Sentences with phrase «death upon the rocks»

The composition conjures the sirens in Homer's «Odyssey,» whose hypnotic songs and beauty lured sailors to their death upon the rocks.

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To reach the depth that was required to anchor the bridge in solid rock — 129 feet — would have resulted in too many workers» deaths the construction firm handling the project said, so the bridge would instead rest «upon a bottom of firm gravel and sand.»

The films» titles, for the most part, evince the filmmaker's punk rock approach: Pig Death Machine (2013), Scumrock (2002), Fame Whore (1997), Hippy Porn (1991), My Degeneration (1989)... (Although, Terminal USA (1993), also on view, is an almost hour - long film about an unconventional Japanese - American family, screened widely on public television upon its release.)