Sentences with phrase «stumbled upon the story»

That's why it's especially encouraging for me to occasionally stumble upon a story worth sharing that suggests there are still people in our business who actually give a damn about the things that really matter.

While tooling around the Internet one day I stumbled upon the story of Sara Salo, a public health advocate in Bend, Oregon who is going to be biking across the country to bring attention to school food reform.

When Bigtree began investigating the story of the CDC Whistleblower and the fraud perpetrated by the CDC, he soon realized that he had stumbled upon a story of corruption and deception beyond any he had ever seen.

I hope that anyone else who is struggling with weight gain, hypothyroidism or type 2 diabetes stumbles upon your story.

The project began when author, journalist, television veteran, and filmmaker David Stenn was working on a book about star Jean Harlow, who died mysteriously at 26, and stumbled upon the story of Patricia Douglas, a Douglas with a much more tragic relationship to the film industry than Last Vegas star Michael.

Abraham Lincoln had a great knack for self - learning: I stumbled upon this story when I was doing research for my next motivational book.

Marlen Suyapa Bodden was working at the Legal Aid Society in New York when she stumbled upon the story that would turn her from a lawyer to a novelist.

I stumbled upon this story while researching the student loan crisis and at first I was perplexed.

I stumbled upon the story by accident as I was researching dog bite fatalities for another article.

Not exact matches

Have you ever been flipping through the channels on a random Saturday afternoon, stumbled upon Shawshank Redemption on basic cable and spent the next two hours watching the harrowing story of Andy Dufresne?

Curious to know the story behind Jiang Xiaojuan, the amazing woman in this photo I stumbled upon tonight?

As it happened, I'd written a science fiction story that seemed like it might fit — it was about a couple of researchers working in a dusty lab who stumble upon a universal cure for cancer (you remember I said science fiction, right?)

But let me tell you the story of how I stumbled upon this unbeatable formula and the research behind it...

Free People Inspired Dress for Less than $ 50 I stumbled upon this free people inspired beauty yesterday and the response from my IG stories was...

If you follow me on Instagram and happen to stumble upon my Insta Stories, you know I love sharing a lot of songs that I'm currently listening to.

Among Passions Network's thousands of success stories, one of Michael's favorites is a story he stumbled upon accidentally.

Evidently inspired by true events, The Men Who Stare at Goats stars Ewan McGregor as Bob Wilton - an unassuming reporter who stumbles upon what he believes to be the story of his life after encountering a former soldier named Lyn Cassady (George Clooney).

Given her hands - off approach and Vincent's determination, the mechanism for the story's development still feels a bit too clumsy: all it takes for Vincent's wishes to come true is for Marie to stumble upon his room one day, flirt ever so slightly with him, and then steal doc's car keys.

«Mud,» written and directed by Jeff Nichols («Take Shelter»), is ostensibly an adventure story about two teenage boys who stumble upon a charismatic outlaw on an island in Dewitt, Ark., but it's also a very specific type of coming - of - age story.

The film is based on the true story of Margaret Humphries, an unassuming social worker and family woman who inadvertently stumbles upon the untold story of child migrants, who, having been told their parents had died, were piled into massive ships and brought to Australia where they endured hard work and often abuse.

The film tells the true story of a young German soldier who during the final weeks of World War Two runs away from the Wehrmacht but eventually ends up committing mass murder while impersonating a Captain with the help of a uniform he happens to stumble upon while trying to survive after deserting his army unit.

Trollhunters follows the story of Jim Lake Jr., an ordinary teenager, who stumbles upon a mystical amulet, inadvertently discovering an extraordinary secret civilization of mighty trolls beneath his small town of Arcadia.

The series will tell the story of Jake Epping (Franco), «an unassuming divorced English teacher who stumbles upon a time portal that leads to -LSB-...]

Steven Spielberg directs Jamie Bell as the young intrepid reporter who stumbles upon a great mystery while searching for a story.

