Sentences with phrase «marked by a history»

Salman Rushdie adapted his own novel and narrates «a lushly visual epic about two boys who are switched at birth and forever marked by history.»

The Éislek is also marked by its history and a rich, diverse cultural heritage.

Not exact matches

And if the coming big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi» from the top spot in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide box office for the third year in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the top - earning studio at the domestic box office for the year.

-- The History of SEO Project — Eric Ward Interview September 2010 — Interviewed by Mark Knowles for History of SEO

If a ban initiated by China's central bank this week marks an end to the first era of ICOs — the early gold rush before the regulators arrive — then Q2 2017 may turn out to be a peak quarter in the history of the industry.

Bitcoin's history has been marked by the collapse of Mt. Gox, an exchange trusted by users that suffered the largest - ever bitcoin heist.

Extremes in observable conditions that we associate with some of the worst moments in history to invest include: Aug 1929 (with the October crash within 10 weeks of that instance), Aug - Oct 1972 (with an immediate retreat of less than 4 %, followed a few months later by the start of a 50 % bear market collapse), Aug 1987 (with the October crash within 10 weeks), July 1999 (associated with a quick 10 % market plunge within 10 weeks), another signal in March 2000 (with a 10 % loss within 10 weeks, a recovery into September of that year, and then a 50 % market collapse), July - Oct 2007 (followed by an immediate plunge of about 10 % in July, a recovery into October, and another signal that marked the market peak and the beginning of a 55 % market loss), two earlier signals in the recent half - cycle, one in July - early Oct of 2013 and another in Nov 2013 - Mar 2014, both associated with sideways market consolidations, and the present extreme.

The findings mark the first public reports by government authorities into what caused some of the dozens of blazes that erupted Oct. 8 and became the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history.

The history of the Church is marked by a growing conceptual clarity regarding Christ and the things of God.

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Christian history has been marked by fierce argument, persecution of opponents, division and even religious wars.

The history of our salvation is marked by a feminine presence that responds actively and fruitfully to God's initiatives: first Israel, which is presented throughout the Scriptures in feminine terms (as the daughter of Sion or, in those times when the prophets urge her to repentance, as a faithless wife); then Mary; and now the Church (the bride of Christ).

God reveals himself in the form of promise and in the history that is marked by promise.

He is negating the first by denying the very possibility of «signs»; The Kingdom is not of such a nature that a sign visible in terms of the totality of world events or the externals of history or the cosmos will mark its presence; God is not to be seen at work in the clash of heavenly bodies or of earthly armies.

The history of the church is marked by interminable hours of silence, while the clamour of the persecuted, the imprisoned and marginalised was silenced, and the churches preferred to stick to the conventions, maintain good relations with the powers, not lose their social standing.

Bolle concludes his article rather pessimistically by pointing to the inevitability of retaining the question mark in the title of his article with the suggestion that separation of Christian theology and History of Religions could be seen as strength rather than as weakness on the part of each discipline.

Unlike Polish history, Czech history has been marked by a painful tension between national identity and Catholicism.

Durkheim's concept of sociology is characterized by a marked emancipation from the tenets of Comte's philosophy of history as sociology (sociology as a method) and by a corresponding tendency toward construction of a typology of social groupings, in which he included religious communities.

, That Rylaarsdam's criticism is in part, at least, based on a misunderstanding of Buber's position and a difference in Rylaarsdam's own a priori assumptions is shown by his further statements that «Because of his individual and personal emphasis the notion of an objective revelation of God in nature and history involving the whole community of Israel in the real event of the Exodus does not fit well for him,» that Buber's view of revelation is «essentially mystical and nonhistorical,» and that «the realistic disclosure of Yahweh as the Lord of nature and of history recedes into the background because of an overconcern with the experience of personal relation» — criticisms which are all far wide of the mark, as is shown by the present chapter.)

Of course if that writer intended something else, as he may well have done, namely that the «times», in the sense of the particular segment of history in which he lived, were indeed «evil» and were marked by wickedness, with a collapse of standards and the denial of all that is of abiding significance; if he intended that, there may well have been much truth in his statement.

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Their history as a people, from the time of the ancient Babylonian exile onwards, has been strongly marked by the theme of death and resurrection.

