Sentences with phrase «human faces over»

I guess Donner was going for a romantic sense of magic — the visceral transformations of An American Werewolf in London andThe Howling certainly wouldn't do here — but the lap dissolves of human faces over animal heads against time - lapse sunsets and sunrises look awfully hokey.

Scholarly studies have shown that infants prefer human faces over other objects in their environment.

Just as your baby naturally prefers the human face over any other visual pattern, he also prefers the human voice to other sounds.

Not exact matches

Poloz has a free hand, but he's human; if you were facing a decision that could go either way, and you knew the person who is ultimately your boss favours one direction over the other, what would you do?

Over the weekend, he used the shooting victims as a human shield to create some sort of doubt about the FBI's Russia investigation, and his staff characterized the tragedy as a «reprieve» from the bad publicity they'd faced over the last wOver the weekend, he used the shooting victims as a human shield to create some sort of doubt about the FBI's Russia investigation, and his staff characterized the tragedy as a «reprieve» from the bad publicity they'd faced over the last wover the last week.

Over the 42 years (and more) of being fascinated with the reality of God, I've explored the human experience in ways I'm not proud of, and had to come to grips with very primal realities that all human beings face, especially self - regulation, care and contribution.

Hope amidst suffering, hope when men know only defeat and despair, hope when death seems to smother out the shoots of life springing from the hearts of men, hope for our society, our world, our city, our schools, courts, prisons, legislatures, hope for our children, for our elderly, hope for all the millions of men and women over the face of this globe who simply want to live out their lives as free human beings not trampled down and stepped on by the overlords of this world.

On the other hand, he would worry over the competing desires corporations and governments face that might lead to a kind of rational planning that does not see human persons as a whole.

There are four affirmations about Jesus Christ that historically have been stressed in Christian faith: (1) Jesus is truly human, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, living a human life under the same human conditions any one of us faces — thus Christology, statement of the significance of Jesus, must start «from below,» as many contemporary theologians are insisting; (2) Jesus is that one in whom God energizes in a supreme degree, with a decisive intensity; in traditional language he has been styled «the Incarnate Word of God»; (3) for our sake, to secure human wholeness of life as it moves onward toward fulfillment, Jesus not only lived among us but also was crucified for us — this is the point of talk about atonement wrought in and by him; (4) death was not the end for him, so it is not as if he never existed at all; in some way he triumphed over death, or was given victory over it, so that now and forever he is a reality in the life of God and effective among humankind.

His good creation was not intended to function this way, but since He gave humans, angels, and even animals (to a degree) the freedom to make genuine choices, we sometimes use this freedom in ways that are contrary to the will and desire of God, and when we do this, the forces of nature suffer the consequences, and chaos rages over the face of earth, wreaking havoc, destroying lives, and bringing destruction in its wake.

We, the privileged of earth, have appropriated and exploited the earth and all that is in it, the world and those who dwell therein; we have founded our folly now even upon the seas; and we have established the ineradicable marks of our vandalism over the virginal, variegated, speechless faces of the earth and, by the billion, on the innocent and until now largely submissive faces of the human family.

As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.

Finally, several hundred thousand years ago, our direct human ancestors appeared and began to spread out over the face of the earth.

You all are less than the dirt he walks over you are anathama to the human race and your entire country should be wiped from the face of the earth.

And, in any case, aristocracy is the strong sense — including the aristocratic features of the philosophy of the Greeks and Romans — was bound to fade away over time in the face of the truthful Christian insight about the unique irreplaceability of every human person.

In the first place, points denoting this new human type will be found to be scattered more or less all over the thinking face of the globe.

And where else but in the agonized decision over abortion are women given a unique opportunity to face the frailty and finitude of human life?

At the same time, the mainline churches were facing their own crisis involving declining membership (especially among younger generations), clergy shortages, and deep polarization over issues such as human sexuality.

In face of this growing dominance of economics over other aspects of human existence, traditional Western political categories — those which define a body politic in which the people in dialogue hammer out conclusions that express their values — need to prove their relevance all over again.

Over and over again in Luke's long narrative of Jesus» interactions on the road to Jerusalem, Jesus persists in his effort to make us squarely face the fact that it is the reign of God that he is proclaiming and confronting us with — not the reign of human perfectibility or even life under the Over and over again in Luke's long narrative of Jesus» interactions on the road to Jerusalem, Jesus persists in his effort to make us squarely face the fact that it is the reign of God that he is proclaiming and confronting us with — not the reign of human perfectibility or even life under the over again in Luke's long narrative of Jesus» interactions on the road to Jerusalem, Jesus persists in his effort to make us squarely face the fact that it is the reign of God that he is proclaiming and confronting us with — not the reign of human perfectibility or even life under the law.

Mostly we are caught up with what is going on in our own little neck of the woods, and are not even aware of the diversity of the human situation scattered over the face of the globe, let alone the staggering immensity of the universe.

This magisterial text faced what amounts to the direct contrast of Pelagianism which exalted human endeavour and Lutheranism which considered humanity purely passive and grace «like some brilliant cloak of gold thrown over the human corpse by God» (Karl Adam: The Spirit of Catholicism ch.11).

