Sentences with phrase «decades of history led»

Six decades of history led to the European Union's current financial crisis.

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We're hard - pressed to say which is best: Duke's Coach K (above, right), who has developed players for decades with a mixture of toughness and love — in the process becoming the winningest Division I men's college basketball coach in history and leading the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team to a pair of gold medals?

A decade after having proclaimed the «end of history» and the arrival of a new world order of prosperity based on «democracy and the market», globalised financial capital has subjected the majority of the planet's working populations to the burden of international recession, which has spread out in leaps and bounds, from Asia: recession and deflation in the world's second economy, Japan; recession and even depression m various east Asian countries, since the first quarter of 1997; the collapse of the Russian economy six years ago and financial bankruptcy in July 1998; brutal recession in the leading economy of Latin America, Brazil; the beginning of the downturn in the economies of the OECD countries.

And just as families select artifacts that suggest past happiness in order to soften the blows inflicted by actions of family members in less happy times, congregational histories can create illusions: authors might relate in two sentences the experience of an unhappy pastorate that led to two decades of misery — and distort the whole story by dwelling on the beauty of the old sanctuary, hence suggesting general happiness.

The events of these two decades — including Galileo's brilliant effort to harmonize science and scripture in his «Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina,» the Church's disastrous decree of 1616 branding Copernicanism as heretical, the tolerant pontificate of Urban VIII that encouraged Galileo to write the Dialogue and allowed its publication, Urban's reversal of mind that led to the cruel and irrational trial and conviction — constitute one of the most important chapters in the long history of the interplay of science and religion.

«In my decade - long history with Towne Park, they provide strong leadership and support the development of their staff which leads to consistent high levels of guest satisfaction.

For the past decade, Markus Horning of the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University has led a project to deploy specially designed «life history transmitters» into the abdomens of juvenile Steller sea lions.

One of the report's lead authors, Monash University Professor Steven Chown, said key areas for scientific research in the region over the next two decades included looking at human impact on the region, understanding the evolution of Antarctic life, looking at the region's history, and the impact of climate change in the area.

Fast forward several decades, and scientists are now equipped with the advanced genomic technology needed to explore a species» evolutionary history at an unprecedented level, leading to new questions that challenge current definitions of what constitutes a species and which species deserve protection.

In it, she tackled eight tumultuous decades of U.S. political and social history — and changing fashions — filled with dozens of national figures (including LBJ, JFK and Jackie O) and had to factor in an equally daunting number of celebrities in the cast: Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Oprah Winfrey and, of course, Forest Whitaker in the lead role, among them.

As the 19th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which began in 2008 with the Robert Downey Jr. — led Iron Man, Infinity War packed a literal decade's worth of universe - building into this weekend — a crossover event that Disney unironically dubbed as «the most ambitious crossover event in history.»

Braziller has spent a decade teaching Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO)-- a curriculum that leads students to reflect on themselves through in - depth study of history — and has taught at this public alternative school for 18History and Ourselves (FHAO)-- a curriculum that leads students to reflect on themselves through in - depth study of history — and has taught at this public alternative school for 18history — and has taught at this public alternative school for 18 years.

Her first book was non-fiction, the definitive study of the UK's greatest theater company: The Royal Shakespeare Company: A History of Ten Decades (1982)-- her husband Alan Howard whom she met when interviewing him prior to his Hamlet at Straford upon Avon, was playing many leading Shakespearean roles with the RSC at this time.

With close to two decades of operational history, there is certainly no doubt as to the legitimacy of FXCM as a world leading online broker.

Founded in 2013, SmartFX is considered as a very young forex brokerage firm in an industry where the leading brokerage firms can boast of more than a decade of operational history.

The first hand history of monetary policy in the US that economists and bankers can personally recall goes like this: 1970s saw rampant double digit inflation, Paul Volcker saved the economy and the Fed by ending inflation with a deep recession, setting the stage for two decades of economic growth and all was fine until home price inflation spooked the Fed and led to the financial crisis.

After two decades of tips, leads, hunches, forensic tests, psychic visions, and jailhouse confessions, the biggest art heist in history is still unsolved.

From the evidence of this exhibition, Resika's indifference to passing fashions has led him from the entanglements of history to an explosive regeneration — a trippy heedlessness earned through decades of experience, a profound sense of self fusing with the energy of eternal youth.

Over two decades since its foundation in 1994, this group exhibition reflects on the history and development of the Zabludowicz into a leading independent contemporary art collection.

History Decades of work by civic leaders led to the creation and steady expansion of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences.

As John commented here, EAI has a long and important history leading and advocating for the preservation of video formats — at a time when very few institutions or dealers were willing to assume this responsibility (things have changed significantly only in the last decade or so).

Over the next decade Longo became known as a leading protagonist of the «Pictures Generation,» working across drawing, photography, painting, sculpture, performance, and film to make provocative critiques of the anaesthetizing and seductive effects of capitalism, mediatized wars, and the cult of history in the US.

Similarly, the 1960s was an equally important and influential decade in the history of twentieth century art, with the rise of Pop art, Op art, Minimalism, Performance art, Conceptual art, and a host of other movements and styles that would ultimately lead to the emergence of post-modern art in the mid-1970s and beyond.

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From lead paint remediation to end the thousands of deaths caused by decades paint chips flaking into the soil, to pulling mountains of invasive plants and replacing them with native plant species and safe habitat for nesting birds, the USFWS does as much as possible on a tight budget with few workers to return this place to its former glory — all while preserving the military history of the atoll.

The amendment evokes the history of notorious anti-science efforts by the tobacco and lead industries to avoid accountability for the damage caused by their products, focusing similar ire on the fossil fuel industry's decades - long climate cover - up.

Community Rights Counsel Press Release — For more than a decade, Exxon Corporation (now ExxonMobil) has waged a comprehensive campaign against punitive damages awards, triggered by the decision of a jury in Alaska to impose a $ 5 billion penalty on the company for the misdeeds that led to the Valdez oil spill, the worst in the nation's history.

«I'm confident that the position Open Circle has established in its three - decade history will be further strengthened by the seasoned team of educators and trainers, led by Kamilah, with support from a committed administrative staff,» said Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., Katherine Stone Kaufmann ’67 executive director of WCW.