Sentences with phrase «known as the tragedy»

I think of it as the last act of a play and [it] should be known as the tragedy of harness racing in Pennsylvania,» he continued.

The current situation is a New York City case study of the economic phenomenon known as the tragedy of the commons, whereby a shared resource is, inevitably, overexploited.

Not exact matches

As news spread that the recent Germanwings tragedy was the result of a single co-pilot with a history of mental illness, traditional and social media lit up with questions asking whether his employer could have — or should have — known about his mental state.

As you may know, I love helping families be protected from unforeseen tragedies.

«As you know, a lot has been in the media following the Humboldt tragedy and there is a spotlight on Class 1 testing and Class 1 driver training and that's OK.

Mr. Trump, who has often struggled to express empathy in the face of tragedy, appeared moved by the personal stories, even as he asked repeatedly whether anyone in the ornate room at the White House knew how such horrors could be prevented.

History is indeed a moral order, in which judgements of the living God take effect; but this view can not be fully verified upon the plane of history as we know it, since there is an irreducible element of tragedy in human affairs.

what is very interesting to me tonite is the folks who are positive there is no god... what is equally interesting is the snarling that appears whenever one does not «toe» the atheist line of no god... It has been said over and over here, «there is no proof of your God» ad nauseum I might add... OK... please, I am asking you in the nicest possible way... explain to me, without a Designed, where the universe and all it entails, first got its source... I really would like to know... from everything I see, I see beauty, design, tragedy, poetry, poverty, etc.... How did we begin to name or classify any of this... what intelligence gave us our intelligence... I have yet to see an anwer posited as to how it all came about, absent a Designer... I will wait for an answer... How did it ALL get here, and explain the precision and engineering of it all — right down to the last jot of DNA.

However, Tony will not be trying it himself: «No, I decided as a teenager that I wanted to be an athlete and I was brought up in the era of George Best - fantastic talent but ended in tragedy because of his abuse of alcohol - and I thought, if I want to be an athlete, the quickest way is just not to bother.»

It was therefore a document of potential tragedy, as Madison, its chief architect, well knew when he wondered how well it resolved or failed to resolve the problem of slavery.

As for shaving one's head, that is not much different from styling one's hair — not quite in the same league as a surgical procedure, but, yes, wanting to improve one's appearance, as long as it does not become an obsession [I am thinking of the heart - wrenching tragedy of Michael Jackson], is no more culpable than wanting to improve one's mind or any other natural attributAs for shaving one's head, that is not much different from styling one's hair — not quite in the same league as a surgical procedure, but, yes, wanting to improve one's appearance, as long as it does not become an obsession [I am thinking of the heart - wrenching tragedy of Michael Jackson], is no more culpable than wanting to improve one's mind or any other natural attributas a surgical procedure, but, yes, wanting to improve one's appearance, as long as it does not become an obsession [I am thinking of the heart - wrenching tragedy of Michael Jackson], is no more culpable than wanting to improve one's mind or any other natural attributas long as it does not become an obsession [I am thinking of the heart - wrenching tragedy of Michael Jackson], is no more culpable than wanting to improve one's mind or any other natural attributas it does not become an obsession [I am thinking of the heart - wrenching tragedy of Michael Jackson], is no more culpable than wanting to improve one's mind or any other natural attribute.

No, he is not being honored as one who responded valiantly to the tragedy, but with the victims he went there to try and save.

I knew my friends were as rocked by the tragedy as everyone else, so I was dumbfounded when I saw no movement on their parts to join efforts to bring justice for Sean Bell.

If at this point in the central tragedy in our history there had occurred the demonstration of the power and glory of the God in whom he trusted; if Elijah had come; if he who saved others had been saved; if we know not what natural or supernatural event had taken place to deliver this soul of faith from death and further shame; then might not faith as universal loyalty and universal trust have been reconstructed among men?

He defended the reputation of his Father in Heaven as well (claiming that God is unable to stop any of us from using our free agency, no matter the cost) and finally sought to turn his family's tragedy into an opportunity for service, saying:

Indeed, such captivity produces politicized religion and religionized politics, and the result, as we know from bitter historical experience, is tragedy for both religion and public life.

I am first defining the poetic function in a negative manner, following Roman Jakobson, as the inverse of the referential function understood in a narrow descriptive sense, then in a positive way as what in my volume on metaphor I call the metaphorical reference.7 And in this regard, the most extreme paradox is that when language most enters into fiction — e.g., when a poet forges the plot of a tragedy — it most speaks truth because it redescribes reality so well known that it is taken for granted in terms of the new features of this plot.

As Catholics, we know instinctively that maternal mortality is a tragedy and that abortion is not the answer, but I believe that we are under an obligation to turn that knowledge into action and offer hope to mothers around the world who face the prospect of giving birth in fear and trembling rather than with joy.

Not only are there no tragedies around — this could be described as an accident — but there can't be tragedies, many are saying.

As this tragedy becomes known, largely through the work of people like Shea, American Christians are taking notice.

Our tragedy as fans, is that we have the right to expect 100 % from every player every week and as we all know, only too well, we have been cheated by our own club on this matter for much of the last decade.

