Sentences with phrase «on folk stories»

Great for a unit on folk stories / folklore or as an activity around St. Patrick's Day.

This principle was developed based on the folk story of John Henry's competition with the steam engine, and how John Henry stopped at nothing, even death, to beat his competition (comparison).

Not exact matches

A recent AP story reported on the David - and - Goliath battle between a Vermont folk artist and the Chick - fil - A restaurant chain.

I miss the days when Sarah Palin inspiried the folks in Alabama with stories about how Paul Revere rode a 4 - wheeler all night to warn Abe Lincoln that Buddhist Mexicans under Nelson Mandela were coming to attack the statue of the 13 commandments that Charlton Heston built on the white house lawn!

A couple of your folks who were in on the discussion know the rest of the story.

That is a whole big bad nasty story — again — on the evils of the right wing religious folks.

That single story has already been so exaggerated and exploited by folks on both sides I'd rather not take the space in the post to address it, but may do so in a comment or separate post.)

I'm always surprised when anyone goes on the record claiming to know with certainty what happens to an individual after death, but several folks did just that in this story.

When I used to attend (evangelical christian) church there was always a vocal strain of folks who wanted to think they were persecuted, they told made - up stories about christians being persecuted in various parts of the world (at the time a lot of them were set in the U.S.S.R.)... it was so obvious that they LOVED thinking of themselves as some small group of martyrs, that they NEEDED to imagine themselves to be a persecuted minority... holding on to some secret truth that the rest of the world had turned its back on.

As he thus talked on, my mind rehearsed the life stories of some of these religious folk whom he was thus berating, whose faith had been to them so comfortable and benumbing an anesthetic.

This is like REALLY WEIRD stories I have read that Catholics «supposedly» write their sins on a piece of paper and the priest burns them... sorry folks, doesn't happen that way either.

So many folks have great stories to tell in print or on screen and they never get the chance.

And in the case of this story, if the RCC hadn't spent the last several decades inst.itutionalizing se.xual abuse and conspiring to cover it up and protect the offenders, or alienating folks with their stance on reproductive rights and birth control which is decidedly misogynistic and has contributed to the spread of HIV and other STDs, or if agents of the Church hadn't kidnapped and effectively sold thousands of Spanish, Irish, Australian and American children from the 1940s to as recently as 1987 — then folks wouldn't be leaving the Church in droves and you wouldn't be seeing stories like this one either.

Oh... forgot you Proving... I wasn't referring to what he said... on the surface, it's fine to have a point of view... whether I agree with it or not... but when you are A) in a position of influence and B) spending money to fight the opposing view... and it's to stop two people who love each other from wedding in the eyes of their Lord, then it is hate... if your ignorance allows you to think my comments are stupid... so be it... and one last point about slavery... whether it was Democrats or Republicans who supported, or fought against slavery... many justified slavery because of their perverted interpretation of the bible... most people can't tell a simple story from one person to the next... but so many foolish Christians think they know exactly what the bible is saying w / o any doubt... forget the fact that it's been translated and passed for 1000s of years... yup you must be right that God is against two people loving each other... He must have made a mistake with those folks huh?

So, sorry folks, I find the story a throuwback to times I look back on fondly and I just have to laugh at the story and the reaction to it becasue everything I read tells me nothing has really changed - we are all just as bad, or good, as this guy in our own way.

Smithsonian Good post but Chad will not easily give up his opinion that the bible is true and accurate, not the folk knowledge of the times based on earlier myths and the messiah stories.

One of the interesting things about the story is that the rich man is very religious and knows all about Abraham and the prophets, but his religion had done very little when it came to the compassion folks were starving for on the streets.

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Oatless oatmeal is a great name... prevents folks from (true story) commenting «where are the oats in the ingredients» on my n'oatmeal recipes!

hold on tight folks, and fasten your seat belts, we are in for a topsy - turvy summer of stories and rumours that will raise your hopes and expectations and then dash them.....

Perhaps reading these individual stories could shed light on folks who struggle with the inherent goodness of immigration.

Based on a short story from Oscar Wilde, The Selfish Giant - the latest production from Chicago Children's Theatre - features music by Chicago folk legend Michael Smith and production by Blair Thomas & Company.

As a couple of folks have pointed out in email discussions this morning, AOL's own new news - gathering and story - writing process is evolving towards an emphasis on web traffic, online video, quick turnaround and high - volume publishing, all characteristics that HuffingtonPost has emphasized as well.

The folks at National Journal's Technology Daily have really poured some resources into their debate coverage today — besides reprinting some excellent Tech Daily pre-debate stories on their Daily Dose site, they'll also be live - blogging the event itself.

