Sentences with phrase «events in the story such»

I question some of events in the story such as the presence of the kid after «the incident» or the fact that a criminal lost his ability to fire a gun seems a little far fetched.

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Tolkien says it best: «It is the mark of a good fairy - story, of the higher or more complete kind, that however wild its events, however fantastic or terrible the adventures, it can give to child or man that hears it, when the «turn» comes, a catch of the breath, a beat and lifting of the heart, near to (or indeed accompanied by) tears, as keen as that given by any form of literary art... In such stories, when the sudden «turn» comes we get a piercing glimpse of joy, and heart's desire, that for a moment passes outside the frame, rends indeed the very web of story, and lets a gleam come through.»

To front - load the story by saying people were being treated in animal stalls, and only later point out it was a free clinic held in a county fairground (rural area, large crowd... likely the only suitable place that passed health and safety requirements for such an event), and to not mention that many if not most of those taking advantage of the free medical care were likely farm workers and not here legally... is beyond poor reporting.

The story then detailed not only certain obvious religious features of the event, such as the use of a Bible and the invoking of God's name, but it went to extraordinary length in describing the «mysterious silence,» the «intense expressions as if in a «trance» on the faces of some participants, and the «patriotic tears» among many in the audience.

Usually the emphasis in news stories of such events is the homeless, not the people handing them a plate of food.

As Gerhard von Rad has established in his great work, The Theology of the Old Testament, and principally in volume one, «The Theology of Traditions,» Israel essentially confessed God through the ordering of its sagas, traditions, and stories around a few kernel events from which meaning spread out through the whole structure.4 Von Rad believes he has discovered the most ancient kernel of the Hebraic Credo in a text such as Deut.

I shall argue in this book that such a «narrative» interpretation of nature, one that discerns a sort of story - line in nature, can only be called a projection if nature itself is dualistically segregated from those events that we call mental.

(So that when you read a news story, for instance, you might also get a composite assessment value that was assigned directly from other readers without them ever having to express such assessment via speaking, writing, etc. if a group of people are on the scene of some event covered by the news, then obviously there would be great value in knowing some directly transferred assessment values from their brains, rather than what today we get as a summary from a few reporters plus maybe a few witnesses that still have to express what they saw.)

And Sheehan also claims that «it is clear that the narrative does indeed point beyond itself» — not, however, to an alleged happening in the past, since «the story's purpose is precisely to show that such past «events» do not bring about faith» (p. 144).

Clearly distraught with the situation the blonde in question has elected to sell the story of the sordid event to the tabloids, a story that is of course resplendent with quotes such as

On October 13th the Observer ran a story titled, «NYPD Deputy Commissioner: Gun Buybacks Don't Work for NYC» which quoted NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Collaborative Policing Susan Herman telling a crowd of antigun advocates at an event at Hunter College that such turn - in programs have «minimal impact.»

The moral of the story is that it is time that politicians in Britain learned to keep quiet after such events if they have nothing sensible to say.

I actually can't believe that you would run a story about DateinaDash in such a negative light without contacting me first via e-mail or phone to find out a bit more about the event.

Akin was inspired to tell the story by real - life political events in Germany, and his skills as a filmmaker are such that escape from this unsettling film is not in the cards.

True Story isn't exactly a graphic film, but it's definitely an unsettling one that explains such events in a brutal matter, while also playing with the idea of truth and how far people will go to expose it or even bend it in their favor.

That is, how this movie about an oil rig, is better in such a multitude of ways, in telling a story about recent events, than is a movie like «Money Monster», which set out to achieve that, and really didn't.

Shyamalan has been quoted as saying he was inspired to write The Village after the events of 9/11, and it's not difficult to see such parallels in the film's story.

The story is minimal, just a series of events in the life of a young man and his circle, but every scene is rendered with such authenticity that it's riveting, almost like it's a privilege to be stepping back in time.

But for as extraordinary as the story may be, «The 33» recounts the events in such a disappointingly ordinary manner that it doesn't really do it justice.

Interestingly, for such a popular historical figure, there is a dearth of biographical films about her life (the only notable film is the Norma Shearer / Tyrone Power classic from way back in 1938), except through incidental events depicting her as a supporting figure, such as tales of the French Revolution or other stories taking place in the late 18th Century.

We lay it all out in the video at the top of the page, but scenes like Hosea's campfire story are pulled directly from such events.

Other than the occasional base defense, most of the quest design in the game has you merely running from one place to another to grab an item or throw a switch, then moving on to the next area to do the same thing, with occasional poorly produced and dramatically bankrupt cutscenes punctuating the events of the story, such as it is.

Among the findings: (1) art activities can be integrated into classroom content and used to encourage rehearsal - type activities (such as songs) that incorporate relevant subject matter, (2) incorporating information into story, poem, song, or art form may place the knowledge in context, which can help students remember it, especially if the students are creating art that relates subject matter to themselves, (3) through artistic activities like writing a story or creating a drawing, students generate information they might otherwise have simply read, which will very likely lead to better long - term retention of that information, (4) physically acting out material, such as in a play, helps learners recall information, (5) speaking words aloud results in better retention than reading words in silence, (6) increasing the amount of effort involved in learning new information (such as being asked to discern meaning from an ambiguous sentence or to interpret a work of art) is positively associated with its retention, (7) emotionally charged content is easier to remember than content linked to events that are emotionally neutral, and (8) information presented as pictures is retained better than the same information presented as words.

