Sentences with phrase «of the earth on»

B.C.E.) postulated that the earth was round some 200 years later, due to seeing the moon as round and could see the shadow of the earth on the moon as well when it was quartered.

«Aristotle accepted the spherical shape of the Earth on empirical grounds around 330 BC, and knowledge of the spherical Earth gradually began to spread beyond the Hellenistic world from then on.»

Too many people want too many things too quickly, with little concern for the sustainability of the earth on which all depend.

Such humaneness was the direct result of the prophetic teaching — of Amos» indignation against those who «pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor»; (Amos 2:6 - 7.)

Note also that the work translated as «day» can also be translated as «age», and does not always refer to a 24 hour period (one rotation of the earth on it's axis).

Because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, they pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father go in to the same maiden, to profane my name; and they lay themselves, down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.20

Carlo's Bakery, the setting of the hit TLC series Cake Boss, will open its doors in the Winter section of Casino of the Earth on Saturday, September 12th.

It looks like there's a picture of the Earth on some sort of spinning module, but WHAT DOES IT MEAN!?

When a known asteroid passed within 28,000 kilometers of Earth on February 15, astronomers hoped it would serve as a wake - up call about the danger of meteorite impacts.

The Chandler wobble is the change in the spin of the earth on its axis.

Cassini came within 700 miles of Earth on August 17, 1999.

The global thirst for coffee beans has also led us to the outer edges of the earth on a hunt for more farmland, making mass deforestation a huge concern in business.

I just put the Pillars of the Earth on my «to read» list.

You may think of a dress or a coat with ombre style that embodies the layers of the earth on its blending colors and fading hues.

You can also Journey to the Center of the Earth on Blu - ray Disc.

Not exact matches

The reality of an astronaut's job is all about being on Earth and preparing and helping other people fly in space and supporting them and training each other.

Why on earth would I do the experimenting on my own nickel when, for a collection of relatively inexpensive fees and conditions, I can purchase expertise from the recognized world authority on sub sandwiches, the Subway organization?

«The load of bacteria on the Tesla could be considered a biothreat, or a backup copy of life on Earth,» she said.

And on the prior slide, it's interesting to note on Mars, dawn and dusk are blue — the sky is blue during dawn and dusk, and red during the day — it's the opposite of Earth.

Truaxe, who recently changed his job title on LinkedIn to «Worker on Earth,» has control of his company's Instagram account, Jezebel reported earlier this month.

Elon Musk's far - fetched plan not only to get humans to Mars, but to inhabit it, has evidently driven interest in the Red Planet: A team of NASA scientists will talk about the challenges of living on Earth's neighbor, while Lockheed Martin and NASA will combine to talk about the interplanetary travel systems that will take us there.

«Buildings have been constructed from Earth for thousands of years including, according to recent evidence, the Pyramids,» the site reads on its FAQ page.

We can call out lots of reasons why this nation suffers from a record of gun tragedies that no other country on earth experiences — and we can conjure up other theories until we forget the urgency of Parkland and Las Vegas and Newtown and move on to something else.

The daughter of late Walmart founder Sam Walton, Alice Walton holds a major piece of the company fortune, making her the richest woman on earth.

On Monday, Musk tweeted that instead of disposing that leftover earth, he plans to recycle it into interlocking, Lego - style bricks that can be used to build houses and other structures.

Bill Waren, senior trade analyst at Friends of the Earth, called the decision «recklessly irresponsible and a thinly veiled attack on clean energy.»

Which means if SpaceX does do something like 30 launches next year, it'll be approximately half of all orbital launches that occur on Earth.

Then there's the 400,000 other things you need to know, so how on Earth is a physician who reads an average of five papers a month supposed to do this?

To understand fusion is to understand where most of the energy we use here on earth originates.

The Danes, after all, are the second happiest group of people on Earth.

The study, headed by Professor Edward Guinan of the school's astronomy and astrophysics department, initially looked at which crops would thrive in soil that is similar to that found on Mars (based on readings taken by the Phoenix Mars lander and samples recreated on earth).

It's tough to know what happened on Earth thousands of years before anyone started writing anything down.

His status as a mere witness is all the more reason to go in prepared through legal counsel — «even if you're telling a story about ice cream, because these are some of the most irresponsible people on earth,» he said, referring to Congress.

It will be a war more serious in terms of human suffering than anything we've seen since 1953,» Mattis said, also noting the danger to the heavily - populated South Korean capital of Seoul: «It will involve the massive shelling of an ally's capital, which is one of the most densely packed cities on earth.»

For much of the history of space exploration on Earth, the powerful rockets used to propel people and cargo to orbit or beyond typically end up in a watery grave at the bottom of the ocean or eventually burning up in the atmosphere.

Answers like «all of America,» «anyone with a mobile phone,» or «every female on earth» is far too broad to tackle with a startup and shows you don't really have a strong understanding of your market.

A company called EarthNow plans to use satellites to provide «live and unfiltered» footage of almost anywhere on earth.

How on earth could the party possibly know that there is exactly $ 600 million of «waste» in the system?

Special Agent Rick Deslauriers from the FBI vowed that authorities would «go to the ends of the Earth» to find those responsible, but he had nothing new on leads or suspects.

Earth Angel has worked on the sets of commercials, televisions series, and 13 feature films — including movies like Black Panther, The Post, The Amazing Spider - Man 2, and Ghostbusters.

«I think far less than 1 percent of the 7.4 billion people on earth are driven by the environmental benefit of plant - based food.

Fans of Disney can visit «The Happiest Place on Earth,» movie buffs can hit up Universal Orlando, and animal lovers can take a tour of SeaWorld.

Still, there is not a company on the face of the Earth that can maintain a powerful brand image with lousy or even mediocre products and service.

Some of the smartest, most accomplished people on earth — Richard Branson, for example — can barely write an email.

The title of our proposal that we put together was «An inclusive, audacious journey transforms life here on Earth and beyond.»

And he just booted Warren Buffett out of the Top 3 on Forbes» annual rich list, amassing riches faster than any other person on earth (US$ 19.5 billion last year).

Also the fastest commercial jet in the world, the 747 - 8 has a cruise speed of 656 miles per hour, can hold an additional 154,000 pounds and is the longest commercial jet on Earth with a wingspan of 250 feet 2 inches.

Amazon prides itself on selling «Earth's biggest selection» of products, but a large group of Amazon customers doesn't have a laissez - faire attitude when it comes to one brand: The Donald J. Trump menswear collection.

Nuclear explosions produce radioactive substances that are rare in nature — like carbon - 14, a radioactive form of the carbon atom that forms the chemical basis of all life on earth.

Or they're like, «We colonized the moon because of population pressure on Earth.»