Sentences with phrase «interesting little history»

It's an interesting little history lesson on how former CEO of Nintendo, Hiroshi Yamauchi, saved the Seattle Mariners back in 1992.

Not exact matches

Moreover, the faith that YHWH was the Lord of history meant that in contrast with the mythological cultures, where the gods were little interested in human affairs, the spotlight of divine concern was pointed directly to the human scene.

Niebuhr provides a helpful analogy illustrating how relation to a community's «internal history» can connect contemporary believers with the saving events that are often of little interest to those outside of the Christian faith tradition.

He observed that the last century had been the bloodiest in history, and when he considered how negatively many peoples of the world regarded our activity of protecting our interests in their countries he feared the future offered little hope.

Thereafter no question was raised about it among orthodox Christians, though it was often neglected in periods when there was little interest in church history.

Most of these buffer states are of little interest to non-specialists, but two of those middling powers in particular demand our attention for what they suggest about the early history of both Christianity and Islam.

After reading this I realized I knew little about Corsica, so I gave myself a mini history lesson (wikpedia) and found they have quite the storied past as well as an interesting geography / terrain.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Little, if any, written history about family life in the Kongo Kingdom before invasion and occupation by competing ideological and economic interests exists.

In a story overseen by an editor named Whittaker Chambers, the magazine noted with its typical prose from the period: «[T] here will be dimly discernible, to those who are interested in cause & effect in history, the features of a shy, almost saintly, childlike little man with the soft brown eyes, the drooping facial lines of a world - weary hound, and hair like an aurora borealis... Albert Einstein did not work directly on the atom bomb.

A little research uncovers many other interesting facts about coffee's history:

Read about the basics of aromatherapy, learn more about the history of NOW, and treat your little ones to a healthy take on classic nursery rhymes with these interesting and informative books from NOW.

Super cute, really nice tour if you're ever interested in a little St. Louis history!

It doesn't help either that we know little of Stahl's own history before he moves to L.A., which gives us no rooting interest in what happens to him.

As James Cameron wasn't interested, Terminator 3 still seemed a little unlikely, but finally Jonathan Mostow stepped into the breach and what is reportedly the costliest movie in Hollywood history became reality.

Oddly, and a little obtusely, there is not much about the can - can in this movie: a shame, as a movie with a more intelligent interest in the myth and history of the place might have had some fun with the can - can's erotics of concealment and disclosure.

His soothing voice chronicles the history of the minions from the Dawn of Time to the 1960s, which is very interesting since we knew very little about them 5 years ago.

While Troy takes heavy artistic license on what little is known about this period of history, it still poses some interesting questions about pride.

Pirate Radio is neither historically accurate enough (it can't even stick to its year of 1966 to provide its tunes, some of which came out a little after («Jumpin» Jack Flash» is from 1968, as is «So Long, Marianne» by Leonard Cohen, to name but two) to provide interest in a bit of pop culture history, nor is it consistent enough to sustain its good cheer without collapsing from the weight of its own cutesy manipulations in its characters for laughs, It's not so much a story as it is a collection of sitcom moments meant to induce laughter and mirth, mixing it with all of the best rock tunes of its era.

While it's certainly an interesting little - known chapter in American history, the tale of the Navajo codetalkers just didn't seem to naturally lend itself to being a great movie.

Last year, my history surveys revealed almost universal disappointment at too much time studying early America (which students found less interesting), leaving too little time for the Cold War (which students found engaging).

Education reformers tend to have little interest in history.

Initially, in the role as a «witness to history,» teachers were very interested in learning more about the context and realities confronted during my three years at Little Rock Central High School.

Given Cory's extensive history and interest in the topic, I was more than a little curious about what he wanted to share.

Claims that the character Crispin Hershey in Mitchell's novel The Bone Clocks is based on Martin Amis, are the latest in a long history of press interest that shows little sign of abating as the years go by.

It might seem a little unusual to feature a cookbook in a Trailer Tuesday post, but I think anyone interested in food, history or the New York Times will find this video interesting.

