Sentences with phrase «over walled cities»

The Church became the all - powerful theocracy ruling over walled cities scattered across a «Mad Max» wasteland.

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You can't help but fall in love with pretty Puerto Vallarta... one of the only historic colonial cities right on the water... with cobblestone streets and bougainvillea tumbling over adobe walls... but with a modern, sophisticated vibe.

We also wade into the debate over Charging Bull vs. Fearless Girl, the two statues facing off near Wall Street in New York City.

«In the haphazard sprawl of a city, only the astronomically rich and walled - off can pretend that our human ideas of order — like the geometric grid of roads laid over the Great Plains, or the forced cleanliness of suburban shopping centers — are stable.

We have seen his star arise... And inside the city walls, the street bazaars and markets, men haggling over the rate of a day's wage, some, unable to work, unhired even unto the eleventh hour.

The second and lengthiest part of Istanbul, «Byzantine Constantinople» (330-1453), spans more than a thousand years, from Constantine's ambitious reign to Constantine XI's demise in 1453, as Ottoman troops climbed over the rubble of the city walls.

Let down over the city walls of Rothenburg in a basket, he had fled to Frankfurt - am - Main.

The television follows a winged Mexican through Mexico's jungles, over rivers and mountains, to the ancient cities and into the mighty pyramids, where (as pictured above) the ancient peoples of Mexico can be found, along with their occupiers, artfully disporting themselves in front of wall paintings.

Lots of folks consider Frisco to be a extremeley liberal city but this guy started in with the «we need to build a wall» stuff and it kiond of snowballed from there untill by the end of the ride he was educationg me about how Bernie Sanders is a pawn by the Jews to install one of there Elite banker friends as the head of the United States so they can take over the world.

He represented Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who was convicted on federal corruption charges; Jerome Valcke, the former FIFA secretary general who was fired over allegations of misconduct; and Michael Steinberg, a Wall Street hedge fund manager who appealed his 2013 conviction for insider trading and was vindicated when the charges were dropped in October 2015.

This bill, according to experts and city elected officials, addresses an increasing problem of investors who acquire older properties to flip them for profit without making needed repairs, such as finding the source of a leak rather than just plastering over a water - logged wall.

The money came from a settlement with the city over Ydanis Rodriguez's Occupy Wall Street arrest.

Democrat Bill de Blasio holds a commanding 44 percentage - point lead over Republican Joe Lhota in the race for New York City mayor, underscoring the GOP nominee's failure to gain any traction during the past three weeks, a poll from The Wall Street Journal - NBC 4 New York - Marist showed Thursday.

«Wall Street Harry Wilson is in favor of preserving the federal tax loophole that lets hedge fund managers pay less on their taxes than the rest of the state, wants to turn over the pension fund to the same Wall Street bankers that almost brought our economy to its knees, is against President Obama's Wall Street reform bill AND wants to enforce a $ 2,500 tax hike on households outside of New York City in his first year if he was elected.»

The NBC4 / Wall Street Journal / Marist survey was taken by telephone over a single day, July 24, from 1,199 adults in New York City, including 551 registered Democrats.

The clock is counting down to Election Day, and in this final NBC 4 New York / Wall Street Journal / Marist Poll, Democrat Bill de Blasio has a very wide lead over Republican Joe Lhota among New York City likely voters including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate and those who voted by absentee ballot.

[68] Anton Troianovski of The Wall Street Journal later quoted Captain Michael Branch of the Plattsburgh City Police Department as saying «This was not a tire slashing — this was some guy who drove over a bottle and cut his tire.»

Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez snagged a $ 30,000 settlement Thursday in a lawsuit he and three other council members brought against the city in 2012 over the NYPD's handling of Occupy Wall Street protests.

Word from the campaign of Gov. Andrew Cuomo is that the governor and his Republican opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, will debate at least twice: once one - on - one over the radio (in New York City via WNYC and The Wall Street Journal) and once along with Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and Libertarian Party candidate Michael McDermott on TV from Buffalo.

Rohatyn says, U.S. cities should get over their «wall of fear» of foreign takeover.

Last year's much - derided analysis by the Department of Homeland Security reduced New York City's homeland security funding by 40 percent to $ 124 million, concluding that the metropolis contained no national monuments or icons — somehow skipping over the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Wall Street, among others.

Valentine's Day may be over but... love is still in the air if you ask me ♥ I found this shoot I did at the «Love Wall» in Culver City a year ago + decided it was about time to post it... ya know because why not That's the part I love about living in LA, there are so many fun walls all over the city just waiting for the perfect insta snap to be taken in frontCity a year ago + decided it was about time to post it... ya know because why not That's the part I love about living in LA, there are so many fun walls all over the city just waiting for the perfect insta snap to be taken in frontcity just waiting for the perfect insta snap to be taken in front of!

These fuchsia flowers are making their appearance all over the city, painting those boring yellow walls in a bright pink color.

I love the shot of you sat on the wall looking out over the city; the weather looks super beautiful on the day you visited!

