Sentences with phrase «from modern city»

Visit the Orthodox church just outside of Minsk if you are looking for a break from modern city life.

It's politically stable, the people are gracious, and it boasts an impressive range of landscapes, from modern city to desert to mountains to — you guessed it — beaches.

All agreed it was a wonderful program, although Cuba itself was found to be a country of contradictions and beauty: from the modern city of Havana to the oxen working the fields; comfortable air - conditioned bus to people travelling by horseback along the highways; from tiny Bee Hummingbirds to giant anoles.

Our Two Weeks in Thailand and Cambodia itinerary includes everything from modern cities and relaxing beach resorts to some of the world's most incredible historical temple complexes and ancient cities.

Not exact matches

The building would be the first major development to take advantage of the Midtown East rezoning plan adopted by the city last year, which allows companies to buy air rights from other properties in the area to build larger, modern offices.

The treaties we possess from the Hittites (an ancient Indo - European people who once inhabited what is now the modern state of Turkey) established the way these suzerains interacted with the city - states under their control.

Well, the most «sexist» (from a modern perspective) passages are to Greek cities (Timothy, Corinthians), while the most inclusive language, with no such sexist sentiment is found in the letter to the Romans.

But doesn't the image of the Church as a «fortified city», taken from the Old Testament, conflict with the spirit of Lumen Gentium, the Vatican II dogmatic constitution on the Church, and Gaudium et Spes, the Pastoral Constitution the Church in the Modern World?

They are nearly 20 kilometers away from the modern multi-story office buildings and sprawling mansions in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja.

CNN iReporter Julio Ortiz - Teissonniere submitted some images from a a new show currently at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City depicting a modern take on DaVinci's famous «Last Supper.»

But this building block of the global system is itself changing... Many of today's states are going to splinter or transform, and the resultant units may not be integrated nations at all, in the modern sense, but a variety of other entities from tribal federations to Third Wave city - states.11

He said the pessimist in him mocked his receipt of a degree in law when «law is ever more a hollow word, resonant but empty, in a world increasingly dominated by force, by violence, by fraud, by injustice, by avarice — in a word, by egoism»; when civil law permits «the progressive and rapid increase of oppressed people who continue being swept toward ghettos, without work, without health, without instruction, without diversion and, not rarely, without God»; when under so - called international law «more than two - thirds of humanity (exist) in situations of misery, of hunger, of subhuman life»; and when agrarian law or spatial law permits «today's powerful landowners to continue to live at the cost of misery for unhappy pariahs»; and whereby «modern technology achieves marvels from the earth with an ever - reduced number of rural workers (while) those not needed in the fields live sublives in depressing slums on the outskirts of nearly all the large cities.»

Upon this model of hierarchy we have built our political systems — from the Greek city - state and the Roman Empire to feudal castes, the Holy Roman Empire, and modern nations.

Every urban reform movement of the past 200 years — from England's Hygiene Acts to America's City Beautiful Movement to modern zoning laws to modernist architecture to the creation of public housing and the rise of environmentalism and historic preservation — has been a response to the social and cultural problems created by industrialism.

We simply do not know what community would look like in a modern city because our deepest cultural experience with it comes from the 19th century, in the small - town, face - to - face relationships of an agrarian economy.

Scorsese wrote a 40 - page treatment that detailed plans to re-enact scenes from the Gospels, including the stations of the Cross, and set them in modern - day New York City.

There are excellent examples of churches from this era, such as the buildings of Eliel and Eero Saarinen in Columbus, Indiana (Tabernacle Church of Christ, 1942; North Christian, 1964), a city known for its splendidly effective embrace of modern architecture.

Thus, a mere 16 miles away from the site of modern Pentecostalism's American beginnings in 1906 at Azusa Street in downtown Los Angeles, an Episcopal church in the Van Nuys section of the city sparked a latter - day Pentecostal revival.

Like the Roman Empire, the modern age will crumble from the crack of inordinate greatness beyond the interest of the many and the desire of the privileged few to sustain, and in the murky streets of ruined cities and meeting grounds of a billion humble habitations, our heroes and saints will show us how to begin history anew.

They also remind us of some unpleasant truths: that virtually all of us in the modern world are now mere consumers of great urbanism rather than its producers; and that this earlier vision of cities is now so far removed from the mindset of the modern world that the project of reviving great urbanism may be one best regarded in terms of generations if not centuries.

Every time we visit, I'm convinced we need to move away from the city, give up modern technology, and live the life of the Amish.

An amazing Greek recipe introduced to the Greek cuisine in the beginning of the 20th century and has its origin from the city of Smyrni or modern day Izmir.

Chipotle aioli and sushi - grade tuna crown these modern tostadas, which come from Contramar, a lauded Mexico City seafood restaurant.

Drawing inspiration from her childhood in India and the bustling foodie scene of inner - city Australian life, Sneh's recipes embrace a healthy take on modern classics, drawing comparisons to the healthy «fast food» phenomenon made famous by the likes of Jamie Oliver, but with all Australian ingredients.

While the London brewery is helping lead the city's craft beer revolution with its thoroughly modern, hopped - up pale ales, it looked to a recipe from 1890 for this obsidian stout.

Residents of Siberian cities get their food from three main sources: grocery stores (still not as modern as those in the West); city markets, farmers» markets, and street vendors; and their own dacha gardens where they grow fruits and vegetables on little plots of land surrounding the cities.

