Sentences with phrase «like in a bygone era»

A little further away lies the island's capital, Bridgetown, whose various historical sites give a feeling of what life must have been like in a bygone era.

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It's an homage to the bygone era when writers like Charles Dickens published their novels in newspapers one chapter at a time before collecting the work in book form.

Christine and her friends navigate dating, plans for the future and the hierarchy of the high school - pecking order as news coverage of missiles firing in the desert flash on non-flat-screen box TVs which stick out like relics from a bygone era.

Like the Junior Classics — another icon of that bygone era, with introductions by Harvard's president, Charles W. Eliot, no less — St. Nicholas wanted most of all to instill the nation's moral vocabulary in the young.

Remember if you aren't at the head of the class when it comes to the development of young talent, which means eyes on the ground everywhere, a vast array of connections with soccer associations throughout Europe and beyond and a manager willing to properly train and play said blue chippers, (like the 90s Arsenal or clubs like the modern day Monaco and Dortmund) you need to spend to win... anything in between is highly problematic... failure to make the necessary changes leaves you in the proverbial «no man's land» and that is currently where we reside... it's difficult to get out of this rut... just ask either of the Milan teams... next step after that is being known as a «seller», which could be us already if and when Sanchez leaves... there are only two teams that have worn this moniker in recent times and had some decent success and that is Athletico Madrid and Dortmond, which only occurred when they both brought in new, charismatic leaders in Simmone & Klopp... the odds that Wenger could conjure up the magic to repeat the performances of a bygone era are incredibly low, so why prolong the agony... he's not willing to create the hierarchy necessary to go the youth route and he's unwilling to put his team's potential success ahead of his job security by laying it on the line with Moustache, so it's time to place all your chips in the middle or go gently into that good night

The wide, park - lined boulevards of Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood still look much like they did in 1900, helping define a community that honors the best of a bygone era.

Karen quickly remarries, but Claire can't get past the idea that she was kept in an enclosure her whole life like some sort of animal, forced to believe that she was living in a bygone era.

Yooka - Laylee is steeped in its creators» history — Hivory Towers (the enemy hub - world) echoes Grunty's Lair, the original music from Grant Kirkhope (Banjo - Kazooie) and David Wise (Donkey Kong Country) sounds like your childhood, and there is literally a character named Rextro Sixtyfourus who encourages you to play games from a bygone era.

I mean it in the nicest possible way, but Raging Justice looks like the product of a bygone era.

Lastly, in «Magic of a Bygone Era» (6 mins., HD), the likes of «No Dames» choreographer Chris Gattelli and the director of the synchronized - swimming troupe Aqualilies, Mesha Kussman, discuss homage.

I was becoming resigned to the fact that these documents would look in hindsight like period pieces from the bygone era of urban Catholic schooling.

Beyond its massive, newfangled spindle grille, the restyled 2014 Lexus GX 460 feels like a big SUV from a bygone era — and not necessarily in a good way.

A boutique hotel is in the works, but for now stay at the five - room Farm Lodge, a 17th - century plantation house where the décor and home cooking are reminiscent of a bygone era — like the island itself.

Discover the quietness of a bygone era in the park - like gardens and farmhouse of Wakkerstroom Farm Lodge.

Armed to the teeth with an impressive array of weapons and abilities, the game pits the player against all manner of extra-terrestrial creepy - crawlies; and whilst it looks and feels like a platformer from a bygone era, Axiom Verge has been designed with modern gaming in mind, even offering the player the opportunity to manipulate the world through the kinds of unintentional glitches that affected its ancestors.

A wonderfully crafted tribute to the genre's bygone aspirations, developer Larian Studios» tribute to the golden era of computer RPGs like Icewind Dale and Planescape: Torment returns the genre to its turn - based strategy roots on an economy budget in high fashion.

Playable entirely in Messenger, A Call from the Wilds plays just like a classic PC game from a bygone era, albeit with the trappings of modern convenience.

Others note that, just as the days of Democrats and Republicans fighting ferociously in the Capitol but retiring at day's end to sit at adjacent bar stools in the local watering hole has given way to members of both political parties barely being able to tolerate breathing the same air, the days of opposing counsels according respect to each other and even socializing outside the courtroom is not as prevalent as in bygone eras, like five years ago.