Forster creates some stunning images with this strange hybrid of various zombie tropes — particularly in the Israel sequence, as the monsters overwhelm the city, spilling over walls, and bringing down helicopters — but there's something too fake - y about them.

The movie is about the time where the world is taken over by the Zombies and humans live in the protection of a walled city.

There's obviously a great deal of CGI at work here in the larger attacks on entire cities, but one scene in particular in Jerusalem, in which the zombies instinctively use each other as a ladder to scramble over a giant wall that's (supposedly) a fool - proof means of keeping them out, is especially spectacular.

When the two civilizations clash, renowned warrior Achilles (Brad Pitt) emerges as the key to the Greeks» victory or defeat over the Trojan Army, which is led by Troy's noble champion, Prince Hector (Eric Bana), and protected by the city's seemingly invincible walls.

Instead, the troubled young truant would play hooky and shoplift to ply his craft day or night on walls all over the City of Los Angeles.

Instead, I got lost in La La Land all over again — its wistful ballad City of Stars and its tub - thumping opener Another Day of Sun and its heady, brassy, ear - wormy wall of sound created by Chazelle, composer Justin Hurwitz, and lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

Over in New York City, Wall Street banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) discovers Bury's plan, quickly realizing he's only scratching the surface of what's going on with the economy as well as just how much money could be made from knowing this information first.

Over the course of his 25 - year career, Mattox has: * written numerous articles for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA TODAY, and other major publications; * spoken at educational conferences in Geneva, Prague, Rome, and Vatican City; * led writing workshops at Duke, Vanderbilt, the University of Virginia, and other major universities; * served as a speechwriter for several Members of Congress in Washington, D.C.; * directed a documentary film and a number of other media projects, including a public service ad campaign that ran in Rolling Stone; and * spearheaded a number of quantitative and qualitative research projects, working closely with polling firms, focus group organizers, and «think tank» scholars.

For our part, starting from the site of the airlift that sustained the city through the eleven - month blockade of 1948 and 1949, we drove a 26 - kilometer (16 - mile) loop over major streets, passing a remnant of the old Wall along the way and reflecting with admiration on our forebears» defiance of Soviet totalitarianism.

The effect is akin to what I'd imagine a plague corpse being catapulted over a city wall might experience... were it not a corpse (shame too; it's kind of fun in its own way).

There's one way into and out of the fortress, and that's over a drawbridge that comes clanking down to let you across the moat, through a hole in the wall, and into the city inside.

Only the wall and the pink bubble over our city protect us from the radiation outside.

With an art degree from Rhode Island School of Design on his office wall, two union cards - stagehands and scenic artists - in his wallet, five able - bodied children, a French wife, and a photograph torn from a magazine of two Yugoslav guys roasting a lamb over a pit, he created a legendary party - a feast that almost two hundred people came to every year from as far away as the townhouses of New York City and as near as our local elementary school.

Likewise with their deafening roars and mockery and the tossing from the city walls of burning balls of pitch and sulfur onto the masses below simply extends the misery of the populace within besieged Mordor, which can only end with Orcs eating Orcs, which is a rather nasty way to go for both the eater and the eatee (Orc flesh tastes rather like rancid over cooked mule meat with vomit sauce... but not as good).

Fighting one another over which of two antiquated modes of money - making is more worthy / noble / artistic / you - name - it is like the old story of the people in Constantinople arguing about how many angels could dance on a pinhead while the city walls were being battered down.

A recent Wall Street Journal article reported that around 20 % of New York City's roommate population is over 40.

Spend the remainder of the day exploring the city at leisure, wandering the medieval town center or climbing the Nine Towers of the old town wall for views over the city.

Follow the Great Wall of the Rocky Mountains northward to where the smaller town of Clark stands, the first European settlement in the region, and the Chief Joseph Highway that meanders its way over the mountains, up toward the Montana border, into Red Lodge and Cooke City, the Northeast Entrance to Yellowstone.

Surfers clamber over rockpools to reach this city reef break right where the Promenade wall meets the beach.

An excursion takes you to Heidelberg to visit the ruins of its red - walled castle towering magnificently over the city.

Then we are joined by The Wall Street Journal Travel Editor Scott McCartney, who reiterates choosing freedom over fear and visiting cities post-terrorist attacks.

These walls form the foundation of the city and blend into the colonial and modern architecture that has been added over the years.

Walk along Cuzco's central streets, lined with massive Inca - built stone walls that form the foundation of the city and blend into the colonial and modern architecture that has been added over the years.

The former capital of Morocco under the reign of Moulay Ismail, Meknes is one of the most beautiful cities in Morocco, surrounded by over 40 kilometres (25 miles) of defensive walls.

Known as «The City of Saints and Stones», Ávila was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1985, owing in part to its magnificent walls, 88 watchtowers and over 2,500 turrets.

For a great day out with the kids on your family holiday to Kiotari, visit the fantastic Faliraki Water Park or head over to the walled medieval city in Rhodes Town and walk along the winding cobbled streets with shops, tavernas and hidden churches.