Sentences with phrase «from stark reality»

Spanning seven decades, the exhibition runs the gamut from stark reality to poignant reflection and further on to delicious absurdity.

In this lifelong story, Lilian and Myraleen struggle through dramatically changing times: From the stark realities of life in rural Mississippi, through the different sort of racism they find in workaday Philadelphia and France during World War II.

Not exact matches

What we need from our aspiring political leaders is recognition of two stark realities.

A stark acknowledgment of a mismatch between goals and budget realities came in February, when, after vehemently vowing not to take «one thin dime» from NASA's space - science efforts to fund human spaceflight, Griffin announced he was doing just that.

However, the stark reality is that global emissions have accelerated (Fig. 1) and new efforts are underway to massively expand fossil fuel extraction [7]--[9] by drilling to increasing ocean depths and into the Arctic, squeezing oil from tar sands and tar shale, hydro - fracking to expand extraction of natural gas, developing exploitation of methane hydrates, and mining of coal via mountaintop removal and mechanized long - wall mining.

From the hard hitting riffs of «Inside», «Madeline» and «Hero» to the raw sounds of «Wan na Feel You» and «Oh My Love» to the stark reality of life and death in «Eternity,» NOVA takes you on a journey of defiance, pain, hate, death and, yes, love.

From that stark introduction, Saving Private Ryan invites us into a mission to save one man at the cost of several, opening our eyes to complex realities of World War II in a way few other movies ever have or ever will.

Hopefully the Legendary Anniversary Loot Boxes won't highlight the stark reality of how low the odds are for you to get what you want from them, because that kind of money - sucking frustration would be a shame amidst what ought to be a merry celebration.

While the tone of the film changes in the second portion (from dreamy ideals to stark realities), many sequences and shots still carry that slightly surreal aesthetic, which heightens the intrigue and beauty of this gritty working - class limbo; even more so than his other films, Mud showcases Nichols as a sharp and artistic visual storyteller.

The Committee strove to clearly define the progressive nature of the obligations deriving from the ICESCR and, in doing so, it acknowledged a stark reality: the realization of ESCR faces huge difficulties owing to the lack of economic resources in many countries, hence their progressive nature; as states become more developed, they will be better able to assume greater responsibility in the area of ESCR.

A new longitudinal study highlights the stark reality in the U.S. that class matters far more than academic achievement up to grade 12 in terms of graduating from college.

She also doesn't shy away from the reality of life during the Great Depression, showing stark views of poverty and hardship that are matched well with Green's evocative paintings.

The reality is stark: fracking is believed to cause earthquakes, groundwater contamination, adds to greenhouse gas pollution through releases of methane, releases uranium and radon radiation, and leads to serious air pollution from the emissions spewing from drilling and transportation equipment.

Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts and a leading advocate of action said of the report, «It confirms in stark terms the reality that many of us had accepted a considerable amount of time ago and refutes an effort by the White House to seek some sort of escape hatch from that reality.»

The report points to stark, problematic realities for people of Africa, markets and ecosystems from continuing deforestation and forest degradation.

A common pitfall is that businesses only worry about passing an audit and, once the audit is over, compliance gets relegated from being a priority to an afterthought, resulting in a stark reality that many businesses are barely surviving from one audit to the next.

Applying fatality and injury numbers across a timeline, the stark reality is that, on average, someone dies from a vehicle accident every ten hours in Illinois, and someone is injured in a vehicle accident every six and a half minutes.

From a recent decision, 2009 CanLII 57448 (ON S.C.), para. 12,... the time has come to recognize the stark reality that our...

SAN FRANCISCO / FRANKFURT (Reuters)-- Facebook faces substantial business risks from new European Union privacy rules set to take effect in May, a looming reality that came into stark relief over the...

Yet, the stark reality is that «a minority of parents who suffer from personality and mental disorders may ignore the court and spend their waking hours finding ways to exhaust the other parent emotionally and financially» (Jaffe, et al., 2010).