This allows us to face the challenges of our time soberly, neither despairing of the possibilities of justice in public life and thus withdrawing, nor seeking to take command of history by embarking on grandiose ideological projects that encourage us to assume godlike powers over human affairs.

In the face of this blind confidence in power, human history testifies over and again to the dangers of power — even when wielded for seemingly good ends.

Reacting «well» to getting hit is something that is developed over time, so the lack of striking training / sparring results in him having a normal human reaction to getting clocked in the face

«Unlike the many documentaries that have exposed this problem over the years, this movie will not only entertain, but will reach many more people at a very personal level — showing the pressure on those who work for these transnational corporations and the realities we face in our work when trying to stop human rights abuses.

Like you know I thought there was you know like this huge emergency and it's just you know face to face human contact and you know obviously mama tribes all over including our mind.

A new report from FPI looks at the importance of jobs in the nonprofit health care and social assistance sector in New York City, and examines how the hardships facing the city's low - income population — the main constituency served by the nonprofit human services sector — have grown in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008 - 2009 and the weak recovery over the past three years.

They have faced criticism over David Cameron's negotiations over the EU budget, over confirming they will almost triple the cap on tuition fees to # 9,000 and over the announcement that they will have to implement the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that prisoners should be able to vote.

«Over the years, like any or every human organisation, it has faced its challenges, but I want to pay tribute to those who have stayed steadfast through thick and thin to see us through to this point.

In the modern world, humans wield considerable control over their environment — even over the diseases they face, as several recent outbreaks attest.

In an about - face, the agency agreed that global warming is happening; that humans, by pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, are responsible; and that the American environment is likely to change dramatically over the next century.

Tasmanian devils, while relatively docile with humans, are known for biting each other on the face as they fight over mates and food.

Had you taken either of those two gentlemen aside — not to mention any of the billion souls who have ever stared up at a star - filled sky and taken a moment or two to mull things over — and told them Thought would one day be downgraded to just another human attribute like hair, or nostrils, or jealousy, they would have called you a liar to your face.

And the variation in skull size and facial shape is no greater than in other species, including both modern humans or chimps, says Ponce de León — especially when the growth of the jaw and face over a lifetime are considered.

Although the Copenhagen conference could have been criticized on many fronts, it is hard to imagine that Palin's remarkable statement represents anything other than a misplaced religious end - of - days argument of the type that asserts confidence in human dominion over the earth — and that God will ensure the planet remains fine in the face of human progress, until God decides to end it all and the worthy ascend to heaven.

But faced with looming costs to keep the space shuttle flying and to send humans back to the moon, NASA revealed it would need to siphon funds away from space science — $ 3 billion over the next five years.

One highlight (spoiler alert) is when a splash of alien DNA that lands on a human's face causes his body to morph, over time, into a human - alien hybrid.

This corresponds to a previous study by Professor Vainio's research group, where it was found that dogs prefer viewing conspecific faces over human faces.

Gen yum faces numerous anxiety - provoking factors: the barrage of constant buzzes and dings that demand immediate attention; a lack of face - to - face human connection; high unemployment rates and low pay; the management of the in - person and avatar identities; and general confusion over the functioning of our ever more complicated technologically infused environments.

Your kind of garbage pseudoscience is exactly why people keep up with the pro-agriculture apologetics in the face of all the damage agriculture has done over the course of civilized human history in the past 10,000 years.

I also had a training technue using a piece of card board cut about one foot square with one hand you hold the target letting go at the same time you punch a hole in the cardboard, to ad to my focus I would draw a human face on the target.I progressed to the point where I could punch a clean hole in an eye on the target over 97 % of the time this is using cardboard rated at 350 lbs per square inch.The strikes were finger of index and middle finger.Pushups work

For all the CGI light shows and magical whizbangery the movies have delivered over the years, the series is finally about human frailty in the face of organized darkness.

They go about it in a civil war over ideals (the ideals can be contrasted in both of the other films like when Optimus faces Megatron in the 1st film, a clash of ideals as the Autobots are persecuted by the humans and the Decepticons).

Our titular hero, Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), spends the first forty - five minutes of the film with a metal mask over his face chained to a car like a large human hood ornament.

As with «The Crucible,» Day - Lewis» big explosion — this time into outright stark - raving, animalistic rage, drooling and towering over Eli while pushing at him to tease him — wouldn't count for much if not for the slow - burn of the rest of the performance, with the actor's gradual shift from at least somewhat human to All - Powerful American Businessman as a Monster shown by his body going from upright to crooked, his face from quietly hateful to anything but.

It's period piece, check, recounting the indescribable trials faced by an underdog, check, triumph of the human spirit over adversity and injustice, check, directed by queen of the A-list, Hollywood darling AND penned by the Coen Brothers!

The trouble is, the way the human brain has evolved over so many thousands of years means that, when we are faced with a difficult question, it will perform a little sleight of hand.

This corresponds to a previous study by Professor Vainio's research group, where it was found that dogs prefer viewing conspecific faces over human faces.

Like us, dogs are social creatures, and let's face it: we humans just aren't up to «mouth wrestling» or «chase - me - bite - my - legs - and - roll - me - over» games.