Sentences with phrase «by powerful narratives»

Previous oil bull markets have been accompanied by powerful narratives: the explosion of the Asian middle class — especially in China — means huge demand.

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His staff was able to be decisive when it counted; his brand gained a powerful addition to its narrative, plus a devoted customer; and the call center rep felt empowered by being granted such license.

For all Christians, however, the narrative has always spoken of the cost of redemption; and for all, I submit, it nurtures faith by its powerful statement of a meaning and purpose that incorporates tragedy.

A lengthy, well - researched, and powerful article in the Spring 2015 issue of the NCAA's Champion magazine, not only reports the belief of many top concussion experts that the media narrative about sports - related concussion trace has been dominated by media reports on the work of Dr. Ann McKee, which was the centerpiece of PBS Frontline's League of Denial, but Dr. McKee's, however belated, mea culpa that «There's no question [that her autopsies finding evidence of CTE in the brains of most of the former athletes were] a very biased study,» that they involved «a certain level of... sensationalism», that there were «times when it's overblown» and went «a little too far.»

One of the most powerful ways we understand the experience of being human is by constructing a narrative of our lives.

A one - woman show by Celeste Billhartz of powerful images, narratives and music about the «unwed mothers» of past generations who were forced to surrender their babies to adoption..

These powerful narratives of failure to control are reinforced by the fact that there is no clear consensus among scientists about the uncertainties raised by the use of genomic technologies in our ecosystems.

Weaving together the authors» own healing narratives, diverse case studies and skillful step - by - step methodology, this book reveals the powerful benefits of shifting one's story from the conventional medical model of disease and cure, to the powerful honesty of narrative healing.

At the peak of his powers, Coppola closed out 1974 by premiering The Godfather, Pt. 2, a powerful and ambitious follow - up built around a complex parallel narrative structure spanning a period of 30 years.

It is also Hitchcock's most innovative film in terms of narrative technique, discarding a linear story line in favor of thematically related incidents, linked only by the powerful sense of real time created by the lighting effects and the revolutionary ambient sound track.

It's those narrative conveniences that make «In Darkness» feel slick and worked over - the sense that an immensely powerful story of survival has been cut to fit the cloth of a by now well - established genre.

While audiences are still cowed by Disney's all - powerful money - printing Infinity Gauntlet, an understated Hungarian narrative is quietly raising some far more provocative ideas than any superhero massacre ever could.

While speaking with EW, Wallfisch noted that «Every now and again, you come across a movie where the storytelling is so powerful, the subtext so visceral, the synergy between director, narrative and actors so palpable, that as a composer you can feel the music being energized by something so much bigger than what's just on the screen.»

The philosophical vignettes might not have the narrative weight to be anything other than beguiling curios tossed out and then forgotten about but there are enough of them, delivered sharply enough by delightful movie stars at the top of their game, to make Age of Ultron one of the most thoughtfully driven monster vehicles you are likely to see in a summer rammed with powerful, glossy, mechanised beasts.

I really learned to sit with my discomfort during such discussions, and to reflect on the ways that practicing teachers are empowered or disempowered by the narratives we create in powerful institutions like this one.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

... This marvelous debut succeeds in creating an impressive sweep by the sheer dint of powerful writing and narrative scope.

Nevertheless this marvelous debut succeeds in creating an impressive sweep by the sheer dint of powerful writing and narrative scope.

Like books by Andrew Solomon and Oliver Sacks, Switched On offers an opportunity to consider mental processes through a combination of powerful narrative and informative medical context.

It's a powerful tactic that does double duty, spotlighting the innovative narrative quality of Shostakovich's music while showcasing how he was influenced by the turbulent period, which, in turn, gives readers some insight into the mindset of Russian citizens under Stalin's tyrannical reign.

- Booklist «Told from the point of view of more than a half - dozen characters, the vignettes that make up the narrative are generally powerful in isolation, but as a whole fail to develop into anything more than a series of snapshots of a family touched by time and tragedy.»

By using strong visuals, a powerful narrative, and inspiring music, you send a message directly to the the brain's limbic system, triggering a range of emotions.

