Sentences with phrase «in history when»

San Jose witnessed the worst fire in its history when an eight - alarm blaze raged through Building 7 of Santana Row, exactly one month before the upscale development's scheduled opening.

There was a time in history when the mother of a young child had an absolute right to be the full - time, custodial parent of the child.

And we have an opportunity to change this world for real, you know, for the first time in history when data can be owned by everyone.

Like many times in its history when new technology came to the fore, there were those that were sceptical and there were the new adopters and optimists.

Lazarus group was also supposedly responsible for one of the biggest bank heists in history when the group was able to infiltrate the central bank of Bangladesh.

Volkswagen opened a new chapter in its history when it launched the Atlas, a seven - seater SUV made for Americans, by Americans.

This is happening for the first time in history when a device inspired by the games embeds design of Olympic Games on the smartphone itself.

It undermines public confidence in the federal judiciary at a moment in history when that confidence is needed urgently.

Proponents of such a shift have said «Upper Canada» is an archaic term that points back to a period in history when unfair treaties were struck between indigenous communities and the government of the time.

If a change is to be made, why not abandon «Law Society» also, which connotes cronyism and is anachronistic, in addition to being referable to a point in time in history when certain portions of our society were not considered equal?

President Truman is responsible for the largest tax increase in history when his Revenue Act of 1951 raised America's tax contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by just over 1.5 percent.

It surely will go down as one of the more ironic episodes in its history when the Dutch parliament last Monday derided the IPCC, in a heated debate, for printing information provided by... the Dutch government.

The current hiatus is not the only rime in history when warming stood still.

They would much rather talk about probabilities and weighted risk assessments than explain how climate science has solved a very simple equation (with very complicated science) over a critical period in our history when CO2 emissions from fossil fuels have risen rapidly.

Yet because the US projected reductions of 9.5 % below 2005 in 2020 is equal to a 2 % increase above 1990 levels in 2020 at a moment in history when many scientists believe that a reductions of 25 to 4o % below 1990 levels by 2020 are necessary to prevent dangerous climate change, the US projected reductions fall extraordinarily short of any reasonable US fair share of tolerable global emissions.

In the last few years, my work has focused on how temperatures in the northern hemisphere have responded to periods in history when the sun has been very quiet.

«I can think of no time in history when the planet is in as much peril as it is today,» he said.

Liberal's were present at all the major times in history when lunacy and crowd - thought / mentality was required — aka Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot as well as many other murderous individuals come to mind.

«There are moments in history when only courts can address overwhelming problems.

It is a stunning portrayal of his struggle to synthesize so many different legacies and experiences in his personal life at a time in history when the core questions of his own life intersect so many of the core questions of this earth.

There has been so much talk and so little action in this moment in history when time appears to be of the essence.

I am only guessing now you and I agree, given its present gigantic scale, that the endlessly expanding global economy in a finite world with make - up and relatively small size of Earth, will eventually reach a point in history when this leviathan - like, manmade economy produces some kind of unimaginable colossal wreckage.

Please forgive me for stating the obvious: there are mountains of scientific evidence, plenty of sound reasons and abundant common sense imploring the leaders of India, China, the US and the rest of the over-developed and under - developed world to consider that the seemingly endless, global expansion of large - scale industrialization and production capabilities, now overspreading the surface of Earth, could be approaching a point in history when these unbridled big - business activities could dangerously destablize frangible global ecosystems, irreversibly degrade the environment, recklessly dissipate Earth's natural resource base and, perhaps, destroy our planetary home as a fit place for human habitation by our children.

Especially at this time in history when technology is sooooo advanced.

A global warming phenomenon in our spaceship is one of several unintended effects of the unregulated, swift increase of 1) absolute global human population numbers, 2) per capita consumption of limited resources, and 3) large - scale business activities that could be occurring synergistically and approaching a point in history when it will not be possible for the Earth's resource base and frangible ecosystems services to sustain life as we now know it to be.