While I realize that this is an important part of the history of the USA and the immigrant experience, somehow I felt like I lost a little interest at this point.

In a guest post, Wagner gives us a little Italian history lesson — a small preview of the interesting tidbits found throughout Cold Tuscan Stone.

For those of us brought up in a Western culture who know of the Long March only as a vague piece of history, it will take a little longer to get into; but within a chapter, two at the most, readers with the remotest interest in history will be fully engrossed in the first person accounts of foot soldiers such as Woman Wang, Soldier Huang, Orderly Liu, Propagandist Wu, Fighter Li, whose stories Sun Shuyun so ably interweaves with archival research and official history.

I recommend his books to anyone with even a little bit of interest in history.

I don't wish to be negative, but this future - trend tells me that comics end up the way that Big Little Books and Pulp magazines ended up: part of a generational history... When paper - based comics go by the wayside, so will the interest in the characters of comics.

If they have little credit history, the creditor will most likely charge a higher interest rate for their first loan.

Although a creditworthy cosigner is not always required, borrowers who have not reached the age of majority in their state of residence or who have little to no credit history are encouraged to apply with a qualified cosigner to improve the chance of being approved and lower their interest rate.

At present there is little need to be paying high rates of interest even for those people with a poor credit score that is a calculation based upon personal credit history.

Once I got a little (OK, a lot) more savvy, I transferred that balance that just wouldn't go away to a new, 0 % interest credit card and pretty soon my balance was history.

When you shop around, take into account both the interest rates and contribution amounts, but also take a little time to review the insurer's history if you can.

Too often, the companies that offer secured cards do so to prey on those with poor or little credit history by charging exorbitant interest rates and outrageous fees.

But failure is soon ancient history & the media shows little interest in digging it up, people prefer to just remember the winners, and deceased company price charts, news & websites conveniently disappear.

Provided that you have been a good customer with a solid history of on - time payments, the credit card company should find little issue in lowering your interest rate.

CL: I sought to demonstrate to an audience of interested laypeople, both in Australia and other countries, that there's little new under the sun: the «Global Financial Crisis,» as the events of 2007 - 2009 are commonly known in Australia, is merely the latest in a long series of economic and financial crises that have punctuated the history of the past 250 or so years.

If you're a borrower with little or no credit history, or you have limited income, a cosigner may help you to qualify for this loan and potentially receive a lower interest rate.

A list of facts about the Australian shepherd breed including temperament, history, and little - known interesting facts.

One of the oldest houses in the vicinity of Clocolan, with a long and rather interesting history, offers guests six double rooms in the little town of Ladybrand — best driven along Route 26 (the route is an interesting one to follow as it skirts the Malutis on the south western fringe of the Free State).

Though the S.S. Cannon Beach had a sad ending and a rather uneventful history, there is no doubt that she brought a little international prestige to our small town and adds an interesting twist in Cannon Beach's unique history.

There are two tours for those who want to learn more about the station — the self - guided audio tour which focuses on the architectural highlights and history of the station, with interesting facts and little - known bits of information, plus the grand tour, which is a guided walking tour that teaches you about the station's state - of - the - art design and construction.

Ok it may not be a «paradise» but if you are interested in learning a little bit about Australia's convict history, a day trip from Sydney is worth while!

As an American and a man with a great interest in history, I found Assassin's Creed III a little too off the wall with Connor's direct involvement with the founding of America.

The British vs Americans war would probably be more interesting if I was from either of those countries, until they make an Assassins Creed VII: Rainbow Serpent Dreamtime (Ozzie Outback edition) the history parts might go a little over my head.

Last week, I took some time to look back through some of the red - clad former - plumber's most interesting outings with third parties in Kingdoms Crossed: A History of Mario Crossovers, and this week I want to take a second look, focusing on little Mario references, cameos, or Easter Eggs in non-Mario games.

Replay covers a little bit of everything, but its its insight into Europe's gaming history along with Americas and Japans should be of particular interest to some readers.