Sentences with phrase «glance at the past»

Yet another means of enjoyable escapism involves taking a glance at the past.

It took it some time to end up where it is today, but if you take a glance at the past, focusing on 2008 when Bitcoin was first launched, this coin was not much of a deal and was worth under a penny.

We regularly see new smartphones and wearables, some good and some bad, so let's take a glance at the past five years.

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Independent security researcher Harri Hursti said past attempts at tokenization have encountered exceptions that make the idea of disposable, proxy account numbers much more complex than it may seem at first glance.

These patterns can be discerned at a glance on a seasonal chart, which is calculated by averaging the performance of the stock over the past 20 years.

As you're surely aware if you've visited a bottle shop or glanced at a restaurant wine list in the past decade or so, sparkling prosecco has become hugely popular worldwide, both drunk on its own and as an essential ingredient in the seemingly ubiquitous Aperol spritz.

A glance at the reaction on Twitter, with many expletive - ridden rants too inappropriate to publish, it's clear that Villa supporters haven't taken the latest update well and it doesn't really come as much of a surprise given Lescott's contribution over the past 12 months.

As Cuomo turns he briefly glances past the man (at about: 07) and then poses for a picture.

Even Jessica Asato's glancing reference to producer capture is at least useful both as metaphor for New Labour's corruption of earlier party structures (see above) and as a partial description of how economic reality has altered, assisted by New Labour, over the past 12 years, though she goes on to muddle the point.

I normally wouldn't look at Avon as a brand to shop due to poor experiences in the past, but their skincare is definitely something to take a second glance at.

You probably know that credit is a way to evaluate your trustworthiness as a borrower, using a credit report (documentation of your past borrowing and accounts) and a credit score (a three - digit number that represents your history at a glance).

I live in Florida & was at the mall the other day trying to justify to myself that I could use a beautiful cobalt blue muppet jacket from topshop... while was I silently justifying to myself two men walked past & made fun of the muppet... well of course I had to turn & give a dirty stare... as I did so I happen to glance at them & their feet... they had on flip flops... & their jeans indicated that they were not headed for the beach or a pool.

There is no presumption of innocence for the defendant — no burden of proof for the prosecution — and those facts, at least, are enough for Aiken, who quickly starts earning sideways glances from his friends and his sweetheart Sarah (Alexis Bledel), to look just far enough past his own presuppositions and defend Surratt to the best of his abilities.

Sometimes Ritchie makes his simplistic points simplistically: past - it Barbie doll Feldon pushes her lonely, tendresse - starved husband away and we're left looking at the blue - green - lit TV dinners in her freezer (the word «frigid» is mercifully delayed till their next interview); Michael Kidd, as a gruffly sentimental directorial superstar engaged by the local Jaycees to stage the spectacular, watches the Antelope Valley girl turn an onstage fumble into a sympathy - inducing bonus and murmurs, «They learn fast» (a mere reaction - shot cut to him at this point would have verged on the excessive; the line kills any validity the moment might have had); a drummer (screenwriter Jerry Belson, no less) watches one contestant segue into a striptease whose impiications are hilariously ambivalent in the context of so much plastic puffery, then exchanges glances with the orchestra leader and gives his drumstick a ribald stroke.

A glance at my watch reveals it's a bit past noon — time to meet up with Automobile's photo team for lunch at a local grocery store with an amazing deli.

Thundering past the grandstands, a brief glance at the digital speedo shows 157 mph.

At first glance, the new hybrid sports car appears like a continuous further development of the World Championship winning car and Le Mans winner of the past two years.

Elegante's sloping nose and squarish tail are similar to those of other GM models and, at first glance, its design seems a close copy of the wedge shape that has characterized GM products for the past few years.

At a glance, the 944 Turbo looks much like 944s of the past — with pinched waist, broad shoulders and muscular haunches.

At first glance, you will notice that the bumper and bonnet are similar and provide a sense of familiarity from the past.

But, incredibly, the Germans just jogged past on their way to the hut containing the tunnel, not even glancing at the Australian.

At first glance, non-BlackBerry aficionados will likely have a tough time distinguishing the Bold 9790 from other Bold and Tour devices released over the past couple of years (exception, Bold 9900).

A quick glance at my iPod tells me that I've tried at least 32 podcasts in the past several years, most of them related to writing and / or publishing.

A man with a box and an umbrella strode past, glanced at us, stopped fifty feet on, turned, walked back, and handed the box to Dad.

Andrea, I'd get disheartened if I were to look only at the distance covered with one step forward, but I always glance back to look at the path covered so far with thousands past steps and get the courage to push ahead with one step further.

This report presented essential «fundamentals at a glance» illustrating the past and present valuation based on earnings achievements as reported.

This is actually rather worse than it seems at first glance — it implies a net EUR 11 mio of Worldspread's own cash seems to have been pissed away, or otherwise diverted, in the past 6 months too.

This report presents essential «fundamentals at a glance» on Dividend Challenger General Mills Inc, illustrating the past and present valuation based on earnings achievements as reported.