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

«We turn to the folks at The 106 Group, including Amanda, not only for technical expertise on what we have and how to preserve it, but also for their creative skills to tell the stories,» he says.

Next, the robot told a longer 10 - minute story based on a little - known Japanese folk tale called My Lord Bag of Rice, which the student was unlikely to have heard before.

Just wanted to get something up tonight... and since the stories were supposed to be embargoed for midnight... alas... (btw, it is amazing how many folks are jamming on the web on a Saturday... not a bad news day after all.)

GAPS Diet Stories — This is a series of stories from folks I have «met» through various social media who have been on the GAPS diet and found healing to some degree for themselves and their faStories — This is a series of stories from folks I have «met» through various social media who have been on the GAPS diet and found healing to some degree for themselves and their fastories from folks I have «met» through various social media who have been on the GAPS diet and found healing to some degree for themselves and their families.

As the name depicts some cultural era, Nautanki Rani is based on inspiration from a folk story or fairytale in exact words derived from folklore set predated Derawar and Multan fort.

What a disappointment), but as January is coming to an end and it's time to get «em New Year's goals going, there'll be some changes on The Fashion Folks and the posts (which includes Stories / #throwback posts).

to yesterday's post on The Story of The Fashion Folks and me.

Doran pitched the story to the folks at Channel 6, who agreed on laguna woods dating game spot to air it.

And most of us have stories of folks pretending to be somebody online that they're really not, like the dating married guy, or that single girl who manipulates that lonely single guy into spending big bucks on her.

It's especially good to hear folks like O'Neil and Miller discuss what they wanted to do when they worked on Batman, and I like the notes about specific Bat - stories.

In the case of the former, writer - director Rick Famuyiwa's story about a high - school geek (Shameik Moore) negotiating life in South Central blasts its John Hughes - in - the - hood tale with a lot of Nineties hip - hop and 21st - century updates of clichés (gang members track down folks with GPS apps on iPads).

Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel and Toby Jones star in the Gomorrah director's wonderful carnival of black - comic bad taste based on 16th - century folk stories

Remarkably, this part of the plot is based on a true story, as folk singer Steve Tilston received a letter from John Lennon, 34 years after Lennon wrote it in 1971.

I knew a story was being worked on by some reporters, but these folks got impatient.

Based on an old Russian folk story, Corpse Bride is set in the 19th century but has nothing dreary or stodgy about it.

Paul Greengrass» film is based on the true story of a 2009 pirate attack off the Somalian coast, and despite the inescapable tension the director achieves, we know that the real - life Phillips made it out alive; this is no spoiler here, folks, he wrote the book that provided the basis for this movie.

To date, Fincher has put his name on those BMW ads in the early» 00s directed by folks like Joe Carnahan and John Frankenheimer, Catherine Hardwicke «s «Lords Of Dogtown» and, oddly, the Brittany Murphy vehicle «Love And Other Disasters» (we're sure there's a story there).

The film is based on the true story of Tommy and Rosemarie Uva, a boroughs - bred Bonnie and Clyde who were fixing to get rich quick by stealing from the only folks in the city who would never call the police: The Mafia.

Maudie: This real - life story, based on the life of the Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis, is this year's winner of the Vera Drake Award — the awful movie you feel obligated to like if you want to consider yourself a nice person.

Over the last few weeks a pair of very different films that both center around folk stories have arrived on Blu - ray in the US.

