Sentences with phrase «sad history»

[4] The plaintiff has a long sad history of conflict.

Especially when the particularly sad history mirrors the general population decline of a city.

Don't let our incredible poverty, desperate statistics and sad history fool you in to thinking we are only needy people.

More than just sad history, this study emphasizes that rapid declines suggest impending extinction, even if local abundance persists.

Now, perhaps because of her recent sad history, she caught on with booksellers and high school teachers and nurses.

Second, it's not a «ghetto» in the modern sense — though it has its own very sad history of discrimination and poverty.

But amid the frenzied hubbub, there are intimations of a darker, sadder history unfolding — in the dilapidation of the communist - era hotel in the frame narrative, and in the multiplying gangs of 1930s - era military police in the central story.

I loved Cambodia a lot — such a fascinating country with kind people, splendid monuments and ever - present sad history.

The long sad history of weather - prediction from sunspot cycles illustrates this inherent weakness of purely statistical science!

Nigeria, the most populous black African country, has had a particularly sad history of press repression, particularly under the former military junta headed by Major General Muhammadu Buhari, whose infamous Decree Number 4 against criticism of the government was the pretext for a number of detentions of journalists, some of whom died under mysterious circumstances.

No player is that blissfully ignorant of his team's history, especially when it's a particularly sad history.

The recent hot run for airline stocks has coincided with another period of low oil prices (see chart below) and steady economic growth, leaving some to wonder whether aviation's sad history will repeat itself.

If there's a lesson to be learned from the sad history of Gros Michel, it's that reliance on a large and genetically uniform monoculture is a risky strategy that is prone to failure.

And that sad history of persecution includes the untold story of the fall of Baghdad's Al - Doura neighbourhood.

Moshe, Tim, please actually learn about judaism and the sad history before you as.sume that all jews want to do is be persecuted and have a «victim» card to play.

This point might lead, in turn, to frank assessment of the historical use of force by Jews, Christians and Muslims in various periods of our sad histories, and — dare I hope?

I take no pleasure whatsoever in bringing up any negative talk or mention of sad history.

A long, sad history.

Minnesota has a sad history with game - winning field - goal attempts.

One of the most tragic episodes in this sad history is known as the Trail of Tears.

In a statement released through his lawyer, O'Connor knocks the commission for «its brief, sad history» and filed a complaint with the state Inspector General Ellen Biben, charging that former Executive Director Herbert Teitlebaum with harassing him.

The Labour party's sad history of male leaders shows the left is just as susceptible.

«I think you need to maintain independence,» Wilson said, explaining that he wants to be a comptroller who «doesn't owe aything to anyone» if he's elected, and adding: «I think Mr. DiNapoli's tenure shows the sad history of someone who owes something to the Legislature.»

«It is important that all of us make systematic efforts to turn our backs on the sad history of massive flights of capital out of our country and continent from unconscionable inter-company pricing and other practices, and lay the conditions for fairness in the administration of our economies,» he added.

Outlining the «sad history of orange and green» that has marred the province, Mr Adams spoke of the need to «build a new relationship between orange and green where every citizen can share a prosperous and just future».

A lot of the responsibility for these defeats falls on the traditional environmental movement, which has a sad history of insensitivity to issues of class and race.

A report released by four of the five borough presidents (all but Staten Island James Molinaro), Pubic Advocate Bill de Blasio and parent leaders, tells some of the sad history of the councils under this administration, focusing to a large extent on the repeatedly botched election for members in 2011.

«Buffalo has a long, sad history of being segregated.

This was probably the result of an equal mix of three contributing factors: 1) the sad history of the disease in our family, 2) a complete lack of any treatment options (at the time), and 3) the fact that my dad's side of the family, where the disease was manifest, was not very «touchy - feely.»

This bittersweet romantic farce teeters and then tips into precious, a forgivable sin once you know this sweet movie's sad history.

The plot involves a centuries - old curse on the town of Blithe Hollow, which has taken advantage of its sad history of Puritans persecuting women they deemed witches by making everything witch - themed.

Nevertheless, the general framework of the story comes right out of Germany's sad history and is a powerful depiction accordingly.

A poster that huntingly portrays Elmina Castle and the sad history of this Ancient Portuguese castle, that is still in modern day Ghana.

And as we all agreed about the very negative, sad history, I was also glad to hear people say, as a matter of historical record, that was not just it, and so, there is something to think about here.

This manga has a sad history to it, as it was never finished because the manga - ka died in an accident.

Consider, for instance, the sad history of MURBs â $» a bureaucratic designation for Multiple Unit Residential Buildings, or what most of us would call apartment buildings.

You will find market pundits publish «target» values for the S&P 500, but such forecasts have a sad history of failing to materialize.

Both dogs adopted through our program were older animals with sad histories.

But this time, we'd like a dog that has no «emotional baggage», no sad history of abuse and neglect.

I was rescued from a hoarding situation before coming to OBG and I haven't shared a lot about my sad history but I am blind with one eye removed and the other without vision.

Claire is a special little girl with a sad history.

In this essay, he points out some rookeries on the Rock — and shares the sad history of the turn - of - the - century feather craze.

Here you'll learn about the sad history of this town, which was the second city founded by the Spanish in Guatemala.

This trainwreck was the final nail in the coffin of the sad, sad history of the Fable franchise.

We all know the long, sad history of game crossovers, but those typically involve taking a digital property and reimagining it in the real world.