So, all right: the surge in politicians» incomes over the past decade isn't quite as bad as it appears at first glance.

Anyone who's even had so much as a glance at what's been taking place this past week knows that the E3 ball is already rolling.

Of course, I spent the past year and a half being nervous that Guerrilla Games wouldn't possibly be able to deliver on the promise of something that seemed so groundbreaking at first glance.

We've pulled together details of the past week in this neat little post, so you can so you can check out what we have been up to at a glance.

Jon, Carl and myself sit down and cast a retrospective eye over the past few weeks, natter about the games we've been reviewing, chat about the state of the industry and also have a glance at what lies ahead.

Even when the graphics aren't all that great, poking your head into a doorway or glancing at a mirror as you walk past can create feelings of anxiety.

At first glance, it's largely the same affair as past Tomb Raider games.

At first glance it plays like a portable, worse - looking version of A Link to the Past, which in itself is a kind of compliment, but it does so much more than merely emulate the SNES classic in an on - the - go format.

As well as the previously mentioned fast paced gameplay the series is famous for, this new DOOM follows in the footsteps of the series» past endeavours by having levels that seem linear at first glance, but are actually rather grand in scope.

In the past I've insisted on seeing the conceptual element, as opposed to feeling confident that it is there even when it is not evident at first glance.

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At Mary Boone you exhibited three works; the smaller room held two pristine examples of past work: Bridal Supernova (2006), one of the Exploding Couture series, which looks at first glance like a lotus blossom transforming into a cumulus cloud, and Portable CatFight (2007), which encloses two cats, strung out from actual skeletons, that circle each other in mid-air with claws and fangs bareAt Mary Boone you exhibited three works; the smaller room held two pristine examples of past work: Bridal Supernova (2006), one of the Exploding Couture series, which looks at first glance like a lotus blossom transforming into a cumulus cloud, and Portable CatFight (2007), which encloses two cats, strung out from actual skeletons, that circle each other in mid-air with claws and fangs bareat first glance like a lotus blossom transforming into a cumulus cloud, and Portable CatFight (2007), which encloses two cats, strung out from actual skeletons, that circle each other in mid-air with claws and fangs bared.

What at the first glance seemed like simple landscape, actually was a very complex depiction of morbid past of one nation and its regime.

But while working in the studio one day I glanced over at my large pile of scraps from past work and thought that perhaps this was a wonderful opportunity to loosen up and re-purpose my work.

But over the past two weeks (ending today), its wooden doors were uncharacteristically sliding open and shut with the speed of a camera's shutter, revealing a titillating glance at the enigmatic interior, decorated with works by Julian Schnabel, Harmony Korine, Ron Gorchov, Dan Colen, Joe Bradley, Mark Grotjahn, and Jeff Elrod.

At first glance, the regional purview of Made in L.A. 2012 — on view this past summer at the Hammer Museum and LAXART as well as the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park — might easily have suggested collective SoCal navel - gazing comparable to the scene at the end of each of the SNL skits, when the characters come together to stare into a mirror in a surrealistic act of group narcissisAt first glance, the regional purview of Made in L.A. 2012 — on view this past summer at the Hammer Museum and LAXART as well as the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park — might easily have suggested collective SoCal navel - gazing comparable to the scene at the end of each of the SNL skits, when the characters come together to stare into a mirror in a surrealistic act of group narcissisat the Hammer Museum and LAXART as well as the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park — might easily have suggested collective SoCal navel - gazing comparable to the scene at the end of each of the SNL skits, when the characters come together to stare into a mirror in a surrealistic act of group narcissisat Barnsdall Art Park — might easily have suggested collective SoCal navel - gazing comparable to the scene at the end of each of the SNL skits, when the characters come together to stare into a mirror in a surrealistic act of group narcissisat the end of each of the SNL skits, when the characters come together to stare into a mirror in a surrealistic act of group narcissism.

Even a cursory glance at what we know about the geologic past reveals that this lovely little planet has been through much, MUCH worse than anything we can throw at it; massive meteor strikes, super volcanoes, radical climate shifts to both extremes of hot and cold, and yes, several mass extinctions.

Intapp wins Slaughters, Mishcon, A&L Goodbody + more: In what at first glance appeared to be one of those generic self - congratulatory growth stories that usually end up in our trash, Intapp in April announced that it has signed 13 new law firm customers in Europe over the past year, including Slaughter and May and Mishcon de Reya.

The burglary cases have increased, cost of construction has increased exponentially but when glancing at the stats of people purchasing home insurance, we find an annual growth of just 7.5 % in the past 8 - 10 years.

At a glance, it might not look hugely different from Sony's past tablets, and in that sense it's symptomatic of Sony Mobile's approach to design.

At first glance, the Redmi 5A looks like the quintessential Xiaomi smartphone, similar to many Redmi phones that we've seen in the past.

Past performance and future indicators can be gleaned at a glance, but there's also a lot more that...