Sentences with phrase «greatest events of history»

One of the greatest events of history has not yet taken place.

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Great dollar rally of 2014 as Fukuyama's History returns in tooth and claw China and Japan are on a quasi-war footing, one misjudgement away from a chain of events that would shatter all economic assumptions (By Ambrose Evans - Pritchard Tks Fred!)

Historian Paul Johnson commented on the advance of atheism in modern history:» Nietzsche wrote in 1886:» The greatest event of recent times — that God is dead, that the belief in the Christian God is no longer tenable — is beginning to cast its first shadows over Europe.»

But as Joseph Bottum has suggested, «the single most significant fact over the past few decades in America — the great explanatory event from which follows nearly everything in our social and political history — is the crumbling of the Mainline [Protestant] churches as central institutions in our national experience.»

The collapse of communism in 1989 was one of the greatest events of human history — one of the most sudden, unexpected, dramatic, and utterly transformative.

For in creation, in the call of Israel, in the life and work of Christ, and in the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on the church we find the great defining events of all histories and the story around which we must in our turn orient our lives.

Perhaps most important, while the great Western religions have held that God is revealed in the events and shape of history, none of the texts discuss religious interpretations of history.

Old Testament history recounts events, the lives of great men, prophets, priests and kings, migrations, wars, political decisions — everything affecting the exterior life of the nation, the observable course of her turbulent history.

The History of the Crusades is presented as history that should «attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater events and movements that have swayed the destinies of man.History of the Crusades is presented as history that should «attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater events and movements that have swayed the destinies of man.history that should «attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater events and movements that have swayed the destinies of man.»

The history of his wrestle with God is not confined to a few thousand years of dramatic events occurring in Asia Minor, though the crucial importance of those events seems even greater as the story expands into remoter pasts and futures.

The entry of Christ into history is the greatest blessing the world has ever known, but the beauty of that event is never matched by the practice of Christians.

And in the Church's annals, the professor of history found two millennia of events that shaped the course of the Western world, from Leo the Great riding out armed only with his scepter to meet Attila the Hun, to John Paul II traveling behind the Iron Curtain to his native Poland to bring down the scourge of Communism» an iconic event that seems to have captured the imagination of the recent convert.

History in the sense of greatest concern to man is not past events.

The exodus from Egypt was the decisive event, the great watershed of Israel's history.

Nevertheless, it is a fascinating history of the life and thought of a great people over a period of twelve hundred years of decisive human events.

The principal means of this encounter is the liturgy, in which the great events of salvation history are dramatized and celebrated.

Obviously, our formal understanding of these four circles that make up our situation will already have been shaped to a great extent by a history and tradition influenced by the classic texts and events associated with the biblical revelation.

Jane, Buddhism is one of the great religions of the world, in panthrotheism it is one of all religions that God had willed to serve humans who believes on its doctrine.But since we are all humans, we have to experience all the trials of life so that in the future when His Will shall be implemented by us, the wisdom of experience of all religions will be the basis of our decisions.Thats why genocides, wars,, pestilence, natural calamities, and all what we percieve as injustices, such as tyranny, persecutions and all the negative events in history is part of His will, because in panthrotheism, there is no devil or satan.everything has a reason.and we have to accept it, Remember that He is not faith selective but performance appreciative, it is the good things you do that He wills.

It is true, it is an historic event, the greatest even in the history of the world, that Christ conquered death.

There never was a greater event, — and on account of it, all who are born after us belong to a higher history than any history hitherto!»

This man now changes the profound reality of history even though he is not a great man, a general, or a politician, and even though the apparent event of economic crisis or military victory or stability of government is in no way altered.

Scientific history can shed much interesting light on the historical circumstances surrounding the great events upon which our hope is founded, and critical historical work can even become a necessary and corrective ingredient in a community's recalling of its foundational moments.

In the prayer of praise, the Berakah, he does not simply thank the Father for the great events of past history, but also for his own «exaltation.»

During the past year in particular, two events, epoch - making in their importance, and of great significance to Christians of all confessions, have strengthened the unity of Orthodox Churches to a degree unprecedented in modern history.

The Brewers Association has a long and successful history of producing world class beer and food pairing events including SAVOR ℠: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, held annually in Washington, D.C. which has been heralded as the «gold standard of beer festivals» and PAIRED at the Great American Beer Festival ®, which has been called «one of the best food and beer pairing events in the nation.»

I love the history of the event and the courses are always great, including Royal Troon.

