Sentences with phrase «taken early last century»

Deforestation in the US was particularly intense until some measures started to be taken early last century.

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There are a number of useful early chapters on the historical context of the debate between science and religion, where the authors juxtapose and compare the differing positions taken by various prominent psychologists / neuroscientists during the last century.

«It is referential to a doomsday cult from early last century and is meant to evoke solidarity between women who want to take over the world.»

Although it takes place in the early decades of the last century, The Danish Girl's story of the love and lives of Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener is in many ways a tale for our times.

One way to get there is by taking a 5 - kilometer train ride run through raised sphagnum moss bogs and a sub-Antarctic forest via the Tren del Fin del Mundo (Train to the End of the World)-- a train line built by Argentinean prisoners exiled to Ushuaia early last century.

Rather than being set between the Azuchi - Momoyama era (mid 1500s — early 1600s) and late Edo period (early 1600s — early 1800s) like most samurai fighting games, when the samurai were at their prime, The Last Blade takes place during the solemn Bakumatsu era at the end of the 19th century.