Sentences with phrase «infamous history»

It's tranquil ambience belies it's infamous history.

A farm chemical with an infamous history — causing the worst known outbreak of pesticide poisoning in North America — is being phased out under an agreement announced Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Weiner's latest sexting partner warned him to be careful in his use of social media, given his infamous history.

This team has an infamous history with dietary habits.

Gerson and others have been highlighting this most recent issue vis - à - vis Europe's infamous history of anti-Semitism, which has long been a sociopolitical stain of xenophobia across European lands.

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There are also awkward gaps in the history it archives, such as the dearth of footage documenting one of the largest massacres of civilian protesters in modern world history — the infamous assault on a Muslim Brotherhood — led sit - in shortly after the military coup of 2013, which killed more than 800 civilians.

Director Oliver Stone looks back on the acts by Edward Snowden (played by Joseph Gordon - Levitt) that led to him being one of the most infamous whistleblowers in American history.

Malvo and Tsarnaev lived much different lives prior to their infamous crimes, but their defense is likely to include the same witness - driven insights into their childhood histories and hardships.

British Columbia has a long history of anti-Asiatic labour agitation, going back to the days of the infamous «head tax» and the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923.

Whatever «historical evidence» or «facts» Hamdan believes himself to be remembering, this is nothing more than the infamous blood libel: the most persistent and longest - lived anti-Semitic myth in history, aside from the claim that the Jews killed Jesus.

In 1877 the nation witnessed one of the bloodiest strikes in history, the infamous railroad strike.

The BP oil spill is already infamous as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history.

Nigeria, the most populous black African country, has had a particularly sad history of press repression, particularly under the former military junta headed by Major General Muhammadu Buhari, whose infamous Decree Number 4 against criticism of the government was the pretext for a number of detentions of journalists, some of whom died under mysterious circumstances.

Last year the Mets were the worst team in baseball by defensive efficiency -LRB-.667) and the worst team on batting average on balls in play -LRB-.322) while allowing more runs (863) than any team in franchise history except the infamous 1962 Mets.

Back in February of 2014, Jose Mourinho made one of the most infamous comments in Premier League history, labeling Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger as a «specialist in failure».

The 90 minutes that followed are now infamous in Italian football, providing a moment that has gone down in calcio history.

And while it was easy to compare this current craziness to the Reagan - era infamous «ketchup - is - a-vegetable» school lunch proposal (which did not pass), a bit more history, common sense, and political context is needed.

Not just because hairshirt Corbyn would never wear an expensive Harrods car coat at the Cenotaph, the Knightsbridge store's label clearly visible on Footie's infamous «duffle coat» in Manchester's People's History Museum.

The most infamous example from recent history is the corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who faced charges stemming from actions he took relating to his non-government job.

In Koh - i - Noor The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond (Bloomsbury) William Dalrymple tells the history of the gem and in the second part Anita Anand tracks how the diamond travelled from India to the British Royal History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond (Bloomsbury) William Dalrymple tells the history of the gem and in the second part Anita Anand tracks how the diamond travelled from India to the British Royal history of the gem and in the second part Anita Anand tracks how the diamond travelled from India to the British Royal Family.

One of most infamous private proceedings in New York City court history was the very public split between then - Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his wife, Donna Hanover, in 2000.

His campaign has secured its place in the history books, joining a political hall of shame along with the Tories» infamous racist 1964 Smethwick byelection and the homophobic Liberal Bermondsey byelection campaign in 1983.

From revelations of his history of verbal and physical confrontations with rivals and critics, to media coverage of controversial former Assemblyman Ryan Karben's donations to his campaign, to, most memorably, the infamous Text-gate incident wherein he texted his plans to spy on opponent David Fried directly to Fried, Lacorte can not claim to have waged a campaign free from adversity.

The Bermondsey by - election must be one of the most infamous in recent political history.

Today, many Iraqi and Syrian archaeologists evoke this infamous chapter in medieval history to convey some sense of the devastation wrought by the so - called Islamic State (ISIL), along with the continued brutality of more than four years of civil war in Syria.

