Sentences with phrase «major events of history»

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Here is a list of major events in the history of the retail chain.

The past six months have been an extraordinary period for Chinese politics, with a steady series of high - level events and major changes unprecedented in recent history.

Facebook F8 Conference began with Mark Zuckerberg's Keynote; Facebook to introduce new online dating feature; Facebook now gets a new «Clear History» option; Facebook Messenger will get cleaner and faster after major update; OnePlus 6 pre-sale pop - up events to be organized in 8 Indian cities; Apple announces financial results of quarter ending on March 31 and watch more in this episode of Daily Tech Wrap with Danny D'Cruze.

For 40 years, Salgado has been photographing humankind, witnessing major events of our recent history: conflict, starvation and exodus.

Reuters: German Catholics wary about major Luther festivities planned for 2017 German Protestants are planning jubilee celebrations in 2017 to mark the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's launching of the Reformation, a major event in the history of Christianity, of Europe and of the German nation, language and culture.

Note that in between each major event, there are larger periods of relatively uneventful history.

Seeming historical allusions have been variously identified with events in the history of the Middle East from the beginning of the Persian period down through the Maccabean Wars of the second century B.C. Happily, since the major thrust of Isaiah 24 - 27 is apocalyptic, the matter of date is not crucial.

History of Caribbean Carnival Carnivals are a regular event in most if not all Caribbean islands, and many carnivals are a major tourist attraction.

If the same philosophy was used in WWE history, where part - timers were brought in to main event the show, then Steve Austin and The Rock would have never closed out WrestleMania 15, which was a major turning point in the stardom of The Rock and helped cement Austin as the top draw in the world.

It's this terrain, paired with the close proximity to major metro areas, base area facilities, experience hosting large - scale events and shared history with the rise of obstacle racing, that all factored into Tough Mudder's desire to return for 2017.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill are scheduled to discuss the year - end crime data at a news conference Thursday, an event that will likely be highlighted by a number of superlatives: the lowest number of major felonies in the modern era of police record keeping, as well as 790 shootings, the fewest in recorded city history.

The genome sequence sheds new light on a major event in the history of life on Earth: the origin of flowering plants, including all major food crop species.

«The collapse was one of the most important events in history, because it gave birth to two major cultures,» says anthropologist Brandon Drake.

«Now we should reconsider the consequences of sporadic oxygen outbursts and their correlations to other major events in Earth's history, such as the banded - iron formation, snowball Earth, mass extinctions, flood basalts, and supercontinent rifts.»

Observation by the MAVEN spacecraft of the upper Mars atmosphere during a CME showed an enhancement in the escape rate of ions to space during the event, suggesting that ion loss during solar events in early Mars history may have been a major contributor to the long - term evolution of the Mars atmosphere (Jakosky et al. 2015).

«Now we should reconsider the consequences of sporadic oxygen outbursts and their correlations to other major events in the Earth's history, such as the banded - iron formation, snowball Earth, mass extinctions, flood basalts, and supercontinent rifts.»

The answer, like most insights into major historical events, is somewhat complicated, but reveals a simple pattern in human history that seems to repeat itself again and again: necessity is the mother of invention.

Study researcher Michael Petraglia, from Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, said that the early migrants were possibly a small group of foragers and that the later, major «out of Africa» event most likely happened about 60,000 years ago.

I am hence interested in reconstructing, from a genomic standpoint, the dynamics (both routes and demographic parameters) of that major event in our history.

To this end, his work often relies on anthropology and human history as much as it does on genome sequencing and computation, in order to decipher the subtle genetic signatures that appear when species undergo major events such as population bottlenecks, large - scale migration or dispersal events, or the development of resistance to disease.

She has won every major event in the history of the sport including the Olympics,...

«What's more, perfectionists who have a family history of depression and may therefore be more biologically vulnerable to developing the psychological and physical symptoms of major depression may be particularly sensitive to events that stimulate their self - doubt and their fear of rejection or humiliation.»

October 2011 will go down in history as a month marked with major international natural disasters, the end of the Steve Jobs era, and of course the Occupy Everything events across the globe.

There are still several major events in history that today's scientists, after years of extensive research, know precisely dick about.

In Revenge of the Fallen it's established that Transformers have been secretly living on Earth throughout history, influencing major events.

The world still has a problem with cops, major events in American history (like the Battle of the Alamo) have still happened, and race is still a controversial topic to discuss.

