Sentences with phrase «epochal event»

It was the expression of living realities in the world of nature, as well as a reminiscence of epochal events in the nation's history, which were by various lines of thought accepted as symbols and figures of unseen entities of human life.

That may be the biggest hurdle of all, given the unfamiliar nature of the slowly building problem — the antithesis of epochal events like Pearl Harbor, Sputnik and 9/11 that triggered sweeping enterprises.

The question is then is this kind of a one time epochal event that's beyond the level of even those big things.

So scientists are left to reconstruct epochal events from nearly inscrutable remains.

Yet an arguably more epochal event occurred the previous year, when the crew of Apollo 8 — astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders — embarked on the first voyage to lunar orbit.

That was an audacious epochal event.

Barroca draws from a wide - range of historical and documentary material — photographs, videos, and sound recordings — produced at the time of major epochal events.

Yet the tricked - out imagery (superimposed iMessage chats, infinite computer cubicles manned by infinite Assanges) meant to portray the ephemeral rush of the virtual world are thuddingly literal, while the suspense Condon tries to wring out of epochal events like the Bradley Manning — sourced «Collateral Murder» video would barely pass muster on a Nat Geo history special.

The Reformation was an epochal event, which changed Europe completely up to now.

What is happening at East Anglia is an epochal event.

So if the new theory is right, and the oceans were separated much earlier — then what triggered all of those epochal events?

Schizopolis is by no means an epochal event, but it's clever and offbeat, well worth appreciating on its own proper terms.

(Grade: A --RRB-: This touching, profound and gently humorous German comedy / drama — about a teenage boy, circa 1989, who goes to great lengths to keep his invalid mother from learning communism has collapsed in East Germany — encapsulates the emotion and drama of that epochal event in such a satisfying way it seems destined to become a classic.

The Golden Age is Vidal's crowning achievement, a vibrant tapestry of American political and cultural life from 1939 to 1954, when the epochal events of World War Two and the Cold War transformed America, once and for all, for good or ill, from a republic into an empire.

The 2005 Performa was anchored by Marina Abramovic's seven - day re-creation at the Guggenheim Museum of great performance pieces, a grueling, mad and epochal event.

Featuring images from the 1973 fashion show «The Battle of Versailles,» the exhibition showcases Cunningham's unique perspective on this epochal event in fashion history.