Sentences with phrase «man challenging nature»

The sinking of the Titanic was a story of man challenging nature and losing.

Not exact matches

The Cardinal's honest letter presents a much needed and fairly gentle challenge to the Muslim understanding of the nature and rights of Man.

Just as the nature of Christ as God and man challenged the full faculties of the faith and reason of Augustine and the Church Fathers, so the nature of Scripture as the Word of God and the word of human authors challenges the full faculties of the faith and reason of evangelical scholars and missionaries today.

Perhaps the fiery nature of the dish itself is responsible for such controversy, driving usually rational men and women into frenzies when their conception of the truth is challenged.

No matter the challenge, be it mother nature or man, the people of our Distillery have been part of the story that shaped America and the spirit industry as well.

In fact, I've always felt that the most impressive gauge of his triumph, and the best insight into the nature of the Channel's challenge, is that before the next man successfully swam it again 36 years went by.

That Corbyn simply ignored the vote is a sign the MPs did not understand the nature of the man, and once he called their bluff they had to challenge him... hoping it must be assumed that the NEC would exclude him from the ballot paper or perhaps the courts would.

He served as program manager for the Z - Man climber, which faced the same challenge of scaling up nature's adhesive at least 500-fold to support human weight.

Many natural and man - made environments present similarly difficult challenges to species in nature.

I am a simple man who has a good sense of humor and I'm serious, respectful in nature, I am a good man to the joys of life, I reconsider the measures before taking them and I like challenges much as I want to achieve my goals, I'm here to replace the piece of my heart that is missing.

Jane Campion's rapturously sensual meditation surmounts this challenge ingeniously by creating an alternative visual language for the verse of John Keats, conveying the man's moods, thoughts and influence through the subtlest accents of nature, material and weather.

It's a challenging film that goes against convention as most of it relies on man vs nature rather than forced internal struggles to bring about tension within the script.

In luminous prose, Tiffany writes about the challenges of farming, the character of small towns, the stark and terrifying beauty of the Australian landscape, and the fragile relationships among man, science, and nature.

For those who like a little mystery in their post-apocalyptic open world races, the GPS system can also be turned off for the «ultimate man and machine versus Mother Nature challenge.»

More recently she has also been enjoying the freshness and challenge of plein aire painting, as well as exploring the color, light and forms of still life painting, where creations of man and nature may intersect and interact.

All of these elements: the cycle of life, the simplicity of nature's perfect geometry, and the challenge of one man's adaptation to unexpected change, converge in the work of Firesticks.

Traditional reverence for the splendors of nature has been challenged by the highly abstract color landscapes of Toshio Shibata, which embrace man - made infrastructure in harmony with natural surroundings, as well as in Hiroshi Sugimoto's view of a polar bear in the snow, actually taken within our city's Museum of Natural History.

These graphic works challenge the image of nature as free and uncontaminated, as projected in nineteenth - century American painting and photography, and show that man and beast are in reality forced to live side - by - side.

I am absolutely convinced that any challenge presented by the change of the climate caused by man or nature or by the combination of both will successfully be met by our scientists and engineers.

Children: Allegra Goodman, «The Dark Dreams of Global Warming,» Boston Globe, Sept. 8, 2008; similarly, John Stossel, «Man vs. Nature: Challenging Conventional Views About Global Warming,» ABC News, Oct. 19, 2007; Anne Applebaum, «The Apocalypse Is Not Upon Us,» slate.com, Dec. 14, 2009.