Sentences with phrase «span of a century»

He felt pity for those who take fright at the span of a century or whose love is bounded by the frontiers of a nation.

I argue for the latter, although it's not inconceivable that the former has taken place, that we have literally evolved so that the more pacific parts of human nature have been strengthened, at least over a span of centuries or millennia.

The sophist ideas of marxism have now been throughly refuted over the span of a century, especially with regard to the economic ones, but a great deal of damage was done, hardship endured, and lives lost in the process.

Remember, however, that these intimately related breakthroughs occurred over a span of centuries.

Methane is a greenhouse gas up to 35 times as potent as carbon dioxide as a driver of climate change over the span of a century, and landfills are the United States» third largest source of methane emissions, according to the EPA.

The point of this post is that we are likely to recapitule tens of millions of years of climate history in the span of a century or two.

Methane has about 35 times the power to warm the atmosphere as carbon dioxide over the span of a century, and about 86 times carbon's warming power over 20 years

Methane has about 35 times the power to warm the atmosphere as carbon dioxide over the span of a century, and about 86 times carbon's warming power over 20 years — figure known as global warming potential, or GWP.

From the fantastic truth of Father Damien's origin as a woman to the hilarious account of the absurd demise of Nanapush, his best friend on the reservation, his story ranges over the span of the century.

In a world where practically everyone has access to the internet on a computer or a phone, it can be easy to overlook the more traditional forms of marketing that have been tried and true for countless businesses over a span of centuries.

Sedgwick is one of the most sophisticated, thought - provoking voices in YA novels, and like his Printz - winning Midwinterblood (2013), this presents a story told in pieces over a span of centuries.

It wasn't difficult to see the connections across the span of a century, towards the abstract expressionist works that made up much of MoMA's permanent collection.

The paintings spanned the years from 1,500 to 2,000, a span of centuries that saw more than 50 large volcanoes erupt in various regions of the globe.

Greenland ice cores reveal drastic temperature oscillations in the span of a century in the distant past.

You have to be a bit of a drama queen to interpret a few degrees increase in temperature over the span of a century as a catastrophe.