Using a story map helps children to identify key elements in a story such as characters or events.

Like Crews, Nordan's stories and novels introduce us to ragged characters that make their own happiness out of simple events and objects, such as fishing for chickens or making up stories about the men and women in the Sears Roebuck catalog.

Along the way its colorful story takes in a host of characters, locations, and events, from the early Anglo - Saxon tribes; Alfred the Great's stubborn resistance to the Danes; the impact of the Norman invasion in 1066; the «arrival» of such masterpieces as Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales, not to mention a «coarse» playwright named William Shakespeare (who alone contributed 2,000 new words to the language!)

For such a short story, the author did a good job of conveying the characters and creating a realistic progression of events (although in a very condensed window).

There are similarities but also differences, in that Kafka tends to set up impossible situations (such as a man being transformed into an insect) and then imbues his stories with such realism and attention to detail that the events become real.

The first in a new series set in 1914, this story goes beyond its World War I backdrop to explore events such as the Irish Republican movement, the Indian independence movement and much more.

By placing the story and my characters in two such lonely, barren landscapes, I sought to look beyond the particulars of an end - of - the - world scenario and access the enormity of such an event on an emotional level.

Part of the challenge for Amazon in such an event is to find a way to distill dozens or even hundreds of product enhancements, feature roll - outs, and new or significantly expanded services into a single compelling story that Jeff Bezos can present to the world from a single stage within, one hopes, a single hour.

Set during the Trojan War, the ten - year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning.

Over the course of the week of the DNC, our events and activities were covered multiple times in the media including in the Philadelphia Daily News and at philly.com (competing against many other potential stories, such as mass protests and political speeches occurring every day).

You'll still split your time between choosing dialogue that shapes the story and mashing buttons for action events, just as in Telltale's take on other comics, such as

The replayability stems from many areas such as an extensive career mode which implements a rivalry driven story across 9 tracks and 4 event types as well as a Challenge mode which provides competitive online leaderboards through racing against the lap times of PSN friends across all 9 tracks, earning gold stars to unlock new career events, earning in - game currency to purchase new hydro jet upgrades, earning enough XP to level up in order to earn skill points to learn new abilities and stunts, alongside entertaining split - screen multiplayer for up to 4 players as well as one of the most entertaining and thrilling online multiplayer experiences in quite some time for up to 8 players which will collectively have players returning for an extensive period of time.

I remember we talked about the event in the story where you go to meet the Motavian governor, and someone pointed out that since the governor is such an important person, you should probably bring him some kind of souvenir.

One would think that such a huge development would result in some story events, but instead it's merely used as an excuse for the player to explore the world more and find additional gear for the battles that await in the inevitable sequel.

The game has a fairly varied amount of quests such as quests that trigger in the field randomly, collection quests were you have to get items for lazy NPC's, quests to kill the local wildlife and event quests that drive the story.

Riptide GP: Renegade's replayability stems from many areas such as an extensive career mode which implements a rivalry driven story across 9 tracks and 4 event types as well as a Challenge mode which provides competitive online leaderboards through racing against the lap times of PSN friends across all 9 tracks, earning gold stars to unlock new career events, earning in - game currency to purchase new hydro jet upgrades, earning enough XP to level up in order to earn skill points to learn new abilities and stunts, alongside entertaining split - screen multiplayer for up to 4 players as well as one of the most entertaining and thrilling online multiplayer experiences in quite some time for up to 8 players which will collectively have players returning for an extensive period of time.

Fight Money acts as Street Fighter V «s in - game currency, and can be earned be completing various events such as the game's individual story segments (10,000 per character), along with levelling up any given character (1,000 bonus per level).

And in the process he played a part in the breakdown of earned value that has become such a dismal feature of contemporary living, and that now provides the background to the story being investigated in a stimulating event at the Saatchi Gallery: the story of the selfie.

In our analysis, most stories that mentioned health threats were in reaction to naturally occurring events such as heat waves or storms; we found few examples of enterprise or explanatory reportinIn our analysis, most stories that mentioned health threats were in reaction to naturally occurring events such as heat waves or storms; we found few examples of enterprise or explanatory reportinin reaction to naturally occurring events such as heat waves or storms; we found few examples of enterprise or explanatory reporting.

We made up the colours in our minds, perhaps — it's difficult to remember the ur - experience now that Dorothy's landed in Oz and LCDs play across a full 60 inches — or perhaps we simply didn't care about colour, pushing through to the essentials such as the story or the memory of an event.

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In the event that you write, do video, audio, interactive graphics, code, design for news, including links to such stories.

In reminiscing about positive events, mothers are focused on creating a shared history that maintains emotional bonds, and therefore telling a story such that mother and child will have a shared understanding of what occurred may be critical.