Sentences with phrase «of unlikely places»

Taking his quest for knowledge to the streets of Iowa City (of all unlikely places), Davidovich speaks with an artist, a professor, a museum security guard, and people on the street.

Olukman also turns to filmmakers, such as David Lynch, for inspiration; she draws on his saturated colors, glamorous vintage scenes and creative use of unlikely places.

Enterprising engineers and industrialists built canals in all sorts of unlikely places.

Not exact matches

Clues on the future of the economy will be found in an unlikely place this week: Los Angeles.

From that point forward, the expansion will be fixed in place unless amended through a subsequent agreement of two - thirds of provinces to reverse the expansion — which is very unlikely.

NAIROBI, May 1 (Reuters)- A battle for access to seaports is underway in one of the world's unlikeliest places: Somalia, now caught up in a regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on one side, with Qatar backed by Turkey on the other.

NAIROBI, May 1 - A battle for access to seaports is underway in one of the world's unlikeliest places: Somalia, now caught up in a regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on one side, with Qatar backed by Turkey on the other.

«At this rate, we should all be expecting to do jobs we've never done before for the rest of our careers,» says Shen, who adds that hiring managers should expand their searches beyond traditional candidates and look in unlikely places.

Despite these public spectacles, like one that took place September in which Google parent company Alphabet used drones to deliver burritos at Virginia Tech, it's unlikely that the public will see widespread use of drone deliveries in the near future.

There's even a bar that serves exclusively Big Rock beer in the most unlikely of places — Seoul, South Korea.

Not only does the sixth Spider - Man film understand the character better than previous outings, but «Spider - Man: Homecoming» is also genuinely funny while adding an unexpected amount of heart from the unlikeliest of places.

But as we can learn from Michelle Roark, inspiration and the skills needed to be successful can come from the unlikeliest of places.

The legal background is complicated, but the gist of it is that Gawker would likely win the case — but for the fact the trial is taking place in Hogan's hometown, and in front of jurors who are unlikely to look kindly on New York - based Gawker and its Oxford - educated founder, Nick Denton.

He was smart and enjoyed the adventure of doing business in unlikely places — in 1996, he wrote a book about exporting.

Unless all 12 of the nominees proposed by Icahn and Southeastern on May 13 are elected to Dell's board, the financing is unlikely to take place.

On the other hand, while WiFi will be in plenty of places — assuming the protocol still exists in 2067 — it's unlikely to cover nature reserves.

While Friday's news should provide some short - term relief, the issue of Greece's place in the Eurozone is unlikely to go away.

Supply is outstripping demand in the unlikeliest place — legal recreational marijuana in the state of Washington.

Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA) is unlikely to remove all the soft capital controls in place and imports will continue to be constrained for a considerable period of time.

She is author of «From the Other Side of the World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places» which was released on September 8, 2015 (published by Public Affairs).

If something is «unlikely» but possible, and if that something taking place had the potential of being a «game - changer,» would you not seek to prepare for it in some measure?

None of these politicians has any intent to dismantle r v w. It's been in place for decades, through multiple conservative administrations and it's extremely unlikely that will change.

Some will thrill to the contempt for the human; some will feel a jolt of free - floating religious awe; some will decide that enough's enough (though most of those are unlikely to have started the novel in the first place).

My experience has taught me that life is incredibly strange... the immense improbability of us being here at all (I mean really who actually turned on the lights in the first place) leaves me open to the possibility of the unlikely or improbable.

It is salutary for us to remember that Jesus is recorded as having recognized the presence of faith in the most unlikely places, even in those who had had no share in the inheritance of Israel.

This calling is a gift of grace and a challenge which comes in unlikely places: to those repairing nets on the Sea of Galilee, to tax collectors, to sinners, and to those who are up a tree and out on a limb.

I want to suggest that God is moving powerfully through what I consider the most unlikely container and in the most unpredictable of places: the Alpha course in the Catholic Church.

