Sentences with phrase «much a history lesson»

This is as much a history lesson as it is entertainment, lest we forget the roots of great gaming.

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The greatest lesson we can learn from history is that those who learn too much from it are doomed to draw parallels where none exist.

much less have all those present... second... I still sick and tired of this abuse of separation of church and state... you people need to get a history lesson in how it all came about and the intentions..

Henry's split from the Roman Church was based on theological differences much like the split between Rome and Luther (I don't want to get into a history lesson on the Church).

This is why atheists fight against it so much... we see what it's done to other nations and we remember the lessons history has to teach us.

From TV shows to history lessons and everything in between, sometimes what's missing from the narrative imprints our hearts as much as the noise.

I adore your history lessons and German - language lessons almost as much as I adore the food!

Georgia has the oldest wine culture and is pretty much the reason we have orange wine today, making each glass a little history lesson as well as a glimpse into the current (and future) state of skin - contact wines.

The grand, unified theory of this history lesson: There is so much baseball left.

One of the signal results of toxic - stress exposure is a hyperactive fight - or - flight mechanism, which can be a valuable asset in a violent home or neighborhood but is much less helpful during a seventh - grade history lesson.

Miliband: «If he wants a history lesson» he can be reminded of a 2008 speech in which he said «the problem of the last decade is too much regulation».

We have a rollicking parliamentary lesson in «pairing», «nodding through», «wrecking amendments» and the rather ominous «usual channels» — and to avoid too much of a history lesson for an evening at the theatre, it's all set to a soundtrack of David Bowie and Sex Pistols, provided by a live band playing in front of Big Ben's sad old face.

These legendary contests belong to a time when the electorate, and the political landscape, were different, but as much as the party should beware too much nostalgia, there are lessons to be learnt from history.

The lessons of a much more recent strategic disaster in Tory history are looming large.

And it will be much more than a history lesson.

It's a lesson in music history as much as anthropological cultural patterns.

Its a perfect film, romance, action, courage, revenge, tears, its very much an emotional roller coaster, but well worth it, you must see this before you die, its an actual history lesson.

The whole film is a lively lesson in music history that should stimulate renewed interest in Native American artists and convince other documentary filmmakers that there is still much more to explore.

Screen Daily was a fan, declaring that «History lessons should be as much fun to follow as Stephen Frears» history - linked films,» but not everyone found it so deliHistory lessons should be as much fun to follow as Stephen Frears» history - linked films,» but not everyone found it so delihistory - linked films,» but not everyone found it so delightful.

One of my biggest worries was that it would feel too much like a history lesson or worse: be terribly boring.

Cox aside, this pedestrian drama is hobbled by too many monodimensional characters and too much overly explanatory dialogue that feels like a dry high school history lesson...

Cox aside, this pedestrian drama is hobbled by too many monodimensional characters and too much overly explanatory dialogue that feels like a dry high school history lesson... Full Review

Historians would be first to note that the history lesson in Randall Wallace's (The Man in the Iron Mask, Pearl Harbor) screenplay is barely reminiscent of the facts (much taken from the Blind Harry poem, which is generally disregarded as romanticized folklore), but taken as a work of mostly fiction, it is still a rousing and well - executed tale of the inspirational fight for the right not to live under tyranny that has a universal appeal.

I'm not bothered by the storyline and can't say I absorbed much, but I've relished the history lesson in the advancement of Metroid gameplay.

It gives you access to 130 lesson plans, a jackpot of prepared teaching materials on major themes of American history — from the Revolutionary War to art to women's history to archaeology, and much more — all available on the Web.

«As a result of [my mission to Huntsville], classroom learning will be much more activity - based rather than theoretical - things like survivability, the history of space flight, the equipment used... and I will expand on the NASA material to make lesson plans more interesting for the students.»

From gaining a first - hand understanding of the tragic influences of the War Poets, to lessons into politics and insights into significant events in history, the landscape of Belgium has much to offer on a range of subjects.

Each government's wisdom is dependent on knowing as much as possible about the people, places and problems encountered in Historia, so students conduct rigorous, content - based research and use the lessons they learn along the way to solve problems, shape strategies and create their very own people's history.

The lessons of mapmaking and «discovery» apply, of course; unmapped and unexplored regions are often very much alive with culture and history.

If the peanut gallery can't except that, much like how a stubborn child fails to learn the valuable lessons of a loving parent, so be it, because in the final analysis, history will forget those people: for such individuals are lonely, have no humility, and leave this world not with a bang that, but with a pathetic valueless whimper that contributed nothing to further evolve or nurture the arts in its totality.

Ok, so much for the royal history lessons.

This short lesson in credit card history is meant to illustrate how much our concept of credit cards has changed over time.

... So yeah, not much else to add to that history lesson.

As much as this show celebrates the artists and their work, it also serves as a history lesson on the East Hampton art colony.

In short, he was very much attuned to the mid-19th century world, to its economic and technological development, to its concerns with the lessons of history and the nation's future prospects, to its debates about the contribution of art to civil society and to reflections on the nature of painting.

But a survey of Kim's work is much more than a history lesson in recent movements in art.

So as much as we want to ignore the conspiracy theorists, the fossil industry think tanks and the right - wing tea party crowd, we must also recognize climategate as a history lesson not to be forgotten.