Sentences with phrase «like over the course of a century»
The collection abounds in not only samples of what peak athleticism was thought to look like over the course of a century, but in displays of various conceptions of bodies in motion and coming into being as compelling subjects for the moving image.
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The problem, of course, is that over the centuries Christians have behaved toward Jews more like Cain toward Abel than like Joseph toward his brothers.
This is why true religious adherents are so singularly closed minded, and why the bad ideas fostered by religious thinking — like creationism — repeat themselves over the course of centuries.
That sounds like a lot, but it works out to the duration of a 24 - hour day being lengthened by about 1.78 milliseconds over the course of a century.
``... the disturbing story of nutrition science over the course of the last half - century looks something like this: scientists responding to the skyrocketing number of heart disease cases, which had gone from a mere handful in 1900 to being the leading cause of death by 1950, hypothesized that dietary fat, especially of the saturated kind (due to its effect on cholesterol), was to blame.
Consequently, the next time a serious drought takes hold of some part of the world and the likes of Al Gore blame it on the «carbon footprints» of you and your family, ask them why just the opposite of what their hypothesis suggests actually occurred over the course of the 20th century, i.e., why, when the earth warmed - and at a rate and to a degree that they claim was unprecedented overthousands of years - the rate - of - occurrence of severe regional droughts actually declined.»
There is little benefit to acting now rather than, say, two years from now, but potentially major benefits, since what we learn over the next couple of years will make a major difference in understanding what the optimal course of action over the next century looks like.
In addition, time scales matter here — increasing the amount of CO2 by 33 % over the course of a few decades would overwhelm any system (like the Earth's climate) that has a time constant of centuries.