Shakoor Ranas place in cricket history will be as the umpire who was involved in the infamous slanging match with Mike Gatting which stopped the Faisalabad.

Ironically, the real 2001 has turned out to be one of the most infamous years of human history, right up there with 1666, 1458 and 1291.

In time, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy - E joined forces with DJ Yella (born Antoine Carraby) and MC Ren (born Lorenzo Patterson) to form the group N.W.A. With their 1988 album Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A.'s profane and provocative lyrics (particularly the infamous «F ---- Tha Police») made them one of the most controversial groups in the history of rap music, and if they weren't the first gangsta rappers, they certainly brought the sound to a mass audience for the first time.

Cooper, whose «Black Mass» deals with Whitey Bulger, the most infamous violent criminal in South Boston history, deals with a criminal element in «Hostiles» as well, though the focus could conceivably be the massive criminality on the part of both an army platoon and their enemies.

Far Cry 5 doesn't propel the series forward — it just refines all of its elements and relegates the infamous towers to the dustbin of history.

By the end of the»90s, Caruso's decision to leave NYPD Blue was considered one of the most infamous career blunders in history, landing him on the C - list and making a joke of the inflated ego that some said put him there.

Oscar ® winner Jeremy Irons stars in The Borgias the saga of history's most infamous crime family.

Re-writing the greatest work of the most infamous wit in English history is, perhaps, not something to be taken lightly.

In what has become perhaps the most infamous moment in Oscars history, «La La Land» was incorrectly declared the winner of Best Picture, and the shock and confusion that followed as «Moonlight» triumphantly won has been dissected like crazy over the last couple days.

Fans complaining over a new gameplay mechanic and the writing techniques of a recurrent story writer ushers in the second phase of the most infamous video game conspiracy theory in the history of the franchise: the Sonic Cycle.

The film is loosely based on one of the most well - known unsolved murder cases in New York's history — that of the infamous Robert Durst.

Whether they end up being iconic or infamous, the history of the paycheck role is a long one.

This six - hour limited series focuses on the investigation into one of the most infamous unsolved crimes in music history: the death of prolific and influential rapper and actor Tupac Shakur.

Director: Scott Cooper Written by: Jez Butterworth and Mark Mallouk (screenplay), Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill (book) Starring: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon Synopsis: (from IMdB) The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

Adore the cinematography, the fantastic use of colour and clever storytelling flicking back and forth between the past and current situation where the history behind the legacy of the once infamous hotel gradually unfolds to the audience.

Mention his name and watch the cringe of revulsion from everyone who knows him as one of the most infamous serial killers in history.

«I, Tonya» documents one of the most infamous scandals in sporting history as it follows the true story of Tonya and her husband when they plotted to attack her rival Nancy Kerrigan before the US Figure Skating Championships in 1994.

The murders of Wallace and fellow rap icon Tupac Shakur - which took place just over six months apart - remain two of the most infamous unsolved crimes in recent American history.

After Brange became Brange and Jennifer Aniston rounded out one of the most infamous love triangles in Hollywood history, it used to be that when one showed up somewhere or did something, the other would inevitably counter back with an appearance or a quote or a moment.

Based on true events, I, Tonya centers around the American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most infamous scandals in sports history.

«Snowden» (May 13) Joseph Gordon - Levitt stars as former CIA employee Edward Snowden, one of the most infamous men in modern American history, in the film based off of Luke Harding's book «The Snowden Files.»

An American crime film directed by Scott Cooper («Out Of the Furnace»), «Black Mass» centers on the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who turned FBI Informant.

Max is a fictional, Jewish art dealer and gallery owner, and Hitler is the most infamous anti-Semite in history.

Hungover and clad only in bikinis, the girls appear before a judge but are bailed out unexpectedly by Alien (James Franco), an infamous local thug who takes them under his wing and leads them on the wildest Spring Break trip in history.

After breaking into the infamous Myers House, which is now a museum, the kids of Haddonfield are looking for a way to celebrate, despite the town's horrid history of Halloween.