Sentences with phrase «early predecessors of»

Australia became Toyota's first export market after early predecessors of LandCruiser 70 Series — the FJ25, FJ45 and FJ43 — were employed by construction magnate Leslie (later Sir Leslie) Thiess during the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Scheme.

At that time, Zuckerberg was developing the just - for - fun website Facemash, an early predecessor of

Not exact matches

The Galaxy Note 8 takes all of the best features in the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 +, both of which debuted earlier this year, and adds some additional components that make the phone more attractive than its predecessors.

The Tegra X1 has twice the performance of its predecessor, the Tegra K1, and will come out in early 2015, Nvidia said.

His successor, Gaston Fessard, an early supporter of Charles de Gaulle and a good friend of the well - known Jesuit Teilhard de Chardin, continued his predecessor's policy of courageous resistance to Vichy collaboration with Nazi policy and especially its anti-Semitism.

They became imitators of their predecessors on the basis of a belief that every period since the time of the Prophet has been inferior to the earlier days.

Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.

If the epochs are that discrete, how can they, in their early phases, grasp the characteristics of their predecessors?

Each generation rejects, but also builds upon, the work of its predecessors, often retrieving elements of the earlier tradition that those predecessors had rejected.

There were cheers as Pope Benedict XVI personally beatified his predecessor, and a huge tapestry protrait of John Paul II was unveiled, showing him as the healthy, vigorous and relatively young man he was early in his papacy.

While this statement might seem fuzzy, it is best appreciated by contrast with a statement published almost fifty years earlier by one of the author's predecessors in the presidency, who was explaining why there was no room for a graduate school, in the usual mode, on a Catholic campus.

Such a society is composed of occasions each of which is able to sum up the mental experience of its predecessors in such a way that any novelty which enters into a new occasion builds upon that which was experienced by earlier occasions.

There can no longer be any doubt that the pioneers of early modern science were far more indebted to their medieval predecessors than they were inclined to admit.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal will be given another # 150m to revive the club's fortunes, with the club's hierarchy thought to be reluctant to make another change following the early departure of Van Gaal's predecessor David Moyes --(Daily Express)

But more than that, De La Salle has looked every bit the part of its predecessors, especially — and not surprisingly — its early predecessors, which Alumbaugh himself was a part of in the mid-90s.

Unlike their predecessors in the long - running debates on toileting, the latest proponents of early potty training mercifully refrain from remonstrating that you'll turn your child into a mess of an adult if you wait too long to introduce her to the toilet (or make her anal if you start too soon).

Mr. Speaker, this Government was confronted with a huge stock of expenditure arrears upon taking office from our predecessors early this year.

The contract for Krumpter's immediate predecessor, Flynn, who retired in November 2016, created controversy after Newsday reported earlier this year that Flynn had overtime payments written into his contract and was paid a salary of $ 311,961 in the 2016 - 17 fiscal year, during which he was the third - highest paid employee in the state.

Given this lack of interest, and assuming elected officials reflect their constituents, is it any wonder that their predecessors in the late 1960s and early 1970s were able to abandon the old city hall for more than 25 years with virtual impunity?

His predecessor as Democrat leader, Malcolm Smith, was convicted earlier this year of seeking to bribe his way onto the New York City mayoral ballot as a Republican candidate.

In earlier publications, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh jabbed his predecessor Prof. Jane Naana Opoku - Agyemang describing her as an «embarrassment» and a «disgrace» as Minister of Education in the John Mahama administration.

Assembly 59th District: Assemblyman Alan Maisel, who was Chief - of - Staff to his predecessor, Frank Seddio, won a special election earlier this year after Seddio accepted an appointment as Surrogate.

But a very similar series of events played out in early 2007 during a special election for a vacant State Senate seat in Nassau County — only then it was Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Mr. de Blasio's predecessor, who played a crucial role.

the Shadow Justice Secretary is now opposing the plans to privatise probation, while a decade earlier some of his Labour predecessors created the National Offender Management Service partly because it would create opportunities for more probation outsourcing.

The Senior Staff Association of the hospital earlier this month demanded the resignation of Dr Gilbert Buckle because they believe he is repeating the mistakes of his predecessors.

In the early 1930s, the Buffalo Public Library (a predecessor of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library,) began to build a unique collection of special English and foreign language editions of the novel.

DailyPost learnt that Obiano, who went into a state executive meeting with the old commissioners he inherited from his predecessor, Chief Peter Obi, will swear in the new commissioners consequent upon the confirmation of their names by the Anambra State House of Assembly earlier this week.

