Sentences with phrase «shadow over the event»

Not exact matches

Historian Paul Johnson commented on the advance of atheism in modern history:» Nietzsche wrote in 1886:» The greatest event of recent times — that God is dead, that the belief in the Christian God is no longer tenable — is beginning to cast its first shadows over Europe.»

How is it that even the most fortunate death, approximating so closely what the dying person and those who cared for her and about her would wish for, is nevertheless a tragic, shattering event that casts a dark shadow over what follows?

Here is the first clear warning of tragedy to come; the shadow of the cross is already hanging over these early events.

Blatter last month was banned football for eight years for misconduct in office and the shadow of a scandal - scarred year hung over an event with UEFA president Michel Platini also absent through suspension as well as various other long - serving FIFA grandees either on bail or wanted in the United States.

Oldham dominated political events, but the row over bank bonuses cast a long shadow over all three parties.

He emerged a few hours later and spoke of a one - off event over the summer — a sports day for kids hosted by a former New York Giants player in Von King Park — and of a mentorship program where kids can shadow different NYPD officers.

Just as two students seated in different corners of the quadrangle may disagree over the length of the shadow cast by the Trinity College clock tower, based on their perspective, so might it be with time: Einstein realized that since time is just another dimension in the block universe, then depending on where two people are in space - time, they could also disagree on the duration of events.

On July 19, 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn's shadow and turned to image the planet, seven of its moons, its inner rings — and, in the background, our home planet, Earth.

And yet, for all this positive growth, the shadow of the slightly overlapping Toronto fest looms large over the Italian event: nowhere is this more apparent than in the scheduling of the Venice programme, which is so front - loaded as to induce a faint sense of panic.

Should you spot them, there are also some cassette tapes stashed around the base that shed some light on - and in turn lay a darker shadow over - the events of the main story.

First glimpsed at a choir rehearsal presided over by the (literally) barking Hilary, Moll is shadowed by traumatic events from her past and is about to fall under the sway of a shadowy figure very much from her present.

It's certainly true that perhaps 70 % of the dispersion of returns over a 5 - to - 10 year period are driven by macro-economic factors (Putin invades - > the EU sanctions - > economies falter - > the price of oil drops - > interest rates fall) but that fact is not useful because such events are unforecastable and their macro-level impacts are incalculably complex (try «what effect will European reaction to Putin's missile transfer offer have on shadow interest rates in China?»).

FTSOC, short for FLYING TIGERS: SHADOWS OVER CHINA, is an air - combat action game based on the true events of America's secret volunteer squadrons that defended China against Japan in the China - Burma - India theatre of World War 2.

In any event, we could not be accused of lying or insincerity; in fact, the more I used this word over the months, the more I came to develop mental images of this shadow homeland.

Events a little over a year ago proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that there is one law for them, and another for us.

The Galaxy S8 cast a long shadow over this year's mobile trade show in Barcelona, Spain, as Samsung was unable to unveil its hottest new phone at the event.

These growing competitors are here to stay, and are creating shadow supply over hotel markets that is particularly acute around events.