In 1991 Powell not only broke the most astounding record ever — Bob Beamon's long jump standard of 29» 2 1/2», set in 1968 — but also produced his 29» 4 1/2» in the greatest mano a mano battle in field event history, defeating Carl Lewis, who also jumped his lifetime best, 29» 1 1/4», in the World Championships in Tokyo.

In honor of the tenth anniversary of the event, the Nor Cal Tip Off Classic has chosen to honor one of the all time great coaching legends in Northern California and state history.

There has not been a more consistently great Masters player at his age in the history of the event.

The European under - 23 champion went to third on the UK all - time heptathlon list and top of the British under - 23 all - time rankings when winning the world's top invitational combined events meeting, adding her name to the list of greats who have also won the Hypo Meeting in its 40 - year history including Daley Thompson, Roman Sebrle, Jackie Joyner - Kersee, Carolina Kluft and Jessica Ennis - Hill.

This is a dynamic seen in all aspects of society, and throughout history some of our greatest leaders have had a life altering encounter with a traumatic event.

The latter was ostensibly the first time an enslaved population revolted against its master on behalf of the «universal» values the slavers themselves professed to uphold — a rebellion the philosopher Slavoj Žižek has called «one of the greatest events in the history of humanity.»

She has now told the political history of Britain since the Great War through the diaries of politicians, literary figures and ordinary people in Events, Dear Boy, Events: A Political Diary of Britain from the Great War to the Present (Profile Books, # 25).

Next month's event looks uncomfortably like a partisan attempt to hijack one of the great glories of our common history for party political purposes on the eve of a general election.

«To honor the great history of our venue, we have a variety of exhibitions and events planned - from a magic show to an exhibition of seven World's Fair structures built out of LEGOs to a free lecture from one of the world's foremost experts on the World's Fairs, and more.

Modern astrophysics is how we attempt to explain one of history's greatest astronomical events.»

This event, called the «Permian - Triassic mass extinction,» represents the greatest catastrophe in the history of life on Earth.

DiChristina: Everything yeah, this is red earth, you're referring [to] Steve; it's an event called the great oxidation event and this started about two billion years ago and really set off the first giant wave of mineralization of changing varieties of minerals that we see in earth's history.

Few women with a history of VTE were enrolled, but these data suggest a possibility that these women may be at greater risk of future VTE events when taking estrogen plus progestin (7 vs 1; HR, 4.90; 95 % CI, 0.58 - 41.06) than those without a history of VTE (144 vs 66; HR, 2.06; 95 % CI, 1.54 - 2.76).

GHOULA is dedicated to the preservation of greater L.A.'s rich haunted history, and the promotion and celebration of this local lore through ghostly gatherings and events.

The Wilson Yip films, starring Donnie Yen, follow a more conventional historical biopic structure with the great man caught in the sweep of historic events leading to triumph and tragedy; while Wong Kar - wai's The Grandmaster uses Ip as a conduit to explore the passing of one age of China's history into another, with martial arts serving a metaphorical purpose.

The greatest strength of the MCU is that it's a shared universe, where events tie together, other characters can drop into movies, and a history exists to help set up stories without needing to make something new.

After all, the Academy has an affinity for films based on real events, perhaps because of the greater level of responsibility involved when depicting history and someone's life.

Following 2017's controversial Secret Empire, Marvel has announced their next big event, Infinity Countdown, a storyline beginning in February that will set up the «greatest epic in the history of the Infinity Stones.»

It includes a wealth of information and contains references to How March got its name (Mars - the God of War), things associated with March - daffodils, Zodiac signs, birthstone, Equinox, Spring, sayings «as mad as a March hare» Special Days in March - Easter, St Patrick's Day, Saint David's Day, Saint Piran's Day, Saint Joseph's Day, Women's History Month, Simnel Sunday, Mothering Sunday / Mother's Day, World Maths Day, the Jewish festival of Purim, International Women's Day, World Water Day, Lady Day (the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary), Oranges and Lemons Children's Service, World Book Day Notable Birthdays — Will I Am, Albert Einstein, Frederic Chopin, Dr Seuss (Theodor Geisel), Alexander Graham Bell, Vivaldi, Michelangelo, nat King Cole, Steve McQueen, Robbie Coltrane, Wilfred Owen, Fernando Torres, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ronaldinho, Alan Sugar, Harry Houdini, Vincent Van Gogh Discoveries, Launches, Inventions — Twitter, Barbie Doll, Coca - Cola, discovery of Uranus, the first elevator, Rolls Royce, first internet domain name, English football league, telephone patented Notable Events and Happenings — Great Flood of Sheffield, Knighthood of Paul McCartney, release of first Beatles album, «Titanic» won 11 Academy Awards It also contains hyperlinks to - Vivaldi's Four Seasons Spring (La Primavera)- Bach's «Air on G String» - St Clement's bells ringing «Orange and Lemons» - Chopin's Etude Op. 25 No. 11 «Winter Wind» - The Beatles «Please, Please Me» - Hares «boxing» A simple text version of this presentation, more appropriate for younger / SEN pupils is also available.