Just for a moment, please give serious consideration to the probability that the human species is approaching the time in history when we simply outgrow the capacity of Earth to sustain us and life as we know it.

At least to me, it appears that the current, huge scale (6.6 billion people) and projected growth (to 9.2 billion people by 2050) of the human family could reach a point in history when the human species becomes unsustainable on a planet with the size and make - up of Earth.

The «Vitamin C» artist speaks about society's ever - changing conceptions of nature, and what it means to make work about the body and trauma during a moment in history when these topics are at the forefront of socio - political conversation.

In the year ahead, the museum will travel an exhibition for the first time in its history when A Decolonial Atlas: Strategies in Contemporary Art of the Americas moves to Tufts University in Boston, and we will bring from Arizona State University the exhibition Soul Mining which considers the influence of Asian labor and culture in the Americas.

The resulting choice, Isolated Fictions, explores a curious incident in history when a fleet of English sailors found themselves icebound in the Arctic for nine months.

Guild Hall re-presents the work at a moment in history when the lines between truth and falsehood are being continuously manipulated and redrawn.

The eye becomes desperately lost as it searches for a beginning, an end, a center, an exit... During this moment in history when the notions of identity and boundaries come more into focus and are reflected by extremes, the Roots sculpture functions as a projection screen.

Here, Artspace's Loney Abrams speaks with the artist about the influence of Abstract Experssionism, society's ever - changing conceptions of nature, and what it means to make work about the body and trauma during a moment in history when these topics are at the forefront of socio - political conversation.

She was the first woman artist to achieve international renown, and was recognized by Vasari, Michelangelo and Van Dyck during a period in history when women did not typically achieve recognition as artists.

One of the world's most important private collections of Islamic art will receive the largest public presentation in its history when the Dallas Museum of Art inaugurates The Keir Collection of Islamic Art Gallery.

Speaking to investors last night, CEO Bobby Kotick said that the game has the potential to be Activision's next billion dollar franchise», adding that he expects Destiny will become the best selling new video game IP in history when it launches across Xbox and PlayStation consoles.»

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The stories about the silk weavers» harsh lives will take you back in history when Lyon was the capital of the European silk trade.

This breed earned its place in history when serving in World Wars I and II as messengers and transport dogs, as well as ambulance dogs.

We are at a time in history when investing has never been so accessible for so many people.

We recently purchased Berkshire Hathaway for the second time in our history when the stock fell near book value.

The Buy - and - Hold call is that this is going to be the first time in history when valuations have zero effect on long - term returns.

I don't think there's one 10 - year period in history when paying the extra fees for segregated funds would have been worth it,» he asserts.

If you think interest rates will rise and are worried about how the portfolio will react, you can look at other moments in history when rates rose to see how the exposures you own today behaved.

At the point in history when lending occurred primarily within families and small communities, many borrowers likely knew their lender — and his or her spouse and children — by name.

You've probably never heard of Thad Roberts, the brilliant young NASA recruit who pulled off one of the most audacious heists in history when he tiptoed out of the Johnson Space Center one rainy Texas night in 2003 with a 600 - pound safe containing $ 20 million in moon rocks.Even Ben Mezrich, the gonzo - inspired biographer of Ivy League geeks...

The Thrall's Tale is a chronicle of love, hatred and revenge at a turning point in history when Christianity first penetrates the pagan Viking sphere.

Volkswagen opened a new chapter in its history when it launched the Atlas, a seven - seater SUV made for Americans, by Americans.

«At a moment in our history when we confront significant economic inequalities, distressing racial tensions, increasing segregation and crucial questions about immigration, the passage of tepid legislation that addresses none of these issues is not a cause for celebration.»

To start the conversation, use the New York Times article 7 Times in History When Students Turned to Activism as a basis for helping your students place into historical context the efforts of Parkland survivors and youth activists across the country to raise awareness and call for change in school safety measures and gun legislation.