The hotel offers panoramic views of the city's skyline and a breathtaking view of the Bay Bridge and is just steps away from attractions including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Gardens, and the waterfront.

A wide range of visitors from around the world are expected to participate Modern Bakery Moscow being held in the city's IEC Expocentre starting on Monday 12 March.

Romero's style of cooking celebrates Mexico's rich culinary traditions and seasonal specialties, from pre-Columbian to the modern gastro movement sweeping Mexico's major cities.

With all America to choose from, professional tennis had managed to open its newest tour and its quest for a sharp, modern image in a primitive animal exhibition hall in the stockyards of Kansas City, Mo..

The Tyrol and the Europa are big, modern city hotels across from the railroad station.

well perhaps in some ways it is but imagine if you'd never seen Arsenal play before and knew nothing of them apart from the fact that they are «considered» one of the colossus's of modern football and you saw them play the last two games against the Toffee's and Man city?

I too also know that we look weak at the back but i also believe they have learnt from there mistakes last season and have a stronger unity this season going into the 3rd season with the team wenger has put together without losing key players and adding real Quality and world class that i havent seen before because none of our history says we bought our trophies we won them with all the unexpected beliefs and never bought into the society and modern game we seen before us not one of our legends were already labelled for they are today before they came to us The made a name for themselfs in our Jersey and build a foundation of what we represent today Before Arsene Wenger and with him We are a club that overachieve and under promise Everything we've done has be our very own unique way of doing it not the way other clubs are ahiceving i for one will not Follow the Man City's ambitions Chelseas Manchester united or anyone elses

Any one who knows anything at all about how the modern sham owner, board and manager work knows full well that Sanchez will be off in days or at the most a month, almost certainly to City, despite the deliberate lies — no change there then — emanating from the manager's mouth.

Rarely does a day go by in the era of modern football when we don't hear of a substantial amount of money being offered for a top quality footballer, be it from the far - eastern Chinese Super League or the Abu Dhabi - funded coffers at Manchester City.

Although St. Joseph's was impressive from the outside and offered beautiful views over the city and to the St. Lawrence River, the inside was modern and nowhere near as intricate as the smaller churches in Montreal.

The Fashionable Gal is giving away «City Chic; The Modern Girl's Guide to Living Large on Less» the new book from author Nina Willdorf.

In modern world that is highly fashionable and would love to take pics and post on various social media, there are far too limited colors to choose from this might be a major turn down for highly fashionable and highly sociable mothers that would just love to flaunt some more colors and make sure a color from either their baby's dress or theirs is represented on Baby Jogger City Mini Stroller.

Indeed, Osogbo had come a long way from the old rural town, to a growing modern city, gradually holding its own in serenity and winning infrastructure, drawing new businesses across different sectors.

@Chad except that a major difference between modern China and the USSR is that migrants living without registration illegally was not common in the USSR (except unregistered couples of lovers, usually from the same city).

Questions during the off - topic portion of the press conference included his opinion of the expected Democratic candidate in the 11th Congressional District special election and whether he'll campaign for Gentile, the prospect of Department of Homeland Security losing funding, religious organizations renting City school facilities for prayer / worship services and the related lawsuit, a NY Post report criticizing a newly - created NYPD training program, reported terror threats against shopping malls, the absence of a Lunar New Year message from the mayor and his non-attendance at the Lunar New Year parade, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's comment that their relationship will be «the best relationship between a mayor and governor in modern political history,» his scheduled trip to Albany on Wednesday and delays in federal funding of Sandy rebuilding.

The Spaulding Commerce Center was celebrated in 2012 for its transformation from a contaminated industrial site in the City of Tonawanda into a modern business park.

The party — which everyone from then aspiring U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton to nearly every modern mayor in city history attended — had been held for years at the T.G.I Friday's on 42nd St.

New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson selected a piece of art from the Whitney to decorate City Hall, adding a modern touch to the more traditional oil paintings in the building.

«Asiwaju combines his vision, ideas and leadership qualities to lay a solid foundation for subsequent administrations after him to build on; and the result is what we have today — a modern Lagos that is moving rapidly from a mega city to a smart city; the fourth biggest economy in Africa moving towards being the third biggest economy on the continent.

Centre for Cities is supportive of all the arguments made in the speech, from having a long term plan for the North, to the recognition that it is city regions and not local authorities or regions that are the building blocks of the modern economy, to offering more powers for elected mayors.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, a Democrat, and Harlem elected officials held a rally on Monday calling for a statue of J. Marion Sims, a 19th Century doctor who has been called the «father of modern gynecology,» to be removed from Central Park, where it is situated on East 103rd Street in East Harlem.

A November report issued by the governor's New York City regional economic development council had called for a «modern convention center in Queens,» but the Bloomberg administration only found out about the proposed location, Aqueduct racetrack in Ozone Park, from the newspapers, according to an administration source, further underscoring the distance between the two chief executives.

If this campaign is not to become the most depressing in modern times the central issues, apart from sovereign debt, should be these: urgent reform of the City; the need to build a more balanced economy; youth unemployment; poverty in an era of spending cuts and pay freezes; electoral reform and a new constitutional settlement; the European Union and Britain's place within it; withdrawal from Afghanistan and a multilateral foreign policy.

Their ideas include a Las Vegas - style facility 50 miles from New York City, modern casinos built on the sites of Borscht Belt resorts and a casino near a cave.