Insofar as the problem of despair is overcome at all in Percy's fiction, it is through a confession that we are indeed «prisoners and exiles,» as he calls us — wanderers and wayfarers who can not avoid the quest for God and who thus must be ever waiting and watching, and listening for manifestations of the Holy in the most unlikely places.

Of course, everyone knows that our social programs have been in place for decades, but it is unlikely that this poster will ever get that memo.

You're telling me the equivalent of «there's a rock outside my room that's unlikely to have been exactly like it, therefore, god must have placed it there».

I sat down at the computer again to try to find a few words to say how I find God in this daily place and in this work, how I only learned to pray when I began to pray with my hands and my attention on purpose and how most of prayer to me now is listening and abiding, how I believe it would be nice to have a lovely housekeeper and a clean house and to create amazing soaring art with all of the white space of an uncluttered life and glorious heights of transcendent spirituality, I guess, but I need the God who sits in the mud and in the cold wind, in the laundry pile and in the city park, who embodies grief and joy, wisdom and patience, loneliness as companionship, renewal with simplicity and a good deep breath, and who even now shows up in the unlikeliest and homeliest of lives too, as a sacrament of and blessing for the ordinary things.

In all, I would so refashion the Pentecost experience that the hearers in River Oaks might feel the winds of the Spirit come upon them to claim them, surprisingly, for witness in unlikely places.

7, belongs later... But it is unlikely that any major return of exiles took place at this time.

The integration of media clips from popular culture seeks to bridge the gap between Sunday and Monday, sacred and secular, recognizing that God is often found in unlikely places.

This is quite unlikely, 37 and, actually, the interpretation that I proposed above of Process 32, 40 and 46 suggests that such wavering did not take place.

It would seem however that the adoption of strict rules of public accountability of private players is highly unlikely in the first place and that their enforcement would probably be beyond the power of public authorities.

In nature, far from the sterilized laboratory, uncontaminated RNA strands of any size would be unlikely to form in the first place.»

What are some of today's unlikely places in which you may encounter persons and invite them to faith in the risen Christ?

She said this from the keynote stage at Natural Products Expo West — an unlikely place for the CEO of a company that's peddled canned soup for decades.

On finding great recipes in the unlikeliest of places and a recipe for extra chewy extra chocolatey chocochip cookies, that I stumbled upon by accident in a kids» fantasy book.

I found a good alternative in the unlikeliest of places: the whoopie pie pan.

I guess part of the lure of travel for me is being able to see places through fresh eyes, my brain switches into a different mode, my daily routine gets knocked off balance and I end up find inspiration in the unlikeliest of places.

Even if those changes could be managed, she said, it's unlikely they would be in place for the start of the high - risk export season in July, meaning that live sheep exports to the Middle East during the northern summer may be blocked.

Danone, the world's largest yogurt producer, has turned its Russian business around by finding growth in the most unlikely of places — Siberian bogs.

The industry lobby estimates around 60 per cent of its members are unlikely to pass the carbon tax on to customers, placing many businesses «under considerable pressure».

Arteta is certainly very talented, despite getting on in years, and will be hoping to get chance to impress Arsene Wenger before the season ends, but with the dogfight Arsenal are in with Man City and Man United for second place means that he is unlikely to be risked at the moment as the club has a whole host of talent in midfield right now.

The two non-league sides were due to take each other on in their domestic league competition this weekend, only for it to be postponed by the pair reaching the unlikely heights of the FA Cup fifth round, and should an unlikely giant killing occur on Monday, they will earn the chance to take each other on for a place at Wembley.

After losing the North London derby this weekend, Arsenal are very unlikely to finish the season in the Champions League places so it looks like the Gunners only hope of qualifying for the elite competition will be from winning the Europa League, which recommences this coming Thursday with Arsenal playing against the Swedish minnows Ostersund.

The turnaround came at the unlikeliest of places — Sonoma, a demanding Northern California road course where a driver with his braking foot held together by screws would seemingly be at a disadvantage.

That means an unlikely win today would bring them to within a point of Man City, and would be a warning shot for any teams hoping to secure a place in the top four.