Sentences with phrase «prodigious energy»

An artist of diverse talents and prodigious energy, Bronx - born Alfred Leslie was still a teenager in the 1940s when he began making paintings, sculptures and films, as well as taking photographs and writing music and short stories.

In her classrooms here at HGSE, as in the offices of presidents whom she's persuaded to join the Posse program, Debbie's creative ideas, prodigious energy, and deep convictions have been captivating,» said Professor Judy McLaughlin.

Wells Fargo & Company San Francisco, CA Banking 175 million green kWh, 14 % of total power used Like many organizations, Wells Fargo has been purchasing credits to offset some of its prodigious energy use.

While this year represents a considerable decline on his first season in England — where he scored six goals and contributed two assists in 30 appearances, his technical prowess, his dynamism and his prodigious energy have only rarely been seen in the top flight.

We do well to remember that the freedoms we tend to take for granted are, in disputes all around the country, being defended daily by organizations such as the Rutherford Institute, the Christian Legal Society, the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Liberty, Dean Kelley of New York and William Ball of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (each of whose prodigious energy is tantamount to that of an organization).

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A stacked fight card that included UFC welterweight champion Georges St - Pierre and nine other Canadians provided plenty of action, backed by prodigious amounts of energy drinks, beer and impressive production values.

The fact is that even on the periphery of these prodigious centers of energy the temperature is far too great for any higher combination to possess stability.

One untapped resource mentioned was waste - to - energy technology, which offers the promise of utilizing the prodigious amount of manure that dairies generate.

Look up at the sky from your kitchen window and the sun you see is actually a great pumping station, converting millions of tons of mass into billowing energy at a rate prodigious enough to light up our planet.

The inescapable fact is that an ever - growing human population requires prodigious amounts of energy and food.

The construction industry consumes truckloads of basic materials, the manufacture of which consumes massive quantities of energy, producing prodigious emissions of greenhouse gases.

This black hole blasts out prodigious amounts of energy as it feeds on the material in its accretion disk.

«We observed prodigious amounts of energy being emitted from the regions of suspected black holes,» he said, but why and how this happens is not clear.

Whereas the previous generation with its six - speed automatic offered a rich, creamy on - road power curve, relying on prodigious torque to muster energy from low speeds and out of corners, the new transmission means the Kluger is often shuffling between ratios.

Salander's charm, his prodigious knowledge of art, his energy and passion were irresistible to many.

A painter and printmaker of prodigious creative energy and imagination, John Hoyland, who has died aged 76 of complications following heart surgery in 2008, was widely recognised as one of the greatest abstract artists of his time.

Net energy analysis makes it clear that no combination of renewable energy sources will be able to replace our prodigious fossil fuel consumption.

Both require prodigious amounts of reliable, affordable energy.

Gore says he and Tipper regularly calculate their home and business energy use — including the carbon cost of his prodigious global travel.