The early signs are that David Cameron might not be following the same pattern — the percentage of people telling YouGov they don't know what they think about Cameron is down from 44 % last month to 35 % this month and it seems that, unlike his predecessors, they are breaking in his favour.

Early on, he shed his predecessors» tradition of speaking to lawmakers in the Assembly chambers, instead giving the speech in cavernous venues complete with special guests and audio visual components.

As his predecessor as chairman of the BBC Trust admitted controversial payoffs to senior executives were «eye - watering», Lord Patten confessed he had failed to protect the interests of the licence - fee payer by clamping down on the issue earlier.»

Earlier today Stephen Hester, Fred Goodwin's successor as CEO, told BBC Radio 4 that «the arrangements for my predecessor's departure were negotiated directly between past directors of this board, and the government, and him.»

Earlier Monday at the Albany Hilton where they both addressed the New York Conference of Mayors, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan bolted up a flight of stairs before Bharara, the man who successfully prosecuted Flanagan's predecessor, Dean Skelos, took the stage.

Among its instruments is the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which has dramatically improved spatial resolution compared with its predecessor (the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, which earlier produced images of Earth at night).

Qiushi Academy, the predecessor of Zhejiang University, was founded in 1897 and was one of the earliest modern academies of higher learning established in China.

However, over the years, more and more early mammals have been found, including some hoofed animal predecessors the size of dogs.

As early as 1998, the Cooperation Programme in Europe for Research on Nature and Industry through Coordinated University Studies (COPERNICUS) was launched by CRE, the predecessor of the European Universities Association (EUA).

Findings from a new study are based on radioactive dating of rocks sandwiching the earliest fossils of those predecessors, suggests that paleontologists have long misjudged the overall pace of dinosaur evolution.

The site may give us the first glimpse of how our predecessors lived — it's the only place where early hominids have surfaced in a group.

Meanwhile the budget still includes necessary funds for WFIRST's predecessor, JWST, which is undergoing final testing in California and is slated for launch as early as next year at a total estimated cost of $ 8.8 billion.

At the time of this event, Doug was a student of evolutionary biology, and he became curious why modern humans were not developing — physically and mentally — with the same ease as their early human predecessors.

I remember wearing body suits in the early 90's with low slung jeans (I guess the predecessor of boyfriend jeans was that I would actually wear my father's old jeans!)

Perhaps the earliest lineal predecessor of the modern Marine Corps was the creation and evolution of marines dating back to the European naval That's what Marine Maj. Mark Thompson declared the first time we met.

Perhaps the earliest lineal predecessor of the modern Marine Corps was the creation and evolution of marines dating back to the European naval

Often overshadowed by its predecessors (or entirely overlooked by early adopters of the Nintendo 64), DKC3 remains one of the best side - scrolling platforming adventures the SNES has to offer.

There were a few minor issues — the character of Morgana and his purpose as a «guide» for Joker feels suffocatingly restrictive at times, acting as the annoyingly vocal wall preventing the player from engaging in the game's activities during main story events, and the English localisation and voice - work, despite its overall quality, often felt stilted and flowed much less naturally in the early game compared to its predecessors.

The Xbox 360 version of the original Red Dead Redemption became backwards compatible on Xbox One earlier this year, and Red Dead Revolver, the game's predecessor, just recently became playable on PlayStation 4 via PSN.

And if McCarthy's ode to the men and women who kept following the money — not to mention the monsignors and the misery — doesn't have the unimpeachable rigor of its predecessor, it still does its subjects proud by treating the earlier movie's monastic devotion as something to emulate.

Neutopia II (Konami, $ 5.99)-- Just like its predecessor, Neutopia II is an action RPG heavily (practically criminally) inspired by early titles in the Legend of Zelda series.

The PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game released to a mixed reception, and the Switch release sees a lot of the issues that were called out in the earlier versions fixed — but there are some design flaws that prevent this from being able to reach the same lofty heights as its N64 predecessors, but I'll leave them for later!

Paintings and prints frequently carry particular meaning within Petzold's films, as examples of the ancient tradition of ekphrasis, probably none more so than in Phoenix's immediate predecessor Barbara (2012) with its conspicuous Rembrandt print, but likewise in much earlier works like Die Beischlafdiebin (The Sex Thief, 1998) with a Gerard Richter on the wall — another artist conspicuously engaged with multiple forms of peculiarly German afterness.4