Sentences with phrase «of a history lesson on»

It is also something of a history lesson on the Hmong people, an Asian ethnic group who sought refuge in America following the Korean War.

Peary builds his film as a sort of history lesson on the rise and development of film criticism from the early days prior to the release of The Birth of a Nation, the Sarris / Kael war, to Bowsley Crowther's 27 - year reign as top critic at The New York Times and even touching a little on the New World of the internet where everyone has the potential to be a critic.

And with Tale of Tales closing down, Elise Wehle wrote a letter to developers in the form of a history lesson on the avant garde and how posterity tends to redeem it.

Not exact matches

In honor of its anniversary, Scott Berkun, the author of five popular books on creativity and leadership, wrote an essay devoted to lessons you can learn from the history of the Eiffel Tower's construction.

As adviser to Drip on the sale, we took some time to reflect on the history of the business and some lessons from the deal for other entrepreneurs looking to achieve similar success.

It was part history lesson and part victory lap on the rise of the low - cost investing revolution:

Too late for the tour and the history lesson, too late in the season on this southern plantation, and the ancient, front - line cedar soldiersbacked up by a strong regiment of holliesare not telling what they know.I walk on the old brick, caulked with thin moss, but soon overlaid with a thickening....

Based on the lessons of history, Tickle expects that the following will happen as a result of this paradigm shift:

Either way, consider this an oral history of lessons learned, passed on to you through this book.

Runciman's History resembles the medieval chronicles on which it is based, using narratives of events and depictions of individuals to draw moral as well as historical lessons: «by the inexorable laws of history, the whole world pays for the crimes and follies of each of its citizens.History resembles the medieval chronicles on which it is based, using narratives of events and depictions of individuals to draw moral as well as historical lessons: «by the inexorable laws of history, the whole world pays for the crimes and follies of each of its citizens.history, the whole world pays for the crimes and follies of each of its citizens.»

Given this long history of Christian collusion with social injustice, today we must reflect on the lessons of the participation in the first phase of capitalist - led globalization from 1492/1498 onwards.

Ogilbee and Riess provide vivid details about each location, report on conversations with pilgrims, offer reflections on the history and give hints of lessons that might be learned.

Egyptian state - controlled media regularly broadcast the anti-Judaic and anti-Christian sermons that jihadist religious leaders preach on Fridays, and the history lessons in the state - controlled schools rarely mention the centuries when Egypt was a majority - Christian province of the caliph's empire.

A little history lesson is required for the president, America was supposedly founded on CHRISTIAN VALUES, the obvious result of freedom of RELIGIOUS WORSHIP was meant STRICTLY CHRISTIAN CONCEPTS, Baptists, Pentecostals, Catholics, Protestants, Evangelicals, Mormons, anything outside the Church of England.

When analysts and fund managers gather in picturesque St Helena and its surrounds in California's Napa Valley on March 9 and 10 for a full run - through by Treasury Wine Estates» plan for super-charging its American wine business, the lessons of history may loom large.

Haha despite the usual depressing history lesson you feel the need to give on the first half of every post... Actually a hint of optimism??

He is a walking history lesson on the subject of suffering, drive and will.

Our great leader Arsene Wenger has no interest in citing history lessons ahead of Arsenal's top - of - the - table clash against Chelsea on Sunday, and the Frenchman thinks that current form should be the deciding factor in the game.

Wenger is as usual treating players poorly and inconsistent e.g Lacca never plays 90 mins Xhaka plays every game every minute I know who I think is better For me I can not think of another midfielder who we bought worse than Xhaka We have not fixed the problems we have (as always) hoodwinked) the fans We have not spent a penny in the last two windows we've spent what been generated I have not and then I'll not spend a penny on the club till that awful manager is gone (don't give me history lessons about how good he is / was) It may be the board but until wenger has gone we won't know.

One of the most engaging on - screen history lessons I've ever seen.