But he is also the latest entrant in one of the great ongoing stories of modern football: the Tragedy of Real Madrid, also known as the Spanish Play.

I will keep you posted in this space, and let you know as soon as we figure out the ways in which Mama to Mama could be most helpful to them, particularly given this latest tragedy.

If your preschooler wants to know more about what happened, use words she'll understand, such as «bad man» and «hurt» as opposed to «shooter,» «gunman,» or «tragedy.»

«I don't know why people will start going green in the eyes as if we are actually hoping that tragedy befalls this country.

On a most basic level, the day in Judaism is known as «Yom HaShoah» was created in 1953 specifically by Jews in Israel to memorialize the tragedy of the Holocaust.

Captain Mahama's family made the request known during a courtesy call by the leadership of Parliament, where it expressed the hope that this monument would serve as a reminder of the tragedy and a deterrent to the canker of mob justice in Ghana.

Now as it turns out, I mean, again, you said no spoilers, so incredibly all these threads are, to Shakespeare's credit, everything works out okay a few scenes later and there's actually a happy ending, at least by the standards of — I mean it's actually lumped in with the tragedies.

I dealt with a lot of tragedy as a kid and I never really knew how to deal with it or respond to it, so I kind of coped with tragedy by avoidance and non dealing.

«As soon as I got up and out of my wheelchair, I knew I wanted to help other women with chronic illness turn their tragedy into triumpAs soon as I got up and out of my wheelchair, I knew I wanted to help other women with chronic illness turn their tragedy into triumpas I got up and out of my wheelchair, I knew I wanted to help other women with chronic illness turn their tragedy into triumph.

I don't necessarily know if this film had something to do with Shelby's death, but hey, as this film about a murder disguised as an accident taught me, not every tragedy is a freak accident or a mere coincidence.

Shannon followed it up with a memorable contribution to Oliver Stone's World Trade Center — as a military man desperate to help in any way possible during the 9/11 tragedy — and Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), a crime thriller about two brothers who team up to rob a jewelry store.

Logan (Hugh Jackman Through eight other movies, the man known as Wolverine has basically endured nothing but pain, tragedy, loss and immortality.

Southpaw finds Gyllenhaal as the pugilist known as Billy «The Great» Hope, a left - handed fighter who wins a big title but suffers a tragedy shortly after.

The predominant feeling among the school and the surrounding community would be to discontinue the football program, as they no longer had the players to field a competitive team, and playing the games would only remind them of the tragedy week after week.

As we all know, Joss Whedon has taken over finishing the movie since Zack Snyder had to step down for family tragedy reasons.

It's arguably David Cronenberg's finest film: Who knew he could do romantic tragedy as confidently as he could gross us out with his signature body horror?

The screenplay lets us get to know Jean - Do, as his friends call him, before the tragedy, so that we appreciate the magnitude of his loss and of his subsequent literary achievement.

You might know them as amazing X-Men, but Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Apocalypse's Storm) and Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool's Negasonic Teenage Warhead) have joined forces as Tragedy Girls.

According to Lombardo in the press release, the mini will depict «American idealism and the breathtaking natural beauty of the continent, as well as the complexities and tragedies of what came to be known as America's «manifest destiny».»

By the end of the film, we see both characters as gods, both as monsters, and the great talent of Bill Condon is in knowing when to push the esthetic toward humorous self - parody and when to bend it toward tragedy.

Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and written by and starring Chandresekhar and the rest of the Broken Lizard troupe, «Super Troopers 2» picks up the story a number of years after the prank - obsessed, hopelessly hapless state troopers turned local cops were summarily dismissed after an unfortunate tragedy known as «The Fred Savage Incident.»

Indeed, John Wick holds up years later as a straightforward yet savoury revenge drama with tragedy to spare (our protagonist is spurred to action by not only a dead wife and a stolen car but a murdered puppy, too), backstory that knows not to overstay its welcome (Wick is an erstwhile member of an international assassin class that gathers for respite in plush underground lodgings and abides by a strict professional code), and action that doesn't quit, all sauced up with a just - slightly smug sense of self - awareness.

When Watts» character learns of her family's tragedy, she is clearly devastated, but as the audience doesn't know her or her family, we feel nothing.

Also written by Corbet, Vox Lux follows a singer known as «Celeste» who rises from the ashes of a national tragedy to become a pop superstar.

Cindy Gibb (later known as Cynthia) plays American aid worker Cathy Moore, posing as a nun to flee the country, becoming part of a tragedy torn straight out of the headlines.

The injury heightened her sense of smell: She can detect ripening mangoes and Otaheite apples as well as the tragedy that will involve her great - nephew, 6 - year - old Kaia, and a group known as Babylon.

We know what they should do, but we also know what they will do, and our pleasure come both from hoping that things will go better this time around and watching the tragedies and triumphs play out as we know they must.

These essays are then collected and published in a red - covered book, known as the Red Book, the mere sight of which causes most alumni to drop whatever it is they are doing to pore through the stories of personal triumphs and failures, tragedies marring otherwise successful lives, and humor and hope even in the midst of despair.

She had known tragedy as a small child and then again as a young woman, but she was determined to forge a life for herself and her children.