Sentences with phrase «life by its inhabitants»

Aruba is commonly known as «One Happy Island» - a well - earned name brought to life by its inhabitants.

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«The entire life of this city depends on Rusal,» said Evgeny Ivanov, until recently a foreman at the plant in Sayanogorsk, where pockmarked asphalt recalls the harsh winters endured by its 60,000 inhabitants, and icy blue mountains line the horizon.

To my mind, it accords better with what we know about the laws impressed upon matter by the Creator that the production and extinction of the past and present inhabitants of the world should have been due to secondary causes, like those determining the birth and death of the individual... There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been breathed into a few forms or into one...»

He neither denied the existing world nor despaired of its inhabitants, but by setting up an entirely different standard he showed the way of constructive human living.

2 Many a reader has been perplexed by the fact that Abraham does not plead with God for the life of Isaac, as he had done for the inhabitants of Sodom.

Further, I can not live by an expectation that one of these days the faithful will be publicly glorified and that the whole planet with all its inhabitants will be thereby transformed.

[6] Tolkien saw no essential difference between Fairy Story and Myth («the higher and lower mythologies») for «the inhabitants of Olympus and Faerie live by the same life just as in the mortal world do kings and peasants», and this life is breathed into them by their author.

If the present rate continues, over six billion persons will huddle together on the globe by the year 2000, and in another six hundred years each inhabitant will have only one square yard on which to live.

Cosmos, Life, and Liturgy in a Greek Orthodox Village by Juliet du Boulay Denise Harvey, 462 pages, $ 45 In 1974 Juliet du Boulay pub - lished Portrait of a Greek Mountain Village, an ethnographic study of the Greek mountain vil - lage, Ambeli, whose inhabitants» manner of subsistent living was....

There is even evidence that joseph smith thought the moon had people living on it — in 1892 a mormon article was written which says: «The Inhabitants of the Moon,» recorded Huntington: «As far back as 1837, I know that he [Smith] said the moon was inhabited by men and women the same as this earth, and that they live to a greater age than we do — that they live generally to near the age of a 1000 years.

In addition to presenting a significant barrier to resolution of the Israel - Palestine conflict, by constituting a substantial obstacle to the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, the ICJ similarly notes that the existence of these settlements «violates the basic human rights of the Palestinians by impeding liberty of movement and the inhabitants» right to work, health, education and an adequate standard of living.»

However, certain complex bases are able to endure by themselves for long periods because they are able to provide food, water and other life support necessities for their inhabitants while under siege.

New research by UC quaternary paleoecologist Brooke Crowley, assistant professor of geology and anthropology, shows that although many lemurs typically stay put for most of their lives, their mobility may have decreased in recent years, possibly due to the deforestation of Madagascar by its human inhabitants.

Its inhabitants — descendants of the Mayas — made their living by fishing, and by gathering food from the scrub and forests on the mainland shore.

The inhabitants of Crete, for example, are remarkable for their good health and longevity.19 A study of Puerto Ricans revealed that, although they consume large amounts of animal fat, they have a very low incidence of colon and breast cancer.20 A study of the long - lived inhabitants of Soviet Georgia revealed that those who eat the most fatty meat live the longest.21 In Okinawa, where the average life span for women is 84 years — longer than in Japan — the inhabitants eat generous amounts of pork and seafood and do all their cooking in lard.22 None of these studies is mentioned by those urging restriction of saturated fats.

The inhabitants of Birmingham live by the same double - edged sword as many other large cities: On one hand there are plenty of people from diverse backgrounds and occupations for you to meet, but on the other, city - dwellers who are hardworking, educated and successful tend to have little free time when it comes to socialising and meeting new people.

Filmed in striking black and white with a crew comprised of the tunnel's inhabitants and scored by legendary turntablist DJ Shadow (Endtroducing...), Dark Days remains a soulful and enduring document of life on the fringe.

But it is now in decline and its inhabitants — mother, son and daughter — are haunted by something more ominous than a dying way of life.

Season 2 is arguably the most layered: much like Murder House, in which the lives and inevitable deaths of the ghostly inhabitants are explored episode by episode, Asylum skips between past and present to flesh out the character's backstories.

The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest (Paul Bettany) from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled - in dystopian cities ruled by the Church.

The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled - in dystopian cities ruled by the Church.

The World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic was presented to Metro Manila, co-written and directed by Sean Ellis — Seeking a better life, Oscar and his family move from the poverty - stricken rice fields to the big city of Manila, where they fall victim to various inhabitants whose manipulative ways are a daily part of city survival.

After all, coming from a nation where college is free, technological wonders abound, and the all - black inhabitants live unencumbered by colonizing racism, the monarch was unequipped to chime in on questions about dodging student loan collectors, airline baggage fees, and working around bad credit.

As the vast crater blooms into a lush canyon surrounded by desert, its dozen - some inhabitants enjoy cheerful lives of digging up stones and unsuccessfully hunting rabbits.

Norman Babcock (voiced by Kodi Smith - McPhee) is an outsider who can see dead people and prefers the company of his grandmother's ghost to any of the living inhabitants of the small town he lives in.

