Sentences with phrase «moments in the history of»

But before those last jingly jangles echo from your pockets, take a look back at some bright — and less bright — moments in the history of change.

There will never be another George and he gave us some of the greatest moments in the history of baseball.

Last month we reached the tragic, and long - dreaded, moment in the history of self - driving cars: the death of an individual who didn't opt into using self - driving technology.

«A couple months ago I felt that we had entered an important moment in the history of this country... We were finally beginning to listen to women,» he said in his resignation speech on the chamber floor.

It is a «Catholic» moment in the history of the country, which up to this point had been led by members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

The installation of Hailemariam Desalegn as the prime minister in the fall of 2012 was a «Catholic» moment in the history of Ethiopia, which up to this point had been led by members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

There are two particularly fruitful moments in the history of the course's seemingly exponential growth.

But, as a determined generalist in church history, he was always alive to the subtle and complex interconnectedness of the events he studied — events he saw not as isolated, opaque moments in the history of religion but rather as translucent windows on to a whole pattern of Christian experience.

New York's recent legalization of gay marriage is being hailed by many as a watershed moment in the history of the fight for equal rights for same sex couples.

If there was a pivotal moment in the history of the late 20th century, this was surely it.

Our Lady of Guadalupe's appearance to Juan Diego is a crucial moment in the history of the United States — and key to reconciling our political and cultural divisions today.

An unthinkable comment about an unthinkable moment in the history of England, the Church, and even Western civilisation.

But visit England he did - not in worldly or political triumph (the Spanish Armada tried that approach and failed), not in direct antagonism or opposition (Pope St. Pius V's excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I in 1570 was not exactly the happiest moment in the history of either England or the Catholic Church)- but rather in solidarity with Queen Elizabeth II, the Archbishop of Canterbury, secular leaders, and all English people of good will.

Weiler's article has helped me understand more deeply why the Jesus phenomenon is but a moment in the history of such a great people, and why Jesus could never attain the status of a messiah in their midst.

The three dramatic masks of divinity stand for overlapping moments in the history of our faith.

Roquentin's confrontation with the void in Sartre's Nausea («Everything is gratuitous»), the defeatism of Mr. Compson in Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury («All men are just accumulations dolls stuffed with sawdust swept up from the trash heaps where all previous dolls had been thrown away the sawdust flowing from what wound in what side that not for me died not»), and Nietzsche's ironic and mournful declamations (such as his remark that the moment «clever animals invented cognition... was the haughtiest, most mendacious moment in the history of this world, but yet only a moment.

We live at a moment in the history of the Western Church when the institutional Church is in decline in every imaginable statistic.

This was a pivotal moment in the history of the universe.

Thus the Protestant Reformation is a decisive moment in the history of the understanding of love, whether one accepts this position or not, for it raises in the sharpest possible way the question of the meaning of the human loves when seen in the light of the love of God as known to faith through Jesus.

The failure of both the Communist party and the New Left to link their socialism to any genuinely American pattern of values and attitudes, and the use of foreign categories to analyze American society, is typical of all but a few moments in the history of American socialism.

Holloway's reflections on the notion of the «relative substance» make precisely the same point: material things are not self - sufficient entities, complete in themselves; they have an intrinsic limitation, inherent in them because they are a moment in the history of evolution from which they receive their place and purpose.

Often presented as a crucial moment in the history of epistemology, nominalism also had a tremendous influence on moral theology.

To me, this is a defining moment in the history of the club.

Still, he's probably going to be remembered as the dude who got the Halo introduced, which is a pretty major moment in this history of single - seater motor racing.

A run - through of the fifty most shocking moments in the history of the Premier League, with plenty of controversial highlights brought by none other than Luis Suarez, Eric Cantona, Sergio Aguero and more...

Thanks for the stupendous summary of yet another wonderful moment in the history of the Arsenal.

Saturday's visit of Leicester City represents a landmark moment in the history of one of world football's most iconic stadiums.

Deci and Ryan came up with the beginnings of their theory in the 1970s, during a moment in the history of psychology when the field was mostly dominated by behaviorists, who believed that people's actions were governed solely by their motivation to fulfill basic biological needs and thus were highly responsive to straightforward rewards and punishments.

The first weekend in June was a special moment in the history of Attachment Parenting International.

The author says he wrote the first draft pre-9 / 11 and he has now published it at a significantly opportune moment in the history of the US Presidency.

Thus, now free of the procedural morass that characterised UNFCCC negotiations in 2012, the ADP process that unfolds over the next three years represent what may be seen as a contingent moment in the history of the UN climate negotiating process, where fundamental questions over the design and scope of an international agreement are up for grabs in a way and manner perhaps unseen since the beginning of the initial intergovernmental negotiations at the end of the 1980s.

«While some of our members have differed in the past on some of the specific issues in the New NY Agenda, the Executive Committee unanimously takes this position because we understand and accept Andrew's point that this is a pivotal moment in the history of this state, similar to the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when leaders in the labor, civic, business and political arena must put aside their individual agendas for the good of the entire state.»

«I'm also thrilled to be playing a role in such an historic moment in the history of the county, joining the first - ever female - majority on the Board of Legislators, and the most racially - diverse Board in county history.»

Majority Leader Catherine Parker (D - Harrison, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Rye) said, «I'm thrilled that Terry will be joining the Board, and thankful to be part of this historic moment in the history of Westchester, the state and the nation.

Instead of a ponderous event by event history, the authors decided to highlight forty dramatic moments in the history of the Coalition with Cameron front and centre.

President John Dramani Mahama has described his first - term in office as one of the most difficult moments in the history of Ghana.

Boris» signing of the Pledge was described by the Spectator's political editor James Forsyth as a key moment in the history of the Conservative party — the moment when the party's balance of power tipped decisively in favour of a referendum.

And if he really, really did not know it raises an equally shocking question about how someone in charge of the Met police could have been kept out of the picture of what was one of the most embarrassing moments in the history of the Met police.

I look ahead with optimism, believing that if we use this moment to change not just our relationship with Europe, but also the way we do things at home, this will be a defining moment in the history of our nation.

As WFP leader Dan Cantor said at the time (fingers crossed, no doubt): «We understand and accept Andrew's point that this is a pivotal moment in the history of this state, similar to the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when leaders in the labor, civic, business and political arena must put aside their individual agendas for the good of the entire state.»

«We believe this is a critical moment in the history of this city» Jones continues.

«He came to the office during a delicate moment in the history of our nation and he stepped up to the bench.

In a statement, the mayor said the day will «forever be memorialized as a pivotal moment in the history of our nation.»

«This is a major moment in the history of the Adirondack Park and the forever wild Forest Preserve, yet state leaders are AWOL,» said Peter Bauer, executive director of Protect the Adirondacks, in a statement.

«We're at a critical or pivotal moment in the history of these African forests,» said Galford, adding, «we could see really rapid deforestation and agricultural conversion with large foreign investment — that could happen with a flip of a switch.»

A 36 - million - year - old fossil skeleton is revealing a critical moment in the history of baleen whales: what happened when the ancestors of these modern - day filter feeders first began to distinguish themselves from their toothy, predatory predecessors.

So, maybe Frankie was onto something when she called her yam - lube invention «a big moment in the history of the vagina.»

Nation «Regardless of the decision of the grand jury, this will be a defining moment in the history of the state of Missouri,» said the attorney for Michael Brown's family.

I repeat that I believe this is a very important moment in this history of film.

«This was not a good moment in the history of English cuisine,» declared McEwan's ever - so - dry narrative voice, also selling out Edward's cultural standards with the interjection that it «would not have crossed his mind to order a red».