But while there's no denying that its message resonates even more in light of the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, hopefully those parallels won't end up overshadowing the movie itself, because although it's not quite as sobering as last year's Oscar - winning «12 Years a Slave,» «Selma» is a deftly made drama about an important piece of American history that's guaranteed to be a major awards contender, largely due to the outstanding lead performance from David Oyelowo.

Throughout her history, this confident hero has been a member of the Avengers, Marvel's all - female superhero team A-Force, and the universe - problem - solvers the Ultimates, and she recently played a major in Marvel's crossover event Civil War II (which is a storyline we don't talk about because it did ruinous damage to her character).

Lindaman, a Harvard University graduate student, and Ward, an assistant professor at Indiana's Vincennes University, take many of the major historical events that occupy center stage in standard U.S. history textbooks and show how texts from other countries involved recount the same episodes.

Teachers can find some classroom activities at the Web site of the National Flag Day Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to educating all Americans about the history and origin of the flag as well as the major people and events in history that have shaped the United States.

As an example, have them create timelines of events in history, progress in a field of scientific knowledge, or major events in a novel.

If you're wondering how to celebrate my personal favorite playwright of all time and are in the vicinity of Brooklyn, New York — BAM began a major theatrical event marking the 400th with the US Premiere of Shakespeare's history plays in March.

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In 1972, eminent Harvard statistics professor Frederick Mosteller and Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote that the Coleman Report had «turned understanding of a major area of social policy upside down as perhaps no comparable event in the history of social science.»

Example Indicators: â $ cents Describe the causes, costs, and benefits of major events in American history up to 1877, e.g., American Revolution, the Constitutional Convention, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.

8.4.4 Students will evaluate different assessments of the causes, costs, and benefits of major events in recent American history to develop discussion, debate, and persuasive writing skills.

London - Brighton Run — We photographed some of the entries in the 1992 (96th Anniversary) Run / Us and our cars — Members of The Automobile team tell us about themselves — and the cars they drive / VSCC Lakeland Trial — In his Diary of a dilettante Tom Threlfall reports on this November event / Lagonda LG6 — Dennis Harrison recounts his meeting with a fine example of 1930s transport for the gentry / 1921 Pierce - Arrow «The gilded cage» — A unique example of this prestigious American car is described for us by Zoe Harrison / Chitty Chitty Bang Bang II — The Editor reveals the history of this fantastic Edwardian special / 10 - year index supplement — An index to all the major articles that have appeared in the 120 issues of The Automobile in so far published / Where are they now?

The result is a major book for readers of history and current events.

Whatever one thinks of Kissinger or whether one agrees with Ferguson's assessments of people and events, this magisterial work should be required reading for anyone interested in one of the major figures of 20th - century history.

This type of book looks and history, makes minor or major changes in historical events, and tells a tale based upon the author's speculation about how these changes would play out over time.

Borrowers qualify with a credit score of 700 and a history clean of major negative credit events (bankruptcies, foreclosures, short sales).

In addition, the lender will also consider your history of major derogatory events — bankruptcies, foreclosures, liens, lawsuits, felonies and garnishments.

Dogs with a history of auto - immune disease can have a relapse triggered by any major illness or event.

Major events in history such as war and economic depression have also been the cause of significant population bottlenecks in some breeds, restricting breeding to only a few individuals.

The incredible ruins of Corfe Castle are well worth a closer look, with its ancient walls telling of some of the major events to occur throughout the history of Britain.

Dating back to the 14th Century, the Town Hall has an interesting history having played a significant role in many of Prague's major events from the selection of the King of Bohemia to the bombardment by tanks in 1945.

If Ubisoft's goal was to put Connor at the forefront of every major Revolutionary event and make the player think it could have been possible for him to be so involved without ever being mentioned in our history books, then Ubisoft failed miserably.

But after we walked of stage I realized that, in many ways, this was a momentous occasion in one more way: a Dutch - Egyptian developer handed out the Grand Prize of a major games event to an Iranian - Canadian developer, for the creation of a game about the history of a Middle - Eastern country.

Two of the major features that made MXGP 2 stand apart from the competition were the introduction of the Stadium Series that allowed players to compete in football arenas and diamond stadiums, while Real Events mode provided 19 real - life scenarios accompanied by video footage of what actually happened in which players would have to replicate the comeback through the field or re-write history by earning a more positive result.

Relive major events and battles from the anime series through the Sasuke Retrieval Arc in another new mode called «Hero's History» to determine the fate of the two greatest ninja.