Sentences with phrase «in extraordinary history»
Steeped in extraordinary history and rising to over 1400 feet above sea level, the Rock of Gibraltar stands proud at the southernmost tip of continental Europe
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The principles of investment are simple, says Bernstein, so he takes a long view of the financial industry, dedicating half the book to investment history and theory (in a manner accessible to the math - challenged among us) in the hopes of giving his readers «the ability to coolly observe extraordinary current events and say «I've seen this movie before, and I know how it ends.»»
The embroiderers were known for being particularly extraordinary; Guo Pei has changed history because, during the Cultural Revolution, that skill was stopped, so people in the area lost the skill of embroidery; and now that she's brought it back, there's even a woman in her studio whose great grandmother was one of the embroiderers in the last dynasty.
Since the financial crisis we have been through an extraordinary period in monetary history.
First, because they represented a transfer from net savers to net borrowers, they helped to exacerbate the split between the growth in household income (households are net savers) and the growth in GDP (which is generated by net borrowers), and so led directly to the extraordinary imbalance in the Chinese economy in which consumption, as a share of GDP, has declined to perhaps the lowest level ever recorded in history.
But the fact it's even happening is a sign of just how much Apple's fortunes have shifted from a year ago when its stock was on an extraordinary run that would make it one of the most valuable companies in history.
The past six months have been an extraordinary period for Chinese politics, with a steady series of high - level events and major changes unprecedented in recent history.
If you take a snapshot during an extraordinary surge in valuations, M&A activity, IPOs and thus wealth creation you'd echo John Doerr's famous quote from 1999 that, «The Internet is the greatest legal creation of wealth in history.»
With massive and increasing structural deficits; exploding debt in all sectors; hostile demographics; social and political fracturing and disintegration; grotesque wealth inequality; extraordinary global trade competition; a complete collapse of respect for vital government organizations such as the Justice Department and FBI, which the people now realize have gone rogue; an extremely complex and corrosive global geopolitical environment; the real prospect of war, potentially nuclear and worldwide; not to mention numerous additional factors, we can only point to few other times in history more dangerous to the people's financial welfare, and therefore more overall bullish for gold, one of the only financial sanctuaries proven to work in times of dislocation.
There is also, in light of the Holy Father's Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, a very helpful explanation of the ritual and history of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, something that should prove useful in the parishes where this form of the Mass has now been reintroduced.
Over 60 years ago when it was still extraordinary for women to work out of the home in this country the mainline was making the theological case for women in ordained ministry against the overwhelming opposition of most Christians throughout history.
He operates with subtle and sometimes extraordinary vigor here rather than there, thus bringing to pass his «work, his strange work» both in the order of nature and of history, and thus bringing to pass also his loving care and saving action signally declared in Jesus Christ.
If her Magnificat is any indication, she is an extraordinary reader of the Bible, lyrically weaving together Jewish scripture into a new song that is perhaps the most frequently sung canticle in church history.
The sense of the end of history has been expressed, both in the extraordinary popularity of dystopias, as well as, paradoxically, in liberal philosophy that does not lack utopian traits (Francis Fukuyama).
This is one of the most extraordinary happenings in history.
For her to emphasize it in this way must mean it has an extraordinary power with God, and this is just what history tells us.
I was privileged to be invited to Westminster Hall, where, in an extraordinary moment of British history, the Pope was to address Members of Parliament and a great gathering of men and women in public life from across Britain.
The defeat of an incumbent President, the election of the first «baby boomer» by a slim plurality, and the extraordinary campaign of an independent candidate are only the more obvious reasons for the special attention that 1992 is likely to be paid in the history books.
So Peter with an extraordinary completeness presents us with the Christ who pre-existed in history and before history began (1:10, 11, 20), the Christ who came to this earth and who suffered and died for men on the cross (1:16 - 22; 2:24), the Christ who descended into Hades and so tasted the full bitterness of death (3:19), the Christ who rose from death (1:3, 21; 3:21), the Christ who ascended into glory (1:11; 3:22), and the Christ who will come again (1:7, 13; 4:7; 5:1, 4).
Long ago Leibniz saw this with wonderful clarity, but he hid the importance of his insight by interweaving it with some of the most extraordinary fantasies in intellectual history, as well as with the consequences of some pseudo-axioms that he for the first time conceived with full sharpness so that their logical implications were apparent.
There is an extraordinary passage in Ezekiel 16, where the history of Israel is told in the form of a romantic tale about a foundling child who was adopted into a rich family and then went to the bad.)
This is a moment in history, then, when it is particularly appropriate to be reminded of the thought of the extraordinary French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain (1882 — 1973).
