Sentences with phrase «heroic efforts in»

Don't sell yourself short, Tempterrain, the credit is all down to you, for heroic efforts in extracting that enalrged skull of yours from your nether cavity.

From now on, we will encourage heroic efforts in engineering, and we will reward the greatest success.

Eddie the Eagle is known to millions for his heroic efforts in the Ski Jumping events during the 1988 Calgary Olympics — but there's so much more to Eddie than that!

But now it seems that the Lib Dem candidate might not have been fully appreciative of her party's heroic efforts in late 2016.

Without clarifying your core customers, selling is ultimately a function of individual, heroic efforts in the field, not a scalable platform for growth.

Captain Karen Walden (Ryan, Sleepless in Seattle) is the first woman ever to be nominated for the military's vaunted Medal of Honor after dying in a seemingly heroic effort in the Gulf War.

Nevertheless, ample multiplayer modes (including co-op and split - screen mode, an apparently heroic effort in this day and age) complete a package that you really ought to have purchased by now.

My opinion is that the Gulf War was the only major heroic effort in recent decades and except for the DU shells was fairly fought.

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For example: Susan stays late for an entire week in a heroic effort to organize a major event for the company.

The result, says Lapomarda, «has been a silence so tight that the truth about much of the heroic efforts of various individuals in the Nazi era has been neglected.»

Does it count in her favor that a Russian Jewish atheist made heroic (yes, heroic) efforts to leave the Soviet Union and become an American citizen, and that she defended her adopted home for the rest of her life?

In the 1970s, a Canadian, Jitsuo Morikawa, made heroic efforts to involve the American Baptists as a denomination in real lifestyle changeIn the 1970s, a Canadian, Jitsuo Morikawa, made heroic efforts to involve the American Baptists as a denomination in real lifestyle changein real lifestyle changes.

It is those who are in touch with the eternal order who make the most heroic and sustained efforts to improve conditions for their fellows.

This seems to be the case with Clue Club, in which the clumsy, braggart bloodhounds, Woofer and Wimper, and sometimes Deedee and Pepper, provide the comic and antiheroic counterpoint to the successful efforts of Larry and Dottie, They show us that the creators of the show are aware of the widespread skepticism regarding the heroic, At the same time, the expected formulas of mystery and adventure can be executed for the sake of those (younger?)

Odd again, because, despite my best efforts to see something heroic in this man's biography, which might explain what his prose does not, I confess to see at best what Stephen Spender referred to, in a 1979 New York Review of Books piece (March 25, p. 13) on modern German self - analysis, as «der Nebel,» the fog that «allows people to live with unbearable experiences»; the fog that made it possible to «go along» or «not know.»

But this part of her argument raises another question: If people's love for their children can motivate them to make heroic efforts to be good parents after divorce, couldn't the same amount of effort be expended to make many of the marriages work in the first place?

It is one of the virtues of Quint's book (another is the generosity of critical annotation, amounting almost to a mini variorum edition) that Paradise Lost's still center is given a density so great that reading the poem becomes itself a heroic act; an act difficult to perform, but in its difficulty providing an experience few (if any) efforts of the human imagination are capable of provoking.

The heroic but futile efforts to establish Christianity in Tibet fell into abeyance.

Our ordinary, pre-revelational images of God are often little more than expressions and legitimations of those powers before whom we act out our heroic performances in an effort to gain the significance for which we crave.

Human effort to roll the stone up the hill only results in a roll down again and the endless repetition of this heroic effort.

The photo of the Gersten family today is a testament to the heroic efforts Czeslaw Polziec's family made to maintain humanity when society gave in to the inhumane.

While Rochdale's goalscorers will go down in the club's history today it was the left - back Matt Done that lead the League One side's heroic efforts.

The Buckeyes rushed for 393 yards and four touchdowns on the day, and Michigan QB Devin Gardner threw for 451 yards and four touchdowns in a heroic losing effort.

Thanks in part to the heroic effort from Guillermo Ochoa in goal, Mexico tied with Brazil 0 - 0 during their Tuesday afternoon Group A match.

All in all a pretty heroic effort, I'm sure you'll agree.

Thanks in part to the heroic effort from Guillermo Ochoa in goal, Mexico tied with Brazil 0 - 0 during their Tuesday afternoon...

Match Predictions: Barcelona are in such great form at the moment and it will take an heroic effort from Las Palmas to get something out of this match.

It's a pity room wasn't found in its near - five - hour running time for more of Carlos Sainz Jnr's superb drive in China, particularly his heroic lap one effort on slick tyres.

Donated by the family of late campaigner Anne Williams, whose son Kevin died in the tragedy, the commemorative piece recognises the heroic efforts of fans during the rescue operation on April 15, 1989 and the fight for justice that followed.