The history of the relationship is marked by periods of conflict, of alliance, and of identification.

This visceral authentication of the relevance of the history of doctrine would be merely humorous were it not symptomatic of something that is not humorous; and one could be patient with phases of development marked by fascinated picking away at the gossamer peculiarities of one's own insides if the damage wrought were not so extensive.

What a tragedy that history's greatest act of humility is being marked by petty acts of entitlement and pride.

But because the society of our fellowmen, intimate or remote, is marked by the same mortality which is ours as persons, while the whole sweep of history as we experience and know it is also a mortal history — under the sign of death — any appraisal made in this way is also limited and partial.

The history of science is marked by the vehement, dogmatic denial of such differences, until they are found out.»

Mark's history is explained by the comment that «it was his [Jesus»] particular conception of God that underlay his ongoing conflict with the Jewish religious authorities» (CC 205).

A Catholic school in east London has apologised after parents were sent an unauthorised letter which suggested pupils mark Black History Month by attending a special assembly dressed as slaves.

I was particularly concerned by the end of her article, detecting there a somewhat naive reading of history, marked by a romanticized perspective wherein the past is always more glorious and more noble than the present.

Many allusions to German culture and history in his work are likely to go unrecognized by the first - time American viewer, especially anyone who has not read some of the growing critical literature on Kiefer or the excellent guide by Mark Rosenthal to the Kiefer exhibition now touring the United States.

History Channel's «The Bible» Former «Touched by an Angel» star Roma Downey plays the Virgin Mary in «The Bible» miniseries, which she produced with her husband Mark Burnett.

Even without religion, human history would still be defined by just as many wars and events marked by violence.

Until that day, the history of the world is marked by what St. Augustine calls libido dominandi — the lust for glory and power.

Faced by an almost incomprehensible amount of material always contained in the most complex linguistic, political, and social contexts, the history of religions has moved ahead in the attempt to mark out its own responsibilities and contributions.

In the writing of American religious history, a few once - lonely seniors like Timothy L. Smith have been joined by a younger group that shines: Harry Stout at Yale, Grant Wacker at North Carolina, Nathan Hatch at Notre Dame, Mark Noll and Joel Carpenter at Wheaton, George Marsden at Duke are only the first that come to mind.

The people had come to realize that their earlier liberation was not definitive, for their history continued to be marked by slavery and sin.

Adams was a historian, and he thought history could be explained as «a sequence of force,» that is, a succession of epochs marked by characteristic «energies.»

Nevertheless, the council fathers were influenced by the hope that the postwar era marked a new turn in human history, one with a world - uniting dynamic.

By Dave DeWitt [Author's Note: The year 2012 marks the Centennial Anniversary of the Scoville Organoleptic Test, so I decided to apply all my food history online research skills that I've honed over the past five years to create what is the first definitive — however brief — biographical essay on Scoville.

Rebecca Earle, professor of history at the University of Warwick, marks the 385th anniversary of the day bananas were first shown to Londoners by charting the fruit's fascinating story

Haitian history is marked by political instability and extreme poverty.

Kona coffee beans have a long history and were first planted in Hawaii way back in 1820, and by the time Mark Twain visited the Big Island he was impressed with the fact that coffee had a much richer taste and flavor than any other he had tried.

He has one of the three highest academic averages in the history of Mansfield High — he received a B for one marking period in seventh - grade English but nothing lower than an A since — and will certainly become the fourth member of his family named most likely to succeed by his classmates at graduation.

Johnson, a six - time champion, is the only driver in history to win five consecutive titles and a seventh would tie the all - time mark shared by Earnhardt Sr. and Richard Petty.

In doing so, the prolific Egypt international, a summer signing from Roma and a former Chelsea reject, has become only the 13th player in the Reds» entire history to reach the 30 - goal mark, and he's done it by February.

His 55 points are now the most by a rookie guard in their first two playoff games in NBA history, according to ESPN Stats and Info, surpassing Michael Jordan's mark of 53 points in 1985.

«I want to mark the history of the club, and for a striker you always do this by measuring how many goals you score and how many assists you give.

They were able to do that by going 36 - 11 in one run games, the best mark in the history in baseball.

The history will mark this game as 2 - 0 for the chavs and ignore the major fsck up by Dean.