Sentences with phrase «bit of history from»

I love having a little bit of history from my home town.

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A bit about my American history: I came to the U.S. for the first time in 2002 when I moved from India to get my master's at the University of Alabama.

While recipients come from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, fine arts, history, social justice, computer science, and mathematics, the selection criteria is a bit of a mystery.

In 1848, the British East India Company commissioned a Scottish botanist named Robert Fortune with one of history's most daring bits of industrial espionage: the theft of tea plants and growing secrets from China.

He was always a bit of a thrill - seeker: he rode a snowmobile to school every day and purchased his first assault rifle from a history teacher between classes.

Written a bit like a hard - boiled detective story, G. Edward Griffin's The Creature From Jekyll Island looks at the story behind what he calls the «most blatant scam in all of history»: the Federal Reserve System.

Knowing a bit about history can help clever people avoid the worst consequences of financial forgetfulness and learning about mortgage rate history can stop you from making harmful assumptions about the future.

At the same time, notes a «History of the Postal Monopoly in the United States» from the Journal of Law and Economics, the governors of the new U.S. Postal Service established a regulation allowing them to surrender bits and pieces of their exclusive grant to preserve the substance of the monopoly.

The universe came from somewhere, but when I see a phrase like, «Suffering is necessary» spoken by a Catholic priest, given the history of priests getting diddlely with children, I think I'm seeing a little bit of justification by this old yutz.

Humans have been lied to and misled about divinity, faith and God for so long, they would not know the truth if it reached up and bit them on the proverbial cheeks.Deception has been a part of the history of mankind from day one.Further changes to the Bible only indicates it is still as strong as ever.The New Testament without Christ is like a riddle without an answer.

Though I don't want to let go of any insights from the social sciences, all this «nothing but» leaves me a bit edgy, and Lord Zealous has seized on my restlessness: There is a hint of a taunt behind her slightly glazed smile as she keeps reminding me that my community is devoted to scholarship; the history of religion.

Although Meghan Duke has already posted accurate praise for Bruce D. Marshall's review, in the current FT, of Gary Anderson's book Sin: A History, I want to say a bit more about the review from my own standpoint as a theology buff.

There was quite a bit of interest in Teilhard de Chardin, for instance from the French Dominican Professor Maldame who stated that the evolutionary history of the world was also the «history of soul».

In these baking sessions, something often triggers memories for Grandma, and she'll share stories from her youth in North Dakota, her experiences cooking for and managing restaurants, and bits of family history.

To add my humble contribution to the rich history of carrot cakes, I decided to make some carrot cake snack bites, inspired by the raw carrot cake recipe from Gim me Some Oven.

Loved this article from the author about how the novel relates to the world today, and this bit: «One of my rules was that I would not put any events into the book that had not already happened in what James Joyce called the «nightmare» of history, nor any technology not already available.

Together the chefs pay homage to the rich history of the location by reviving the iconic tea court, adding a Russian flare that speaks to Paley's own heritage, with a bit of inspiration pulled from his notable pop - up DaNet illustrating pre-Soviet Russian cuisine.

The chefs pay homage to the rich history of the location by reviving the iconic tea court, adding a Russian flare that speaks to Paley's own heritage, with a bit of inspiration pulled from his notable pop - up DaNet illustrating pre-Soviet Russian cuisine.

The chefs pay homage to the rich history of the location, reviving the iconic tea court, adding a Russian flare that speaks to Paley's own heritage, with a bit of inspiration pulled from his notable pop - up DaNet illustrating pre-Soviet Russian cuisine.

As seen in the tweets below, that was made clear with a bit of history for De Gea, as aside from the fact that Arsenal had 33 shots on goal, the Spanish international made 14 saves, the joint-most by a goalkeeper in a single Premier League game.

So to discover that the bumpy old airfield on a remote bit of moorland a few minutes drive from where I live not only had a motorsport history, but a (tenuous) Formula 1 history?

The problem with Taylor is his very recent history with our manager, which included some swear words from Wenger (excuse his French) and a bit of pushing thrown into the bargain.

Am never one to excuse our continuous failings and Wenger's general ineptitude but all this talk of Afobe been another one we missed out on is a bit preposterous and very very premature... yes he's scored a few goals for Bournemouth but can we all take a step bck and recognise that playing for a team who will be happy just to avoid relegation is very different from playing for a club which demands trophies and high achievements every season (yea, I know we have been found wanting on these fronts for a long time)... some players are better in small clubs with limited expectations and very neat to no pressure... that is why history is littered with stories of good players who went to big clubs and flopped only to go down a few levels and find their form again....