This mini history lesson continues outside the tenement on Orchard Street and goes around the neighbourhood describing how these immigrants lived outside of their homes in the neighbourhood and how the area has changed over the years.

Maybe it's understandable because of the messages we get from certain parts of society, they might think it is sexual because a person's mouth, even if it is a baby is on a woman's breast but they need to get a grip and review their history lessons.

Through a series of loose lessons Alom Shaha tells his own compelling story, drawing on the theories of some of history s greatest thinkers and interrogating the fallacies that have impeded humanity for centuries.

«Other content will include: quality research papers from Lagos State Tertiary institutions covering a wide variety of topics digitised for the platform; vocational training videos; creatively presented history lessons and online courses on coding.»

The Conservative Party is calling on the Government to make history lessons compulsory up to the age of 16.

History lesson With the advent of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the CEQ was set up to ensure that the federal government adequately conducted the newly required environmental impact statements, resolved disputes on environmental subjects among agencies as well as states, and generally ensured that NEPA's goal of «productive harmony» among human economic pursuits and the natural environment came to pass.

History Lesson: On the opposite side of town, The Whaling Museum and Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor allows you to step back in time and explore the area's whaling hHistory Lesson: On the opposite side of town, The Whaling Museum and Education Center of Cold Spring Harbor allows you to step back in time and explore the area's whaling historyhistory.

If you think that it could never happen to us here in the United States, then please reflect on another lesson of history.

LinC (Lessons in Conservation) Online Journal American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity Conservation (CBC), and the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP) An open - access journal that provides educators and students free, downloadable lessons on biodiversity conservation.

Although this has not all been confirmed by research, remember our little history lesson on Hippocrates, the father of medicine, that was using it for wound cleaning over two thousand years ago.

Participants will examine their personal strengths, fears and cultural histories in relation to their role as a teacher, understand the needs of students and schools, learn classroom management techniques, write lesson plans and practice teaching Bent On Learning's yoga curriculum for primary, middle and high school students.

We were given a history lesson on the origins of beer, learning that Monks were the first professional brewers - they were the first to use hops and sell to thirsty travellers and pilgrims.

I'll get into all the details of the evening and give a little history lesson on geisha in tomorrow's post.

Plus I got a history lesson by watching Sons of Liberty on the History Channel on thistory lesson by watching Sons of Liberty on the History Channel on tHistory Channel on the 4th.

Look, we all have relationship histories with varying amounts of residual damage and I am more than happy to share our heartbreak and lessons learned, but let's hold off on that until we're officially in a relationship.

Chamberlin Observatory offers a unique look into the night sky, and for a small fee, you can get a history lesson on aspects of astronomy and how the observatory came to be in the late 19th - century.

Few reading this need a history lesson on the Nazi treatment of the Jews, and other minority groups such as gypsies and homosexuals, for it is basic high school history if nothing else.

It's an impeccably crafted history lesson that, unusually for a Spielberg film, tells us why its subject matter is important, instead of engaging with it on an emotional level.

Based on the Brian Selznick novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Scorsese's first family movie combines a young boy's adventure with a cinematic history lesson.

This was just a messy and bloated amalgamation of action, comedy, romance, mysticism and history lesson — a misfire on every level.

I wasn't expecting a history lesson on the Winchester House, but at least something with a bit of a story to it.

