Sentences with phrase «tale of catastrophe»

It is conceived as a single panoramic landscape that tells an apocalyptic tale of catastrophe and renewal.
Answer: Jacquelyn Mitchard's Deep End of the Ocean, a critically acclaimed tale of catastrophe: losing — and finding, nine years later — a child.

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Toller sips his tea and listens to the young man's tale of apocalyptic woe: Michael believes that the earth is dying, and the impotence he feels in the face of that catastrophe is driving him around the bend.
Using an experimental technique to tell its story Cloverfield successfully manages to create tension and excitement in spite of the limitations it must endure, and yet without those limitations it becomes just another tale in which a ragtag bunch must survive catastrophe.
Preston's brilliant account of the destruction of the liner Lusitania in 1915 is two stories rolled into one: a Titanic - type tale of personal catastrophes and a still murky diplomatic incident of the first order.
«The Children's Hospital, a sprawling and impassioned morality tale in which a catastrophe of biblical scale wipes out nearly all life, human and otherwise, on Earth... despite its weaknesses, The Children's Hospital establishes Chris Adrian as a remarkable American fabulist in the tradition of Melvin Jules Bukiet and Tony Kushner, writers who define and confront the terrifying moral choices of a new century.»
Finding a developer who shares our core design tenets is always gratifying, but with Haemimont and Surviving Mars we're going to be giving our players a new experience that's uniquely their own, and I'm looking forward to hearing the tales of triumph and catastrophe from our community.»
Biennale de Belleville, curated by Marie Maertens, Paris The Built Environment, curated by Kathleen Madden, Mixer, Istanbul It Narrative: The Movement of Objects as Information, curated by Zanna Gilbert and Brian Droitcour, Franklin St. Works, Stamford, CT A Tale Of Two Islands: Beatrice Gibson with Alex Waterman, and Frank Heath, High Line Art, Channel 14, New York, NY Catch Me If You Can: Virus and Catastrophe, Black Iris Gallery, Richmond, VA Two Hours Two Minutes, curated by Tirdad Zolghadr, Images Festival, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada Invasive Species, Film Sector, Art Basel, Miami, of Objects as Information, curated by Zanna Gilbert and Brian Droitcour, Franklin St. Works, Stamford, CT A Tale Of Two Islands: Beatrice Gibson with Alex Waterman, and Frank Heath, High Line Art, Channel 14, New York, NY Catch Me If You Can: Virus and Catastrophe, Black Iris Gallery, Richmond, VA Two Hours Two Minutes, curated by Tirdad Zolghadr, Images Festival, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada Invasive Species, Film Sector, Art Basel, Miami, Of Two Islands: Beatrice Gibson with Alex Waterman, and Frank Heath, High Line Art, Channel 14, New York, NY Catch Me If You Can: Virus and Catastrophe, Black Iris Gallery, Richmond, VA Two Hours Two Minutes, curated by Tirdad Zolghadr, Images Festival, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada Invasive Species, Film Sector, Art Basel, Miami, FL
When another college professor, Andrew Hoffman of the University of Michigan, suggested that environmentalists stop challenging people's moral views directly and that they downplay tales of environmental catastrophe, Brulle said Hoffman was «looking for a third way out besides conflict.
Tales of extreme climate and resulting environmental catastrophes from Russia to Pakistan haven't done it,» he warned.
By exaggerating the certainties, papering over the gaps, demonizing the skeptics and peddling tales of imminent catastrophe, they've discredited the entire climate - change movement.
By the 20th century scientists, rejecting old tales of world catastrophe, were convinced that global climate could change only gradually over many tens of thousands of years.
By the 20th century, scientists had rejected old tales of world catastrophe, and were convinced that global climate could change only gradually over many tens of thousands of years.
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