The object could be crafted from recycled bin bags, come with a bit of family history or be made out of something you found on the street.

As a bit of history, the theory began when Bowlby was asked to study orphaned infants and children after WWII who presented with myriad problems — socially, emotionally, and cognitively — and he determined that the cause of these problems stemmed from a lack of maternal involvement.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who got the files after Gov. Andrew Cuomo shuttered the commission in April, said in a radio interview that New York government has become «a little bit of a corruption disaster» partly from its history of too little policing or self - policing.

The Gordon Brown memorial pledge, which could just as well have come from the last Prime Minister's lips — the «We are the first Government in history to do X» being a formula of which he was fond — and the first bit of real red kidney - bean stew tossed to Liberal Democrat activists.

A giant earwax plug pulled from a blue whale recently revealed a fair bit of its life history, from its testosterone kicking in as it grew up to its times of stress (measured by cortisol levels) and contaminants it picked up from the waters it swam in.

Most of the remains include only bits of bone and are from individuals of various sizes, says Hans - Dieter Sues, a vertebrate paleontologist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C..

But at some point during whale history, the ancestors of modern mysticetes replaced teeth with baleen, fibrous plates that filter out small bits of food from seawater like a giant sieve.

Although they seem to come from nowhere, every new bit of malware has a history.

A bit of history and scientific study go a long way in separating the fads from the ones that actually work.

This camp ground has a lot of history to it as my husband worked here for years, our Nevaeh went to camp here this past Summer and I was a teacher and helper to many of the youth here years past so it was neat to bring the kids by for a bit apart from church and camp duties.

Here's a bit of the history behind this baby: when I saw this dress I thought of my mom, and how cute it would look on her (mom is girly too and she loves bows and flowers and hats and ties), of course is hard to buy her clothes when she's about 8.000 miles away from me but I figured it...

Here's a bit of the history behind this baby: when I saw this dress I thought of my mom, and how cute it would look on her (mom is girly too and she loves bows and flowers and hats and ties), of course is hard to buy her clothes when she's about 8.000 miles away from me but I figured it would fit.

The shop that I purchased it from gave me a little bit of back history on it and so I had to have it.

I watch anime from time to time, learning about world history, a little bit of philosophy..

I watch anime from time to time, learning about world history, a little bit of philosophy and playing chess.

As with «American History X,» Kaye's stance is obvious and moment to moment scenes are a bit preachy, but none of this detracts from the established tone and eventual takeaway of this socially conscience, effortlessly powerful movie.

From long - time Wonder Boy fans to platformer enthusiasts who've never heard of it until now, you'll likely be able to find whimsical fun and a neat bit of genre history in this charming adventure.

I do feel like it suffered from a little bit of repetition, with the same power struggle themes going on but I do recognize that this is a historical show so they have to be true to history.

Mike Carey's novel and screenplay takes ideas from superhero films like «X-Men» and expects the audience to already know quite a bit of zombie history from other films.

On the video side, where everything is encoded in HD, we start with «It's Never Just a Movie: Chris Rock and Top Five» (20:08) considers the star - filmmaker's parallels to his character and his history in comedy, with looks at his comedy bits and home movies, as well as interviews of other influential figures, from over the years.

History Mode is made up of scenarios that are of certain key events from the Fire Emblem series, only now they're a little bit different as the events have been given a Warriors twist and in order to reach the «ending» a lot of requirements are going to need to be met.

«The String Arcade» spans a few decades in video game history from arcade classics including «Galaga», «TRON» to 8 - bit eras with «Legend of Zelda» to more recent hits with «Portal 2» and «Minecraft».

March 6, 2015 • From the people on our money to the effects of calling someone black, this week, we bring you four reads that illuminate a bit of history or pieces of regulation you may not have known about.

He has a bit of history with Stephen Strange, as in the comics Maw was sent to pry from the Sorcerer Supreme the secrets of the Illuminati and the location of Thanos» son Thane.

A little bit of history was made today as two - time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe won Best Supporting Actor from LAFCA for «The Florida Project.»

Also ported over are features on the history and development of «Tarzan,» among them segments on the Deep Canvas Process, Production Progression Demonstration, three publicity trailers, From Burroughs to Disney, an Early Presentation Reel, a short feature on the Research Trip to Uganda, six segments on creating The Characters of Tarzan, a three - minute bit on The Making of the Music, Building the Story and Storyboard to Film featurettes, 10 minutes of deleted and alternate scenes, and a couple tidbits on the international / intercontinental aspects of «Tarzan.»

Well - written and informative from beginning to end, African American History in the United States of America is an engaging read which proves to be every bit as entertaining as it is a worthwhile educational tool.