Sentences with phrase «sobering story»

Some are sober stories of children suffering lead poisoning or coastal communities sinking into the sea.

But new federal data that track college graduates into the job market tell a far more sobering story.

We have to hope that The Closed Circle is not the last word, but it is a powerfully sobering story that severely tempers any hopes that the Arab world will be moving toward the establishment of free and democratic societies in the foreseeable future.

But at the same time, Brian's sobering story makes clear that millions of American children live in food insecure homes, school meals are often their only dependable source of food, yet for a variety of reasons (parental neglect, stigma, etc.) they may not be getting all the food that's being made available to them at school.

Gentle painted background scenes are overlaid with bright collages of flowers, birds, and hearts, lending a playfulness to the otherwise sober story.

Today's sobering story on how economic turmoil could blunt climate - friendly energy plans, by Elisabeth Rosenthal, implies that a new kind of climate and energy trance may indeed be nigh — not one created just by dropping prices for coal and oil but also by the urgency of a global economic retreat.

That said, other numbers tell a more sobering story.

Our selection this year covers a wide and fascinating spectrum: from the methodical use of a large - format camera to record the arc and wheel of celestial time to cutting - edge visions of contemporary pop cultures and sobering stories of forced migration that continue to captivate our attention.

But time and place are strong medicine for many in our world, where, to quote Flannery O'Connor, many people «ain't frum anywhere,» and where a contemporary writer like Warren's fellow Kentuckian Bobbie Ann Mason finds a sobering story in the lives of many of her characters who can't think of anything to do with themselves.

They include some big ones, like the origin of life, the universe and the mind; sobering stories, like mad cow disease and HIV; and whimsical tales, like paper clips and cupcakes.

The data are hugely promising, but looking at the number of students on or above grade level on the same test still tells a sobering story.

It is difficult to claim that all of a district's students are successful and that all of its educators are exemplary if student achievement data tells a more sobering story.

That is a sobering story.

But fair organizers, along with dealers specializing in everything from old masters to Impressionist and Modern art, have a more sober story to tell.

Keith Bradsher and Andrew Martin have a sobering story in The Times showing declines in funding for agricultural development assistance and basic research even as the world's poorest regions face spiking prices and shortages of basic foods.