Sentences with phrase «much the story of»

In this respect its history in Britain is as much the story of political expediency as one of economic principles in the abstract.

Theirs is too much the story of discrimination, repression, hopelessness, and frustration, and too little the saga of uplift and the march forward to genuine empowerment whether others cooperate or not.

It is not so much a story of Jesus» resurrection that John tells here as it is the story of Thomas's rise to faith.

Lila is very much the story of her baptism, perhaps even her conversion, and her struggle both with and against the possibility that she is among the elect.

That's pretty much the story of my life.

Alas, the euphoria was short - lived, as Woods, needing another bird on 18 to reach Casey, came up short with his approach shot and a birdie putt from 39 feet, which was pretty much the story of his day.

That was pretty much the story of his race - a race where he overtook on the inside, the outside, at Ste. Devote, at Mirabeau, and where his fastest lap was over 1.2 seconds faster than anyone else's.

Pretty much the story of my mothering lately — I really need these reminders to savor the moment and stop wishing for the next whatever!

That's so much a story of continuity and stability as it is one of luck and personal cunningness.

In fact, I know some people who would say that's pretty much the story of their lives.

That's pretty much the story of my life when it comes to my hair.

Pretty much the story of my life!

Thompson wrote about Peru's struggles to overcome a powerful political oligarchy, for example, and that's still very much the story of Peruvian politics today.

Tigerland is pretty much the story of Privates Bozz (Colin Farrell) and Paxton (Matthew Davis), who bond and become best friends during training at Fort Polk, Louisiana sometime in 1971.

Because school segregation is as much a story of failed public policy as it is one of white / privileged families thwarting it, our hearts - and - minds campaign offers a new model for integration in which this undertaking falls not on the backs of marginalized communities, but on white and / or privileged families who care about equity.

Kobo's browser is more basic and has way less features than the browser on the Boox, but it is faster and scrolling is much smoother and less jarring — that's pretty much the story of this comparison review: the Kobo is more basic and offers less overall features but it's faster and smoother at what it does do.

It is so much the story of my Niece who was born with Downs.

That's what I'm discovering as I'm reading — it's not so much a story of the trail as it is a story of self - discovery.

To be sure, there are dozens of major Henri Matisse works in the show, but Matisse / Diebenkorn is very much the story of Richard Diebenkorn and his decades - long engagement with the older artist.

Because of this, your curriculum vitae — translating to «course of life» in Latin — is as much the story of your career trajectory as it is a checklist of your qualifications.

haha Awkwardness is pretty much the story of my life!

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Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of KIND bars, says that «me too» versions of products and services don't stand much chance to be breakout success stories.

How much of that will be story - based and how much will be pitches?

«So much interchange had occurred across the line by early December» that a general «issued a directive unequivocally forbidding fraternization,» writes Stanley Weintraub in Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce.

You won't hear much on the news about the growth of a dry cleaner's down the street or a boutique hiring associates to sell children's clothing, but these are great success stories, too.

Much has changed over the last decade for Michael Dell, but a 1999 cover story of Michael Dell in SUCCESS magazine may hold an answer to that question.

Another layer to this story is the fact no other country in the history of the modern world has accumulated as much debt as fast as China.

But many fans are disappointed that Phasma didn't get much of a story arc in either movie.

Meanwhile, hanging out in the living room of your one - story, wood - frame house will only cut down the radiation by half, which — if you are next to a nuclear explosion — will not do much to help you.

I didn't much care for the 2015 Best Picture of the Year Spotlight; in my view, it was a Lifetime version of the kind of gripping story about journalism that All the President's Men actually was.

There's probably not much of a story.»

Of course, you can learn much more about Airbnb's history, trials, tribulations and triumph in my new book, The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions... and Created Plenty of ControversOf course, you can learn much more about Airbnb's history, trials, tribulations and triumph in my new book, The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions... and Created Plenty of Controversof Controversy.

The first game console, the Magnavox Odyssey, came out in 1972, but it wasn't much of a success (the story is thoroughly detailed in Sex, Bombs and Burgers).

World of Tomorrow stuff, but even though Tesla was officially served notice in 2017 that it won't have the electric - car realm all to itself for much longer, there was another major transportation story that loomed over everything else.

We can do a much better job telling our story today, half of the challenge is storytelling.

As much as this is the story of T'Challa, you're going to see [T'Challa] grappling with the nation underneath.

It's chock - full of fun content including actionable tips on how to make your videos more accessible using captions, improved tools for your video library management, how to create visual stories with a B - roll, and much more.

But Facebook had apparently been proudly documenting the influence it had on politics, and even reportedly had a section in the «Success Stories» tab on its business site that showed how much of a role the platform had played in elections around the world, according to the Intercept.

There was a depressing story in the The Globe and Mail the other day about how toy retailers aren't stocking as much product this year because of the economic slowdown.

In particular, some publishers have complained that they are unable to get as much advertising revenue from their Instant Articles as they could if those stories were hosted on their own sites instead of on Facebook's platform.

Much as J. K. Rowling inspired a generation's worth of wizard stories, James's coattails are dragging a slew of similar titles taking the same new route to bestseller.

Builders like you make much better stories than the stewards of Goldman Sachs, Walmart, and other traditional business darlings.

And the story of why the LePeres are now paying as much as their mortgage payment on insulin, even though they have insurance and even though there are competing drugs on the market, is really the story of what has happened to the healthcare industry in America since the start of the century.

The truth is in the video for millions of people, no matter how much back - story you add.

As for the veracity of my story, I assure you that everything is true to the best of my knowledge, though I do not have much in the way of documentation.

Host Amanda Boleyn went through a similar journey when she quit a corporate job five years ago, and now, she's devoted much of her time to telling stories that will inspire others to stop thinking about their dreams and start chasing them.

I've got a story in the new issue of Canadian Business magazine about the rise of cloud gaming — or online services that act much like Netflix do in that they sell streaming access to the same sorts of video games you'd find on your Xbox or Playstation.

«Cord cutting» has been a kind of ghost story for cable providers for much of the past decade — a tale that, while foreboding, didn't seem entirely real.

«Shakespeare this ain't, and Gears 3 struggles at times with its forced attempts at heart - string pluckery, but I can forgive it as much; gore - starved guns adorned with toothy chainsaws easily atone for any cheesiness suffered along the way... the Gears 3 story continues with what amounts to a blood - drenched tale of woe, suffering, loss and absolution, cathartica that stands out in harsh relief when framed by the»80s era Schwarzenegger - ness of most of the dialogue.

He failed, of course, and widespread reports of his legal manoeuvring — an injunction against publication and a $ 100 - million libel suit — ensured the story got much more attention than it might otherwise have warranted.