Sentences with phrase «in modern city life»

Her book was refreshingly un-abstract and densely empirical, built upon an accumulation of lovingly rendered details about what works and doesn't work in modern city life.

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Summary: «A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City.»

For example, books reviewed in the first months of 1910 included Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life; Education in the Far East, by Charles F. Thwing; a philosophical study titled Religion and the Modern Mind, by Frank Carleton Doan; Jane Addams's The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets; The Immigrant Tide, by Edward Steiner; Medical Inspectors of Schools (a Russel Sage Foundation study); A. Modern City (a scientific study of that phenomenon), by William Kirk; The Leading Facts of American History, by D. H. Montgomery; and Jack London's collection of short stories, Lost Face.

They reject what they see as the immoral mode of life in the modern secular city.

He said the pessimist in him mocked his receipt of a degree in law when «law is ever more a hollow word, resonant but empty, in a world increasingly dominated by force, by violence, by fraud, by injustice, by avarice — in a word, by egoism»; when civil law permits «the progressive and rapid increase of oppressed people who continue being swept toward ghettos, without work, without health, without instruction, without diversion and, not rarely, without God»; when under so - called international law «more than two - thirds of humanity (exist) in situations of misery, of hunger, of subhuman life»; and when agrarian law or spatial law permits «today's powerful landowners to continue to live at the cost of misery for unhappy pariahs»; and whereby «modern technology achieves marvels from the earth with an ever - reduced number of rural workers (while) those not needed in the fields live sublives in depressing slums on the outskirts of nearly all the large cities.»

In his book The Secular City, theologian Harvey Cox in 1965 presented a significant challenge to Western theological thought by highlighting the difference which existed between the natural agricultural environment in which biblical thought had developed and the urban social environment of modern lifIn his book The Secular City, theologian Harvey Cox in 1965 presented a significant challenge to Western theological thought by highlighting the difference which existed between the natural agricultural environment in which biblical thought had developed and the urban social environment of modern lifin 1965 presented a significant challenge to Western theological thought by highlighting the difference which existed between the natural agricultural environment in which biblical thought had developed and the urban social environment of modern lifin which biblical thought had developed and the urban social environment of modern life.

Aristotle believed that such a capacity is limited to communities roughly the size of the ancient Greek city «states (approximately fifty thousand people living in close proximity to each other), but the modern nation «state proves him wrong.

The modern city, where more and more of us want to live, enjoys its munificence at the expense of the rural areas as Arthur E. Holt has forcibly brought home in This Nation Under God.6 Those fortunate enough to live in suburbs or other desirable residential districts enjoy their space and light partly through the exploitation of the crowded and blighted areas.

In a similar manner, Ellul has shown earlier that we have preferred the wrong sort of revolution (Autopsy of Revolution, Changer de révolution), given ourselves to the wrong sort of prayer (Prayer and Modern Man), allowed the idolatrous city to dominate our affections (The Meaning of the City), and substituted facile belief for vital faith (Living Faicity to dominate our affections (The Meaning of the City), and substituted facile belief for vital faith (Living FaiCity), and substituted facile belief for vital faith (Living Faith).

At several points he touches upon the paradoxes of modern urbanism and the tragic ironies of our cultural attitude toward cities: although we now have more individual freedom, technical ability, and, arguably, social equity, we do not live in places as hospitable to human beings as were our cities of the past; we are pragmatists who build shoddily; our current obsession with historic preservation is the flip side of our utter lack of confidence in our ability to build well; while cultures with shared ascetic ideals and transcendent orientation built great cities and produced great landscapes, modern culture's expressive ideals, dogmatic public secularism, and privatized religiosity produce for us, even with our vast wealth, only private luxury, a spoiled countryside, and a public realm that is both venal and incoherent; above all, we simultaneously idolize nature and ruin it.

his book Religion in the Secular City, «In our day while the fundamentalists attack all that is wrong with the modern soul, they almost never mention the advent of nuclear weapons with their capacity to end human life on the globin the Secular City, «In our day while the fundamentalists attack all that is wrong with the modern soul, they almost never mention the advent of nuclear weapons with their capacity to end human life on the globIn our day while the fundamentalists attack all that is wrong with the modern soul, they almost never mention the advent of nuclear weapons with their capacity to end human life on the globe.

I must say, I instantly fell in love with Hong Kong — it's a true study of contrasts and contradictions, with its wonderfully blatant juxtaposition of traditional and modern, East and West, and city life and nature.

Drawing inspiration from her childhood in India and the bustling foodie scene of inner - city Australian life, Sneh's recipes embrace a healthy take on modern classics, drawing comparisons to the healthy «fast food» phenomenon made famous by the likes of Jamie Oliver, but with all Australian ingredients.

Mountain Buggy Cosmopolitan is a luxury slick modern stroller that is designed for parents who live in a city.

Having a baby changes one's life, and current culture in modern cities just does not provide the network of support mothers need.

@Chad except that a major difference between modern China and the USSR is that migrants living without registration illegally was not common in the USSR (except unregistered couples of lovers, usually from the same city).

They had dinner at the Modern City Hotel in Tamale where they were treated to a live band music.

«We've had some graffiti problems in the city over the years, and I'm glad to see that we're using newer, modern technology to try to improve the quality of life for the residents of the City of Buffalo,» said Golomcity over the years, and I'm glad to see that we're using newer, modern technology to try to improve the quality of life for the residents of the City of Buffalo,» said GolomCity of Buffalo,» said Golombek.

Modern life, concentrated in cities and lived online, is corroding many young people's innate love for nature.

