Sentences with phrase «mere points of light»

Seen through Galileo's telescope, the moons of Jupiter appeared as mere points of light, indistinguishable from one another.

The dynamic sequence — which spans about 8 months — has thrilled astrophysicists accustomed to static snapshots or mere points of light.

Quasars easily outshine the rest of their galaxies, and yet they are so compact that they look like mere points of light.

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Apparently this job is not the job of mere human reason, (although the Spirit of Truth works in the realm of human reason, showing, shining light onto and convincing and bringing about authentic conviction) it is Holy Spirits job to completely convince persons what is right and what is not right, to the point one is convicted in their inner being.

But a deeper reason than mere contrariness motivates Fish's literary criticism; and to read his earlier work in the light of his latest Milton book points to a feature of his thought too little noted in the past.

Sometimes Ritchie makes his simplistic points simplistically: past - it Barbie doll Feldon pushes her lonely, tendresse - starved husband away and we're left looking at the blue - green - lit TV dinners in her freezer (the word «frigid» is mercifully delayed till their next interview); Michael Kidd, as a gruffly sentimental directorial superstar engaged by the local Jaycees to stage the spectacular, watches the Antelope Valley girl turn an onstage fumble into a sympathy - inducing bonus and murmurs, «They learn fast» (a mere reaction - shot cut to him at this point would have verged on the excessive; the line kills any validity the moment might have had); a drummer (screenwriter Jerry Belson, no less) watches one contestant segue into a striptease whose impiications are hilariously ambivalent in the context of so much plastic puffery, then exchanges glances with the orchestra leader and gives his drumstick a ribald stroke.

Dying Light and Funk of Titans are separated by a mere one point in our rating system.

According to Hannah Frieser, director of Light Work,» Scott McCarney rethinks the book form, considering books as a starting point rather than a mere vehicle for information and images.»