Sentences with phrase «circa world»

Goes back to Malinowski and «Kula» (The father of modern anthropology) circa World War One.

This is the exciting and highly literate story of the real Lawrence of Arabia, as written by Lawrence himself, who helped unify Arab factions against the occupying Turkish army, circa World War I.

When Rachel Kushner sat down to write her second novel, she had three images taped to the wall above her desk: A pretty young blonde woman, face painted for war, with an X of tape across her lips, which eventually became the cover image; a well - heeled engineer standing with his creation, a 1971 Ducati motorcycle; and two men racing by in a primitive cycle and sidecar, circa World War I.The...

As you should all know by now, the film sees Chris Evans play weedy but patriotic Steve Rogers circa World War II, an army no - hoper transformed into a super-soldier by Erskine's revolutionary super-soldier serum.

The movie tries to earn its battle - film bona fides by setting the ultimate clash in a tropical setting that evokes the South Pacific circa World War II.

The film depicts a group of escapees from a Siberian gulag camp circa World War Two who endure a long trek to freedom in India.

Not exact matches

The world was in love with Mark Carney circa 2012.

There's the classic 1989 interview with Steve Jobs, the story that introduced the world to open book management, and a blow - by - blow of Nike's early years, circa 1981.

Displaying what Donald (now Dierdre) McCloskey once characterized as «the intellectual range from M to N,» there is no real comparison of the Fed's record with that of the system that preceded it; no mention of other monetary systems circa 1913 that had better records than the United States (most pertinently, that of Canada); not nearly enough acknowledgment of the great harm the Fed has caused more than once in its history; no discussion of why a few other central banks — though surprisingly, only a few — have performed better than the Fed; and no inkling that central banking may not be the best of all possible systems in the best of all possible worlds.

Briefly, Whitehead initially (in works published circa 1919 - 1924) objected to Einstein's formulation of the theory of relativity on the grounds that for Einstein the geometry of the world was variable, its metric being a function of gravitational and electromagnetic field variables.

Their Sylvia Pankhursts were their great golfers who could not fail to be imitated by other women and to be admired by the men: Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, a Scots girl, who (circa 1910) won the Scottish, British, Canadian and American championships; Cecil Leitch, the first woman who decided that there was no reason a woman shouldn't attack the ball forcefully like the best men players, and who did so with such a natural dash; the incomparable Joyce Wethered, who succeeded Miss Leitch after World War I as the queen of the British links and is remembered as the most consummate of women stylists; Glenna Collett, the pertinacious girl from Providence, the first great American champion, who won our national title six times between 1922 and 1935, and in more recent years such superb players as Patty Berg and the majestic Babe Didrikson Zaharias who «made» women's professional golf after she had become in 1947 the first American to win the British Ladies Championship.

West Ham did set a record for a transfer between British clubs when they paid # 65,000 for Johnny Byrne in 1962 and then also set a world goalkeeper transfer record on signing Phil Parkes from QPR (in 1979) for a fee of # 565,000 (equivalent to circa # 3 million today).

More of a concern is that Mrs. Goodbee's world is the suburbs circa 1950s — Dad is the only male presence (there is a grandma, but no grandpa, and little girls, but no little boys) and he comes with either an easy chair and television or a tool belt.

The Alsip Park District, village government, Chamber of Commerce and Public Library worked together to transform the center into «Christmas Around the World,» featuring holiday scenes from England, the United States circa 1950, Ireland and the Orient.

A new study provides what scientists say is the most convincing evidence to date that the Italian adventurer and some of his crew contracted the disease during their voyage to the New World — and unwittingly introduced it to the old one circa 1493.

Ayurveda («science of life») is one of the oldest systems of self - care in the world, with seminal texts dating to the height of the Vedic civilization (circa 2000BC).

A rare pantsuit by Worlds End, designed by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm Mclaren, circa 1981.

Subtract the rips and add a fanny pack, and Kylie's denim shorts could have been seen on any mom at Disney World circa 1994.

Although CIRCA is a UK based organisation we have members from around the world waiting to link up with you.

Insurance salesman Dodge Petersen (Carell at his most downcast) continues to slog to the office and gym; Elsa (Tonita Castro), his housekeeper, keeps showing up to clean; his married friends (Rob Corddry and Connie Britton) throw dinner parties that have all the end - of - the - world abandon of an aborted swingers confab circa 1982; and so on.

Director Hood (Tsotsi) opens strong, with a wickedly crafted opening - credits sequence that shows young mutant Logan and his more feral half - brother, Victor, aka Sabretooth (Schreiber), emerging from Canada's Northwest Territories, circa 1845, to fight side by side in the Civil War, both World Wars, and Vietnam (what, Korea wasn't badass enough?).

Vikings enthrallingly captures the world of Norsemen and oarsmen, circa 793 in the Eastern Baltic but soon heading West to England.

(Or maybe it wasn't so skewed — as we see from some of their vintage home movies, their apartment gave a good view of the World Trade Center circa 2000, scene of the century's most cinematic catastrophe.)