In 25 landmark destinations around the world, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts reflect the culture and history of their extraordinary locations.
Sam Agarwal's 313 * in the 2013 University Match is quite possibly the most extraordinary innings in 169 year history of the fixture.
They've outlasted each and every one of the other 19 Teams in the Hoops League to add another bullet - point to All Sports Series» largest resume... Getting to 9 - 0 and being the final Undefeated Team in the League is an extraordinary accomplishment but to really make history (Regular Season history of course) they'll need to win 4 more Games when we get back in 2016..
The two winningest coaches in Division I college basketball history (907 for him, 1,075 for her) have more in common than just extraordinary success.
«Stating the obvious, they both sit within the one handful of greats that there are in the history of the sport.Those great drivers are able to pull out an extraordinary lap.
Meanwhile, a living link to this extraordinary slice of forgotten history sits in her easy chair in Jacksonville.
Jock Stein was just the fourth manager in Celtic's history when he took over in 1965: Willy Maley was there for an extraordinary 43 years but it's difficult to assess his successor, Jimmy McStay, as he was in charge while the Scottish league was suspended during World War II.
My piece for AFP on how Leicester City pulled off one of the most extraordinary successes in the history of professional sport can be read here.
«PARIS — Montpellier claimed the first French league title in their history after winning 2 - 1 at Auxerre on an extraordinary final day of the season on Sunday, after a game twice delayed due to protests by the home fans.»
«This announcement is one of the most extraordinary u-turns in recent political history, and it shows that Theresa May is once again putting the interests of her party ahead of those of the country.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said in a statement «it's extraordinary that Harriet Tubman, a civil rights icon and New Yorker, will get her rightful place on the $ 20 bill so that future generations of Americans will learn her story and the integral role she played during a painful time in our nation's history»
We are fortunate to live in a place that is marked by its proximity to the majestic Hudson River, its green rolling hills, and extraordinary history: from our place on the National Historic Register for many of the incredible old homes and other structures in our town, to our amazing agricultural and rural back story over the centuries which may be best exemplified by the annual New Baltimore Agfest.
«We are all very proud of Brooklyn Navy Yard, which has been an extraordinary success, and at another time in our history it would be a great host for this dialogue,» Adams said in a statement.
«2011 will go down in the history books as an extraordinary success,» Cuomo said to cheers.
«The event ranks as one of North America's most extraordinary weather events in recorded history.»
«There's no doubt that he had a mind which was quite extraordinary,» said Jesse Greenstein, the late, longtime director of Caltech astronomy during Zwicky's years there (and a frequent object of Barbarina's scorn), in his oral history.
Then in 1903, while surveying the Hell Creek Formation, a collector from the American Museum of Natural History named Barnum Brown came upon the remains of an extraordinary animal no one had seen before — Tyrannosaurus rex.
More extraordinary specimens are being found now than at any other time in history.
An Iowa corn field today, whatever critics say of its environmental impacts, is an extraordinary technological achievement and produces more food on an acre than almost any acre known in history — certainly any nonirrigated acre.
His study survived an extraordinary storm of controversy to become one of the most inspiring and widely cited breakthroughs in the history of psychology.
On 12 November, the mission deployed its Philae probe to the comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat was achieved.
It would be an extraordinary event in the history of humanity.
RELAXATION: We live in an extraordinary time in history that requires us to be highly competitive in order to keep up with the demands of our careers, families, and societal expectations.
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos is a documentary by Paul Crowder and John Dower that looks at the team's remarkable history and includes interviews with many of the Cosmos» star players (with the notable exception of Pele, who declined to participate).
What is important about this film is not that it serves as a history lesson (although it does) but that, at a time when the threat of nuclear holocaust hangs ominously in the air, it reminds us that we are, after all, human, and thus capable of the most extraordinary and wonderful achievements, simply through the use of our imagination, our will, and our sense of right.
The extraordinary and thrilling true story of four friends (Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, and Jared Abrahamson) living an ordinary existence who brazenly attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in US history.
Clare Stewart, director of the BFI London Film Festival, said: «Featuring extraordinary performances from the British talent in front of the camera and vividly directed by Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game does cinematic justice to Alan Turing's vision, determination and personal story as well as his enduring impact on British history and contemporary life.»
In the extraordinary and thrilling true story, the 31 - year - old American Horror Story actor plays one of four friends living an ordinary existence who brazenly attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. historIn the extraordinary and thrilling true story, the 31 - year - old American Horror Story actor plays one of four friends living an ordinary existence who brazenly attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. historin U.S. history.