This world is populated with intelligent inhabitants and animated by new mechanics that make it a dynamic, living, breathing place.

Ann (Margot Robbie) lives alone in a lush, idyllic valley untouched by the radiation holocaust that has otherwise stripped the planet of its inhabitants.

Hoping to connect with the local inhabitants, the research group, headed up by the cigarette smoking Dr. Grace Agustine (Sigourney Weaver), is growing their own avatars: living creatures created from human and Na» vi DNA, which are controlled by means of brain waves.

By selecting the 5 countries with the highest number of inhabitants (China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh), with populations totaling nearly 3000 million inhabitants, we can see how more than 1.3 billion (44.8 %) live under the threshold of multidimensional poverty.

The Aquarium of the Pacific is a non-profit organization committed to «instilling a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the Pacific Ocean, its inhabitants and ecosystems» by providing engaging, entertaining, educational and empowering exhibits and programs on the Pacific Ocean and the lives of its inhabitants.

But when orphaned, 16 - year - old Glory — whose power to kill with a glance makes her one of the Deviants who are feared and hated by the Dome's inhabitants — is forced to run for her life to protect her crippled brother, she discovers that the world, and the Dome, are nothing like she has been taught -LSB-...]

Drug lords, often supplying substances to their upper - class neighbors, have control over favelas, and their inhabitants live by unwritten rules.

Norton's eye for the bizarre, amazing, and beautiful inhabitants of the oceans, and the eccentric characters who work, study, and live by the shore make his book a wonder - filled experience.

First described in 1842 by Gustav Simon, a French dermatologist, Demodex mites are normal skin inhabitants of many mammals, and > 140 species of Demodex have been identified (2 in humans, 3 in dogs).1 The mites live in hair follicles as well as the sebaceous glands and ducts and feed off of sebum, cells, and debris from the epidermis.2, 3 In dogs, the mites are passed from the bitch to her puppies through close contact while nursing.

Our tour is focused on bringing you closer to the «real life» Spain, away from the large bustling cities, and into an assortment of medieval villages and larger towns of major historical and cultural interest that were influenced over the centuries by the numerous inhabitants of Spain including the Celt - Iberians, Romans, Visigoths, Moors, Sephardic Jews, and Christians.

It was an incredible peak, with 45,000 - odd inhabitants living in a settlement dominated by four mighty pyramids, topping 20metres, looming over a two - hectare central plaza.

The surrounding temperate rainforests are rich with life that has been used for millennia by the Kwakwaka «wakw (Kwakiutl) peoples, the traditional inhabitants of the area.

This traditional and historic home was built and named by Bert Boulton, one of the famous inhabitants of Turangi who wanted a quiet escape from the bustle of large city life.

Called Ah - Cuzamil - Peten (Land of Swallows) by its earliest inhabitants, Cozumel has been a favorite destination for divers since 1961, when Jacques Yves Cousteau's documentary broadcast Cozumel's glorious sea life to the world.

The Anouki tribe living in Anouki Village, as revealed by one of its inhabitants, descends from the people that had migrated from the Isle of Frost, a place found in the World of the Ocean King in Phantom Hourglass.

The world she lives in is ravaged by monsters, and its inhabitants believe that by sacrificing a woman to these evil forces every 10 years will satiate their bloodlust and end the violence.

The world and its inhabitants are threatened by alien life - forms — Visitors — who can possess the body of living creatures and cause disturbances in the flow of a magic force.

These new additions really breath some life into the world by adding a strong sense of personality to inhabitants.

Described as a magical realist adventure, 29 is set within a single flat (actually owned by the game's development team), and follows the lives of its inhabitants as they prepare to move out and move on with their lives.

El Barrio's cheek - by - jowl living and its ethnic mix, with many of its newer inhabitants arriving from Puerto Rica, as well as Dominica, Cuba, and Mexico, chimed with Neel's artistic values as a painter of human life and coalesced with her political convictions.

Charles Avery Inspired by his upbringing on the Isle of Mull, Charles Avery has spent the last 10 years mapping life on his fictional Island — and for Art Night 2017 he brings part of it to St Katharine Docks as a large - scale installation complete with cocktail bar and even, possibly, some inhabitants.

The soundtrack is provided by the bus - driver's commentary as he describes the palatial homes, the «stars» who live in them and other matters relating to property values and the career trajectories of the inhabitants.

Linking these artworks together is the question of whether cities are shaped by their inhabitants, or if inhabitants are shaped by the cities in which they live.

The landscape and natural world, for example, will be evident in the paintings by Joan Nelson, Karen Seapker, Shi Zhiying, and Yuko Murata, whereas Yun - fei Ji's major three - meter scroll work Floating Weed # 3, populated with displaced, migrating inhabitants around The Three Gorges Dam region, reveals another story about the landscape undergoing traumatic man - made changes affecting the lives of thousands.

Whether we observe the formation of cities by their inhabitants or the formation of inhabitants by the cities in which they live, we recognize the city as a primary dilemma, a tension that is prevalent in all the works on view.»