Sentences with phrase «events of extraordinary»

In the normal distribution of a bell curve, you never get such extremes, but the pattern underlying the power curve enables a few rare events of extraordinary magnitude.

In the event of an extraordinary stock dividend or other distribution, stock split, reorganization, recapitalization, spin - off, or other similar event, the committee may determine an adjustment is necessary to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan.

For example, you would not believe the reports on the evening news that the numbers chosen in last ni.ght's lottery were 4, 2, 9, 7, 8, and 3, because that would be an event of extraordinary improbability.

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One of the more extraordinary events of Monday was Apple Inc..

This is an extraordinary series of events.»

Today is the third anniversary of Michael Brown's death, three years since his mother, Lesley McSpadden, had to identify his bullet - ridden body, grief - stricken and bereft, unaware of the extraordinary events to come.

The principles of investment are simple, says Bernstein, so he takes a long view of the financial industry, dedicating half the book to investment history and theory (in a manner accessible to the math - challenged among us) in the hopes of giving his readers «the ability to coolly observe extraordinary current events and say «I've seen this movie before, and I know how it ends.»»

At the end of each year, the Committee determines compensation by assessing performance against these financial targets, as well as in light of HP's performance relative to its peers on other financial and non-financial factors and unusual or extraordinary events.

If the deficit is due to an economic recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real gross domestic product, or to «extraordinary events», such as a natural disaster or war, that results in an «cost» of more than $ 3 billion, then the operating budgets of departments and agencies would be automatically frozen to pay for any wage increases.

The past six months have been an extraordinary period for Chinese politics, with a steady series of high - level events and major changes unprecedented in recent history.

My reading of the episode is that the extraordinary financial events of September and October 2008 — several large financial failures, large - scale rescues of major institutions, enough incipient systemic concerns about banking systems to lead governments to issue guarantees, investor panic on share markets — were all observed in real time by households and businesses right around the world.

If Navarro is chosen, it would be an extraordinary turn of events for the eccentric economist.

The problem is that, barring some kind of extraordinary exogenous event, it is highly likely to be wrong.

Where's the independent, factual, objective and verifiable evidence for the claimed extraordinary events at the time of the alleged crucifixion and resurrection of some dude allegedly named jesus?

But how these extraordinary events are to be woven into the fabric of the biblical promises is yet to be seen.

Through the prism of that extraordinary event that changed both history and nature, everything comes into clearer focus.

First direct evidence of cosmic inflation Date: March 17, 2014 Source: Harvard — Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Summary: Almost 14 billion years ago, the universe we inhabit burst into existence in an extraordinary event that initiated the Big Bang.

«11 By means of a process or an event (it is difficult to define it precisely), one who by all odds could otherwise claim epistemological privilege becomes aware of a complete reversal of the notion of «privilege» finds that an extraordinary kind of truthfulness (which is not «objectivity») attaches to the «partial» perspective glimpsed from the vantage of the struggle of the poor, the discriminated - against, the forgotten - about.

The word «miracle» is usually understood to mean any astonishing, extraordinary, inexplicable event which is regarded as signifying the activity of divine agencies.

It is not fantasy which is active here but memory, that believing memory of the souls and generations of early times which works unarbitrarily out of the impulse of an extraordinary event.

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.

An entity either is or is not an event, and the same may be said about its being an individual or an aggregate, a quality at the lower level of abstractness or at the higher, or the extraordinary individual God.

Everything proves it: its style, its contents, the extraordinary events by which it was revealed, taught, and written down; its constant conformity with past, present, and future truth; its transcendent character which never shows a trace of a particular man, of any one society or epoch of history or specific region of the globe.

Some of the miracles related in the Bible — perhaps most of them — were not actual events at all, but legendary acts and manifestations whose real significance is their testimony to the Impression made by an extraordinary personality on the people who encountered and observed him.

For in that case the assertion of God's sovereignty would be seen as a universal truth which can by logical reasoning be made intelligible to everyone; the miracle would then be regarded as a universally accredited, extraordinary event, from which the conclusion may be drawn that it depends upon a divine cause.

As the Roman Catholic and Orthodox traditions have known for centuries, and many other churches have discovered too, the only way that this extraordinary narrative will yield its meaning is quite simply if we play the events at their original speed — God's speed, not ours — living in and through the events day by day: the grieving farewells, the betrayal and denial, the shuddering fear in the garden, the stretched - out day of torture and forsakenness, and the daybreak of wonder, color and tomb - bursting newborn life.

