Sentences with phrase «over the precipice of»

The slashing attack of Krasner's painting finds stiff echoes in Brice Marden's «6 (Course)» (1987 - 88), which immediately follows it, introducing a room in which we see Marden's linear compositions turn fluid, though not nearly as fluid as a Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) from 1983 - done at or over the precipice of his descent into senile dementia.

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We both feel that America because of the current political / social climate is on a precipice and likely to topple over at any time.

«Mankind today is on the brink of a precipice, not because of the danger of complete annihilation which is hanging over its head... but because humanity is devoid of those vital values for its healthy development and real progress,» he wrote.

You place yourself in the hands of strangers who ask you to do foolhardy things, like walk backwards over a precipice with nothing but a rope around your waist or climb a sheer rock face with your fingers and toes.

While you're exploring, don't miss the spectacular precipice of Nuuanu Pali — some 2000 feet of sheer rock over which King Kamehameha I drove his enemies in battle.

Given the current US situation, another joke comes to mind: «In 1945 [the year communists took over power] Poland was standing on the edge of a precipice.

«Japan in crisis» screams the newspaper headline, alongside cartoons of a bullet train rushing headlong over a precipice and a hysterical «salariman» committing hara - kiri.

Nixon as Hamlet, Nixon as Lear, Nixon as Blanche DuBois, Nixon as Krapp — clutching every last tape to his breast with the wild fury and despair of a man on the precipice... Nixon in his study, poring over his past, gazing at his own multiplied mo...

And in the second half of the picture, «Unbroken» simply sways between what feels like Zamperini on the precipice of spiritual defeat and then his second - wind of resolution, over and over again.

I came up with this notion of Harry just looking at Voldemort while they're on this precipice, and pulling him over.

It takes courage to engage this system and just crawl over the edge of a precipice with your foot off the brake, but it will not fail you.

Just imagine the thundering roar of the 275 waterfalls cascading over a precipice almost two miles wide and 250 feet deep!

The roar of rushing water that builds louder as you approach; the sheer power as a river plunges over the precipice and downwards into a deep pool below.

I can't tell you how many times Pandemic has had me and my friends sweating, debating the merits of one move over the other and trying to plan some sort of long - term strategy while we stand on the precipice of destruction.

First up is news that PSN's long wait is over for Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain - Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One.

You can also use a softer pull to use the lightning arc like a rope to dangle and swing over precipices, or change the direction of your jumps and dashes.

If you accidentally tumble over the edge of a precipice, your character will bust out a pretty little parasol and float slowly to safety.

About fifteen miles uphill from the town of Catskill on the Hudson River, Kaaterskill creek drops dramatically over a precipice and into a basin that forms a hidden pool, then falls again over a second tier before continuing to tumble a bit more gently down towards the Hudson River.

Smaller and mid-sized works like New Mexico, If You Want Blood and Morning invite us to peer over precipices into an undulating abyss of rich textures and color.

Plus I wasted 45 minutes power - walking to an inspection of a house on a busy road with a pool built precariously over a precipice that Husband will never let us buy, despite it being a total bargain.