After I have done an initial overall marketing / editorial assessment and developmental edit of a manuscript or proposal, a writer may choose to work with me further in a very close one - on - one mentoring relationship in which I would guide him or her in rewriting and re-envisioning the original material — chapter by chapter — in a new manuscript, to make the narrative voice more resonant; the descriptive prose more powerful and, in general, to increase the book's overall quality, marketing viability, sales potential.

Guided by a strong narrative and a distinctive visual style, players can use everyday items to battle danger that comes in many forms, from a range of unique, powerful enemy types to massive hordes working together to attack at will.

Umberger seemed circumspectly optimistic about the broader implications of this growing receptiveness to vernacular art: «[The] more often public audiences encounter powerful art made by minority demographics, the more lopsided old narratives appear, and the mandate for inclusion continues to grow.»

Painter Deborah Brown's latest work both embraces and critiques the concept of the Chimera as she reimagines narratives taken from mythology, religion, and literature by placing a powerful female figure at the center of these stories in which women are typically symbols of moral virtue or seductive evil, often held hostage by male desire to possess.

In his second exhibition with the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Meschac Gaba executes a powerful narrative on cultural identities and the contemporary issues faced by refugees and immigrants.

While the work incorporates personal stories and events, by and large it bypasses narrative strategies, opening up different avenues of interpretation while formulating a powerful commentary about dominant representational regimes.

, you are lying on the floor of your place looking up, a small draft runs through the room, between the door and the window, and all things seem perfectly still, wind only disturbs concrete in imperceptible ways, or it may take millions of years to be noticed and, as the air runs through the space, all your plants move and all is animated and all is alive somehow, and here are the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, and that wind upon your plants is the common air that bathes the globe, and we have no ambitions of universalism, and I'm glad we don't, but the particles of air bring traces of pollen and are charged with electricity, desert sand, maybe sea water, and these particles were somewhere else before they were dragged here, and their route will not end by the door of this house, and if we tell each other stories, one can imagine that they might have been bathed by this same air, regrouped and recombined, recharged as a vehicle for sound, swirling as it moves, bringing the sound of a drum, like that Kabuki story where a fox recognizes the voice of its parents as a girl plays a drum made out of their skin, or any other event, and yet I always felt your work never tells stories, I tend to think that narrative implies a past tense, even if that past was just five seconds ago, one second ago was already the past, and human memory is irrelevant in geological time, plants and fish know not what tomorrow will bring, neither rocks nor metal do, but we all live here now, and we all need visions and we all need dreams, and as long as your metal sculptures vibrate they are always in the Present, and their past is a material truth alien to narrative, but well, maybe narrative does not imply a past tense at all and they are writing their own story while they gently move and breathe, and maybe nothing was really still before the wind came in, passing through the window as if through an irrational portal to make those plants dance, but everything was already moving and breathing in near complete silence, and if you're focused enough you can feel the pulse of a concrete wall and you can feel the tectonic movements of the earth, and you can hear the magma flowing under our feet and our bones crackling like a wild fire, and you can see the light of fireflies reflected in polished metal, and there is nothing magical about that, it is just the way things are, and sometimes we have to raise our voice because the music is too loud and let your clothes move to a powerful bass, sound waves and bright lights, powerful like the sun, blinding us if we stare for too long, but isn't it the biggest sign of love, like singing to a corn field, and all acts of kindness that are not pitiful nor utilitarian, that are truly horizontal as everything around us is impregnated with the deadliest violence, vertical and systemic, poisonous, and sometimes you just want to feel the sun burning your skin and look for life in all things declared dead, a kind of vitality that operates like corrosion, strong as the wind near the sea, transforming all things,

Its narrative shadows two women who wrestle with the fascination and threat of techno - totalitarian supremacy personified by the all - powerful Blue Lady.

Among the powerful narratives it channels are George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, Philip K. Dick's alternative - reality fiction The Man in the High Castle (as well as the current award - winning Amazon TV series based on the book) and the «fake news» discussed daily by our current POTUS.

works through a form of discovery learning — a powerful narrative therapy supervision practice developed by VSNT's Stephen Madigan and David Nylund.