In a recent article on events at Notre Dame, Michael Bradley offered some astute observations on the rhetoric of the LGBTQ movement, as did R. R. Reno a few weeks ago in a post on the Extraordinary Synod on the Family.

There is an absence of any cloying sentimentality in the writing style: it is simple and direct, has no clichés, and manages to bring the extraordinary events of several hundred years ago into our reach.

Which brings us to another extraordinary, and extraordinarily promising, event of the Jubilee Year.

Up until this time the activities of the gods were expected primarily in natural events, particularly the miraculous and the extraordinary, such as earthquakes, storms and famine.

Through the extraordinary actions of ordinary individuals, the film acknowledges self - sacrifice as a kind of supernatural event, one that points to the ultimate salvation in Christ.

«We don't have a lot of pressure to grow more rapidly, unless some extraordinary event takes place,» he says.

As part of the greater Extraordinary Italian Taste campaign — a promotional and educational project conceived by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, in collaboration with Assocamerestero — this event points the spotlight on «the queen of the Italian table»!

My most loved explanation behind heating bread, is that, in the event that you prepare the correct sort of bread (like entire wheat bread) it can be an extraordinary approach to enable you to lose pounds or keep up a sound weight.

On April 7th, 2013, guests participating in this one - day - only event will sample distinctive plates prepared and presented by Chef Dean Thomas of Europa Village and Chef Leah Di Bernardo of Extraordinary Artisan Table.

Given the extraordinary success of the 2018 event, the organizers will return to the Javits Center with an expanded show on March 4 - 5, 2019.

Created in 2006 as the first - ever live tasting event, this year's unique meeting will broadcast live on the web from Laphroaig's malting floor, bringing together some of the world's foremost whisky experts and the global Friends of LaphroaigTM community, both new and old, for an extraordinary interactive educational experience.

As a master chef, event and party designer and an aficionado of extraordinary cuisine and wines, Jaime has worked and toured with many famous celebrities and rock bands, including Madonna, Aerosmith, the Rolling Stones, Sting, Sarah McLachlan, Placido Domingo, Josh Groban, Barry Manilow, Stone Temple Pilots, Prince, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and many more.

But then an extraordinary turn of events began to take place: The team that seldom fouled suddenly found itself in foul trouble.

Lord Sebastian Coe, president of the IAAF, described the event as «one of the most successful of all time» and continued by saying: «I'd like to thank the organising committee, Birmingham City Council, the athletes and the fans — who fought through pretty extraordinary weather conditions to be here.»

The woman begins to feel a lot of physical discomfort again as her body gets ready for the extraordinary event that is about to happen.

I had the pleasure of attending the Danbury Chamber of Commerce «Conversations with Extraordinary Women» event.

In a day of extraordinary contrition, Kenny Dalglish and Luis Suarez publicly apologised for the events at Old Trafford on Saturday, which threatened to reopen a race row between Liverpool and Manchester United.

But while the voting process itself has been described as fair by most international observers, the political campaign and the actual counting of the votes — no doubt the most important part of the democratic election process — has been characterized by the abuse of power, the excessive role of money, extraordinary events such as power cuts in the polling stations, fights between party representatives, accusations of fraud and scandals in denying observers access to polling stations.

This week's extraordinary events, in which former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were attacked using some kind of nerve agent, even felt at times like an ITV drama.

And it was extraordinary, too, that Ukip allowed Dexter to speak at one of their biggest fringe events, especially as he said that they had a good idea of what he would say.

I'll be reporting more on the repercussions of yesterday's events, including that extraordinary spate between Cameron and the rebel Tory MP, Jesse Norman.

«They will be joined by an extraordinary group of community leaders and activists who support Jumaane in pursuing progressive policies that will change the lives of all New Yorkers for the better,» the event description reads.

Everyone with a father or grandfather who was involved in D - Day, the greatest seaborne military operation of all time, will have fixed this extraordinary event in their heads as a critical part of the effort to defeat the evil of Nazi Germany.

Because in the Peskova ruling of May 2017 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided that a bird strike was an «extraordinary event» under EU flight compensation regulation 261 - with the result that airlines didn't have to pay compensation, just as they don't for delays caused by lightning strikes or severe weather events.