Sentences with phrase «more than a celebration»

And what marks mid-February more than the celebration of Valentine's Day?

Yesterday's White House ceremony announcing the near completion of the human genome was more than a celebration of «an epic - making triumph of science and reason,» as President Clinton called it.

It was a cautionary tale more than a celebration of fell powers, and the details present in side quests and offhand remarks made it clear that the developers of Shadow of Mordor knew exactly where the game was celebrating Tolkien's mythos and where it was turning that mythos on its head.

More than a celebration of Woods» achievements as an artist, this book is also testament to her importance to the future of painting.

It is more than a celebration of Joyce's novel - it is an alternative history of modern culture in which pop art is not the faintly embarrassing denim - clad uncle of today's young artists, but a manifestation of the driving energy of modernism, from Joyce to today, a desire to celebrate common, humble experience.

On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, and to celebrate a decade of successful exhibitions in Rome, the Gallery has decided to prepare more than a celebration, giving birth to a grandiose reunion of its most important pop surreal icons that will collaborate with new international figures in a magical meeting, beginning in London on October 2017, and continuing in Rome on November 2017.

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Every year, the celebration is attended by more than 400 business professionals who share in the achievements of the Western Australian private business sector.

Come on, there have to be some basic behavioral ground rules and a little more substance to the culture of the tech and entrepreneurial community than the celebration of cash, cars, and creepy, chauvinistic CEOs chugging Cristal.

«It will be a celebration with a bittersweet taste as the future path for Europe has probably never been more unclear than today,» ING said in a note on Friday.

At the 40th celebration of Virgin Records, the 63 - year - old who has helped shape the music, space and airline industries, recalled crying when he sold the record label more than 20 years ago for $ 1 billion.

But that was a more shrewd than conciliatory strategy on the government's part: Today marks the 86th birthday of the nation's much adored monarch, King Bhumibol, an occasion that calls for sober celebration and peace.

By Sunday's end the «conversation» about Adidas and Yeezy Boost had lit up social media, with social analytics firm Networked Insights recording 141,077 related posts — 20 % more than the sum of posts about Nike (NKE), which had likewise set up a flotilla of big - dollar marketing events for the All - Star celebration.

Americans will spend more than $ 7 billion on cookouts and other celebrations of the Declaration of Independence, up from $ 6.8 billion in 2016, according to a report by the National Retail Federation.

The French have more than 100 festival celebrations across the country, sometimes even with fireworks — but it doesn't compare to the celebrations that go down in Japan.

Others spend big bucks to pull off elaborate multi-day affairs, such as the planned three - day New York celebration for 83 - year old billionaire investor George Soros starting Friday that will be attended by more than 500 guests, including hedge fund titans and prominent political leaders.

During New Year's Eve celebrations, 39 people, including more than two dozen foreigners, were killed in a nightclub.

Scorsese has built his career on iconic gangster movies, from «Goodfellas» to «Casino,» «Mean Streets» and «The Departed,» so his return to the genre after more than a decade is cause for celebration.

Musk has already said that there will be a Part 2 to the launch of the Model 3 and it will be even more spectacular than the Part 1 celebration that took place on March 31.

WBENC's Top Corporations will be honored during the 20th Anniversary celebrations in front of an audience of more than 1,500 business leaders at the Summit & Salute taking place March 21 — 23, 2017 in New Orleans, LA.

Phil Laboon, CEO of an Internet marketing company, spent more than $ 15,000 for a post-wedding celebration in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, and now that the nuptials have been canceled, he's turning the reception into a fundraiser.

In the end Gallienus decides to pay for the celebrations using direct theft (by confiscating and then selling the estates of his enemies and those of their families), but the final sentence of the above excerpt from a work of historical fiction reveals more knowledge of how monetary inflation works than is found in the writings of most Keynesian economists.

Traditionally, the housing market slows a bit during the holidays as buyers place more priority on celebrations rather than house - hunting.

This year's tournament was again held at The Ritz - Carlton Golf Club, Orlando, Grande Lakes where a more than full field of 152 golfers enjoyed a unique on - course experience that included foot golf, golf ball cannon and speed play novelty holes, food trucks and on - course entertainment by trick shot specialist Brett Cleverdon followed by a celebration lunch.

More than 3,000 people, many waving blue and white Israel flags, attended the Israel Fest celebration in honor of the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel's independence, which took place at the Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton.

