Sentences with phrase «of modern world»

Here in the 21st century, the passport has evolved to not only act as the key to get through (airport) gates, but it has become a symbol of our ability to travel freely throughout much of the modern world.

In fact, despite the conveniences of the modern world, most people have less free time than in generations past.

Writer Rick Bass says Montanans tend to think of themselves as living in a Garden of Eden, isolated from the reach of the modern world, but in reality...

Starting from his pen name, in this best - selling philosophy book, the author deepened the most hidden sides of the modern world, its gloomy nuances and the worst flaws of Humans.

This eBook is the perfect historical account of these technologies, giving you a detailed background of some of these important components of the modern world.

Let's examine college cause / effect essay writing on the problematic topic of modern world - ecology.

While this may be a tool for getting things done it is not really a tool of the modern world.

Joshua B. Freeman's Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World weaves these grim visions of factories into a broad and compulsively readable cultural history of the birth and development of factories and their impact on society.

The headlines you've seen, the editorials bemoaning the sorry state of our modern world — all sincere and well intentioned.

A Fraction of the Whole is an uproarious indictment of the modern world and its mores - a rollicking rollercoaster ride from obscurity to infamy, and the moving, memorable story of a father and son whose spiritual symmetry transcends all their many shortcomings.

Writes Gates: «Even if you have never given a moment's thought to how electricity reaches your outlets, I think this book would convince you that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world.

Bullough's prose delights in poetic observations of the landscape, and he makes keen observations of the modern world's insistent destruction of that which he loves.

A Fraction of the Whole is an uproarious indictment of the modern world and its mores and the epic debut of the blisteringly funny and talented Steve Toltz.

Anne Frank's diary is one of the most influential and well - known of the modern world.

encouraging elected officials, Department of Education officials and the leadership of the ultra-Orthodox world to act responsibly in preparing their youth for economic sufficiency and for broad access to the resources of the modern world.»

The challenges of the modern world will not be addressed by technology alone.

The following readings from Chapter 2 of The Jews of Poland can be used to strengthen this understanding: «Strangers in a New Land», «On the Edge of Time and Space», and «The Lure of the Modern World»

Maths is the study of patterns, of logic, of problem solving, and underpins the very essence of the modern world.

As well as helping to keep experienced and valued teachers working in our schools, this pilot will make sure teaching remains attractive to the next generation and regarded as a profession that is flexible to the demands of the modern world.»

Trust is fundamental to managing the complexity of the modern world, enabling us to maintain certain expectations of ourselves, of others or of systems.

He loves working in the crucible of the modern world — he is able to see the kinds of technologies that are being adopted, and he can help shape the ways that they will be used.

The product includes a document of 16 talking points and interesting facts about one of the seven wonders of the modern world.

«If we wish to train good citizens of democracy it is essential that one of the conscious and deliberate aims of their teachers should be to interest their pupils in the affairs of the modern world and so to train them that they will later develop a power of wise social judgement.»

These steps will help to set guidance for all schools on how to teach these subjects so that it helps young people face the challenges of the modern world.

This is a Year 10 topic in Northern Ireland and introduces pupils to the challenges of the modern world.

Given the social, political, and economic complexities of the modern world, high - school students need a broad, deep, liberal arts education that will enable them to meet the challenges of the future as informed, thoughtful adults.

As well as helping to keep experienced and valued teachers working in our schools, this pilot will help make sure teaching remains attractive to the next generation and regarded as a profession that is flexible to the demands of the modern world.»

Richard Allen, an Executive at Naace, The ICT Association, looks at how technology and ICT in education supports, empowers and enables the development of many aspects of education in the context of the modern world and it describes some of the benefits for stakeholders.

However, these are not the only numbers worth noting when it comes to women of the modern world.

With the terrible weaponry of the modern world; with Muslims and Christians intertwined everywhere as never before, no side can unilaterally win a conflict between more than half of the world's inhabitants.

This activity can be used in conjunction with a reading or a writing task, and can be used as an introduction to the overall idea of the modern world or any of the 3 areas identified.

Digital simulations and models can help students not only better understand various disciplines, but also get acquainted with the wonders of the modern world.

We have undergone a significant period of curriculum reform in Scotland, at the heart of which is the importance of developing the skills, insights and confidence to respond to the challenges and opportunities of our modern world.

«We had a brilliant time making this movie in Silicon Valley and I hope Londoners will enjoy a behind - the - scenes look into the making of the modern world.

Hunting Lands is the story of reclusive veteran Frank Olsen who yearns to escape from the complexities of the modern world.

The film takes one of the modern world's most compelling tragedies and uses it to tell a fairy tale romance that bridges a class divide.

It's a commentary, first, on the psychologically draining aspects of the modern world and, later, on the apparent need for people to create problems just so they can be cured.

His perspective contrasts sharply with that of comedic auteurs intent on depicting a cynical view of the modern world clouded with nostalgia.

It is a sad fact of this modern world, and my work in it, that there is too much television.

But the real star here is a revelatory role for Michael Keaton, always a welcome presence, though wallowing, like many in the periphery of the modern world's interpretation of relevance.

She was sui generis, a brilliant chronicler of the anomie of the disaffected denizens of our modern world.

The amiable oddball Monsieur Hulot was his most beloved creation, a bemused outsider navigating the craziness of the modern world, but unlike the films of Chaplin, Tati's screen alter ego is just a member of an ensemble.

Mann has championed digital film since «Collateral,» and the equalizing effect of the format helps to convey the disconnection of the modern world.

Ethan Hawke is a pastor whose faith is tested by the realities of the modern world in a new trailer for Paul Schrader's First Reformed.

At his best, Mann's work explores the thin line that separates good from bad, acknowledging the moral complexities of the modern world.

So how naive are these old people about the ways of the modern world?

«This year's crop of nominees is a rich tapestry of modern world cinema.»

DIRECTOR Matthew Heineman follows up his brutal, Oscar - nominated Cartel Land with this equally harrowing and alarming film focused on one of the modern world's most inescapable issues.

The film finds Adam at a low point in his long existence with wife Eve swooping in to lift him from his disappointment at the state of the modern world.

With the idea of isolationism and the prejudices of the modern world well in mind, Black Panther is not only an outstanding work in comic book filmmaking.