For better or worse (worse, if you ask me), A Single Man is precisely what you'd expect from fashion designer Tom Ford, even if you can't quite picture that sensibility as applied to a movie set in the world of academia circa the early -»60s.

The Shape of Water establishes that it's taking place in a surreally magical version of our world (circa 1962) from the opening scene of its heroine, Elisa Esposito, floating in an aquatic dream.

A story this weird set 40 years ago seems unlikely to have anything to say about the US circa 2014, and admittedly nothing in the paragraph above resembles reality — much less our world of iPhones and internet.

If, circa 1987, you were the perfect age — when being called «Baby» was still an accurate moniker and the world was full of Swayzes poised to swoop in for the final dance — it still works gloriously.

Without spoiling too much, the switch in settings from a world of us vs. them to a more corporate - driven environment gives us something to chew on: The shift to a less individualized (i.e., more secure) milieu has resonance in that it suggests that They Drive By Night is actually an allegory of the American Dream circa the post-industrial twentieth century — our conscious or unconscious endeavouring to sell out.

Discovery Tour is set in the world of Assassin's Creed Origins, but gameplay is replaced with 75 virtual tours in the historically accurate setting of ancient Egypt circa 47 B.C..

One man, however - a world - weary war hero with nothing to lose - has a scheme he thinks will allow him to outwit the city's terrifying enforcers of the edict, the ominous Council of Ten... Meanwhile, in two other Venices - Venice Beach, California, circa 1958, and the Venice casino in Las Vegas, circa today - two other schemers launch similarly dangerous plans to get away with a secret....

For example, Faulks's descriptions of England, France, and Eastern Europe during WWII are palpably different from the futuristic world of Italy circa 2035 (which, I was startled to realize, is not that far - off from today).

An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star - crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932 illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place.

Of the 32 million dogs in the U.S. circa 1955, according to National Family Opinion survey cofounders Howard and Clara Trumbull, who published their findings as «John Marbanks,» about 30 % were street dogs, who lived much as many dogs still do in the developing world.

Overlooking the largest and most popular park in the historic district, our circa 1896 Queen Anne Victorian styled Bed and Breakfast brings the best of the old world with the conveniences of a modern hotel.

Overnight destination — Quamby Homestead (circa 1888) a gracious and historic example of the Victorian era, full of charm and old world hospitality, where fine food and wine and open fires await you.

The world they inhabit looks like something a Counter Strike modder spit out circa 1998.

It also didn't help that it's internal development team was scattered to the four winds of Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy, culminating with SE handing the franchise over to Double Helix back when «westernization» was the word on every developers list to boost Japanese presence in the world market circa mid-2000s.

And you could trust all of this because the developers, Little Monster Productions, were a team of experienced Blizzard alumi: «2 former creative directors, 1 VP of production, 1 former CTO, 3 senior programmers, 1 UI designer / programmer, and 4 3D experts (2 world / 2 assets)» whose credits included Diablo II, StarCraft, and World of Warcraft circa 2009 - world / 2 assets)» whose credits included Diablo II, StarCraft, and World of Warcraft circa 2009 - World of Warcraft circa 2009 - 2011.

Marfa, population circa 2100, the place made famous in the art world by Donal Judd, is the next town over from Alpine.

The 34 - year - old Canadian artist, long revered for his Google Street View screengrabs (circa 2009 — ongoing), has explored darker themes in his latest videos and installations — and the art world has taken notice.

With prices beginning at # 500, Impressionist & Modern Art at Christie's South Kensington offered opportunities for new collectors, while also establishing a world record for Camille Bombois, whose circa 1935 work, La Blonde sur le Pouf, realised # 122,500 / $ 166,845.

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Circa 1492 assesses the meeting of the worlds that took place at the end of the 15th century from the lasting perspective of art and cultural achievement.

I see one of them tries to initialized the «world» for several months circa 1979 and then run forward 1979 - 2008.

Educated people have known the world was round since Eratosthenes measured its size circa 300 BC.

According to the administration what we got for our $ 5 trillion was avoiding a collapse of the world financial system so we got a severe recession instead of circa 1929 global depression.

Actually, a warmer world means higher levels of humidity, less drought and a shrinking of deserts, as in the Sahara circa 4,000 - 6,000 years ago during the era known as the climatic optimum when temperatures averaged some 2 degrees higher than today's.

The Association also claimed that world oil production would peak circa 2035 if I recall, yet crude + condensate (ie no ethanol, tar sands) peaked in 2005.

The new crown jewel of shrunken sprawl resides on the third floor of the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center: At more than 6,500 square feet, the stunning depiction of China's most populous city circa 2020 is one of the largest models of its type in the world.

If you were an early bird like me and on your computer circa 5:30 - 5:45 a.m. EST this morning, or on the other side of the world when this would be a reasonable time of the day, you too may have participated in the «Great Gmail outage of February 2009.»