Sentences with phrase «sad history of»

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

A haunting and revealing series of photographs are to go on show in south London, demonstrating the sad history of racial violence in our supposedly «civilised» society.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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».

«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.»

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.

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

Not exact matches

The chief minister of West Bengal state, Mamata Banerjee, said Saturday that the «Red Fort» should not be «leased out,» adding the decision was a «sad and dark day in our 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.

Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments.

«It's the end of a very painful and sad chapter in the history of a young nation, in which a dictator, as he became old, surrendered his court to a gang of thieves around his wife,» he said.

«Everyone's suffering in the Holocaust including, obviously, all of the Jewish people affected and the miserable genocide that occurred is something that we consider to be extraordinarily sad and something that can never be forgotten and something that if we could wipe it off of the history books we could.

I mean, everyone's suffering in the Holocaust, including obviously all of the Jewish people affected and the miserable genocide that occurred is something that we consider to be extraordinarily sad and something that can never be forgotten and something that if we could wipe it off of the history books we could.

Sad part of history but one that must be remembered to avoid future events

Last year, when several cities were taking actions to remove Confederate monuments, Pres. Trump tweeted, «Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments.»

Fascinating, that the idea of sharing a meal between people of different faiths, getting to know each other, values, reasons for beliefs, the history, the personal stories of why their faith matters... and seeing the conversation of T.V. (which sounds very interesting to me) should provoke such unattractive comments is sad.

It's so sad because they were on the right side of history in their own struggle.»

He has his own sense of what is fair and just, and even though sad things have happened throughout history regarding children, etc..

It's sad to see a pillar of US history trying to legislate morality after failing to convert people's hearts and minds over a lifetime.

«For (this) ugly sequel, if authentic, the history of religion and politics down to our own day is sad apology.»

I know many have just been misinformed and can't really be blamed for believing what they keep hearing... but those of you who know you are lying and maligning a religious minority should review history, and the sad consequences of such hatred.

I only begian to look into church history and all of our sad divisions, in the last decade, because Pharasee like outsiders brought «circumcision» like ideas into our sweet fellowship.

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?

In a passage telling the sad tale, not of the death of kings, but of the end of Shakespeare's career as a writer of English history plays, Greer points to this new dynamic as the cause:

It's ironic and sad that despite having a history in this country of SO much struggle to gain civil rights, African - Americans would be among those most strongly denying these to gays.

We have only to open our eyes, to understand how dearly we are loved by a creator who is not malevolent, who understands our human condition, who despite our sad history continues to express faith, hope and love for us by these daily decision to create life in the form of innocent children and then to entrust them to us.

What is really sad is how those people disregarded the history of the «end of the world» prophecies in the last 1000 years.

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

I know there are those who will accuse me of exaggeration when I say this, but, until baseball appeared, humans were a sad and benighted lot, lost in the labyrinth of matter, dimly and achingly aware of something incandescently beautiful and unattainable, something infinitely desirable shining up above in the empyrean of the ideas; but, throughout most of the history of the race, no culture was able to produce more than a shadowy sketch of whatever glorious mystery prompted those nameless longings.

If such a theology of history existed, it could do much to remedy the sad state of the church of which Metz wrote so movingly.

The sad consequence of gnosticism is that its etherealized piety and its demand for esoteric knowledge make it largely irrelevant to human history.

The Sad, Sexist History of Salad — «Americans, in particular, strongly associate healthy or light foods, such as salad, chicken, and yogurt, with women, and unhealthy or heavy foods, such as beef, potatoes, and beer, with men, both men and women preferred unhealthy foods with masculine packaging and healthy foods with feminine packaging.»

Most of the history was sad, but this was not, and that made it so much better.

Jack Tatum's helmet - on - helmet hit that rendered New England Patriots receiver Darryl Stingley a paraplegic in 1978, along with the subsequent and ongoing feud resulting from that horrific incident, remains one of the saddest chapters in NFL history.

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

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

Yet another sad chapter in Jets history unfolded Tuesday, and we've got a heaping helping of links to help you understand the tragedy that is the New York Jets.

sad truth is he is a winner, an in the annals of history his trophy haul will look better than wengers.

next season will be very different as I don't think a top 4 is nailed on and if that happens even some of the Wenger supporters may turn sad sad times for a club that has so much history and pride, it's symptematic of this country where the rich don't understand the working class and don't care as long as they make money.

The Patriots» miraculous comeback, however, thwarted those chances and instead created one of the saddest moments in recent sports history.

But it is sad that there is a different set of «fans» who know nothing about the history of Arsenal, who became fans during the Invincible era and know nothing about Wenger's contribution to make Arsenal as we see today....

Prepare for potentially one of the saddest and most frustrating documentaries in F1 history, with the story of McLaren's troublesome 2017 preparations coming to Amazon Prime soon.

All of the fossil lovers have gone quiet... Mark my word though when we qualify... and we will... they will be back with their drug induced football logic and half baked histories to remind us that we still have a shot at CL qualification 4th place and the league cup under the greatest manager who has ever lived... Sad bunch of so called fans