Pacific Rim Ramin Djawadi (2013) *** 1/2 Pacific Rim Uprising Lorne Balfe (2018) * The Package James Newton Howard (1989) *** The Pagemaster James Horner (1994) **** Pain and Gain Steve Jablonsky (2013) No stars The Painted Veil Alexandre Desplat (2006) ***** Pane e Liberta Ennio Morricone (2008) **** Panic Room Howard Shore (2002) *** Pan's Labyrinth Javier Navarrete (2006) *** 1/2 Il Papa Buono Ennio Morricone (2003) **** Paparazzi Brian Tyler (2004) *** Paper Planes Nigel Westlake (2015) ***** Papillon Jerry Goldsmith (1973) ***** Parker David Buckley (2013) *** Parkland James Newton Howard (2013) * Partition Brian Tyler (2007) **** Partners Georges Delerue (1982) *** Passengers Edward Shearmur (2008) *** Passengers Thomas Newman (2016) **** Pas de Deux James Horner (2014 concert work) ***** The Passion of the Christ John Debney (2004) **** 1/2 Passionada Harry Gregson - Williams (2003) *** 1/2 Pathfinder Jonathan Elias (2007) *** Patrick Pino Donaggio (2013) *** Patriot Games James Horner (1992) *** 1/2 Patton Jerry Goldsmith (1970) ***** Pawn Sacrifice James Newton Howard (2014) *** Paycheck John Powell (2003) **** The Peacemaker Hans Zimmer (1997) ** Peggy Sue Got Married John Barry (1986) **** The Pelican Brief James Horner (1993) *** Penguins of Madagascar Lorne Balfe (2014) *** Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Andrew Lockington (2013) ** The Perfect Storm James Horner (2000) ***** Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer (2006) *** Perlasca Ennio Morricone (2002) *** 1/2 Peter Gunn Henry Mancini (1958) ***** Peter Pan James Newton Howard (2003) *** The Phantom David Newman (1996) **** Philomena Alexandre Desplat (2013) *** The Pick - Up Artist Georges Delerue (1987) **** The Pink Panther Christophe Beck (2006) *** Pinocchio Nicola Piovani (2002) *** Piranha Pino Donaggio (1979) *** 1/2 Piranha 3D Michael Wandmacher (2010) *** Piranha 3DD Elia Cmiral (2012) ** 1/2 The Pirate Fairy Joel McNeely (2014) *** 1/2 Pirates of the Caribbean Klaus Badelt (2003) *** Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Hans Zimmer (2006) ** 1/2 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Hans Zimmer (2007) **** Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Hans Zimmer (2011) ** Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Geoff Zanelli (2017) *** Pixels Henry Jackman (2015) *** A Place in the Sun Franz Waxman (1951) ***** Planes Mark Mancina (2013) *** Planet Earth George Fenton (2006) **** 1/2 Planet of the Apes Jerry Goldsmith (1968) ***** Planet of the Apes Danny Elfman (2001) **** Players Jerry Goldsmith (1979) **** The Pleasure of His Company Alfred Newman (1961) *** Po Burt Bacharach (2016) *** Pocahontas Alan Menken (1995) **** Point Break Mark Isham (1991) *** The Poker Club Evan Evans (2008) *** Police Academy Robert Folk (1984) ** Police Story Jerry Goldsmith (1973) *** Il Poliziotto della Brigata Criminale Ennio Morricone (1975) *** Pollyanna Christopher Gunning (2003) **** Poltergeist Jerry Goldsmith (1982) ***** Poltergeist II Jerry Goldsmith (1986) *** 1/2 Poltergeist Marc Streitenfeld (2015) ** Pompeii Clinton Shorter (2014) *** The Poseidon Adventure John Williams (1972) ** 1/2 Poseidon Klaus Badelt (2006) * The Post John Williams (2017) *** Postman Pat: The Movie Rupert Gregson - Williams (2014) *** Powder Jerry Goldsmith (1995) **** Power Rangers Brian Tyler (2017) *** Prancer Maurice Jarre (1989) * 1/2 Pranks Christopher Young (1981) *** 1/2 Predator Alan Silvestri (1987) *** 1/2 Predator 2 Alan Silvestri (1990) *** Predators John Debney (2010) *** Premonition Klaus Badelt (2007) *** The Prestige David Julyan (2006) * Presumed Innocent John Williams (1990) *** Pride and Glory Mark Isham (2008) *** Pride and Prejudice Dario Marianelli (2005) **** Priest Christopher Young (2011) **** 1/2 Prince of Foxes Alfred Newman (1949) ***** Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Harry Gregson - Williams (2010) *** 1/2 Prince Valiant Franz Waxman (1954) ***** The Princess and the Frog Randy Newman (2009) **** Princess Ka'iulani Stephen Warbeck (2009) **** I Principe del Deserto Ennio Morricone (1991) **** Prisoners Jóhann Jóhannsson (2013) *** The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Miklos Rozsa (1970) ***** The Prize Jerry Goldsmith (1963) *** 1/2 The Prodigal Bruce Broughton (1983) *** Professione Figlio Ennio Morricone (1979) ***** Le Professionnel Ennio Morricone (1981) ***** Project X James Horner (1987) *** 1/2 Prometheus Marc Streitenfeld (2012) *** The Promise Klaus Badelt (2006) *** 1/2 Proof of Life Danny Elfman (2000) **** La Provinciale Ennio Morricone (2006) *** 1/2 P.S. I Love You John Powell (2007) *** Psycho II Jerry Goldsmith (1983) **** Pulse Elia Cmiral (2006) * The Punisher Dennis Dreith (1989) *** 1/2 Puss In Boots Henry Jackman (2011) **** La Puta y la Ballena Andres Goldstein and Daniel Tarrab (2005) ****

Based on a true story, Maudie charts the unlikely romance between Maud Lewis, a folk artist who blossoms in later life, and the curmudgeonly recluse, Everett.

Based on a true story, the film is about an unlikely romance between a folk artist and a reclusive fish peddler.

In the process, the story took on the quality of a folk ballad.