Maybe teachers are using small doses of digital instruction so they have more time, or smaller groups of students, for the main event: introducing kids to great works of literature, or big ideas in science, or the sweep of human history.

+ 3 Cloze activities + Acrostic poem and Mix and match + Sequence the events + Crack the Code revision activity + Word Search + Guns, Germs and Steel worksheet for video + Conquistadors: Episode 1 - The Fall of the Aztecs worksheet for video + Conquistadors: Episode 2 - The Conquest of the Incas + Terms and concepts + Research: Hernán Cortés + Ezine article, Peruvian Ice Caps Preserve a Legacy of Conquest + Information report + The Great Inca rebellion worksheet for video + Mapping History: The Conquistadors in Central America + Crossword + Armor and weapons of a conquistador + Crossword + Deconstructing a visual image - The Arrival or Conquest of Hernan Cortez in Veracruz

Play 1: The Olympics — Ancient and Modern «Ancient»: Sostratos (wrestler / boxer) Leonidas (runner) Gymnast «Modern»: Rower Swimmer Kallipateira (boxer's mother) Play 2: Modern Olympics 1896 - 1912 Narrator Athletes from: France, America, Great Britain, Greece, Sweden Play 3: Modern Olympics 1920 — 1936 (Impact of 2 world wars) Narrator Athletes from: Belgium, France, Netherlands, USA, Germany Play 4: Modern Olympics 1948 — 1964 (End of World Wars — The Soviet Union joins the Games) Narrator Athletes from: Britain, Finland, Australia, Italy, Japan Play 5: Modern Olympics 1968 — 1984 (Tragedy & Triumph) Narrator Athletes from: Mexico, West Germany, Canada, U.S.S.R., U.S.A. Play 6: Modern Olympics 1988 — 2004 (To the Future) Narrator Athletes from: South Korea, Spain, U.S.A., Australia, Greece Plus 2 Updates Plays 7 and 8 have been added, at the end, as updates (available off www.plays-r-ussell.com as separate scripts) Play 7 Beijing 2008 Play 8 London 2012 Other Olympic scripts by Sue Russell: ASSEMBLIES Brazil Host Country to the Olympics 2016 Assembly Olympics PRIDE Assembly (PSHE «team spirit» script) Rio 2016 Olympic Games Assembly - covering all 28 sports Rio 2016 Olympic Games Assembly including history events and ode History of the Olympics Assembly Olympics Assembly for Key Stage 1 Rio 2016 Paralympics 2016 Assembly GUIDED READING SCRIPTS Olympics PRIDE Guided Reading QUIZ Rio 2016 Olympic Games Quiz - 100 questions and ahistory events and ode History of the Olympics Assembly Olympics Assembly for Key Stage 1 Rio 2016 Paralympics 2016 Assembly GUIDED READING SCRIPTS Olympics PRIDE Guided Reading QUIZ Rio 2016 Olympic Games Quiz - 100 questions and aHistory of the Olympics Assembly Olympics Assembly for Key Stage 1 Rio 2016 Paralympics 2016 Assembly GUIDED READING SCRIPTS Olympics PRIDE Guided Reading QUIZ Rio 2016 Olympic Games Quiz - 100 questions and answers!

Morris at 100 — Celebrating the centenary of William Morris's first car, Paul and Kathy Niblett examine the life of the man and the early history of his company / MX 8372 — The oldest Oxford Bullnose fanatic Robin Batchelor recently drove a 1913 White & Poppe engined car, the earliest known surviving example / Goodwood Festival of Speed — Twenty years on from Lord March's first Festival of Speed, David Venables enjoys the «greatest hits» at the 2013 event / A gaggle of Goggos — Scott Barrett drives a pair of delightful German microcars and discovers their charm and ability far outweigh their tiny dimensions / From Alfa to Nardi — Alfa Romeo historian Simon Moore charts the history of the Silver Ray, from prewar racer to Italo - American dream car in the 1960s / Back on the Road — Michael Ware tells the story of the Riley Densham Imp, a 1930s special that has been sympathetically rebuilt after 40 years off the road

Volkswagen has a history of showing up at enthusiast events with factory - fresh modded models, and it's great to see that tradition continued at SoWo.