Oh, wait, we know — by making the story revolve around the exploits of a doofus American teenager (Angarano) who stumbles upon the staff of the Monkey King (Li) in a pawn shop.

A heart - racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps follows Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) as he stumbles upon a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish moors — a chase in which he is both the pursuer and the pursued — as well as into an unexpected romance with the cool Pamela (Madeline Carroll).

The story follows the crew of the spaceship Palamino as they stumble upon the U.S.S. Cygnus, a vessel long - since believed to be lost (it disappeared more than 20 years ago after investigating a nearby black hole).

Villains tells the story of a pair of amateur criminals who break into a suburban home, only to stumble upon a dark secret, along with two sadistic homeowners who will stop at nothing to prevent it getting out.

Many years before I met Hirsch (for a Life magazine story I wrote in 1991), I stumbled upon a collection of essays by Richard Stern, a professor of English at the University of Chicago.

I stumbled upon the well - known Ray Bradbury quote sometime before the beginning of the year: «Write a short story every week.

Holly Seddon came up with a great story idea: A news reporter investigates the story of a young woman named Amy she has stumbled upon in a convalescen

Finally, I stumble upon a love story that is riveting with such delight, force, full of romance and so truly becoming that I fell completely and deeply mad in love with this book.

The lesson of this story is that you will most likely stumble upon one or two great companies like MCD in your lifetime.

After passing just a few cages inside our adoption atrium, the Ganders stumbled upon the adorable black Pit mix who would melt their hearts with her puppy dog eyes and spirited story of resiliency.

I would be concentrating on food and adventure on this space and maybe a lot would be questioning my blog name's choice and here's a story behind why I got stuck with it and why it is very special to me: I used to have a previous blog under my name evankristine.com and it was about self - discovery and food until I started traveling and exploring this world few years ago and stumbled upon few beautiful European cities along the way.

After stumbling upon a woman with a very nice pair of * ahem * eyes, he proceeds to impress her by recounting the stories of his exploits with the legendary Cole McGrath.

Whether you find it organically, or stumble upon it as part of the Bleak Falls Barrow story mission, there's a dungeon to raid and a few Golden Claw door puzzle to solve.

Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly follows the story of Mio and Mayu Amakura, a pair of twins who stumble upon a lost and abandoned village named Minakami Village.

(Oh come on, don't act like you haven't spent way too much time at the strip club in Grand Theft Auto 5) I understand the need to set some limits to keep players honed in on the story, but if the opportunity arises, I want to be able to just wander through the amazing world of Westeros and see what kind of exciting side quests I can stumble upon.

The story begins with the introduction of the protagonist, an amnesiac who stumbles upon the peaceful town of Alvarna.

JRPGs in the past never kept any record of one's progress in either the main story or in the plethora of side quests they might stumble upon.

While there are plenty of people complaining about «lack of content» in Destiny, there are easily four times the stories talking about the latest secret they just stumbled upon.

Split across five episodes, the game tells the story of a convict, Lee, who stumbles upon and cares for a young girl called Clementine during the zombie apocalypse, as portrayed in the comic books.

«The book has so many footnotes,» Aukeman explains, «in part because I was constantly stumbling upon more details that reinforced the overall narrative and I wanted to include them, like crumbs for future researchers, without overwhelming the main story.»

, I stumbled upon a fascinating story.

This has to be the most inspiring story I've stumbled upon out of all my coverage of the Gulf spill: Last night, at a tense town hall - style meeting that gathered fishermen, federal officials, and BP reps to discuss the latest on

(Side note: If you've never read the story of English chemist William Perkin and how he stumbled upon synthetic color, the book «Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World,» it a subtly astonishing read.)

The Top 20 TreeHugger Stories You Stumbled Upon in 2008 as well as our Most Discussed Stories of 2008 and Top 10 Stories of 2008 overall.

This story was # 14 on our list of most Stumbled Upon posts.

Did you see this story about the legal battle over ownership of a photo taken by a monkey who stumbled upon a camera in the jungle?