Sentences with phrase «distinguished figure»

It is the burial place of kings and queens, and of other distinguished figures in the nation's history, from writers and musicians to politicians and scientists.

Students of the School have an opportunity to study theoretical and practical aspects of contemporary art under eminent lecturers, distinguished figures of culture, philosophers and theorists of contemporary art.

It helped that the project secured endorsements from the beginning from Albert Shanker, Congressman Major Owens, Senator Thad Cochran, Leilani Lattin Duke of the Getty Center, Keith Geiger of the National Education Association, Konrad Matthaei of the United Negro College Fund, Joseph Polisi of The Julliard School, Gordon Ambach of the Council of Chief State School Officers, and many other distinguished figures.

The bulk of the text consists of transcripts of conversations held late in 1945 at Farm Hall, near Huntingdon, between 10 captured former luminaries of the German nuclear effort, including distinguished figures like Otto Hahn, Carl von Weisacker, Max Laue and Werner Heisenberg.

Currently, our robots are little more intelligent than sea slugs, and even after decades of clever research, they can barely distinguish figures from a background at the skill level of an infant.

Abstract artist Jack Whitten is among the five distinguished figures receiving honorary degrees today at the Brandeis University 65th graduation ceremony (WATCH Live stream).

On occasion of his eightieth birthday, the Kunstmuseum Basel honors Georg Baselitz (b. Jan 23, 1938), one of the most distinguished figures in German postwar art.

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In the presence of the authorities and distinguished figures, the Basque Government's Councillor for Economic Development and Infrastructure, Arantxa Tapia, awarded the Colombian chef Leonor Espinosa with the prize for her work within Funleo, a «Gastronomy for Development» foundation that aims to restore and promote the ancestral knowledge of communities, especially indigenous and afro - Colombian populations.

During years of unparalleled success, Cech established himself as an distinguished figure, a commanding presence on and off the field.

But Olaleye who wondered why such is coming from a distinguished figure of such calibre with consistent repetition said, «The indiscretion of always throwing himself all out there each time a music is playing is becoming irritating, if not resentful.»

It sounds like there's lots of customization going on, so 3 - 4 unique figures might not quite fit the bill, but I'd recommend looking into alternative ways to distinguish each figure (clips to attach a cardboard token, cardboard rings to put around the bases, tokens to put next to armies / figures) and if the KS is successful (and with art like this, I'm not sure how it could NOT be successful!!)

At points the camera zooms out to show off a monolithic enemy only to make Kratos a hard - to - distinguish figure, which may please the eye but can make fights feel more about button mashing than skill.

Since then, Scheibitz has become a distinguished figure on the international scene, representing Germany at the 2005 Venice biennale and showing all over the world.

On the rare occasion that you can distinguish figures in these pictures, they are fleeting, ghosts of an altogether more optimistic past: namely, the era prior to the outbreak of Algeria's apocalyptic civil war in 1991.

During the 1930s he came into contact with the Paris avant - garde and became a distinguished figure in the Surrealist group, «the only movement where something interesting was happening» he said at the time.

In direct collaboration with faculty and students through lectures, exhibitions, and critiques, these distinguished figures are essential in keeping the program relevant and connected within the curatorial world at large.