Peter, however, in one of the more
sobering moments in Acts, dispels the notion of a giddy high tide of spiritual excess by quoting the prophet Joel, who proclaims that God will pour out his Spirit upon all flesh, yielding prophecy, visions and dreams — and then proclaims that all this is God's own word:
It was
a sobering moment in the career of a woman who during 12 years in power became a symbol of stability, leading the euro zone during the debt crisis and seeking compromise within the European Union on a deal with Turkey to stem migrant arrivals.
Not exact matches
In one of Messiah Complex's more sober moments, Brand points out that while it would cost # 50bn to eradicate global poverty, the super-rich have # 21 trillion sitting in offshore accounts (a culture like that, he argues, needs another Malcolm X
In one of Messiah Complex's more
sober moments, Brand points out that while it would cost # 50bn to eradicate global poverty, the super-rich have # 21 trillion sitting
in offshore accounts (a culture like that, he argues, needs another Malcolm X
in offshore accounts (a culture like that, he argues, needs another Malcolm X).
Yet another reaction took place
in more
sober moments as people of faith watched the giddy celebrations with a tangled mix of emotions.
It is a sad revelation
in the futbol landscape when I find myself resigned to the
sobering reality that Tottenham are simply a better, more talented futbol club at the
moment.
It was a nice
moment when Jerry Pate,
sober and God - loving, won the seniorevent
in Tampa last year, but that was mostly a personal victory.
Lane wrote that Meyers was staying with a
sober living companion and a bodyguard at the
moment, because there is a months - long wait to get into a hospital facility
in Ireland.
Before concluding that under such a scenario — the lack of official federal support — the movement for a better food system for all will stall for at least four years, it is well to take a
sober look at the current
moment in good food matters.
Stepping aside from dangerous social factors, such as adult inebriation or adult bedsharing while under the influence of drugs, or infants sleeping alongside disinterested strangers, and ignoring (for the
moment) the physical - structural - furniture and bedding aspects of «safe infant sleep» always occurs
in the context of, and under the supervision of, a committed,
sober adult caregiver who is
in a position to respond to infant nutritional needs, crises, and can exchange sensory stimuli all of which represents just what babies depend on for maximum health.
Scientific instruments showed that the gas had reached an average daily level above 400 parts per million — just an odometer
moment in one sense, but also a
sobering reminder that decades of efforts to bring human - produced emissions under control are faltering....)
This incredible journey, although I would never exchange it for anything, was extremely painful and resulted
in my making soul ties with many men I would never have fallen
in love with had I given it a
moment's
sober thought.
But when I go
in, it is a
sobering moment when youre waiting for the results.
While Mudbound is rooted
in a precise historical
moment, it's also a
sobering commentary on timeless struggles.
It's an amazing
moment, astonishing
in its coldness and complexity — this robbing of a child's illusions of his father existing comfortably shoulder - to - shoulder with an unflagging love of that parent,
sobered but un-tempered by the baseness of the father's humanity.
Maybe we all instead ought to pause for a
moment of sanity, because the
sobering truth is that Michael Vick is still sorely
in need of some serious counseling and rehabilitation, not a slick PR campaign selling the notion that his shedding crocodile tears and converting to Christianity on the courthouse steps means that his high crimes and misdemeanors are already behind him.
There surprisingly weren't any
moments when the filmmakers felt they needed to hold back
in tracking Marlo's reality, which can be
sobering for those who don't have children.
Watch her as she tears up brilliantly during her first AA meeting, deftly handles an awkward come on from her boss, and, like a woman possessed, drunkenly rails against her husband
in the film's most cinematic
moment as she declares she can not have a
sober life living with him.
And there are
sobering moments of significant contemplation, such as the dire consequences of reporting regarding the fate of a man Kim specifically references
in her first segment (a detail which seems horribly illogical
in the first place) but these are followed by bits of absurdity, such as Kim becoming the conduit for a group of Afghan women who keep blowing up a well the marines keep digging for their benefit (shades of Fernando Leon de Aranoa's A Perfect Day here).
A laughable
moment arises when a flailing and drunk Billy
sobers up
in seconds flat after his assistant (Alona Tal) calls him to inform him of a murder.
It was a
sobering moment, especially for a teacher like myself whose students are classified as emotionally and learning - disabled, and whose behaviors have been determined to be so severe — fueled by anger, depression, violence, anxiety, and / or impulse control — they must be isolated
in self - contained classrooms.
In a more
sober moment, Helen Farias, a local union leader from the Sweetwater Education Association intoned, «The types of legislation ALEC promotes will create a two - tiered educational system, one for the privileged and one for the rest of us.»
Of course, it was proving a little difficult to think about this, since we were roaring around the southern tip of Sweden
in the 2015 Volvo S60 Polestar and 2015 Volvo V60 Polestar, two high - performance cars that would make even a Swede forget to be
sober and sensible for a few
moments.
In a
moment of clarity I realized that, while the
sober part of me wanted to attend his son, a tangled, humid, inescapable part stopped me.
Famous for its drunken, scatological humor, Conker's Bad Fur Day takes a
sobering turn
in its final
moments
The iPad has its redemptive
moments — most notably a
sobering and engrossing timeline of surveillance that ranges from spies
in ancient Egypt to the surveillance architecture of the panopticon to fingerprinting, and on and on.
Yet these images,
sobering as they may be, appear alongside those of bodies embracing, caught
in moments of erotic pleasure, suggesting that depictions of tenderness, of love lived as well as lost, offer an equally valuable form of revolution.
It's
sobering to consider that an exciting and concise exhibition about a 1950s New Jersey synagogue and its artworks can serve as a periscope through which we can view the New York art world of the time, postwar American architecture, suburban demographic trends and, not incidentally, a
moment in the history of the American Jewish community.
In one sobering moment, a man in the midst of the crush turns his eyes directly at the viewer, and in that instant, everything change
In one
sobering moment, a man
in the midst of the crush turns his eyes directly at the viewer, and in that instant, everything change
in the midst of the crush turns his eyes directly at the viewer, and
in that instant, everything change
in that instant, everything changes.
For the
moment, trajectories for fertility rates, particularly
in Africa, are showing few signs of modulating, leading to this
sobering title on the latest analysis of United Nations population data, published
in the current edition of Science: «World population stabilization unlikely this century.»
The government should maintain a
sobering «on - trackness» website for rewewables targets and CO2 reductions, because frankly we're
in dreamworld at the
moment.