Sentences with phrase «popular imagination who»

There are dozens of books and articles from the past half century, all arguing that, far from being the Boy Scout of popular imagination who slew Goliath, the David figure who supplants Saul as king in Israel is a devious, double - dealing thug.

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Or is it better to say that the Aristotle we've been taught about is actually a fiction who got his name from this one fellow who really existed but did nowhere near as much as has been attributed to the Aristotle of popular imagination?

Even as they complained about his leadership, Cox was off into new territories, raising respectful questions about the necessary role of play, ritual, and imagination, questions about the undeniable strength of the popular devotions of stubborn peasants — in Latin America under the traditional power of the landlords, and among the shipbuilders and electricians of Poland, who had the foot of communism on their necks.

It seemed ironical to me that a Christian theologian who took seriously the ultimate unity of all things in God was regarded in the popular imagination as a Godless iconoclast.

«It is almost unbelievable how this fountain has captured the popular imagination, «said park district Supt. George T. Donoghue, who two weeks after its opening was forced to order one - way traffic on the «east outer drive «and the «west outer drive «(Lake Shore Drive and Columbus Drive) during the evening hours when the fountain «s light display was in progress.

It hasn't yet found its Einstein, in the sense of a single figure who transforms both scientific ideas and popular imagination.

As mentioned, Regina George continues to live on in popular culture, courtesy of both social media and the wild imagination of girls who came of age in 2004.

And yet here we are, with a governor — aka #goalie — who enjoys Education Minnesota's support even as he moves forward with a number of overdue reforms despite having precious little to give in the way of money, and with the noble laborer front and center in the popular imagination.

If the new building is all about building a public, so is singling out a great woman artist who has entered the popular imagination.

Despite employing a relatively small percentage of practicing lawyers, «BigLaw» looms large in the popular imagination — and in the minds of incoming law students who aspire to walk its prestigious (and highly - paid) halls.