... «and the old» (in chronological order) Perepoloch (Turmoil, Aleksandr Levšin, 1928)-- archival revelations happen Chlib (Bread, Mykola Špikovskij, 1929) Perekop (Perekop, Ivan Kavaleridze, 1930) * Kvartira nemca (The Apartment of a German, Mojsej Berov & Aleksandr Medvedkin, 1945)-- ecstasy (thanks to the Belye Stolby Festival) Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945) Giorni di gloria (Days of Glory, Luchino Visconti, Giuseppe De Santis, Mario Serandrei, Marcello Pagliero, 1945) Morituri (Eugen York, 1948) Strange Victory (Leo Hurwitz, 1948) * Guān liánzhǎng (Platoon Commander Guan, Shí Hūi, 1951) Tiān xiānpèi (The Heavenly Match, Shí Hūi, 1955)-- some match that is Die Welt horcht auf (The World Pricks up Its Ears, Max Jaap und Karl - Eduard von Schnitzler, 1957) Ósmy dzień tygodnia (The Eighth Day of the Week, Aleksander Ford, 1958) The Lineup (Don Siegel, 1958) * Čovek i zver (Man and Beast, Edwin Zbonek, 1963) Lo scandalo (The Scandal, Anna Gobbi, 1966)-- revelations happen (now give us a film print) Gorke trave (Witness Out Of Hell, Živorad Mitrović, 1967) Nemirni (The Naughty Ones, Vojislav «Kokan» Rakonjac, 1967) I cannibali (The Cannibals, Liliana Cavani, 1969) Sziget a szárazföldön (Island on the Continent, Elek Judit, 1969) * Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel, 1970) Making of «Nedostaje mi Sonja Henie» (Making of «I Miss Sonia Henie», 1972)-- KarpoGODina * Hans — ein Junge in Deutschland (Hans — A Boy in Germany, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1985)-- a lesson in (TV) history * Barbara (Nils Malmros, 1997)-- how could I not like iof a German, Mojsej Berov & Aleksandr Medvedkin, 1945)-- ecstasy (thanks to the Belye Stolby Festival) Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945) Giorni di gloria (Days of Glory, Luchino Visconti, Giuseppe De Santis, Mario Serandrei, Marcello Pagliero, 1945) Morituri (Eugen York, 1948) Strange Victory (Leo Hurwitz, 1948) * Guān liánzhǎng (Platoon Commander Guan, Shí Hūi, 1951) Tiān xiānpèi (The Heavenly Match, Shí Hūi, 1955)-- some match that is Die Welt horcht auf (The World Pricks up Its Ears, Max Jaap und Karl - Eduard von Schnitzler, 1957) Ósmy dzień tygodnia (The Eighth Day of the Week, Aleksander Ford, 1958) The Lineup (Don Siegel, 1958) * Čovek i zver (Man and Beast, Edwin Zbonek, 1963) Lo scandalo (The Scandal, Anna Gobbi, 1966)-- revelations happen (now give us a film print) Gorke trave (Witness Out Of Hell, Živorad Mitrović, 1967) Nemirni (The Naughty Ones, Vojislav «Kokan» Rakonjac, 1967) I cannibali (The Cannibals, Liliana Cavani, 1969) Sziget a szárazföldön (Island on the Continent, Elek Judit, 1969) * Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel, 1970) Making of «Nedostaje mi Sonja Henie» (Making of «I Miss Sonia Henie», 1972)-- KarpoGODina * Hans — ein Junge in Deutschland (Hans — A Boy in Germany, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1985)-- a lesson in (TV) history * Barbara (Nils Malmros, 1997)-- how could I not like iof Glory, Luchino Visconti, Giuseppe De Santis, Mario Serandrei, Marcello Pagliero, 1945) Morituri (Eugen York, 1948) Strange Victory (Leo Hurwitz, 1948) * Guān liánzhǎng (Platoon Commander Guan, Shí Hūi, 1951) Tiān xiānpèi (The Heavenly Match, Shí Hūi, 1955)-- some match that is Die Welt horcht auf (The World Pricks up Its Ears, Max Jaap und Karl - Eduard von Schnitzler, 1957) Ósmy dzień tygodnia (The Eighth Day of the Week, Aleksander Ford, 1958) The Lineup (Don Siegel, 1958) * Čovek i zver (Man and Beast, Edwin Zbonek, 1963) Lo scandalo (The Scandal, Anna Gobbi, 1966)-- revelations happen (now give us a film print) Gorke trave (Witness Out Of Hell, Živorad Mitrović, 1967) Nemirni (The Naughty Ones, Vojislav «Kokan» Rakonjac, 1967) I cannibali (The Cannibals, Liliana Cavani, 1969) Sziget a szárazföldön (Island on the Continent, Elek Judit, 1969) * Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel, 1970) Making of «Nedostaje mi Sonja Henie» (Making of «I Miss Sonia Henie», 1972)-- KarpoGODina * Hans — ein Junge in Deutschland (Hans — A Boy in Germany, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1985)-- a lesson in (TV) history * Barbara (Nils Malmros, 1997)-- how could I not like iof the Week, Aleksander Ford, 1958) The Lineup (Don Siegel, 1958) * Čovek i zver (Man and Beast, Edwin Zbonek, 1963) Lo scandalo (The Scandal, Anna Gobbi, 1966)-- revelations happen (now give us a film print) Gorke trave (Witness Out Of Hell, Živorad Mitrović, 1967) Nemirni (The Naughty Ones, Vojislav «Kokan» Rakonjac, 1967) I cannibali (The Cannibals, Liliana Cavani, 1969) Sziget a szárazföldön (Island on the Continent, Elek Judit, 1969) * Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel, 1970) Making of «Nedostaje mi Sonja Henie» (Making of «I Miss Sonia Henie», 1972)-- KarpoGODina * Hans — ein Junge in Deutschland (Hans — A Boy in Germany, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1985)-- a lesson in (TV) history * Barbara (Nils Malmros, 1997)-- how could I not like iOf Hell, Živorad Mitrović, 1967) Nemirni (The Naughty Ones, Vojislav «Kokan» Rakonjac, 1967) I cannibali (The Cannibals, Liliana Cavani, 1969) Sziget a szárazföldön (Island on the Continent, Elek Judit, 1969) * Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel, 1970) Making of «Nedostaje mi Sonja Henie» (Making of «I Miss Sonia Henie», 1972)-- KarpoGODina * Hans — ein Junge in Deutschland (Hans — A Boy in Germany, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1985)-- a lesson in (TV) history * Barbara (Nils Malmros, 1997)-- how could I not like iof «Nedostaje mi Sonja Henie» (Making of «I Miss Sonia Henie», 1972)-- KarpoGODina * Hans — ein Junge in Deutschland (Hans — A Boy in Germany, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1985)-- a lesson in (TV) history * Barbara (Nils Malmros, 1997)-- how could I not like iof «I Miss Sonia Henie», 1972)-- KarpoGODina * Hans — ein Junge in Deutschland (Hans — A Boy in Germany, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1985)-- a lesson in (TV) history * Barbara (Nils Malmros, 1997)-- how could I not like it?