Bravo to you for your honesty and bravery in sharing and for your heroic efforts to breastfeed.

«While we wish there was no need for these centers, we recognize their heroic efforts and the importance of children receiving services in their community in a child - friendly atmosphere,» Poole said.

Governor Cuomo commended the men and woman for their heroic efforts to save the lives of the survivors in sub-zero -LSB-...]

Friday's service recognized the sacrifices of fallen law enforcement officers in Erie County along with the daily efforts of all individuals involved in public safety, as police chaplains and senior law enforcement officials from around the county noted the heroic efforts of those members of the public safety community who have made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure our safety.

Labour's chances of winning an outright majority at the next election — or even of forming part of a coalition — now seem to depend on an heroic effort from core supporters in its heartlands.

(New York, NY) On March 11, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito (center) and other council member presented a proclamation to several District Council 37 leaders in appreciation of their members» heroic efforts during the recent Ebola health crisis.

When the earthquake hit Nepal in 2015, the newspapers were full of stories of the tragic event, the devastation left following the natural disaster, and the heroic clean - up effort on the ground.

Heroic worldwide surveillance efforts have avoided a repeat of the 1918 flu pandemic, but as shown in the recent H1N1 outbreak, viruses can still outwit even the best public health efforts.

As night fell on Friday in Japan, workers and soldiers continued heroic efforts to douse the potential meltdown underway at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

In a heroic effort, authors Ming Li, Ruigiang Li et al. have now sequenced, assembled and analyzed the mutations in the genomes of 38 wild snub - nosed monkeys (from genome mapping of 42 individuals: 27 golden, 4 gray, 2 Myanmar and 9 black) from four different endangered species of snub - nosed monkeys - the largest investigation into primate genomics outside of the great apeIn a heroic effort, authors Ming Li, Ruigiang Li et al. have now sequenced, assembled and analyzed the mutations in the genomes of 38 wild snub - nosed monkeys (from genome mapping of 42 individuals: 27 golden, 4 gray, 2 Myanmar and 9 black) from four different endangered species of snub - nosed monkeys - the largest investigation into primate genomics outside of the great apein the genomes of 38 wild snub - nosed monkeys (from genome mapping of 42 individuals: 27 golden, 4 gray, 2 Myanmar and 9 black) from four different endangered species of snub - nosed monkeys - the largest investigation into primate genomics outside of the great apes.

In Marabel and the Book of Fate, Marabel is forced to fight trolls, giants, and fairies in a (s) heroic effort to save her brother, who has been kidnapped by an evil queeIn Marabel and the Book of Fate, Marabel is forced to fight trolls, giants, and fairies in a (s) heroic effort to save her brother, who has been kidnapped by an evil queein a (s) heroic effort to save her brother, who has been kidnapped by an evil queen.

To fully appreciate the body's heroic effort to rescue us from stress, it is important to understand first that our brain is in control of our body through the neuroendocrine system.

The film follows the efforts of the heroic Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), a small group of activists who have made it their mission to disseminate information across news sites, blogs and social media about what's going on in Raqqa, from the strict law to executions on the street.

He goes a long way in making My Left Foot a success.Director Jim Sheridan guides the film in a relatively straightforwardmanner, playing the emotional highs and lows like a weeping fiddle.Brenda Fricker turns in an equally heroic performance as Christy «sbother, and both won Oscars for their efforts.

Nor will another trending topic of drug addiction hurt the chances of Heroin (e), which not only deals forcefully with the much talked - about opioid crisis, but also does it by focusing on the heroic efforts of three women leading the charge in West Virginia.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening January 2, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Defiance (R for violence and profanity) Oscar - winner Edward Zwick (for Shakespeare in Love) directs this harrowing tale of survival, set in occupied Poland during World War II, recounting the heroic efforts of three brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell) who escape into the forest where they join forces with Russian resistance fighters to save over 1,000 fellow Jews from the Nazis.

Last Men in Aleppo (Netflix, iTunes, Google Play) This issue doc's topic is the Syrian civil war, and particularly the heroic efforts of the volunteer - supported humanitarian - aid organization known as the White Helmets.

Set in the deep south during World War II, the quiet, intimate romance plumbs the hideous effects of racial prejudice and honors heroic efforts — all made by women — to make things right.

This week, it's «City of Ghosts,» providing an apt bookend chronicling the heroic efforts of citizen journalists in Raqqa, Syria, as they attempt to document the carnage that the Islamic State has wreaked on their once - cosmopolitan city.

Heroic efforts at fundraising, various scholarships, plus help from grandparents, and off she went to Finland, which she had read had the smartest kids in the world.

Institute noted in their recent report on targeted teaching, that «Despite heroic efforts by many teachers, our most advanced students are not adequately stretched while our least advanced are not properly supported.