Because «Christmas» has evolved into something much more than a religious celebration.

But as the sex abuse scandal continues to embroil the Roman Catholic Church in more than a half - dozen countries across Europe - and with allegations being raised that the pope himself responded inadequately to abuse allegations before he began leading the church in 2005 - Benedict's anniversary celebration has been overshadowed by international scrutiny of his leadership.

May we bring more pleasure to God, more cause for celebration to the holy angels, and more frustration to the demons than ever.

The Queen began this year's Easter celebrations by presenting coins to pensioners at the traditional Maundy Thursday service, which dates back more than 800 years.

The experience of God is more than the sublimation of sexuality, but the power and tonality of sexual emotion certainly enters into the celebration of life and the enjoyment of God.

More often than not, my reaction to vulnerability is to avert my gaze rather than immediately rejoice in celebration.

ok i've decided — after soul searching and observing my and other's reactions to these religious blog news on CNN learning more about religion from this alone and about the mideast than from anywhere else in my USA educated life i need to be more tolerant of others having religious based governments THAT is what is confusing me — that religion are governments are not seperated that is hard for much of USA population to understand perhaps it is for me i think you would have to actually live in a society like the mideast to truly understand it i mean — actually be part of the society the religious part is truly offputting — since most in USA seperate church and state like — church is for faith and imagination and celebration and family and community involvement and state is for protection and education and health and infrastructure, etc., for all it is hard to be serious about religion — when the serious side of society is state it is hard to see religion being the serious side of enforcement — and the state enforcing the faith based side of society egad — doesn't god get lost in all that?

These are more a celebration of religious diversity than of religion, since Madison seems nervous about religion's power to tyrannize.

But he never asks what social, economic, political and ideological forces were at work in the creation of the modern scientific world view, any more than he looks at the role of those forces in the eighteenth century celebration of it, the romantic reaction against it, or the nineteenth and twentieth century codification of positive science.

In the early church this celebration generally included more than just bread and wine, though in the course of the meal this act of Jesus was repeated as the principal act in table fellowship.

More than 30 years ago, Cardinal Cooke of New York saw the need to provide a setting where Catholics, their families and friends, plus any interested others, could gather in confidence and safely address questions on human sexuality in a setting of prayer and celebration of the Sacraments while remaining wholly rooted in the mainstream Church.

No one speaks of this enigmatic celebration with more insight into the mystery than T. S. Eliot in his poem «Journey of the Magi»:

A complicating factor, of course, is that the most assertive minority when it comes to opposing the public celebration of Christmas is, more often than not, Jewish.

It is more than a coincidence that this theological shift is mirroring a massive cultural shift in society at large, where in the space of one generation attitudes to homosexuality have gone from prohibition to tolerance, and now to celebration.

It infuriated more traditionally minded Jews who believe that, in a time of endemic religious indifference among Jews, the fervent commitment of the Orthodox to Judaism and to Jewish continuity should be an occasion for celebration rather than embarrassment and dread.

At the evening's celebration, our families generously graced us with more toasts, songs, and speeches than we could ever deserve.

Nothing is more sentimental than our culture's celebration of Mother's Day or Father's Day.

More than that, we are told that upon his return, his older brother resented the celebration being held in his honor.

Brandon D. Smith, another leader of the Center, has called the Lord's Supper «more than a memory» and set forth a careful biblical justification for its weekly celebration in worship.

I would not be too surprised if some families are spending way more than 10 % of their income and feasting and family celebrations.

If we go to the book of Acts we see that Christianity is much more than mere Bible study - education is part of the equation, but communal praise, celebration and caring for each other's needs will still be critical.

The old lussegubbar custom virtually disappeared with urban migration, and white - clad Lucias with their singing processions were considered a more acceptable, controlled form of celebration than the youthful carousals of the past.Stockholmproclaimed its first Lucia in 1927.

More than a cookbook, The Cuban Table is a celebration of Cuban cooking, culture and cuisine.

The old lussegubbar custom virtually disappeared with urban migration, and white - clad Lucias with their singing processions were considered a more acceptable, controlled form of celebration than the youthful carousals of the past.

And spiritual, because we saw that Thanksgiving meant so much more to them than just eating well, and we felt honored to be part of their family celebration.

Heritage Fire will showcase more than 45 notable chefs and butchers from Colorado alongside top chefs from around the country, cooking 3,000 pounds of heritage breed animals in celebration of breed diversity and family farming.