It can be categorized as an underdog sports drama, a political thriller, a history lesson in the Russian government of the 50s, but most importantly it centers on the teacher / coach / student relationship and the close bonds that are formed.

Throughout all of this, which is almost like a Wikipedia history lesson, Condon leans far too heavily on montage whenever possible, never wasting a moment to cut to choppily and crudely edited scenes, backed by generic electro beats with printed text messages and IRC chats flying across the screen.

The actor has stressed the importance of reflecting back on history, and of learning its lessons

I can only hope that we get to explore more of Zelda in the present day through Champions» Ballad, and that's it's not simply a history lesson on her and her family.

The picture opens with a history lesson, filling us in on the events that led to the Iranian revolution of 1979.

Lucasfilm has tried this tactic before with the «Anakin / Darth Vader: Origins» prequels, albeit to a disastrous degree, but the powers that be have since learned their lessons on what ingredients should be part of their iconic character's fundamental history.

Perhaps Ramis, who conceived of this Biblical spoof, should have taken lessons from other misfires like Wholly Moses and History of the World Part I prior to setting out on this fool's venture.

Oscar - winning documentarian Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September, Touching the Void) makes his feature debut here, based on Giles Foden's novel, and it's a curious piece of work, part biopic, part history lesson and part Hitchcockian thriller.