Sentences with phrase «powers at certain times of the year»

The round shape of the cake connects to the sun and moon and annual cycles - ancient people offered them to the gods and spirits who exercised powers at certain times of the year.

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At least two groups of climatologists, including Helen Power at the University of South Carolina and Martin Wild of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, caution that solar dimming may have slowed or even reversed in recent years, but they say it will take some time for them to sort through recent dimming data to be certaiAt least two groups of climatologists, including Helen Power at the University of South Carolina and Martin Wild of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, caution that solar dimming may have slowed or even reversed in recent years, but they say it will take some time for them to sort through recent dimming data to be certaiat the University of South Carolina and Martin Wild of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, caution that solar dimming may have slowed or even reversed in recent years, but they say it will take some time for them to sort through recent dimming data to be certain.

But given the nature of the place in question — a place of great natural beauty, certainly, but a place, too, where, at certain times of the year, wealth, power and celebrity become notoriously concentrated — it is hard not to think about property: who has it, how they got it, what it's worth.