Sentences with phrase «of a marvel as»

What can one say in the face of such a cabinet of marvels as «the startled cherry of his cigarette» (a Nazi about to be killed by a sniper), or a tool that «lathed the wrinkled lake,» or (my favorite) a line about stars on a river that lie scattered «like jacks tossed on linoleum»?

Not exact matches

It's hard not to marvel at the amount of work that went into making it play as such.

McChrystal still marvels at JSOC's old organizational hierarchy as a model of order, with groups operating in silos and a chain of command to communicate.

At this point, most grandparents have learned to use such marvels of the modern world as laptops, smartphones and even social media, right?

In it, space nerds of all stripes will find a ton of engineering to marvel at, including a 35 - story space vehicle (and even the prospect the intercontinental rockets that could get you from London to New York in under a half an hour), as well as plenty of discussion of the many technical challenges to realize this dream.

Best of all, most of these text - messaging marvels cost nothing to use — though you'll want to check with your carrier to see how many messages (if any) are allowed as part of your monthly plan.

You realize as all of these modern marvels are spinning and moving around you, that you're one of the few living the good life.

The start of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks this week — negotiations foisted on Canada and Mexico by U.S. President Donald Trump — provides a moment to marvel at how trade has emerged, unexpectedly, as a defining issue for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's still - young Liberal government.

In a world fixated by disruption, the bank stands out as a marvel of continuity.

As one former adviser marveled, «The number of compromises he made to get this job, when you think about it, is pretty staggering.»

As he surveyed the mountains of supplies, he marveled at the generosity of Baltimore's Jewish community.

Reality... his bones would have been produced and marveled at as proof that he did not resurrect the Jewish leaders at that time for sure would have produced them... providing of course that they were available... why do nt you take the time to study, read the evidence for yourself before spouting like so many other bitter atheists (that I once was for many years)... give love a try you might enjoy it, it gives live meaning and true purpose, everything finds its place in Christ... I hope you find hope some day...

«All we can hope for is serendipity — that a scientist as inquisitive as the one looking in the lobster's mouth and marvelling at S pandora will come across evil, maybe from the preserved brains of those afflicted....

On the third question posed by the Chiang Mai meeting, regarding the Holy Spirit and religious plurality, the statement declares: «We have learned again to see the activity of the Spirit as beyond our definitions, descriptions, and limitations, as «the wind blows where it wills» (John 3:8) We have marveled at the «economy» of the Spirit in all the world, and are full of hope and expectancy.

Most feel awe as well as terror in the face of natural marvels.

Thus I do not see the story of the virginal conception as a marvel of biology that, if true, proves that Jesus really was the Son of God.

Given the strange restrictions under which their makers must work, the constructions already produced are marvels of ingenuity, although a creature so constituted is probably more plausible as a sensitive observer of sunsets than as the creative agent who, in a surprisingly short burst of intense activity, produced Process and Reality.

But marvel as we may, we shall still be puzzled about why one should have to undertake such an Aufbau of something that was originally deemed so important that in a very real sense the postulated actual entities are in fact constructions out of it.

The Christian heroism (and perhaps it is rarely to be seen) is to venture wholly to be oneself, as an individual man, this definite individual man, alone before the face of God, alone in this tremendous exertion and this tremendous responsibility; but it is not Christian heroism to be humbugged by the pure idea of humanity or to play the game of marveling at world - history.

Indeed, most cultures in human history have generated no such marvel as the modern scientific movement, and even in our own culture, scientifically oriented as it is supposed to be, most people accept the benefits of technology and use the vocabulary of science but do not in fact choose to abide by the disciplines that alone make scientific productivity possible.

I tell you this tale as I mull and marvel how the Almighty metes to mankind the blessings of reason, rule, and realm.

A childlike adult, however, aware of no special need to see the world as a Harvard philosopher does, could not help being struck by the marvel that no one denies: that things marvelously are and then are not.

The marvel of it is, not that there are inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the Bible as we have it, but that we have the Bible at all.

The Bible is a «symposium» of works by a number of persons, composed of many writings, written over a period of hundreds of years, some only preserved in fragments, by unknown authors, written on animal skins (for they had no paper as we know it), with no printing presses to preserve the writing... It's a marvel we have the Bible at all.

Rising social standards, the rise of the Machine, the growth of knowledge... We are naively disposed to marvel, or even grow indignant, as though these separate events and their conjunction were something accidental or surprising.

