stars and a lot of the phrases fit in with that theme as well.

It will all be laid out on a white background... maybe I could have a theme — oooo monochrome or a touch of neon!!

This is a cute, cartoon - themed mini dress that comes in your choice of a black or white background.

Background story: I bought this horrible muumuu type denim dress at Goodwill last October as part of a Halloween costume («Big Love» was the theme and several female coworkers and I dressed as sister - wives and a male coworker dressed as our «husband»... yes, very un-PC).

Event planners of all backgrounds use the website to brainstorm a theme, find a venue, gather party supplies, and share their success stories in a photo album of memorable moments.

Pros · Easy one - time registration · 100 % anonymous · Maximum independence and convenience · Great communication tools · Blogs and discussions you can join in · Works great on iOS system · Free to download · Huge data of users · Pleasant white - blue background theme

Taking into consideration your age and your preference for the age group of the people you would like to date, Dateinadash offer an impressive range of themed events that allow you to meet people who share a particular interest, background or lifestyle choice.

Two things captured my attention; the grueling pressures associated with the first year of medical school (with a continuing theme of dissecting corpses) and all the stress and strain of coping with the exams and workloads for students from different backgrounds and with different motivations.

My favorite comes in «Princess Resistance» in the form of a nod to Hotei Tomoyasu \'s «Battle Without Honor or Humanity» (used in the trailers for Kill Bill)- heavy guitars with the Shrek theme plinked out in the background by chimes.

Coming from a documentary background, Weinstein doesn't put a foot wrong: the entirely non-professional cast act out their community's rituals and rites in a way that feels totally real, and allows a story that plays with some big themes of identity and how much we should let ours be determined by those around us while never hitting you over the head with it.

Transcendent themes of love and death are fused with a pop - culture sensibility and played out against a midwestern background, which is breathtaking both in its sweep and in its banality.

A frankly disturbing experience since Cage is at his most manic, the images are brutal, the documentary - style background intense and the (inevitable) theme of redemption a long time emerging.

Up to this point the Day of the Dead was just a background theme but on arrival in the land of remembered its a full on mardi gras of colourfully epic proportions.

With a dandy version of the «Mission Impossible» theme soaring in the background, our hero must prove his innocence.

The theme features a panoramic background with art from the box art of Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival on the top screen, while the bottom is a red and yellow festival theme.

Aside from the well - noted fact that more superior long - form drama (and comedy) can be found on television than in cinemas, the two most interesting motion picture experiences I had in 2012 were in galleries: The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010), a staggering and hypnotic achievement of which I still have some of its 24 hours to catch up with, and two multi-screen installations by Candice Breitz: «Him» and «Her» in which many scenes from the films of Jack Nicholson (in Him) and Meryl Streep (in Her), isolate the actors from their filmic background leaving the actors to speak to and interrogate each other across space and time on many themes of character, identity, success, failure, anger and disappointment.

Though sadly overshadowed by the overrated dynamic duo of Wall - e and Kung Fu Panda, this warm, familiar animated movie with stunning visuals and beautiful, hand - painted backgrounds doesn't only mark a successful return for Disney on the animated area, but manages to introduce characters and themes that are in many ways more deep and complex than that of the widely glorified Pixar flicks.

The scene involves Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds» character when he's not in the squeaky tight Deadpool costume) spotting a guy in trouble outside a screening of «Logan» and going into a phone booth to get suited and booted — he moons the audience in the meantime — while the epic Superman theme blares in the background.

Sharply well - made and powerfully performed, this Italian drama weaves together three perspectives to explore a mystery that's so involving that it pushes the central theme about the value of a human life into the background...

Despite every set piece and musical number regurgitating the films theme of self - empowerment, the circus performers are only ever used as background props for the films traditionally beautiful and able - bodied characters.

But what is unexpected about this summer hit is the amount of humanity the script brings to the story; there is at least one relatable theme within the film that any audience member, no matter his or her own personal background, will find.

Brawl, in the background of the Animal Crossing themed stage Smashville.

Unfortunately for us as viewers, director Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest, Home Fries) and the screenwriters see this idea as more of a screwball comedy, and whatever underlying message driving the themes in the background are muted by the constant need to be frenetically madcap.

The relationship between these two old fighters with a shared violent past recedes into the background of the largely episodic narrative; among the twisted reflections they encounter are a grieving frontierswoman (Rosamund Pike) and a condemned murderer (Ben Foster) who relishes underlining the film's themes.

During their retreat a few miles from town to the freedom of open country, Kane has second thoughts, as the oft - repeated, haunting theme of the film plays in the background.

The 16x9 main menu is a somewhat odd, choppy montage of clips from the movie, cut out and set against an artsy, animated background as the memorable theme plays.

Directors Ben Rivers and Ben Russell come from a background that includes experimental filmmaking and ethnography, and through their film's structure put a heavy emphasis on how location defines a person, as well as throwing in plenty of existential and philosophical themes.

Malick attempts to generate it by giving us pieces of Rick's family background, including the lingering impact of his brother's death (a theme woven into Malick's more personal films).

Rockhaven also gave HuffPost exclusive access to the documentary, which is named after one of many strange traditions at «The Room» screenings, in which audience members throw plastic spoons at the screen every time the background of a shot has a framed picture of a spoon - themed stock photo.