SPH 550.609.01 Life and death in Charm City: Histories of Public Health in Baltimore, 1750 to the present (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching, 2013, 2014) SPH 550.605.81 History of Modern Public Health (Online Class.

«We're hosting the event to create awareness for meditation within modern city living,» he said in an email.

Modern life is largely spent in the city — in offices, schools, on the road or otherwise «housed».

Toxins are a fact of modern life, especially if you live in a city or somewhere with poor air quality, mold, and / or a lot of petrochemical byproducts.

The author, Dr. Weston Price describes how healthy, robust children raised in traditional societies with nary a cavity rapidly become plagued with dental caries and worse, tuberculosis, within a year or two of leaving home to go live in the modern European cities of that time.

She lives in Park City, Utah, plays competitive tennis year - round, and researches the most effective ways to be healthy in the modern world.

Lyn Slater founded her website and blog Accidental Icon in September 2014 because she was could not find a fashion blog or magazine that offered an urban, modern, intellectual aesthetic but also spoke to people who live «interesting but ordinary lives» in cities; people like herself, who are not famous or celebrities but who are smart, creative, fit, thoughtful, engaged, socially responsible and most importantly, clear and comfortable with who they are and reflect this in how they dress.

«I started Accidental Icon because I was having trouble finding a fashion blog or magazine that offered an urban, modern, intellectual aesthetic but also spoke to women who live what I call «interesting but ordinary lives» in cities.

Modern girls living In Big cities prefer to wear Indo - western lehenga choli due to the western effect.

away to live in the much more modern and glamorous city of Shanghai that I began to see how fashionable clothes could make a big difference in how a woman looks and feels about their self.

Not only does it have all the benefits of living in a modern city but it's conveniently near to the mountains and the ocean, so day trips are always a great option.

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In these modern days of Jewish internet dating and Jewish Matchmaking, many potential partners live in separate cities, separate states and sometimes separate countrieIn these modern days of Jewish internet dating and Jewish Matchmaking, many potential partners live in separate cities, separate states and sometimes separate countriein separate cities, separate states and sometimes separate countries.

About Blog Victoria has been creating a thriving homestead in the middle of the big city and dealing with the challenges and joys of an everyday modern homestead life.

Far from just being the ancient capital of England, you will find a hidden side to London that takes in a truly romantic soul within a world of music, art, and natural beauty in the form of the city's many parks, green spaces, and of course the majesty of the River Thames itself, long the life line of a thriving former empire, and now the backdrop to a very modern hub of commerce, arts, and industry, not to mention a great background for a truly breath taking date.

In various city towers, bureaucrats are pondering to whom and when they should gift hundreds of millions of dollars, perhaps even billions, by the stroke People are buying bigger televisions than ever before, but getting a poorer viewing experience because many modern TVs are simply too large for our living

If you find an interracial online dating site that is one of the modern ones and has hundreds of interracial singles living in your city, reviews a few of the personal ads to see if they look reasonable.

As in the play Thoroughly Modern Millie, millions of young women left the safety and security of rural, small - town life and went to live an independent life in the big city.

After a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage (Mike Colter) becomes a fugitive trying to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City.

Designer Samantha Pynn applies eco-friendly kitchen ideas, energy saving appliances and up - cycles existing items in the living room to create a beautiful Modern Country oasis in the city.

It may look like a total ballache half the time, but there are virtues: a sense of community rare in modern American cities, and they live in the one part of Brooklyn that's not infested with insufferable people squandering their trust funds on MFAs.

Jeff Bridges, Cynthia NIxon, Kiersey Clemons, Marc Webb, Kate Beckinsale and Callum Turner attend the New York premiere of «The Only Living Boy in New York» at The Museum of Modern Art on August 7, 2017 in New York City.

Indiepix Festival Favorites, Volume 2 Value - priced, three film set of music documentaries: «Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense,» about the modern jazz scene, with Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Robert Glasper, Nicholas Payton, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Donald Harrison Jr., Anat Cohen and Esperanza Spalding; «Echotone,» a lyrical documentary providing a telescopic view into the lives of Austin's vibrant young musicians as they grapple with questions of artistic integrity, commercialism, experimentation, and the future of their beloved city; and «Roaring Abyss,» a stunning audiovisual poem, the product of filmmaker Quino Piñero's two years of field recording traditional and modern music from around every corner of Ethiopia, a country of eighty different nationalities and cultures spread amongst mountains, deserts and forests.

It updates the story to the modern age, transports the setting from big city suburbia to the desert - based developments outside of Las Vegas, and shakes the narrative structuring up to avoid that lived - in feel.

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Jeff Bridges and Callum Turner attend the New York premiere of «The Only Living Boy in New York» at The Museum of Modern Art on August 7, 2017 in New York City.

Jeff Bridges attends the New York premiere of «The Only Living Boy in New York» at The Museum of Modern Art on August 7, 2017 in New York City.

Cynthia Nixon attends the New York premiere of «The Only Living Boy in New York» at The Museum of Modern Art on August 7, 2017 in New York City.

Kate Beckinsale attends the New York premiere of «The Only Living Boy in New York» at The Museum of Modern Art on August 7, 2017 in New York City.

«America to Me» follows students, teachers and administrators over the course of a year in Chicago's Oak Park and River Forest High School to explore issues plaguing the modern teenager; «Carnage» follows those transforming ordinary vehicles into battle machines in the South African desert; and «Music City» documents the lives of five up - and - coming musicians as they chase fame, success and romance in Nashville.