Sentences with phrase «final tragic days»

Telling the story in a compellingly new and dramatic way, The Last Days of the Romanovs brings those final tragic days vividly alive against the backdrop of Russia in turmoil, on the brink of a devastating civil war.

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That artwork, which Garriott brought home 12 days later, along with six more pieces he created on board the ISS, was on display recently on Manhattan's Lower East Side as part of an exhibit called Celestial Matters, organized to benefit a group of learning centers created in memory of space shuttle Challenger's tragic final mission.

After the opening scene - setting chapters, the reader is well rewarded with many nuggets: the story of his tramps around France mapping its geology; his fortitude in redistil - ling pure water for 101 days to prove that it would not turn into «earth» (he later proved that it consisted of hydrogen and oxygen); his marriage; his tests for tobacco adulteration; his brush with death at the gunpowder factory; his examination of mesmerism; his tragic final years; and, of course, his main discoveries and contributions, including his exchanges with the English scientist Joseph Priestley.

As Hoffman's final movie «A Most Wanted Man» hits theaters, we remember the brilliant career and tragic last days of the greatest actor of his generation

The Crow will always have a mystique about it, as Brandon Lee, would have a tragic mishap during the shoot, mere days from its final wrap, that led to his untimely death.

The past and present come crashing as mysteries from years ago get resolved and the final days of Bartamus» world unfold with a tragic turn of events for Kait and her companions.

And he was with Gorky in the final, tragic days before the painter's suicide.