(Example: Benjamin Constant was often marveled at as an extraordinary instance of superior intelligence with inferior character, He writes [Journal, Paris, 1895, p. 56]-RRB-, «I am tossed and dragged about by my miserable weakness.

The challenge before us is to navigate the hyphen and be prepared to explore our varied histories, discover the outside forces, question the economic compulsions, be astounded by the cultural diversity, empathise with the experience of marginality, marvel at the memories that have shaped all these various selves, and offered, and continue to offer us, an identity or identities across the hyphen, as the various embodied selves that make up the assorted group of people who are called Indian - Christians.

Muslims examine Islamic text this way all the time, and many Chrisktians would marvel thinking that just isn't done in Christianity (because much of Christianity view it as heresy).

Though not seen face to face, this God is yet encountered with a striking immediacy in the larvae Dei — the created marvels of God's hand, the bread and wine at mass, even the mystery of one's own self as created being.

F. Scott Fitzgerald is careful to depict the decadence of the Jazz Age as a fast - burning flame, a volatile marvel until it burns swiftly and catastrophically out.

Kemper is a marvel — a perfect blend of the candy - eyed ball of mirth she played as Erin on The Office with a new, heretofore undiscovered fire and backbone.

I've often marveled at the fact that Jesus» instructions to the rich young ruler to sell all of his belongings and give to the poor are rarely applied universally (because we interpret them as being spoken to a specific person in a unique circumstance), while Paul's instructions to Timothy are often applied to all women at all times, (despite being written to a specific person in a unique circumstance.)

And just as we can ponder on the Unity Law on many levels throughout creation, and marvel at God's work either in simplicity of principle or in great depth of detail, so too in the rosary we can contemplate the Mystery of Christ at many levels, from the childlike words of trust and confidence contained in the prayers themselves, through meditation on the mysteries of our Lord's loving work for us, to the heights of mystical union with the Mind and Heart of Christ.

All the Reformers were of one mind in wanting to abandon the implications of the sometimes hysterical piety of the faithful towards the «Blessed Sacrament», marvelling at a kind of almost horrific miracle in the «transubstantiation» which occurred, as it were automatically, when the correct words and gestures proceeded from a properly ordained priest.

You can even think of it as a science experiment, and just marvel at the results, as they slowly develop.

As I pulled out the tray of granola from the oven and stirred the mixture of oats, nuts and seeds, then put it right back in to bake some more, I marveled at the fact that she decided to just do it.

I am originally from New England (but currently living in California), and as fall is approaching I would love nothing more than to curl up under a blanket on my back porch and marvel at the fall colors with a steaming cup of coffee in my hand keeping me warm.

That is what I've learned in my world of baking as a Celiac — that it just keeps getting better because we keep patiently opening new doors together, and marveling at the view.

Returning to his hometown, Bayonne, the author marvels at the incongruity of an ultraexclusive golf club sharing a zip code with a city that's best known as a punch line

As he developed the discipline that boxing demands — and took the academic classes required of all participants — relatives marveled that his anger gradually drained away.

Around LIFE Dominis was regarded as something of a marvel, a photographer who could work without indulging in the theatrics considered almost a requisite of the profession in those days.

The goals against liv and spu were very similar as he beat the entire team single handedly going the full length of the pitch... absolutely awsome display the man is truly a marvel.

For sure, we can see why you went for the players you chose for the 2015/16 PFA Team of the Year: the wonderfully consistent sidewinder that is Riyad Mahrez, the mercurial genius of Dele Alli as he shone on England's top stage, and the exhilarating midfield marvel that is Dimitri Payet and his free - kick genius.

As more and more football obsessives are having to consult history books and catch whatever old footage is available to assess the likes of Ferenc Puskas, Pelé, George Best, Johan Cruyff et al, every shimmy and slalom and strike along the dazzling trail Messi leaves in his wake is there to marvel at.

As I watch Jovi flourish and marvel at what an incredible kid he is, I think of all the Jovis out there, who never will get the chance to shine.

You know, as a new parent I marvel at the controversy and intensity of parenting advice and theories in our country.

Some days, after writing about bullying and trauma, I marvel that most of us make it to adulthood as well as we do.

Audiences are encouraged to clap along — as well as marvel that the roof hasn't yet been blown off with the sheer enormity of ebullient soul.

How do parents take care of babies in cultures unchanged by such technological marvels as the clock, the baby bottle, and the baby carriage?

My parents have always raved about all the little towns in this corner of the state and it was fun to explore some of them with Will, who as a native Texan couldn't stop marveling at all the old homes and colorful foliage.